595 Episodes

  1. 175. David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks, and Slade House

    Published: 11/7/2015

  2. 174. Halloween Horror (with Lisa Morton, John Skipp, John Langan)

    Published: 10/31/2015

  3. 173. Queers Destroy Horror (with Wendy Wagner, Craig Gidney, Alyssa Wong)

    Published: 10/24/2015

  4. 172. Jewish Science Fiction (with Jack Dann, Rachel Swirsky, Matthew Kressel)

    Published: 10/17/2015

  5. 171. David Wong (Jason Pargin), author of John Dies at the End

    Published: 10/10/2015

  6. 170. The History of Dungeons & Dragons (with David Ewalt, Michael Witwer)

    Published: 10/3/2015

  7. 169. Andy Weir, author of The Martian

    Published: 9/26/2015

  8. 168. The New Star Wars Canon (with Chuck Wendig, Alexandra Bracken)

    Published: 9/19/2015

  9. 167. Killjoys and Dark Matter Season 1 Review (with Andrew Liptak, Rafael Jordan)

    Published: 9/12/2015

  10. 166. J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5 and co-creator of Sense8

    Published: 9/5/2015

  11. 165. N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season

    Published: 8/29/2015

  12. 164. Gary Whitta, writer of The Book of Eli and author of Abomination

    Published: 8/22/2015

  13. 163. Video Games in Books and Movies (with Chris Avellone, Micky Neilson, Daniel H. Wilson, John Joseph Adams)

    Published: 8/15/2015

  14. 162. Is Pixel Art Dead? (with Mark Ferrari, Michael B. Myers Jr., Blake Reynolds)

    Published: 8/8/2015

  15. 161. The Law of Superheroes (with James Daily, Brad Desnoyer)

    Published: 8/1/2015

  16. 160. Wesley Chu, author of The Lives of Tao and Time Salvager

    Published: 7/25/2015

  17. 159. Jason Blum, producer of Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Sinister, and Insidious

    Published: 7/18/2015

  18. 158. Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One and Armada

    Published: 7/11/2015

  19. 157. Sense8 Season 1 Review (with John Joseph Adams, Tobias Buckell, Sam J. Miller)

    Published: 7/4/2015

  20. 156. Hannibal Season 1 Review (with Theresa DeLucci, Kat Howard, John Joseph Adams)

    Published: 6/27/2015

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