595 Episodes

  1. 535. Gene Wolfe and The Book of the New Sun (with James Wynn and Craig Brewer)

    Published: 1/27/2023

  2. 534. The Letters of Roger Zelazny (with Warren Lapine)

    Published: 1/13/2023

  3. 533. Andor Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Andrea Kail, Matt London)

    Published: 1/3/2023

  4. 532. Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time (with Michael Livingston)

    Published: 12/16/2022

  5. 531. Cliff Bleszinski, creator of Gears of War and author of Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games

    Published: 12/2/2022

  6. 530. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Book Club (with Tobias S. Buckell, Abby Goldsmith, Mercurio D. Rivera)

    Published: 11/18/2022

  7. 529. Melinda M. Snodgrass, author of Lucifer's War

    Published: 11/4/2022

  8. 528. Veronica Roth, author of Poster Girl and Arch-Conspirator

    Published: 10/21/2022

  9. 527. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Book Club (with Matthew Kressel, Lisa Yaszek, Joseph Reisert)

    Published: 10/7/2022

  10. 526. Steven Novella, co-author of The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow

    Published: 9/23/2022

  11. 525. Sabine Hossenfelder, author of Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

    Published: 9/9/2022

  12. 524. Predator Movies Review (with Theresa DeLucci, Zach Chapman, Stephen Graham Jones)

    Published: 8/30/2022

  13. 523. Ken and Roberta Williams on Sierra Online and Colossal Cave Adventure

    Published: 8/12/2022

  14. 522. Lori Garver on Transforming NASA

    Published: 7/29/2022

  15. 521. Dungeons & Dragons History: The Downfall of TSR (with Ben Riggs)

    Published: 7/22/2022

  16. 520. Chris Matheson on Richard Matheson and God

    Published: 7/15/2022

  17. 519. Adam-Troy Castro, author of Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories and The Author's Wife vs. The Giant Robot

    Published: 7/8/2022

  18. 518. When Scientists Get Tricked Into Supporting Fringe Ideas (with Emery Emery)

    Published: 7/1/2022

  19. 517. Laura J. Mixon, author of Up Against It

    Published: 6/24/2022

  20. 516. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Book Club (with Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, Robby Soave)

    Published: 6/17/2022

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