Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy – A Science Fiction Podcast

Lionel Shriver, author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, joins us to discuss her new books Mania and Abominations: Selected Essays from a Career of Courting Self-Destruction.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the 2003 miniseries Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune, which adapts the second and third Dune novels.

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Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, joins us to discuss her dystopian novel The Morningside.

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John Joseph Adams, Theresa DeLucci, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss Season 1 of the Amazon Prime series Fallout, based on the popular series of post-apocalyptic video games.

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David Sirota, co-creator of the hit comedy Don’t Look Up, joins us to discuss his book Back to Our Future, about the political impact of ’80s pop culture.

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Teresa Sutherland, writer of The Wind, joins us to discuss her new horror movie Lovely, Dark, and Deep, about a park ranger investigating mysterious disappearances.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the new movie Dune: Part Two, based on the novel by Frank Herbert.

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Erin Lindsey, Andrea Kail, and Ruairi Carroll join us to discuss the mysterious, abruptly canceled Netflix series 1899.

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Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson join us to discuss their podcast Labyrinths and Christopher’s dystopian novel Deliver Us, about the future of drone delivery.

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John Joseph Adams, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss Seasons 3 and 4 of the AppleTV+ series For All Mankind, an alternate history in which the space race never slowed down.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss Frank Herbert’s classic novel Children of Dune, the third book in the Dune series.

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Erin Lindsey, Andrea Kail, and Ruairi Carroll join us to discuss the Netflix original series Bodies, about four detectives in different time periods attempting to solve the same murder.

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Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy producer John Joseph Adams joins us to discuss the Dungeons & Dragons video game Baldur’s Gate III, which he’s played for more than 1,000 hours.

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John Joseph Adams, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss Seasons 1 and 2 of the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind, an alternate history in which the space race never slowed down.

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Kyle Newman, director of Fanboys, joins us to discuss his new book Lore and Legends, about the recent history of Dungeons & Dragons.

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Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang joins us to discuss his political thriller The Last Election, which he wrote with Stephen Marche.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Existenz, and Crimes of the Future, all of which were written and directed by David Cronenberg.

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Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, joins us to discuss his love of superhero comics and his new book The Canceling of the American Mind.

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Theresa DeLucci, Sam J. Miller, and Seth Dickinson join us to discuss the classic novel Blindsight by Peter Watts, about a group of humans encountering a terrifying alien intelligence.

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Abby Goldsmith joins us to discuss her space opera novel Majority, about a dystopian society ruled by telepaths.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Anomalisa, and I’m Thinking of Ending Things, all of which were written by Charlie Kaufman.

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Susan Palwick joins us to discuss her short story collections The Fate of Mice and All Worlds Are Real.

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Ian Livingstone, author of Deathtrap Dungeon, joins us to discuss his new book Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop.

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John Romero, co-creator of Doom and Quake, joins us to discuss his new memoir Doom Guy: Life in First Person.

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John Joseph Adams, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Silo, about a mysterious bomb shelter that no one is allowed to leave.

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Gregory Frost joins us to discuss his novel Rhymer and his short story collection Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the classic 70s movies Logan’s Run, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Silent Running, The Andromeda Strain, and Colossus: The Forbin Project.

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Bill Fawcett joins us to discuss his lifelong friendship with Robert Asprin, creator of The Myth Adventures series, Phule's Company, and Thieves' World.

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Philip Plait, author of Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies!, joins us to discuss his new book Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe.

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John Joseph Adams, Michael Witwer, and Ben Riggs join us to discuss the new movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.

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Erin Lindsey, Theresa DeLucci, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss Season 1 of the HBO series The Last of Us, about a teenage girl who may hold the key to stopping a worldwide zombie plague.

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John Joseph Adams, Rebecca Roanhorse, and P. Djèlí Clark join us to discuss the new anthology The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2022.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss Frank Herbert’s classic 1969 novel Dune Messiah, the second book in the Dune series.

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Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman, and Lara Elena Donnelly join us to discuss the Netflix animated series Arcane, about a steampunk city boiling over with class conflict.

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James Wynn and Craig Brewer, hosts of the ReReading Wolfe podcast, join us to discuss the fan community that grew up around Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun.

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Warren Lapine joins us to discuss his new book Immer, Zlaz, which collects hundreds of letters written by legendary fantasy & science fiction author Roger Zelazny.

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Erin Lindsey, Andrea Kail, and Matt London join us to discuss Season 1 of the Disney+ series Andor, a prequel to the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

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Historian and fantasy author Michael Livingston joins us to discuss his new book Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan.

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Cliff Bleszinski, creator of Gears of War, joins us to discuss his new memoir Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games.

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Tobias S. Buckell, Abby Goldsmith, and Mercurio D. Rivera join us to discuss Vernor Vinge’s classic novel A Fire Upon the Deep, about a universe where technology gets more powerful the farther you travel from the galactic center.

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Melinda M. Snodgrass joins us to discuss her novel Lucifer’s War, an urban fantasy about the battle between science and religion.

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Veronica Roth, author of the bestselling Divergent series, joins us to discuss her dystopian novel Poster Girl, about a young woman whose face was used as the symbol of a totalitarian regime.

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Matthew Kressel, Lisa Yaszek, and Joseph Reisert join us to discuss the classic novel A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr., about a group of monks struggling to preserve civilization after a nuclear apocalypse.

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Steven Novella, co-host of the The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, joins us to discuss his new book The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future.

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Sabine Hossenfelder, host of Science Without the Gobbledygook, joins us to discuss her new book Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions.

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Theresa DeLucci, Zach Chapman, and Stephen Graham Jones join us to discuss the Predator series of science fiction horror movies.

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Ken and Roberta Williams, cofounders of Sierra Online, join us to discuss their new game Colossal Cave: Reimagined by Roberta Williams.

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Lori Garver, former deputy administrator of NASA, joins us to discuss her new memoir Escaping Gravity, about the battle to fund commercial spaceflight.

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Ben Riggs joins us to discuss his new book Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons, a behind-the-scenes look at the downfall of gaming giant TSR.

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Chris Matheson, co-writer of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, joins us to discuss his new book Conversations with the Father, about his complicated relationship with his father, legendary fantasy & science fiction author Richard Matheson.

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Adam-Troy Castro joins us to discuss his short story collections Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories and The Author’s Wife vs. The Giant Robot.

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Emery Emery joins us to discuss his new documentary Science Friction, about scientists being tricked into appearing on TV shows that promote fringe ideas.

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Laura J. Mixon joins us to discuss her novel Up Against It, about an asteroid colony facing a series of disasters.

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Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, and Robby Soave join us to discuss Robert Heinlein’s classic 1966 novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, about a lunar colony declaring independence from Earth.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert’s Dune, directed by John Harrison.

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Director and animator David S. F. Wilson joins us to discuss his work on Love, Death + Robots and Bloodshot.

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Star Trek showrunner Alex Kurtzman joins us to discuss his new Showtime series The Man Who Fell to Earth, based on the novel by Walter Tevis.

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Stephen Marche joins us to discuss his werewolf novel The Hunger of the Wolf and his nonfiction book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future.

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Frequent guest Christopher M. Cevasco joins us to discuss his first novel Beheld: Godiva’s Story.

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Fantasy author and philosopher Ben Burgis joins us to discuss his books Give Them an Argument, Christopher Hitchens, and Canceling Comedians While the World Burns.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and John Kessel join us to discuss Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Severance, about a group of workers whose memories are manipulated by their mysterious employer.

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Maureen McHugh joins us to discuss her short story collections After the Apocalypse and Mothers and Other Monsters.

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John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen, and Abby Goldsmith join us to discuss Season 1 of the Amazon Prime series The Wheel of Time, based on the novels by Robert Jordan.

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Tom Gerencer, Andrea Kail, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss John Carpenter’s classic movie The Thing, about a group of scientists battling a shapeshifting alien.

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Rajan Khanna, Abby Goldsmith, and Mercurio D. Rivera join us to discuss Larry Niven’s classic novel Ringworld, about a dangerous and mysterious alien habitat.

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Carol Pinchefsky joins us to discuss her book Turn Your Fandom into Cash: A Geeky Guide to Turn Your Passion Into a Business (Or at Least a Side Hustle).

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Anthony Ha, John Kessel, and Abby Goldsmith join us to discuss the Apple TV+ series Foundation, based on the novels by Isaac Asimov.

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Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Robert Repino join us to discuss the new movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Jason Reitman.

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Writer and comedian Marc Burrows joins us to discuss his book The Magic of Terry Pratchett, the first full-length Pratchett biography.

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In this special bonus episode we celebrate the release of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley’s first book Save Me Plz and Other Stories.

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Psychology professor Christopher J. Ferguson joins us to discuss his article “Are Orcs Racist? Dungeons & Dragons, Ethnocentrism, Anxiety, and the Depiction of Evil Monsters.”

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Starman, Explorers, Dark Star, and Tron.

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John Joseph Adams, Erin Lindsey, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the Netflix original movie Don’t Look Up, about society dawdling in the face of a planet-killing asteroid.

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Rafael Jordan, Theresa DeLucci, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss the latest film in the Matrix series, about humans trapped in a virtual reality illusion created by malevolent AIs.

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Historian Ada Palmer joins us to discuss her novel Too Like the Lightning, the first book in her Terra Ignota series.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Weird Science, Innerspace, Escape from New York, Night of the Comet, and Howard the Duck.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Brent Spiner joins us to discuss his new book Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir Inspired by True Events.

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John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth, and Yohanca Delgado join us to discuss John’s new anthology The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the new movie Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the movies The Last Starfighter, Enemy Mine, Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, and D.A.R.Y.L.

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Jon Peterson joins us to discuss his new book Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons.

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Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason, joins us to discuss his new book Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and the Future.

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Anthony Ha, Sam J. Miller, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss Neal Stephenson’s classic 1992 novel Snow Crash.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the movies The NeverEnding Story, Labyrinth, Ladyhawke, and The Princess Bride.

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Joseph Reisert, author of Jean-Jacques Rosseau: A Friend of Virtue, joins us to discuss Aldous Huxley’s classic 1932 novel Brave New World.

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Daryl Gregory joins us to discuss his collection Unpossible and Other Stories and his novella The Album of Dr. Moreau.

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Erin Lindsey, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Lara Elena Donnelly join us to discuss the new movie The Green Knight, directed by David Lowery.

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Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, and Stephen Graham Jones join us to discuss the common horror movie trope of the “final girl.”

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David L. Craddock joins us to discuss his book Stay Awhile and Listen: Book II: Heaven, Hell, and Secret Cow Levels, about the making of Diablo II.

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Paul Di Filippo, author of Ribofunk, joins us to discuss his new novel The Summer Thieves.

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Richard Carrier, author of Jesus from Outer Space, joins us to discuss Michael Moorcock’s classic 1969 novel Behold the Man.

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Andrea Kail, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss the new Netflix series Masters of the Universe: Revelation, written by Kevin Smith.

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Matthew Kressel, Theresa DeLucci, and Sam J. Miller join us to discuss William Gibson’s classic 1984 novel Neuromancer.

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Scott Edelman joins us to discuss his book Tell Me Like You Done Before and Other Stories Written on the Shoulders of Giants.

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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the life and work of science fiction grand master Robert Sheckley.

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Django Wexler joins us to discuss his novella Hard Reboot and his short stories “The End of the War,” “REAL,” and “Amara Kel’s Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably).”

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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss his short story collection Intergalactic Refrigerator Repairmen Seldom Carry Cash.

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Jordan Morris joins us to discuss his sci-fi graphic novel Bubble, based on the hit podcast.

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Jane Lindskold joins us to discuss her short story collection Curiosities and her writing advice book Wanderings on Writing.

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F. Brett Cox joins us to discuss his short story collection The End of All Our Exploring.

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Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss Season 2 of the Netflix series Love, Death + Robots.

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Law professor Cass R. Sunstein joins us to discuss his books Averting Catastrophe and The World According to Star Wars.

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F. Brett Cox joins us to discuss his new book Roger Zelazny: Modern Masters of Science Fiction from the University of Illinois Press.

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Jason Schreier joins us to discuss his new book Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry, about the poor working conditions at video game studios.

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Political journalist Matthew Yglesias joins us to discuss his love of Star Trek and his new book One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger.

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Sara Lynn Michener, Rajan Khanna, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness.

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John Joseph Adams, Erin Lindsey, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss Season 1 of the HBO series Avenue 5, created by Armando Iannucci.

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Julia Galef, host of Rationally Speaking, joins us to discuss her new book The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t.

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Entrepreneur and podcaster James Altucher joins us to discuss his article “11 Sci-Fi Movies That Changed My Life” and his new business advice book Skip the Line.

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Anthony Ha, Matthew Kressel, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic 1974 novel The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia.

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Kurt Kalata, editor of The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures, and Julia Minamata, creator of The Crimson Diamond, join us to discuss graphic adventure games of the ’80s and ’90s.

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Griffin McElroy, co-host of The Adventure Zone, joins us to discuss his new book Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You), which he wrote with his brothers Justin and Travis.

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John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, and Abby Goldsmith join us to discuss Season 1 of the Amazon original series Upload, created by Greg Daniels.

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Fantasy artist Denis Loubet joins us to discuss his work on the classic Ultima series of computer role-playing games.

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Erin Lindsey, Douglas Cohen, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss the animated series Blood of Zeus on Netflix.

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David Gerrold, author of “The Trouble with Tribbles” and “The Martian Child,” joins us to discuss his new novel Hella.

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Erin Lindsey, Sara Lynn Michener, and Sam J. Miller join us to discuss Season 2 of the HBO series His Dark Materials, based on the novels by Philip Pullman.

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John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, and Elizabeth Bear join us to discuss the new anthology The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020.

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Sara Lynn Michener, Rafael Jordan, and Christopher M. Cevasco join us to discuss Season 1 of the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

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Mark Lemmert, project lead on Nox Archaist, and David L. Craddock, author of Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution, join us to discuss Apple II games.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and Christopher M. Cevasco join us to discuss Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All-Access.

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Erin Lindsey, Rajan Khanna, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss Season 2 of the Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian.

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Erin Lindsey, Anthony Ha, and Andrea Kail join us to discuss Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending thriller Tenet.

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Dungeons & Dragons expert Jon Peterson joins us to discuss his new book The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity.

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Brian Keating, co-director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for the Human Imagination, joins us to discuss his new podcast Into the Impossible.

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Owen Egerton, writer and director of Mercy Black and Blood Fest, joins us to discuss his most recent novel Hollow.

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Erin Lindsey joins us to discuss The Silver Shooter, the latest book in her Rose Gallagher series of historical paranormal mysteries.

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Scientist Janna Levin joins us to discuss her new nonfiction book Black Hole Survival Guide.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss Inception, The Cell, Coma, The Lathe of Heaven, and The Dream Master.

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Matthew Kressel, Tom Gerencer, and Chandler Klang Smith join us to discuss Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.

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Neal Pollack, author of Pothead and Alternadad, joins us to discuss his humorous science fiction novels Repeat and Keep Mars Weird.

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C. Robert Cargill, co-writer of Sinister and Doctor Strange, joins us to discuss his book We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories.

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Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, directors of Spring and The Endless, join us to discuss their new movie Synchronic.

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James Hibberd joins us to discuss his new book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, about the making of the HBO series Game of Thrones.

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Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss the movies Groundhog Day, Palm Springs, Happy Death Day, Source Code, and Edge of Tomorrow.

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Anthony Ha, John Kessel, and Abby Goldsmith join us to discuss Isaac Asimov’s classic novels Foundation and Foundation and Empire.

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Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, and Bill & Ted Face the Music.

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Andrea Kail, Rajan Khanna, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the 1984 movie Dune, directed by David Lynch, and the 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune.

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Fantasy book nerd Daniel Greene joins us to discuss building a popular YouTube channel.

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Scientist Katie Mack joins us to discuss her new nonfiction book The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking).

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Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, and Zach Chapman join us to review the video game movies Doom, Wing Commander, Double Dragon, Hitman, and Max Payne.

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Grady Hendrix, Anthony Ha, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss the movies Vivarium, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Stepford Wives, and Get Out.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Sword in the Stone, The Secret of NIMH, and Titan A.E.

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Kenneth Kully, host of the podcast Spam Spam Spam Humbug, joins us to discuss the Ultima Dragons, one of the internet’s longest-running fan clubs.

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Arkady Martine joins us to discuss her new space opera novel A Memory Called Empire.

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Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, and Ruairi Carroll join us to discuss Season 3 of the German science fiction series Dark on Netflix.

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Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss Seasons 2 and 3 of the Netflix animated series Castlevania, based on the video games from Konami.

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Steve Alpert joins us to discuss his book Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli.

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Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss Street Fighter, Assassin’s Creed, The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Pixels, and Wreck-It Ralph.

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Christopher J. Ferguson joins us to discuss his books How Madness Shaped History and Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games is Wrong.

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Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, and Molly Tanzer join us to discuss books and movies in which danger lurks beneath an ocean or lake.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss the new Hulu series Devs, created by Alex Garland, director of Ex Machina and Annihilation.

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Andrea Kail, Rajan Khanna, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune.

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Dave Rubin, host of The Rubin Report, joins us to discuss his new book Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason.

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Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss the movies Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, Rampage, Mortal Kombat, Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil.

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Max Barry, author of Lexicon and Jennifer Government, joins us to discuss his new science fiction novel Providence.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the animated movies Heavy Metal, Fire and Ice, The Flight of Dragons, The Black Cauldron, and The Last Unicorn.

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Rick Wilber joins us to discuss his new short story collection Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination.

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Steven Kotler joins us to discuss his novel Last Tango in Cyberspace, a murder mystery about a new drug that radically expands empathy.

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Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, and Paul Tremblay join us to review the new movie Color Out of Space and discuss other examples of cosmic horror.

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Veronica Roth, author of Divergent, joins us to discuss her new novel Chosen Ones, about the psychological cost of saving the world.

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Melinda M. Snodgrass, Daniel H. Wilson, and Sara Lynn Michener join us to discuss the new CBS series Star Trek: Picard.

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Myke Cole joins us to discuss his novel Sixteenth Watch, about the future of the Coast Guard in space.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the movies Hawk the Slayer, The Sword and the Sorcerer, Excalibur, Dragonslayer, and Willow.

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New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins us to discuss his new book The Decadent Society, about how humanity’s sci-fi future fell victim to cultural and technological stagnation.

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Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, and John Kessel join us to review the new movie The Invisible Man and discuss the theme of invisibility in science fiction.

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Gwyneth Jones joins us to discuss her short story collection Big Cat and Other Stories and her nonfiction book Joanna Russ: Modern Masters of Science Fiction.

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John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss the dystopian HBO series Years and Years, created by former Dr. Who showrunner Russell T. Davies.

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Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, and Paul Tremblay join us to review the new movie Midsomar and discuss some of our favorite cults in horror.

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In this special bonus show guests John R. Kirtley and Kathryn Barr Kirtley join us to celebrate 400 episodes of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, and Gillian Conahan join us to discuss the new Netflix series The Witcher, based on the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski.

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Wil Wheaton joins us to discuss writing, gaming, audiobooks, and his new Star Trek: Picard aftershow The Ready Room.

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Video game journalist David L. Craddock joins us to discuss his books Stay Awhile and Listen, about the history of Diablo, and Rocket Jump, about the history of Quake.

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Philosophy professor Peter Boghossian joins us to discuss his love of sci-fi TV and his new book How to Have Impossible Conversations.

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Erin Lindsey, Rajan Khanna, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the new Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian, created by Jon Favreau.

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Erin Lindsey, Sara Lynn Michener, and Sam J. Miller join us to discuss the new HBO series His Dark Materials, based on the novels by Philip Pullman.

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Anthony Ha, Tobias S. Buckell, and Lara Elena Donnelly join us to discuss the new HBO series Watchmen, based on the classic graphic novel written by Alan Moore.

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Jonathan Kay joins us to discuss his books Your Move, about the growing popularity of board games, and Among the Truthers, about the psychology behind conspiracy theories.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Robert Repino join us to discuss Seasons 1 and 2 of the science fiction cartoon Final Space.

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Nicky Drayden joins us to discuss her new novel Escaping Exodus, about a matriarchal society that exists aboard a massive spacefaring beast.

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Dilbert creator Scott Adams joins us to discuss his new book Loserthink and his short novels God’s Debris and The Religion War.

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Brian Evenson joins us to discuss his new short story collection Song for the Unraveling of the World.

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Cadwell Turnbull joins us to discuss his debut novel The Lesson, about an alien occupation of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss the new movie Terminator: Dark Fate, a direct sequel to the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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John Hodgman joins us to discuss his new book Medallion Status, about his adventures as a minor celebrity.

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Patricia Marcoccia and Maziar Ghaderi join us to discuss their new documentary The Rise of Jordan Peterson, about the controversial professor and YouTube star.

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Kat Rosenfield joins us to discuss her new novel A Trick of Light, which she wrote with Stan Lee.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the science fiction cartoon Aeon Flux, which originally appeared on MTV in the early ’90s.

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Christopher Brown, author of Tropic of Kansas, joins us to discuss his dystopian legal thriller Rule of Capture.

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Desirina Boskovich, Paul Tremblay, and Grady Hendrix join us to discuss Desirina’s new book Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

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Erin Lindsey, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Chandler Klang Smith join us to discuss the new Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the awesomely bad 70s and 80s sci-fi movies Zardoz, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Buckaroo Banzai, and The Ice Pirates.

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Matt Bell joins us to discuss his nonfiction book Baldur’s Gate II from Boss Fight Books.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss the recently canceled Netflix series The OA.

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Sara Lynn Michener, Seth Dickinson, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss metaphorical giant monsters in the movies I Kill Giants, A Monster Calls, and Colossal.

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Max Gladstone, author of the Craft sequence, joins us to discuss his new space opera novel Empress of Forever.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and John Kessel join us to discuss whether High Life, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Starfish, High-Rise, Upstream Color, Under the Skin, and Another Earth are pretentious science fiction movies.

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Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, and Ruairi Carroll join us to discuss Season 2 of the German science fiction series Dark on Netflix.

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the awesomely bad 80s fantasy movies Masters of the Universe, Krull, Legend, The Beastmaster, and Highlander.

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Melinda M. Snodgrass joins us to discuss The High Ground, the first book in her Imperials series of space adventure novels.

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Shannon Appelcline joins us to discuss his four-book series Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry.

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Ryan Holiday joins us to discuss his new book Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire’s Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire.

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Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, and Peter Rubin join us to discuss the new Amazon series Good Omens, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

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Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rob Reid joins us to discuss his science fiction novels After On and Year Zero.

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Steph Grossman, Chandler Klang Smith, and John Kessel join us to discuss whether fantasy & science fiction writers should get an MFA in Creative Writing.

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and Christopher M. Cevasco join us to discuss Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery.

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Matt Barton, host of Matt Chat and co-author of Dungeons & Desktops, joins us to discuss the history of computer role-playing games.

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Jeffery Deaver joins us to discuss his new novel The Never Game, a crime thriller about the video game industry.

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Penny Lane joins us to discuss her new documentary Hail Satan?, about the Satanic Temple’s battle to uphold separation of church and state.

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Rajan Khanna, Sara Lynn Michener, and Christopher M. Cevasco join us to discuss the new indie science fiction film Prospect, directed by Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell.

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Ian McEwan joins us to discuss his new novel Machines Like Me, about a love triangle that forms between a man, a woman, and a sentient robot.

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Blake J. Harris, author of Console Wars, joins us to discuss his new book The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality.

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Evan Narcisse, Tananarive Due, and Craig Laurance Gidney join us to discuss Us, the new movie from Jordan Peele, writer and director of Get Out.

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Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the new Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots.

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Jasper Fforde joins us to discuss his new novel Early Riser, about a world where human beings hibernate through the winter.

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John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, Sam J. Miller, and Malka Older join us to discuss John’s anthology A People’s Future of the United States, which he co-edited with Victor LaValle.

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Wes Locher joins us to discuss his book Braving Britannia: Tales of Life, Love, and Adventure in Ultima Online.

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Ben Bova joins us to discuss his short story collection New Frontiers.

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Bestselling author David Baldacci joins us to discuss his first fantasy novel The Finisher.

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Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the science fiction comedy series Future Man on Hulu.

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Lori Ann Cole joins us to discuss co-designing the video games Quest for Glory and Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption.

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Gregory Benford joins us to discuss his new novel Rewrite, a conceptual sequel to his bestselling novel Timescape.

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Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss Dimension 404, a science fiction anthology series on Hulu.

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Lisa Yaszek joins us to discuss her new anthology The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Christian Davenport, author of The Space Barons, joins us to discuss how science fiction shaped Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin.

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Physicist Sean Carroll joins us to discuss his new podcast Mindscape.

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Rajan Khanna, Sara Lynn Michener, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss Series 11 of Doctor Who, starring Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor.

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John Joseph Adams, Caroline M. Yoachim, and Charles Payseur join us to discuss John’s new anthology The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018.

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Erin Lindsey, Matthew Kressel, and Andrea Kail join us to discuss the new Syfy show Nightflyers, based on the novella by George R. R. Martin.

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James Patterson joins us to discuss his novels Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment, which he wrote with Chris Grabenstein, and The President is Missing, which he wrote with Bill Clinton.

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Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Andrea Kail join us to discuss the feature films Resolution, Spring, and The Endless.

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Dale Bailey joins us to discuss his new novel In the Night Wood and his short story collection The End of the End of Everything.

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Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss the Netflix original series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

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Andy Duncan joins us to discuss his new short story collection An Agent of Utopia.

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Rajan Khanna, Chandler Klang Smith, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the new Netflix original series Maniac.

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Richard A. Clarke joins us to discuss his new podcast Future State and his recent book Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes.

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Paul Tremblay, Leah Schnelbach, and Seth Dickinson join us to discuss Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, based on the novel by Shirley Jackson.

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Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon, joins us to discuss his new novel Thin Air.

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Michael Witwer, co-author of Dungeons & Dragons: Art and Arcana, and Brian Stillman, co-director of Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons join us to discuss D&D art.

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Grady Hendrix, Sara Lynn Michener, and Anthony Ha join us to discuss thrillers and horror stories that prominently feature the internet.

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Hallie Lambert joins us to discuss working on The Expanse and co-writing the graphic novel The Expanse: Origins.

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Vlogger, entrepreneur, and science communicator Hank Green joins us to discuss his debut novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.

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Peter F. Hamilton joins us to discuss his new novel Salvation.

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Walter Jon Williams joins us to discuss The Accidental War, the latest novel in his Praxis series.

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Yuval Noah Harari joins us to discuss his bestselling books Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.

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Robert Repino, Andrea Kail, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss Disenchantment, a new animated series from the creators of The Simpsons and Futurama.

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Evan Narcisse, Tananarive Due, and Craig Laurance Gidney join us to discuss the absurdist dark comedy Sorry to Bother You.

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Michael Bishop joins us to discuss his recent short story collections The Sacerdotal Owl and Three Other Long Tales and Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories.

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Chess champion Garry Kasparov joins us to discuss his books Deep Thinking and Winter is Coming.

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Grady Hendrix, Ana Marie Cox, and Sam J. Miller join us to discuss horror stories that have a political message.

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Neal Asher joins us to discuss his short story collection The Gabble and Other Stories.

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Emily Calandrelli, host of Xploration Outer Space, joins us to discuss her children’s book Ada Lace on the Case, which aims to get girls interested in science.

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Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, and Paul Tremblay join us to discuss Hereditary and other examples of scary families in horror.

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John Joseph Adams, Sara Lynn Michener, and Anthony Ha join us to discuss Season 2 of the HBO series Westworld.

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Peter Watts joins us to discuss his novel The Freeze-Frame Revolution and his short story collection Beyond the Rift.

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Grady Hendrix, Erin Lindsey, and Sam J. Miller join us to discuss the new AMC series The Terror, based on the novel by Dan Simmons.

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Former Mythbusters host Kari Byron joins us to discuss her new memoir Crash Test Girl.

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Rajan Khanna, Erin Lindsey, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the new movie Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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Former FBI special agent Clint Watts joins us to discuss his new book Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News.

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Paul Melko joins us to discuss his short story collection Ten Sigmas and Other Unlikelihoods.

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Ana Marie Cox joins us to discuss her new column Space the Nation, about the intersection of science fiction and politics.

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Gordon Van Gelder joins us to discuss his new anthology Go Forth and Multiply: Being an Anthology of Science Fiction Stories on the Subject of Repopulation.

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Sam J. Miller, Lara Elena Donnelly, and Bryan Camp join us to discuss the theme of cities in fantasy & science fiction.

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Mary Rickert joins us to discuss her short story collection You Have Never Been Here.

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Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss his short story collection Across the Event Horizon.

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Peter Rubin, Carol Pinchefsky, and Kent Bye join us to discuss the new movie Ready Player One, based on the novel by Ernest Cline.

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