200 Episodes

  1. Episode 25: Peering into the deep future of humanity

    Published: 2/14/2019
  2. Episode 24: We Have Many Feelings About Steven Universe

    Published: 1/31/2019
  3. Episode 23: Sex, Lies, and Science Fiction

    Published: 1/17/2019
  4. Episode 22: Can science fiction still give us hope for the future?

    Published: 1/3/2019
  5. Episode 21: Pop culture nostalgia, or branding your memories

    Published: 12/20/2018
  6. Episode 20: Why we're excited about Doctor Who again

    Published: 12/6/2018
  7. Episode 19: What's so bad about cultural appropriation?

    Published: 11/22/2018
  8. Episode 18: Alien minds

    Published: 11/8/2018
  9. Episode 17: Democracy and its discontents

    Published: 10/25/2018
  10. Episode 16: Can we survive capitalism?

    Published: 10/11/2018
  11. Episode 15: The future of the city

    Published: 9/27/2018
  12. Episode 14: The rise of transgender science fiction

    Published: 9/13/2018
  13. Episode 13: The Wiki-ization of television

    Published: 8/30/2018
  14. Episode 12: Why Are Utopias So Hard To Imagine?

    Published: 8/14/2018
  15. Episode 11: We're in the wrong timeline

    Published: 8/2/2018
  16. Episode 10: Deep in the heart of fandom

    Published: 7/19/2018
  17. Episode 9: Horror of the One Percent

    Published: 7/5/2018
  18. Episode 8: Science fiction has always been queer

    Published: 6/21/2018
  19. Episode 7: Imaginary immigrants and time-traveling refugees

    Published: 6/7/2018
  20. Episode 6: Animal companions and magical beasts

    Published: 5/24/2018

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Explore the meaning of science fiction, and how it's relevant to real-life science and society. Your hosts are Annalee Newitz, a science journalist who writes science fiction, and Charlie Jane Anders, a science fiction writer who is obsessed with science. Every two weeks, we take deep dives into science fiction books, movies, television, and comics that will expand your mind -- and maybe change your life