Episode 33: Julia Huni - On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors
Alternate Futures2 Helmi 2023

Episode 33: Julia Huni - On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors

In this episode, I chat with Julia Huni about her military career, including working with NASA and NATO, her writing routine, and her thoughts on aliens. We also discuss cozy mysteries in space, cylindrical space stations, and space janitors. There's also The Lightning Round and the Big Questions.

Books of hers we discuss are: The Space Janitor series, Tales of a Former Space Janitor, Colonial Explorer Corp, and Krimson Empire.

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