Episode 16: Stefano Gualeni, Utopia, Play, and Fictional Games
In this episode, we speak with Stefano Gualeni, a Full Professor at the Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta.In our conversation with Stefano, we draw on his varied professional expertise a...
8 Loka 20251h 19min
Episode 15: Daniel Jenkin-Smith, Bureaucracy, Utopia, Dystopia
In this episode, we speak with Daniel Jenkin-Smith, who teaches at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and is an expert in English and French literature of the long 19th century. Daniel also c...
17 Syys 20251h 10min
Episode 14: Athira Unni, Postcolonial Dystopias and Social Reproduction Theory
In this episode, we speak with Athira Unni, an Independent Scholar who holds a PhD in English from Leeds Beckett University.In our conversation with Athira, we discuss postcolonial dystopian fiction, ...
27 Elo 202558min
Episode 13: andré carrington, Speculative Blackness and The Black Fantastic
In this episode, we speak with andré carrington, an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Riverside.In our conversation with andré, we discuss speculative fict...
14 Heinä 20251h 13min
Episode 12: Jordan Carroll, Science Fiction, the Alt-Right, and 'Speculative Whiteness'
In this episode, we speak with Jordan Carroll, a writer, editor, and scholar who holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of California, Davis.Our discussion with Jordan primarily centres...
30 Touko 202557min
Episode 11: Author Interview - Eve Smith, "The Cure", and Bioethics
In this episode, we speak with Eve Smith, a novelist who writes speculative thrillers, mainly about the things that scare her. Her novels have been reviewed in The Guardian, The Times and New Scientis...
11 Touko 20251h 3min
Episode 10: Ruth Houghton and Aoife O'Donoghue, Law, Utopianism, and Feminist Utopias
In this episode, we speak with Ruth Houghton - a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Law School - and Aoife O'Donoghue - a Professor in Law at Queen's University, Belfast.Our conversation with Ruth and Aoife...
12 Huhti 20251h 3min
Episode 9: Nathan Waddell, George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
In this episode, we speak with Nathan Waddell, a Professor in Twentieth Century Literature in the English Literature Department at the University of Birmingham.We chat with Nathan about how he first c...
30 Maalis 20251h 15min
