The (State of) Exceptional Mars Express
All the dweebs are going to the moon, but we're taking this baby all the way to Mars (or shall I say Marx?) with this excellent French animated sci-fi noir thriller.Some topics:- The State of Exceptio...
18 Feb 1h 3min
Blowing Shit Up With Your Communist Mech in Lancer
We talk about the tabletop RPG/War game Lancer and its unusual utopianism Some topics: - Those who Walk Away from Omelas and the structure of Dystopia/Utopia - Reimagining the French Revolution - The...
5 Feb 20251h 12min
Grounding ourselves in Saint of Bright Doors
We never left, so we are not back. We just like to keep you guessing about episode times. This time we talk about the brilliant Saint of Bright Doors, a decolonial multifaceted dark fantasy novel that...
26 Mai 202456min
Eternal Discourse War With Warhammer 40k
We talk about how to critique the Fascist sentiments in Warhammer 40k, without worrying too much about the degrees of intent or satire behind it.
4 Okt 20231h 27min
Acknowledging the Complexities of Humanity with Ammonite
We talk about Ammonite, a somewhat under-the-radar excellent sci-fi book about a virus killing all the men in a far-off planet and exploring indigenous lands as a colonizer anthropologist Themes explo...
22 Mai 20231h 15min
The Potential and Limitations of Clowning on Billionaires on Space Sweepers
This is an especially rambly episode of us talking about the excellent kitchen sink space romp movie Spacesweepers. Topics discussed: - Billionaires hate humanity - The limits of Villainry - What inte...
7 Jan 202357min
Raging in alliance with The Only Harmless Great Thing
We read Brooke Bolander's short and painful novelette and spoke about: - Nuclear semiotics - The uses of violence - The master's tools - Being pushed to the corner
26 Sep 20221h 9min
