Lady Astronaut Series with author Mary Robinette Kowal
In this special episode, I got to ask a really smart person lots of questions. Specifically, the author, voice actor, puppeteer, and science communicator Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Lady Astro...
6 Jul 202033min
Special announcement: Afrofuturism and diverse science fiction
I was going to create a podcast episode on afrofuturism but I found that this genre/aesthetic/artform can speak for itself so instead I'm going to link all my research sources and then make a pledge t...
15 Jun 20202min
Cyborgs and Cybernetics
In this episode I discuss real examples of cyborgs, cybernetic organisms living today, human or otherwise, and these examples may surprise you. I’ll define what exactly cybernetic means, and why exact...
29 Mai 202025min
Earthquakes & Landslides: Science of Disaster Movies
Disaster movies can be fun. They can be scary or thought-provoking. And they can be really, really bad. But how close are they to the science of real disasters? I talk about recent landslides and eart...
15 Mai 202022min
The Many Worlds Interpretation and Parallel Universes in Sci-Fi
In this episode of Fact and Science Fiction, I'm discussing the science and science fiction of parallel universes. I review the famous Many Worlds Interpretation, the theory of bubble universes and mo...
1 Mai 202022min
Animal Mimicry in Nature and Carpenter's The Thing
In this episode I'm sharing types of animal mimicry. From owl butterflies to cuckoo birds, to the "thing" from space. I discuss defensive mimicry, aggressive mimicry and even mimicry humans have contr...
30 Aug 201925min
Super Suits, Mechsuits, and Iron Man
We are obsessed with super suits. It is the peak of imagined technology. It’s like we have recognized the limits of the human body - and we have decided that all we need to become super strong, fast a...
11 Jul 201925min
The Flu in Stephen King's The Stand
There have been several pandemics in human history and few are as misunderstood as the flu. In Stephen King's The Stand, a flu epidemic wipes out most of the human population. How is it different from...
7 Mai 201918min
