The Married Couple Who Hooked Up Harley Quinn with Poison Ivy
Every year, I like to play a full-length version of an interview from a previous episode where a lot of great material ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor. In 2019, I interviewed the comic b...
22 Jul 202134min
Thankless Jobs: Journalists in Comic Book Stories
In superhero stories, the public is usually there to be saved by the heroes or killed by the villains. But as a journalist, I always wonder if these people are well informed enough about the threats t...
8 Jul 202134min
The Matrix Might Be Real
Is it possible that we are living in an imaginary world? That is the premise of many science fiction stories, but some scientists have begun to wonder whether it’s not a fantasy. Perhaps what we think...
24 Jun 202134min
Fandom Confessions: Our Listeners’ Guilty Pleasures
Sci-fi and fantasy genres have come a long way from their pulp fiction and Saturday matinee origins to become respectable genres. But sometimes you just want to see something awesome, weird or shockin...
10 Jun 202140min
Why Disco Elysium Broke Gamers and They Loved It
Disco Elysium has been called one of the best role-playing video games of all time. It's won a slew of awards and it’s a worldwide best-seller -- which is odd because the game wasn’t put out by a big ...
27 Mai 202132min
The Weir Science of Project Hail Mary and The Martian
When Andy Weir wrote “The Martian,” he self-published the chapters to his website -- never expecting the story to become a best-selling book, or an Oscar-nominated Hollywood movie. His new novel, “Pro...
13 Mai 202130min
The Zen of Sci-Fi
Illusions that mask the true nature of reality. Meditating to gain control over your mind and body. Sending your consciousness to other bodies. These are both tenants of Buddhism and science fiction. ...
29 Apr 202129min
The Cozy Worldbuilding of Becky Chambers
Becky Chambers’ latest novel, “The Galaxy and The Ground Within,” is the final book in her Wayfarer series, which is about aliens, humans and AI trying to make their way through the galaxy and find co...
15 Apr 202137min
