10. First contact in the freezer
In the final episode of the first season, we explore the complications arising from a first contact situation in Ursula K. Le Guin's novel "The Left Hand of Darkness" and see what the ramifications of...
9 Apr 202121min
09. Fake animals and a wasteland, oh my!
In this episode we do a deep dive into the environmental aspects of Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and explore the ramifications of his post-apocalyptic world on the few...
2 Apr 202130min
08. You can't make an omelette...
... without breaking any eggs! Mikhail Bulgakov's novella "The Fatal Eggs" is not a culinary treat, but one that will certainly make you reexamine those chicken eggs you may have in your pantry! If yo...
26 Mars 202120min
07. A meditation on language
In this episode, we look into the unique - and very real - problems we would be faced, should aliens ever decide to pay Earth a visit, by discussing Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" and the movie ada...
19 Mars 202116min
06. Verne's Lost Masterpiece
Jumping well into the 19th century, we dig out Jules Verne's lost masterpiece "Paris in the 20th century", a dystopian story about a technologically advanced Parisian society, that disregards the arts...
12 Mars 202125min
05. Ariosto's Lost and Found
In this, our fifth episode, we follow the sorcerer Astolfo as he goes in search of Orlando's wits and ends up on the moon! All that happens in Ludovico Ariosto's incredible romance epic "Orlando Furio...
5 Mars 202112min
03. Lucian's True Story
What happens when a seafaring journey inadvertently turns into a space trip to the Moon? And how is Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness" connected to Lucian's "A True Story"? The answers to ...
19 Feb 202118min
