Science fiction and fantasy fans love to argue about canon — both meanings of the word. Which stories in a fictional universe really "happened"? Which stories deserve to be enshrined as the best of the genre? We don't think either of those things is worth yelling about! Also, did you know that tsunamis can happen in lakes, rivers and even creeks? We talk to Aggeliki Barberopoulou with the USC Tsunami Research Center to learn more...
How to turn a story into a deadly weapon
Fascism and Book Bans (with Maggie Tokuda-Hall)
The Turing Test is bullsh*t (w/Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender)
Queer Horror! (with Dr. Chuck Tingle)
Videogame movies are officially better than comic book movies
Encore Episode: Let's Obsess Over the Politics of Dune!
The world's humblest heroes, from plumbers to tardigrades
Encore Episode: The Incredibly Strange Career of Anne Rice
Encore Episode: Science Fiction Keeps Trying To "Fix" Disabled People with Elsa Sjunneson
Alien ecosystems and the algae menace
How Doctor Who Stood the Test of Time
Episode 142: Books That'll Get You Through The Winter Months
Episode 141: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zines
Episode 140: Silicon Valley is doomed to misunderstand the future, with Dr. Joy Buolamwini
Episode 139: How To Write About Violence (with Fonda Lee and Lauren Beukes)
Episode 138: Battlestar Galactica, 20 Years Later
Episode 137: The Creativity Fallacy
Episode 136: Who Wants to Live on an Eyeball Earth? With Aomawa Shields
Episode 135: The Myth of Free Speech
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