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Reconciling our love of works by problematic creators
Recently, a number of prominent television and film creators, as well as authors, have either been outed for bad behaviour or made hateful public sta…
5 years, 2 months ago
The mash-up: science fiction and cosmic horror with Ada Hoffmann
The history of humanity is arguably the history of us trying to explain everything around us. Both science and religion have developed as divergent t…
5 years, 2 months ago
Political fantasy with Katherine Addison
We talk about unequal societies a lot on this show, about privilege and power and who is in a position to use it. We wanted to take a critical look a…
5 years, 2 months ago
Technology and the fear of change with Sarah Pinsker
Technological advances are incredible. Just think, the phone in your pocket is infinitely more powerful than the computers that sent the first spaces…
5 years, 3 months ago
The power of love with Tasha Suri
Love can raise us up. Love can tear us down. It can be our strength, our weakness, and everything in between. And inevitably, love makes fools of us …
5 years, 3 months ago
Tackling the classics – with Nghi Vo
95 years after it was first published, the copyright on The Great Gatsby has expired. This great American novel has sold over 25 million copies since…
5 years, 4 months ago
Revenge with Marjorie Liu
We actually recorded this episode WAY back in January, just after Biden’s inauguration in the US. So, naturally, there is a bit of politics in this o…
5 years, 4 months ago
Moving the frontier – with Stark Holborn
The frontier. The edge of civilisation. So far from the central government that laws are more like ‘guidelines’. Where the sheriffs are crooked and t…
5 years, 4 months ago
Chosen Identities – with Charlie Jane Anders
Our identity is who we are. But for such a seemingly simple concept, our identities are extremely complex. We aren’t the only ones who decide our ide…
5 years, 5 months ago
Franchise writing with Una McCormack
The basic principles of writing a book are simple – come up with an idea, write it. Of course, it isn’t really that simple, it is a lot of hard work,…
5 years, 5 months ago