Murderbot: A Premium Quality Queer Anti-Capitalist Violent Work-Space Comedy
Release Date: 08/22/2025
Murderbot: A Premium Quality Queer Anti-Capitalist Violent Work-Space Comedy
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Murderbot is a queer space opera with a sense of humor and a bone to pick with corporate power. You can stream it on Apple TV Join myself and Sarah Daniel Rasher, who co-hosts our , for a look at the new TV series based on a series of novelas by Martha Wells. The first 13 minutes of our show are fully spoiler-free. Audiobook of All Systems Red on Everand: Follow Elana on Bluesky - Sarah Daniel Rasher on Bluesky -
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info_outlineMurderbot is a queer space opera with a sense of humor and a bone to pick with corporate power. You can stream it on Apple TV Join myself and Sarah Daniel Rasher, who co-hosts our Deep Space Nine podcast, for a look at the new TV series based on a series of novelas by Martha Wells.
The first 13 minutes of our show are fully spoiler-free.
Audiobook of All Systems Red on Everand: https://www.everand.com/audiobook/633755086/All-Systems-Red
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Follow Elana on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/levin.bsky.social
Sarah Daniel Rasher on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/rasher.bsky.social
