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Explore the meaning of science fiction, and how it's relevant to real-life science and society. Your hosts are Annalee Newitz, a science journalist who writes science fiction, and Charlie Jane Anders, a science fiction writer who is obsessed with science. Every two weeks, we take deep dives into science fiction books, movies, television, and comics that will expand your mind -- and maybe change your life

Why Fantasy Is Going To Extremes (With Nghi Vo) 11/14/2024

10 Years After "Over the Garden Wall" 10/31/2024

Every Town Deserves a Library (with Ken Liu) 10/17/2024

How to Raise the Stakes without Ruining Your Story 10/03/2024

Science Fiction is a normalization machine (with Rob Cameron) 09/19/2024

When Fiction Becomes a Microaggression (with Evelyn Douek) 09/05/2024

Encore Episode: Nationalism is science fiction, with Wajahat Ali 08/22/2024

Our Advice Is Correct 08/08/2024

Dinosaurs and Furries, with Riley Black 07/25/2024

Immigration law in space, with Victor Manibo 07/11/2024

Secrets of the Planet of the Apes with Josh Friedman 06/27/2024

Romancing the Dragon, with Moniquill Blackgoose 06/13/2024

Summer Entertainment Guide: What to Watch and Read this Summer! 05/29/2024

How Surveillance Dystopias Came True (with Wole Talabi) 05/16/2024

How to turn a story into a deadly weapon 05/02/2024

Fascism and Book Bans (with Maggie Tokuda-Hall) 04/18/2024

The Turing Test is bullsh*t (w/Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender) 04/04/2024

Queer Horror! (with Dr. Chuck Tingle) 03/21/2024

Videogame movies are officially better than comic book movies 03/07/2024

Encore Episode: Let's Obsess Over the Politics of Dune! 03/04/2024

We Don't Give a F*ck About Canon 02/22/2024

The world's humblest heroes, from plumbers to tardigrades 02/08/2024

Encore Episode: The Incredibly Strange Career of Anne Rice 01/25/2024

Encore Episode: Science Fiction Keeps Trying To "Fix" Disabled People with Elsa Sjunneson 01/11/2024

Alien ecosystems and the algae menace 12/28/2023

How Doctor Who Stood the Test of Time 12/14/2023

Episode 142: Books That'll Get You Through The Winter Months 11/30/2023

Episode 141: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zines 11/16/2023

Episode 140: Silicon Valley is doomed to misunderstand the future, with Dr. Joy Buolamwini 11/02/2023

Episode 139: How To Write About Violence (with Fonda Lee and Lauren Beukes) 10/19/2023