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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

Frankenstein's Monster and the Bad Science Daddy 11/13/2025

The Future of Science Fiction Conventions 10/30/2025

We're Still Traumatized By This Writing Debate 10/16/2025

Spooky Season Books and Hellbenders 10/02/2025

Three Ways of Looking at Bruce Lee (with Jeff Chang) 09/18/2025

Encore Episode: Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction: ChatGPT 09/04/2025

Encore Episode: Obsessed with Battlestar Galactica 08/21/2025

Robots! Witches! Annalee and Charlie Jane talk about their new books 08/07/2025

Murderbot and the Stories That Heal Us 07/24/2025

The Invisible Chain that Holds Us Together (w/ Alexis Madrigal) 07/10/2025

Cute Body Horror 06/26/2025

Public Health Is a Utopian Vision (with Naseem Jamnia and Natasha O'Brown) 06/12/2025

Simulating Earth and Politicizing Science 05/29/2025

The Power of Protest (w/ andré carrington) 05/15/2025

Too Bad About the Internet (with Anil Dash) 05/01/2025

Some really weird shit you didn't know about taxes 04/17/2025

Severance and the New Hellscape (w/ Carl Zimmer) 04/06/2025

Hip Hop x Cyberpunk (with clipping.) 03/20/2025

"Interior Chinatown" Just Became a Very Weird TV Show (with Charles Yu) 03/06/2025

Forced Feminization and Cute Robots 02/20/2025

No, We Don't Live in a F---ing Simulation! 02/06/2025

Never Forget Where We Came From (with Tananarive Due and Nicola Griffith) 01/23/2025

The Truth About Gigantic Objects in Space (with Sarah Parcak) 01/09/2025

Encore Episode: Fascism and Book Bans (with Maggie Tokuda-Hall) 12/26/2024

Manufacturing loneliness 12/12/2024

These Books Will Help You Get Through the Cold, Cold Winter 11/27/2024

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