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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

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

Episode 138: Battlestar Galactica, 20 Years Later 10/05/2023

Episode 137: The Creativity Fallacy 09/21/2023

Episode 136: Who Wants to Live on an Eyeball Earth? With Aomawa Shields 09/07/2023

Episode 135: The Myth of Free Speech 08/24/2023

Encore Episode: Work Is Not Your Friend, with Alan Henry 08/10/2023

Encore Episode: We're in the wrong timeline, with Connie Willis and R.F. Kuang 07/27/2023

Episode 134: The State of the Galaxy 07/13/2023

Episode 133: Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction: Ayn Rand 06/29/2023

Episode 132: A Sense of Place with Jessica Johns 06/15/2023

Episode 131: The State of Star Trek, with Mike McMahan 06/01/2023

Episode 130: What to Watch and Read This Summer! 05/18/2023

Episode 129: Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction: Smart Home Nightmares 05/04/2023

Episode 128: Dungeons & Dragons Gets Cozy 04/20/2023

Episode 127: Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction: "Difficult Geniuses" 04/06/2023