It's the AI era! You want to know how bad it can get? Check out the list of most evil artificial intelligences. Come on and tell us what (who?) we mis...
Monday, December 2, 2024Drugs, Drug Culture, and Addiction in Sci-Fi
Mark and John get on drugs for an episode that looks at the different way drugs, drug culture, and addiction in general are treated in science fiction...
Monday, November 18, 2024The Love Episode!!!
Love. Exciting and new. etc.Come on aboard as we look back at love and romance in sci-fi over the decades, along with how it reflects society. Do we m...
Monday, November 4, 2024Federation and Empire? Imperialism in Star Trek
Dr. Leigh McKagen comes back - willingly, even - where we discuss the often disappointing but always interesting topic of the imperial nature of Star ...
Monday, October 21, 2024Top 18 most influential sci-fi movies
John and Mark tell you how it is as they go down their list of the 18 most influential sci-fi movies. Give a listen and nod your head, roll your eyes,...
Monday, October 7, 2024When Sci-Fi and Comics are Repackaged Greek Myths
Mark and John examine stories in sci-fi and comics that are simply retellings of classical mythological stories. Turns out they're everywhere.
Monday, September 23, 2024Star Trek and Military Power
What is the nature of power and military strategy in Star Trek's Federation? Our own Mark Card examines this question. John just kind of goes "mm-hmm"...
Monday, September 9, 2024The 70s and sci fi paranoia cinema
We always hear about those paranoid 70s political thrillers, but a similar phenomenon was happening in the sci fi of the era - and it set the pace for...
Monday, August 26, 2024Cavemen vs Astronauts
I don't know that it's an eternal one, but courtesy of Joss Whedon and Angel it is a debate - one that Mark and John bisect, trisect, and just all aro...
Monday, August 12, 20249 sci fi movies that don't know they're sci fi
Mark and John give you an underachieving top 10 list - 9 movies that don't realize they're actually science fiction. Or are maybe in denial. We define...
Monday, July 29, 2024Science, Church, and State: Revisiting 'A Canticle for Liebowitz'
Mark leads John and the audience on a discussion of the seminal sci-fi novel "A Canticle for Liebowitz" and the questions it raises about cycles of hi...
Monday, July 15, 2024SO many vampires! Our fixation on vampires
From Nosferatu to Angel to Lestat and Blade and - oh yeah, that Dracula guy. What is our obsession with vampires?