The Science in The Fiction
This is both a science and a science fiction podcast. We dig deep into the biggest ideas in science fiction, using science to elevate the conversation about sci-fi, and sci-fi to promote science education, curiosity and vision. We talk to science fiction authors about the science in their fiction, then talk to scientists about the same topic, and catalyze conversations between the two.
Podcasting since 2023 • 65 episodes
The Science in The Fiction
Latest Episodes
Micaiah Johnson on Necropolitics (Part 2) in 'The Unkilled: White Supremacy's Insidious Preservation of Black Lives'
This is the second half of our conversation with Micaiah Johnson continued from our last episode about necropolitics in Ned Beauman's 'Venomous Lumpsucker'. Micaiah is the author of the Ashtown duology, ‘The Space Between Worlds’ and ‘Tho...
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Season 3
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Episode 65
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46:48
Micaiah Johnson on Necropolitics (Part 1) in 'Venomous Lumpsucker'
We welcome Micaiah Johnson back to the show, this time in her role as a PhD specialist on the topic of Necropolitics, which we tackled in our last episode on 'Venomous Lumpsucker' by Ned Beauman. This episode is the first half of our conv...
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Season 3
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Episode 64
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28:58
Ned Beauman on Necropolitics in 'Venomous Lumpsucker'
Ned Beauman is the author of 'Venomous Lumpsucker', a biting satire which examines the environmental and social consequences of capitalism run amok, and the dangerous absurdities that can result from using free-market mechanisms to solve the en...
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Season 3
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Episode 63
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43:27
William Bains on Dark Ecology in 'Shroud'
Marty speaks with biochemist and astrobiologist William Bains on the topic of Dark Ecology, as a final chapter to our 4 previous episodes on this topic with Chris Beckett (Ep 56), Julius Csotonyi (Ep 57-58) and Adrian Tchaikovsky (Ep 59). ...
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Season 3
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Episode 62
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57:27
Nicholas Keating Casbarro on World-Building in 'Vitalerium'
Marty speaks to Nicholas Keating Casborro about the hard-scrabble, dystopian world portrayed in his book 'Vitalerium: Descent into the Void'. This is a far future space opera where faster than light travel is made possible by the exotic s...
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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55:47