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Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy – A Science Fiction Podcast

** Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks ** Host David Barr Kirtley, author of the book Save Me Plz and Other Stories, talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Richard Dawkins, Simon Pegg, Amanda Knox, Andrew Yang, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared on recommended podcast lists from NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The A.V. Club, BBC America, CBC Radio, WVXU, io9, Omni, The Strand, Library Journal, and Popular Mechanics. CBC Radio writes, “You may not think a podcast about science fiction and fantasy would be the place to go for political insight, but — it is. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy manages to be more insightful about politics than many pundits.” View a complete list of guests and topics at geeksguideshow.com/episodes/. Listen to the show on YouTube at youtube.com/@geeksguidetothegalaxy to easily skip ahead to our discussion of a particular movie or story.

Copyright: © 2020 David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams

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515. Dune Miniseries Review (with Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, Rajan Khanna) Jun 10, 2022

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert’s Dune, which adapts the first Dune novel.

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514. Creating Love, Death + Robots (with David S. F. Wilson) Jun 03, 2022

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Director and animator David S. F. Wilson joins us to discuss his work on Love, Death + Robots and Bloodshot.

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513. Alex Kurtzman on The Man Who Fell to Earth and Star Trek May 20, 2022

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Star Trek showrunner Alex Kurtzman joins us to discuss his new Showtime series The Man Who Fell to Earth, based on the novel by Walter Tevis.

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512. Is America Headed for Civil War? (with Stephen Marche) May 06, 2022

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Stephen Marche joins us to discuss his werewolf novel The Hunger of the Wolf and his nonfiction book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future.

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511. Christopher M. Cevasco, author of Beheld: Godiva's Story Apr 29, 2022

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Frequent guest Christopher M. Cevasco joins us to discuss his first novel Beheld: Godiva’s Story.

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510. Ben Burgis: Science Fiction and Cancel Culture Apr 22, 2022

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Fantasy author and philosopher Ben Burgis joins us to discuss his books Give Them an Argument, Christopher Hitchens, and Canceling Comedians While the World Burns.

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509. Severance Season 1 Review (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, John Kessel) Apr 15, 2022

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and John Kessel join us to discuss Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Severance, about a group of workers whose memories are manipulated by their mysterious employer.

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508. Maureen McHugh, author of After the Apocalypse and Mothers and Other Monsters Apr 08, 2022

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Maureen McHugh joins us to discuss her short story collections After the Apocalypse and Mothers and Other Monsters.

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507. The Wheel of Time Season 1 Review (with John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen, Abby Goldsmith) Apr 01, 2022

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John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen, and Abby Goldsmith join us to discuss Season 1 of the Amazon Prime series The Wheel of Time, based on the novels by Robert Jordan.

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506. The Thing Movie Review (with Tom Gerencer, Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel) Mar 25, 2022

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Tom Gerencer, Andrea Kail, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss John Carpenter’s classic movie The Thing, about a group of scientists battling a shapeshifting alien.

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