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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

Latest Episodes:

375. Movie Review: I Kill Giants, A Monster Calls, Colossal Aug 23, 2019

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Sara Lynn Michener, Seth Dickinson, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss metaphorical giant monsters in the movies I Kill Giants, A Monster Calls, and Colossal.

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374. Max Gladstone, author of Empress of Forever Aug 16, 2019

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Max Gladstone, author of the Craft sequence, joins us to discuss his new space opera novel Empress of Forever.

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373. Pretentious Science Fiction Movies (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, John Kessel) Aug 09, 2019

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Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and John Kessel join us to discuss whether High Life, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Starfish, High-Rise, Upstream Color, Under the Skin, and Another Earth are pretentious science fiction movies.

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372. Dark Season 2 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, Ruairi Carroll) Aug 02, 2019

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Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, and Ruairi Carroll join us to discuss Season 2 of the German science fiction series Dark on Netflix.

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371. Movie Review: Masters of the Universe, Krull, Legend, The Beastmaster, Highlander Jul 26, 2019

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Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the awesomely bad 80s fantasy movies Masters of the Universe, Krull, Legend, The Beastmaster, and Highlander.

Time stamps: Krull (15:27), Masters of the Universe (30:06), The Beastmaster (42:28), Legend (56:39), Highlander (1:06:58).

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370. Melinda M. Snodgrass, author of The High Ground Jul 19, 2019

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Melinda M. Snodgrass joins us to discuss The High Ground, the first book in her Imperials series of space adventure novels.

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369. The History of Tabletop Role-Playing Games (with Shannon Appelcline) Jul 12, 2019

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Shannon Appelcline joins us to discuss his four-book series Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry.

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368. How a Billionaire Destroyed Gawker (with Ryan Holiday) Jul 05, 2019

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Ryan Holiday joins us to discuss his new book Conspiracy, about Peter Thiel's campaign to destroy Gawker by secretly funding the Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit.

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367. Good Omens Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, Peter Rubin) Jun 28, 2019

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Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, and Peter Rubin join us to discuss the new Amazon series Good Omens, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

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366. Rob Reid, author of After On and Year Zero Jun 21, 2019

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Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rob Reid joins us to discuss his science fiction novels After On and Year Zero.

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