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Episode 263: The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule Apr 10, 2024

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Today, we talk about The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard, and follow the life of artist, and possible con-man, Meric Cattanay, in his quest to have his name as remembered as the dragon he's proposed to slay

GATTACA (Ft. Aaron Thorpe) Preview Apr 04, 2024

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Aaron Thorpe returns to talk about GATTACA (1997) with us, a film that asks: what would society look like if it believed in genetic determinism?

Episode 262: Watership Down Pt 1 Apr 03, 2024

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Spring has indeed sprung. What better time to talk about bunnies? Who are on an epic quest to find a new home?

Dead Heat Preview Mar 28, 2024

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You can't keep a good cop dead, they say. Not even if your name is Roger Mortis, and you have mere hours to solve the mystery of your own murder

Episode 261: The Dauphine's Metaphysics Mar 26, 2024

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Today we discuss Eric Schwitzgebel's The Dauphin's Metaphysics, first printed in Unlikely Story's The Journal of Unlikely Academia, a story about a limited and quite disturbing form of immortality Read the story:http://www.unlikely-story.com/stories/the-dauphins-metaphysics-by-eric-schwitzgebel/ Art by Diane Dellicarpini

Bonus Episode: Mozart In Mirrorshades Mar 21, 2024

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This time, we talk about Bruce Sterling's Mozart in Mirrorshades (collected in the much-hyped cyberpunk anthology, Mirrorshades) - a story about corporate extraction with extra steps (mainly, time travel) Oh, Galactus wished he had it this good

Episode 260: Exists Mar 19, 2024

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This time around, we end up in the hinterlands of southeast Texas, where the local sasquatch is making the most of Stand Your Ground laws

Brainstorm Preview Mar 14, 2024

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Today, we talk about the proto-cyberpunk film, Brainstorm. Directed by a SFF cinema luminary, Douglas Trumbull, and with Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood in lead roles, this is a movie that asks what if Online was your feelings made fact?

Episode 259: Oh Beer, It's Another Run Mar 12, 2024

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It's time again to crack a few cold ones and shoot the shit about - among other things - a Japanese adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Salud!

The Dad Zone Preview Mar 07, 2024

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This time, we discuss Cronenberg's 1983 The Dead Zone, which asks the question: if you had the power to change the future in your clammy hands, would you?

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