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Space the Nation

On Space the Nation, we take our love of science fiction (and fantasy and horror) and smash it together with our professional passions: international relations (as brought to the table by Tufts University professor and Washington Post columnist Dan Drezner) and cultural criticism (as brought to the table by political columnist Ana Marie Cox). It’s a highly informed but hilarious conversation that starts with an examination of a particular text (everything from Ursula K. LeGuin to the MCU, Star Trek to Colson Whitehead) and veers into current events, mental health practices and imagined conversations between Ted Cruz and the Predator. For people who like white papers and graphic novels, Chapo Trap House and what Political Science Twitter used to be.

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Latest Episodes:

S2E9: TRAIN TO BUSAN Mar 28, 2022

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Ana and Dan tape up their forearms to fight through the living dead and talk about a movie that (SPOILER ALERT) has a critique about capitalism. How exactly is the infection spread? What's so great about the mom? Why doesn't South Korea have more zombie movies in general? There is IR in this movie.

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S2E8: CONTACT (UNLOCKED) Mar 21, 2022

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Ana and Dan gather at the Very Large Array to discuss a Very Earnest Movie. Why are female scientists the only ones who need tragic origin stories? How can you build a second 333B space contraption without anyone noticing? What vitamins did Jodie Foster take to avoid having chemistry with Matthew McConaughey? There is IR in this movie but not much of a critique of capitalism.

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S2E7: MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE Mar 14, 2022

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It's the end of the world and we're going to have lots of meetings about it. But also: terrorism. There is IR in this novel! A lot of it! And an incredibly heavy-handed critique of capitalism! We still hated it!

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S2E6: 2012 UNLOCKED Feb 28, 2022

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Ana and Dan are determined to keep broadcasting Space the Nation right up until the supervolcano blows, of course we are. We conclude Emmerichary on a minor key: This is the Emmerich movie with the most IR and this is the movie with the worst IR. Should the president refuse the chance to survive the apocalypse? Why would China agree to help out the rest of the world? Who is Jackson Curtis' editor and can we get his number? There is a critique of capitalism in this movie.

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S2E5: MOONFALL Feb 21, 2022

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Ana and Dan laugh and laugh and laugh. The penultimate episode of Emmerichary, the reason Emmerichary exists: We talk about Moonfall, the greatest movie of 2022 so far. How do you fly a space shuttle "without electricity"? Would a Lexus really be the best vehicle to be driving during the apocalypse? Nuking the moon! What could go wrong? There is IR in this movie.

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S2E4: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW Feb 11, 2022

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Ana and Dan break some cane-backed chairs to use as snowshoes and try to avoid Chekov's wolves as they ponder the appeal of this preposterous movie. Can anti-climate-change skepticism propaganda be helpful if it engages in the exact kind of ludicrousness that skeptics accuse scientists of? Did Frank have to die? Did he have to die shouting, "Jack!"? And how old was Jake Gyllenhaal? There is IR in this movie.

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S2E3: STARGATE Feb 04, 2022

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Ana and Dan traipse through a mysterious alien artifact with the capacity to revolutionize space travel with a brilliant plan: blow it up. This is a very silly movie and generated very silly arguments, including, "Is the stargate made of vibranium or unobtanium?" There is IR in this movie.

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S2E201 YELLOWJACKETS Feb 02, 2022

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Ana and Dan won't be hungry much longer.

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S2 E1: INDEPENDENCE DAY Jan 28, 2022

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Ana and Dan break open the cigars to celebrate having finished watching Roland Emmerich's Independence Day: The biggest and dumbest movie of a decade that brought us some really big and dumb movies. It holds up, to the degree you can keep your standards within the margins of big and dumb. What's the real reason NASA won't make Will Smith an astronaut? Why do the aliens need to use our satellites again? What exactly constitutes a "Mexican writing binge"? There is IR in this movie.

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E56: EXPANSE EXPANDED Jan 24, 2022

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Ana and Dan get in their crash couches and set a course for "maybe there will be a sequel"? Listen in for thoughts on loose threads and lessons and stay tuned through the end for the first annual SPACIES!

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