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Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*
by Ayesha Khan
The Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* podcast looks back at more than a century of films, beginning in 1902 and working towards the future. Each episode focuses on a film, director or theme and brings in experts to discuss the history, politics, and influences. Join sci-fi enthusiast Ayesha Khan as she travels through time and space, encounters aliens, and battles authoritarian regimes all from the comfort of your home planet. Released every two weeks*Almost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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2001: Special Effects That Changed Cinema
"Please read the show notes!" She screamed into the void of a blank page. (I realise no one apparently reads the show notes but this time I genuinely think it might be useful to you.) This is episode two of the 2001: A Space Odyssey mini-series! I like to keep episodes under an hour to make them...
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 2)
As always there are spoilers ahead! This is episode one of a four-episode mini-series. To make things even more confusing Episode 1 has two parts. This is part 2. If you have arrived here before treading the ground of part 1 turn back now! The idea is to most definitely watch the film before...
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 1)
As always there are spoilers ahead! As we chronologically venture through science fiction history it is finally time to examine one of the heaviest of heavyweight sci-fi films. 2001: A Space Odyssey. The idea is to most definitely watch the film before listening to the episode. If you don't want…
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Planet of the Apes: Evolution, Supremacy, & the Death of Liberty
As usual there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you have an air of gravitas and money to spend and would like to be a patron of the podcast, please do! You can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of...
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Barbarella 1968: Pop Art, Sex & Space Opera
As always, there are spoilers ahead. You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you have an air of gravitas and money to spend and would like to be a patron of the podcast, please do! You can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version…
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Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968): Time Travel, Memory and Loss
Translation for the intro: A race against time. Office time against outside time. Who's winning? I don't know yet. Apologies as I am coming down with a heavy cough and need sleep. I am so out of it that I almost forgot that it is release day! But I jumped out of bed with quite a shock and here…
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Destroy All Monsters 1968: Godzilla's Kaiju in Combat
Translation for Intro: "Fire Dragon can reduce Tokyo to ashes in just a few hours." Godzilla ROARS. "It's Godzilla!" As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you have like to wear a monocle and talk about fancy artisan...
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Sci-fi & Architecture: Visions of the Future
There are spoilers ahead! For many films I'm afraid. I would especially avoid the episode until you have watched Ex-Machina (which you really really should immediately it really is phenomenal) as Jes does talk directly about the ending between 53:23 till 53:46. I have made a list of the films and...
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Quatermass: Nigel Kneale, Hammer and Mid-Century Britain
There is a longer version of the podcast available which includes more tangential topics on Patreon for paid subscribers or for a $3 or £3 fee! The long version is just under one hour and twenty-five minutes. If you would like to become a Patreon patron and get all the podcast episodes ad free…
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The Face of Another 1966: Scars & Identity in Post War Japan
Trigger warning: This discussion includes talk about sexual assault and sexual violence. This is a theme apparent in the film and the source material. It is mentioned a few times. The topic is not spoken about in detail, but I wanted to share a general trigger warning for those that would prefer…
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Blade Runner: Paul Franklin's Favourite Sci-Fi Film
As always there are spoilers ahead! Blade Runner was not a huge hit in 1982 but it did gain a fair few fans on its initial release. One of those fans was a teenager from Cheshire by the name of Paul Franklin who would go on to work on numerous big budget films and win two Oscars for his work as a...
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Fantastic Voyage: Psychedelic Nanotech in 1966
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast and help an indie podcaster out, you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show....
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Fahrenheit 451: Truffaut's 1966 Suburban Dystopia
Show notes As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast and feel like nobility funding the podcasting arts, I would like to encourage such sentiments! You can join Patreon and for…
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Seconds 1966: Rock Hudson's Devastating Disillusionment
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast and get that amazing feeling of wellbeing that comes from contributing to the research, planning and anxiety that does towards making a...
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The 10th Victim: Italy's 1965 Pop Art Dystopia
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm Apologies...
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Star Trek: Woke Since 1966
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm Despite a...
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Planet of the Vampires 1965: Mario Bava's Budget Beauty
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm Planet of...
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Alphaville: Godard's 1965 Break-up Tech Noir
As always there are spoilers ahead! (And the podcast is much more fun if you've seen the film first.) You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free...
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The Doctor, the Daleks & the 1960s
As usual there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm This…
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First Men in the Moon: From HG Wells to 1964
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm First Men...
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Missed Episode, Medicine & Metropolis
I am very sorry but I have been unwell this past week. (But I am on the mend!) Multiple visits to the hospital mean that although I have the next episode recorded I have not been able to edit it. I've heard many podcasts serve up older episodes in this circumstance. Maybe an annoyance to those…
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Dr. Strangelove: Cold War Comedy & 1964 USA
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm In 1958…
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What is Afrofuturism?
Time for another detour! An introduction to Afrofuturism with two magnificent guests. You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast it would be greatly appreciated! You can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you…
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Ikarie XB-1: 1963 Communist Utopia in Space
As always there are spoilers ahead! We've discussed Czech scifi before with Karel Zeman's gorgeous steam punk offering from 1958 Invention for Destruction (dubbed into the English language The Fabulous World of Jules Verne) and we've also covered Communists in Space with 1960s The Silent Star…
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X-Ray Eyes: Roger Corman's 1963 Psychedelic Sci-Fi
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm Roger...
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The Manchurian Candidate 1962: Politics, Power & Paranoia
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm In 1959…
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The Day of the Triffids: Wyndham vs Sci-Fi Spectacle
There are spoilers ahead for all versions of The Day of the Triffids and also for the film Signs. You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version...
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Panic in Year Zero: Nuclear Apocalypse & the Nuclear Family
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm There is…
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Don't Panic: The Hitchhiker's Guide Phenomenon
As always there are spoilers ahead. You can buy the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book in most bookshops and you can listen to the radio play on YouTube and also on the Internet Archive. You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a...
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La Jetée: French New Wave's 1962 Sci-Fi Classic
As always there are spoilers ahead! A quick note that I shall be at the London Film Festival on October the 16th giving a whistlestop tour of sci-fi cinema. It is a free event but you have to reserve tickets so if you happen to be in London and wanted to attend here is the information.…
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire: Britain's 1961 Apocalypse
As always there are spoilers ahead! If you'd like to join in on more conversations and keep up to date on what I'm working on you can follow me on social media: Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. After last episode's UK village setting we stay in the country but head to London for a newsroom...
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Village of the Damned: Creepy Kids & the Cosy Catastrophe
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you want to support the podcast you can get ad free versions at Patreon. In 1956 the film The Bad Seed was a big hit for Warner Bros featuring a blond-haired evil child. One blond scary child...
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The Silent Star: 1960 East German Sci-Fi & the Space Race
As always there are spoilers ahead! In 1951 Poland, during its Stalinist era, acclaimed science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem released his first book: The Astronauts. (He had already written the novel The Man from Mars which was serialised). In 1960 The Astronuats would go on to become the basis…
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The Time Machine: HG Wells' Legacy in 1960s Sci-Fi
As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. HG Wells shadow is a long one and his seminal work on time travel was published in 1895. But well over a half a century later Hollywood was still hooked on Herbert (George Wells). The Time Machine…
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The Wasp Woman: Roger Corman's Corporate Queen
As always there are spoilers ahead! Scroll down to read a brief synopsis of the film. The idea is to watch the film in advance before tuning in but apparently many of you listen without prep which is lovely albeit confusing! Next episode's film is also listed below. Roger Corman began his career…
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The Tingler: Vincent Price, William Castle & 1959 Ballyhoo
Hello wonderful people! You can follow the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. Thank you so much to Patreon subscribers! If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm The idea behind the...
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Teenagers from Outer Space: Aliens, Ray Guns & Gargons, Oh My!
You can follow the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. Thank you so much to Patreon subscribers! If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm As usual there are spoilers ahead! This film…
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On the Beach: Atomic Apocalypse in 1959
As always there are spoilers ahead! Trigger warning for a lot of discussion of suicide with analysis of the plot along with a side of dark humour. If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm You...
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The World, the Flesh and the Devil: Harry Belafonte, Race and Apocalypse
As usual there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media: Instagram, Threads and BlueSky. You can support the podcast and get ad-free episodes on Patreon. Please be aware that we touch upon sexual assault in this episode due to the content of the film. Description USA in 1959...
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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne: Czechoslovakia, Steampunk and Zeman in 1958
If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm You can follow the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. Although science fiction cinema did not begin in the USA it seems that by the 1950s...
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The Mysterians: 1957 Sci-Fi Space Invaders in Postwar Japan
You can find the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. In 1992 Ishiro Honda sat down for his final interview with journalist David Milner. When asked about which of his own films were his favourite Honda listed Godzilla (1954), Gorath (1962) and The Mysterians from 1957. The Mysterians is a...
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space: Gender expectations in 1958
You can find the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. I Married a Monster from Outer Space was released as part of a double bill (with The Blob) in 1958. The story focuses on newlywed couple Marge and Bill Farrell but unbeknownst to his new bride and the whole town Bill has been replaced by...
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The Blob, Steve McQueen and the Rising Teen
As usual there are spoilers ahead! Somewhere in the late 1950s society began to come to terms with the idea of the teenager. Teens were heading to the cinema leaving younger siblings and parents at home. The Blob (1958) isn't a tale of rebellion or film warning about teenage delinquency but a...
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McCarthyism vs Ed Murrow: History Daily
For this bonus episode I've teamed up with the excellent History Daily podcast. Very exciting! History Daily tells fascinating stories of what happened "on this day" in history with a new episode every weekday. The early 1950s in the USA stand out as not just a time of economic prosperity but…
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Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space: The Worst Movie Ever?
You can find the podcast on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. The Worst Film of All Time by The Worst Director of All Time. So claimed the 1980 book The Golden Turkey Awards by Michael and Harry Medved regarding the film Plan 9 from Outer Space and director Edward Wood Jr AKA Ed Wood. But this very...
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The Incredible Shrinking Man: 1950s Masculinity in Crisis
As usual there are spoilers ahead! I would love to know what you make of the ending of this film if you watched it. Best place to do that is on social media. Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. 1957 USA seems like a country on the brink of huge social change. (Of course, I say this with the benefit…
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How Forbidden Planet Shaped Sci-Fi Cinema
As usual there are spoilers ahead! Forbidden Planet (1956) is a somewhat overlooked 50s classic. Although it often fails to make lists of the greatest sci-fi films of all time it has come across often in my written research and when speaking to guests. It's a film that not only seems to excite…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Pod People & Paranoia Since 1956
As usual there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media: Instagram, Threads and dipping my toes into BlueSky a little too. Description Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) spawned many remakes over the years, each rendition reflecting the anxieties of its time. The original...
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Godzilla in 1954: Japan's Nuclear Nightmare and Sci-Fi Legacy
As usual there are spoilers ahead! For the full show notes without character limits you can head to the website here. You can follow the podcast on Instagram and Threads although I am also trying to join in on BlueSky a bit. (It's a bit weird though.) Description Godzilla was released in 1954 in...
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Cuts, Comics and Creatures: A Sci-Fi Podcast Retrospective
The end of 2024 is nigh! You can follow the podcast on Instagram and Threads although I am also trying to join in on BlueSky a bit. (It's a bit weird though.) Welcome to an end of year special! A compilation of some interesting parts of conversations from the podcast in 2024 that were edited out.…
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The Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* podcast looks back at more than a century of films, beginning in 1902 and working towards the future. Each episode focuses on a film, director or theme and brings in experts to discuss the history, politics, and influences. Join sci-fi enthusiast Ayesha Khan as she travels through time and space, encounters aliens, and battles authoritarian regimes all from the comfort of your home planet. Released every two weeks*Almost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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