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All Episodes

Alternate Futures — 92 episodes

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91. Superheroes, Supervillains, and Modern Mythology, with Antoine Monks

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90. Werewolves, Music, and the Beast Within, with Rick London

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89. Technology and Ethics, Parallel Worlds, and Human Creativity, with Kestral Gaian

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88. Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Power, and Cognitive Surrender, with JP Prince

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Beyond Fiction | S1E1 | Jens Martin Skibsted | Designing the Future

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87. Doomsday Prophets, Curious Inventors, and Dangerous Technologies, with Wayne Faust

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86. Machine Intelligence, Mental Health, and Humanity's Future with Peter McAllister

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85. From Homeland Security to Sci-Fi Storytelling with Helen Hynson-Vettori

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84. Transmentation, Body-Hopping, and Political Intrigue with Darkly Lem

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83. Cryonics, Geopolitics, and the Future of Humanity, with John R. Carlos

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82. Who Controls the Narrative—Us or Machines? with Eira A Ekre

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81. Zoefuturism, Symbiotic Worlds, and Applied Science Fiction with Stephen Oram

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80. Visionary Publishing, Sentient Machines, and Interdimensional Mysteries with David Polfeldt

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79. Subconscious Secrets, Power Dynamics, and Spiritual Sound, with Alistair Conwell

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78. Diversity in Policing, Tech Encroachment, and Societal Shifts, with GS Morgan

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77. Machine Intelligence, Empathy, and Ethics with Greg Woolford

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76. Interstellar Intrigue, AI Overlords, and Space Operas, with DL Young

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75. Global Thrills and Ancient Mysteries with Michael Bianco

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74. Black Holes, Back Surgery, and Bestsellers with Paul Yantus

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73. Polaroids, Passion, and Pocket Universes with Tony Bible

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72. Detectives, Magpies, and Metaphors: Stefan Mohamed and 'The House on Utopia Way'

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71. Music, Mind, and Metaphysics: In Conversation with M. Laszlo

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70. LG Jenkins: Merit Hunters and Dystopian Dreams

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69. Brent Golembiewski - The Boy, The Cube and The Elf: Electronic Warfare, Fantasy in Space, and the Future of Freedom

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68. Ben Parris - Mars: Armor Forged: Colonizing Mars, Synethesia, The Future of Humanity

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67. Frederic S Durbin - The Country Under Heaven: Underground Worlds, The Nature of The Western, and Analog Typewriters

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66. Alexander Boldizar - The Man Who Saw Seconds: Laplace's Demon, Asimov's Mule, and the Trolly Problem (2/2)

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65. Alexander Boldizar - The Man Who Saw Seconds: Is There a Price too Great to Save Your Family? (1/2)

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64. Sean Robins - Echoes of Extinction: Existential Threats and Pop Culture References Galore

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63. Zack Samo - Exodus 2065: Facing Your Demons

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62. Mori Grant - Deadliner: Generation ships, mothers in space, and AI

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61. Zombies, Cycles of Renewal, and The Fall of Empires with Shawn Whitney

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60. Navigating Hyperspace, Writing Sci-Fi vs Fantasy, and Using AI in Creative Work with Peter J Aldin and AJ Gordon

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59. Being a Digital Nomad, Mythology, and LitRPG with Matt Larkin

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58. Politics, AI, and the Business of Writing with Michael Fedor

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57. Whisky, Superheroes, and Ancient History with Mark P Smith - Theo Newton:Destiny

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56. Anthony J Melchiorri - Deadman's War

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55. Joe Canzano - Suzi Spitfire and The Dream Prison

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54. Alan 'Doc' Hansen - Orion's Spur

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53. Becoming Glitch - Daniel Sayre

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52. Kickstarter for Authors: Gunn Files - M.G. Herron

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51. Shattered Time - Christopher Coates

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50. Jessie Kwak - Imaginary Worlds, Cybernetic Implants, and Space Heists

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Episode 49: Greg Dragon - Studying Martial Arts, Piers Anthony, and a Spacefaring Future for Humanity

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Episode 48: Clayton Rumley - Game Development, Star Trek, and Envisioning Pre-recorded History

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Episode 47: Sophie McKeand (Part 2) - CopyLeft Publishing, Generative AI, and the Importance of Poetic Vision to Society

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Episode 46: Sophie McKeand - Living Out of a Van, the Social Schizm of 2016, and Sensitivity Editors

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Episode 45: K. Gorman - Asian History, Dictating a Story, and the Darkness Within

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Episode 44: Kate Sheeran Swed - Plastic Dinosaurs, Kickstarter revisited, and Space Westerns

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Episode 43: M.G. Herron - Story Planning, Kickstarter for Authors, and The Aliens Among Us

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Episode 42: Audrey Sharpe - Editing her Mother, being inspired by Star Trek, and Galactic Civilizations

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Episode 41: Zachry Wheeler - English Football, Marketing for Authors, the Challenges of Immortality

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Episode 40: J.J. Green - Aliens, Colonies, and Magic in Space

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Episode 39: Barry Kirwan - Aliens, AI, and Arriving Late to the Party

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Episode 38: Tim Attewell - Music, Monsters, and Multi-dimensional Mayhem

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Episode 37: AM Scott - Air Force Space Operations, Galactic Time Keeping, and Extraterrestrial Expansion

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Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong - Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles

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Episode 35: N John Williams - Double-Edged Swords, the Soul in the Machine, and SciFi Realism

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Episode 34: Susan Kaye Quinn - Hope Punk, The Singularity, and the Need for Techno-Ethics

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Episode 33: Julia Huni - On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors

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Episode 32: Roy Huff - Meteorology, Cryopreservation, and Time Travel

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Episode 31: Tony Bertauski - Into the Claus-verse

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Episode 30: Peter J Aldin - Mental Health in Fiction, Villians, and the Line Between Good and Evil

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Episode 29: Jim Keen - Architecture, Machine Intelligence, and The Future Job Market

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Episode 28: Claire McCague - Instruments, Aliens, and Decolonizing SF

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Episode 27: Rachel Aukes - Getting Known while being an Introvert, The Future of AI, Extraterrestrial Evolution

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Episode 26: Louisa Locke - The Evolution of the Indie Author, History of Working Women in San Francisco, and the Paradisi Chronicles

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Episode 25: Sarah Woodbury - Alternate Welsh History, Dimensional Travel and The Paradisi Chronicles

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Episode 24: Misty Zaugg - Hobby Survivalist, Writing LitRPG, and Organizing Co-writing Projects

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Episode 23: Ken Lozito - The Business of Being an Indie Author, Challenges for Human Expansion and How Much Do We Really Know?

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Episode 22: Jaxon Reed - Serial Fiction, Space Opera, and the Development of Space

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Episode 21: Baileigh Higgins - Zombies, Dinosaurs, and The Apocalypse

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Episode 20: Milo James Fowler - The Speculative Fictioneer

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Episode 19: Kathleen McClure - Outrageous Fiction!

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Episode 18: Doug J Cooper - The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent AI

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Episode 17: T.W. Piperbrook - on Zombies and Werewolves and plagues. Oh My!

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Episode 16: J.W. Elliot - Anticipating the Future by Studying the Past

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Episode 15: Devon C Ford - The Apocalypse isn't as Fun to Live as it is to Write.

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Episode 14: M.D. Cooper on writing far future sci-fi, considerations on the pathway to interstellar colonization, and how raising children is like uplifting a civilization.

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Episode 13: The nature of writing sci-fi, the challenging speed of technological development, and the goal of 'plausible' not 'perfect' predictions with Gerald M. Kilby

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Episode 12: 2021 Wrap-up episode + Giveaway

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Episode 11: Christmas in the Claus-verse with Tony Bertauski

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Episode 10: Terraforming, alien life, and the ghost in the machine with A.R.K. Watson

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Episode 9: Being an Indie Author, a Strange Satellite, and the Wonders and Dangers of AI with Dietmar Wehr

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Episode 8: Cybersecurity, Cyborgs, and Alternate Reality with D.B. Goodin

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Episode 7: The Hidden World and The Symbolism of The Matrix with Kerry Boytzun

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Episode 6: Working around Grandchildren, The Indie Spirit, and Existensial Disasters with Jacqueline M. Druga

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Episode 5: Theology, Free Will, and the Challenges of the Future with W.L. Patenaude

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Episode 4: Modern Dystopias and the Thought-Provoking Horror of Mark Gillespie

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Episode 3: Hopeful Apocalypses with Christopher Coates

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Episode 2: The Science Fantasy of Ned Marcus

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Episode 1: Welcome to Alternate Futures