All Episodes

2001: Special Effects That Changed Cinema

2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 2)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 1)

Planet of the Apes: Evolution, Supremacy, & the Death of Liberty

Barbarella 1968: Pop Art, Sex & Space Opera

Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968): Time Travel, Memory and Loss

Destroy All Monsters 1968: Godzilla's Kaiju in Combat

Sci-fi & Architecture: Visions of the Future

Quatermass: Nigel Kneale, Hammer and Mid-Century Britain

The Face of Another 1966: Scars & Identity in Post War Japan

Blade Runner: Paul Franklin's Favourite Sci-Fi Film

Fantastic Voyage: Psychedelic Nanotech in 1966

Fahrenheit 451: Truffaut's 1966 Suburban Dystopia

Seconds 1966: Rock Hudson's Devastating Disillusionment

The 10th Victim: Italy's 1965 Pop Art Dystopia

Star Trek: Woke Since 1966

Planet of the Vampires 1965: Mario Bava's Budget Beauty

Alphaville: Godard's 1965 Break-up Tech Noir

The Doctor, the Daleks & the 1960s

First Men in the Moon: From HG Wells to 1964

Missed Episode, Medicine & Metropolis

Dr. Strangelove: Cold War Comedy & 1964 USA

What is Afrofuturism?

Ikarie XB-1: 1963 Communist Utopia in Space

X-Ray Eyes: Roger Corman's 1963 Psychedelic Sci-Fi

The Manchurian Candidate 1962: Politics, Power & Paranoia

The Day of the Triffids: Wyndham vs Sci-Fi Spectacle

Panic in Year Zero: Nuclear Apocalypse & the Nuclear Family

Don't Panic: The Hitchhiker's Guide Phenomenon

La Jetée: French New Wave's 1962 Sci-Fi Classic

The Day the Earth Caught Fire: Britain's 1961 Apocalypse

Village of the Damned: Creepy Kids & the Cosy Catastrophe

The Silent Star: 1960 East German Sci-Fi & the Space Race

The Time Machine: HG Wells' Legacy in 1960s Sci-Fi

The Wasp Woman: Roger Corman's Corporate Queen

The Tingler: Vincent Price, William Castle & 1959 Ballyhoo

Teenagers from Outer Space: Aliens, Ray Guns & Gargons, Oh My!

On the Beach: Atomic Apocalypse in 1959

The World, the Flesh and the Devil: Harry Belafonte, Race and Apocalypse

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne: Czechoslovakia, Steampunk and Zeman in 1958

The Mysterians: 1957 Sci-Fi Space Invaders in Postwar Japan

I Married a Monster from Outer Space: Gender expectations in 1958

The Blob, Steve McQueen and the Rising Teen

McCarthyism vs Ed Murrow: History Daily

Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space: The Worst Movie Ever?

The Incredible Shrinking Man: 1950s Masculinity in Crisis

How Forbidden Planet Shaped Sci-Fi Cinema

Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Pod People & Paranoia Since 1956

Godzilla in 1954: Japan's Nuclear Nightmare and Sci-Fi Legacy

Cuts, Comics and Creatures: A Sci-Fi Podcast Retrospective

Them! The 1954 Horror Sci-Fi that Spawned Big Bug Cinema

Creature from the Black Lagoon: Horror, Politics and Passion in 1954

Interstellar Science: Einstein, Wormholes and Gravity with Claudia de Rham

It Came from Outer Space: Bradbury, 3D & 1950s Teens

The War of the Worlds: HG Wells' Martians in 1953

The Day the Earth Stood Still: Klaatu's Ultimatum

The Thing from Another World: Howard Hawks and the Cold War

Robert Duncan Milne: A Lost Pioneer of Science Fiction

How Alien Changed Sci-Fi Cinema in 1979

Alien: Romulus (2024) trailer reaction with The Lorehounds

Mad Scientists: Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll & Boris Karloff

Flash Gordon: From Buck Rogers Rip-Off to Space Opera Legend

Pulps, Comics and the Rise of Superheroes

The Invisible Man Exposed

King Kong: The Origin of a Cinematic Titan

Just Imagine a Musical Rom-Com Sci-Fi!

Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood

Metropolis: The Most Influential Sci-Fi Film Ever*

Aelita: The 100 Year Old Queen of Mars

What is Science Fiction?

The First Science Fiction Film Ever

The Creator: David Eagleman's favourite sci-fi film ever

Trailer: Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*