All Episodes

XXVII: Subcultural Scenes w/ Cairo Smith

XXVI: Jeopardy Retrospective w/ James Hirsh

XXV: Sci-Fi's Sense of Wonder w/ Lillian Wang Selonick

XXIV: AI and Our Collective Dreams w/ Ken Liu

Summer 2025 Season Finale w/ Trevor Waldorf and Dylan O'Neal

XXIII: Writing Realistic Children w/ Dylan O'Neal

XXII: Sinopticon and the World of Wǎngwén w/ Xueting Christine Ni

XXI: Is Sci-fi Suffering from Success? w/Lillian Wang Selonick

SPRING 2025 FINALE: ONE YEAR OF SYNTHESIZED SUNSETS

XX: A Career in Science Fiction Criticism w/Rich Horton

XIX: Characterizing Rational Fiction w/ Alexander Wales

XVIII: Chinese Sci-Fi Fandom w/ Regina Kanyu Wang

XVII: Imagining Alien Ecosystems w/ Adrian Tchaikovsky

XVI: The Art of the Tale w/ Naomi Kanakia

SPRING 2025: SEASON INTRO

XV: Brandon Sanderson & the Future of AI Writing w/ Merrick + Raj

Episode XIV: Building a More Ambitious Social Network w/ Visakan Veerasamy

XIII: Eras of Pokémon Fanfiction w/ Butterfree

Episode XII: Superheroes and Simulation Theory w/ Daryl Gregory

XI: South Asian Speculative Fiction w/ Gautam Bhatia

WINTER 2025: SEASON INTRO

X: Eras of Fantasy and Satire w/ Clifford Stumme (Past the Dragon)

IX: Origins of Romantasy + Memories of Clarion West w/ Rashida Smith

VIII: Density, Devotion, and Disintegration in "The Book of the New Sun" w/ Henry Hale

VII: Keeping Kids Interested in Science and Fiction w/ Trevor Waldorf

VI: Postmodernism & the Art of Shitposting w/ Ari Schwartz

V: Origins of the Clarion West Writers' Workshop w/ Marnee Chua

IV: Worldbuilding and Civilizational Decay w/ Henry Wolff

III: Molecular Aging and the Fullness of Time w/ Euan McCubbin

II: Disintegration of the Modern Media Landscape w/ Merrick Ohata

I: Climate Fiction w/ Isaac Olson