Grounding Fictional Universes with Real Sounds
John Roesch is a legend in the field of foley sound effects. He mastered the art of creating bespoke sound effects using props or just his body on films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Back to the...
27 Sep 202333min
Red Dwarf: The Sci-Fi Sitcom with Nine Lives
35 years ago, Doug Naylor co-created a sitcom called Red Dwarf about the last human left alive in the far future. But the character is not alone. The rest of the crew aboard the ship Red Dwarf include...
13 Sep 202334min
Our Listeners’ Favorite Unsung Sci-Fi Fantasy Gems
The writers’ and actors’ strikes have disrupted the pipeline of new shows and movies. We’re going to run out of new stuff to watch soon. Our listeners can help with that. They want you know about thei...
30 Aug 202339min
Ghosted by TV Shows, Seeking Closure
We’ve all had this experience. We get hooked on a show. We fall in love with the characters. We can’t stop thinking about them in between episodes. Then it gets cancelled or rushed to conclusion. When...
17 Aug 202344min
Extreme Makeover: Fairy Godmother Edition
Who wouldn’t want a fairy godmother to solve our problems with the flick of a magic wand? We know that’s not a healthy fantasy and yet, fairy godmothers aren’t going away. In fact, they’ve been prolif...
2 Aug 202331min
Are Sci-Fi Spaceships Flights of Fancy? We Ask Scientists.
These ships feel like old friends – The Enterprise, the Millennium Falcon, Battlestar Galactica, Serenity, The Rosinante. But would any of them actually work in space? I talk with NASA astrophysicist ...
19 Juli 202330min
Sci-Fi Prepared Us For The Wrong AI
Science fiction has primed us for this moment when artificial intelligence starts to take on a life of its own. ChatGPT has baffled and surprised even computer scientists in terms of how it works. Now...
6 Juli 202340min
Warhammer - The Heavy Metal of Board Games
As the Warhammer franchise reaches its 40th anniversary, the company Games Workshop’s stated goal of “total global domination” is going swimmingly. But there’s one person who hasn’t gotten swept up in...
21 Juni 202335min
