15 episodes
Science Fiction Double Feature sillypunk
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In Science Fiction Double Feature I interview an author about their science fiction novel. But why stop there? I also interview an expert about some aspect of the book - whether the science behind it, the history or anything else that I find interesting.
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Phyllis Esposito: Interdimensional Private-Eye
This month we talk to Christiana Ellis, author of Phyllis Esposito: Interdimensional Private-Eye and Professor Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Emeritus professor of history at the University of Edinburgh.
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Book of M
This month we speak to author of The Book of M, Peng Shepherd and Professor Michael Anderson from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at Cambridge University.
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The Rewind Files
This month we speak to author of The Rewind Files, Claire Willett and professor at Columbia Journalism School, Michael Schudson.
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Exit Strategy
This month we talk to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries. We also get a potted history of space law by your very own podcast editor.
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Certain Dark Things
This month we’re hanging out with the living dead, talking Certain Dark Things with Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Then, we talk to Deborah Hyde to find out why hanging out in your kitchen is the best place to fend off a vampire.
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Provenance
This month we talk to none other than Ann Leckie about her new book Provenance. And after that we have Paul Craddock, materials scientist from the British Museum to talk about what makes a historical object authentic.