Episodes

  • Why do Leftists always lose? A (partial) defense of Contrapoints

    Why do Leftists always lose? A (partial) defense of Contrapoints
    Jun 1 2026
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    24 mins
  • 2026 : the year World War 3 begins

    2026 : the year World War 3 begins
    May 16 2026
    33 mins
  • You don’t understand science fiction

    You don’t understand science fiction
    Apr 26 2026
    35 mins
  • The First Dystopia

    The First Dystopia
    Apr 14 2026
    14 mins
  • Terminator 2 isn’t only the greatest action movie

    Terminator 2 isn’t only the greatest action movie
    Apr 13 2026
    35 mins
  • HG Wells vs Vladimir Lenin

    HG Wells vs Vladimir Lenin
    Apr 7 2026
    26 mins
  • A note for listeners of the Science Fiction podcast

    A note for listeners of the Science Fiction podcast
    Apr 6 2026
    21 mins
  • Project Hail Mary is a Male Pattern Fantasy

    Project Hail Mary is a Male Pattern Fantasy
    Apr 1 2026
    It's Scifi. It's Romance. It's Fantasy. It's SciMANtasy 😱 Let's see if we can make Gary an Amazon bestseller so he doesn't ask for his money back. 🔗👇 The Last Sysadmin in Sector 7 : a SCIMANTASY novel https://amzn.to/4lXiqjF # The Ultimate Male Pattern Fantasy ​What if the greatest science fiction dream isn't discovering alien life or saving the human race, but simply being left completely alone in a room to do math? ​Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary is a masterpiece of hard sci-fi engineering, but beneath the astrophage and the orbital mechanics lies a deeply comforting psychological trope. We are looking at the "Male Pattern Fantasy"—the idea that the ultimate hero is just an ordinary, highly competent guy who solves the universe's problems in absolute, blissful isolation (and somehow looks exactly like Ryan Gosling while doing it). ​Whether you find this trope to be a lovely, optimistic vision of human competence or a pathetic retreat from social reality, it is currently dominating modern science fiction.
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    27 mins