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System CrashScience Fiction in the Days of American Authoritarianism ft. Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane AndersIn the latest episode of our Elon In Power series, we’re joined by sci-fi authors and Our Opinions Are Correct co-hosts Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders to dig into how science fiction shaped Elon Musk, and how Musk uses it to shape his own mythology. We explore the problems with how Musk interprets (and fails to interpret) sci-fi stories, and the ways sci-fi memes are deployed to justify the visions of the future tech billionaires are trying to realize. Annalee and Charlie Jane also share their thoughts on where they find hope in this moment, and how sc...2025-04-1840 min
SCIFI SNAKEp. 119: Annalee Newitz, The TerraformersThe Terraformers blev udgivet i 2023. Bogen tager et stærkt afsæt i miljø og klimamæssige problemstillinger, men bruger en fantastisk setting. Bogen blev nomineret til en Nebula Award for bedste roman i 2024.
I The Terraformers støder vi på et samfund af terraformers, som arbejder med at forberede et jordisk paradis på den private planet Sask-E for firmaet Verdance. Terraformerne er vidt forskellige. Nogle er robotter, nogle stærkt modificerede Homo Sapiens, nogle er elge (!).
Om Annalee Newitz
Annalee Newitz er en amerikansk journalist og forfatter af både fiktion og nonfiktio...2024-10-211h 03
‘funny,’ not funny“Wanting to go back and change things” | a conversation with Julia TenneyWe start by talking about the possible death of TikTok in the USA and move on to introduce Julia Tenney and marvel over her pysanky eggs, the methods for their creation, and their Ukrainian and eastern European roots. Lionel discusses the historical Piranesi and his sketches. This leads us to talk about dreams and their origins and consequences. We launch into a discussion of Dune, the books by Frank Herbert, and a little about the first recent movie. None of us had seen the second. Lionel mentions his enjoyment of the movie Bullet Train, directed by David Leitch, not...2024-03-201h 15
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Episode 27: Asimov's Laws vs. 'AI' Death-Making (w/ Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders), February 19 2024Science fiction authors and all-around tech thinkers Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders join this week to talk about Isaac Asimov's oft-cited and equally often misunderstood laws of robotics, as debuted in his short story collection, 'I, Robot.' Meanwhile, both global and US military institutions are declaring interest in 'ethical' frameworks for autonomous weaponry.Plus, in AI Hell, a ballsy scientific diagram heard 'round the world -- and a proposal for the end of books as we know it, from someone who clearly hates reading.Charlie Jane Anders is a science fiction author. Her...2024-02-291h 04
Official OLS Episodes – One Last SketchEpisode 52 – Terraforming Moose
We wrap up our 2023 book club with a recent release, The Terraformers (2023) by Annalee Newitz. This throwback to the fix-up novel explores a lot of big ideas about ecology, biology and society, but do all the many, many elements work together as a whole? And what’s up with all the references to Canada? We discuss.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Our Opinions are Correct podcast with Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz
Tech Won’...2023-11-1200 min
What Does Star Wars Mean To You?Charlie Jane Anders, What Does Star Wars Mean To You?Author Charlie Jane Anders shares what Star Wars means to her! We talk about her contribution to From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi "My Mouth Never Closes", the iconic and low budget Hardware Wars, how politics in the Prequel Trilogy echos those of today, Quinlan Vos, what should happen with the never produced TV Show that George Lucas has over 50 scripts, as well as her Five with the Force!@CharlieJaneAnders on Instagram Charlie Jane's Blue SkyCharlie Jane's NewsletterCharlie Jane's Website Charlie Jane's Facebook...2023-10-2640 min
TechdirtSci-Fi & Silicon ValleyScience fiction has always served as a source of inspiration for real technological progress. Sometimes that's great, but other times it enables abuse or leads people to make terrible assumptions that result in harmful decisions. This week we're joined by the hosts of the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct, authors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, who recently began tackling this very subject, to discuss the relationship between Silicon Valley and science fiction.
Our Opinions Are Correct - https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/2023-03-2847 min
Tales from the TrunkBook Tour 23: Annalee Newitz – The TerraformersThis time around, it’s my distinct pleasure to welcome a fellow podcaster, Annalee Newitz (@annaleen), to talk about their forthcoming novel, The Terraformers, out January 31st, 2023, from wherever fine books are sold! We get to hear an excerpt from the book that leads us into a great discussion about transit gays, flying moose romance, and robot trans culture, among other things.
Things we mention on this episode:
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Mastodon
I-5 cattle ranches
Dune, by Frank Herbert
Friends at the Table
Jeff...2023-01-0636 min
HysteriaWe Ride at Dawn w. Sen. Kirsten GillibrandErin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco talk to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand about the realities and battles of a post-Roe America. Next, in News, Erin and Alyssa dive into the different responses — from Democrats, from the GOP, from the states — to the overturning of abortion rights. Then, they’re joined by Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz to talk about the power of imagining different realities through science fiction while we live in an increasingly dystopian society, and why queer and other marginalized people are so good at writing them. Finally, finding joy in Sanity Corner.Show NotesOur...2022-06-301h 24
We're Watching What?!We're Interviewing Who?! - Episode 200 and Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak with Charlie Jane AndersIt's our 200th episode! Welcome special guest Charlie Jane Anders to discuss her new book Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, how High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is like The Human Centipede 2 (yes, you read that right), pronouns, and pop culture.
More about Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
Tina left home to claim her destiny as the rebirth of the galaxy's greatest hero --- but she found something better: a chosen family. This YA series features epic battles, even more epic romance, and always getting people's pronouns right.
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2022-04-2547 min
The Op-Ed Page with Elisa Camahort PageEp. 76: Your true cost of living is none of your boss's business, right?This week on The Op-Ed Page with Elisa Camahort Page: Available anywhere you listen to podcasts, so please share, subscribe, rate and review!! 1. Should pay be based on “cost of living” 2. Time travel The Adam Project on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81309354 The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765392121/thefutureofanothertimeline Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250236593/oonaoutoforder Star Trek: Picard on Paramount Plus 3. Quick takes: My most recent newsletter, “More Helping”: https://elisacp.substack.com/p/more-helping?s=w Links mentioned: Discord policy updates: https://discord.com/blog/imp...2022-03-2437 min
DIY MFA Radio390: Idea to Premise to Story: Crafting a Dynamic Short Story - Interview with Charlie Jane AndersToday, I have the pleasure of interviewing Charlie Jane Anders. Charlie Jane is the author of the essay collection Never Say You Can’t Survive along with the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes. Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. Her fiction and journalism have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Slate, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, the Boston Review, Tor.com, Tin House, Teen Vogue, Conjunctions, Wired Magazine, and other places. Her TED Talk, "Go Ahead, Dream About the...2021-12-2950 min
Feminist Frequency's Star Trek PodcastStar Trek Discovery | Season 4, Episodes 2 & 3: “Anomaly” & “Choose to Live”They’ve been guests of our podcasts in the past, but today Anita is excited to welcome both co-hosts of the Our Opinions Are Correct Podcast to the same episode of Feminist Frequency’s Star Trek Podcast: Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders. Together we discuss episodes 2 and 3 of season 4 of Discovery.Links Mentioned:FFR episode on Charlie Jane’s book Never Say You Can’t Survive - https://feministfrequency.com/video/creativity-in-crisis-with-special-guest-charlie-jane-anders-feminist-frequency-radio-174/Listen to Annalee and Charlie Jane’s Podcast:ouropinionsarecorrect.comFollow Annalee:twitter.com/annaleenannaleenewitz.comFollow Charlie Jane:t...2021-12-0742 min
Failure to AdaptThe Green Knight, with Annalee NewitzAs Dev Patel is a snack and genius author Annalee Newitz just happened to have done their senior thesis on courtly love in the 14th century poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott were ecstatic to have them on to discuss the poem’s adaptation into The Green Knight (2021), directed by David Lowery. Annalee Newitz is most recently the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, as well as being an incredible Science Fiction Author, Lambda Literary Award Winner, and a writer for most publications you’ve heard of, inclu...2021-10-121h 11
The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and NeuroscienceHow Award-Winning Sci-Fi Author Charlie Jane Anders Writes #PodcastersForJustice Decorated speculative fiction and YA author and pundit, Charlie Jane Anders, chatted with me about the genesis of storytelling, how to weather 20 years of rejection, write through hard times, and her latest how-to for writers Never Say You Can’t Survive. "Being a writer doesn't have to mean you have a cool haircut and live in Brooklyn and go to fancy literary parties. It can mean that you're just someone who enjoys making up stories ... you don't even have to publish them." – Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane's novel Victories Greater Than...2021-08-2636 min
Emerging FormEpisode 48: Never Say You Can't Survive with Charlie Jane AndersSometimes, telling a story can save you. In this episode, we speak with novelist, short story writer and journalist Charlie Jane Anders about her new book, “how writing helps us set rules, create frames, and surprise ourselves with what is possible. “Stories keep us alive,” she says. We also talk about writing and politics, writing the story you want to read, changing gears and creativity as a “saving grace.” Charlie Jane Anders is the author of Victories Greater Than Death, the first book in a new young-adult trilogy published in April 2021,along with the forthcoming short story collection...2021-08-1931 min
Emerging FormEpisode 44: How a Creative Career Emerges with Annalee NewitzOpenness and curiosity--how do these attributes contribute to the success of creative endeavors? In this episode of Emerging Form, we speak with science fiction and nonfiction author Annalee Newitz. They talk about back up plans, the relationship between luck and hard work, how writing for free can really pay off, how we frame our experience, challenging our expectations, and creating opportunities. Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of the book Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, and the novels The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won t...2021-06-2435 min
KaleidocastS3:Ep5: "Sustenance" by Bradley Robert Parks & "Ghost Champagne" by Charlie Jane AndersThe past lives in the walls. It lives just over our shoulder. It stares at us without blinking. It stares from the mirrors. It can never just be. So neither can we.
Charlie Jane Anders and Bradley Robert Parks bring us two ghost stories. One takes lives while the other saves them, one punchline at a time.
"Sustenance" by Bradley Robert Parks, Read by Bradley Levine
Bradley Robert Parks is a writer and sometimes singer, and founded the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers in 2010. His publication credits can be found on his website, bradleyrobertparks.com. He lives in Brooklyn with his hu...2021-05-111h 28
Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘sEpisode 27: Annalee Newitz on "Lost Cities" and the Nature of SelfThis week we are ecstatic to share our conversation with Annalee Newitz, author of fiction (Autonomous, Future of Another Timeline) and nonfiction (most recently Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age) and podcaster (Our Opinions are Correct, which they host with Charlie Jane Anders). We talk about coming out as non-binary to the world, archaeology, writing science fiction, and whether Annalee would put their brain in a robot body (yes) and if this is immortality (no?).
A transcript for this episode is available on our website: https://asabpodcast.com/2021/04/22/episode-27/
Annalee can be...2021-04-2350 min
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. LaveryIt's All GoodPrudence is joined this week by Charlie Jane Anders, the author of Victories Greater Than Death, the first book in a new young-adult trilogy coming in April 2021, along with the forthcoming short story collection Even Greater Mistakes. She’s also the co-host of the podcast, Our Opinions Are Correct, along with Annalee Newitz.Prudie and Anders tackle letters about how to support your brother in his new relationship when you’re uncomfortable with their age gap, what actions to take when you’re living with family who neglect the needs of their toddler, what to consider when your t...2021-04-2052 min
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasCharlie Jane Anders on Stories and How to Write ThemTelling a story seems like the most natural, human thing in the world. We all do it, all the time. And who amongst us doesn’t think we could be a fairly competent novelist, if we just bothered to take the time? But storytelling is a craft like any other, with its own secret techniques and best practices. Charlie Jane Anders is a multiple-award-winning novelist and story writer, but also someone who has thought carefully about all the ingredients of a good story, from plot and conflict to characters and relationships. This will be a useful conversation for anyone wh...2021-04-121h 26
Page One - The Writer's PodcastEp. 67 - Charlie Jane AndersCharlie Jane Anders is an award-winning author and journalist who was a founding member of the popular site io9 and whose latest novel, Victories Greater Than Death, is out next week and kicks off a new YA trilogy. She's also the author of All the Birds in the Sky, which won the Nebula, Crawford and Locus awards, Choir Boy, which won a Lambda Literary Award, and The City in the Middle of the Night. Her short fiction has appeared in Tor.com, Boston Review, Tin House, Conjunctions, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Wired Magazine, Slate, Asimov's Science Fiction, Li...2021-04-091h 10
SweconPoddarSweconpoddar 103 – Automisation and AI – and their influence on us
Automisation and AI – threats, salvations or both? How is society influenced by the advances in automisation and AI? Huge amounts of data are collected and analysed, searching for patterns in behaviour, computers are making decisions. What will the future bring us? Could AI be the solution to the climate problem? Or will the automisation lead us to doom? How can we understand the risks and opportunities, and how can we control the developments?
This panel was recorded at Swecon 2019 – Replicon in Västerås Sweden
Participants: Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Eva Holmqvist, Edmund Schlues...2021-04-0546 min
Our Opinions Are CorrectAn Exclusive Sneak Peek at Victories Greater Than Death!Just for our amazing subscribers, here's an exclusive sneak peek at the audiobook of Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders, read by Hynden Walch. Coming on April 13, 2021, available wherever audiobooks are sold!2021-04-0119 minSweconPoddarSweconpoddar 102 – Fantastic identity
Which new perspectives on gender, identity and partnership/families can we get from fantastic fiction? How can writers use gender neutral robots, polyamorous aliens, many-bodied distributed AIs et cetera, to say something about the lifes and societies of humans today?
This panel was recorded at Swecon 2019 – Replicon in Västerås Sweden
Participants: Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders and Marika (moderator)
The music is from Sands Of Time (Psychadelik Pedestrian) / CC BY-NC 3.0
2021-03-2945 minSweconPoddarSweconpoddar 98 – Opening ceremony
Opening ceremony with an introduction of the Guests of Honor, and a discussion concerning: ”How can science fiction literature help us find a better future.”
This was recorded at Swecon 2019 – Replicon in Västerås Sweden
Participants: Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Gunilla Jonsson, Michael Petersén, and Håkan Wester (moderator)
The music is from Sands Of Time (Psychadelik Pedestrian) / CC BY-NC 3.0
2021-03-0118 min
Be The SerpentEpisode 73: Game, Set, and MatchOn this week's episode, we're talking about sports! The tentpoles are Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett, Bend It Like Beckham, and “Thirty Years and Change” by sunsmasher.
What We’re Into Lately
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Fence: Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan
Binging with Babish
Scum Villain fanfic
The Untamed fanfic
Yuri!!! on Ice fanfic (because nostalgia)
Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
Scum Villain anime
Haikyuu!!
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Blaseb...2020-11-041h 06
A Galaxy Not So Far AwayEpisode 15: Time TravelToday's episode is all about time travel! Gary is very excited to be joined by Becca, Nick, and Jenni to talk about their favorite bits of time travel media. Check the description below for all our recommendations. Be warned, there are spoilers for several of the stories and films we mention during this episode! Our book recommendations: The Time Machine by HG Wells The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Recursion by Blak...2020-09-171h 25SCIFI SNAKEp. 76: Inge Eriksen, Luderen fra GomorraVi har at gøre med første bog i den prisvindende serie “Rummet uden Tid” – som har vundet blandt andet Science Fiction Cirklens litteraturpris i 1986. Når man læser på de danske litteratursider nævnes serien som hovedsøjlen i Inge Eriksens Science Fiction produktion.
Luderen fra Gomorra har allerede i 1983 fat i, at beskrive en post-apokalyptisk verden der kæmper med klimakrise og drivhuseffekt. I denne verden følger vi politikeren Tukhalele og luderen Fey, der i hver deres adskilte fortælling oplever jordens langsomme undergang under en trinvis evakuering til fjerne planeter.
Et særkende ve...2020-09-1542 min
Hellbent for HorrorEpisode 094- The Two-Headed Monster of Horror and Science Fiction with Lisa GorskiIn the world of genre and fandom, the universal currency is passion. Fans of different genres normally would not mix, but there are areas of overlap, LIKE a GENRE VENN DIAGRAM. Join me and H4H producer, Lisa Gorski, as we discuss the overlap between two of the most passionate fandoms, HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION. (shock: Lisa is NOT a horror fan!) #horror #scifi #lovecraftcountry #sayhorror #alien #thething #TheExpanse #TheRitual Movies, Books, and Artists Discussed: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Satan’s Triangle (1975) The Night Stalker (1975) Star Trek...2020-09-091h 20Hellbent for HorrorEpisode 094- The Two-Headed Monster of Horror and Science Fiction with Lisa GorskiIn the world of genre and fandom, the universal currency is passion. Fans of different genres normally would not mix, but there are areas of overlap, LIKE a GENRE VENN DIAGRAM. Join me and H4H producer, Lisa Gorski, as we discuss the overlap between two of the most passionate fandoms, HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION. (shock: Lisa is NOT a horror fan!) #horror #scifi #lovecraftcountry #sayhorror #alien #thething #TheExpanse #TheRitual Movies, Books, and Artists Discussed: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Satan’s Triangle (1975) The Night Stalker (1975) Star Trek...2020-09-091h 20
Just Keep WritingEpisode 37 - PrideIt’s Pride month! This week, Marshall, Nick, and Wil announce the official social media platforms for the podcast along with our official website! Wil, as our newest team member, interviews Marshall and Nick about science fiction/fantasy and LGBTQIA characters.
Check out our website www.justkeepwriting.org and give us a look and follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
Instagram: @justkeepwritingpodcast
Twitter: @justkeepwritin1
Topic of the Month: Pride Month! Celebrating LGBTQ authors and characters.
This Month’s Challenge: Watch the documentary “Disclosure.”
Links mentioned during the show:
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Science! With Friends#45 | Discussion | This Episode is a Venn DiagramJocelyn and Bradley are in their happy place this week, at the intersection of science, art, and storytelling! In this episode, the hosts discuss the powerful and pervasive notion of “the two cultures”—sciences on the one hand and humanities on the other—and consider why it is so difficult and so important to move beyond this deeply entrenched dichotomy. They also discuss parallels between the writing process and the process of scientific discovery, why creativity and emotion are crucial elements of science, and how the arts and humanities help to cultivate habits of mind that are essential for success in STEM...2020-05-061h 30
Androids and AssetsNot Lovers but Comrades, In Conversation with Nino Cipri
A conversation with author Nino Cipri about their new novella, FINNA. We talk about labour, unions, and love. FINNA is on sale Feb 25 and we can’t recommend it highly enough.
Nino on Twitter
Nino’s newsletter, Cool Story, Bro
Nino’s author photo, the image at the top of this post, is by Korbin Jones.
Works and Authors Mentioned
Sarah Pinsker, Twitter – A Song for a New Day
Annalee Newitz, Twitter
Charlie Jane Anders, Twitter
Our Opinions Are Correct, the podcast hosted by Annal...2020-02-1745 min
Androids and Assets - The Complete PackageNot Lovers but Comrades, In Conversation with Nino Cipri
A conversation with author Nino Cipri about their new novella, FINNA. We talk about labour, unions, and love. FINNA is on sale Feb 25 and we can’t recommend it highly enough.
Nino on Twitter
Nino’s newsletter, Cool Story, Bro
Nino’s author photo, the image at the top of this post, is by Korbin Jones.
Works and Authors Mentioned
Sarah Pinsker, Twitter – A Song for a New Day
Annalee Newitz, Twitter
Charlie Jane Anders, Twitter
Our Opinions Are Correct, the podcast hosted by Annal...2020-02-1745 min
Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory PodcastEpisode 093 - 2020 Reading Resolutions and IntentionsThis episode we’re talking about our 2020 Reading Resolutions and Intentions! We discuss how we are bad at reading resolutions, loot boxes filled with books, giving up books two pages from the end, setting aside time to read, reading bingo, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Media We Mention Playing at the World: A History of Simulating War...2020-01-2156 min
New Books in Science FictionAnnalee Newitz, "The Future of Another Timeline" (Tor, 2019)Amid a wave of time travel books published this year, Annalee Newitz’s The Future of Another Timeline(Tor, 2019) stands out for its focus on a woman’s right to obtain a safe abortion.The book opens in an alternate America in which women gained the right to vote in the 1870s (rather than 1920), but abortion never became legal.“I was imagining that if women had gotten the vote earlier, there might have been a backlash, which would have prevented a reproductive rights movement from really taking hold,” Newitz says.In the novel, time tra...2019-09-2645 min
Science fiction bokhandelns poddradio#57 Komiska apokalypser och järntronsfinalEn tv-serie på väg ut och en bokserie som inte är avslutad och en fristående bok och en tv-serie på väg in! Vi pratar sista säsongen av Game of Thrones som nu är avslutad (och frågar oss om och när Martin kommer att släppa nästa bok) samt peppar inför nya serien Good Omens som baserats på Terry Pratchett och Neil Gaimans moderna klassiker med samma namn från 1990. Parenteserna som flikas in handlar om bland annat snabba klädbyten i musikaler för att visa på karaktärsutveckling, bildupplösningen i Hobbit-filmerna samt...2019-06-0748 min
The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 342: The Books of 2019At the beginning of the new year, Jonathan and Gary compare lists of books they’re looking forward to in the new year, beginning with some novels appearing within the next few weeks (Charlie Jane Anders’s The City in the Middle of the Night, Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Alastair Reynolds’s Shadow Captain), and venturing further into the year with debut novels, sophomore novels sequels, fantasy, SF, collections, anthologies, and whatever else comes to mind, including some of our own forthcoming efforts.
We cover a lot of titles, but no doubt missed some and probably...2019-01-051h 06
Flash ForwardFarm To TabletOn today’s episode we tackle a future that was once a staple of science fiction: food pills. Instead of shopping and cooking and sitting down to eat meals together, we all simply pop our nutritional pills and move along with our lives. How feasible is this, really? Where did the idea come from? And what does the rise and fall in the popularity of the idea say about our changing relationships to food, culture and politics?Guests:Annalee Newitz, science journalist and science fiction author, co-host of Our Opinions Are CorrectCharlie Ja...2018-10-2347 min
Flash ForwardFarm To TabletOn today’s episode we tackle a future that was once a staple of science fiction: food pills. Instead of shopping and cooking and sitting down to eat meals together, we all simply pop our nutritional pills and move along with our lives. How feasible is this, really? Where did the idea come from? And what does the rise and fall in the popularity of the idea say about our changing relationships to food, culture and politics?
Guests:
Annalee Newitz, science journalist and science fiction author, co-host of Our Opinions Are Correct
Charlie Jane Anders, science fiction author, co-host of Ou...2018-10-2349 min
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasAnnalee Newitz on Science, Fiction, Economics, and NeurosisThe job of science fiction isn't to predict the future; it's to tell interesting stories in an imaginative setting, exploring the implications of different ways the world could be different from our actual one. Annalee Newitz has carved out a unique career as a writer and thinker, founding the visionary blog io9 and publishing nonfiction in a number of formats, and is now putting her imagination to work in the realm of fiction. Her recent novel, Autonomous, examines a future in which the right to work is not automatic, rogue drug pirates synthesize compounds to undercut Big Pharma, and sentient...2018-10-081h 11
Reading GlassesEp 68 - Sci Fi is My Religion and Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders!Brea and Mallory talk about science fiction and interview authors and hosts of Our Opinions Are Correct Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Amazon Fixed Kindle Link Our Opinons Are Correct Annale...2018-09-2745 min
Wine and Three QuartersEp 30 - Slytherin - The Hard NPR (Failing Happily)In the thirtieth episode of Wine and Three-Quarters, Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff, and Victoria get their goal update done one minute faster than last time, and discuss LeVar Burton Reads “As Good as New” by Charlie Jane Anders
Do you have thoughts about “As Good as New?” Want to update us on your goals? Get in touch with us on twitter @Wineand3Q or email us at wineandthreequarters@gmail.com.
Links:
LeVar Burton Reads http://www.levarburtonpodcast.com/
Charlie Jane Anders https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4918514.Charlie_Jane_Ander...2018-06-2200 min
Our Opinions Are CorrectScience fiction books that stand the test of timeSome science fiction books are still fascinating after 200 years, while others make us wince after just a decade on the shelf. What makes an SF book stay relevant? Hint: it's not the book's ability to predict the future. Your hosts Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders talk about the themes and ideas that make books last, and offer lots of suggestions for your summer reading lists! Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes2018-04-1236 min
Our Opinions Are CorrectHope, dread, and Star Trek: DiscoveryJoin authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz to explore storytelling, science, and cultural meaning in science fiction. In our first episode, we discuss the inaugural season of Star Trek: Discovery. Is Michael Burnham the greatest hero? Why did we have to stay in the Mirror Universe so long? How does this show fit into the Star Trek pantheon? Is there too much fan service in this series? What is a Klingducken and why do we care? All these questions and more will be answered, or at least asked, and possibly mocked. Show notes: www...2018-03-1536 min
Bay Area Book Festival PodcastTor Books presents Science Fiction and the Resistance!Join Charlie Jane Anders, Cory Doctorow, Annalee Newitz and John Scalzi as they kick ass, take names and decide who goes down first, and hardest, in an epic discussion about new directions in science fiction and fantasy.2017-10-191h 16