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If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsHard Science Fiction with Arula RatnakarIn this episode, Alan and Diane talk to writer and neuroscientist Arula Ratnakar. They discuss Phillip K. Dick, computational neursocience, hard science fiction, science and math communication, preceptions of reality, the neuroscience of neurodiversity, psychedelics, being neurodiverse in a neurotypical world, AI, Clarkesworld, evolving in public, and much more. You can find most of her fiction here: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?s=arula+ratnakar
2025-11-261h 50
Narrated318: ReaderCon 34 (2025)Lisa shares her discussions with authors at Readercon 34. Readercon Fonda Lee: [Website] / [Newsletter] / [Instagram] The Green Bone Saga (Series): Jade City [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Untethered Sky [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Breathmarked (Series): Breath of the Dragon [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Last Contract of Isako - Summer 2026 Arula Ratnakar: [Website] / [Bluesky] "Fractal Karma" written by Arula Ratnakar, narrated by Kate Baker...
2025-07-2938 min
The Ongoing TransformationUsing Storytelling to Investigate Scientific QuestionsFiction can be an important tool to explore complex science and technology questions: Would our legal system be more equitable if an AI delivered verdicts rather than judges and juries? What will happen to future climate refugees? Is human consciousness just another algorithm? That’s why Issues has partnered with ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination to publish Future Tense Fiction, a speculative fiction series that uses imagination to explore science and technology questions like these ones. On this episode, host Mia Armstrong-López, an editor of Future Tense, talks to Arula Ratnakar, a computational neuros...
2025-05-0625 min
Narrated287: Voyage of the Damned & Short Fiction SpotlightThis time we discussed Voyage of the Damned, written by Frances White and narrated by Nathan Foad. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Voyage of the Damned [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 91] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series): The Witness for the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Episode 116] Short Fiction Spotlight:...
2024-12-1721 min
Clarkesworld MagazineFractal Karma by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Fractal Karma" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the October 2024 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
The text version of this story can be found at:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_10_24
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2024-11-112h 53Clarkesworld MagazineAxiom of Dreams by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Axiom of Dreams" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the September 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
The text version of this story can be found at:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_09_23
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2023-10-302h 27
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive PoliticsBonus Episode: Using Science Fiction and Fantasy to Resist Social NormsIn this panel recorded at the Writer's Conduit Conference in 2022, we discuss topics like: Why is SFF good at discussing social norms, is it a moral imperative for writers to resist norms, and how do you write effective arguments. Panel guests include: Alan Bailey (Moderator), Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Arula Ratnakar, Diane Morrison, and Abriana Tuller.
2022-07-111h 13Clarkesworld MagazineBabirusa by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Babirusa" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the February 2022 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
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https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_02_22
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2022-03-012h 22
Clarkesworld MagazineSubmergence by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Submergence" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the March 2021 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
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http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_03_21
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2021-04-012h 17Clarkesworld MagazineSubmergence by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Submergence" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the March 2021 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
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https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_03_21
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2021-04-012h 17Clarkesworld MagazineLone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the September 2020 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
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http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_09_20
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2020-10-011h 06Clarkesworld MagazineLone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the September 2020 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
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https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_09_20
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2020-10-011h 06Clarkesworld MagazineInsaan Hain, Farishte Nahin by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Insaan Hain, Farishte Nahin" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the May 2019 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
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http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_05_19
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2019-05-301h 24Clarkesworld MagazineInsaan Hain, Farishte Nahin by Arula Ratnakar (audio)This episode features "Insaan Hain, Farishte Nahin" written by Arula Ratnakar. Published in the May 2019 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.
The text version of this story can be found at:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_05_19
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2019-05-301h 24