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Episode 40: J.J. Green – Aliens, Colonies, and Magic in Space
In this episode, I chat with J.J. Green about her travels to southeast asia, a possible galactic community, and magic as an alternative to technology. We also discuss the past, present, and future of colonization. As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions. Book series of hers we discuss are: Carrie Hatchet, Space Colony…
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Episode 39: Barry Kirwan – Aliens, AI, and Arriving Late to the Party
In this episode, I chat with Barry Kirwan about the psychological effects of the pandemic, the experience of writing in the early hours of the morning, and predicting existential threats. We also discuss aliens (first contact and arriving too late into the galactic community), what Artificial Intelligence does and does not mean, and the demotion of robots.…
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Episode 38: Tim Attewell – Music, Monsters, and Multi-dimensional Mayhem
In this episode, I chat with Tim Attewell about film making, working with a small press, and the importance of music. We also discuss monsters and aliens, multi-dimensional travel, and the unspoken existential crisis. As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions. Books of his we discuss are: Midnight Anthem, Marathon, Satellites Gone Further…
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Episode 37: AM Scott – Air Force Space Operations, Galactic Time Keeping, and Extraterrestrial Expansion
In this episode, I chat with AM Scott about her experiences in the US Air Force Space Operations, how GPS and time-keeping satellites influenced her novels, and human expansion into space. We also discuss artificial intelligence, alien life forms, and Firefly. As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions. Books of hers we…
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Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong – Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles
In this episode, I chat with Jinwoo Chong about his upcoming book FLUX (available March 21 this year!), published by independent press Melville House. Some themes from the book we discuss are 80s nostaligia and larger-than-life characters, Silicon Valley bubbles, indentity boxes, and childhood trauma. Oh, and there’s also some time travel 🙂 As usual, there’s also…
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Episode 35: N John Williams – Double-Edged Swords, the Soul in the Machine, and Scifi Realism
In this episode, I chat with N John Williams about his experience researching AI systems with DARPA, working in a tech start-up, and the person in the machine. We also discuss artificial intelligence, the metaverse, the end of human development, and the nature of values. As usual, there’s also The Lightning Round and The Big…
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Episode 34: Susan Kaye Quinn – Hope Punk, The Singularity, and the Need for Techno-Ethics
In this episode, I chat with Susan Kaye Quinn about her engineering background, AI-generated ‘art’, and her passion for the new genre of hope punk. We also discuss possible versions of the singularity, aspects of humanity we might be sacrificing to technology, and the desperate need for an ethical system to inform technological development. As…
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Episode 33: Julia Huni – On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors
In this episode, I chat with Julia Huni about her military career, including working with NASA and NATO, her writing routine, and her thoughts on aliens. We also discuss cozy mysteries in space, cylindrical space stations, and space janitors. There’s also The Lightning Round and the Big Questions. Books of hers we discuss are: The…
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Episode 32: Roy Huff – Meteorology, Cryopreservation, and Time Travel
The beginning of Season 4! In this episode, I chat with Roy Huff all the way from Hawaii about working with NASA on the GOES-R satellite project, his interest in cryopreservation and how he started writing. We also talk about the many ideas around time travel. There’s also The Lightning Round and the Big Questions.…
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Episode 30: Peter J Aldin – Mental Health in Fiction, Villians, and the Line Between Good and Evil
In this episode, I chat with Peter J Aldin about his journey from youth pastor to science fiction author, about why he set his Zombie apocalypse in Tasmania, and about the depiction of mental health in fiction. We also chat about the nature of villains and alien spirituality. Despite the early hour in the Australian…
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