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A podcast about the real science behind your favorite science fiction themes and tropes. Each episode, I choose a recurring topic or two in science fiction, and then dive into how it works i...
In this special episode, I got to ask a really smart person lots of questions. Specifically, the author, voice actor, puppeteer, and science...
I was going to create a podcast episode on afrofuturism but I found that this genre/aesthetic/artform can speak for itself so instead I'm go...
In this episode I discuss real examples of cyborgs, cybernetic organisms living today, human or otherwise, and these examples may surprise y...
Disaster movies can be fun. They can be scary or thought-provoking. And they can be really, really bad. But how close are they to the scienc...
In this episode of Fact and Science Fiction, I'm discussing the science and science fiction of parallel universes. I review the famous Many...
In this episode I'm sharing types of animal mimicry. From owl butterflies to cuckoo birds, to the "thing" from space. I discuss defensive mi...
We are obsessed with super suits. It is the peak of imagined technology. It’s like we have recognized the limits of the human body - and we...
There have been several pandemics in human history and few are as misunderstood as the flu. In Stephen King's The Stand, a flu epidemic wipe...
This special live episode was recorded March 30 in Kansas City MO. I did a round-up of the science of superheroes and superpowers, including...
I play a video game! Join me as I launch a rocket to space, complete an orbit path, and return back to the planet on Kerbal Space Program. K...
David Bernstein's Blockbuster Science has been a life-saver for my research for the podcast and I was so happy he agreed to be on the show!...
Climate change is an environmental phenomena that has huge implications for life on Earth in the next few decades. I researched climate chan...
I am back from my hiatus to talk about time travel! Time travel as a theme has been BIG in stories since before the written word. I talk abo...
For Halloween and the podcast’s first anniversary I dedicate this special episode to cryptids! Bigfoot, Mothman, Wendigos and Loch Ness Mons...
Science fiction and reality blurs when it comes to data science and crime. This episode I discuss predictive policing using examples from Mi...
What can we learn from early science fiction about the ocean? What technology was inspired from this ocean speculation? This episode I want...
The Jurassic Park franchise has renewed interest in dinosaurs and speculation about bringing them back to life. But speculative and scifi au...
This episode I dive deep into space. I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris (2002) for the first time! I specifically talk about the di...
This episode I break down colonizing another planet or moon. Will we find an exoplanet that can support life? What kind of challenges await...
This episode I invite my friend Paul to help me tackle the gigantic topic of traveling across space. Using examples from Interstellar, Starg...
This week I have planetary scientist Harriet Brettle on the show. We talk about those beautiful pictures of Jupiter, how Harriet got her sta...
This episode I discuss extraterrestrial life: how will we find them? What will they look like? What will we say to them? I discuss technolog...
Over the weekend at ClexaCon, I got to talk to Marlene Forte. You may know her as Alazne in Altered Carbon, Celia in Fear the Walking Dead,...
This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at ClexaCon, the largest multifandom convention for LGBTQ women and allies. My guest h...
Holly Griffith is a sci-fi geek and engineer who worked in mission control for space shuttle missions and the International Space Station. S...
This episode I discuss military science fiction as subgenre of sci-fi and how it may have influenced the discourse around the military from...
For a special bonus episode, I discuss the themes of Philip K. Dick and how they were inspired by his real life. I use examples from adaptat...
This week Jes, registered nurse and pre-med student, returns to discuss how healthcare stacks up to the speculation of science fiction. We t...
This episode I discuss what virtual reality really is, what it's not, how VR may fool humans, and which science fiction encapsulates it best...
This episode I discuss the history, theory, and philosophy behind artificial intelligence. How does our human consciousness differ? And what...
This week I discuss the representation and assumptions of gender in science fiction and the real world with special guest, sci-fi nerd and g...
This episode I talk about the balance between public funded research and private funded research. In reality, private industry has to step u...
The pod's first bonus episode is an interview with Laura Richmond, a PhD candidate and host of 'Superhero Science' in Glasgow, Scotland. We...
This episode I discuss the controversy of cloning, how external stimuli can affect you at your genetic level without changing your DNA (aka...
Who am I? Why am I creating this podcast? This episode gives a quick background on the host and previews future topics on the show. Learn mo...