
About this podcast
This is both a science and a science fiction podcast. We dig deep into the biggest ideas in science fiction, using science to elevate the conversation about sci-fi, and sci-fi to promote science education, curiosity and vision. We talk to science fiction authors about the science in their fiction, then talk to scientists about the same topic, and catalyze conversations between the two.
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The Science in The Fiction
About this podcast
This is both a science and a science fiction podcast. We dig deep into the biggest ideas in science fiction, using science to elevate the conversation about sci-fi, and sci-fi to promote science education, curiosity and vision. We talk to science fiction authors about the science in their fiction, then talk to scientists about the same topic, and catalyze conversations between the two.
Recent episodes
- Robert J. Sawyer and Julius Csotonyi on Sci-Fi Dinos and Paleontology - Part 230 Jun · 34 min
- Robert J. Sawyer and Julius Csotonyi on Sci-Fi Dinos and Paleontology - Part 111 Jun · 44 min
- Robert J. Sawyer on Sci-Fi Dinosaurs in 'The Quintaglio Ascension'14 May · 1 h 12 min
- Micaiah Johnson on Necropolitics (Part 2) in 'The Unkilled: White Supremacy's Insidious Preservation of Black Lives'25 Jan · 47 min
- Micaiah Johnson on Necropolitics (Part 1) in 'Venomous Lumpsucker'10 Jan · 29 min
- Ned Beauman on Necropolitics in 'Venomous Lumpsucker'18 Nov 2025 · 43 min
- William Bains on Dark Ecology in 'Shroud'14 Oct 2025 · 57 min
- Nicholas Keating Casbarro on World-Building in 'Vitalerium'13 Sept 2025 · 56 min
- Chris Kulp on Artificial Intelligence in 'Lost Origins'14 Aug 2025 · 59 min
- Adrian Tchaikovsky on Dark Ecology in 'Shroud'17 Jul 2025 · 1 h 00 min