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  • Ep 14: The Disaster Tourist/ Sketching the future
    Jun 25 2022

    This week's novel, The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun,  takes the idea of  disaster tourism one step too far.....

     

    Additional books mentioned:

    *Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein

     

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    16 m
  • E13: Hummingbird Salamander (Climate Anxiety)
    Jun 14 2022

    This week we talk about author Jeff Van Der Meer's Hummingbird Salamander, a lyrical eco-thriller, and climate anxiety and grief.

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    18 m
  • E12: The Dreamers
    May 27 2022

    Do you make decisions based on logic? Or would you be comfortable making decisions based off of...say, a dream?  This journaling episode is talking about The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker.

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    19 m
  • E11: Upload + the Digital Afterlife
    May 20 2022

    Amazon's Upload asks major questions, but attempts to answer the biggest: What if Death was no longer the "great equalizer"?  

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    29 m
  • Ep 10: The Adam Project
    May 9 2022

    In The Adam Project, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner are reunited nearly 20 years after starring in the fantasy rom-com 13 going on 30.  Ryan Gosling plays their adult son. the titular Adam, in this time-travel dramedy.  Listen in as we  discuss more about its sci-fi themes.

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    19 m
  • EP 9: Sci-fi Christmas Watch List
    Dec 8 2021

    Need something to watch this holiday season. Look no further! Spoiler: Uh, most of these have nothing to do with Christmas.....

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    30 m
  • E8:The Day After Tomorrow
    Nov 25 2021

    The Day After Tomorrow...climate change disaster film. What could possibly go wrong? But big themes at play here:

     

    Note: This film was actually made in 2004 - not 2005 like I state in the episode!

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    25 m
  • E7: Journaling Day - Blade Runner
    Aug 31 2021

    Do you really have a choice? That's what we're talking about today in this Journaling episode based on two very short lines from the film Blade Runner.

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    11 m