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Mentioned in 7 episodes

Y the Last Man

Book • 2002

Brian K. Vaughan

The series follows Yorick Brown and his monkey Ampersand as they navigate a world where all male mammals have died.

Yorick's mother, a U.S.

Representative, commissions Agent 355 to protect Yorick as they travel to meet Dr. Allison Mann, a geneticist working to discover why Yorick survived and how to save humanity.

The story explores themes of survival, identity, and the future of humanity in a world without men.

Mentioned by

Vejas Liulevicius

Claire Colebrook

Charlotte Gordon

Lakshmi Krishnan

Chris Washington

Mentioned in 7 episodes

Mentioned by

Vejas Liulevicius

when discussing the Great Terror and collectivization.

#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler

Mentioned by

Dorian Lynskey

as one of the first secular narratives about the end of the world, alongside Lord Byron's "Darkness."

Prepping for doomsday

Mentioned by

Émile Torres

as an early example of a book exploring the concept of human extinction.

Is the End Nigh? | Émile Torres

Mentioned by

Charles Liu

as an apocalyptic novel by Mary Shelley about a pandemic that kills most of the population.

The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Mentioned by

Bill Burr

as being on his third installment of the story about a plague that killed all the males.

Y:The Last Man, Rubberneckers, Popcorn | Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-14-25

Mentioned by

Claire Colebrook

as a key figure in her analysis of the human condition and the concept of extinction.

"What's Wrong With Extinction?" with Claire Colebrook

Recommended by Jonathan Bratten as a history of the Maine National Guard, 103rd Infantry Regiment during World War I.

The Battle of Bunker Hill

Mentioned by

Charlotte Gordon

as a terrifying novel by Mary Shelley about a pandemic wiping out the human race.

Mary Shelley – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 46

Recommended by

Lakshmi Krishnan

as an example of cli-fi, also a pandemic novel, about climate change and new diseases.

Climate leadership - knowledge is power

Mentioned by

Dave Busing

when discussing his top 25 best comics of all time.

Convincible #3: Invincible Animated Series on Amazon Prime

Mentioned as Mary Shelley's sci-fi post-apocalypse novel of the 21st century, ravaged by global plague and climate change.

Frankenstein : the first myth for the age of science

Mentioned as a Norton Critical edition edited by

Chris Washington

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Chris Washington, "Nonbinary Jane Austen" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

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