Countless books, movies, and TV shows explore time travel. This hour, a look at the hold that time travel has on pop culture and the philosophy, ethics, and science of time travel.

Plus, we hear from an author about how to create and utilize rules of time travel in fiction and the idea of memory as time travel.

GUESTS:

Sara Bernstein: The R.L. Canala College Professor of Philosophy at The University of Notre Dame
Amanda Gefter: MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and the author of Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn
Emma Straub: The author of This Time Tomorrow, now out in paperback

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A look at the philosophy, ethics, science, and emotion of time travel