Alienating the Audience

In this season finale, the podcast explores the psychological aspects of sci-fi robots, living in the moment, and perceiving situations positively. The speaker also requests audience feedback and discusses their aspirations for a date with Trisha Helfer and the Tuvix debate in Star Trek Voyager.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine's Elim Garak is a simple, unassuming character. But also a spymaster. Why is he so beguiling, and what's his character arc? Andrew Young joins to discuss.

Discussion on the prophetic nature of George Orwell's 1984, trivia about the book, turning it into a musical, themes of surveillance and control, desensitization to death in totalitarianism, language manipulation and historical erasure, analysis of the character O'Brien, cautionary tale, and the mission of the podcast.

Star Trek: Picard recently wrapped up its third and final season--and the first season Heaton or his guests have enjoyed of it. Scottish sci-fi twins Dickie and Stone rejoin to discuss Star Trek: Picard, and what made its ultimate season likeable.

Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children of Time" tackles multi-generational sleeper ships, uplifiting species, AI, the nature of intelligence, teleforming and more. Richard Amiro rejoins to discuss.

In this satirical novel by Max Barry, the United States is a corporate wasteland with ruthless businesses and toothless rump state unable to restrain them. John Krikorian of Trekprofiles joins to discuss.  Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/goodscifi  

How does the multiverse shake out in science fiction? What are the tropes, and what are the implications? Scottish scifi twins Dickie and Stone Lynch join to discuss.

In “The Truman Show,” Jim Carey’s character is the unwitting star of a global reality television show–until he decides to escape. Director Henrique Cuoto joins to talk about the iconic film, and the evils of false reality. Henrique’s dog: www.helpchicano.com Support the show! Mightyheaton.com/alienating Interstellar Vagabonding Clips, with Nick Sperdute: www.mightyheaton.com/vagabonding

Neil Stephenson, author of Snowcrash, and Brian Brushwood discuss the impact and concepts explored in the book, including the metaverse, corporate dominance, and a neuro virus conspiracy. They also compare Snowcrash to the author's other works and share their thoughts on Krypton Amakon. The episode promotes the significance of science fiction and invites support for the podcast.

In this episode we talk about all the times people get tiny in science fiction, from "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" to "The Fantastic Voyage" to Jonathan Swift.