Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

Chris Matheson, co-writer of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, joins us to discuss his new book Conversations with the Father, about his complicated relationship with his father, legendary fantasy & science fiction author Richard Matheson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam-Troy Castro joins us to discuss his short story collections Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories and The Author’s Wife vs. The Giant Robot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emery Emery joins us to discuss his new documentary Science Friction, about scientists who get tricked into appearing on TV shows that promote fringe ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura J. Mixon joins us to discuss her novel Up Against It, about an asteroid colony facing a series of disasters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, and Robby Soave join us to discuss Robert Heinlein’s classic 1966 novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, about a lunar colony declaring independence from Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert’s Dune, which adapts the first Dune novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Director and animator David S. F. Wilson joins us to discuss his work on Love, Death + Robots and Bloodshot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Star Trek showrunner Alex Kurtzman joins us to discuss his new Showtime series The Man Who Fell to Earth, based on the novel by Walter Tevis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Marche joins us to discuss his werewolf novel The Hunger of the Wolf and his nonfiction book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frequent guest Christopher M. Cevasco joins us to discuss his first novel Beheld: Godiva’s Story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fantasy author and philosopher Ben Burgis joins us to discuss his books Give Them an Argument, Christopher Hitchens, and Canceling Comedians While the World Burns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, and John Kessel join us to discuss Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Severance, about a group of workers whose memories are manipulated by their mysterious employer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maureen McHugh joins us to discuss her short story collections After the Apocalypse and Mothers and Other Monsters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen, and Abby Goldsmith join us to discuss Season 1 of the Amazon Prime series The Wheel of Time, based on the novels by Robert Jordan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Gerencer, Andrea Kail, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss John Carpenter’s classic movie The Thing, about a group of scientists battling a shapeshifting alien. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rajan Khanna, Abby Goldsmith, and Mercurio D. Rivera join us to discuss Larry Niven’s classic novel Ringworld, about a group of characters exploring a mysterious alien habitat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carol Pinchefsky joins us to discuss her book Turn Your Fandom into Cash: A Geeky Guide to Turn Your Passion Into a Business (Or at Least a Side Hustle). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Ha, John Kessel, and Abby Goldsmith join us to discuss the Apple TV+ series Foundation, based on the novels by Isaac Asimov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Robert Repino join us to discuss the new movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Jason Reitman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer and comedian Marc Burrows joins us to discuss his book The Magic of Terry Pratchett, the first full-length Pratchett biography. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special bonus episode we celebrate the release of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley’s first book Save Me Plz and Other Stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychology professor Christopher J. Ferguson joins us to discuss his article “Are Orcs Racist? Dungeons & Dragons, Ethnocentrism, Anxiety, and the Depiction of Evil Monsters.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Starman, Explorers, Dark Star, and Tron. Time stamps: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (8:45), Starman and Explorers (30:00), Dark Star (51:30), Tron (1:05:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Joseph Adams, Erin Lindsey, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the Netflix original movie Don’t Look Up, about civilization dawdling in the face of a planet-killing asteroid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rafael Jordan, Theresa DeLucci, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss the latest film in the Matrix series, about humans trapped in a virtual reality illusion created by malevolent AIs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian Ada Palmer joins us to discuss her novel Too Like the Lightning, the first book in her Terra Ignota series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Weird Science, Innerspace, Escape from New York, Night of the Comet, and Howard the Duck. Time stamps: Weird Science (7:56), Innerspace (24:22), Escape from New York (38:55), Night of the Comet (57:00), Howard the Duck (1:09:02). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Spiner, who played the lovably awkward android Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, joins us to discuss his new book Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir Inspired by True Events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth, and Yohanca Delgado join us to discuss John’s new anthology The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the new movie Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the movies The Last Starfighter, Enemy Mine, Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, and D.A.R.Y.L. Time stamps: The Last Starfighter (8:26), Enemy Mine (29:12), Flight of the Navigator (43:51), Short Circuit and D.A.R.Y.L. (54:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Peterson joins us to discuss his new book Game Wizards, about the power struggle between Dungeons & Dragons co-creators Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason, joins us to discuss his new book Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and the Future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Ha, Sam J. Miller, and Lisa Yaszek join us to discuss Neal Stephenson’s classic 1992 novel Snow Crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Matthew Kressel join us to discuss the movies The NeverEnding Story, Labyrinth, Ladyhawke, and The Princess Bride. Time stamps: The Neverending Story (11:43), Labyrinth (30:41), Ladyhawke (48:12), The Princess Bride (1:02:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joseph Reisert joins us to discuss Aldous Huxley’s classic 1932 novel Brave New World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daryl Gregory joins us to discuss his collection Unpossible and Other Stories and his novella The Album of Dr. Moreau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erin Lindsey, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Lara Elena Donnelly join us to discuss the new movie The Green Knight, a dark retelling of the classic medieval legend Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, and Stephen Graham Jones join us to discuss the common horror movie trope of the final girl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David L. Craddock joins us to discuss his book Stay Awhile and Listen: Book II: Heaven, Hell, and Secret Cow Levels, about the making of the classic video game Diablo II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Di Filippo, author of Ribofunk, joins us to discuss his new novel The Summer Thieves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian Richard Carrier joins us to discuss Michael Moorcock’s classic novel Behold the Man, about a religious seeker going back time to meet Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Kail, Christopher M. Cevasco, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss the new Netflix series Masters of the Universe: Revelation, a sequel to the popular '80s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Kressel, Theresa DeLucci, and Sam J. Miller join us to discuss William Gibson’s classic 1984 novel Neuromancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Edelman joins us to discuss his book Tell Me Like You Done Before and Other Stories Written on the Shoulders of Giants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the life and work of science fiction grand master Robert Sheckley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Django Wexler joins us to discuss his novella Hard Reboot and his short stories “The End of the War,” “REAL,” and “Amara Kel’s Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably).” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss his short story collection Intergalactic Refrigerator Repairmen Seldom Carry Cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jordan Morris joins us to discuss his sci-fi graphic novel Bubble, based on the hit podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane Lindskold joins us to discuss her short story collection Curiosities and her writing advice book Wanderings on Writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices