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Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts

by Social Science Talks: Science Fiction

A podcast in which social scientists, philosophers and researchers discuss the themes and works of science fiction.

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[011] Social Science Talks: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

0s · Published 13 Aug 12:42

I have thus endeavoured to preserve the truth of the elementary principles of human nature, while I have not scrupled to innovate upon their combinations. Today we discuss Mary Shelley’s […]

[010] Social Science Interviews: Matt Davies on Joss Whedon and Dollhouse

0s · Published 22 Jul 12:38

Even if this is something that isn’t saying ‘this is how you need to change your thinking about international politics’, it gives you a place to stand to begin to […]

[009] Social Science Talks: Starship Troopers

0s · Published 15 Jul 10:54

Come on you apes, do you want to live forever? Continuing his march through the hostile environment of BISA 2015, Matt tracks down Malte Riemann, Senior Lecturer at Sandhurst to […]

[008] Social Science Interviews: Heroes, with Alexandra Martens

0s · Published 29 Jun 19:25

The biggest power a superhero has is to go beyond their society. It’s conference season, and we dispatched our one-man-army Matt to interview a series of scholars studying science fiction […]

[007] Social Science Talks: Agent Carter

0s · Published 22 Jun 17:23

We talk Agent Carter today, a recent TV spin-off of Captain America that has made waves for making feminist science fiction possible in a commercial setting. Spies, explosions and fabulous […]

[006] Social Science Talks: Zombies

0s · Published 18 May 12:19

In this episode, the discussion from Social SciFi Towers turns to Max Brooks’ World War Z, as well as Dan Drezner’s Theories of International Politics and Zombies. Why is it […]

[005] Social Science Talks: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner

0s · Published 07 Apr 10:56

The Social Science Talks team discusses Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? today, as well as the film adaptation, Blade Runner. While the film is well known for setting the […]

[004] Social Science Interviews: Ways of Knowing, Imagined Worlds and Teaching Using Science Fiction, with Patrick Thaddeus Jackson

0s · Published 12 Mar 14:58

“Students will say ‘I don’t know whether I’m reading a novel or a piece of theory.’ And I’ll say ‘Exactly, that’s the point.” We caught Patrick Thaddeus Jackson as he […]

[003] Social Science Talks: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley

0s · Published 03 Mar 21:39

In this episode, we discuss Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. What would society look like if we considered order the highest value to strive for? Treading the line between […]

[002] Social Science Talks: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin

0s · Published 13 Jan 21:08

In this episode, we talk about The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin. In laying out two societies, one anarchist and poor, the other capitalist and opulent, Le Guin’s novel […]

Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts has 31 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 0:00. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 16th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on March 25th, 2024 08:17.