Comedian John Robertson is a regular performer, panelist, and celebrity at science fiction conventions. He joins to discuss the community element of conventions, how celebrities should comport themselves, and how fans can best interact with them.

Charlton Heston stars in “Soylent Green,” a film about the terror of overpopulation, urban ennui, and ultimately cannibalism. Based on the novel “Make Room! Make Room!” by Harry Harrison.   Scottish scifi twins Stone and Dickie Lynch join to…

At its height, Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series accounted for fully 2% of all book sales in the United Kingdom. Over the course of his life he wrote 59 books, achieved knighthood, and created a beloved and hilarious franchise.   What was…

Captain Pike commanded the USS Enterprise prior to Kirk, and the prequel series featuring him, Mr. Spock, Nurse Chapel, and their contemporaries goes back to the roots of Star Trek: exploring weird planets with weird things… but with just the right…

In Charlie Kaufman’s weirdest film (and that’s saying something) John Cusack discovers a portal that delivers you into John Malkovich’s head for a few minutes… so he charges admission.   Henrique Couto and Matt Sienkiewicz join to discuss

Vulcans, humans, Klingons, Romulans–everybody in the Star Trek universe can easily interbreed! Stone and Dickie Lynch rejoin the show to discuss reproduction in the final frontier 

The Expanse explores the political and military tension between decadent Earth, militant Mars, and the Belters stuck in between.   War correspondent Kristaps Andrejsons joins to discuss

What if JFK survived the assassination attempt, and instead of Vietnam, America invested in a moon base? Bill Oakley is a former writer and showrunner on The Simpsons, and award-winning comedy writer, and the author of “Space: 1969” an Audible…

Characters can selectively wipe memories in Charlie Kaufman’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but in doing so they lose part of themselves.   Chloe Effron and Nick Sperdute join to discuss this trippy… romcom?   SUPPORT THE…

Are holograms on Star Trek NPC’s, sentient, or in some hellish state of limerence in between? Star Trek aficionados Dickie and Stone Lynch return to discuss