Social Science Fiction Podcast

A podcast that examines the politics of nerd fiction. What can political science teach us about our favorite sci-fi settings? Listen to find out.

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The podcast has landed! First two episodes are up now wherever fine podcast are distributed!

[Jonathan LoChiatto @LoChiattoJon]

I am LOVING Rogue Trader @OwlcatGames #warhammer40k #roguetrader

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[Steve Michaels @SteveMichaels5]

All of these things are true:

1. Joe Biggs is a scumbag
2. If convicted, he should serve time in prison
3. He has likely spent years complaining about how we're soft on criminals and is a massive hypocrite
4. Prison in this country is a... https://t.co/mXIBAVy2DR

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#alphaprotocol was, in terms of story, characters, choices, and world reactivity, one of the top 5 RPGs of all time. That is a hill I'm willing to die on. Glad people are still talking about the game and wish ⁦@Obsidian⁩ had gotten another shot at it https://t.co/GAfM0P2cdF

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The Belarus journalist kidnapping incident is terrifying and it’s scary that it’s not the major news story for all the networks right now. Glad to see the networks picking up on it and running some stories and the Washington Post seemed...

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My Crohn's-having immunosuppressed ass after getting my second vaccine dose.

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New episode is up!
@Stephen_Kent89 of @BeltwayBanthas joins me to talk about politics, #StarWars, and the politics of Star Wars.

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd

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Happy New Year! After a couple weeks off we're back and the first episode of the year is up now. We're discussing authoritarianism and the politics of the Empire.

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd #starwars #authoritarian #Syria

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@CarrieeeeC Dune

Keep @SirPatStew

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This week it's #Cyberpunk, the state, and mega-corporations. Are we heading for a cyberpunk future? Also, my first impressions of the game.

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd #CDProjektRed #CDPR

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@michaelallen Don't know if it's my academic background or the fact that I've never lived anywhere near bears and didn't internalize the safety rules but I got your joke way faster than the one that was intended

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@DorkWeb Totally worth the wait

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This week we explore the question Varys posed to Tyrion in Game of Thrones. Where does power reside? Who truly rules in a given country?

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd #ASOIAF #legitimacy #maxweber #mancurolson

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My unpopular opinion for this week's show: the Starks on Game of Thrones are jerks who ask others to die to preserve their sense of moral superiority. They are not heroes.

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd #ASOIAF

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Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you to everyone who's been listening. This week I discuss the Thanksgiving episode of #BuffyTheVampireSlayer and talk more with my brother.

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd #Thanksgiving

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Sorry for the delay. New episode will drop tomorrow. When it does, I'll be talking about my mixed feelings for #BlackMirror

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Zombies! This week is all about the history and many political meanings of the zombie. Also, a discussion of World War Z by @maxbrooksauthor and my plan for the zombie apocalypse.

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd #zombie #zombies

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#vampires, #objectivism, and #Nietzsche on this week's episode!
The political philosophy of #BuffyTheVampireSlayer

#SocialScienceFiction #podcast #PoliticalScience #polisci #scifi #fantasy #nerd #buffy #AynRand

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Aang meeting with the past avatars about what to do with Ozai:

#atla #AvatarTheLastAirbender

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Playing a CRPG:

I make make an impassioned appeal to peace and forgiveness, convincing a companion not to seek revenge against the villains that wronged him

Five minutes later: I head to the villains' camp and slay them all for the gold and xp

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Number 2 on my list of books to read for #BannedBooksWeek

Slaughterhouse Five

Classic novel and one of the books that was at the center of Island Trees School District v Pico; the Supreme Court case that limited the ability of school boards to remove books from libraries