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00:33:46

Pluto shines as a science-fiction star

Fiction Science ·

2025/10/31

Space scientist Les Johnson tells the story behind his role in creating "Pluto," the last novel in sci-fi master Ben Bova's Grand Tour series and one of the first works of fiction to incorporate revelations from NASA's New Horizons mission.

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00:33:06

Native American legends are woven into a UFO tale

Fiction Science ·

2025/10/13

Cherokee science-fiction author Daniel H. Wilson blends ancient tales about extraterrestrials with up-to-date speculation about alien visitations in a new novel called "Hole in the Sky."

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00:39:47

'Rocket Dreams' and rocket realities

Fiction Science ·

2025/09/26

Washington Post staff writer Christian Davenport, author of "Rocket Dreams," discusses the parallel space races between America and China, and between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

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00:30:02

Thriller explores Florida's flooded future

Fiction Science ·

2025/08/11

Tim Chawaga, the author of a climate-fiction thriller titled "Salvagia," weaves the implications of future sea-level rise and other high-tech twists into a Florida murder mystery.

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00:59:37

Dinosaur facts vs. fiction in 'Jurassic World Rebirth'

Fiction Science ·

2025/07/04

Tech pioneer Nathan Myhrvold and paleontologist Thomas Holtz discuss how dinosaur science has evolved over the past three decades - and do a reality check on the latest "Jurassic World" dino-movie.

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00:34:58

How the Rubin Observatory will change astronomy

Fiction Science ·

2025/06/18

Mario Juric, director of the University of Washington's DiRAC Institute, explains why astronomers are celebrating the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's "First Look" at the cosmos - and tells you how to join the party.

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00:40:42

Get a reality check on AI hype

Fiction Science ·

2025/05/19

Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, authors of "The AI Con," say the benefits of AI are being played up while the costs are being played down — and they lay out strategies for fighting the hype.

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00:43:46

How dictators use tech in fact and fiction

Fiction Science ·

2025/04/01

Science-fiction author Ray Nayler talks about his latest book, "Where the Axe Is Buried," a chilling tale of AI-powered repression and resistance that was inspired by current events as well as Nayler's familiarity with authoritarianism.

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00:30:49

How humans will be reinvented for life in space

Fiction Science ·

2025/03/08

Copies of human bodies can't be printed out, as shown in the space-based satire "Mickey 17," but biomedical researcher Christopher Mason says it should be possible to re-engineer humans to make them more suited for living in space.

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00:21:32

Mary Roach on the science of space sex

Fiction Science ·

2025/02/14

In a Valentine's Day episode, Mary Roach, the author of "Packing for Mars," brings us up to date on one of the big questions about living in space: What would zero-G sex be like?

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00:23:45

Scientists dream up solar system adventures

Fiction Science ·

2025/01/29

Planetary scientist John E. Moores and astrophysicist Jesse Rogerson weave tales about interplanetary adventures that are like nothing on Earth in a book titled "Daydreaming in the Solar System."

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00:39:08

Will AI cross the line into personhood?

Fiction Science ·

2024/11/05

Law professor James Boyle, author of "The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood," explains why he thinks intelligent machines will eventually be considered persons.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:41:26

How to defend against disinformation

Fiction Science ·

2024/10/22

TrueMedia.org founder Oren Etzioni and Annalee Newitz, author of "Stories Are Weapons," discuss the escalating arms race between the purveyors of political disinformation and those who are trying to defend against it.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:28:40

Hard science fiction explained

Fiction Science ·

2024/09/04

Allan Kaster, the editor of "The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories," traces the connections between science fiction and real-world science.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:32:45

Authors of 'The Expanse' create their next saga

Fiction Science ·

2024/08/08

Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who wrote the books of "The Expanse" sci-fi series under the pen name James S.A. Corey, talk about the completely different alien-invasion saga they're in the midst of creating.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:25:46

OpenScope focuses on the mind's mysteries

Fiction Science ·

2024/07/28

Allen Institute neuroscientist Jerome Lecoq explains how the OpenScope program is expanding the frontiers of brain science, from the effects of psychedelic substances to the mechanisms of memory.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:35:44

The fact and fiction of moonshot marketing

Fiction Science ·

2024/07/12

Marketing executive Richard Jurek, co-author of "Marketing the Moon," talks about how NASA sold the Apollo space effort — and how that campaign is portrayed in a new movie titled "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:27:34

David Ignatius on satellite wars and 'Phantom Orbit'

Fiction Science ·

2024/07/05

Washington Post columnist David Ignatius talks about the potential for international conflicts in space, and how that subject gave rise to his latest spy thriller, "Phantom Orbit."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:30:47

How a sci-fi star blazed a trail for diversity

Fiction Science ·

2024/05/17

We look at the legacy of the late Seattle science-fiction pioneer Vonda N. McIntyre with Una McCormack, who led the effort to publish "Little Sisters and Other Stories," a new collection of McIntyre's short stories.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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00:31:46

How de-extinction could change our destiny

Fiction Science ·

2024/04/22

Douglas Preston, author of a techno-thriller titled "Extinction," talks about his fictional murder mystery as well as his concerns about the real-world quest to revive the woolly mammoth and other extinct species.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

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