The triumphant return! After a long time away, we return with special guest Derek Künsken, author of The Quantum Magician and House of Styx, to discuss Frank Herbert's epic, DUNE. Will we get bogged down in the lengthy work, or will we be able to discuss its complicated themes and its impact on the science fiction world? More importantly, will we be able to stop talking about Sting's metal speedo in the 1984 adaptation for longer than 5 minutes?

CW for discussions of colonialism, fatphobia, homophobia, and sexual violence

Intro:
Pump Sting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4251-pump-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Outro:
Iron Bacon by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3925-iron-bacon
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Strap in for some summer fun with a formative piece of science fiction set on the, er, extremely cold planet of Winter. Perhaps we didn't plan this out so well. In any case, join us as we discuss sex, gender, and popular fan fiction tropes as they appear in Ursula Le Guin's masterpiece of feminist science fiction. We know, it sounds thrilling.

Intro:
Pump Sting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4251-pump-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Outro:
Iron Bacon by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3925-iron-bacon
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's summertime! Join us in easing into the season with a cool, refreshing, relatively relaxing look at Katherine Addison's 2014 hit, The Goblin Emperor. Looking for some truly escapist fantasy, in which good and decent people can actually make a difference in the world? Tune in for our discussion of this, as well as the implications of remaining good in a world of politics.

Also, our apologies to Kimberlé Crenshaw. 

CW for discussions of ritual suicide, beginning around 41:00 and ending around 42:30.

Intro:
Pump Sting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4251-pump-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Outro:
Iron Bacon by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3925-iron-bacon
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/