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[032] Social Science Talks: Warhammer and The Eisenhorn Trilogy, by Dan Abnett
28 apr 2017· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
‘In the grim darkness of the far future…’ This month, we try and take on the Warhammer universe by reading the Eisenhorn Trilogy, by Dan Abnett. Does knowledge require […]
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[031] Social Science Talks: 1984, by George Orwell
28 mar 2017· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
‘It was a bright cold morning in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen…’ After much pressure, and the election of Donald Trump, we finally get round to covering 1984 […]
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[030] Social Science Talks: His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman
1 mar 2017· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
“I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for […]
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[029] Social Science Talks: Babylon 5
27 jan 2017· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
The Babylon Project was a dream given form… It’s a new year, and carrying through on a resolution that we’ve had since we started the podcast, we got together to […]
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[028] Social Science Talks: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
21 dec 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
So long, and thanks for all the fish! As we wind down for Christmas, we crank up the improbability drive to a level where it produces, fully formed, and episode […]
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[026] Social Science Talks: The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
26 okt 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in […]
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[025] Social Science Talks: Star Trek
21 sep 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
Following the 50th Anniversary and the recent film Star Trek: Beyond, we sit down at Social Sci-Fi towers to discuss what we love and hate about the Star Trek franchise. […]
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[024] Social Science Talks: Dune, by Frank Herbert
23 aug 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
“The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called “spannungsbogen” — which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp […]
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[023] Social Science Interviews: Penny Fielding, on Spies and Genre Fiction
29 jul 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
It’s conference season once again, and Matthew got the long train to Edinburgh in order to talk to Professor Penny Fielding about spies and genre fiction. It’s a great follow up […]
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[022] Social Science Talks: Independence Day
30 jun 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
After a film night at Social Science Towers, Alex, Matt, Jess and Bleddyn discuss the beginning of the large-scale disaster film, Independence Day. Join us as we discuss 90s pop […]
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[021] Social Science Talks: Utopia, By Thomas More
31 maj 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
“We did not ask if he had seen any monsters, for monsters have ceased to be news. There is never any shortage of horrible creatures who prey on human beings, […]
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[20] Social Science Talks: Embassytown, by China Miéville
25 apr 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
“Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.” This month we discuss Embassytown, by China Miéville. […]
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[019] Social Science Talks: Woman on the Edge of Time, by Marge Piercy
24 mar 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
What would you do if your actions would change the course of history? Lydia, Charlotte, Sorana and Jess take the spotlight on the podcast this month in this episode, recorded […]
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[018] Social Science Talks: The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks
22 feb 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
Common misconception that; that fun is relaxing. If it is, you’re not doing it right. Would you like to play a game? This month, we read the Player of Games, […]
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[017] Social Science Talks: Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
20 jan 2016· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
We are all susceptible to the pull of viral ideas. Like mass hysteria. Or a tune that gets into your head that you keep humming all day until you spread […]
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[016] Social Science Talks: Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
22 dec 2015· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them […]
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[015] Social Science Interviews: Georg Loefflmann, on Man in the High Castle
24 nov 2015· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
It’s been a rough month here at Social Science Towers, and we were unable to record a new episode. Luckily for you, we have an interview with friend of the […]
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[014] Social Science Talks: War of the Worlds, by HG Wells
21 okt 2015· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as […]
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[013] Social Science Talks: Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
18 sep 2015· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon. That’s always been the difference between us, Daniel. Today, we deal with Watchmen, because Matt had the bright idea of doing […]
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[012] Social Science Interviews: Georg Loefflmann, on the Pentagon vs. Aliens
7 sep 2015· Social Science Talks Science Fiction » Podcasts
It’s conference season, and we dispatched our one-man-army Matt to interview a series of scholars studying science fiction at the British International Studies Association 2015 conference in London. This time […]
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[032] Social Science Talks: Warhammer and The Eisenhorn Trilogy, by Dan Abnett

[031] Social Science Talks: 1984, by George Orwell

[030] Social Science Talks: His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman

[029] Social Science Talks: Babylon 5

[028] Social Science Talks: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

[026] Social Science Talks: The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood

[025] Social Science Talks: Star Trek

[024] Social Science Talks: Dune, by Frank Herbert

[023] Social Science Interviews: Penny Fielding, on Spies and Genre Fiction

[022] Social Science Talks: Independence Day

[021] Social Science Talks: Utopia, By Thomas More

[20] Social Science Talks: Embassytown, by China Miéville

[019] Social Science Talks: Woman on the Edge of Time, by Marge Piercy

[018] Social Science Talks: The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks

[017] Social Science Talks: Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson

[016] Social Science Talks: Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

[015] Social Science Interviews: Georg Loefflmann, on Man in the High Castle

[014] Social Science Talks: War of the Worlds, by HG Wells

[013] Social Science Talks: Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

[012] Social Science Interviews: Georg Loefflmann, on the Pentagon vs. Aliens