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Spectology: The Science Fiction Book Club Podcast

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Interview w/ the Hugo Administrator, Will Frank, on how & why to get involved with the Hugos

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 4:17 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Announcement: Spectology "series finale" and the future of the podcast

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 2:43 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 11 seconds

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28.2: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? post-read: Belief, Depression, and Courage in Sociological Hard SF

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 49 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: Kathleen Jennings on Flyaway: Small Towns, Fairytales, and Linguistics

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: Somaiya Daud on Mirage & Court of Lions: Body doubles, court politics, and historical science fantasy.

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 12:34 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 53 seconds

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28.1: Do You Dream of Terra-Two pre-read w/ Bee & Estelle: Alternate History, Destiny, and Space Travel

Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 25 seconds

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27.2: The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull post-read w/ Lydia: Colonial Power in SF and Rural & Island Culture.

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 14 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: WM Akers on Westside Saints, detective novels, RPGs, and sequels

Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 8 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: Nick Mamatas on Move Under Ground, a novel of Beat literary figures fighting Lovecraftian monsters

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 11:57 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 16 seconds

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27.1: The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull pre-read w/ Lydia: Alien invasion and a history of capitalism & colonialism.

Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 4:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 53 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: Nino Cipri on Finna, a story of parallel universes as found in low-wage furniture stores

Published: June 30, 2020, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 36 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: SA Jones on The Fortress, a book about restorative justice inside an all-women society

Published: June 23, 2020, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 17 seconds

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26.2: The True Queen post-read w/ Reading the End: Inclusion in Historical Fantasy, Comfort Reads, Sisterhood, and more

Published: June 9, 2020, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 45 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: Melissa Caruso on The Obsidian Tower, a story of a young woman on the run from her own magical power

Published: May 26, 2020, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 34 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: Veronica Roth on Chosen Ones, a story of what happens after the "chosen ones" have saved the world

Published: May 19, 2020, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds

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In Conversation: Our Favorite Underrated SF Movies, with Seth Heasley of the Hugo's There podcast

Published: May 12, 2020, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 1 second

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26.1: The True Queen pre-read w/ Reading the End: Historical Fantasy, Trash Birds, and Chaotic Quarantine Brain

Published: May 5, 2020, 4:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 4 seconds

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Digital Book Tour: Laura Lam on Goldilocks, a scifi thriller where a group of women steal a spaceship to save humanity

Published: April 28, 2020, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 42 seconds

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Announcing the Digital Book Tour, hosted by Bee

Published: April 27, 2020, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds

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25.2: The Tea Master & The Detective post-read w/ Julia Rios: Cozy Murder Mysteries in Space!

Published: April 24, 2020, 9:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 28 seconds

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In Conversation: Our Favorite Aliens in Science Fiction

Published: April 15, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 40 seconds

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25.1: The Tea Master & the Detective pre-read w/ Julia Rios: Domestic Cozy Detective Fiction, in Space!

Published: March 31, 2020, 4:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 55 seconds

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24.2: Wittgenstein's Mistress post-read: In February reading this seemed like a good idea.

Published: March 24, 2020, 2:28 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 36 seconds

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Things We Like: Quarantine Edition! What to do, watch, and play while you're stuck inside.

Published: March 17, 2020, 2:47 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds

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24.1: Wittgenstein's Mistress pre-read: Philosophical Science Fiction & being lonely at the end of the world

Published: March 3, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 43 seconds

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23.2: The Ghost Network post-read w/ Ben Roswell: Celebrity, Internet Culture, Architecture, and Secret Utopias

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 47 seconds

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In Conversation: 2019 Recap, Book Stats, & Reader Questions

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds

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23.1: The Ghost Network pre-read w/ Ben Roswell: Experimental Narratives, Storytelling Games, and Postmodern Literature

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 39 seconds

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22.2: A Memory Called Empire post-read: Matters of Taste, Culture Shock, and Historical Worldbuilding

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 46 seconds

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In Conversation: How & Why to Vote for the Hugo Awards

Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 5:25 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 8 seconds

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22.1: A Memory Called Empire pre-read: Martine's academic work, historical ambassadors, and what it means to be a member of an empire

Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 43 seconds

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18.3: Stanley Chan discusses Chinese Science Fiction, the process of translating his novel Waste Tide, and trends in technology.

Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 54 seconds

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21.4: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand w/ Bee: Radical visions of Identity, Class, and Gender

Published: Dec. 29, 2019, 3:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 24 seconds

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21.3: Ice by Anna Kavan post-read with Charlotte Geater: Experimental & Postmodern Fiction, and Death Meditations

Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 35 seconds

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21.2: Childhood's End post-read w/ Seth Heasley: Religion, Psionics, and Big Ideas in Science Fiction

Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 10 seconds

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21.1: Classic SF pre-read: On creating cannons, and how to read problematic fiction & authors.

Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 29 seconds

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20.2: An Unkindness of Ghosts post-read: Slave States, Trauma, and Theocracy

Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 48 seconds

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In Conversation: Fancasting Binti, Black Tom, the Culture, and Ninefox Gambit

Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 39 seconds

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20.1: An Unkindness of Ghosts pre-read: Reading with privilege, using genre conventions, and truth in fiction

Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 3:48 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 10 seconds

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19.2: Zone One post-read: Depression, Surviving the Apocalypse, and New York City in fiction

Published: Oct. 29, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 57 seconds

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Things We Like October 2019: Video Games, LARPS, and Music

Published: Oct. 22, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds

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19.1: Zone One pre-read: Zombies, Horror, and LitFic

Published: Oct. 9, 2019, 11:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 9 seconds

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18.2: Waste Tide post-read: social class in science fiction, translation, and the problems with cyberpunk

Published: Oct. 1, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 15 seconds

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Critical Conversations: Ning Ken's Ultra Unreal, how to define a genre, and genre gatekeeping

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 6 seconds

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18.1: Waste Tide pre-read: Chinese Language, Literary History, and Science Fiction

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 50 seconds

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17.2: The Killing Moon post-read: Lucid Dreaming, Writing Compelling Villains, and Genre Blending

Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 43 seconds

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17.1: The Killing Moon pre-read: Worldbuilding techniques in SF & Fantasy

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 5:11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 59 seconds

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Critical Conversations: "Critics: Endgame" by Soraya Roberts & the purpose of criticism in a dying world

Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds

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16.2: Empress of Forever post-read: Journey to the West, Redemption, and Buddhism in Science Fiction

Published: July 30, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 13 seconds

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Things We Like July 2019: Anime, Music, Poetry, and Cookbooks

Published: July 23, 2019, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 15 seconds

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16.1: Empress of Forever pre-read: Space Opera, Epics, & Journey to the West

Published: July 9, 2019, 3:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 31 seconds

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15.3: Exhalation (collection) by Ted Chiang post-read: AI, Identity, & Metaphysics in Science Fiction

Published: June 25, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 12 seconds

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15.2: "Exhalation" post-read: Re-reading stories, philosophy of mind, & the heat death of the universe

Published: June 18, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 21 seconds

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15.1: Exhalation by Ted Chiang, pre-read: Philosophical thought experiments & short stories

Published: June 4, 2019, 4:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 21 seconds

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14.2: The Raven Tower post-read w/ Reading the End: 2nd Person, Language Games, and Hamlet.

Published: May 29, 2019, 4:49 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 31 seconds

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Things We Like May 2019 (feat. Reading the End): TV Shows, Art, and Fish

Published: May 21, 2019, 3:26 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes

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14.1: The Raven Tower pre-read w/ Reading the End: Fantasy, Genre, & Gender!

Published: May 7, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 56 seconds

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13.3 (fixed): Chris Beckett discusses his novel Dark Eden, writing for realism over role models, and how he thinks about genre.

Published: April 23, 2019, 11:29 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 20 seconds

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13.2: Dark Eden post-read w/ Kevin Kelsey: From Stories to Legends to Myths to Religion.

Published: April 16, 2019, 3:47 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes 38 seconds

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13.1: Dark Eden pre-read w/ Kevin Kelsey: Linguistic drift, creating myths, and rogue planets.

Published: April 2, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 36 seconds

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12.2: Semiosis post-read w/ Nate Spence: Budding Utopia or Mutualist Dystopia?

Published: March 26, 2019, 5:18 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 11 seconds

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Things We Like March 2019: Podcasts, TV Shows, Music, and more

Published: March 19, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds

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12.1: Semiosis pre-read w/ Nate Spence: Alaska, Survivalism, and Ecology in Science Fiction

Published: March 5, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 52 seconds

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11.2: Brown Girl in the Ring post-read w/ Mendez Hodes: Rituals, Fear, and Community in the Apocalypse

Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 13 seconds

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In Conversation: 2018 In Review

Published: Feb. 12, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 3 seconds

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11.1: Brown Girl in the Ring pre-read w/ Mendez Hodes: The History of African Religion in Diaspora

Published: Feb. 5, 2019, 5:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 56 seconds

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10.2: Ten Billion Days & 100 Billion Nights post-read: Meditations on Death and Entropy

Published: Jan. 29, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 47 seconds

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In Conversation: SF Movie Adaptations w/ Seth Heasley

Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 4:51 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 9 seconds

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10.1: Ten Billion Days & 100 Billion Nights pre-read: Disaster communities & transmission of ideas between cultures.

Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 40 seconds

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9.2: Rupetta post-read: Academic pursuits & feminist fantasy.

Published: Dec. 23, 2018, 5:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 19 seconds

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9.1: Rupetta pre-read w/ Charlotte Geater: Folk tales & feminist histories.

Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 5:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 33 seconds

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8.2: Children of Time post-read: Evolution, Language, Consciousness, and Empathy

Published: Nov. 27, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes

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8.1: The Children of Time pre-read: What is "Hard" Science Fiction?

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 4:57 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 24 seconds

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Announcements: Adrian guest hosts a podcast + our November book

Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 3:42 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 27 seconds

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7.2: The Ballad of Black Tom post-read: When is it appropriate to destroy the world?

Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 9:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 11 seconds

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In Conversation: Books, Ebooks, & Audio Books; or, How Aesthetics Drive Reading Choices

Published: Oct. 16, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 25 seconds

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7.1: The Ballad of Black Tom pre-read: Race & the History of Horror Fiction

Published: Oct. 2, 2018, 1:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 52 seconds

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6.2: Ninefox Gambit post-read w/ Ellie Bartels: Military Games in Science Fiction

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 2:37 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes 44 seconds

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Things We Like: September 18

Published: Sept. 18, 2018, 4:02 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds

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6.1: Ninefox Gambit pre-read w/ Ellie Bartels: Strategy War Games in Science Fiction

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 8 seconds

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5.2: Gnomon post-read with Max Gladstone

Published: Aug. 21, 2018, 1:25 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes 35 seconds

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In Conversation: Things We Like This Month

Published: Aug. 14, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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5.1: Pre-read for Gnomon, by Nick Harkaway, with guest Max Gladstone

Published: Aug. 7, 2018, 12:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 33 seconds

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4.3: Matt's back for our Romie Futch wrap-up!

Published: July 31, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds

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4.2: The New & Improved Romie Futch post-read w/ Britt O'Duffy

Published: July 24, 2018, 4:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 43 seconds

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In Conversation: Matt & Adrian talk "Spoilers"

Published: July 17, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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4.1: The New & Improved Romie Futch pre-read

Published: July 10, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 30 seconds

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3.BONUS: Talking Caribbean SF with Tobias Buckell + July book announcement

Published: July 3, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 31 seconds

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3.4: Binti: The Night Masquerade post-read

Published: June 26, 2018, 4:57 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 30 seconds

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3.3: Binti: Home post-read

Published: June 19, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 4 seconds

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3.2: Binti post-read

Published: June 12, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 57 seconds

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3.1: The Binti Trilogy pre-read

Published: June 5, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 34 seconds

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2.3: The Sparrow vs. The Star (Minisode)

Published: May 29, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 27 seconds

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2.2: The Sparrow Post-Read

Published: May 22, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes 51 seconds

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2.1: The Sparrow Pre-Read

Published: May 1, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 35 seconds

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1.2: Use of Weapons Post-Read

Published: April 24, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 21 seconds

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Minisode 2: Things We Like & Reader Mail

Published: April 17, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds

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1.1: Use of Weapons Pre-Read

Published: April 3, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 17 seconds

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Minisode 1: Intro to Spectology

Published: April 2, 2018, 12:23 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds

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