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This week, Andi and\xa0Lise\xa0talk about various media they\u2019ve consumed with\xa0dystopic, utopic, and post-apocalyptic themes that have stuck with them. They explore the weird links between dystopia and utopia and how an apocalypse can underlie those, and how characterization and relationships play out in these kinds of scenarios. Points of discussion include the games\xa0Bioshock,\xa0Fallout, and\xa0The Last of Us; the movie\xa0Logan\u2019s Run\xa0and\xa0A Clockwork Orange,\xa0The Island; brief mentions of\xa0The Matrix,\xa0Star Trek, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\xa0Hunger Games,\xa0Bladerunner; and\xa0Jean Stewart\u2019s Isis book series. Plus other\xa0rando\xa0things that struck them as they unpack\xa0some of\xa0this.\xa0

Shout-outs!\xa0

Lise\xa0highly recommends the book\xa0The Space Between Worlds\xa0by\xa0Micaiah\xa0Johnson, which is a novel dealing with travel between worlds that reveals a secret that\xa0threatens\xa0the entire existence of the multiverse.\xa0

Andi is watching, on Apple TV, Visible: Out on Television, a\xa0docuseries\xa0that explores\xa0the visibility of LGBTQ people on television since the 50s and 60s.\xa0