BROADCASTS.com

b'This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Annalee Newitz, author of THE TERRAFORMERS.
\\nAbout THE TERRAFORMERS: Destry’s life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.
\\nBut the bright, clean future they’re building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn\\u2019t exist, hidden inside a massive volcano.
\\nAs she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission she’s devoted her life to, and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E’s future for generations to come.
\\nAbout Annalee Newitz: Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, which was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in science. They\\u2019re also the author of the novels The Terraformers (forthcoming in January 2023), The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won the Lambda Literary Award. As a journalist, they are a writer for the New York Times and elsewhere, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They have published in The Washington Post, Slate, Popular Science, Ars Technica, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among others. They are the co-host of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. Previously, they were the founder of io9, and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.
\\nThis week\\u2019s picks:
\\n
\\n* Andy: Pl@ntNet App
\\n* Tracy: Bird Buddy App and Feeder
\\n* Patrick: Willow (Disney+)
\\n
\\nLinks:
\\n
\\n* Annalee Newitz on Twitter
\\n* Tracy Townsend on Twitter
\\n* Patrick Hester on Twitter
\\n* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page
\\n
\\n\\xa9 2022 Patrick Hester
'