50,000 Subscriber Question & Answer

50,000 Subscriber Question & Answer

Author: Damien Walter September 22, 2024 Duration: 1:34:25
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Damien Walter has spent years thinking about how the future shapes our present, and in his Science Fiction podcast, he shares those conversations. Rather than just reviewing books or films, this series digs into the ideas that make the genre so vital, using it as a unique lens to examine everything from current technology and social change to ancient myths and human psychology. Each episode feels like a thoughtful discussion with a well-read friend, one who can draw a line from classic novels to the latest TV series with ease. You’ll hear analysis of stories that predicted our world, explorations of how fictional futures reflect our deepest anxieties and hopes, and considerations of why certain narratives endure. Walter’s background as a writer and storyteller informs a approach that is both accessible and deeply insightful, making connections across the arts, science, and popular culture. This isn't about escapism; it's about using the imaginative tools of science fiction to better understand the reality we're all living in. For anyone who finds themselves wondering about the world that's coming next, this podcast offers a compelling and regular dose of perspective.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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Podcast Episodes
AI is a mass psychotic delusion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:13
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Backrooms is avant-garde art for normies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:17
It’s 1990. This morning I found an open door in the shopping centre of the dull commuter town I live in. Beyond the door are a series of large empty rooms, poorly lit, with large boxes. Backrooms. I phoned my friend Matt…
Why do Leftists always lose? A (partial) defense of Contrapoints [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:21
Get your PKD tee here - https://damosays-shop.fourthwall.com Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter…
2026 : the year World War 3 begins [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:47
To my Gen-X compatriots, to the Boomers and Millenials, and to Gen-Z who will have to clean up this mess we all made… …can we agree that Star Trek is the future we would all like? A future in which poverty is eradicated,…
You don’t understand science fiction [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:17
There is a single narrative technique that connects almost every multi-billion dollar science fiction franchise ever made. It is the invisible engine powering the most successful stories of the last century. And yet, if…
The First Dystopia [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:52
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is a novel written at the beginning of the future. It’s hard to remember today, after Logan’s Run, The Handmaid’s Tale and Hunger Games made “dystopia” an entertainment genre, but when Yevgeny Zamy…
Terminator 2 isn’t only the greatest action movie [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:59
Terminator is an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Arnold’s physique is the star of the film The progressive decay of the Body into the Machine is his co-star With the special effects that animated the Terminator as best suppo…
HG Wells vs Vladimir Lenin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:16
The year is 1920. The Empires of Europe have spent the last half decade blowing each other up with bombs, guns and heavy artillery. As World War 1 burns itself out, men who survived the fighting begin to wonder if a bett…
A note for listeners of the Science Fiction podcast [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:02
We are in a war on podcasting. Podcasts are one of the last survivors of Web1.0, the era that gave us cool things like Wikipedia and the Blogosphere, back when “information wanted to be free”. Today information wants to…
Project Hail Mary is a Male Pattern Fantasy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:20
It's Scifi. It's Romance. It's Fantasy. It's SciMANtasy 😱 Let's see if we can make Gary an Amazon bestseller so he doesn't ask for his money back. 🔗👇 The Last Sysadmin in Sector 7 : a SCIMANTASY novel https://amzn.to/4lX…