The political economy of speculative fiction
We’re talking about Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s [Sorcerer’s] Stone. It’s a simple story with a lot of unintended consequences. Part one of an ongoing series in which the Androids and Assets team reads the entire series.
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We saw Ready Player One. It’s a combination of sexism, naïveté, toxic nostalgia, and pessimism.
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We’re talking 2017 movie Along with the Gods. Our good friend Jin-Ho wanted to share this movie with us and boy are we glad he did. We get into cultural differences in the afterlife and find that they’re not as different as we expected.
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We’re talking Black Panther! A very important movie that talks about some urgent topics. Not your standard super hero beat em up.
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We talk about Ava Duvernay’s new movie, A Wrinkle in Time. Our special guest is children’s book lover, Candace. This movie has great lessons for children and adults.
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We’re talking about the Matrix, hacking, russiagate, and goths. Find out about the state of the world today by looking at a movie from 18 years ago.
This fantastic alternative poster is from Timothy Anderson.
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Today we carry on our conversation with Candace! We’re talking about Okja, sustainability, and animals in our food systems.
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We talk Joon-ho Bong’s 2017 movie Okja with animal scientist Candace! Okja is a meat cute movie about a superpig and her girl.
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We’re talking about inequality and Neill Blomkamp’s 2013 Elysium starring our best friend, Matt Damon.
Music is from An Ant and An Atom. They’re great.
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We’re talking about The Chronicles of Narnia and the weird beliefs of author C.S. Lewis. Also, I know the word is foray but sometimes in the heat of a recording I don’t word well and say foyer. Feel free to make fun of me for it.
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