Jun
09
The Problem We All Live With
A beloved YA series leads to musings on the nature of child sacrifice.
8 min read
Asher Elbein
Apr
21
The Future of Dinosaurs: An Interview With Dr. David Hone
Dinosaur documentaries and an interview on the futures — knowable and unknowable — of dinosaur paleontology
16 min read
Apr
01
Decline And Fall Free: The Fall of Padme Amidala
Naboo's senator for peace failed long before she picked up a gun
9 min read
Apr
01
Decline And Fall: The Clone Crisis
Preparations for the Forever War begin in America--and in a galaxy far, far away
33 min read
Mar
03
The Species Problem
A recent New York Times story about T.rex forces us to ask: what, if anything, is a species?
8 min read
Feb
25
Decline and Fall Free: Let Us Beware Great Men
How do you end up with a man like Senator Palpatine?
5 min read
Feb
25
Decline And Fall: Phantom Menaces
An act of domestic terrorism highlights the cracks in 1990s America. The Star Wars Saga officially begins.
26 min read
Jan
27
Hunting Men: A Conversation with Gretchen Felker-Martin
An interview with a rising horror star about gender apocalypse stories, the importance of sexuality in media, and how to reject the very notion of safety.
15 min read
Jan
13
Load 16 Tons, What Do You Get?
17 min read
Jan
06
The Great Dinosaur Heist
Dr. Jason Pardo joins us to chat about Jurassic Park's colonialism, extractive science, and the IP-ification of dinosaurs.
19 min read
