

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
David Barr Kirtley
** Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks ** Host David Barr Kirtley, author of the book Save Me Plz and Other Stories, talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Richard Dawkins, Simon Pegg, Amanda Knox, Andrew Yang, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared on recommended podcast lists from NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The A.V. Club, BBC America, CBC Radio, WVXU, io9, Omni, The Strand, Library Journal, and Popular Mechanics. CBC Radio writes, "You may not think a podcast about science fiction and fantasy would be the place to go for political insight, but -- it is. Geek's Guide to the Galaxy manages to be more insightful about politics than many pundits." View a complete list of guests and topics at geeksguideshow.com/episodes/. Listen to the show on YouTube at youtube.com/@geeksguidetothegalaxy to easily skip ahead to our discussion of a particular movie or story.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jan 30, 2016 • 57min
187. Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders, editor in chief of io9, joins us to discuss her new novel All the Birds in the Sky, about a war between witches and mad scientists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 23, 2016 • 1h 6min
186. Tim Powers, author of Medusa's Web and On Stranger Tides
Tim Powers joins us to discuss his new book Medusa’s Web, a supernatural thriller about a haunted mansion in the Hollywood Hills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 16, 2016 • 1h 1min
185. Dungeons & Dragons History: The Satanic Panic (with Joseph Laycock)
Joseph Laycock joins us to discuss his new book Dangerous Games, about the moral panic over fantasy role-playing games in the '80s and ’90s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 9, 2016 • 59min
184. Kurt Vonnegut and Weather Control (with Ginger Strand)
Ginger Strand joins us to discuss her book The Brothers Vonnegut, about how Bernard Vonnegut’s weather control experiments inspired the novels of his brother Kurt Vonnegut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 2, 2016 • 2h 5min
183. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Movie Review (with John Joseph Adams, Matt London, Rajan Khanna, Jordan Hamessley London)
John Joseph Adams, Rajan Khanna, Matt London, and Jordan London join us to discuss the new film Star Wars: The Force Awakens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 26, 2015 • 1h 1min
182. The Shaver Mystery: Sci-Fi's Strangest Hoax (with Fred Nadis)
Fred Nadis joins us to discuss his book The Man From Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Journey, about one of the science fiction field's most notorious hoaxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 19, 2015 • 57min
181. Syfy Channel Executive Bill McGoldrick
Bill McGoldrick, Syfy’s head of original programming, joins us to discuss the channel’s ambitious new slate of book-to-TV adaptations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 12, 2015 • 55min
180. The Expanse Season 1 Review (with Andrew Liptak, Justin Landon, Liz Shannon Miller)
Andrew Liptak, Justin Landon, and Liz Shannon Miller join us to discuss the new Syfy show The Expanse, based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 5, 2015 • 1h 2min
179. The Man in the High Castle Season 1 Review (with Laura Miller, John Kessel)
Laura Miller and John Kessel join us to discuss the new Amazon.com adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s classic novel The Man in the High Castle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 28, 2015 • 59min
178. Imagining the Perfect Star Trek Show (with Keith DeCandido, Rafael Jordan, John Joseph Adams)
Keith DeCandido, Rafael Jordan, and John Joseph Adams join us to discuss what we’d like to see in the new Star Trek TV series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


