Ep 3: Vampires, Frankenstein, and Pearl Harbor 2

Ep 6: A Medium of Pure Transmission - In Conversation with Kit Anderson

Alex talks AI, nature, and comics with Kit Anderson, cartoonist behind Nebula-finalist graphic novel SECOND SHIFT. Check out SECOND SHIFT here [https://www.amazon.com/Second-Shift-Kit-Anderson/dp/1917355203]. Read Alex's review of SECOND SHIFT here [medium.com/interstellar-flight-press/is-anybody-out-there-a08a96ade610].

Ep 5: Toxic Yaoi and Triumphant Yuri (on Ice!)

Alex and Grace talk about their current brain worms. Featured in this episode: * Heated Rivalry * I Love Lucy * The Legend of Korra * The Long Walk * Alien: Earth * The New Breed * An Immense World * Annihilation (again) * Eat the Ones You Love * The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas * Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Pit? * Semiosis CW: discussion of death, illness/bodily functions

Ep 4: The Zombification of The Movies

In this episode, Grace and Alex discuss a recent trip to the theater and reflect on the way medium influence media experience. Topics discussed in this episode include: * Wicked: For Good * Alvin and the Chipmunks * Rango * Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio * Lilo & Stitch * The Cut * Radiohead's Kid A Mnesia

Ep 3: Vampires, Frankenstein, and Pearl Harbor 2

Grace and Alex share what's been on their mind recently, including: * The Pairing by Casey McQuiston * The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sarah Raasch * The Princesse de Cleves * The Rise of the Novel * Hawaii Part 2 by Miracle Musical * Interview with the Vampire * Pantheon (based on stories by Ken Liu) * Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

Ep 2: Haunting the Narrative

Alex & Grace start by discussing the video games they’ve been playing lately, but they end up discussing women who haunt the narrative and disability in fiction.  Cover art by J.R. Steele. Topics include:  * Baldur’s Gate 3 * Deltarune * Avatar the Last Airbender * Empress of Dust * The Stormlight Archive * Six of Crows  * Empson’s Some Versions of Pastoral