New podcast: Astronomer @ImpeyChris, the author of "Worlds Without End," lays out his scenario for how we'll get the first evidence of alien life - and looks ahead to our future in space. We even talk about #UFOs, a.k.a. #UAP: open.spotify.com/episode/0OVxd4… H/T The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Dominica Phetteplace

New podcast: Sci-fi author John @Scalzi talks about #StarterVillain, his satirical novel about supervillains, and discusses the parallels to how today's tech billionaires are carrying on. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ficti…

New podcast: How closely does #TheCreator come to what researchers expect will happen in robotics and artificial intelligence over the next 50 years? Our panel does a reality check on #AI sci-fi at the movies: open.spotify.com/episode/0kkyfM… H/T Ranjay Krishna Kurt Schlosser @creatorthefilm

New podcast: Wilfrid Laurier University physicist Shohini Ghose highlights underappreciated women physicists and astronomers in "Her Space, Her Time" - and talks about what has to be done to bridge the scientific gender gap: open.spotify.com/show/5rvWLp0jM…

New podcast: Zach Weinersmith talks about "A City on Mars," a book he co-wrote with Dr. Kelly Weinersmith that focuses on the prospects for building cities in space. TL;DR: Don't plan to boldly go anytime soon: open.spotify.com/episode/0DIJUw… H/T penguinpress Dominica Phetteplace

New podcast: George Musser talks about the connections between #AI, #quantum physics and the quest to understand the nature of consciousness. It's the theme of his latest book - and has some relevance to this month's OpenAI drama as well: open.spotify.com/episode/7zzD2h…

New podcast: John Tytus, the president of Pocock Racing Shells, explains how the sport of rowing has changed dramatically since the historic events that inspired #TheBoysInTheBoat. That 1936 tale of an underdog Washington Rowing team is now a major motion picture: open.spotify.com/episode/3Xle1c…

New podcast: Physicist Paul Halpern (Paul Halpern) lays out the scientific arguments for and against the existence of the #multiverse in a new book - and in the latest #FictionScience podcast, hosted by Alan Boyle 👽 and Dominica Phetteplace: open.spotify.com/episode/61A1Kv… H/T Basic Books

New podcast: The Mars Society President Robert Zubrin talks about his latest book, "The New World on Mars," and how startups on Earth could open the way for settlements on #Mars: open.spotify.com/episode/47ngyx… H/T Dominica Phetteplace Diversion Books

New podcast: To mark the premiere of "3 Body Problem" on Netflix, we chat with Pete S. Pete Worden, who leads the Breakthrough Foundation's Breakthrough Initiatives, about shifting priorities in the search for extraterrestrial civilizations: open.spotify.com/episode/1udYCn… H/T Dominica Phetteplace

New podcast: Douglas Preston talks about his new thriller, "Extinction," and why efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth could "end up with something really terrifying": open.spotify.com/episode/2cIdj0… H/T Forge Books Tor Books Dominica Phetteplace ... Mammoth art: @itiscolossal #deextinction

New podcast: In honor of "Little Sisters and Other Stories," we look back at the legacy of the late Seattle science-fiction pioneer Vonda N. McIntyre, whose imaginative tales anticipated today's controversies over gender, sexuality and diversity. open.spotify.com/episode/0DR0WX…

New podcast: Washington Post columnist David Ignatius talks about his latest spy thriller, #PhantomOrbit - and explains why the real-life prospects for war in space could be even scarier than his novel: open.spotify.com/episode/6I9PQA…

New podcast: Marketing expert Richard Jurek discusses how the screwball comedy #FlyMeToTheMoon plays off efforts that NASA and its contractors made to boost the #Apollo moon program - and how similar efforts might play out for NASA's #Artemis moon program: open.spotify.com/episode/4julAb…

New podcast: Allen Institute neuroscientist Jérôme Lecoq talks about the brain research center's #OpenScope program, a research project that focuses on what magic mushrooms do to brain cells, and a novel "brainstorming" experiment: open.spotify.com/episode/7q71WB…

New podcast: Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham (better known by their shared pen name, James S.A. Corey) discuss moving on from #TheExpanse sci-fi series to a new saga about the aftermath of a war against aliens that the humans lose: open.spotify.com/episode/02ldhq… H/T Orbit Books

New podcast: Longtime science-fiction editor Allan Kaster-INFINIVOX-3 Hard Shots at the Moon talks about trends in hard science fiction, including the prominence that #AI themes are taking on in a new wave of imaginative tales: open.spotify.com/episode/7lp6yF… ... Illustration by Maurizio Manzieri

New podcast: TrueMedia.org founder Oren Oren Etzioni and Annalee Newitz is @[email protected], the author of "Stories Are Weapons," talk about the rising wave of AI-driven #disinformation and how to counter it: open.spotify.com/episode/6yq9GC…

New podcast: In a newly published book, law professor James Boyle (James Boyle @thepublicdomain on all sites) argues that we'll eventually have to grant personhood status to our #AI creations. Listen to him explain why on the #FictionScience podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/2VDUwJ…

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