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Tag: Sci-Fi

Dark Matters Podcast 12 August 2023

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Margari and Austin continue their discussion of Foundation Season 2. For our science roundup: is climate change unleashing pathogens from permafrost? Forty thousand year old annelids. And why we don’t discuss superhero films, or most anime.

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Dark Matters Podcast 5 August 2023

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Austin and Margari discuss the legacy of Henrietta Lacks and the recent judgment awarded against Thermo-Fisher for our science roundup. And the discussion of “Foundation” continues with ep 5.

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Dark Matters Podcast 29 July 2023

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Austin and Margari discuss the real legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer as well as the latest episode of Foundation.

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Dark Matters Podcast 22 July 2023

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Austin and Margari discuss the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, how Hollywood bought into the techno-optimism of Silicon Valley and why it’s hurting them. And they discuss the latest episode of AppleTV’s “Foundation”

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Dark Matters 7/15 2023

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Austin and Margari discuss the final episode of “Black Mirror” and the first episode of the second season of “Foundation”

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Hidden Black Roots of Dune

Margari Hill July 18, 2023 No Comments DuneFrank HerbertSci-Fiscience fictionsff

  Denis Villenueve’s Dune (2021) opens with indigenous people resisting colonialism. The Black, Brown, and swarthy natives of the desert planet Arrakis contrast with the…

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Dark Matter Podcast 7/8 2023

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Margari and John discuss ep 3 and 4 of Black Mirror.

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Dark Matter Podcast 7/1 2023

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Margari and Austin discuss killer whales and life on Mars during the science round up then go on to critique episodes 1 and 2 of “Black Mirror”

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Racism in the Monocultures of Science Fiction

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    In real life, monoculture is an agricultural term used to describe farms that grow only one type of crop. It is also known…

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Membranes by Chi Ta-Wei
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Review: Membranes by Chi-Ta Wei

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Membranes” a thematically rich yet short novel by author and literary critic Chi Ta-Wei. It was written in 1995 but it has been translated to…

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