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What does the 19th century women’s rights activist Matilda Joslyn Gage have in common with Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz? Gage’s spirit and ideas live on in the books of her son-in-law L. Frank Baum.
In this bonus episode, we hear outtakes from the episode Turtles, Transformers and Toys Takeover TV
How Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came to dominate TV and toy aisles, even if they started in radically different places.
In the second installment of our mini-series on 1984 (the year, not the novel) we look at William Gibson’s groundbreaking book Neuromancer, and how it came to define the genre of cyberpunk.
When I interviewed special effects artist Shannon Shea about The Terminator and other villains of ’84, we also discussed his experiences working on Terminator 2. He tells me about the many life-sized puppets of Arnold Schwarzenegger they built and how the industry has changed in the last 40 years. We also hear an outtake from my conversation with Neill Gorton about why the industry is moving away from depicting villains with scars and disabilities. Learn more about your ad choices...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a lot of great villain debuts. We look at why they don’t make bad guys like they used to – for better and for worse.
I was thrilled to talk with Jane Wu, the director of the hit Netflix series Blue Eye Samurai.
This week’s episode comes from the excellent podcast The Last Archive, where they delve into the backstory behind Ursula K. le Guin's outlook on sci-fi fantasy.
This week’s episode is an original audio drama. As we head into the holiday season, I’m visited by spirits from classic Christmas tales who warn me that humanity is in great danger.
In honor of the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, we look at how The Doctor’s history of regenerations is actually a singular story of a character who is striving to be better.