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The Friendly Hivemind of Pluribus
Jan 13, 2026
37m 28s
This is How the World Ends: Apocalypse in Science Fiction
Nov 4, 2025
1h 36m 34s
"Scream" meets "The Truman Show": The Cabin in the Woods
Oct 14, 2025
1h 14m 02s
Let's Argue About the Prime Directive
Sep 15, 2025
50m 15s
The Last Starfighter
Jul 8, 2025
1h 11m 59s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/13/26 | The Friendly Hivemind of Pluribus✨ | science fictioncomedy+4 | Brian Brushwood | Vince Gilligan's latest programPluribus+1 | — | PluribusBorg Collective+5 | — | 37m 28s | |
| 11/4/25 | This is How the World Ends: Apocalypse in Science Fiction✨ | apocalypsescience fiction+4 | Josh Jennings | Space Tractor: And Other Science Fiction Short Stories | — | apocalypsescience fiction+6 | — | 1h 36m 34s | |
| 10/14/25 |  "Scream" meets "The Truman Show": The Cabin in the Woods✨ | horrorcomedy+3 | Henrique Couto | Cabin in the WoodsScream+1 | — | Cabin in the Woodshorror+5 | — | 1h 14m 02s | |
| 9/15/25 | Let's Argue About the Prime Directive✨ | Prime Directivecultural non-interference+3 | Dickie LynchStone Lynch | The Prime Directive | — | Prime DirectiveStarfleet+3 | — | 50m 15s | |
| 7/8/25 | The Last Starfighter✨ | arcade gamesintergalactic adventure+3 | Brett Weaver | The Last Starfighter | — | The Last StarfighterBrett Weaver+4 | — | 1h 11m 59s | |
| 6/16/25 | Women Can Electrocute You✨ | gender dynamicssocietal change+4 | Katherine Mangu-Ward | The Power | — | Naomi AldermanThe Power+5 | — | 51m 55s | |
| 5/20/25 | Time Loops✨ | time loopsscience fiction+5 | Brian Brushwood | Groundhog DayThe Endless | — | time loopsscience fiction+5 | — | 59m 58s | |
| 4/1/25 |  Holy Space Capitalism of the Feringi✨ | Feringispace capitalism+4 | Sean Finnerty | FederationStar Trek | Feringinar | FeringiStar Trek+4 | — | 1h 21m 42s | |
| 3/5/25 |  Cheating with a Sexbot✨ | robot ethicsinfidelity+3 | Henrique Couto | Alienating the Audience | — | sexbotrobot servant+3 | — | 1h 06m 31s | |
| 2/7/25 | "Alien" is Dudes Afraid of Getting Knocked Up✨ | Alien franchiseH. R. Geiger+4 | Dickie Lynch | AlienAlien: Romulus+1 | — | AlienRipley Scott+5 | — | 1h 13m 55s | |
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| 1/16/25 |  A Canticle for Leibowitz | It's three centuries after the apocalypse, and a small Catholic monastery in the desert is collecting and safeguarding whatever pre-calamite artifacts it can, to preserve knowledge until civilization gets going again. Brian Brushwood joins to discuss this post-apocalyptic "Jesuits in space" novel. | — | ||||||
| 12/16/24 |  A. I. As Monkeypaw Slaves | How has A. I. been portrayed through history in science fiction, and what's it going to look like as it keeps getting better? Stone Lynch and J. C. Campbell join to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 11/14/24 |  A Clockwork Orange's Secret Extra Chapter | Anthony Burgess wrote his dystopian novel "A Clockwork Orange" in 1962, but two different versions appeared on either side of the Atlantic. The American version stops at chapter twenty, whereas the British version has an extra twenty-first chapter, which totally changes the book. Brian Brushwood joins to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 10/7/24 |  Faster Than Light Travel in Sci-Fi | The universe is really, really big. Like huge. Really really really huge. Prompting science fiction to come up with workarounds so everyone isn't stuck on the same boring 'ol planet. Dickie Lynch rejoins to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 9/3/24 |  Stay Your Age Right Now Forever | Drew Magary's book "The Postmortal" explores a scenario in which a vaccine is made for aging. Whatever age you take it at, you are paused there indefinitely. How does that effect marriage, retirement, and society as a whole? Josh Jennings and Ashland Viscosi return to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 8/5/24 |  All The Gods Suck, Except "Circe" | Madeline Miller's "Circe" novelizes the mysterious character from the Odyssey who turns men into swine, but also helps Odysseus get home. The book shows the feckless, narcissistic nature of the Greek pantheon, what is the true nature of self, and the divine patriarchy. Alexandra August and Isabella Reinhardt join to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 7/15/24 | "1984" According to Julia | George Orwell died way back in 1950, and his estate has never allowed anyone to canonically (or legally) contribute to the immense worldbuilding of "1984"... Until now. Sandra Newman recently wrote "Julia," the official sequel to 1984, which happens conterminously with its events, but from the perspective of Winston's paramour, Julia. Josh Jennings joins to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 1/4/24 |  The Zen of Robots | Season Finale! In which we talk about how to use sci-fi robots for helpful psychological thought experiments. Support the show! www.patreon.com/alienating ATA Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8FbFXeniKqq4gJNITdQNtbBy4MvUEnZH2m66JteJIJXY-zw/viewform?usp=sf_link | — | ||||||
| 12/4/23 | Much Ado About Garak | Star Trek Deep Space Nine's Elim Garak is a simple, unassuming character. But also a spymaster. Why is he so beguiling, and what's his character arc? Andrew Young joins to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 11/16/23 | Doublethinking George Orwell's 1984 | Is 1984 prophetic, or merely a terrifying dystopia? What makes this haunting book so engaging on a literary level? Josh Jennings returns to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 11/9/23 | Why Picard's Last Season Is So Much Better Than The Others | Star Trek: Picard recently wrapped up its third and final season--and the first season Heaton or his guests have enjoyed of it. Scottish sci-fi twins Dickie and Stone rejoin to discuss Star Trek: Picard, and what made its ultimate season likeable. | — | ||||||
| 11/2/23 | Super-Intelligent Spiders And A Sleeper Ship: Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children of Time" tackles multi-generational sleeper ships, uplifiting species, AI, the nature of intelligence, teleforming and more. Richard Amiro rejoins to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 10/27/23 | The Corporate Dystopia of Jennifer Government | In this satirical novel by Max Barry, the United States is a corporate wasteland with ruthless businesses and toothless rump state unable to restrain them. John Krikorian of Trekprofiles joins to discuss. Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/goodscifi | — | ||||||
| 10/19/23 | There Are Infinite You's in the Multiverse | How does the multiverse shake out in science fiction? What are the tropes, and what are the implications? Scottish scifi twins Dickie and Stone Lynch join to discuss. | — | ||||||
| 10/12/23 | Escaping the Truman Show | In "The Truman Show," Jim Carey's character is the unwitting star of a global reality television show–until he decides to escape. Director Henrique Cuoto joins to talk about the iconic film, and the evils of false reality. Henrique's dog: www.helpchicano.com Support the show! Mightyheaton.com/alienating Interstellar Vagabonding Clips, with Nick Sperdute: www.mightyheaton.com/vagabonding | — | ||||||
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