Gateway: A Guide to Convincing Your Child that the Life of An Astronaut is Not For Them

About this episode

Catherine and Kira discuss the downsides of space travel and the themes in Frederik Pohl's work.

Join host Catherine and her guest Kira as they discuss Gateway, Frederik Pohl's one and only win. Throughout this episode they discuss the downsides of space travel, the legitimacy of Freud, and what constitutes healthy love.

People in this episode

Host: Catherine

Guest: Kira

Topics covered

• space travel
• psychology
• love
• science fiction
• literature

Keywords

• astronaut
• space travel
• Freud
• healthy love
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Gateway

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