About this episode

The episode revisits the impact and themes of Battlestar Galactica on its twentieth anniversary.

Charlie Jane and Annalee are on book tour(s), so we're re-upping one of our favorite episodes from 2023. At that time, we were celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the rebooted version of Battlestar Galactica. This show broke new ground in depicting realistic politics — and a nuanced view of a society of artificial people. How does it hold up? To find out, Charlie Jane went back and watched the entire series — here's what she found.

People in this episode

Hosts: Charlie Jane, Annalee

Topics covered

• Battlestar Galactica
• television
• artificial intelligence
• politics
• society
• culture

Keywords

• Battlestar Galactica
• Charlie Jane
• Annalee
• politics
• artificial people
• reboot
• television series

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Battlestar Galactica

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