About this episode
The episode explores various portrayals of fascism in science fiction through retrospective, contemporary, and speculative lenses.
Concurrent news: Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis : https://x.com/mariashriver/status/2016618469740204114?s=61 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bruce-springsteens-streets-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-song-hits-no-1-rcna256711 Working definitions: With a framework of Retrospective, Contemporary, and Speculative, we can identify examples of works that portray fascism. Retrospective is science fiction that looks back at past fascist events, generally WW2. Contemporary is science fiction that was written to look at what’s happening in […]
People in this episode
Host: Lancer Kind
Topics covered
- fascism
- science fiction
- retrospective
- contemporary
- speculative
Keywords
- fascism
- science fiction
- Bruce Springsteen
- WW2
- anti-ICE protest
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NBC News
Books & works: Streets of Minneapolis, WW2
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