Micaiah Johnson on Necropolitics (Part 2) in 'The Unkilled: White Supremacy's Insidious Preservation of Black Lives'

Micaiah Johnson on Necropolitics (Part 2) in 'The Unkilled: White Supremacy's Insidious Preservation of Black Lives'

From The Science in The Fiction by Marty Kurylowicz and Holly Carson

January 25, 2026 · 47 min · Season 3 · Episode 65

About this episode

The episode features a continuation of the discussion with Micaiah Johnson on necropolitics and its implications in literature and society.

This is the second half of our conversation with Micaiah Johnson continued from our last episode about necropolitics in Ned Beauman's 'Venomous Lumpsucker'. Micaiah is the author of the Ashtown duology, ‘The Space Between Worlds’ and ‘Those Beyond the Wall’, and we spoke to her about these books in episode 49, loosely on the topic of the Multiverse but more about the social and political aspects of a future dystopia divided by extreme inequality. Since that interview Micaiah has b...

People in this episode

Hosts: Marty Kurylowicz, Holly Carson

Guest: Micaiah Johnson

Topics covered

  • necropolitics
  • white supremacy
  • dystopia
  • inequality
  • social aspects
  • political aspects
  • multiverse

Keywords

  • necropolitics
  • white supremacy
  • dystopia
  • inequality
  • Micaiah Johnson
  • Venomous Lumpsucker
  • The Space Between Worlds
  • Those Beyond the Wall

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Unkilled: White Supremacy's Insidious Preservation of Black Lives, Venomous Lumpsucker, The Space Between Worlds, Those Beyond the Wall

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