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Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle joins us to discuss her favorite science fiction and her new podcast Reasonably Optimistic.

Topics discussed: Robert Heinlein and Libertarianism, Working in Book Publishing, Lord of the Rings and Rendezvous with Rama, Peter Suderman and Video Games, Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu, Megan’s Science Fiction Novel, The State of Book Publishing, Explaining Science Fiction to Women, Dune and Artificial Intelligence, Megan’s Podcast and Optimism