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Author Doug Dorst joins us to discuss S., the mysterious novel he wrote in collaboration with filmmaker J.J. Abrams.

Panel Topic: Junot Diaz Chat

Guest Geeks: Junot Diaz and Tobias Buckell

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Episode 97 << Click to Listen

Webcomic artist Allie Brosh joins us to discuss her first book Hyperbole and a Half.

Panel Topic: Comic Strips

Guest Geek: David Malki

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Episode 96 << Click to Listen

Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion and The Terror, join us to discuss his new novel The Abominable.

Panel Topic: Sex in Horror

Guest Geeks: Grady Hendrix and Jaym Gates

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Episode 95 << Click to Listen

Scott Lynch, author of The Lies of Locke Lamora, joins us to discuss his new Gentlemen Bastards novel The Republic of Thieves.

Panel Topic: Epic Fantasy Series

Guest Geeks: Douglas Cohen and Rajan Khanna

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Margaret Atwood joins us to discuss her books Maddaddam and In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.

Panel Topic: Political Agendas

Guest Geeks: Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell

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Episode 93 << Click to Listen

Ryan North, editor of Machine of Death, joins us to discuss pranking Osgoode, beating Glenn Beck, and improving Shakespeare.

Panel Topic: Choose Your Own Adventure

Guest Geeks: Kat Howard, Grady Hendrix, Matt London

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Episode 92 << Click to Listen

Chris Kluwe, the NFL’s biggest geek, joins us to discuss football in the future, rational empathy, and beautifully unique sparkleponies.

Panel Topic: Sports in Science Fiction

Guest Geek: Douglas Cohen

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Melissa Marr joins us to discuss the merits of brothels, using a snorkel as part of her writing process, and the allure of Neil Gaiman’s voice.

Panel Topic: Weird Western Movies

Guest Geek: Rajan Khanna

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Episode 89 << Click to Listen

Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls, joins us to discuss her love of mecha, why apartheid regimes fear sci-fi, and why serial killers are giant losers.

Panel Topic: Psycho Killers

Guest Geek: Ross Lockhart

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