Utopian Horizons Podcast
1) Gateway w/ Karlo & Pete From Podside Picnic
Pete & Karlo from Podside Picnic join me to talk about Frederik Pohl's 1977 science fiction novel Gateway. We discuss "full medical" as it relates to the disaster that is American healthcare, company ...Show More
2) The Long 90s w/ Jeremy Gilbert
Academic and #ACFM co-host Jeremy Gilbert joins the podcast to talk us through the concept of "the long 90s". We discuss why cultural innovation has stagnated, the relationship of culture to politics ...Show More
3) Fear In Fiction, Resident Evil & The Apocalypse w/ Trevor Strunk
Trevor Strunk from No Cartridge joins us to talk about his new book Story Mode. We discuss how horror videogames help chart our fears, which events caused the genre to radically shift direction, Resid...Show More
4) Dracula, Vampires & Utopia w/ Katie Stone
Katie Stone joins me to talk about Francis Ford Coppola's horny Dracula adaptation, the original Bram Stoker novel and how the figure of the vampire can be rethought to connect to utopian ideas around...Show More
5) Anime Architecture w/ Stefan Riekeles
Stefan Riekeles, author of the book Anime Architecture: Imagined Worlds and Endless Megacities, joins me to talk about the dystopian worlds imagined by artists and directors that provide the backgroun...Show More
6) Disco Elysium w/ Cameron Kunzelman
Ranged Touch's Cameron Kunzelman returns to the show to talk about the fascinating detective RPG that is Disco Elysium. We talk about how the game represents contemporary capitalism, the strengths and...Show More
7) Conspiracy Theory w/ Cory Doctorow
Sci-fi author, journalist and blogger Cory Doctorow joins the show to talk about the tangle of intricate dystopian narratives that is conspiracy theory. We discuss the roots of conspiracy theory, why ...Show More
8) Economic Science Fictions Ch. 5: Feeding Like a Parasite
It's a solo episode this time as I return to the book Economic Science Fictions to delve into a chapter on extraction and the way is reflected in capitalism and science fiction media. Utopian Horizo...Show More
9) The Culture Series & Its Billionaire Fans w/ Kurt Schiller
Blood Knife's Kurt Schiller joins the podcast to talk about the post-scarcity communist society depicted in Iain M. Banks Culture series and how it seems to have attracted the most unexpected of fans ...Show More
10) Virtual Cities w/ Konstantinos Dimopoulos
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, a game urbanist and designer, joins us to talk about virtual cities in videogames. We talk about their critical potential, how they communicate information, and how Konstantin...Show More