Episode 223 Release Date: Jan 28, 2026 Your hosts read Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, a novella about robots starting a noodle shop in near-future San Francisco. They debate if it can be called cyberpunk (kinda) or cozy (also kinda), and how the scifi setting opens up conversations around familiar situations. Your hosts also talk about naive robots and surprising pacing. Find us on Discord / Support us on Patreon Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their so

Episode 213 Release Date: Nov 5, 2025 Your hosts return to the Run with the Hunted series by Jennifer Donohue for book two: Ctrl Alt Delete. They discuss fun heists (but this time... it's personal!), evolving relationships between the three main characters, and the joy of unreliable narrators. Find us on Discord / Support us on Patreon Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs: - Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris” - Josh Woodward for th

Episode 169 Release Date: Dec 11, 2024 Your hosts discuss The Escher Man by T. R. Napper. They consider what makes a story better fit for...

Thank you so much for joining us for this Q&A! We’ll start off with one of our standard podcast opening questions–tell us something great...

Episode 57 Release Date: August 31, 2022 Your hosts discuss the first novella in the “Run with the Hunted” series by Jennifer Donohue...

Episode 40 Release Date: April 27, 2022 In this episode, your hosts talk about Anthracite, a humorous Welsh cyberpunk (setting vs genre?...