Podcast
Science Fiction
Hosted by Damien Walter · EN
Join writer and storyteller Damien Walter on an exploration of the world as seen through a science fiction lens.
18episodes
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2026 : the year World War 3 begins
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You don’t understand science fiction
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The First Dystopia
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Terminator 2 isn’t only the greatest action movie
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HG Wells vs Vladimir Lenin
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A note for listeners of the Science Fiction podcast
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Project Hail Mary is a Male Pattern Fantasy
Apr 1Tap to summarizeIt's Scifi. It's Romance. It's Fantasy. It's SciMANtasy 😱 Let's see if we can make Gary an Amazon bestseller so he doesn't ask for his money back. 🔗👇 The Last Sysadmin in Sector 7 : a SCIMANTASY novel https://amzn.to/4lXiqjF # The Ultimate Male Pattern Fantasy What if the greatest science fiction dream isn't discovering alien life or saving the human race, but simply being left completely alone in a room to do math? Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary is a masterpiece of hard sci-fi engineering, but beneath the astrophage and the orbital mechanics lies a deeply comforting psychological trope. We are looking at the "Male Pattern Fantasy"—the idea that the ultimate hero is just an ordinary, highly competent guy who solves the universe's problems in absolute, blissful isolation (and somehow looks exactly like Ryan Gosling while doing it). Whether you find this trope to be a lovely, optimistic vision of human competence or a pathetic retreat from social reality, it is currently dominating modern science fiction.
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How the Matrix reclaimed the Red Pill
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Star Trek ain’t woke. It’s corporate.
Jan 26Tap to summarizeGet your COMMIE TREK tee here - https://damosays-shop.fourthwall.com Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/ Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Follow Damien on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/damiengwalter.com
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America forgot that Judge Dredd is a *satire* of fascism
Jan 1800:24:16Tap to summarizeGet your PKD tee here - https://damosays-shop.fourthwall.com Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/ Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Follow Damien on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/damiengwalter.com
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