This week, we take a journey into science-fiction to find out if aliens can master the science of empathy and zombies can bring a couple closer together.
Part 1: Chase Masterson's role on Star Trek Deep Space 9 inspires her to think about how she can help others.
Part 2: Bethany Van Delft and her fiance reckon with the zombie apocalypse.
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Yesterday
Blood & Guts: Stories about hemoglobin and intestines
In this week’s episode, we wade into the bloody (and sometimes gory) side of science. Part 1: Shawn Musgrave wants to donate blood, but runs headfirst into the FDA’s lifetime ban on gay men as donors. Part 2: While working with the condor recovery program, Molly Astell opens a fr ... Show More
24m 37s
Dec 2024
How Will Ilana Glazer Help You Find The Funny When Everything Sucks In The World (and da clerb)?
In da clerb, we all fam - and we’re so thrilled to welcome Ilana Glazer to “clerb Curious” this week. Ilana stopped by to talk about her upcoming sophomore special, Human Magic, streaming on Hulu this Friday, December 20th! We’re talking about how she developed her new special, t ... Show More
59m 45s
Sep 26
Alien: Earth with Noah Hawley
In space, no one can hear you scream. On Earth, however, around 9pm for the last seven or eight Tuesdays, you may well hear some shrieks of terror, emanating from nearby apartment windows – all thanks to one of the boldest and blood-soaked sci-fi shows to grace the small screen i ... Show More
52m 30s
Mar 2024
Is Science Fiction the New Realism?
Science fiction has historically been considered a niche genre, one in which far-flung scenarios play out on distant planets. Today, though, such plots are at the center of our media landscape. On this episode of Critics at Large, the staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, a ... Show More
46 m
Dec 2024
The Outer Quiet by Herbert D. Kastle - A Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Story from the 1950s
Fear is often Man's greatest enemy. But when there is nothing left to lose, there is everything to gain.... And with everything to gain, where is the enemy? The Outer Quiet by Herbert D. Kastle. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.
If the name Herbert D. Kastle rings a bell, i ... Show More
30m 25s
Aug 2024
Run, Fool!: A Conversation with Rodney Barnes
I sat down with Rodney Barnes and he shared with me his wisdom from years in the TV and Film industry. Everything from how to balance comedy and horror to what it takes to get a project to a screen, big or small.Rodney Barnes is an award-winning writer, producer, and comic book c ... Show More
58m 2s
May 2025
Mayukh Sen, "Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star" (Norton, 2025)
In 2022, Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. But she wasn’t the first actress of Asian origin to be nominated. In 1935, Merle Oberon was nominated for Best Actress for the role of Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel, only her second fi ... Show More
55m 15s
May 2021
Mike Schur Returns to Tackle the Culture Wars
After creating ‘Parks and Recreation,’ ‘Brooklyn 99’ and ‘The Good Place,’ Mike Schur has decided to dive head first into the culture wars with his ‘Rutherford Falls.’ The new show, now streaming on Peacock, stars ‘The Office’s’ Ed Helms as a well-intentioned but problematic desc ... Show More
54m 42s