Political science and science fiction, baked fresh just like mom used to make.
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Political science and science fiction, baked fresh just like mom used to make.
Also on Amazon · iHeart · Everywhere you listen
On Space the Nation, we take our love of science fiction (and fantasy and horror) and smash it together with our professional passions: international relations and cultural criticism. It's a highly informed but hilarious conversation that starts with an examination of a particular text—everything from Ursula K. Le Guin to the MCU, Star Trek to Colson Whitehead—and veers into current events, mental health practices, and imagined conversations between Ted Cruz and the Predator.
For people who like white papers and graphic novels, Chapo Trap House and what Political Science Twitter used to be.
Founder of Wonkette, former New York Times Magazine back-page interviewer, and one of the few political journalists who will openly discuss both soft power and the soft reboot of Battlestar Galactica. She brings the cultural criticism, the therapy-speak, and the tattoos.
Distinguished Professor of International Politics at Tufts University's Fletcher School and author of Theories of International Politics and Zombies—which is not a joke, it's a Princeton University Press book. He brings the geopolitical analysis, the tenure, and the tie.
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