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27/11/2025

It's our last episode of Our Opinions Are Correct! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.

We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.

This is our last episode of Our Opinions Are Correct... but please stay subscribed to our feed, because you'll hear from us again. We're sad to be stepping away, but we're proud of seven years of correct opinions. And we're using this moment to think about the state of science fiction and fantasy in

13/11/2025

Frankenstein is everywhere right now -- but why does it still hold so much power? In our latest episode, we talk about how different people have reimagined this 200+ year old story -- and why Victor Frankenstein is the ultimate Bad Science Daddy.

Frankenstein is back, baby. There are two new Frankenstein movies, plus tons of new fiction that plays with Frankenstein tropes. So it's time to talk about why this tale of a creature reanimated from dead body parts continues to haunt and inspire us. We get into Mary Shelley's life, the meaning of t...

30/10/2025

We love science fiction conventions! Especially indie fan-run conventions. But... they basically haven't changed since the 1970s.

How could cons change for the 21st century? We talked to a host of con veterans about panels, venues, volunteers, etc.

We love science fiction and fantasy conventions — especially the ones that are run by fans, for fans. But they haven't changed much since the 1970s in many ways, and the world has moved on. So we asked a bunch of convention veterans to imagine how we might reimagine conventions for the 21st centur...

23/10/2025

Back in the day, everyone wanted to argue about whether fictional characters were "relatable," and we're still not over it. So let's talk about it!

Plus we talk to superstar author CL Polk about how to write vivid, memorable descriptions in fiction.

Not long ago, everybody was arguing about whether characters need to be "relatable". We get to the bottom of a debate that still makes us intensely grouchy. Plus we talk to one of our favorite writers, C.L. Polk, about how to write excellent descriptions in your fiction -- and it turns out

02/10/2025

Spooky season is here! So for our latest episode we're talking about the scary books we love right now. 😱📚🥰

Plus contributing host Bethany Brookshire talks about Hellbenders — who aren't actually that scary. But extinction campaigns are!

It's time to light a fire and curl up with a cup of cocoa and a terrifying book full of creepy s**t -- or escaping from creepy s**t. We've got recommendations for what to read this season! Plus, contributing host Bethany Brookshire tells us about Hellbenders, creatures who sound terrifying but are a...

07/08/2025

It's the latest episode of Our Opinions Are Correct!

Annalee and Charlie Jane both have new books coming out in August.

Find out why Annalee wanted to write a cozy tale of robots making noodles, and how they challenged robot tropes. And how writing about propaganda shaped this book.

And why I was drawn to write about a young trans witch teaching her mother magic. And why she included a book within a book from the 18th century.

It's a double book birthday! Annalee has just released Automatic Noodle, a wonderfully cozy book about robots who've survived a devastating war and now just want to run a noodle restaurant. And in 12 days, Charlie Jane is releasing Lessons in Magic and Disaster, about a trans witch who teaches her h

24/07/2025

Our latest episode:

Why we love the Murderbot TV show so much, and how Sanctuary Moon in particular works so well

How certain stories comfort us during a dark time — and sometimes dark horror is more comforting than sweet comedy

Plus ice cream!

It's scary out there — so thank goodness we're taking comfort in some wondrous books, TV shows, comics and movies. What makes a story comforting? And why is a dark horror story sometimes better comfort than a sweet gentle comedy? Plus we talk about the first season of Murderbot, which is about usi...

10/07/2025

What is the supply chain? How does it shape our lives?

We talk to Alexis Madrigal about his book The Pacific Circuit, and how trade shaped Oakland.

THEN we delve into all of the galactic wars that started as trade disputes. Pew pew pew.

We keep hearing about the supply chain lately... but what is it? And how do all these shipping containers moving around the world shape our lives? We talk to Alexis Madrigal, author of the brand new book The Pacific Circuit, about how trade with Asia has changed Oakland. Plus we talk about how scien

30/06/2025

Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is one of our fav TV shows, so we're stoked to interview creator Cirocco Dunlap in our new episode of Our Opinions Are Correct!

Plus Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Kelly Jensen talk about the state of book bans in the USA.

We’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re talking to Cirocco Dunlap, the showrunner of The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, easily one of our favorite shows right now. Season 2 just came out, and we talk to Dunlap about cute body horror, dealing with mental illne...

12/06/2025

Public health is life-saving! But where did it start, and what can we learn about it from science fiction and fantasy? Guest host Nassem Jamnia explains all.

Plus we talk to Natasha O'Brown at Rutgers about everything we've learned lately about the Blood-Brain Barrier and how both pathogens and drugs can get past it.

Public health is a vital part of keeping all of us safe — but what does it mean, and where did the concept come from? Special guest host Naseem Jamnia breaks it down for us, and tells us about some fantasy stories that show why public health is a collective concern. Plus we talk to scientist Natsa...

30/05/2025

What does it mean to "politicize" science? How is this different from just acknowledging the real political issues that science touches on?

Plus Maddie Stone explains the history of Sim Earth and how this most unusual game inspired her love of geoscience.

Our latest episode!

It's the end of science as we know it in America. As the U.S. government dismantles science agencies and slashes budgets for health and environmental research, we talk about what it means to politicize science. How is that different from the time-honored tradition of analyzing the politics of scienc...

01/05/2025

In our latest episode:

+ why Doctor Who is better than ever, and our hopes and fears for the show's future

+ we talk to Anil Dash about the "digital public square" and what went wrong with the internet

Where did the Internet go wrong, and how do we fix it? To find out more, we talk to entrepreneur and activist Anil Dash about the alternate history of technology. But first, we talk about why Doctor Who is better than ever, and why we're loving the current season — but where is this venera

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