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The Confabulators!

The Confabulators!

di Liz and Dave

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S2 Episode 9 - Science Fiction to Science Reality

Welcome Voidwalkers! The team is back! This week, we discuss the influences between science fiction and science reality, and vise versa. Who informs who? Which came first? What has fiction inspired? Have a listen and enjoy as we explore this vast topic!

S2 Episode 8 - Post-Apocalypse

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! Following close on the heels of their discussion of Dystopias in SciFi, the team takes a conversational journey into POST-APOCALYPSES. The near and far, the dark and broody, the deceptively whimsical, and more! Join us for another deep dive discussion! Enjoy!

S2 Episode 7 - Dystopias

Welcome Back Voidwalkers! This week, the crew journey through the harsh and uncaring worlds of Dystopias. Join them as they navigate through what is it that makes a setting dystopic, the relation between author, audience, and philosophy, and how these worlds reflect our anxieties, fears and our hopes to overcome them.

S2 Episode 6 - 80's and 90's Sci-Fi (Brought to you by Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! This week, join Dave, Liz and E as they snack down on the the tastiest of sci-fi junkfood as they discuss the Arnie brand of Science Fiction blockbuster in the 80s and 90s. Action! Explosions! Questionable cultural artifacts of a bygone era! Tune in for these, plus a couple of fuller-bodied sci-fi entrees, in this double decade decker of an episode!

S2 Episode 05 - Bad Science... Fiction!

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! This week, The Confabulators discuss what happens when a science fiction story just doesn't work. What is it that makes a scifi story bad? And what is it about some "bad" scifi that still resonates with audiences?

S2 Episode 04 - Westerns & Science Fiction!

Welcome Voidwalkers! This week, join Dave, Liz and E as they traverse the arid lands of the Western genre in Science Fiction! How does the genre explore ethical and philosophical divides? What function does adventure and the power fantasy play? And just what is our relationship to the very idea of the Frontier itself? Don your Stetsons and dusters, Voidwalkers, and let's hit the trail!

S2 Episode 3 - The Longevity of Science Fiction

Welcome Back Voidwalkers! This week, join Dave, Liz and E as they explore longevity in the science fiction genre! What stories have stood the test of time? What is about them that keeps audiences returning to them again and again? And how is it that storytellers manage to make a tale that not only lasts but truly resonates across the generations?

S2 Episode 2 - The World of Games and Sci-Fi!

Welcome back Voidwalkers! Join Liz, Dave and E this week as they dive into the world of science fiction in video games! Explore strange alien worlds, augment your body with the latest chrome, explore ancient ruins from lost civilizations, fight for everlasting peace and pitch a questionable community simulator or two with the crew as they analyze just what makes sci-fi work for us in the medium of gaming!

S2 Episode 01 - Our Favorite Sci-Fi Stories!

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! Liz, Dave and E return this week with a discussion about their favorite stories across Science Fiction. Just what is it that makes those tales loom so largely in their hearts? And what does this year have in store for adding to those personal classics? Tune in and find out!

S2 - Episode 00: Welcome to Season 2: Science Fiction!

WELCOME BACK, DEAR VOIDWALKERS! Well, we did it, Season 1 of The Confabulators is complete, we all took a break for the holidays, and Dave, Liz, and E are back and ready to go! Join us as we reflect back on our first season and our time off from production and—most importantly—look forward to the coming adventures of Season 2 as we delve into the vast world of SCIENCE FICTION!

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