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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is a podcast hosted by author David Barr Kirtley and produced by Lightspeed Magazine editor John Joseph Adams. The show features conversations about fantasy & science fiction in books, movies, games, and comics, as well as related subjects such as science, history, and critical thinking. Guests have included Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Richard Dawkins, Wil Wheaton, Bill Nye, Margaret Atwood, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Politics Is So Insane Right Now Satirists Can't Keep Up

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Every Galaxy Needs More Than Three People of Color

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Come on, Science. Give Us Animal Superpowers Already

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

How to Construct the Ultimate Conspiracy Theory

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Dungeons & Dragons Is a Lot Like Religion

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Kurt Vonnegut Once Lived in the Shadow of His Brother

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

The Force Awakens Has Changed Star Wars Forever

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

When Good Science Fiction Fans Go Bad

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

With Childhood's End, Syfy Bets Big on Sci-Fi Classics

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

The Expanse Is the New Battlestar Galactica

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Hollywood Just Can't Stop Adding Action to Philip K. Dick

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

What the New Star Trek Show Needs in Order to Triumph

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Genre Snobbery Is a 'Bizarre Act of Self-Mutilation'

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

How Black Cats and Headless Horsemen Became Halloween Icons

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Queer Horror Is Stepping Out of the Shadows

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Turns Out a Jewish Blessing Inspired the Vulcan Salute