- 171
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 305
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Alienating the Audience
Andrew Heaton and an army of nerds plunge deep, deep into films, books, and TV shows to ask: what's science fiction really about? What is The Twilight Zone really exploring? What are the underlying themes of Star Trek? What is the worldview of Star Wars? Also sometimes Heaton performs comedy on other planets.
- Publisher
- Andrew Heaton
- Category
- comedy · fiction
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Nov 2019
- Latest episode
- 11 May 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 171 episodes have a transcript.
11 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
13 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Friendly Hivemind of Pluribus
4 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
This is How the World Ends: Apocalypse in Science Fiction
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Published 11 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's a dystopic element in that we gather that civilization has collapsed. on some sort of structural level, that people are so engrossed in the incredibly entertaining VR world that has been devised by AI that they are literally starving to death on their headsets that no one's farming. Basically, everybody but the Amish, there's literally nothing other than just starving to death slowly in your house. It's that entertaining. But at the same time, we get the impression from the AI that it's not malicious. No, the AI is like, no, it is like I'm making you the very best reality that you can inhabit. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 210 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 95 ratings
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- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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