- 172
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 306
- Ratings
- Monthly
- 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
- 8 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 172 episodes have a transcript.
8 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Grieving Space Dad: RIP Patrick Stewart
11 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
13 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Grieving Space Dad: RIP Patrick Stewart
Published 8 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] If you go and you watch him in that show before he gives an impassioned, highly intelligent, ethically correct speech every single time, you will watch him stop and actively consider there. So the moral certainty is tempered by the fact that he isn't driving every point as though he has known it all along. […]
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- Andrew Young
- Nick Sperdute
- Brett Weaver
- Katherine Mangu-Ward
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 210 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 96 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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