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Space the Nation

Political Science and Science Fiction


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  • SPACEGIVING 2025

    45:52||Season 5
    Ana and Dan set the table for some fine genre dining: Pluribus, Welcome to Derry, a book called "The Ministry of" something that's good, not bad! And many, many more. There is hardly any discussion of IR in this episode.The video version of this podcast is available for free on our Patreon page, patreon.com/spacethenation

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  • WARGAMES

    01:35:03||Season 5
    Ana and Dan would like to play a game. There is some IR in this movie.
  • ALIEN: EARTH (Part 2)

    49:33|
    Ana and Dan sort of forgot we recorded this episode about the last four episodes of the series.We did have a few more thoughts on what is definitely in the top four or so products in the Alien franchise! Enjoy!
  • HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

    01:25:18||Season 5
    Ana and Dan also have loved ones in Chicago, why do you ask? Kathryn Bigelow's return to cinema gifts us a meticulously shot and expertly acted mess of a movie that's underwhelming in every respect. It is fun to think about President Stringer Bell, though. If I told you there was no IR in this movie, would you believe me? 
  • TRON: ARES

    59:22||Season 5
    Ana and Dan de-res, but not before reviewing this latest and undoubtedly last entry into the Tronverse. It isn't very good and the ideas it raises aren't very interesting but Dan got to make a lot of Depeche Mode references in our script! Happy hunting!
  • TRON: LEGACY

    01:16:52||Season 5
    Ana and Dan get the high scores on Galactic Narcissists and check out the middle entry in this middling franchise. There's some interesting stuff about non-attachment that gets promptly disregarded for Plot Reasons and also a hot program that who will later go on to direct Don't Worry Darling, a movie with exactly as much insight into video games as this one. Not much IR in this movie.
  • EXTRA: THE ANDOR MOMENT

    26:37||Season 5
    "I have friends everywhere." How does a quote from a Star Wars prequel wind up the unofficial slogan for a national movement? Indivisible's Ezra Levin joins Ana for a special Dan-less episode to talk about how Andor infiltrated anti-Trump protests and who he'll be cosplaying as on Halloween.Find out about the No Kings protest near you here. Remember this: Try.There is IR in this podcast