Share

cover art for S3E8: KINDRED (ENCORE)

Space the Nation

S3E8: KINDRED (ENCORE)

Season 3, Ep. 8
•

We're doing an encore because let time get away from us -- but at least we were not unwillingly unwittingly transported to the antebellum south like Butler's heroine. Butler uses the bones of a science fiction story to explore the reverberations of slavery through our history and Black people's bodies. Dan says of all the books we've read for the podcast, this is the one he still thinks about the most. FX's adaptation debuted this year to good reviews but scant attention and was not renewed for a second season, but the book is worth revisiting again and again. Compare and contrast to last week's discussion of The Underground Railroad! There's IR and very much a critique of capitalism in this book.

More episodes

View all episodes

  • ENCORE: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978)

    01:09:15|
    Presenting the Schlock or Awe collection, encore presentations of the best worst movies we've seen. Patrons get episodes ad-free.Specimen two: The toasters that defined a generation, in the original Battlestar Galactica.

  • ENCORE: PLANET OF THE APES (1968)

    01:04:34|
    Presenting the Schlock or Awe collection, encore presentations of the best worst movies we've seen. Patreons get episodes ad-free.First up: 1968's Planet of the Apes. There's a twist!

  • THE MARTIAN (2015)

    01:32:30||Season 6
    For our Competence Porn series: Mark Watney, Space Pirate, sciences the shit out of that thing.

  • LILO & STITCH (2004)

    01:08:50||Season 6
    All of Ana and Dan's dogs are adoptable, except that one.Ana liked this movie, even though it has children in it. And IR!

  • ANIMAL FARM

    01:01:33||Season 6
    Ana and Dan must work harder. If you haven't read this short novel or it's been awhile, this is your sign to spend an afternoon with Orwell's lively parable. The writing is crisp, even if fans have scrambled what Orwell actually meant.There is a bit of IR. Some critiques of capitalism, too.

  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 1

    01:04:09||Season 6
    Our first entry in Talking Animals Month! It's peak Pratt, everyone! Pre Pratt fall, if you will. He's charming and the ensemble that carries the whole franchise comes together with an ease you may have forgotten. Topics include: Fact-checking Blank Check's Bautista backstory and whether the movie is a statement on the prison industrial complex. There is IR in this movie.

  • 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE

    01:13:16||Season 6
    Meet Gen X's most metal bachelor in this largely infected-free (well, it has one large infected) entry into the 28-year-verse. There are some pretty big questions about God and evil and What is to be human, anyway? And, importantly: Are bad dads bad?There's horrific violence against and by children and a lot of Duran Duran in addition to IR.

  • THE RUNNING MAN (2025)

    56:25||Season 6
    A movie can always be improved by Glen Powell appearing nude, but can it be saved? This is the hypothetical that Edgar Wright's remake of The Running Man attempts to answer.This movie has Arnoldbucks, futurist telenovelas, a podcast that might save the world (if not America), a delusional ending (or is it?), hot dogs (not Glen Powell's!) and, yes, some IR.

  • PLURIBUS

    01:32:26||Season 6
    Ana and Dan will skip the milk, thanks.Is Pluribus about AI? Is it about the white savior complex, or loneliness in post-capitalist society? The pandemic? Ethical altruism? Maybe... art? It's gorgeous and inscrutable, much like your long-absent hosts.Glad to be back.(This was supposed to come out before the streak of Running Man episodes we did, lol.)
Copyright Space the Nation
Hosted with ❤️ by Acast