There's a subgenre of science fiction we might call "femme fear," exemplified by writers like Margaret Atwood. 

Olivia Wilde's "Don't Worry Darling" is the latest example. And while it was mostly panned by critics, Heaton enjoyed it. 

Ashland Viscosi joins to discuss.

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John Carpenter’s “They Live” is a cult classic about seeing through societal mirage to glimpse the strings of the puppet masters. It’s also a specific and intentional “primal scream” against Reagonomics. Ron Hayden joins to discuss.

In "The Boys" super heroes superficially fight crime, but are really corporate pawns and predators, ranging from ladder-climbing reality show scumbags to full-blown Nietzschean demigods. What happens when super powers are not always entrusted in the super moral? Andrew Young joins to discuss.

Brain swaps are a beloved sci-fi trope, but how feasible are they?

Dr. John-Paul Kolsun is a brain doctor, and host of "The Neurosurgery Podcast" 

He joins to discuss the feasibility of brain transplants.

In Stephen King's finest work, protagonist Jake Epping discovers a time portal which allows him to go back to the late 50s and then stick around long enough to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from killing President Kennedy. . . But should he interfere with the timeline, however good his intentions? 

Josh Jennings and Tim Silfies join to discuss

The film "Moon," starring Sam Rockwell, follows the lonely exploits of a solo worker on a moon base, and the unfolding mystery and terror of what his life actually entails. 

Scottish scifi twins Stone and Dickie Lynch join to discuss

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