Androids and Assets teams up with Barry DeFord of Politreks to discuss the political roller coaster that is Season 1 Episode 18 Duet .

Kira investigates a notorious, or maybe not notorious, war criminal guilty of perpetrating, or perhaps assisting with, war crimes during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.

You can find more Politreks content @ https://www.trekgeeks.com/politreks and on twitter.

Last week, we had the great pleasure of sitting down with Malka Older to discuss her Centenal Cycle series of books (Infomocracy, State Tectonics, and Null States). Enjoy, as we get do a deep dive on the functioning of the political economy of science fictional microdemocracy. Malka shares with details of the inner workings of her setting and speaks to the intersections of her work with the current political landscape. Big thanks to Malka for taking the time to speak with us.

If you want to find more of Malka's work you can check out her website @ malkaolder.wordpress.com

Her most recent book …and Other Disasters is available from Mason Jar Press and wherever fine books are sold. She also writes for Serialbox.com.

Image by Allana Taranto of Ars Magna Studio.

In this episode the Androids and Assets boys watch the DS9 crew muddle through awkward situations with the opposite sex and a strange mental contagion. We talk about the unmitigated humanitarian disaster that is the war in Yemen and Canada’s sinister role. 

Errata

Stephen misspoke and called Sana’a the capital of Yemen, it is the capital of North Yemen. The current capital of federated Yemen is Aden.

We're lucky to be joined by James D'Amato of the One Shot Podcast Network. We talk about his show Skyjacks and about role-playing more widely.

Games Mentioned

Flying Circus by Erika Chappell - Available on DriveThruRPG or itch

Honey Heist by Grant Howitt - Available free on itch

Star Crossed by Alex Roberts - Available on DriveThruRPG or itch

For the Queen by Alex Roberts - Available on Roll20

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I Need Diverse Games was referenced as a great group making games better and more inclusive for everyone.

James also has some books. They'll help you play a better RPG. You probably like them, you just may not know it yet. You can find them here.

It's harder to decide what's more incredible: little Molly O'Brien's storybook Rumpelstiltskin coming to life or Jadzia Dax as a sex kitten. When the crew's fantasy come to life, anything could happen.

A conversation with author Louis Evans, in which we discuss his recent short story Flash Crash, published by the good people at Escape Pod. We talk commerce, nuclear war, and the nature of value.

If you want to read/hear Flash Crash follow this link: https://escapepod.org/2019/06/06/escape-pod-683-flash-crash/

In this interview Louis Recomends the following texts:

Fondly Fahrenheit by Alfred Bester

China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh

The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

In this weeks episode the androids and assets team revisits Deep Space Nine Se. 1 Ep. 14 Progress, in which Kira find herself on the "other side" and Nog cuts his teeth in the Yamok Sauce biz. Politics and comerce abound, so buckel up for a wild ride.

Amid a lively public discourse on the Covid 19 Virus the androids and assets team sits down to talk out depictions of disease and crisis in Science Fiction, and how different fictional depictions of illness shape our reactions. The pair find that collective action is the best defense against sickness and disease.

Recommended content:

Station 11 , Emily St. John Mandel

The Mask of the Red Death, Cory Doctorow

A Paradise Built in Hell, Rebecca Solnit

Radio War Nerd Podcast

Dawn of The Dead (1978)

28 Days Later (2002)

Commander Sisko "negotiates" a disupte between rival Bajoran nations and Chief O'Brien is reluctantly adopted as spiritual leader by a Bajoran village that annually follows the "Storyteller" to fight a demon of the town's collective fears.

A conversation with author Nino Cipri about their new novella, FINNA. We talk about labour, unions, and love. FINNA is on sale Feb 25 and we can't recommend it highly enough.

Nino on Twitter

Nino's newsletter, Cool Story, Bro

Nino's author photo, the image at the top of this post, is by Korbin Jones.

Works and Authors Mentioned

Sarah Pinsker, Twitter - A Song for a New Day

Annalee Newitz, Twitter

Charlie Jane Anders, Twitter

Our Opinions Are Correct, the podcast hosted by Annalee and Charlie Jane.

Meow Wolf House of Eternal Return - If we're ever in Santa Fe, this is on the to-do list.

The Expanse, Twitter

Hannah Abigail Clarke, Twitter - Scapegracers

Tana French - The Witch Elm