Recorded: 6 November 2015

Released: 7 november 2015

Duration: 104 minutes, 28 seconds

Host Paul Carr welcomes David Grigg, Patrick Festa, James Garrison and Nick Nielsen to talk about Science Fiction: what is it, what does it mean to each of us personally, and what is it good for? What is ti bad at? Among other things, we promise to do a Douglas Adams episode closer to Towel Day.

David Grigg on The Narratorium

An Exploration of Science Fiction

Big History: Why We Need to Teach the Modern Origin Story

The Problems with Big History and Turning Science into a Myth

Nick Lane: The Vital Question

Scott Sigler's Alive

Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers

Host and Producer: Paul Carr

Panelists: David Grigg, Patrick Festa, James Garrison, Nick Nielsen

Music: DJ Spooky

Communications Platform: Google Hangouts on Air

Hardware: Shure, ART, Bahringer, Apple

Software: Reaper, Soundflower, LineIn

Postproduction: Auphonic.com

Hosting: Libsyn.com