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Space the Nation episodes

  • THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (ENCORE)

    We celebrate the coming of chill weather with a re-issue of this curiously chipper disaster flick. Hope you don't like books.


    Ana and Dan break some cane-backed chairs to use as snowshoes and try to avoid Chekov's wolves as they ponder the appeal of this preposterous movie. Can anti-climate-change skepticism propaganda be helpful if it engages in the exact kind of ludicrousness that skeptics accuse scientists of? Did Frank have to die? Did he have to die shouting, "Jack!"? And how old was Jake Gyllenhaal? There is IR in this movie.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY
    Ana and Dan don't have a lot of time for self-care. Instead, they're busy churning out this backlog of episodes! August was a long time ago but I'm pretty sure I talked a lot about my barely age-appropriate crush on Tom Holland and how this was example #2 in what was 2024's Hot Incel Summer. Dan also enjoyed the movie. There is IR in this movie.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • No Science, No Fiction: Midterms Talk with Ana and Dan

    We stopped recording our Backrooms episode to talk Talarico/Paxton, El-Sayed and more! Video version is at the Patreon!


    Here's Dan's pieces on the midterms:

    • Exposure Therapy for Democrats, Part One
    • Exposure Therapy for Democrats, Part Two


    Here's my pieces on Talarico and Paxton specifically:

    • A Path to a Texas Breakthrough
    • James Talarico’s Absence Handed Republicans a Gift — But Ken Paxton Fumbled it Away
    • Media Leans on Tired Tropes to Undermine James Talarico’s Support With Black Voters

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    20 min
  • OBSESSION (2026)

    Dan and And would really like to take that back. Obsession was the one of the movies that made gave us Incel Summer; it's an exploration of consent, abuse, and the curdling of desire. Is it scifi? Not so much? Does it have lessons about international relations? You bet!


    Dan's Substack

    Ana's Patreon and website: anamariecox.com

    Dan's article about the movie Threads

    Our episode about Threads

    Ana's other podcast, Past Due.

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    1 hr 7 min
  • THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU

    Dan and Ana are played by stunt actors and only offer their voice acting for the entirety of this episode except for one special scene where they take off their helmets. There's some IR in this movie and IP is flat circle. We're very sorry for how long this took and appreciate your patience.


    I was raised in an alcoholic home and over-apologizing is my entire personality.

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    1 hr 9 min
  • DISAPPOINTMENTS DAY
    In which our heroes discuss recent non-great things in the realm of science fiction, including Disclosure Day as well as M3GAN and Greenland 2s.

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    54 min
  • STILL HERE, STILL
    We're still dedicated to producing the podcast, we're still here, we still appreciate your support!

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    2 min
  • WORLD WAR Z (2013)

    We delve into Dan's backyard (the next edition of Theories of International Relations and Zombies ain't gonna research itself!) with the least-faithful-to-the-source-material movie of all time. A cursed production that wouldn't stay dead, this movie wound up going viral—it's still the highest-grossing zombie movie of all time.


    There is just a bit of IR, and the capitalism won't stay dead, either.

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    1 hr 15 min
  • ROBOCOP (1987)

    Well, is there a critique of capitalism in this movie? I'll buy that for a dollar!


    Commentary on, among other things: Corporate malfeasance, the carceral state, the market's encroachment on bodily autonomy, disability justice, and parody of ultraviolence done in service of capital? ACAB except Robocop, that's what I say. There is also IR in this movie.

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    1 hr 15 min
  • ENCORE: KINDRED (1979)
    What better way to end our celebration of mothers with this meditation on generational trauma—as well as the grit and grace it takes to survive. This is not Octavia Butler's novel with the most transparent commentary on the Current Troubles, it goes deeper than that: It raises questions about repair from trauma, what it is possible to heal, and when wounds have to be honored rather than salved. A perfect accompaniment to preparations for our country's 250th birthday!

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    1 hr 1 min

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On Space the Nation, we take our love of science fiction (and fantasy and horror) and smash it together with our professional passions: international relations (as brought to the table by Tufts…