We're back with more of Kurt Vonnegut's anti-war sci-fi classic, "Slaughterhouse-Five" ft none other than known Vonnegut-head, TRENT.

In this episode, we talk more about the fate of poor old Edgar Derby, discuss what makes Paul Lazarro the perfect American hero, and ask ourselves...is Billy Pilgrim the Muad'Dib?

Music by Kevin MacLeod, episode cover from the film adaptation of "Slaughterhouse-Five"

We've got another guest, folks. You know him, you love him, it's the legend himself...TRENT (a college buddy of Jacob's)

It's time to hop into Kurt Vonnegut's classic, semi-autobiographical work science fiction, "Slaughterhouse-Five."

What makes for a "just war," and is that even a thing? What's the deal with all these buff, homoerotic British officers? How much attention do you really need to pay to your climax to make it climactic? Find out now!

Music by Kevin MacLeod. Cover art is Kurt Vonnegut (including one of the many cigarettes that failed to kill him.)

It's what you've been waiting for, folks: the GAMING portion of Liu Cixin's sci-fi headscratcher, "The Three-Body Problem."

Okay, okay, there's more than gaming. We've got political intrigue, we've got nano-violence, we've got existentialism, we've got futuristic internationalism...and more.

Plus, our Netflix-based plan to prevent World War 3.

Episode Art from LiveScience (depicting an actual three-body diagram.) Music by Kevin MacLeod.

We're back...and yes I mean *we.* After a three-week hiatus, Joss has returned to the program. And we're talking Liu Cixin's hard sci-fi puzzle-box, "The Three Body Problem."

How did this distinctly Chinese work of fiction manage to capture the hearts of so many in the West? What do the Chinese Cultural Revolution and gravitational currents have in common? Can we use science fiction to prevent nuclear war? All these questions and more...answered!

As a side note: The Cultural Revolution of China is a complicated chapter in history that takes a lot more deciphering than we're capable of conducting in a couple sci-fi centric episodes, so we wanted to link this source from the Liberation School for those who may want to learn more. https://www.liberationschool.org/tag/cultural-revolution/

Music by Kevin MacLeod, art is the cover of the English edition of "The Three Body Problem."

Bad news: Joss is out for this episode. The good news: we've got our first guest! You can (and should) follow him on Twitter @dkpmason.

Listen to Jacob and Mason chat about "The Jungle," the 1906 work of political fiction by Upton Sinclair.

What would the Biblical story of Job look like in early 1900s Chicago? What's changed, what's stayed the same, and what's sliding backward? Plus, some good tips for staying in shape (hint: don't leave the forests of Lithuania!)

The episode art is a picture of the old muckraker himself. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Welcome back to Michael Crichton's 1990 sci-fi novel, Jurassic Park!

Should we reject Marxism and instead embrace Malcolmism? How do billionaires deal with failure? Where did Costa Rica get their air force? Will Joss become a mammoth? All your burning questions are answered!

Music by Kevin MacLeod. Cover art from the novel's first edition cover.

We had a weeklong hiatus but now we're back at it! It's time to talk bioengineering, it's time to talk irresponsible research, it's time to talk chaos theory, it's time to talk about Michael Crichton's 1990 sci-fi novel, Jurassic Park!!

Music by Kevin MacLeod. As for the episode art...you already know who it is and where it's from.

Your favorite apocalypticians are back on the case of Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins' attempt to add a 67th book to the Bible: Left Behind.

We discuss the epidemic of boring evangelical characters, rip on Jenkins' writing a little (okay, a lot), and dream up what a "good version" of this book might look like. Most importantly, we look into the nihilism at the heart of Evangelicalism-as-politics and how it's gotten us to where we are today.

Music by Kevin MacLeod. Cover art from Left Behind: World at War.

Dive with us into Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins's 1995 apocalyptic evangelical thriller, Left Behind! This is a weird one, folks.

In this episode, we take a long look at the borderline-supervillain of life of Tim LaHaye, assess how the 1990s were primed for apocalypse hysteria, and really tear into the deliciously incompetent prose of Jerry B. Jenkins.

Cover from the 1995 release of Left Behind. Music by Kevin MacLeod.