Technology
Ross Bullen, Assistant Professor of English at OCAD University in Toronto, joins us on this episode. Ross teaches a course on Science Fiction, and might have read or seen every scifi ever made. He talks us through the history of science fiction, from Frankenstein (and before) up until modern cult films and current authors; we’ll have our minds blown by examples of scifi authors predicting the future with time-machine level accuracy (and all the weird ways they didn’t). Ross will give his opinions on why there’s so often more dystopia written than utopia, and whether he has any hope that science fiction might be the thing that saves us from ourselves. And we all weigh in on our favorite books and movies and why they captured our imagination. Also: maybe it’s best not to let the aliens know we’re here? Recorded live at Giant Sound in Toronto.