Steve Carper's guest appearances

Steve Carper

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Daniel Jalkut

David Sparks

Phil Plait

Sarah Parcak

Maryn McKenna

Ayanna Howard

Joanna Penn

Michael Shermer

Gina Smith

Kiki Sanford

Gregory Zuckerman

Rene Ritchie

Mark Gurman

Clay Sherrod

Kelly Guimont

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Steve Carper is a Future Historian, researching how the dazzling future that dominated the Golden Age of science fiction was created—starting with the technological frenzy of the late 19th century. Steve writes a bi-weekly robot column at BlackGate.com and his latest book, published in June 2019, is Robots in American Popular Culture. This book examines society’s reactions to robots and androids such as Robby, Rosie, Elektro, Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and the Terminator in popular culture. Steve and I discussed his new book, covering some of the most famous robots of fiction and then all aspects of robot technology in our culture: robots as servants, enemies, lovers, children, successors and doubles. Where will the evolution of robots take our society next? Klaatu barada nikto. My Background Mode interview with Steve Carper  Robots in American Popular Culture. Companion web page to the book. Blackgate.com Flying Cars and Food Pills.   Support TMO when you buy your Apple gear from Apple. The story of my Background Mode podcast. TMO Background Mode Twitter feed. Archive of all Background Mode Shows. Background Mode at iTunes. Send your comments to  observations@macobserver.com  or marty@macobserver.com  

Steve Carper is a Future Historian, researching how the dazzling future that dominated the Golden Age of science fiction was created—starting with the technological frenzy of the late 19th century. Steve writes a bi-weekly robot column at <a href="http://BlackGate.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BlackGate.com</a> and his latest book, published in June 2019, is Robots in American Popular Culture. This book examines society’s reactions to robots and androids such as Robby, Rosie, Elektro, Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and the Terminator in popular culture. Steve and I discussed his new book, covering some of the most famous robots of fiction and then all aspects of robot technology in our culture: robots as servants, enemies, lovers, children, successors and doubles. Where will the evolution of robots take our society next? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_barada_nikto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Klaatu barada nikto.</a> <h2>My Background Mode interview with Steve Carper</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Robots-American-Popular-Culture-Carper/dp/1476670412/themacobs-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robots in American Popular Culture.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.robotsinamericanpopularculture.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Companion web page to the book.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.blackgate.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blackgate.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.flyingcarsandfoodpills.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flying Cars and Food Pills.</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Support TMO when you buy your Apple gear <a href="http://www.macobserver.com/applestore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">from Apple.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macobserver.com/news/update-background-mode-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The story of my Background Mode podcast.</a></li> <li>TMO Background Mode <a href="https://twitter.com/backgroundmode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter feed.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.macobserver.com/show/background-mode/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archive of all Background Mode Shows.</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/cz/podcast/mac-observers-background-mode/id1052879087?mt=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Background Mode at iTunes.</a></li> <li>Send your comments to <a href="mailto:observations@macobserver.com"> observations@macobserver.com </a> or <a href="mailto:marty@macobserver.com">marty@macobserver.com </a></li> </ul>

Future Historian Steve Carper