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[022] Social Science Talks: Independence Day
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After a film night at Social Science Towers, Alex, Matt, Jess and Bleddyn discuss the beginning of the large-scale disas... Read more
30 Jun 2016
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[011] Social Science Talks: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
[011] Social Science Talks: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
I have thus endeavoured to preserve the truth of the elementary principles of human nature, while I have not scrupled to... Read more
13 Aug 2015
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[009] Social Science Talks: Starship Troopers
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Come on you apes, do you want to live forever? Continuing his march through the hostile environment of BISA 2015, Matt t... Read more
15 Jul 2015
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[023] Social Science Interviews: Penny Fielding, on Spies and Genre Fiction
[023] Social Science Interviews: Penny Fielding, on Spies and Genre Fiction
It’s conference season once again, and Matthew got the long train to Edinburgh in order to talk to Professor Penny Field... Read more
29 Jul 2016
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[013] Social Science Talks: Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
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Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon. That’s always been the difference between us, Daniel. Today, we d... Read more
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[20] Social Science Talks: Embassytown, by China Miéville
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“Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight... Read more
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[019] Social Science Talks: Woman on the Edge of Time, by Marge Piercy
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What would you do if your actions would change the course of history? Lydia, Charlotte, Sorana and Jess take the spotlig... Read more
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[021] Social Science Talks: Utopia, By Thomas More
[021] Social Science Talks: Utopia, By Thomas More
“We did not ask if he had seen any monsters, for monsters have ceased to be news. There is never any shortage of horribl... Read more
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[014] Social Science Talks: War of the Worlds, by HG Wells
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“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and clo... Read more
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[018] Social Science Talks: The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks
[018] Social Science Talks: The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks
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[015] Social Science Interviews: Georg Loefflmann, on Man in the High Castle
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It’s been a rough month here at Social Science Towers, and we were unable to record a new episode. Luckily for you, we h... Read more
24 Nov 2015
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[016] Social Science Talks: Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
[016] Social Science Talks: Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres ... Read more
22 Dec 2015
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[006] Social Science Talks: Zombies
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In this episode, the discussion from Social SciFi Towers turns to Max Brooks’ World War Z, as well as Dan Drezner’s Theo... Read more
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[017] Social Science Talks: Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
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We are all susceptible to the pull of viral ideas. Like mass hysteria. Or a tune that gets into your head that you keep ... Read more
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[025] Social Science Talks: Star Trek
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Following the 50th Anniversary and the recent film Star Trek: Beyond, we sit down at Social Sci-Fi towers to discuss wha... Read more
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