San Antonio Public Library Podcast — Tuned In

Episode 54: Don your fry suit and get your pit viper anti-venom ready because the crew is going on a deep dive into the world of Red Rising. Imagine a school where your first assignment is to kill one of your classmates, where you are divided into teenage armies and pitted against one another, where you can only get ahead by being not only brutal but cunning. Plus, why does Erik gaze at balloon artists?

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Episode 53: Forget about evil AI for awhile and start watching out for evil data analysts. Plus, what does evil HR at the evil corporation do all day? Dream up ways to punish staff for upsetting the equilibrium of the boss's pet iguana? And who foots the bill for all of that collateral damage that happens every time superpowers collide? This month we are talking about the world of Natalie Zina Walschot's Hench.

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Episode 52: Our landing party is in trouble. Why? You ask. Because we're all wearing red shirts. It's a sure sign that somebody is about to die a horrible and pointless death for dramatic effect. Set your phasers to kill but don't shoot them at the Borogovian land worms. It just makes them angry. The crew is discussing John Scalzi's Redshirts. Will they all make it out alive?

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Episode 51: Imagine a world where technology rules every aspect of our lives from cradle to the grave. Each moment recorded, watched, and rated by the world. Wouldn't it be nice to get away from everything and get some "me" time with your favorite AI therapist? Welcome to the world as Leslie Stephens sees it in You're Safe Here.

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Episode 50: It's time to dive into some classic Sci-Fi. Wait, did you say Sci-Fi? But there are dragons, right? Doesn't that make it Fantasy? Join the debate as the crew goes between and back to the land of Pern with Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight.

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