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Podcast: Talking Tropes Podcast
Episode: Talking Tropes 47: World on Wheels
Description: Snowpiercer, Mortal Engines, and Battlestar Galactica represent three approaches to the same story: urban spaces need to be packed up and transformed into vehicles in order for humanity to survive.
What do these stories represent within capitalism and what does society look like when it is put on wheels and must constantly move forward?