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Podcast: New Books in African American Studies
Episode: Darts and Lasers: The Future of Science Fiction, Afro-Futurism, and Feminist Speculative Fiction
Description: Itās stardate 99040.01 and lead producer Jay Cockburn is temporarily taking over command ofĀ Darts and LettersĀ for an episode.For this episode, as part of the weekās theme of āideas in strange placesā we boldly go into the strange new worlds of science fiction, revealing how itās long been a vehicle for radical thought. We dig into post-scarcity, Afrofuturism, and feminist speculative fiction as we set our phasers to fun and go where no podcast has gone before.This episode is a rebroadcast from our catalogue. Weāre revisiting some of our favourites unt...