Space opera has always had a tenuous relationship with science, from sound in space to the main deflector dish. But as scientific awareness spreads among writers and readers alike, these problems are getting worse. Join us for a discussion of the issues that face space opera as a genre, and at least a few potential solutions.
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For some reason this episode isn’t showing up in my podcast feed the way it is supposed to despite other podcasts updating effectively. There are several possible causes for this, but one is something is up with your feed.
Also, FYI, your podcast feed is limited to 100 episodes, meaning that older episodes are no longer available anywhere outside of your website. Perhaps that is how you want it, but if not I suggest upping the episode limit so that people can access them all.
It looks like this episode isn’t showing up on either iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure why that is, but we’re looking into it. Thanks for letting me know.
The 100 episodes thing isn’t really what we want, but it’s pretty much our only option. As I understand the technical issues, any more episodes than that starts to time out on smaller apps.
Turns out it was a category mistake, which should be fixed now. Thanks again for letting me know.
Awesome! It’s in my feed now and I’m looking forward to listening to it.
“Boy, it sure is lucky that these alien spaceships all use unprotected wi-fi servers so they’ll be easy to infect with computer viruses to save the earth.”
—Jeff Goldblum’s character, probably, Independence Day, 1996
“What’s wi-fi?”
—The character standing next to him.
At the 15 minute mark I feel like Chris is more or less describing Warhammer 40k.