Star Trek and Hopepunk with Hannah McGregor
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02/10/25 • 47 min
Can Humanity have a better future, as a treat? Today we are talking with Hannah McGregor about the special place Star Trek occupies in the sci-fi genre, and what we can learn from it. Also featuring conversation about Doctor Who, Octavia Butler, and a host of book recommendations!
The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about nail polish, the inherent risk of missed messages in art, an extended version of our conversation about A Deadly Education, and a couple pre-interview outtakes!
Watch the Making Worlds episode featuring your illustrious hosts here
Check out Hannah’s other podcast, Material Girls, here
Listen to us talk about hopepunk with Chuck Tingle here
Check out Hannah’s book, Clever Girl. Jurassic Park here
Here are Hannah’s hopepunk book recommendations:
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Love After the End edited by Joshua Whitehead
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Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Can Humanity have a better future, as a treat? Today we are talking with Hannah McGregor about the special place Star Trek occupies in the sci-fi genre, and what we can learn from it. Also featuring conversation about Doctor Who, Octavia Butler, and a host of book recommendations!
The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about nail polish, the inherent risk of missed messages in art, an extended version of our conversation about A Deadly Education, and a couple pre-interview outtakes!
Watch the Making Worlds episode featuring your illustrious hosts here
Check out Hannah’s other podcast, Material Girls, here
Listen to us talk about hopepunk with Chuck Tingle here
Check out Hannah’s book, Clever Girl. Jurassic Park here
Here are Hannah’s hopepunk book recommendations:
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Love After the End edited by Joshua Whitehead
Please consider joining our Patreon or gifting a membership—our Patrons are the only reason we can make Hashtag Ruthless happen! And remember, our sticker club is on Patreon now!
Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on what we are doing
Find the image roundup for this episode here
Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so
Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one!
The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death
We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer
EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell
Here are all the ways you can support us!
Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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