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PMP#126: Political Sci-Fi in “The Expanse”

June 17, 2022 by Mark Leave a Comment

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On the novel series and TV show written by James S.A. Corey (aka Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). Mark is joined by fact-checker Al Baker, educator Sabrina Weiss, and voting rights guy/former reality TV editor Colin Cole.

We talk about the politics, dialects, casting, message, etc. How well did this adapt to TV? Are the books actually better? Plus passive vs. active representation, choices made to wrap up the TV series, and more.

Some relevant articles include: 

  • “The Expanse is the most politically relevant sci-fi show on TV” by Andrew Liptak
  • “There Has to Be Another Way: The Expanse’s ‘Why We Fight’” by Molly Templeton
  • “‘The Expanse’ had a dark view of humanity — but it ended on a note of hope” by Daniel Drezner
  • “What do the novel titles of The Expanse series refer to?” from Scifi.stackexchange.com.

Follow us @ixisnox, @colinjcole, and @MarkLinsenmayer, but Sabrina hates Twitter, so you can’t follow them!

The supporter version of this episode includes our bonus Aftertalk featuring all of our guests. Get it at patreon.com/prettymuchpop, or you can sign up directly via Apple Podcasts for a subscription for ad-free and bonus material for three of Mark’s podcasts together on the Mark Lintertainment Podcasts Channel.

This podcast is part of the Partially Examined Life podcast network and is curated by openculture.com.

Sponsor: Find a top-rated doctor by visiting ZocDoc.com/PMP and downloading the free ZocDoc app.

Jared Harris speaks in the show’s made-up Belter accent.

Filed Under: Novels, Science Fiction, TV Tagged With: pop culture podcast, sci-fi podcast, TV podcast

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