Seldon Crisis

Being Bayta with Amanda Kreitler

In this episode of Seldon Crisis,host Joel McKinnon is joined by voice actor Amanda Kreitler, the talent behind Bayta Darell and several other key…

Jan 24 • Joel McKinnon

1:02:50

December 2024

Beyond Asimov's Humanism with Jamie Woodhouse

Ethicist Jamie Woodhouse has some challenging questions for humanity: should we care about the suffering of all sentient beings, or just the ones who…

Dec 15, 2024 • Joel McKinnon

1:35:40

October 2023

A Meeting at Stars End with Jon Blumenfeld

Jon Blumenfeld - the voice of Homir Munn in our story episodes - is one of the three hosts of Stars End, a podcast obsessively focused on the works of…

Oct 13, 2023 • Joel McKinnon

1:46:27

August 2023

The Golden Age of Science Fiction with Cora Buhlert

Cora Buhlert is a Hugo award winning indy Sci Fi writer and an expert on the Golden Age of Science Fiction, from the 1930s to the 50s, the period when…

Aug 19, 2023 • Joel McKinnon

1:29:20

July 2023

Who is Hari Seldon?

Who is Hari Seldon really?

Jul 20, 2023 • Joel McKinnon

10:17

May 2023

Asimov and Reason

Space based solar energy generation was originally imagined in 1941 by none other than Isaac Asimov, in the robot story Reason.

May 31, 2023 • Joel McKinnon

53:47

AI and Humanity, a conversation with GPT-4

Everyone is talking about AI these days, or talking to it.

May 3, 2023 • Joel McKinnon

31:15

March 2023

Aurora and Hope

I bask in the afterglow of the KSR episode and indulge in a special treat; a reading from Robinson's 2015 novel Aurora.

Mar 15, 2023 • Joel McKinnon

24:36

February 2023

Future Visions with Kim Stanley Robinson

An illuminating conversation with one of our greatest living science-fiction writers on topics as diverse as AI, climate change, interstellar travel…

Feb 28, 2023 • Joel McKinnon

1:49:26

December 2022

Mapping the Galaxy with Kevin Jardine

What does our Milky Way really look like?

Dec 31, 2022 • Joel McKinnon

46:58

The Human Future in Space with Robert Zubrin

Dr.

Dec 24, 2022 • Joel McKinnon

1:25:04

November 2022

Themes of the Trilogy with Nathaniel Goldberg

Our first returning guest to Seldon Crisis is the first ever, philosophy professor Nathaniel Goldberg.

Nov 11, 2022 • Joel McKinnon

1:15:23