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Month: May 2026

  • Episode 610: Slop On Slop On Slop

    Episode 610: Slop On Slop On Slop

    This week on the podcast, we dive into a galaxy far, far away,This week on the podcast, we dive into a galaxy far, far away, a dangerously beautiful state park, the surprising success of four-day work weeks, and why people are wildly confused about the environmental impact of the food they eat. Then we wrap…

  • Episode 609: Not a Euphemism for Hell

    Episode 609: Not a Euphemism for Hell

    This week the crew deals with sick kids, travel chaos, and kitten catastrophes before diving into ancient supervolcanoes, bizarre retro coding experiments, and a deeply unsettling sci-fi moral dilemma inspired by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Real Life  Steven’s week turned into a strange mix of California road trips, tactical miniatures combat, and disease management.…

  • Episode 608: Grade 3 Spondylolisthesis

    Episode 608: Grade 3 Spondylolisthesis

    Another week, another episode where we somehow go from broccoli discourse to self-driving cars to limb regeneration technology and then cap it all off with rogue timestreams on a college campus. Just a normal day for The Science Faction Podcast. Real Life Ben opens the show with an important culinary clarification: broccoli is the green…

  • Episode 607: Billionaires Line Their Pockets With Our Eyeballs?

    Episode 607: Billionaires Line Their Pockets With Our Eyeballs?

    The latest episode of The Science Faction spirals from Star Wars spoilers and obsolete gaming hardware to AI-powered paper interfaces, billionaire airline schemes, and a surprisingly heartfelt sci-fi short story discussion. Also: Devon’s mom makes a guest appearance. Real Life Steven kicks things off with the finale of Maul: Shadow Lord, which somehow managed to…