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Month: September 2026

  • Episode 626: Never Forget the Badmirals

    Episode 626: Never Forget the Badmirals

    This week on Science Faction, real life means surgery updates, kids claiming their own rooms, Ben questioning whether he needs a room of his own, and a surprisingly enthusiastic review of Lanterns. We also talk Silo, Pluribus, Strange New Worlds, and a new game that brings GoldenEye-style shooting into the modern age. Then in Future…

  • Episode 625: Stop Not Reading Books

    Episode 625: Stop Not Reading Books

    Devon made the wise decision not to join us this week, which leaves Ben and Steven unsupervised to talk about Star Trek, Star Wars, Linux, AI, and what exactly we should expect from the “free” software we use. Real Life Ben kicks things off with more Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, including a new episode…

  • Episode 624: Parenting Is Mostly Marketing

    Episode 624: Parenting Is Mostly Marketing

    This week on Science Faction, we’ve got sick hosts, recovering rats, California fires, extremely low-tuned guitars, and more Star Trek than you can shake a tricorder at. Devon also somehow turns movie night into legal analysis before discovering that his children have absolutely no interest in Harry Potter—forcing him to take matters into his own…