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Summer Listening: Themes of Liberty In Sci-Fi Roundup

Over time our podcast series on Themes of Liberty in Sci-Fi has really grown, reflecting that of all the research academics have done on pop culture, that there is a heavy lean towards sci-fi. So for your summer listening enjoyment, we’ve put together a recap of all our podcasts on Liberty and Sci-Fi. Enjoy! Game of Thrones, Amber Taylor Firefly and Serenity, Amy Sturgis Hunger Games, Ilya Somin Battlestar Galactica Ilya Somin Star Trek Ilya Somin The Works of J.R.R Tolkien Brad Birzer World of Warcraft and Spontaneous Order, Joseph Packer The Twilight Zone, Aeon Skoble General Themes of Liberty in Science Fiction, Amy Sturgis Image courtesy of Flickr user bkRiverdog, under Creative Commons licensing. Apologies for the false advertising of Star Wars, but if…

Podcast: Game of Thrones and Liberty

In this Kosmos Online Podcast, I’m discussing themes of liberty in the popular fiction and TV series, Game of Thrones. Our guest is Game of Thrones expert Amber Taylor, who has written about the series for The Atlantic and blogs at Prettier Than Napoleon. Download the Podcast here Jeanne Hoffman: Welcome to this Kosmos Online podcast. I am Jeanne Hoffman. Today we are talking about the popular fiction work in HBO series “Game of Thrones” and how it intersects with themes of liberty. I would like to welcome our Game of Thrones expert Amber Taylor who is a 2005 graduate of Harvard Law, a blogger at Prettier than Napoleon, and has written on Game of Thrones for The Atlantic. Welcome…