HeyJaredSci-Fi Book Pod
The podcast for nerds and geeks who like to read. Co-hosted by middle-aged married couple, Kandas & Shane Rodarte. Each episode features a thoughtful discussion around one work of speculative fiction.
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Death of the Author: Nnedi Okorafor’s Story of AI, Family, and Freedom (opens the original)
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What happens when a disabled Nigerian-American writer creates the story that changes everything? In this episode of Sci-Fi Book Pod, Kandas Rodarte and Shane Rodarte welcome content marketing strategist Alison Ver Halen to discuss Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor—one of the most powerful science-fiction books we have ever covered. The novel follows Zelu, a writer in a future Chicago who is navigating family expectations, creative rejection, experimental robotic legs, and sudden literary fam
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler — Earthseed, Survival, and Feminist Futures (opens the original)
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Imagine a future that feels disturbingly close to home—where collapse, climate chaos, and corporate power reshape daily life. Spoiler warning: this episode includes major spoilers for Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, and we dig deep into Lauren Olamina, Earthseed, and the book’s powerful ending. What we discussed: Why Becky Mollencamp chose Parable of the Sower even though she thought she “didn’t like sci-fi.” How Octavia Butler’s Afrofuturist lens and Earthseed challenge the usual dystop
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