Bestselling author James Gleick became known for lucid and accessible explanations of complex issues. Now he turns his attention a perennial favorite of science…
Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham are interviewed at 'Talks at Google'. Together, they write the Expanse series of space adventure novels under the penname James…
PBS Digital Studios created this short but brilliant breakdown of the evolution of science fiction. Begining with the stories, tales, and myths from all…
Director Steven Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Ready Player One) talks about the filmmakers who've influenced his work, including his unconventional friendship…
George Lucas (Raiders of the Lost Ark, THX 1138, American Graffiti) talks about how Star Wars was influenced by the Vietnam War on AMC’s…
James Cameron sure has been thinking a lot about science fiction. This shouldn’t be a surprise, after all, considering he made The Terminator, Aliens,…
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tested talk about our first time watching the film, theories about…
Steven Spielberg’s new film “Ready Player One” imagines a future where people live much of their lives in virtual reality. Do science fiction’s predictions…
The Romulans are the third of the great powers in the Alpha Quadrant, and probably also one of the most interesting. The Romulans are…
Tested is joined by spacecraft engineer Bobak Ferdowsi and marine scientist Vicky Vásquez to talk about the 2013 film Europa Report. There's a lot…
Offworld is a new show by youtube-channel 'Tested', that explores the fun places where space and pop culture intersect. This show is right up our…
The latest in the The New York Times series 'Anatomy of a Scene' features Blade Runner 2049. Here, director Denis Villeneuve narrates a sequence from…
These two interviews were recorded at the Trieste Science Fiction Festival, with Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), sci-fi artist Adam Nimoy (For the Love of Spock)…
Join StarTalk All-Stars recorded at the Star Trek Mission: New York 50th Anniversary convention. With All-Stars host and astrophysicist Charles Liu and co-host Chuck Nice.…
We probably thought we would have to wait quite a while for the upcoming Terminator movie, in which both Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger will…
In this interview by WIRED, Blade Runner director Ridley Scott dissects the scene when replicant Rachel meets Blade Runner Deckard.
This full episode of the spin-off podcast StarTalk All AllStars, features fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about science fiction on TV, with Bill Nye the Science Guy…
This is a panel discussion held prior to screening "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" from 1977, with Close Encounters star Richard Dreyfuss, moderated by…
Red Letter Medias Jay is joined by Colin from Canada to discuss the Ridley Scott sci-fi classic Blade Runner, a movie Colin (and pretty much…
Caltech and JPL researchers, and the cast and creators of "The Expanse" explore the real science behind Syfy's hit series. Moderated by Robert Hurt. From…