Marooned! on Mars with Matt and Hilary
Episodes
Blue Mars, Part 13: "Experimental Procedures," Terran Sky Blue, Common Archives, and SCIENCE!
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate chapter of the Mars Trilogy, Sax names colors with Maya, works on the memory problem at Acheron, and goes sailing with Ann--and Mat...
Blue Mars, Part 12: "It Goes So Fast," Pearly Gems of Wisdom, Contingency, Memory, and Death
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello yes! We're (finally) back (again) with a double-stuffed, one-year anniversary episode! Here we discuss the long Maya chapter from Blue Mars, "It...
Blue Mars, Part 11.5: “Viriditas,” Part Two: Democracy, Harmony, and Planetary Politics
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part Two of our discussion of Blue Mars Part 11, "Viriditas"! Last episode was about Zo. This episode is about how cool living on the other planets is...
Blue Mars, Part 11: “Viriditas,” Part One: Freedom, Pleasure, and Zo
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary let you into one of our planning sessions, demystifying the amazingly shallow and slapdash way we decide what to talk about. This chap...
Blue Mars, Part 10: "Werteswandel," Running, Choices, Ecstasy and Escape
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss Part Ten of Blue Mars, Werteswandel, a Nirgal chapter. Nirgal is running around Mars--running in circles, running from some...
Blue Mars, Part 9: "Natural History," Monsters, Self-Government, and Hot Air
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After another unexpectedly long hiatus, Matt and Hilary are back to talk about our favorite topics--Martian and Chicagoan politics and Martian and Chi...
Blue Mars, Part 8: "The Green and The White," Viriditas and the Virids, Landscape and Dandelion Spores
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're back, after an unexpected and unexpectedly long hiatus! This chapter finds Nirgal trying to find himself, to locate and perhaps localize himsel...
Blue Mars, Part 7: "Making Things Work," Chickens, Soil, Shit, and Politics
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Matt and Hilary discuss the Nadia chapter "Making Things Work," as Nadia figures out what it means to be the first President of Mars,...
Blue Mars, Part 6: "Ann in the Outback," Bears, Cold, and Werner Herzog
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode Matt and Hilary discuss the masterful chapter, "Ann in the Outback." Matt and Hilary love love love this chapter, perhaps to the point wh...
Blue Mars, Part 5: "Home at Last," Nostalgically Eating Uncured Olives
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Marooned on Mars discusses Part 5 of Blue Mars, "Home at Last." In this part, Michel returns home to his beloved Provence to find everythin...
Blue Mars, Part 4: "Green Earth," (Post-)Colonialism, and Uncanny Hallucinations
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Marooned!, we're discussing Part 4 of Blue Mars, "Green Earth," a Nirgal chapter. Nirgal, Sax, Maya, and Michel have traveled to Ea...
Blue Mars, Part 3: "A New Constitution," the Bardo, Hypnogogic Visions, and A Definite Article
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! This episode follows Art Randolph as he helps in the drafting of a new constitution! Matt and Hilary share some tips and tales about a...
Blue Mars, Part 2: "Areophany," Toxic Masculinity, and Throwing Things Together
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Schoooooool's out for winter! Schoooooool's out for Solstice! Schoooool's out for Marooned! on Mars with Matt and Hilary! In this Sax chapter, Matt an...
Blue Mars, Part 1: "Peacock Mountain" and the Look in People's Eyes
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first part of BLUE MARS starts with a chapter from the perspective of Ann Clayborne, who we've only seen through the eyes of others since way back...
GREEN MARS Wrap-up, Harry Potter Tattoos, and Ritual Protest
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Matt and Hilary wrap up their discussion of GREEN MARS before starting the final book, BLUE MARS, next week. We share various uncook...
Red Moon, Thanksgiving, Beer Law, and Quantum Mechanics
02 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! Finally! After an unanticipatedly long hiatus, Matt and Hilary are back to discuss KSR's new novel, RED MOON. We both really love this nov...
hilary’s mini ep
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
in which i drone on about some good sf books & how recording an episode without matt is much less fun. also happy american thanksgiving to those who c...
Matt’s Mini Episode
17 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt goes rogue with a mini-sode recorded into his phone with a little weird music in the background just for laughs. Updates on the show (we’ll be ...
Green Mars, Part 10: "Phase Change," Long Walks, and Designated Arbitrators
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this belated episode, Matt and Hilary discuss Part 10 of GREEN MARS, “Phase Change,” where the revolution happens! We talk about how the revol...
Our Dinner With Stan
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary met Kim Stanley Robinson last week and had dinner with him! We lived to tell the tale, and this is the episode where we tell it. We'l...
Green Mars, Part 9: "The Spur of the Moment" and Cats on the Table
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry this is late! We’ve been teaching and Matt has time-management issues! Matt and Hilary start by talking about what they're teaching, which ar...
Green Mars, Part 8: "Social Engineering," Sax Russell, and Unilateralism
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sax Russell goes rogue! The former Stephen Lindholm makes some unilateral decisions about the future of Mars, i.e., blowing up the so...
Green Mars, Part 7.2: "What Is to Be Done?" William Fort: the Ancient Dolphin
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of our discussion of Part 7 of Green Mars, "What is To Be Done?," Matt and Hilary talk about pot luck dinners, constitutional conve...
Green Mars, Part 7: "What Is to Be Done?" Part 1, the Gift Economy, and Family Issues
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Matt and Hilary cover the first half of Part 7, "What Is to Be Done?" This part is about the pivotal Dorsa Brevia conference, where h...
Green Mars--Listener Mailbag!
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Marooned! on Mars with Matt and Hilary, Matt and Hilary respond to your voicemails! We received three voicemails from listeners tha...
Green Mars, Part 6: "Tariqat" (Part 2) Political Economy and Culture of the Demimonde
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary continue their discussion of "Tariqat," Part 6 of KSR's Green Mars. We focus on the emergent political economy of Mars' demimonde, a...
Green Mars, Part 6: "Tariqat," Culture, and the next John Boone
19 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt & Hilary discuss Part 6 of Green Mars, "Tariqat." Focalized through Nirgal, we also get a healthy dose of the the way Spencer and Art come to kno...
Green Mars, Part Five: "Homeless" and Guerrilla Climatology
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary discuss Part Five of Kim Stanley Robinson's Green Mars, "Homeless," from the perspective of Michel. This one's action packed, as Miche...
Green Mars, Part Four: "The Scientist as Hero," Sleeping with the Enemy, and the Magic of Lenses
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary discuss Part Four of Kim Stanley Robinson's "Green Mars," "The Scientist as Hero," told from the perspective of Sax Russell. The firs...
Green Mars, Part Three: "Long Runout," Action, and Thinking Like a Stone
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary discuss Part Three of Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, "Long Runout," an Ann Clayborne chapter. We find Ann in mourning, stunned a...
Green Mars, Part Two: "The Ambassador," Alternate Sensoriums, and Acquiring Mars
28 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary discuss Part Two of Green Mars, The Ambassador. Suddenly we're back to Earth and introduced to Art Randolph and William Fort, who set ...
Green Mars, Part One: "Areoformation," Viriditas, and The Great Unexplainable
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary start the second volume of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy, *Green Mars*! Told from the perspective of Nirgal, a true Martian, we'...
Red Mars Wrap-Up and the Curse of the Baggy Monster!
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary say goodbye to *Red Mars.* We talk about the New York Times' review of the book (Matt was too lazy and busy to find other, more releva...
Red Mars, Part Eight: Shikata Ga Nai
30 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The last part of *Red Mars!* Hilary and Matt discuss Part Eight, "Shikata Ga Nai." Told through Ann's perspective, another major character dies, a sma...
Red Mars, Part Seven: Senzeni Na
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt & Hilary discuss Part Seven, "Senzeni Na." See the revolution through the eyes of Nadia! Materialism and ideology! Space elevators, asteroids! De...
Red Mars, Part Six: Guns Under the Table (Part 1??)
09 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! Matt & Hilary talk about the Frank Chalmers section, "Guns Under the Table." Rules, sex, revolution?!?!?! In 2057, will Frank Chalmers s...
Red Mars, Part Five: Falling into History (Part 2)
27 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of our episode about Part Five, "Falling Into History," Matt and Hilary discuss politics, eco-economics, gifts, and debt! Follow us on Twit...
Red Mars, Part Five: Falling into History (Part 1)
20 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt & Hilary discuss Part Five of KSR's Red Mars, Falling Into History. It's the John Boone chapter! This is the first part of a two-part episode, be...
Red Mars, Part Four: Homesick
12 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt & Hilary talk about Part Four of Red Mars, "Homesick," which focuses on the lone psychiatrist among the First Hundred, Michel--The Only Frenchman...
Red Mars, Part Three: The Crucible
05 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss KSR's Red Mars, Part Three, "The Crucible." It's a Nadia section! Lots of things get built, things start to heat up (literally AND figurati...
Red Mars, Part Two: The Voyage Out
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 of our discussion of KSR's Mars Trilogy. In "The Voyage Out," we're introduced to the First Hundred as they embark on their year-long voyage...
Red Mars, Part One: Festival Night
21 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Hilary dive into the first Part of Kim Stanley Robinson's *Red Mars*, "Festival Night." Meet Frank Chalmers, John Boone, Maya Toitovna, and t...
Introducing "Marooned! on Mars with Matt and Hilary"
14 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing you to the world(s) of Kim Stanley Robinson, Matt, and Hilary, and what this podcast is all about.