Space the Nation
Episodes
S2E14: ROGUE ONE
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ana just have the pilot give the plans DIRECTLY TO THE REBELS, but decide to watch the movie anyway. Can you make a great movie entirely premi...
S2E13: THE CITY WE BECAME
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan don’t have white tendrils growing out of the back of their necks, what are you talking about? NK Jemisin’s first foray into the “cit...
S2E12: THE VAST OF NIGHT
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan enroll in the Everett Sloan School of Broadcast Journalism and start baking biscuits. Why didn't the chipmunk make an end-credits appearan...
S2E11: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan stick googly eyes to the middle of their foreheads and verse jump into this wildly creative and simply wild family drama disguised as a ma...
S2E10: SCHLOCK OR AWE? DEMOLITION MAN
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan sit down for a nice meal at Taco Bell and discuss the much-quoted but less seen Sandy Bullock vehicle. Wow, it's dark! How did Dr. Cocteau...
S2E9: TRAIN TO BUSAN
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan tape up their forearms to fight through the living dead and talk about a movie that (SPOILER ALERT) has a critique about capitalism. How e...
S2E8: CONTACT (UNLOCKED)
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan gather at the Very Large Array to discuss a Very Earnest Movie. Why are female scientists the only ones who need tragic origin stories? Ho...
S2E7: MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of the world and we're going to have lots of meetings about it. But also: terrorism. There is IR in this novel! A lot of it! And an incre...
S2E6: 2012 UNLOCKED
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan are determined to keep broadcasting Space the Nation right up until the supervolcano blows, of course we are. We conclude Emmerichary on a...
S2E5: MOONFALL
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan laugh and laugh and laugh. The penultimate episode of Emmerichary, the reason Emmerichary exists: We talk about Moonfall, the greatest mov...
S2E4: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan break some cane-backed chairs to use as snowshoes and try to avoid Chekov's wolves as they ponder the appeal of this preposterous movie. C...
S2E3: STARGATE
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan traipse through a mysterious alien artifact with the capacity to revolutionize space travel with a brilliant plan: blow it up. This is a v...
S2E201 YELLOWJACKETS
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan won't be hungry much longer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 E1: INDEPENDENCE DAY
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan break open the cigars to celebrate having finished watching Roland Emmerich's Independence Day: The biggest and dumbest movie of a decade ...
E56: EXPANSE EXPANDED
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan get in their crash couches and set a course for "maybe there will be a sequel"? Listen in for thoughts on loose threads and lessons and st...
THE EXPANSE S6 E6: BABYLON'S ASHES
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan head toward the Ring and...... argulellkjdsfjsklfjdsafdks jfd. sadfsd.... jk! We're here! Lots of loose threads to tie up here -- not all ...
THE EXPANSE S6 E5: WHY WE FIGHT
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan wipe off the glitter and dab some Neosporin on those scratches and get ready to decide if this war is worth it. This episode has some inco...
THE EXPANSE S6 E4: REDOUBT
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan think that torpedo is still armed, omg don't touch it! Ha ha, gotcha! More man buns! Michio finds her inner steel and loses Josep's arm! I...
E104: DON'T LOOK UP + MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan have great chemistry! They saw some movies last week and decided you needed to hear their opinions on them! Spoiler alert: They're flawed ...
THE EXPANSE S6 E3: FORCE PROJECTION
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan disarm at the last minute, do you think that was a mistake? Holden makes a big decision without checking in with anyone else, Monica embed...
EXPANSE S6 E2: THE AZURE DRAGON
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Ana and Dan worked in the Belt, they drank and had women but were *back on the line* every morning, not like Free Navy kids these days. So many q...
THE EXPANSE S6 E1: STRANGE DOGS
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan feed the strange bird things some human food, I mean what could go wrong? It's six months into the war with the Free Navy: the Roci crew l...
E49: THE LAST POLICEMAN
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan punch in for work even though, I mean, really, what's the point? Ben Winter's "existential detective story" explores the meaning of morali...
E48: HAPPY SPACEGIVING!
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan sit down to feast on a table laden with the books and movies of their past. Hear what movie helped Dan survive writing his last couple boo...
E47: EVENT HORIZON
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan venture down the terrifying but pointless hall of whirling blades to figure out why this Alien rip-off has all but disappeared. Sometimes ...
E46: SCHLOCK OR AWE? WATERWORLD
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan raise the sails on the trimaran and attempt to cut their way through this terrible, terrible movie. It's as bad as you've heard it is! But...
E45: DUNE 2021 (UNLOCKED)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan put on their boots slip-fashion and walk into the desert for the much-anticipated Dune re-make. Perhaps you've heard of it? Hosted on Aca...
E44: ALIENS
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan wake from hypersleep to find the universe just as oppressed under capitalism as it was when they pushed the alien out of the airlock. Spea...
E43: FOUNDATION
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ana crunch the numbers on this AppleTV adaptation of the Isaac Asimov classic. Actually, we explain why crunching numbers does not work the wa...
E42: DARK CITY
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan take the world's nastiest-looking syringes and inject themselves with this 1998 film that some people -- NOT US, BUT SOME PEOPLE - claim i...
E41: THE MATRIX
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ana take the red pill. There is no spoon, but there is IR in this movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
E40: THE END OF OCTOBER (UNLOCKED)
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan don their positive pressure personnel suits and enter Lawrence Wright's surprisingly textured pandemic novel. There's LOTS of IR in this n...
E39: FANTASY ISLAND (2021)
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan dust the sand off their feet and settle in to have a least wild dream come true: FX's re-imagining of Fantasy Island has all the (unexplai...
E38: REMINISCIENCE
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan hunker down during the hot daylight hours to contemplate the missed opportunities of a movie that can't commit to the cynicism of "noir." ...
E37: DAVID LYNCH'S DUNE
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ana grab their pugs and venture into David Lynch's least weird film about fucked up families. Dune is a movie in which lots of interesting thi...
E103: SUICIDE SQUAD
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No one in this film is good at their job. There is hamfisted criticism of American imperialism in this movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
E36: REIGN OF FIRE
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan settle in for a nice meal of scenery and ash with two of modern cinema's most gonzo actors, going gonzo in completely different directions...
E35: THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL, ANGRY PLANET
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan break out the jam cakes and settle in for a picaresque tour of the Galactic Commons. Chamber's buoyant tale dips into multiple spaceports,...
E34: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Ana discover that they are there, wherever they are. So many questions! What government agency approved this experiment? How is it that Jeff G...
E102: INTERVIEW WITH CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked to the author of Victories Greater Than Death and she's awesome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
E33: VICTORIES GREATER THAN DEATH
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan answer a beacon and board the spaceship Indomitable to join a ragtag team of rejects who rise to the occasion of subverting how you though...
E32: LOKI (UNLOCKED)
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan find their glorious purpose in the MCU's most mischievous entry. To wildly mix franchises, it turns out that red tape is Loki's kryptonite...
E31: BLACK WIDOW // UNLOCKED
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan reject their Covid psychological conditioning and head to the *movie theater* to review the first post-pandemic MCU theatrical release. Ha...
MINISODE 101: THE TOMORROW WAR
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan make sure they're dead in the future and fling themselves into the Chris Pratt vehicle that the Coronavirus put on your homescreen for thi...
E30: FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE (UNLOCKED)
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan don their stillsuits and enter into the world of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, one of the most influential science fiction novels of all tim...
28 Days Later
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan scrutinize Danny Boyle's art-house zombie movie, which Dan could lecture on blindfolded and hands tied behind his back. A debate: Is twent...
E28: Tribble Me This
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan beam down to Deep Space Station K7 to examine the intricacies of quadrotriticale-based foreign policy, in both of the Star Trek series whe...
E27: THE POWER (Unlocked)
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan turn their blinded eyes to the much-heralded gender swap-out parable. Surprise: Ana did not like it as much as Dan's wife did! And, for re...
E26: FOR ALL MANKIND
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan talk about Apple TV+’s best show that is not Ted Lasso, and wonder if the showrunners have really grappled with the radical changes they...
E25: CHILDREN OF MEN
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan dive into one of the least-pleasant best movies of the modern era, a gorgeous and captivating tale of a world slowly winding down into vio...
E24: KINDRED
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A time-travel novel that shares the same premise as "Back to the Future," but is really about the moral gray areas within the institution of slavery. ...
E23:Starship Troopers
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan take on Paul Verhoeven's misunderstood and mismarketed military romp. Can you make such a faithful parody of fascist propaganda that it be...
E22: ALTERED CARBON
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan stumble through a drizzly, neon-lit cityscape, beset by hard-as-nails dames and colorful assassins -- in the future. Join us for a slight ...
E21: THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER (UNLOCKED)
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan talk about the hunkiest entry into the next Marvel phase and its ham-fisted but sincere investigation of this country's whiteness protecti...
E20: SCHLOCK OR AWE: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA V1
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan turn a roving red eye on what's schlocky, what's serviceable, and what's genuinely scary about 1978's Mormon science fiction masterpiece. ...
E19: CANON FODDER: AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan bundle up for a trip way down South. We ask the questions: Is it possible to be racist without ever mentioning race? Can you really use pa...
E18: ARRIVAL
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan tick through this time-warp gothic romance (so much mist!) and find lots to disagree about. There is IR in this movie. Hosted on Acast. Se...
E17: The Three Body Problem
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan discuss the relative value of an endorsement by Barack Obama. Is this actually a good book or just an interesting idea explored at overly ...
E16: Zack Snyder's Justice League
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan break into regularly scheduled programming to discuss the four-hour festival of heroic posing that lots of people asked for but no one rea...
E15: Galaxy Quest
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By Grabthar's hammer, we tried to form a rudimentary lathe but Dan was never really serious about the craft. Still, we swore to never give up, never s...
E14: The Left Hand of Darkness
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan discuss the Le Guin's foundational feminist text -- and discover that its reputation as a book "about gender" doesn't quite do justice to ...
E13: ALIEN
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A goddamn perfect movie. Economical yet lush. Sophisticated themes about class and alienation, but straightforward in every respect. Superb cast. Thou...
Canon Fodder: Ender's Game
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ender's Game has one of literature's greatest twists and greatest heroes, brought to us by one of the genre's most unpleasant authors. Dan and Ana dis...
E11: Family Business
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan recap alllllll the IR! There is a lot of IR! Most prominent: persistent echoes of the Peloponnesian War! (Dan teaches from this translatio...
E10: Nice to Be Seen
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In which Ana and Dan actually recap the entire jam-packed final episode of the season AND discuss applicable IR in under and hour. Even though they fr...
E9: You Must Be New at This
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you teach an old Inner new tricks? Can you take the boy out of Baltimore but not the Baltimore out of the boy? PINKWATER? GET IT? GET IT? Ana and ...
E8: Scavengers
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan discuss the lies we tell ourselves, and the lies we tell each other. Are our faves progressing or regressing in their travels around the k...
E7: Nothing Without Me
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan discuss modes of leadership and toxic masculinity (related!) and the lessons Expanse offers in nuclear safety (think: Pakistan). Hosted on...
E6: I Am Not a Killer
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is IR in this episode! Dan discusses "bandwagoning" and "balancing" and neither of those things has to do with what you might do if you played t...
E5: Hard Burn
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is biology destiny? Does blood relation make you family, or is it something else? Ana and Dan discuss Belter alliances, Amos' continued emotional evol...
E4: No More Worlds Left to Conquer
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welp, that escalated quickly. Dan goes deep on international relations theories about how third-party nation-states respond to larger conflicts; Ana r...
E3: What Money Can't Buy
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ana and Dan ponder the ties between people: Are they based on blood and DNA? Class? Identity? Can you buy loyalty? Dan squees over Drummer. Ana decons...
E2: Tactical Choke Points
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you love War College lectures? This is the episode for you. Do you love extended discourse on the normalization of sex work and trauma recovery? AL...
E1: The Opposite of Exodus
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Starting off the whole thing with everyone going their own ways, but is this an exodus, or is it a series of returns to their origins? Hosted on Acast...
POD PREVIEW
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Want to listen to our voices before making a time or financial commitment to your next favorite podcast? This mp3 will allow you to do that! Hosted on...