090 Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

Time, Language, and Purpose

Julia and Victoria (whose mic simply refused to cooperate this episode) dip their toes into the world of science fiction with “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, and its film adaptation Arrival. This inspires them to think some big, timey-wimey thoughts about language and brains and the way our experience of time affects our views on life.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Arrival (2016 film)

• The Martian (2015 film)

• Ringworld series by Larry Niven

• Star Trek

• Starlight 2 anthology

• Story of Your Life, and Others by Ted Chiang

• “Ted Chiang's Soulful Science Fiction” by Joshua Rothman in The New Yorker

Recommendations:

• Dune (2021 film)

• Dune by Frank Herbert

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 film)

• 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke

• Leviathan Wakes by James S A Corey

• The Expanse (TV series)

• Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

• Enders Game (2013 film)

• Saga by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples

• Watchmen (2019 TV mini series)

Currently Obsessed:

• The Dawn of Everything by Graeber and Wengrow

• Untitled Dad Project podcast

• Sounds Like a Cult podcast