135: Living on Mars, Black Mirror ‘The Entire History of You’

This week on the show: SPACE NEWS: We discuss what it would take to live on Mars, and where we could get the resources. Turns out we’d have to get over our aversion to eating bugs! Check out the original article from Space.com: https://www.space.com/how-feed-one-million-mars-colonists.html You can also check out the Read more…

133: Time Travel Special! About Time, See You Yesterday

This week we have a special episode about time travel! We start things off by checking in with Alexandria on a comment about last week’s episode, then we jump into the space-time continuum. SPACE NEWS: Is time travel possible? We explore the current theories and experiments taking place. Full article Read more…

SciFi #114: Sleeping in Light (Babylon 5 Final Season and Films)

Douglas Gale returns to conclude our journey through Babylon 5, discussing the final season and the made for TV films. @douglaswfail Doug and Jesse are live-streaming discussions of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on their new show, Doug Space Nine! Check them out on Jesse’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/jesse_mercury Next episodes Read more…

SciFi #113: Gardening with Picard

J. Wesley Fox of Prescient SciFi joins Jesse for an epic nerd-dive into Star Trek, Star Wars, podcasting and more. They discuss their hopes for the upcoming Captain Picard TV show, the current state of toxic fandom, and trying to build an audience as content creators. Check out his podcast Read more…

SciFi #110: Firefly Episode 3 – Bushwhacked

Jesse and Jayne talk space loops, Reavers, favorite scenes and more from the third episode of Firefly, Bushwacked. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts or the platform of your choice. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jessemercuryscifi DISCORD: https://discord.gg/H94mQWZ VOICEMAIL: 541-649-2019 WEBSITE: https://www.jessemercury.com

SciFi #109: Firefly Episode 2 – The Train Job

Jesse and Jayne continue their journey through Firefly with episode 2, The Train Job. Jesse also shares some thoughts on the first two episodes of Electric Dreams. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts or the platform of your choice. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jessemercuryscifi DISCORD: https://discord.gg/H94mQWZ VOICEMAIL: 541-649-2019 WEBSITE: https://www.jessemercury.com

SciFi #108: Firefly Episode 1 – Serenity

Jesse and Jayne begin their journey through the Firefly ‘verse with the pilot episode: Serenity. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts or the platform of your choice. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jessemercuryscifi DISCORD: https://discord.gg/H94mQWZ VOICEMAIL: 541-649-2019 WEBSITE: https://www.jessemercury.com

SciFi #107: Marleen S. Barr

Marleen S. Barr is an award winning feminist science fiction scholar and writer, who joins Jesse for a discussion of her upcoming short story anthology When Trump Changed: The Feminist Science Fiction Justice League Quashes the Orange Outrage Pussy Grabber (B Cubed Press). Follow Marleen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marleenbarr Enjoy this episode? Read more…

SciFi #106: Ender’s Game

Ryan Casey joins Jesse for his first viewing of Ender’s Game. They talk through their vague memories of the book series, whether or not this was a good adaptation, and how the public persona of the author can effect our view of popular media. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving Read more…