TBD - To Be Determined

Classic scifi short stories ... some you know, some you don't. But all of them are worthy of another look.

TBD - To Be Determined is a fiction podcast hosted by Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm hosts TBD - To Be Determined, a fiction show with 35 episodes published.

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  Episode #33

  Episode 33 - The Wreck of the Ship John B (Frank Robinson)

  May 20, 202647 minS0

  <p>Theme: This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on.</p><p>Episode Connections<br>Authors, stories. “The Cold Equations.” <br>Films. The Towering Inferno. The Poseidon Adventure. Sharknado. The Island at the Top of the World. The Black Hole. Alien. Pitch Black. Aliens. Castaway. Passengers. The Martian. Ad Astra. <br>TV episodes, series. Battlestar Galactica. Survivorman. <br>Music. The Beach Boys, “The Sloop John B.”<br>Ideas. The psychological impact of prolonged contact in close quarters. Boredom breeds crippling malaise. People need a sense of purpose. Anomie: “the profound sense of isolation, alienation, and lack of purpose that individ...

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  Episode #32

  Episode 32 - Wanders and Travelers (Arkady Strugotsky)

  Jan 2, 202641 minS0

  <p>Theme: Does this RFID tag make me look inferior?</p><p>Episode Connections<br>Authors, stories. R.A. Lafferty, “Encased in Ancient Rind.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Murray Leinster. “First Contact.”<br>TV episodes, series. Star Trek. Star Trek: Next Generation. Babylon 5. <br>Ideas. Soviet-era science fiction. Political philosophy. World building. Queries about similarities and differences among species on Earth and other places around the universe. Reflections on the relative intelligence (and by extension significance) of species. Ponders the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe, and how it might compare to humans. What responsibilities do we have to other spe...

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  Episode #31

  Episode 31 - The Forest of Zyl (Chis Neville)

  Mar 18, 202532 minS0

  <p>Theme: It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.</p><p>Episode Connections<br>Authors, stories. Murray Leinster, The Lonely Planet. Ursula K. LeGuin, “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow.” Stanislaw Lem, Solaris. Tom Godwin, “The Cold Equations.” Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game. Jack McDevitt. Robert Heinlein, “They.” <br>Films. The Happening.  <br>TV episodes, series. That margarine commercial from the 70s. The Office. <br>Ideas. Colonial expansion on a planetary scale. Links between recorded history and species survival. Erase history, erase humanity and all life on Earth. Genetic code is a form of recorded history. Sentient planets and plants. Can c...

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  Episode #30

  Episode 30 - Captive Audience (Ann Warren Griffith)

  Feb 21, 202540 minS0

  <p>Theme: Paying your debt to Capitalism</p><p>Episode Connections<br>Authors, stories. Ann Warren Griffith, “Zeritsky’s Law.” Henry Cuttner, “Nothing But Ginger Bread Left.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Ultimate Melody.” Fritz Leiber, “The Girl With the Hungry Eyes.” Frederic Pohl, The Space Merchants. Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash. George Orwell, 1984. <br>Films. Blade Runner. <br>Music. Rush, “Subdivisions.”<br>TV episodes, series. Commercials. The Super Bowl. <br>Ideas. What if advertising were everywhere? Well … even MORE everywhere. What if it were a crime to ignore or block advertising? Do we live in a Capitalist surveillance society? We are conditioned to consume...

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  Episode #29

  Episode 29 - 10:01 AM (Alexander Malac)

  Jan 3, 202546 minS0

  <p>Theme: Justice, fast-food style</p><p>Episode Connections<br>Authors, stories. Alexander Malac, Extrapolosis. Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat series. Daniel H. Wilson, Where’s My Jetpack? Alice Glaser, “The Tunnel Ahead.”<br>Films. Star Wars. Running Man. Judge Dread. RoboCop. Blade Runner. <br>TV episodes, series. Firefly. Judge Judy. The People’s Court , Judge Mathis. The Hot Bench. <br>Ideas. Vehicular homicide. Smart vehicles in surveillance cities. Instant, data-driven justice justice. Science fiction as a collection of (among other things) cautionary tales.<br>Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan says it falls between Hmmm and Whoa. Bill says no...

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