Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi

In this episode, we dive into the layered performances behind Murderbot, the sci-fi adaptation that’s redefining what it means to be human, augmented, and emotionally resilient. Joining us are Noma Dumezweni, who brings a quiet ferocity to Dr. Mensah, and David Dastmalchian, whose portrayal of Gurathin pulses with tension between cybernetic precision and raw humanity.

We explore how Noma crafts Mensah’s leadership—equal parts empat...

• Clayface Takes Shape: The Handmaid’s Tale star Max Minghella is reportedly in talks to direct Clayface, a long-r...

Step into the TARDIS and journey back to the summer of 2013, when the energy at San Diego Comic-Con was electric with anticipation for Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary. In this special episode of Rewind, we revisit rountable that brought actors and showrunners to celebrate half a century of time-traveling adventures.

🎉 Featured Guests:

• Matt Smith – The Eleventh Doctor, reflecting on his tenure and the legacy of the role

• Jenna...

In this episode of Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi, we dive into the eerie brilliance of two modern horror auteurs: Robert Eggers and Zach Cregger. Though their paths to filmmaking couldn’t be more different—Eggers from the brooding world of theater, Cregger from the irreverent heights of sketch comedy—they’ve each carved out unforgettable spaces in the genre.

We trace Eggers’ evolution from designing stage productions to craftin...

In this episode of Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi, we dive into the haunting and intimate journey of Sean Bruner, played by Ross Marquand — a security guard grappling with buried trauma as he and his wife Andrea prepare for their first child. After a mysterious encounter with a beam of light, Sean awakens in a hospital with an uncanny ability to draw vivid extraterrestrial landscapes and beings. But this isn’t your typical alien...

On Byte, a look  behind the scenes of Weapons, the enigmatic new film from writer, producer, and director Zack Greggor. On the surface, it’s a horror mystery. But as Julia Garner (Justine) tells us, Weapons is “more than the surface”—a layered, unsettling story that defies genre expectations.

🎬 With a cast including Josh Brolin (Archer) and Alden Ehrenreich (Paul), Weapons weaves a narrative that’s as emotionally charged as it is ...

In this special press conference edition, we dive into the heart of Outlander: Blood of My Blood, the highly anticipated prequel to the beloved Outlander series. Recorded live with the cast, this episode captures the energy, camaraderie, and creative vision behind the show’s exploration of ancestry, identity, and the enduring pull of legacy.

Actors Tony Curran, Rory Alexander, Sam Retford, Conor MacNeill, and Seamus McLean Ross sha...

This week’s roundup is a pulse-check on genre storytelling, has Tony dives into this week's headlines. Including:  🧑‍🚀 Star Wars: Starfighter Casting   🎭 Freaker Friday Review  🌍 Alien Earth Review  ⚔️ Weapons Review: What We Know  🕷️ Spider-Verse: Spin-Off Confirmed  🧛 Buffy Reboot Casting  😶‍🌫️ A Quiet Place III  🧝 Tales of the Shire: First Look  🎧 Audible’s Harry Potter Ensemble Revealed  🎬 Top 2025 DC ...

In this episode of Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi, I sat down with the magnetic Kat Cunning—actor, musician, and boundary-breaking performer—whose journey from Broadway to Hollywood has been anything but ordinary. Kat first caught the spotlight in HBO’s The Deuce, a breakout role that opened doors to collaborations with icons like Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. On Broadway she was in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, alongside Janet Mc...

• How his comedy roots shaped his approach to writing for Star Trek
• The balancing act of honoring canon ...

A deep dive into the pilot of Mr. Robot, we revisit the moment Rami Malek’s Elliot Anderson—a brilliant but troubled cybersecurity engineer—is pulled into the underground world of digital revolutionaries. Recruited by Christian Slater’s enigmatic Mr. Robot, Elliot becomes the unlikely face of fsociety, a hacker collective with one radical goal: to erase global debt by encrypting the financial data of ECorp, the world’s most powerfu...