If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics

By Alan Bailey

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Episodes: 100

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Bringing hope to the world through Speculative Fiction. Interviews with Science Fiction and Fantasy writers, gamers, creators, and activists.

Episode Date
The Sentence with Gautam Bhatia
Aug 30, 2025
Speculative Whiteness Part 2: Alt-Right Nerd with Dr. Jordan S. Carroll
Jul 28, 2025
Justice in Fiction with Malka Older
Jul 09, 2025
Bailey's Books: Left Field Books
Jun 23, 2025
Horror and Solarpunk: How different are they? with Susan Kaye Quinn, Maurice Broaddus, and Paul Jessup
Jun 11, 2025
Powerless with Harry Turtledove
May 28, 2025
Speculative Whiteness Part 1: Acadmic Altruist with Dr. Jordan S. Carroll
May 05, 2025
Novus Monstrum with Douglas Gwilym
Apr 22, 2025
Throwback Interview: Peter Beagle at the 2018 Nebulas
Mar 23, 2025
The BonesBeneath My Skin with TJ Klune
Mar 05, 2025
Bailey's Books: Humor, Hope, and Resistance
Feb 17, 2025
The Working with Brightflame
Feb 03, 2025
Why I like Military Science Fiction: My PTSD Journey - Part 2 with Diane Morrison
Jan 18, 2025
Rumor Has It with Cat Rambo and Dave Robison
Jan 02, 2025
Book Navigator: Solarpunk Creatures, Penelope Rex, and a Bunch of Nonfiction with Navarre Bartz
Dec 13, 2024
The Nightmare Box & Other Stories with Cynthia Gomez
Dec 02, 2024
Bailey's Books: Some Flame Tree Stuff, A Kerouac Fantasy, & A Bit of Nonfiction
Nov 12, 2024
US Listeners: Please Vote!
Nov 05, 2024
The Ballad of Perilous Graves with Alex Jennings
Oct 29, 2024
Publishing in Africa
Oct 19, 2024
Hope in Horror: The Stephen King Conundrum and Godzilla Minus One with Paul Jessup
Oct 02, 2024
The Reformatory with Tananarive Due
Sep 18, 2024
How Weird is Weird? LIVE with Dan Scamell and Bradley Sides
Aug 28, 2024
How to Solarpunk in a Lonely World with Susan Kaye Quinn
Aug 14, 2024
All This And More with Peng Shepherd
Jul 31, 2024
Bailey's Books Summer 2024
Jul 23, 2024
History and Hope with Ada Palmer
Jul 10, 2024
Why I like Military Science Fiction: My PTSD Journey - Part 1 with Diane Morrison
Jun 21, 2024
The Rain Artist with Claire Rudy Foster
May 31, 2024
Hope in Horror: A column with Paul Jessup
May 20, 2024
Kickstarting Short Fiction with Jamie Lackey
Apr 30, 2024
Solarpunk: Solarpunk Kids Are Free Range with Navarre Bartz
Apr 22, 2024
Womb City with Tlotlo Tsamaase
Mar 29, 2024
Bailey's Books Column: A Lot of Sequals, Some Short Stories, and Some Nonfiction
Mar 17, 2024
Chaos Preceeds Creation with Tade Thompson & Paul Jessup
Feb 27, 2024
Publishing in Africa: Looking out for 2024 with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Feb 19, 2024
Spec Fic Partisan: Mental Health and Writing
Jan 19, 2024
Psychic Explorations LIVE with Nadia Afifi and Zig Zag Claybourne
Jan 11, 2024
Hope in Horror with Suzan Palumbo
Dec 26, 2023
Book Navigator: Another Life & When We hold Each Other Up
Dec 19, 2023
Solarpunk: Giving Off Vibes - 2023 Panel
Dec 12, 2023
Bad Writer with Paul Jessup
Nov 27, 2023
Art Is Magic with Sam J. Miller
Oct 25, 2023
Bailey's Books: Halloween! 2023
Oct 10, 2023
Writing with Intellectual Curiosity with Kate Elliott
Sep 25, 2023
Solarpunk: Anarchism and Prefiguative Politics with Justine Norton-Kertson
Sep 12, 2023
Biomimicry, Agriculture, and Education with Clyde Boyer
Aug 28, 2023
Bailey's Books: Space Opera, Political Commentary, and a Touch of Mystery
Aug 09, 2023
Buddhism, Conciousness, and AI with Ray Nayler
Jul 19, 2023
Book Navigator: Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology
Jul 07, 2023
The Importance of Community with Maurice Broaddus
Jun 19, 2023
Solarpunk: Solarpunk Everything! with Susan Kaye Quinn
Jun 12, 2023
Puncutation Poetry and Dystopia with Eugen Bacon
May 29, 2023
Publishing in Africa: Afropantheology with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
May 17, 2023
Solarpunk: Urbanism as Appropriate Technology with Navarre Bartz
Apr 29, 2023
Health, Hope, and Heroes with Ricardo Victoria
Apr 17, 2023
Spec Fic Partisan: AI Vs the Weird with Rick Claypool
Mar 20, 2023
Fresh Doughnuts with Ryka Aoki
Mar 06, 2023
Bailey's Books: Short, Dark, and Trippy
Feb 21, 2023
Book Navigator: Seeds for the Swarm by Sim Kern
Feb 11, 2023
Martha Wells - Need I say More?
Jan 28, 2023
World Con 80 with Charlie Stross
Dec 27, 2022
World Con 80 with Jess Cho
Dec 16, 2022
Bailey's Books: World Spanning Cities, Psychic Clones, Hopepunk Heros, and Facing the Grind
Dec 07, 2022
Chokepoint Capitalism with Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow
Nov 28, 2022
Wizard of Joy with Zig Zag Claybourne
Nov 14, 2022
Publishing in Africa: WorldCon 80 with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Oct 31, 2022
World Con 80 with Ellen Datlow
Oct 22, 2022
World Con 80 with Arley Sorg
Oct 11, 2022
The Character of Solarpunk with Sim Kern
Sep 29, 2022
Bonus Episode: World Con 80 with Hugo, Girl
Sep 09, 2022
Queen of African Horror with Nuzo Onoh
Aug 28, 2022
Bailey's Books: Bangladeshi Cyber Punk & Botswanan Literary Fantasy
Aug 09, 2022
Choose Your Own Adventure with Kazim Ali.
Jul 21, 2022
Bonus Episode: Using Science Fiction and Fantasy to Resist Social Norms
Jul 11, 2022
Spec Fic Partisan: Sourweird Manifesto with Rick Claypool
Jun 25, 2022
Publishing in Africa: Publishing Platforms Or the Lack Therof with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
May 25, 2022
Queen of Static/Queen of Swords LIVE with Matthew Kressel & Catherine Lundoff
May 17, 2022
Our Shared Storm with Andrew Dana Hudson & Book reviews with Alan Bailey
Apr 16, 2022
Conduit and Lone Wolf Podcasting LIVE with Jon Stark, Catrina Taylor, Sarah Buhrman, Coffee Quill, and Eli Kwake
Mar 17, 2022
No Gods, No Masters with Cadwell Turnbull & African Publishing with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Feb 14, 2022
Up the Solarpunks with Justine Norton-Kertson and Briana Castagnozzi & Rick Claypool discusses Raytheon and the Hugo Awards
Jan 14, 2022
United We Stan with Brian Bauman of United Paizos Workers and World Building with Graeme Barber
Nov 28, 2021
Fan Activism with Janae Phillipsof Fandom Forward and Book Reviews with Alan Bailey
Nov 14, 2021
The Allure of Solarpunk and the Horrors of the Actual with Rem Wigmore and Column by Rick Claypool
Oct 18, 2021
Fair Distribution of Futures with Francesco Verso
Sep 20, 2021
Cat Rambo's Vision with guest Interviewer Dave Robison and book reviews with Alan
Aug 16, 2021
Magazines, Music, and Politics with Sheree Renée Thomas, and Spec Fic Partisan with Rick Claypool
Jul 20, 2021
SFF Theater with Monica Cross
Jun 29, 2021
Bonus Episode: Live at Flights of Foundry 2021 with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Jun 04, 2021
Changing the World with JJ & AJ Cook
May 20, 2021
Robots and Religion with SB Divya
Apr 13, 2021
Renaissance Man with Dr. Allen Stroud
Mar 18, 2021
Cults, Clones, and Conspiracy with Nadia Afifi
Feb 18, 2021
The Dumpster Fire That Was: 2020 in Review
Jan 13, 2021
Bringing Down the (White) House with James Morrow
Dec 22, 2020
Forging Worlds with Janet Forbes (of World Anvil)
Nov 30, 2020
(Re)building with P. Djeli Clark
Nov 16, 2020
Quarantine Club: Stream 11 with Rick Claypool & Sarah Buhrman
Nov 03, 2020
The Importance of Voting, Cartoons & Collaboration with Dr. Malka Older
Oct 14, 2020