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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

516. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Review (with Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, Robby Soave)

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, and Robby Soave join us to discuss Robert Heinlein’s classic 1966 novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, about a lunar colony declaring independence from Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy is made possible thanks to support from listeners like you.

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So if you enjoy the show and want it to continue, please support us on Patreon over at patreon.com

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or via PayPal over at geeksguideshow.com slash crowdbunding. And I want to give a special thank

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you to Matt Karakomi, who just signed up this week to support us on Patreon.

0:23.5

Matt also just gave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, which says,

0:28.1

For years I've turned to Geeks Guide for open-ended discussions on my favorite content.

0:33.0

Dave's warm yet analytical tone is well suited to the variety of formats the show offers.

0:37.8

The lovable cast of returning panelists punctuate the interview roster with just the kind

0:42.0

of quirky party that I enjoy with my own friends. I recently became a supporter after realizing

0:47.0

that Patreon's per episode floating contribution offers a simple mechanism for encouraging

0:51.3

more geeks guide. So big thanks again to Matt Carakomi for that great review and for supporting us on Patreon.

0:58.8

All right, so now let's get to our show.

1:06.3

Wired.com presents the geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

1:14.3

And here is your host, David Barr-Curtley.

1:20.0

Hello, and welcome to episode 516 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

1:25.3

I'm David Barr-Curtley, author of the book Save Me Please

1:28.6

and Other Stories, which is available now on Amazon.com. We had a great conversation about the book

1:34.5

back in episode 500, so definitely check that out if you missed it. And today on the show will be

1:39.8

discussing Robert Heinlein's classic 1966 novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, about a lunar

1:45.4

colony declaring independence from Earth. And this will include spoilers for everything in the book,

1:50.6

so just beware of that, and I'm joined by three guests. So first up we've got Anthony Ha,

1:56.8

making his 29th appearance on the show. He's a writer and longtime tech journalist living in Harlem.

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