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Escape pod. Episode 849. There are no hot topics on Wukai. By Andrea Carriz.

Hello and welcome to Escape pod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm your host this week,

Tina Connolly and I'm here to bring you. There are no hot topics on Wukai. By Andrea

Carriz. This story first appeared in Lightspeed. Andrea Carriz is a PhD scientist in biological and

biomedical sciences based in Massachusetts. Her stories have appeared in Clark's world,

Lightspeed and Asimov science fiction among others. For short story collection, learning to hate

yourself as a self-defense mechanism is coming out from interstellar flight press.

Find her online at andreacarriz.wordpress.com or on Twitter at the world she saw.

Your narrator this week is Valerie Valdez. Valerie Valdez is the co-editor and occasional host

of Escape pod. She lives in an elaborate meme palace with her husband and kids where she writes

edits and moon lights as a news. She enjoys crafting bespoke artisanal curses,

leg with swords and admiring the outdoors from the safety of her living room. Her short fiction and

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