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SIM Ep 774 Chops 226: Trust the science (fiction)

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Think you don't like sci-fi? Maybe you should think again. In this week's Chops, ahead of a major new exhibition at The Science Museum*, Hannah chats to our favourite sci-fi geek (not nerd), Samira Ahmed, about how the sheer breadth of the world of sci-fi should mean there's something for everyone. They also chat about the legacy of Nichelle Nichols, collecting, making space stations out of egg boxes and Doctor Who.  * More info here: https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/science-fiction Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Waitrose have added more of your favourites to their new lower prices.

0:03.6

Or is it new, new, lower prices, or newer, new, lower prices?

0:07.9

Well, they've added more, so it could be more, newer, new, lower prices.

0:11.7

Or even the newest of new, lower prices on more.

0:14.2

Ernie, whoo! Waitrose have new, new, lower prices on hundreds of your favourites,

0:19.4

like apples, chicken, and those cheeky ginger nuts. Waitrose.

0:23.0

Food to feel good about.

0:24.9

Selected stores, subjects with availability, prices may vary in a little Waitrose channel islands and concessions.

0:29.9

Hello there, Hannah here and welcome to this week's Chops. In it, I'm chatting with journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, and I will tell you for why.

0:57.9

Other than we love her, obviously.

1:00.4

This coming Thursday, or on the 6th of October, to save confusion if you're listening to this at a different time,

1:08.4

a new exhibition opens at the Science Museum.

1:11.4

It's called Science Fiction, Voyage to the Edge of Imagination.

1:16.2

And it promises to be an immersive, genre-defying exhibition in which you will embark on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure

1:24.9

through the cosmos to explore visions of the future through the science of today.

1:30.4

That bit was from the museum, not from me.

1:33.0

Samira is one of the biggest sci-fi fans we know and has played an advisory role in this new exhibition.

1:39.2

So who better to talk to about Girl Geeks, the optimism and the pessimism of sci-fi?

1:45.5

And why people who say, I don't like sci-fi, more often than not, turn out to actually kind of like sci-fi after all.

1:53.2

That's me I'm talking about there, and maybe you too.

1:56.5

Either way, there's a lot to enjoy here. Have a nice weekend.

2:03.9

Welcome to Standard Issue.

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