Welcome to the SAFISI, a podcast under the Believe podcast network about black science

fiction, fantasy, and staying on the same page in this marriage.

Greetings everyone, this will be episode 33 of the show we are here to discuss the short

story, The Space Traders by Derek Bell.

Before we get started today, I just want to let everybody know there will be spoilers

for everything.

So mute us and let us play for more listens, come back later, reunite us.

You know, if you ain't read it yet, read it first.

It's a 13 page short story, Ben, before we jump in, how you doing today with your key

share?

I'm feeling really overwhelmed.

About what?

Well, yesterday was May the 4th when we were recording this on Cinco de Mayo.

And I have a full time job and I can't catch up on all the new Star Wars content that's

coming out.

Well, speaking of Star Wars and aliens, we read a pretty, uh, whew, disquieting story.

Why don't you talk to us about why you chose the story, Ben?

It's hard to talk about the story without giving a summary of it.

So I want to give the summary before the background.

Okay.

So the summary of the space traders is very, very simple.

aliens arrive to the U.S. and they offer resources to solve America's financial and ecological

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