Decipher Scifi : The Show About How And Why

Scifi and Fantasy Our different aptitudes for processing fantasy. Fantasy tropes, internal consistency, Patrick Rothfuss. Wizard and muggle technologies Telegraphs, internets, owls and agentive magical paper airplanes. Other things too! The power of names “True name” magic in Harry Potter. IRL examples. Ancient Egypt, Medieval Europe, Jewish mysticism, Aronofsky’s Pi. Rothfuss again. Classism and wizard racism Wizard Hitler! Wizard warfare Magic bullet machine gun enchanted buckler wizards. Enchanted riot shields with a wand-hole in them. Other innovations. Characters The fascististic headmistress, Ballatrix, Luna, and other characters we wanted to note. Harry Potter: iTunesAmazon Imaginary Worlds Podcast: Apple PodcastsRSS Support the show!