<div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4fr86" data-offset-key="e5q6q-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e5q6q-0-0"><span data-offset-key= "e5q6q-0-0"><span data-text="true">What if JFK survived the assassination attempt, and instead of Vietnam, America invested in a moon base? Bill Oakley is a former writer and showrunner on The Simpsons, and award-winning comedy writer, and the author of “Space: 1969” an Audible Original.</span></span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="4fr86" data-offset-key="arvgg-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="arvgg-0-0"> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="arvgg-0-0"><span data-offset-key= "arvgg-0-0"><span data-text="true">He joins, along with Brian Brushwood, to discuss his retro-scifi comedy, and the nature of humor writing.</span></span></div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="arvgg-0-0"> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="arvgg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="arvgg-0-0">BOOK AT: <a href= "https://www.mightyheaton.com/goodscifi">www.mightyheaton.com/goodscifi</a></span></div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="arvgg-0-0"><span data-offset-key= "arvgg-0-0"><br /> Support the show! <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/alienating">www.patreon.com/alienating</a></span></div> </div>

Andrew Heaton

Andrew Heaton and an army of nerds plunge deep, deep into films, books, and TV shows to ask: what's science fiction really about? What is The Twilight Zone really exploring? What are the underlying themes of Star Trek? What is the worldview of Star Wars? Also sometimes Heaton performs comedy on other planets.

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What if JFK survived the assassination attempt, and instead of Vietnam, America invested in a moon base? Bill Oakley is a former writer and showrunner on The Simpsons, and award-winning comedy writer, and the author of “Space: 1969” an Audible...

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