Audio Articles – Longreads from The Companion: Recent Episodes
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The Companion's Audio Articles are recorded and produced versions of some of our deep dives, untold stories and interviews that we don't think you'll find anywhere else.
Starting with Stargate SG-1 episode ‘Secrets’, the saga of Samantha Carter and her frosty relationship with her father, Jacob, was one of the most powerful in the series.
Read by Lawrence Kao and written by James Hoare. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
The Impact of Service Life on the Military Child by the Naval Children’s Charity: https://www.navalchildrenscharity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Impact-of-Service-Life-on-the-Military-Child-The-Overlooked-Casualties-of-Conflict-Update-and-Review-Report-Interactive-Singles-1.pdf
Tensions in the Parent and Adult Child Relationship: Links to Solidarity and Ambivalence by Kira S. Birditt: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690709/
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2020/12/03/sam-carter-a-fathers-battle-a-daughters-war/
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Thank you to our production team which include Nick Hayward, Rebecca Davis, Tommy Terry-Green,, George Mole, Ben Herbert, Hattie Smith, and Chris Smith.
Neo’s desperate attempts to defy a system that insists on deadnaming him and pushing him back in line, always read as a powerful transgender allegory.
Read by Rebecca Davis and written by Ell Twine. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
Lilly Wachowski’s article in the Windy City Times: https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Second-Wachowski-filmmaker-sibling-comes-out-as-trans-/54509.html
Fluid Realities/Fluid Identities: Gender in the Matrix by Hannah Kuhlmann: http://girl_type.tripod.com/papers/matrix.html
Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender by Riki Wilchins: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Read-My-Lips-Sexual-Subversion/dp/1936833646
Lana Wachowski receives the HRC Visibility Award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crHHycz7T_c
Lilly Wachowski’s GLAAD Award speech: https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/43vmvp/lilly-wachowski-encourages-viewers-to-reconsider-the-matrix-through-the-lens-of-transness
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2021/11/26/the-matrix-transgender-allegory-and-applicability/
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Thank you to our production team which include Nick Hayward, Lawrence Kao, Tommy Terry-Green, James Hoare, George Mole, Ben Herbert, Hattie Smith, and Chris Smith.
Tessa B. Dick gives us the definitive take on Total Recall, what her late husband would have thought, and how much of Philip K. Dick’s wit, wisdom, and empathy she sees in Paul Verhoeven’s blockbuster.
Read by Rebecca Davis and written by Tessa B. Dick. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
We Can Remember it for You Wholesale (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1966): https://www.scribd.com/document/485526708/We-Can-Remember-it-for-You-Wholesale
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2020/11/23/tessa-b-dick-searching-for-my-husband-in-verhoevens-movie-total-recall/
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Thank you to our production team which include Nick Hayward, Lawrence Kao, Tommy Terry-Green, James Hoare, George Mole, Ben Herbert, Hattie Smith, and Chris Smith.
Science fiction stories have always mirrored their own eras. They’re a time capsule as much as they are a vision of the future, and few decades offer as rapid a change on screen as the sci-fi films of the 1990s.
Caution: This article contains plot points from Total Recall, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Universal Soldier, Alien 3, Demolition Man, Johnny Mnemonic, Independence Day, Men in Black, The Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, Alien Resurrection, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Wild Wild West, and – phew – The Matrix, and in some cases reveals the ending.
Read by Rebecca Davis and written by Katherine McLaughlin. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
David Fincher’s Imagi-Movies interview: https://mossfilm.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/alien-3-fincher-talks/
Paul Verhoeven’s Interview Magazine interview:
https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews/paul-verhoeven-interview/
Lily Wachoski’s Netflix Film Club interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXm2sDzGkQ&feature=emb_title
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2020/09/18/changing-faces-of-90s-sci-fi-icons/
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Thank you to our production team which include Nick Hayward, Lawrence Kao, Tommy Terry-Green, James Hoare, George Mole, Ben Herbert, Hattie Smith, and Chris Smith.
Creators and visitors recall Disney World’s short-lived ExtraTERRORestrial, its origins as an Alien movie ride, and the role of… George Lucas?
Read by Lawrence Kao and written by Clarisse Loughrey. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2020/12/14/the-myths-and-mysteries-of-disney-worlds-nightmare-attraction-extraterrorestrial-alien-encounter/
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Whether miniskirts and calf-high boots or spandex and shoulder pads, Star Trek uniforms have always kept one eye on today’s fashion as well as tomorrow’s. Featuring special guest Harriet Hall, fashion expert, Lifestyle Editor at The Independent newspaper, and feminist author of She: A Celebration of Renegade Women.
Read by Rebecca Davis and written by Kayleigh Dray. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
Nichelle Nichols’ BBC interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9j6
The ‘Hopepunk’ case for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: https://www.thecompanion.app/2022/04/07/star-trek-deep-space-nine-is-the-definition-of-hope-punk-and-we/
Costume Designer Robert Blackman’s interview on StarTrek.com: https://intl.startrek.com/article/meet-emmy-award-winning-costume-designer-robert-blackman-part-3
Costume Designer Gersha Phillips’s interview on Shondaland: https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a26732991/star-trek-discovery-costume-designer-gersha-phillips/
….ComicBook.com: https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-discovery-gersha-phillips-interview/
…and We Got This Covered: https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/new-interview-reveals-where-star-trek-discovery-drew-its-uniform-inspiration-from/
Costume Designer Christine Bieselin Clark’s panel interview on Gold Derby: https://www.goldderby.com/article/2020/christine-bieselin-clark-star-trek-picard-costume-design-experts-panel-video-interview/
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2022/06/08/star-trek-starfleet-uniforms/
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Across the multiverse, the one constant is that Jack O’Neill’s son, Charlie, has died. This never changes. This is why Stargate SG-1 connects. For anyone who’s ever lost a loved one, the struggle isn’t just about their death, it’s the journey we have to endure afterward.
Content Warning: This Audio Article deals with the death of a character, please be advised.
Read by Lawrence Kao and written by George Mole. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2022/02/06/stargate-jack-oneill_loss/
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Despite a love of science fiction and a dream of working for NASA, Kayleigh Dray struggled to see any women on screen who reflected her experiences. Then, she stumbled across Firefly and discovered the optimistic, scrappy, kind, sex-positive, and utterly authentic Kaylee Frye, who shows that women can be both hopelessly romantic and totally practical.
Read by Rebecca Davis and written by Kayleigh Dray. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
Cayce LaCorte’s viral TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@book_mama/video/6930669280841305350
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2022/03/23/stargate-janets-death/
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Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe co-creator and Travelers creator Brad Wright explains how rules make great science fiction, with plenty of references to Stargate, Star Trek, Superman, and Star Wars.
Read by Lawrence Kao and written by Brad Wright. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2020/12/31/brad-wright-my-rules-for-stargates-star-wars-and-superheroes/
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Content Warning: This Audio Article deals with the death of a character, please be advised.
Read by Rebecca Davis and written by Kayleigh Dray. Theme song by Lofi Geek.
Excerpts from Martin Wood’s Stargate SG-1 Explorer Unit fan club interview: https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s7/heroes-part-2/
Robert C. Cooper’s GateWorld interview: https://www.gateworld.net/news/2021/01/how-heroes-came-to-be-stargate-most-memorable-episodes/
The original article on The Companion: https://www.thecompanion.app/2022/05/10/firefly/
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