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Hosted by James Payne · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 190 episodes
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A sci-fi film podcast where two hosts pair movies to explore how science-fiction cinema evolved.Each episode connects two films (often from completely different eras) to uncover how sci-fi ideas, themes and storytelling have changed over time.From Metropolis to Dune, The Terminator to Ex Machina, Journey Through Sci-Fi explores the history of science fiction through smart, unexpected pairings.🎧 New episodes every other Thursday
James Payne hosts Journey Through Sci-Fi: A Science Fiction Film Podcast, a tv show with 190 episodes published.
A little bonus transmission from the JTSF Patreon feed. We've been chatting about Spielberg's Disclosure Day , and because our next main-feed series is all about the history of friendly aliens in sci-fi cinema, this felt
We close out our Mad Science series the only way we know how: with a very serious, deeply prestigious and completely unofficial Mad Science Film Awards . After 58 films and more than a century of sci-fi cinema, we look b
This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi , we head into the Star Trek universe to explore one of its most enduring mad science taboos: genetic engineering. From Space Seed and the rise of Khan to Enterprise's Augments arc and
What happens when one of sci-fi's oldest stories is reimagined for a modern audience? In this episode of Journey Through Sci-Fi , we return to the origin of mad science — Mary Shelley's Frankenstein — through two new ada
In this episode of Journey Through Sci-Fi , we dive into the terrifying idea of mad science controlling the human mind through two modern sci-fi horror films: Get Out (2017) and Possessor (2020) . Jordan Peele's Get Out
Two kidnappings and two grotesque transformations. Listener discretion advised... This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi , we head into the grisliest corner of our Mad Science season as we explore The Human Centipede (2009)
Two Marvel origin stories. Two very different mad scientists. Only one built a cinematic empire. This week, we revisit Hulk (2003) and Iron Man (2008) to explore the science behind the superheroes and why one experiment
This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi, we're heading into murkier, creepier territory as we pair Mimic and Splice - two films that take mad science out of the lab and straight into body-horror nightmare fuel. Directed by G
We look back at the biggest sci-fi moments of 2025 — franchise returns, standout TV, Marvel's slump, DC's revival, and the auteur films that kept the genre interesting. From Superman and 28 Years Later to Severance and A
This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi, we revisit Flubber (1997) and The Nutty Professor (1996) to explore how both films became showcases for the 90s CGI boom. We look at how early digital effects, morphing tech, ILM's ru
"Remember, no matter where you go… there you are." This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi , we're looking at two very different visions of genius at work - one saving the world, the other stealing dreams. We discuss The Adv
We're back with another Future Frontiers episode, covering all the latest sci-fi hitting screens this month. We chat about Predator: Badlands , Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein , Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia and the upcomi
"Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow!" We're diving head-first (literally) into the weird world of Frankenstein's legacy once again, with Re-Animator (1985) and Poor Things (2023). From glowing
To celebrate the upcoming Predator: Badlands and the big-screen re-release of Prey on November 5th (for a very limited cinema run) we're bringing one of our favourite Patreon episodes to the main feed. In this bonus epsi
What happens when unlicensed nuclear accelerators meet ancient rituals? This week we look at what happens when mad science collides with the world of ghosts, gods, and monsters. From proton packs in Ghostbusters (1984) -
As we've just revisited Tron and Tron: Legacy, you knew we couldn't resist jacking back into the Grid for Tron: Ares . This is a spoiler-free sneak peek of our full Patreon episode, where we talk Jared Leto's turn as Are
What happens when humanity steps inside the machine? This week we're diving back into the grid! In anticipation of Tron: Ares , we revisit both Tron (1982) and Tron: Legacy (2010). Two landmark films that imagined what l
What happens when mad science pushes the human mind and body to their absolute limits? Our latest journey through sci-fi takes us from swirling cosmic vortices to larval mind-control worms. We explore how Ken Russell's A
Would you kill baby Hitler? That classic moral dilemma sits at the heart of The Boys from Brazil (1978), where Gregory Peck's Josef Mengele pursues a chilling plan to revive the Reich. Adapted from Ira Levin's Nazi-hunte
We've been on a little break over the summer, but we're back for a brand-new Future Frontiers episode ! In this episode, we catch up on everything sci-fi we've been watching (and missing) while the Mad Science series has
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