Science Fiction book podcast for nerds and geeks who like to read. Co-hosted by Gen-X spouses, Kandas & Shane Rodarte. Each episode features a thoughtful discussion around one work of speculative fiction.
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Signup to Generate a PitchScience Fiction book podcast for nerds and geeks who like to read. Co-hosted by Gen-X spouses, Kandas & Shane Rodarte. Each episode features a thoughtful discussion around one work of speculative fiction.
Sci-Fi Book Pod is hosted by Kandas Rodarte. The show has published 24 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Taken to Voraxia by Elizabeth Stevens (feat. Alesia Galati)" (1 October 2026, 42 minutes), "Death of the Author: Nnedi Okorafor’s Story of AI, Family, and Freedom" (3 September 2026, 39 minutes), and "Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Earthseed, Survival, and Feminist Futures" (6 August 2026, 41 minutes).
Sci-Fi Book Pod publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 24 episodes.
Booking probability for Sci-Fi Book Pod is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sci-Fi Book Pod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sci-Fi Book Pod's contact route on record: verified email.
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Kandas Rodarte hosts Sci-Fi Book Pod, an arts show with 24 episodes published.
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Episode #9
"I'm scared to go 5, I'll tell you right now!" ️ What happens when a 58-year-old sci-fi fan reads his first open-door alien romance novel? This week on Sci-Fi Book Pod , Space Admiral Kandas and Shane (Space Cadet...
Episode #8
What happens when a disabled Nigerian-American writer creates the story that changes everything? In this episode of Sci-Fi Book Pod, Kandas Rodarte and Shane Rodarte welcome content marketing strategist Alison Ver Halen...
Episode #7
Imagine a future that feels disturbingly close to home—where collapse, climate chaos, and corporate power reshape daily life. Spoiler warning: this episode includes major spoilers for Parable of the Sower by Octavia...
Episode #6
Imagine the most important person in your life is kidnapped by your arch nemesis—what lengths would you go to to save them? That’s the heart of Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo, and in this episode of Sci‑Fi Book Pod...
Episode #5
<p>Kaz Brekker didn't survive the Barrel by being nice. His morally gray character is exactly what makes Six of Crows so hard to put down.</p> <p>In this episode of Sci-Fi Book Pod, visiting dignitary Juliana Coughlin...
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<p>Imagine having the power to change an alternate timeline — without touching your own.</p> <p>Today on Sci-Fi Book Pod, Space Admiral Kandas and Space Cadet Shane 2nd Class dive into Agency by William Gibson with a...
Episode #3
<p>Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress turns 60 this year and it hasn't aged the way you'd expect.</p> <p>Space Admiral Kandas and Shane Space Cadet Second Class welcome visiting dignitary Kevin Thompson...
Episode #2
<p>Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card — the companion novel to Ender's Game that most people sleep on is arguably the better book. Visiting dignitary Mahlena Rae Johnson joins Space Admiral Kandas and Space Cadet Shane...
Episode #1
<p>Season one of Sci-Fi Book Pod was a full-spectrum sci-fi experiment—some books soared, some crashed, and at least one “broke a lot of things.” In this Season 2 teaser, host Kandas Rodarte looks back at the most...
Episode #15
<p>Can one act of hatred really end the world—and can compassion rewrite that future? In this episode of Sci‑Fi Book Pod, Kandas, Space Cadet Shane, and visiting dignitary Valerie Friedlander dive into Madeleine...
Episode #14
<p>In this episode of Sci-Fi Book Pod, Space Admiral Kandas Rodarte is joined by sociologist and life coach Valerie Friedlander to unpack A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle.</p> <p>Together, we explore how this...
Episode #13
<p>Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is far more than a children's classic. It's a layered exploration of conformity, authoritarian culture, individuality, and the courage to embrace one's flaws. In this episode of...
Episode #12
<p > Space Admiral Kandas and Space Cadet Shane welcome visiting dignitary Patrick Lugo to discuss Steven Erikson's standalone science fiction novel "Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart."</p> <p > When a mysterious alien AI...
Episode #11
<p>What happens when futuristic soldiers travel back to medieval England, cheat at jousting with advanced weapons, and accidentally kill the wrong people? Spoiler alert: the timeline splits, history rewrites itself, and...
Episode #10
<p> Strap in for a deep dive into Frank Herbert's 1965 masterpiece Dune, the sprawling sci-fi epic that defined a genre and continues to spawn adaptations decades later. In this speculative fiction podcast episode...
Episode #9
<p> What happens when the world's most powerful leaders secretly collude at a gender-bending brothel run by the woman who really pulls the strings? Welcome to Ada Palmer's mind-bending Too Like the Lightning, the first...
Episode #8
<p>In Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky flips the classic sci-fi narrative: humanity's last survivors arrive on a terraformed planet, only to discover hyper-intelligent spiders thriving in a civilization built on...
Episode #7
<p>What happens when regret, aliens, and second chances collide? In this episode of Sci-Fi Book Pod, Space Admiral Kandas and Space Cadet 2nd Class Shane dive into A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt. When Micajah Fenton...
Episode #6
<p>What does it take to go from coward to hero — and can science and friendship really save the world? We explore the answer with former science teacher and sci-fi commentator Shereese Alexander in this deep dive into...
Episode #5
<p>Can a robot teach us about being human?</p> <p>This week on Sci-Fi Book Pod, we're chatting about All Systems Red by Martha Wells — and the brilliance of the Murderbot character. Joining us is content strategist and...
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