Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social
A podcast about utopia and dystopia hosted by @matthewleggatt.bsky.social and @dystopiajunkie.bsky.social. Each episode we interview a different thinker in the field of Utopian and Dystopian studies. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.
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Episode 18: Amy Brookes, Architecture and Speculative Fiction
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We promised we'd be back... season 3 begins with an episode on the connection between Architecture and Speculative Fiction and features an interview with the fabulous Amy Brookes. You can listen here on Spotify or wherever you get your pods:
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Matthew Leggatt, Senior Lecturer in English & American Literature @uniwinchester.bsky.social, has launched a new season of his Utopian & Dystopian Fictions podcast with guest Amy Brookes, an architect who discusses intersections between architecture and speculative fiction. Listen at bit.ly/45zeuyz
January 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Matthew Leggatt, Senior Lecturer in English & American Literature @uniwinchester.bsky.social, has launched a new season of his Utopian & Dystopian Fictions podcast with guest Amy Brookes, an architect who discusses intersections between architecture and speculative fiction. Listen at bit.ly/45zeuyz
Episode 19 on ecodystopia is available now, featuring an interview with climate scientist and dystopian novelist Paul E. Hardisty. The discussion is surprisingly hopeful!
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January 30, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Episode 19 on ecodystopia is available now, featuring an interview with climate scientist and dystopian novelist Paul E. Hardisty. The discussion is surprisingly hopeful!
open.spotify.com/episode/7JGW...
open.spotify.com/episode/7JGW...
What's this? You want mooore episodes of Utopian and Dystopian Fictions? Well, your luck's in because there's something new landing tomorrow morning!
January 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM
What's this? You want mooore episodes of Utopian and Dystopian Fictions? Well, your luck's in because there's something new landing tomorrow morning!
Liam and I are doing some recording this afternoon. In the meantime, here's a reminder that our latest episode features a lovely interview with Amy Brookes about architceture in speculative fiction. open.spotify.com/episode/1jPc...
Episode 18: Amy Brookes, Architecture and Speculative Fiction
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January 23, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Liam and I are doing some recording this afternoon. In the meantime, here's a reminder that our latest episode features a lovely interview with Amy Brookes about architceture in speculative fiction. open.spotify.com/episode/1jPc...
It's so bleak out there we're going to have to change the name of the podcast to Utopian and Realist Fictions!
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
It's so bleak out there we're going to have to change the name of the podcast to Utopian and Realist Fictions!
We promised we'd be back... season 3 begins with an episode on the connection between Architecture and Speculative Fiction and features an interview with the fabulous Amy Brookes. You can listen here on Spotify or wherever you get your pods:
open.spotify.com/episode/1jPc...
open.spotify.com/episode/1jPc...
Episode 18: Amy Brookes, Architecture and Speculative Fiction
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January 9, 2026 at 6:54 AM
We promised we'd be back... season 3 begins with an episode on the connection between Architecture and Speculative Fiction and features an interview with the fabulous Amy Brookes. You can listen here on Spotify or wherever you get your pods:
open.spotify.com/episode/1jPc...
open.spotify.com/episode/1jPc...
The podcast returns on Friday morning and we've got a new jingle!
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
The podcast returns on Friday morning and we've got a new jingle!
Happy New Year! Make your New Year's Resolution to catch up on all those back episodes of Utopian and Dystopian Fictions you've been meaning to catch up on...
January 1, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Happy New Year! Make your New Year's Resolution to catch up on all those back episodes of Utopian and Dystopian Fictions you've been meaning to catch up on...
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Slogging my way through the indexing for this chunky beast. Getting there... 12 chapters down, 7 to go!
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Wastelands and Wonderlands
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December 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Slogging my way through the indexing for this chunky beast. Getting there... 12 chapters down, 7 to go!
sunypress.edu/Books/W/Wast...
sunypress.edu/Books/W/Wast...
Don't worry everyone, we've got no plans for this... no-one wants to see our ugly mugs!
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
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December 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Don't worry everyone, we've got no plans for this... no-one wants to see our ugly mugs!
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Christmas present... looking forward to this one! @danielolivas.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Christmas present... looking forward to this one! @danielolivas.bsky.social
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Incoming early in January... the resumption of the podcast with an interview with the wonderful Amy Brookes on architecture and utopias/dystopias!
December 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Incoming early in January... the resumption of the podcast with an interview with the wonderful Amy Brookes on architecture and utopias/dystopias!
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🚨 My new article 'Antagonistic Game Design: the Author as a Player' is out on #Eludamos (Journal for Computer Game Culture)! 🚨
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WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
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WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨 My new article 'Antagonistic Game Design: the Author as a Player' is out on #Eludamos (Journal for Computer Game Culture)! 🚨
>> septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el... <<
WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
>> septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el... <<
WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
Just finished recording the intro to season 3... Excited to be returning to your earholes in January!
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just finished recording the intro to season 3... Excited to be returning to your earholes in January!
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Looks like LUP are having a Winter sale. You can now pick up Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction for half price with the code 27WINTER. Maybe now's the time to ask your library to order it in.
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Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | Home
Matthew Leggatt is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Winchester, UK. He is the author of two monographs, one edited collection, and numerous articles and book chapters. He is also the editor of the forthcoming collection Wastelands and Wonderlands: Essays on Utopian and Dystopian Film and Literature (SUNY Press, 2026) and co-hosts the Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Looks like LUP are having a Winter sale. You can now pick up Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction for half price with the code 27WINTER. Maybe now's the time to ask your library to order it in.
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
It's 1st December and we're currently on a short break but fear not... last year we recorded a short bonus episode for Christmas. Get in the festive spirit by listening to Liam and I chat about Christmas utopias and dystopias:
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Episode 7: Season 1 Christmas Special
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December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's 1st December and we're currently on a short break but fear not... last year we recorded a short bonus episode for Christmas. Get in the festive spirit by listening to Liam and I chat about Christmas utopias and dystopias:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Dx9...
open.spotify.com/episode/5Dx9...
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"Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction" by @matthewleggatt.bsky.social looks at playfulness and labour, boredom & the future of play in literature, films & TV series, from #ThomasMore to #SquidGame
#Utopia #Dystopia #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryStudies #TVStudies #FilmStudies
#Utopia #Dystopia #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryStudies #TVStudies #FilmStudies
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction" by @matthewleggatt.bsky.social looks at playfulness and labour, boredom & the future of play in literature, films & TV series, from #ThomasMore to #SquidGame
#Utopia #Dystopia #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryStudies #TVStudies #FilmStudies
#Utopia #Dystopia #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryStudies #TVStudies #FilmStudies
Lovely to see our episode on play and games in utopia/dystopia featured here. We had a great time chatting with Stefano!
🏹The Hunger Games builds its narrative around a fictional game. What can the (fictional) games we play reveal about the values held by society?
🎙️ @gua-le-ni.com chats with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social & @dystopiajunkie.bsky.social on @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social
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🎙️ @gua-le-ni.com chats with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social & @dystopiajunkie.bsky.social on @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social
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Utopia, Play, and Fictional Games: A conversation with Prof. Stefano Gualeni
How do fictional games work as world-building tools and what can the games we play reveal?
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November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Lovely to see our episode on play and games in utopia/dystopia featured here. We had a great time chatting with Stefano!
We may currently be on a short break but that doesn't mean the action stops. I've just finished recording a future interview with the brilliant Amy Brookes. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you in future. It's on utopia, science fiction, and architecture. I had a great time chatting to Amy!
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We may currently be on a short break but that doesn't mean the action stops. I've just finished recording a future interview with the brilliant Amy Brookes. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you in future. It's on utopia, science fiction, and architecture. I had a great time chatting to Amy!
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Lesson my 9-month old is currently learning... it's quicker to destroy something than to put it together!
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Lesson my 9-month old is currently learning... it's quicker to destroy something than to put it together!
Not ready to let go of Spooky Season yet? Listen to our episode on dystopia and horror. In particular we cover Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, Ray Bradbury's The Veldt, and A Clockwork Orange!
Here it is! Episode 17. Our Halloween Special. Liam and I discuss the relationship between dystopia and horror. We're taking a short break in preparation for season 3, with exciting things to come. If you enjoyed season 2 let us know in a comment. Rate, Subscribe, blah!
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Episode 17: Halloween Special (Season 2 Finale) - Dystopia and Horror
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November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Not ready to let go of Spooky Season yet? Listen to our episode on dystopia and horror. In particular we cover Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, Ray Bradbury's The Veldt, and A Clockwork Orange!
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Excellent season finale of @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social especially for lovers of Shirley Jackson and Ray Bradbury. Have a lovely hiatus. spotify.link/H455l0j3WXb #horror #scifi #dystopia #utopia
Episode 17: Halloween Special (Season 2 Finale) - Dystopia and Horror
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November 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Excellent season finale of @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social especially for lovers of Shirley Jackson and Ray Bradbury. Have a lovely hiatus. spotify.link/H455l0j3WXb #horror #scifi #dystopia #utopia
Here it is! Episode 17. Our Halloween Special. Liam and I discuss the relationship between dystopia and horror. We're taking a short break in preparation for season 3, with exciting things to come. If you enjoyed season 2 let us know in a comment. Rate, Subscribe, blah!
spotify.link/s1McUJfzUXb
spotify.link/s1McUJfzUXb
Episode 17: Halloween Special (Season 2 Finale) - Dystopia and Horror
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October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here it is! Episode 17. Our Halloween Special. Liam and I discuss the relationship between dystopia and horror. We're taking a short break in preparation for season 3, with exciting things to come. If you enjoyed season 2 let us know in a comment. Rate, Subscribe, blah!
spotify.link/s1McUJfzUXb
spotify.link/s1McUJfzUXb