Hugo, Girl!

Apr 15 2025 100 ep. 53 mins 152
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Three space feminists read, dissect, and rant at Hugo Award-winning pieces of fiction.

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2025 Hugo Finalist Announcement

Apr 06 2025 5 mins  
We’re 2025 Hugo finalists! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated us. Check out our voter packet submission. See the full list of finalists here. Hope to see you in Seattle!!

Episode 79 - Moby-Dick at the Opera

Apr 01 2025 56 mins  
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Second Anne-ual Hugo Quiz Show: Eight Monster

Feb 17 2025 56 mins  
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Episode 77 - The Wanderer: Horniest Hugo Winner

Feb 08 2025 63 mins  
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Interview with Ann Michelle Harris

Jan 12 2025 51 mins  
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Episode 76 - A Deepness in the Sky: That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Cobber

Dec 31 2024 90 mins  
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Episode 75 - Red Mars: Other Effluvia

Dec 03 2024 81 mins  
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Episode 74 - Better Living Through Algorithms

Nov 04 2024 41 mins  
It's a(nother) stressful week, so you can have little an early episode, as a treat. Hang in there. This month we read and discussed Naomi Kritzer's Hugo-winning short story, Better Living Through Algorithms. You can read it for free or listen to it thanks to Clarkesworld! This is a wide-ranging discussion where we used the story as more of a jumping-off point to talk about a lot o