Episodes

Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Andrea Johnson speaks with Georgia Tech professor of science fiction studies Lisa Yaszek about the deep history of women in SF.

Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Host Andrea Johnson speaks with author Rick Chambers, the screenwriter for several episodes of the fan-based online series Star Trek: New Voyages.

Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Host Andrea Johnson speaks with Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Jo Walton, who's also an organizer of the annual SF con Scintillation.

Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Host Andrea Johnson speaks with Professor Amy H. Sturgis, a contributor to the Starship Sofa podcast and editor-in-chief of Hocus Pocus Comics about teaching the history of science fiction and ideas at the college level.

Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Host Andrea Johnson speaks with Hugo nominee Gideon Marcus of Galactic Journey and Journey Press.

Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Host Andrea Johnson speaks with Rachel Cordasco, creator of the website Speculative Fiction in Translation.

Saturday May 07, 2022
Saturday May 07, 2022
RetroRockets host Andrea Johnson speaks with Hugo nominee Cora Buhlert in Germany.

Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Andrea Johnson has a conversation with SFF writer and teacher Izzy Wasserstein about teaching SF at the college level.

Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
In this episode, our host, Andrea Johnson, speaks with Seth Heasley of Hugos There and other SFF podcasts.

Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Retro Rockets' Andrea Johnson speaks with fellow SFF podcaster and writer Paul Weimer about Jack Vanc's influence on the genre.

RetroRockets
Welcome to RetroRockets, the podcast that explores the deep heritage of science Fiction and Fantasy. Follow us on twitter @RetroRocketsPod
RetroRockets is hosted and produced by Andrea Johnson. Audio editing and mixing is by Andy Robins. Our Special Consultant is John Wenger. Our logo and custom artwork was created by the amazing Carolyn Baker (twitter @GraphicsCarolyn). Our music is by Metre, and used with a Creative Commons License.