Fiction Predictions
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Fiction Predictions
In a world so uncertain, it's eerie how prophetic some writers can be when it comes to forecasting the future. Fiction Predictions explores the books, TV shows, and movies from the past that predicted the world we live in today. Fiction Predictions is a Mashable podcast created and hosted by Nikolay...
Recent Episodes
11 episodesCatch 22 in 2019 (ft. Andy Hamilton)
Like '1984', 'Catch 22' is one of those books that's become a part of our everyday language.
But when it comes to contemporary society, what exa...
Neil Gaiman on 'Good Omens'
'Good Omens' is a book written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, 30 years ago.
This year it also became a TV show.
There's a reason for...
1984 in 2019, Part II
'1984' turned 70 years old today, but it doesn't feel outdated. In fact, it's constantly coming back to dominate the news. Just a few days ago, CNN's...
Podcast Special: "We are all handmaids now"
A few weeks ago, a New Yorker cartoon of a bookstore employee moving a stack of dystopian novels from the 'fiction' section to the 'nonfiction' sectio...
1984 in 2019, Part I
George Orwell's '1984', a book about a dystopian future in which a totalitarian regime assumes full control over an individual's body and mind, sudden...
How 'The Simpsons' predicted the cacophony of American politics
The Simpsons is constantly going viral for the ways it seems to predict aspects, both small and big, of our contemporary life.
Politics is no ex...
The novel that predicted the sinking of the Titanic
The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most infamous disasters of the 20th century. Almost everyone has heard of it.
What far fewer people hav...
How Stephen Merchant’s comedies predicted two existential crises we face today
This week's episode features an interview with writer/director Stephen Merchant, and two predictions for the price of one.
For the first, Nik ex...
The 18th century prison that predicted the rise of our global surveillance society
We think about surveillance as a contemporary phenomenon. It's not.
It all goes back to an 18th century prison design called the panopticon. If...
The 1979 Stephen King novel that predicted Donald Trump's rise
A controversial, anti-establishment politician with a frenzied fan-based. Plenty of people would read that description and think of Donald Trump.
Introducing Fiction Predictions
How much do you know about works of fiction that end up predicting the future? Fiction Predictions is a podcast created by Nikolay Nikolov and Sam Hay...