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Token Skeptic #66 - Interview With Sean Williams And SciFi Meets Education
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:21:59
Publish Date: 2011-04-10 23:00:00
Description: SwanCon is a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia. It is Australia's longest running science fiction convention, and probably the longest running in the southern hemisphere. Questions about the relevance of Science Fiction and Fantasy to education is not unheard of - there's a great number of discussions going on all the time about what is suitable and what helps promote a greater understanding of both fact and fiction. As a life-long fan of Star Trek, Doctor Who, Star Wars, films with special effects and everything that will guarantee a good read - this educator is not alone when it comes to supporting the sometimes-maligned genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy! This is the second time that SwanCon has featured on the Token Skeptic podcast; last year I interviewed Scott Sigler (Episode #14 - On Science Fiction and Skepticism: Interview With Scott Sigler). This year I interviewed Sean Williams - he's a number one New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and has published thirty novels for readers of all ages, seventy short stories across numerous genres and the odd poem. In addition to that interview, you'll be hearing from Bevan McGuinness, a teacher of upper-school Science at Wesley College in Perth, who presented on 'Mad Scientists: Using The Science In Science Fiction In The Classroom' with Peter Van DerKwast of Kolbe Catholic College. I also spoke to the Track Director of the SwanCon Edustream, librarian Tahani Wesley. This show is available on Zune, mp3 via Libsyn or iTunes. Visit www.tokenskeptic.org – and I’d love to get your feedback at tokenskeptic@gmail.com. Theme songs are ‘P&P’ by Derek K Miller of www.penmachine.com and ‘365′ by Milton Mermikides, of www.miltonmermikides.com. Please considering supporting the show - head to the Merchandise link on the Token Skeptic site and keep an eye out for the forthcoming Token Skeptic book, available through Lulu.com.
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