In this episode of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans, the hosts are joined by Sofia Samatar. They discuss her new novella "The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain" as well as the persistence of myths and the ways speculative fiction can highlight issues within our own world.

Episode show notes: https://speculativeliterature.org/ep-66-show-notes/

In this episode, the hosts of MRAH return to their AI investigation. They discuss AI's use in creative industries,the workplace, and the longstanding history of technology changing the world.

Episode show notes: https://speculativeliterature.org/ep-65-show-notes/

Welcome to Season 3 of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans! In this episode (originally recorded in January 2024), the hosts of MRAH tackle AI and its rapidly expanding impact. They also discuss the history of AI/language learning models and the difference between genuine and simulated emotion.

Episode show notes: https://speculativeliterature.org/ep-64-show-notes/

Joining Mary Anne and Ben on this episode is Anya Johanna DeNiro, a trans woman and writer who recently published her novel, OKPsyche. The book follows the story of an unnamed trans woman on an epic journey to find the place where she belongs. Mary Anne and Ben discuss DeNiro's inspirations for OkPsyche, its genre-bending elements, and the second-person POV.

Check out OKPsyche: https://smallbeerpress.com/books/2023/09/12/okpsyche/

Watch the video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/u42jWOCtFvw

Episode show notes: https://speculativeliterature.org/ep-63-show-notes/

This episode was inspired by a meme Mary Anne came across concerning landlords, and their somewhat... unpopular reputations in society. The hosts of MRAH contemplate the positions of power and influence that people like landlords and property owners can have over the world. Mary Anne and Ben also compare the cultures and societies that they read about in sci-fi futures, and whether they can be achievable with the trajectories of our day.

Episode show notes: https://speculativeliterature.org/ep-62-show-notes/

In this episode, Mary Anne Mohanraj and Benjamin Rosenbaum take some time to share their grief and complicated feelings about the devastating conflict occurring between Israel and Palestine. They discuss the ideas of isomorphism and symbiosis, the history of Zionism, the origins of war and nationalism, and the need to stay connected during difficult times, to reach out to all who are hurting from the events of the past few weeks.

Episode show notes: https://speculativeliterature.org/ep-61-show-notes/

Today we bring you episode 137 of the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct, graciously shared with us by hosts Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders. The episode features Mary Anne Mohanraj, who was very excited to be invited on the show, to talk about AI in the classroom. We highly encourage our viewers to check out the Our Opinions Are Correct podcast, and we invite their audience to our show.

Episode description: "What does it mean to be a creator at a time when creativity is completely commodified? In this episode, we talk about the status of the author, and how audiences have idealized artists while also celebrating the so-called death of the author and rise of the reader. Plus: how AI converts our minds into apps, and why the intentional fallacy blew up the literary world in the 1940s! Later we’re joined by Mary Anne Mohanraj, an author and professor of literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who tells us about using AI in the college classroom."

Episode show notes: https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2023/9/19/episode-137-the-creativity-fallacy

Check out the Our Opinions Are Correct podcast: https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/

Coming on the show is Ruthanna Emrys, author of the recently released sci-fi novel, A Half Built Garden, as well as The Innsmouth Legacy series. In the first half of the episode, Mary Anne and Ben talk about Emrys' latest book and the writing of characters with conservative ideologies, especially in the future. And in the second half, Emrys' explains the Lovecraftian influences and mythos on her work of cosmic horrors and empathies, as well as the Jewish themes that run throughout her stories.

Episode show notes: https://speculativeliterature.org/ep-60-show-notes/