The Fantasies of Post-apocalyptic Dystopian Fiction, with Ariel Kroon (opens in new tab)

Listen to The Fantasies of Post-apocalyptic Dystopian Fiction, with Ariel Kroon from Solarpunk Presents. Classic, post-apocalyptic, dystopian fiction is a type of fantasy where we’re dreaming of starting over in an empty landscape from a societal and cultural slate wiped clean by some devastating event that we don’t have to feel guilty about having happened—at least, it is according to our very own Ariel Kroon, who does, yes, have a PhD in it.* Yet, at the same time, these fantasies generally...