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Liz J. Bradley

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Episodes 41

Avg. Duration 27m

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Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (4)

Since Apr 2025

Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Weekly

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Episodic

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46%

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About This Podcast

I’m Liz J. Bradley, a science fiction author and poet who adores short fiction and snacks. Each episode of Sci-fi Snacks is a short and sweet (or salty!) discussion of what I loved, what I learned, and what I snacked on while reading new-to-me short science fiction. Hop on board and listen anywhere you consume podcasts

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Recent Episodes

38. BONUS Birthday Episode! Sci-Fi Snacks is One: Birthdays

Apr 17, 2026 26m

It's our Birthday! Celebrate a whole year of science fiction short stories and snacks.This week's story: Birthdays, by Fred Saberhagen. Published in Galaxy MagazineThis week's snack: Birthday Cake…

S3E37 37. Unlikeable Women and Alternate Universes: Some Desperate Glory

Apr 02, 2026 54m

If you could live your life over and over, with all your memories could you stop the end of the universe? This week's story: Some Desperate Glory, by Emily TeshHugo Award Arthur C. Clarke Award…

36. Megafauna and Fatherhood from Beyond the Grave: Uncertain Sons

Mar 26, 2026 31m

Grounding your weird fiction with a throughline that cuts right through all the horror to the humanity at all has me crying while reading this week's award-nominated novelette.This week's story:…

S35E3 35. Naughty Goats and Joy: Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200

Mar 12, 2026 31m

When a farmhand robot appears at Tantie Merle's house as a gift, she doesn't realize she is on the precipice of change, for not only her life, but the world. This week's story: Tantie Merle and the…

S1E34 34. Bodybuilders and Superheros: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You

Mar 05, 2026 29m

In which gym bros save their community and fall in love.This week's story: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You, by John Chu. Published in Uncanny Magazine Hugo…

S3E33 33. The Art and Beauty of Being Known: Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being

Feb 26, 2026 32m

When medical information is controlled by a conglomerate, and knowledge behind a paywall can be the difference between life and death, one 'doctor' goes to great lengths to learn and know her alien…

S3E32 32. Anthropomorphizing and Archives: The Portmeirion Road

Feb 19, 2026 33m

What if the knowledge to your survival would cost you your friend? And what if that friend was a robot?This week's story: The Portmeirion Road, by Fiona Moore. Published in Clarksworld2024 BSFA Award…

S3E31 31. Exorcisms and Climate Fiction: What Any Dead Thing Wants

Feb 19, 2026 28m

In the gray space in between terraforming and colonization, an exorcism crew captain confronted by a human ghost has to grapple with his purpose.This week's story: What Any Dead Thing Wants, by Aimee…

S3E30 30. First Contact and the Power of Nostalgia: Patsy Cline Sings Sweet Dreams to the Universe

Feb 05, 2026 29m

If humanity could send only a few select memories out into space, with the hopes of reaching intelligent life, what would you choose to send? This week's story: Patsy Cline Sings Sweet Dreams to the…

29. Repetition and the Legacy of Memory: We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read

Jan 29, 2026 31m

An interesting and complex form intimidated me initially with this story, but after trusting the process I walk away from this with a deeply resonant experience contemplating life, loss,…

S3E28 28. Writing Prompts and Processing Trauma: The Mausoleum’s Children

Jan 22, 2026 27m

What if you went back to save your friends from a cult, but they didn't want to leave? This week's protagonist must face a mirror of her past life to learn how to move on.This week's story: The…

S3E27 27. The Discomfort of Satire: Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge

Jan 15, 2026 30m

Looking back to critique the present with uncomfortable satire. This week we dive into a layered retelling of a familiar Bible story to see what it says about people today.This week's story: Bible…

S3E26 26. Creepy Phone Aps and Human Happiness: Better Living Through Algorithms

Jan 08, 2026 27m

Would you trust a random phone app to give you a better life if you just followed it's directions? Let's chat about shadowy-purposed tech this week!This week's story: Better Living Through…

S3 Season 3 Trailer: Celebrated Stories

Jan 01, 2026 1m Trailer

Join me for Season 3 where we talk about stories that have been nominated, and sometimes even won, some of the most prestigious prizes in SFF circles. You aren't going to want to miss this season!…

S2E25 25. A Sci-Fi Christmas Special: Carols on Callisto

Dec 25, 2025 18m Bonus

Every great sci-fi show has a Christmas Special, and Sci-Fi Snacks is no different! Join me as I eat my way through all the Little Debbie Christmas snacks and I gush about the amazing story, Carols…