The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

Podcasts · Fiction

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

619 episodes · 3 with AI analysis

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast restores and narrates forgotten and underrated vintage science fiction short stories spanning from the 1700s through the mid-1960s. Each episode features a professionally narrated classic drawn from pioneering speculative fiction and the magazine era that shaped modern science fiction. Released several times a week, the podcast explores timeless ideas—alien encounters, artificial intelligence, time travel, dystopian futures, and the human cost of progress—through stories by legendary authors including Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Harlan Ellison, and many others. Now in its fourth year with more than 600 episodes, The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has reached #1 on Apple Podcasts in 43 countries, reflecting a worldwide appetite for classic science fiction storytelling. Narrated by Scott Miller, each episode brings the wonders, warnings, and possibilities of vintage science fiction to today’s listeners while celebrating the stories and ideas that helped shape the genre.

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Companies · top 1

Topics · top 10

Genetic Engineering and Human EnhancementSocial Stratification in Future SocietiesSpace Exploration and Human AdaptationPurpose and Meaning in LifeEvolutionary Biology and Human DevelopmentTechnological DeterminismLongevity and ImmortalityArtistic Expression and CreativityMedical Ethics and Resource AllocationOutsider Status and Social Rejection

Analyzed Episodes

Feb 10, 2026

Wainer by Michael Shaara

Genetic Engineering and Human EnhancementSocial Stratification in Future SocietiesSpace Exploration and Human Adaptation
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Feb 11, 2026

Seller of the Sky by Dave Dryfoos

Dystopian FictionEnvironmental IsolationGenerational Knowledge Transfer
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Feb 12, 2026

Final Exam by Sam Merwin Jr.

Alien contact and UFO sightingsNuclear weapons control and atomic age anxietyCold War geopolitics and international tensions
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