{"633195":{"#nid":"633195","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Every Sci-Fi Show Needs Characters Like in \u0027Years and Years\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/yaszek\u0022\u003ELisa Yaszek\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was a guest on episode 402 of WIRED\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGeek\u0026#39;s Guide to the Galaxy\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;podcast, which was released February 22. The podcast has more than 18,000 subscribers and has featured high-profile guests like Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYaszek gave her thoughts on a few novel aspects of the HBO\u0026nbsp;show \u0026quot;Years and Years\u0026quot;, such as its clever framing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe series follows an ordinary British family, the Lyons, over two decades as their lives are upended by politics and technology. Science fiction professor Lisa Yaszek\u0026nbsp;likes that the show focuses on a large, diverse family.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When you have big issues, one of the ways you make them manageable is to explore them through the microcosm of a family,\u0026rdquo; she says. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a great way to reach not just science fiction people, but people outside the genre, who always think that it\u0026rsquo;s about \u0026lsquo;dashing young singles going off into outer space to fight bug-eyed monsters.\u0026rsquo; This reminds us that science fiction is a big tent, and that there are lots of ways to engage these big issues.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2020\/02\/geeks-guide-years-and-years\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article and listen to the podcast here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-03-02 17:51:53","changed_gmt":"2020-03-02 17:51:53","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"in solidarity","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2020\/02\/geeks-guide-years-and-years\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"628451":{"id":"628451","type":"image","title":"Lisa Yaszek","body":null,"created":"1572548549","gmt_created":"2019-10-31 19:02:29","changed":"1572552353","gmt_changed":"2019-10-31 20:05:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239346","name":"Lisa Yaszek 740Xx scale.small_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lisa%20Yaszek%20740Xx%20scale.small__0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lisa%20Yaszek%20740Xx%20scale.small__0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":91906,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Lisa%20Yaszek%20740Xx%20scale.small__0.jpg?itok=GyMYIA8Y"}}},"media_ids":["628451"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}