Unobtainium Podcast
Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer
Drama and fiction · Ongoing · ~41 min
Taste attributes: documentarytalk-showscience fictionrobots/ai/spaceslowfresh & originalheavyglossybig & variedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeAn inventive audio drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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About this podcast
The Unobtainium Podcast is hosted by Adam Sigel, a Hollywood writer-producer, and Dr. Amy Mainzer, an astrophysicist. Together, they explore the science in science fiction. Each episode unpacks the Unobtainium behind movies—what’s real, what’s cinematic, and why filmmakers bend reality. This is for…
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Details
- Publisher
- Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 41 minutes
- Latest episode
- 3 November 2026
- Categories
- Science Fiction, Fiction, Science, TV & Film
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Podcasts are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. The scores are estimates, from fixed rules plus a one-off AI reading of each show's own description and episode titles. Quality badges never change your match.
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