Summary: How does sci-fi portray synthetic biology? What are our favorite books, movies, TV shows, and video games featuring strong bioengineering themes? How does society deal with its anxieties about biological engineering through science fiction? We answer these questions and more with our guests James Kath and Andrew Hunt in a roundtable discussion. Biopunk works mentioned in this episode (not all are actually biopunk--we use the term here for lack of a better word): Gattaca Jurassic Park The Expanse Halo Half-Life BioShock Mass Effect 3 Spin by Robert Charles Wilson Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress Change Agent by Daniel Suarez The Wind-Up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold
