On this episode, Benjamin Gorman gabs with Elly Bangs, author of UNITY, about preparing for nuclear war, baking the perfect chocolate chip cookies, and NOT predicting the future through science fiction.

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Mentioned on the show: A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-paradise-built-in-hell-the-extraordinary-communities-that-arise-in-disaster-rebecca-solnit/11725474?ean=9780143118077&next=t