About Us
Simulectics Radio is a premier digital broadcast platform dedicated to the rigorous exploration of science fiction as both literature and forecasting methodology. Through deep dialectic discourse, we examine how speculative fiction shapes technological development, societal transformation, and humanity's long-term trajectory. Our programming features deep-dive dialogues with the world's leading science fiction authors, futurists, and visionaries of tomorrow's civilizations.
Hosts
Darren Hayes
A former aerospace engineer who spent a decade working on propulsion systems before transitioning into science communication. Hayes holds a PhD in Applied Physics and has published extensively on technological forecasting methodologies. He grew up reading Clarke and Asimov, viewing hard SF as a legitimate form of speculative engineering.
Amber Clarke
Clarke is a literary scholar and cultural critic who specialized in 20th century utopian fiction before becoming a prominent voice in contemporary SF criticism. She served as editor for several major SF anthologies and has written extensively on how soft SF explores social transformation, post-scarcity economics, and the human condition in technologically transformed societies.