Devon Craft and Steven Domingues and Benjamin Daniel Lawless
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A science and science fiction based podcast hosted by two high school friends, and two college friends. Listen and learn and geek out. In this podcast, science meets fact, meets fiction.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It pairs careful attention to scientific evidence with an easy fluency in speculative fiction, games and emerging technology.
Science Faction Podcast lets Steven Dominguez, Benjamin Daniel Wallace and Devin Craft carry science news into the same loose conversation as games, film and speculative technology.
A brain-cell computer running Doom is your invitation to ask what that headline actually means.
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A conversational vaccine explainer that stays clear on the science while keeping its relaxed, panel-style tone.
Science Faction opens in loose banter, then settles into a plain question: how a nasal spray vaccine might connect innate and adaptive immunity in one coordinated response.
A loose two-host episode that leans on chemistry, alien jokes, and long-form banter.
Science Faction stays in loose two-host mode this week, starting with the missing cohost, the rat-sitting plan that fell apart, and the usual offhand banter before drifting into comedy-club talk, alien jokes, and a very unserious run at Obama, Trump, and classified aliens.
A roomy, lore-heavy chat for listeners who like fandom talk with real specificity.
Science Faction moves from comic-book news into Fallout lore with the easy confidence of a conversation that already knows where it is going. It starts with the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer and the flood of AI-made trailer junk around it, then settles into a long,…
A tired new year hangout that turns bad tab books into the episode's sharpest stretch.
This Science Faction episode has the feel of a late Sunday hang: tired hosts, cold coffee, a bedroom setup, and a new year drift into guitar-nerd frustration over learning the solo from Blackened.
A brain-cell computer story carried by banter, digressions, and enough real wonder to land.
Science Faction centers a conversation on a strange premise: an Australian startup has built a code-deployable biological computer from human neurons, and the hosts move from Pong to Doom before reaching possible uses in drug testing and AI processing.
A skeptical, plainspoken look at a claim that outruns the evidence.
Science Faction starts with its usual local sprawl, then settles into a measured look at the claim that acetaminophen use in pregnancy is linked to autism or ADHD.
A loose, funny panel chat that turns daylight savings and game voice acting into one long, practical gripe.
The episode starts with the familiar nuisance of daylight savings time, then settles into a loose, sometimes tangled conversation about what voice acting adds to games and what it takes away.
A loose, joke-forward opening gives way to a more focused conversation about solar punk and Africa's future.
Science Faction starts in a loose, bantering register, with the hosts even joking about whether anyone cares about the show. From there it drifts into a Star Trek count-off and a correction about Tasha Yar and Ensign Ro before settling into solar punk and the idea of Africa…
Strange claims, tested cleanly.
Plainspoken sermons for faithful Christian life.
The hosts discuss personal updates, including pet loss and parade experiences, before analyzing the Apple TV show Pluribus, which explores a global hive mind assimilating humanity.
The hosts of the Science Faction Podcast discuss their holiday plans, including a trip to Oregon for skiing or snowboarding, while noting the lack of snow this season.
Starfleet Academy episode four is set in the 32nd century, where Klingons are refugees who refuse the Federation's gift of a planet.
Ben says Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko was "my space dad," a wish-fulfillment figure during his own childhood.
Science Faction's March 8th, 2026 episode opens with hosts Steven Dominguez, Ben Wallace and Devin Craft blaming the daylight saving time change for a sluggish day, with Ben waking at 8:40 for a 9am Sangha.
Science Faction's December 9, 2025 episode opens with Steven Dominguez's December 6 birthday, which included a Ransom Notes game night and his daughter's first sleepover for five 11-year-old girls.
A cow named Veronica picks up a deck scrub broom and uses the bristles or the stick depending on which body area itches.
Valve's Steam Machine failed because it only played Linux games, until the Proton compatibility layer let Windows games run on the Steam Deck.
Stephen's older daughter teared up when her mother threw a kitchen knife at a hungry spider in Perils and Princesses.
Babylon 5's creator J. Michael Straczynski had all five seasons mapped out before the pilot was shot.
Lice are so small that you can't even feel them, so the crawling sensation is 'definitely in your head.'
Ben bought Freeter's Pro version, the developer abandoned it, and years later he found it open-sourced and free.
The hosts discuss their podcast's purpose, sci-fi shows like 'Plural of Us', and transformative technologies including solar power in Africa and heat-resistant plants, blending humor with insightful analysis.
The hosts discuss daylight saving time, share personal stories about volunteering at an art-a-thon and a Halloween trip to Disneyland, review horror movies and a Star Trek Voyager video game, explore biohacking and communal computing tech, and analyze a sci-fi short story in book club.
Steven and Kraft open on a rare two-host night while the third regular is away officiating his sister's wedding and a flu hit has already kept the family home, so the rat-sitting plan falls through.
Steven opens the week with a loose check-in, and Ben and Devin are already in hangout mode.
Stephen starts the week in full Sunday night mode.
Science Faction opens with holiday-season banter and a look at the leaked, then officially released, Avengers: Doomsday trailer.
The panel opens with a loose, joking exchange about being boys, men, and responsible adults.
Noticing your mind wandered and coming back is the practice itself, like doing reps at a gym.
Science Faction hosts Steven Dominguez, Benjamin Daniel and Devin open the April 13th, 2026 episode with Devin's family illness, Avengers: Doomsday test-audience scores and a shared review of Project Hail Mary.
The hosts banter about allergies, Easter gatherings, and their absent co-host before introducing the show's science and science fiction theme.
The hosts introduce themselves and banter about Halloween costumes before starting their science and science fiction discussion.
The hosts discuss attending a protest called No Kings in Portland, including the use of blow-up costumes as symbols of solidarity.
Two hosts discuss the show's premise and banter about work-life balance and calling in sick.
The hosts open the podcast with casual banter about feeding a dog and a bendable necklace with MagSafe, setting a lighthearted tone for a science and sci-fi discussion.
The hosts discuss audio quality issues and settings for their podcast recording.
The hosts banter about a missing co-host and discuss a knockoff Lego Saturn V launch tower.
The hosts discuss attending a friend's wedding and the emotions and gratitude involved in reconnecting with people.
Hosts introduce themselves and chat about being busy, setting up a casual science and sci-fi discussion podcast.