# Episode 716: Dystopias, cozy fiction and other dilemmas

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Podcast: [The Coode Street Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coode-street-podcast-1075003)
Published: 2026-01-26T09:36:05+00:00
Episode link: https://jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/e/episode-716-dystopias-cozy-fiction-and-other-dilemmas/
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Duration seconds: 2698

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There are snowstorms blowing where Gary is and Jonathan can see rain falling outside in Perth's midsummer, but the Motel Six has been safely relocated and the Gershwin Room is open once again. Conversation starts off, perhaps incoherently, with dystopias and dystopian fiction, segues to Travis Baldree and the somewhat misdescribed notion of cozy fiction, and then wanders here and there before Jonathan has to head off for a family event. Nothing was resolved, but almost no conversational gambits were harmed during recording. As always, we hope you enjoy the ramble, and will be back with more before you know it!

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