{"podcast":{"title":"Futurism Tech Brief By HackerNoon","slug":"futurism-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365656","podcast_index_feed_id":6365656,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/futurism-tech-brief-by-hackernoon","website_url":"https://hackernoon.com/c/futurism","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NZ5jrPP8RDC7MmXKlXnh4i5hkoI9S2pBb_l6YQo4U-k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMjcwLzE2ODM1/ODI1MTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"HackerNoon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Learn the latest futurism updates in the tech world.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/futurism-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365656"},"episode":{"title":"When Villains Owned Their Own Planet","slug":"when-villains-owned-their-own-planet","published_at":"2026-02-04T16:00:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/futurism-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365656/when-villains-owned-their-own-planet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/futurism-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365656","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/d22c3a33","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/d22c3a33/e7343bcf.mp3","summary":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/when-villains-owned-their-own-planet . A 1932 sci-fi classic republished on HackerNoon reveals a villain’s mobile asteroid base, exploring early ideas of space habitats and rogue science. Check more stories related to futurism at: https://hackernoon.com/c/futurism . You can also check exclusive content about #science-fiction , #hackernoon-books , #project-gutenberg , #astounding-stories , #astounding-stories-march-1932 , #ebooks , #anthony-gilmore-sci-fi , #public-domain-sci-fi , and more. This story was written by: @astoundingstories . Learn more about this writer by checking @astoundingstories's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . In Soil, a 1932 chapter from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, readers encounter a chilling sci-fi concept: a self-contained asteroid base drifting through space. Dr. Ku Sui’s mobile world blends megastructure engineering, secrecy, and psychological dominance—anticipating later space-station and asteroid-habitat ideas. Republished in HackerNoon’s public domain Book Series.","meta_description":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/when-villains-owned-their-own-planet . A 1932 sci-fi classic republished on H…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":780,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/futurism-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365656/episodes/when-villains-owned-their-own-planet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/futurism-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365656/when-villains-owned-their-own-planet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}