We Love It When Presidents Enjoy Science Fiction

In November, WIRED published a special issue guest-edited by President Obama. The magazine's features editor Maria Streshinsky says that working with the president was an exciting opportunity for everyone at WIRED, especially editor in chief Scott Dadich. "He could really recognize a lot of the language that the president would use as far as what the future could hold, and that it's well within our grasp to have an optimistic future," Streshinsky says in Episode 236 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. "Those are the ideas that the president was very interested in, and that just sit squarely in what Scott believes and what WIRED tries to focus on." WIRED associate editor Jason Kehe, a big science fiction fan, was particularly excited to learn more about the president's taste in science fiction.