About this episode
Over the last five years, Game of Thrones creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and True Blood writer and producer Alexander Woo have been hard at work developing 3 Body Problem -- an epic sci-fi series based on the books by Liu Cixin. In celebration of the series release, we’re hosting the first episode of the 3 Body Podcast, the official companion podcast for the series. To follow along with the rest of the 3 Body Podcast, search it on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen. In episode one, hosts Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Jason Concepcion dive headfirst into Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, as they share their reactions to the opening episodes and welcome their first guests. Jason sits down with 3 Body Problem’s award-winning showrunners Alexander Woo ( True Blood) , David Benioff, and Dan Weiss ( Game of Thrones ) to talk about what it was like to adapt the wonderfully complex, hard-sci book “The Three-Body Problem” by Cixin Liu, and what we can expect from the series.Also in this episode, Maggie and Jason are joined by best-selling author and historian, Jung Chang CBE ( Wild Swans , Mao: The Unknown Story ), as she offers first-hand insights into life during China’s Cultural Revolution, and explains just how close to reality the opening scenes are.SPOILER ALERT: We will be covering the first 2 episodes of 3 Body Problem, so if you haven’t watched that far yet, be sure to catch up on Netflix now.The 3 Body Podcast is produced by Netflix and Sony Music Entertainment.