{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpagenerd.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fcbcbookends-robertjsawyer-EA2dgzq2","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Introducing: CBC Bookends, with Sci-Fi Legend Robert J. Sawyer","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a3a1ed52-a4f5-40e3-b791-5f2fc9dffc18/450e1f4f-6da2-439c-b90b-9a3085f5577b/pnlogo_3000x3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Just like we love public libraries, we pagenerds also love public broadcasting. So we want to introduce you to a show by some podcast friends of ours over at the CBC: Bookends, with Mattea Roach. If you like Pagenerd we think you'll enjoy this episode so we're sharing it in our feed for you to enjoy.\n\nIn this episode: If an asteroid were hurtling towards Earth, and you had no other choice … would you upload your mind to a computer to survive? Robert J. Sawyer explores that dilemma in his new novel, The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine. The Canadian sci-fi legend’s latest is all about technology and identity at the end of the world … and as someone who has thought a lot about mortality, Robert has a unique perspective on how technology, humanity and death align. Robert tells Mattea Roach about why he likes to write about cheating death, the harmony of science and religion and a personal experience he’s sharing for the first time."}