Philip K. Dick

Now Playing Podcast dives into the cinematic legacy of Philip K. Dick, the sci-fi author whose stories about identity, memory, authority, and fragile realities have fueled decades of films. From gritty dystopias and pre-crime thrillers to android hunters and amnesiac action heroes, Dick’s work keeps asking the same question: how do you know what’s real?

Dick has brought in some of Hollywood's greatest artists. What makes his work so fertile for film? Our hosts break down every major Philip K. Dick film to see which ones capture his slippery, unsettling worldview and which just borrow the premise and run.