Podside Picnic

We watched the first three episodes of the Dungeons & Dragons (1983 - 1985) animated show and chat about whether the show popularized the game or not.

Time for another Beer Run! This time, we talk a bit about the recent Critical Role show, The Legend of Vox Machina before we move onto other things we've been reading and watching that we like.

Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XVI - XX of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body

Trevor returns to The Lands Between to talk some Elden Ring with us. Join us in comparing FromSoftware's new open world game with: Dark Souls 2, Breath of the Wild, Lord of the Rings and Weird Fiction. Check out Trevor's book: https://bookshop.org/books/story-mode-video-games-and-the-interplay-between-consoles-and-culture/9781633886803 Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/ Listen to Parents Ju...

Pete and Chris come back to talk about the 2015 film He Never Died. We talk about Henry Rollins, and how apt he is for his role as a professional a-hole who just so happens to be immortal.

Jeremy Greathouse returns to talk about the Amazon Wheel of Time adaptation, and compare what the show gets right, and what's better in the book. Read Jeremy's novel: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/j-t-greathouse/the-hand-of-the-sun-king/9781473232891/

Welcome back to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XI - XV of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body

Pete interviews an author Podsiders might know - Karlo Yeager Rodriguez - about his new story, Vanishing. We talk about inspirations and the purpose of folklore and myth and how that ties in with this short story. (Note: Karlo mispronounced "tumbril" which isn't - not even in the original French - pronounced "turmbull" - be sure to point and laugh at him) Read the story: https://www.seizethepress....

We discuss the cult fantasy classic Dragonslayer, and its dubious protagonist. Check out why the kingdom of Urland is neoliberal centuries before it existed.

Sean Patrick Hazlett returns with his Weird World War IV. We discuss some of the stories in the anthology that stood out to us and much more. Order Sean's anthology: https://www.amazon.com/Weird-World-Sean-Patrick-Hazlett-ebook/dp/B09QXX2BLX/ref=sr_1_1 Check out Sean's interview series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_cN6S0iHTM8qEjHfjf15g

Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters VI - X of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord.

Jeremy Greathouse returns to talk about the Amazon Wheel of Time adaptation, and compare what the show gets right, and what's better in the book. Read Jeremy's novel: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/j-t-greathouse/the-hand-of-the-sun-king/9781473232891/

The gang's all here, and we're talking anime - specifically, the 1995 anthology Memories (Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb and Cannon Fodder). Join us as we talk about the good, the weird and . . . the stinky.

In his continuing mission to get us to read more Walter John Williams, Pete got us together to talk about 1987's Dinosaurs. Is the story political? Does Ambassador Drill have an ideology? Will there be peace between humanity and the Shar? We have thoughts. . .

Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters I - V of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body (https://soundcloud.com/loot-the-body)

Mattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about Ekaterina Sedia's 2008 novel, The Alchemy of Stone. Listen in as we talk about a completely different Mattie, and her struggles to be recognized as human Check out The Podhand: https://player.fm/series/the-podhand

Kurt and Chris return to talk about Equilibrium (2002), so get ready for gun katas, tetragrammaton clerics, and Christian Bale who emotes solely through his jaw. Is Equilibrium part of the Dumb Guy Canon? Listen in and find out. Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: http://bloodknife.com/

The editors of Pseudopod visit Podside to warn us not to say their podcast's name three times in a mirror. Stories Championed From the Slush: Kavar the Rat https://pseudopod.org/2011/09/30/pseudopod-249-kavar-the-rat/ Looker https://pseudopod.org/2011/09/16/pseudopod-247-looker/ Hometown Horrible https://pseudopod.org/2009/07/24/pseudopod-152-hometown-horrible/ Stories that made us want to join th...

The gang's back to watch Roger Corman's 1981 Galaxy of Terror. We go over Corman's influence on modern movie-making and later try to understand why things happen in this film because the "B" in this movie is "baffling" Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/

The gang's had a presentiment of their future and stocked up on enough beer (but not enough Pringles, sadly!) to get through their read-along of Gene Wolfe Book of the New Sun.

The whole gang returns to talk about Time Bandits (1981). Join us as we follow the adventures of Kevin, Randall and the rest of the time bandits as they steal their way through the ages Check out Parent Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/

Sean M. Thompson returns to talk about Kathe Koja's 1991 novel The Cipher. We discuss Koja's talent at capturing the malaise of being in your 20s and underemployed, urban blight and the perfect conditions for a funhole to sprout on its own. Check out The Cipher: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008LDFLMU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect Check out Sean's press: https://www.facebook.com/Nictitating/ (Outro music is...

Podside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of the final chapters of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.

Mattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about The Lure (2015). Join us as we discuss this dark and violent retelling of The Little Mermaid set in the club scene of 80s Poland. Listen to Mattie and her co-hosts on The Podhand: https://player.fm/series/the-podhand Read Mattie's writing: https://devilsdoorbell.gumroad.com/

Our first short fiction discussion of 2022 covers Brian Trent's Karma Among the Cloud Kings (2015; reprinted in Escape Pod, 2017). Check out the story here: https://escapepod.org/2017/05/18/ep576-karma-among-the-cloud-kings/