Podside Picnic

Mattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about the Beast of Gévaudan, wolf attacks in France and this absolutely cool-as-shit/dumb-as-rocks inspiration for Bloodborne.

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

Kurt and Karlo return to neutralize any rumors of their wrong Hugo predictions with extreme prejudice. Danger Close!

As a little gift from Podside to you, Chris and Kurt from Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to talk about the 1988 cult classic, Scrooged. Merry X-Mas, everyone; pod bless us, every one!

Emma Bowers, Abby Denton and Malcom Rambert return - this time to talk about Cowboy Bebop: The Movie. Our discussion covers the storied history of movies derived from anime TV shows, whether this entry in Bebop is a proper movie or a long episode, and the future of obsolete tech. See you, Space Cowboy. . . Check out a list of 100 of the best anime (part 1 of 4): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/th...

Kurt and Chris from Parent Just Don't Understand podcast join Pete to discuss the Tom Godwin classic, The Cold Equations. Read the story: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxiY2hzbXJlcmlja3NvbnxneDo5NjI5MmU1OTQ2YWViOWY Watch the Twilight Zone episode on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-eVsAl6MRE

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

Chris Woodward and Kurt Schiller return to talk about Krampus (2015). See who deserves to be beaten by birch branches and carried away by Santa Claus's shadow. . . Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: Bloodknife.com

Malcolm Rambert, Emma Bowers and Abby Denton return to riff extensively about one of the darlings of anime, Cowboy Bebop. In between all the jokes, we even manage to talk about some of our favorite episodes of the last half of the series!

Chris Woodward (Parents Just Don't Understand) and Mattie Lewis (The Podhand) drop by Podside to talk about Tale of Tales (2015), one of the best fairy tale adaptations we've seen. Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Check out The Podhand: https://player.fm/series/the-podhand

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

Kurt and Chris drop by to talk about the Hugo Awards short fiction ballot and make wild predictions about who should win vs. who will win. Enjoy! Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: Bloodknife.com

Kurt Schiller returns to Podside to talk about Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light. We chat about how Great Souled Sam defies the gods, and try to figure out exactly why. Check out Blood Knife: bloodknife.com Listen to Parents Just Don't Understand podcast: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast

Pete and Kurt discuss Hawkwind's album Doremi Fasol Latido. We chat about their history, intersection with science fiction as well as listen to our favorite tracks.

Malcolm Rambert, Emma Bowers and Abby Denton return to riff extensively about one of the darlings of anime, Cowboy Bebop. In between all the jokes, we even manage to talk about some of our favorite episodes among the first 13! See you next Session, Space Cowboy. . . Check out Emma's video essays: Patreon.com/hyenasandgin Hungry for more Bebop commentary? Check this video out: https://www.youtube.c...

Sean M. Thompson of Nictitating Books dropped by to chat about "The Maw" (from Nathan Ballingrud's collection, Wounds). What happens when Hell erupts and decides to gentrify your neighborhood? You'd better hope you have indoor pets, that's for sure. Check out Nictitating Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ANictitating+Books&s=relevancerank&text=Nictitating+Books&ref=dp_byline_...

Levi Nuñez of Loot the Body and Kurt Schiller of Blood Knife return to talk about the dreamlike grotesqueries of David Lynch's Dune. The sleeper awakens! Check out Loot the Body: https://lootthebody.bandcamp.com/ Check out Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/

Levi Nuñez of Loot the Body joins Karlo and Kurt to talk about his oeuvre and explains his journey to composing prog rock music inspired by old school D&D modules. Roll for initiative! Order Loot the Body's new album, Hex Vol 2: https://lootthebody.bandcamp.com/

Game writer and multiple novelist Matt Forbeck drops by Podside to talk about his long career of writing for games, designing games and writing game tie-in novels (including stuff for Deadlands and Blood Bowl) as well as his upcoming Shotguns & Sorcery 5E Kickstarter. If you like noir + Tolkien, check it out! Check out Matt's site: https://www.forbeck.com/ Check out the Shotguns & Sorcery 5E Kicks...

Malcom Rambert (aka @MalcmanIsHere) finds his way to Graveside to talk about Candyman (1992). How do you fight a creature made of rumor? Well, doing some appropriation seems to be one of the steps (or is it?) Watch "Black Escapism": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW70aIQZXO0 Check out "Black Men Can't Jump in Hollywood": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/id102...

Kurt and Chris from Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to the Graveside to talk about John Carpenter's 1987 film, Prince of Darkness. Find out what happens when doctoral students spend the night in an old church and find out the secret of the ooze - it's Satanic. Check out Parents Just Don't Understand podcast: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: bloodknife.com

Aaron and Carlee of Hit Factory return to talk about the 1994 sleeper hit, The Crow. Welcome to the hellscape of Devil's Night, and follow Eric Draven as he rises from the grave to settle scores. We also discuss the tragic loss of Brandon Lee and the film's amazing soundtrack. Check out Hit Factory: https://www.patreon.com/hitfactorypod

The most dangerous woman in speculative fiction, Raquel S. Benedict, returns to talk about Censor (2021). Join us as we talk about the Video Nasties period this film is set in, the ongoing debate on protecting people from "harmful" media, and how sometimes you just don't get a happy ending no matter how much you try.

Trevor Strunk drops by Graveside to talk about horror games. Find out why games are able to elicit more visceral scares and why you should always bet on Valentine. . . Jill Valentine. Check out Story Mode: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CG9M9WN/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Graveside Picnic's graced by Tai Black and Karella who discuss the underrated 1988 classic, Pumpkinhead. Warning: if your backwoods holler magic gives you a Pumpkinhead that lasts more than 4 hours, please consult your local bog witch.