Podside Picnic

Struggle Session's anime correspondents, Emma Bowers and Abby Denton return to talk about Satoshi Kon's show, Paranoia Agent. Watch out -- Lil Slugger might get you, too . . .

A preview of Podside's first book club episode! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of Seth Dickinson's 2015 novel, The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Our next discussion will cover Chapters 6 - 10, on 4/13/21 starting at 9 PM EST so read along

Karlo is joined by Aaron and Carlee of Hit Factory Podcast to discuss the 2014 film, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. We discuss how Ape society is anchored to the past, how Caesar's a lib, and why Koba did nothing wrong.

Karlo's joined by the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction, R.S. Benedict to discuss the 1996 sleeper hit, The Craft. Find out why Fairuza Balk should've been the protagonist, why magic should belong to the masses and why Sarah's a blue-check witch. Check out Rite Gud: https://www.patreon.com/ritegud Read R.S. Benedict's brilliant piece in Blood Knife, Everyone's Beautiful and No One Is Hor...

Pete and Karlo are joined by Illimani Ferreira to talk about The Vanished Birds, Simon Jimenez' debut novel. Join us to find out how capitalism escaped containment, where the birds went, and why we think it's criminal that this book hasn't won every award possible. Buy the book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609386/the-vanished-birds-by-simon-jimenez/ Vote for the Locus Awards: https://...

in this preview, Pete and Karlo talk about the 1983 science-fantasy film Krull. The plot doesn't make a lick of sense, the actors are too good for any of this, and we discuss what an actual glaive would be.

Pete and Karlo discuss Jorge Luis Borges' seminal story, Tlön, Uqbar, Orbius Tertius (from his collection, Labyrinths), about how an invented reality begins to seep into ours . . . but that's just a work of fiction, right?

It's not often that we do requests, but this one jumped the line. Here's a clip of our hunger games discussion, sponsored by Mrs. Kobnisky's 7th grade Literature Class. Featuring Emma Berquist, the most guest of all time.

Pete and Karlo are joined by the author of Stonefish, Scott R. Jones. Listen in to find out why the First Law of the universe is a horror show, and why Sasquatch is too. Buy Stonefish: https://wordhorde.com/books/stonefish/ Scott's website: https://scottrjoneswriter.com/ Follow Scott on Twitter: @PimpMyShoggoth

Pete and Karlo discuss the 1981 Space-Western, Outland. Find all about how best to keep your workforce motivated on the moons of Jupiter as well as creative ways to murder people using the vacuum of space.

Karlo reads As the Shore to the Tides- So Blood Calls to Blood, which is eligible for the Locus Award for novelette. Note that anyone can vote for the Locus Award. Read the story: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/as-the-shore-to-the-tides-so-blood-calls-to-blood/

Pete and Karlo are joined by Ted and Trevor from WNTTAK podcast to talk about the 1986 John Carpenter film, Big Trouble in Little China. Join us as we talk about how good James Hong is as the evil dream, David Lo Pan and cancel Jack Burton for being a bad ally.

Pete and Karlo are joined by Kurt and Chris from Parents Just Don't Understand Podcast to talk about the 80s-tastic fantasy film, Willow. Listen to find out Evil Queen Bavmorda's tragic backstory (not really). Parents Just Don't Understand Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast

Pete and Karlo are joined by returning champ, Michel Lichand to discuss one of Ursula K. Le Guin's most iconic stories, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. What would you do if presented with the price of your utopia?

Pete and Karlo are back to discuss Man-Thing, the silent nexus between worlds, Howard the Duck and grapple with how being a fan used to feel temporary

The gang's all back, and boy do they have some shit to shoot! Listen to Pete, Karlo and "special guest" Connor ramble on about COVID speakeasies, mule deer and plans for world domination . . . in D&D

In this episode, Karlo takes on the Herculean task of educating Pete on : Nausicaä, with a number of digressions along the way.

In this preview, Karlo and Pete talk about the 1993 film Fire in the Sky, what people usually do to when presented with the unexplained and the approximately 10 minutes that make watching this film worth it.

Award-winning novelist Sam J. Miller joins Pete and Karlo to talk about his newest horror novel, The Blade Between and how gentrification is one of the real monsters out there. Also: whales!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Eoin Higgins to discuss the surreal 2006 film, Southland Tales. We discuss how much an artifact of the mid-2000s it is, the stellar cast, and how it's spoiler-proof because it's a movie about vibes.

Pete and Karlo talk with Nebula award winning author Cat Rambo about her novelette Carpe Glitter, and discuss when exactly to include the audience in the magic trick.

In this preview, Michel Lichand returns to talk about Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and the future of adult Disney fans.

Coral A. Moore joins Pete and Karlo to talk about SFF quarterly, Constelación Magazine and the importance of SFF in translation.

In this preview, Pete and Karlo tackle an interesting problem. What fo you do with a book that is well written that you fundamentally dislike? We examine Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor, and Karlo manages to not completely blow a gasket. .

Pete and Karlo are joined by Sarah Pinsker to discuss her novel, "A Song For a New Day" and talk about writing, influences, and her upcoming novel. A Song For a New Day: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598452/a-song-for-a-new-day-by-sarah-pinsker/ Sarah's Collection: https://smallbeerpress.com/books/2019/03/19/sooner-or-later-everything-falls-into-the-sea/ Two Truths and a Lie: https://ww...