Podside Picnic

As the year turns, so does our taste in reading. Join us in our read-along of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and remember: This land is all too shallow/It is painted on the sky/And trembles like wind-shook rain/When the Raven King goes by

This time, we talk about M. Rickert's Was She Wicked, Was She Good? and what the dangers of childhood innocence are, and what it costs when it's lost Read it here: https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/was-she-wicked-was-she-good/

We discuss the questionable merit and irrefutable weirdness of the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie. Finally, a film that asks: can working stiffs be heroes?

We get back together to chat what we've been enjoying over a few beers. Join us!

We bid you farewell, Fair Traveler, as we Discover at last the Great and Secret Knowledge of the House in the last parts of this Profound Book, so full of Charm!

Tripping balls, isolation tanks, asshole geniuses. No, this isn't the latest techbro cleanse, but the 1980 film, Altered States. Join us to answer, "to be, or not to be . . . monke"

We take a small detour from Piranesi to visit another labyrinth. This one was built by Jorge Luis Borges, for his own Favored Child way back in 1947. Be careful, though - Asterion's games of tag are killer

We talk about The Dungeonmaster (1984), aka Ragewar a movie that shows that we need not accept the Jock/Nerd binary, but accept that both can exist - in the form of onine warrior, X-CaliBR8

Aaron Thorpe returns for the Superman II theatrical and not the Donner cut, more's the pity.

Go Team Venture! The team gets back one last time to round out the multiple, intricate storylines in Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's Heart Remember: this is not a good-bye, only a see you later

Welcome, Fair Traveler! We welcome you to the Majesty and Beauty of the House as we Discuss the first three parts of this Profound Book, so full of Charm!

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only one game we will be playing, and that's BOLTGUN. So, tune in, battle brother and get ready to purge chaos in the Emperor's name! Check out Jeff's WH40K webcomic, Reforged: https://www.warhammer-community.com/web-comics/

Be sure to have your favorite orange soda on hand before starting the show because this time, we discuss 1990's Joe Versus the Volcano - an modern fairy tale with parts that equal more than its sum.

As the year begins to turn, Podside does too. . . Get ready for another of our read-alongs, beginning with Susanna Clarke's Piranesi and moving on to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Join us as we explore!

There's a spectre haunting the club - a phantom, even. That's where we come in: to discuss Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974). Rock and roll, baybee! Read Chris's Blood Knife essay on Phantom of the Paradise: https://bloodknife.com/phantom-of-the-paradise/

Pete returns to talk about Matthew Hughes and his novella, The Helper and His Hero (collected in The Compleat Guth Bandar- see link below). Hughes draws on the fun of Vance's Dying Earth, but without the deep misanthropy. Check out Matthew Hughes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4687520 Read The Compleat Guth Bandar: https://www.amazon.com/Compleat-Guth-Bandar-Matthew-Hughes/dp/192788026...

Beyond 1984, beyond 2001, beyond love, beyond death: Zardoz. What else can we say about a movie bold enough to say, "the gun is good, the penis is evil"?

A rare St. Clair! We talk about one of Margaret St. Clair's short story, The Gardener, where any bureaucrat given sufficient rank will go mad with power and must be dealt with Read The Gardner (page 56): https://archive.org/details/ThrillingWonderStoriesV35N01194910/page/n55/mode/2up

Welcome to our episode. Only good vibes allowed. . . Don't harsh em, bro!

Returning champ and author of The Marigold returns, and brings horror author Nick Cutter with him to show us how to replace the seals on the hatches, and make other repairs to this old pod. Oh, they also talk about their forthcoming book, The Handyman Method. Pre-Order The Handyman Method: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-handyman-method/18899608?ean=9781982196714

It's that time again - time to unlock the next step in our journey through the Year of the New Sun. Just as you can't read a Gene Wolfe story, only re-read it, so we hope it goes with podcasts. Music by Loot the Body

The Culture War rages on as we discuss Iain M. Banks' Excession. And just like that, the Culture Peace has been declared (but may flare back up at any moment), so it pays to stay alert. Until the next Culture War breaks out, stay safe. . .

Aaron Thorpe of Everybody Loves Communism and the Trillbilly Worker's Party podcasts returns to talk about Krypton's Last Son and 1978's Superman: The Movie. You'll believe a man will podcast

Pete returns to talk a bit about the 2012 mumblecore zombie apocalypse movie, The Battery before (much like the movie) veering off to talk less about zombies and movies, and a bit more about StokerCon

Join us as we talk about Conan the Adventurer - specifically, The Serpent Riders of Set (S1E11) and Blood of My Blood (S2E21)