Podside Picnic

In which Pete and Karlo discuss the Last Action Hero, an almost universally panned movie that is actually pretty good.

In this Bonus episode, Pete raps with RS Benedict about Total Recall. This was an originally a Patreon episode but you know, sometimes you just want to give away some content.

Pete and Karlo finally find the Canada-NOLA connection talking with Derek Künsken, author of The Quantum Magician, The Quantum Garden, and The House of Styx. Derek's website: https://derekkunsken.com/index.html/ Derek's Books: https://bookshop.org/books/the-quantum-magician/9781781085707 https://bookshop.org/books/the-quantum-garden-volume-2/9781781085714 https://bookshop.org/books/the-house-of-st...

Where Karlo finds a new category of Conflict in Literature, and reads the prologue (ahem, "Cutscene") and part of "Chapter 0000" of Ready Player Two. In protest Pete has tagged this one as a disco tune on soundcloud. Lets see who gets pissed.

Pete and Karlo are joined by A Flood of Posies author, Tiffany Meuret. We talk about creepy urban legends, what creeps us out, and Tiffany's influences. Tiffany's website: https://tiffanymeuret.com/ Order A Flood of Posies: https://vesuvianmedia.com/a-flood-of-posies/

In this episode, Karlo and Pete discuss Ang Lee's version of the Hulk alongside Leslie Lee of Struggle Session fame.

Pete and Karlo are joined by author, Karen Osborne to discuss her novel "Architects of Memory" and how even in the far future, people will try their best and sometimes fail. Karen's website: http://www.karenosborne.com/ Architects of Memory: https://bookshop.org/books/architects-of-memory/9781250215475

In which Karlo and Pete sit down with Michel Lichand to discuss O Presidente Negro, a Sci-Fi novel from Montiero Lobato. And GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY was this not what we were expecting

Pete and Karlo are joined by House of Secrets (discussed in Episode 87) author, Kevin Andrew Murphy to talk about playing and writing for RPGs, Wildcards and the inspiration for the actual House of Secrets!

In which our Troika discusses stuff. Politics, literature, the games we're playing, and cabbages and kings.

In which Karlo and Pete talk about a recent short story (The Big So-So) and her newly released novel (Busted Synapses) with Erika Satifka. We encourage you to check out this book, on Amazon, or even better at Broken Eye Books! https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/p93/busted_synapses.html#/

In which Pete and Karlo dive into Dorohedoro. Get the whole episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43577675

In which Pete and Karlo discuss Peter Beagle's classic, The Last Unicorn, with special guest J.R. Dawson. Check out her work here: http://www.jrdawsonwriter.com/

In which No Cartridge's Trevor Strunk joins us to discuss what the difference between Rogue-likes and Rogue-lites are and whether Hades' compulsive playability requires an intervention. Get the full thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43333567 No Cartridge:https://www.no-cartridge.net/

In which Pete and Karlo have a wide-ranging discussion with Sherri Woolsey, author of Walking Through Fire. Check out her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Through-Fire-Misbegotten-Novel/dp/1945863331

In which Pete and Karlo read auras and parse jellies. Get the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43059276

In which Pete and Karlo get up to their old tricks with House of Secrets

In which Connor and brand-new cohost Karlo take on a phenomenal game about fighting with katanas

In which Pete and Connor get intellectual. Get the full thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42533462

In which Pete and Blood Knife's Kurt Schiller discuss three of the great cartoon shows of the new Millennium: Adventure Time, Infinity Train, and Gravity Falls

In which Pete and Connor discuss... Mike Dukakis? And a lot of other things. Get the full episode here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/42288731

In which Pete and Karlo continue their journey into, well, crap

In which Pete and Connor return to the book they began analyzing last week. This is a preview, get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bruce-sterling-3-42011719

In which Connor and writerly recurring guest Emma Berquist dive into Shirley Jackson's most famous novel

In which Pete is joined by writer RS Benedict of Rite Gud podcast to discuss a Paul Verhoeven classic. To get the whole thing, become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41713580