Texas Steampunk Connection

recorded July 9, 2025 Ready to add beautiful accessories to glow up your kit? Steampunk options in jewelry are vast, but some draw the eye for being so over the top ridiculous it turns you into a steampunk influencer! Let's talk about jewelry and steampunks and stuff! I could not find the etsy listing for the Cheez Whiz Steampunk pendant, and that's a real shame. But I do have this: https://www.cl...

recorded June 25, 2025 What do you think of when you hear steampunk and animals? Is it animals in cute costumes? What about autonomous robotic creatures? Mad experiments in genetic science? We've got a lot of fun ground to cover tonight!   8 Animals That Think They're Steampunk (Plus Tips for Steampunking Your Own Pet) Automata - The Mechanical Art & Design Museum Make Cardboard Automata | STE...

recorded June 11, 2025 What's the latest happenings around Steampunk as the temperatures keep climbing? Join us and Kitty of Faire Treasures as she tells us about the last days of Joann Fabrics, and adventure with the Ghost Airship Allegory, exploring the British Emporium and recovering at Gillespie's Irish Tavern.

recorded May 28, 2025 Laura Meyer joins us with the release of her latest book, The Halloween Collection. It's a great book to prep for a new crafting hobby, or ten. Get half-rats and chew the fat with us!   a link to the book  warning: site is adult oriented

recorded May 14, 2025 The Met Gala just happened and it's theme was "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." This has started a conversation about dandyism and black history. We discuss the roots of black dandyism, how it has differed from general dandyism, how it differs across cultures, and see what it offers us from a Steampunk point of view. Articles on Black Dandyism History of Black Dandyism and...

recorded April 30, 2025 Thax is missing and the inmates are running the asylum! Jack and Dr. B hit on the color of the season, Apocalype Red! All the steampunks are going with red highlights for 2025. Weird new film directed by Jamin Winans, "Myth of Man" looks visually amazing! And there's a new Dune video game that Jack is about to play. Steampunk by Ottavio Nuccio  Myth of Man 

recorded April 16, 2025 Galveston Steampunk Festival was last weekend and we have lots to talk about after event! A hell-ride across the state! Best restaurant in town! A new venue at the Moody Gardens, the Galveston pyramids. Improvements from last year, adjustments and growing pains. Grab a pint or a tipple and lets talk!

recorded April 2, 2025 On Saturday afternoon April 29, just over a week ago, Wild Wild West Con, a long running steampunk convention in Arizona, was summarily shut down by the hotel under questionable circumstances. We discuss the available facts and try to understand why WWWC was taken down. Steampunk Explorer reports on the shutdown Last chance to get passes for Galveston Steampunk Festival ! 

recorded March 19, 2025 Steampunk is fiction informed by history, so it's good to know a thing or two about actually happened, especially when it makes such wild stories. This week we welcome hobby historian and author, Krystal Stargazer, to talk about her favorite character, her historical crush, Davey Crockett. We also discuss her book detailing her research into Austin's own Victorian serial ki...

recorded March 5, 2025 Texas Steampunk Connection is joined by Kitty of Faire Treasures to talk about the trends we have seen at conventions. What's changed in the 35 years of attending cons? Is bigger better, or do we miss small college con vibe? Do we like it or how do we want it to change? Also Dr. Bluestocking bought a house! Also start building your teapot racer for Galveston Steampunk Festiv...

recorded February 19, 2025 Festival Season is a great time for Steampunk! Joining us is event host Johnny Steverson of Galveston Steampunk Festival fame! We chat with him about upcoming events, Mardi Gras Galveston style, a little men's facial grooming, and how to be ready for a good time! Galveston Steampunk Festival  

recorded Febuary 5, 2025 Love or hate, the big V day is coming! Join the Steampunks to chat about Victorian Valentine's tradition of love letters, modern romance, and probably smut. 5 Minute History: Valentine's Day in the Vcitorian Era  5 romantic Victorian Valentine's Day traditions

recorded January 22, 2025 Costumer, game designer, teacher, author, Laura Meyer returns to the show after more than a year! She's been working on her upcoming book, The Halloween Collection: Costume and Cosplay Techniques, due out any day here, and Cogs Aplenty! A Steampunk Murder Mystery Game, for release later this year! www. TwilightAttire.com The Victorian Collection: Advanced costuming Techni...

recorded January 8, 2025 This year we want more adventures, and that means making some sort of plan, so I'm told. We're looking for cool Texas events, trips, and things to look forward to. Planners don't post events so early in the year, so I like to keep a list of known organizers, and themes I hope to find. Circuses, balloon festivals, conventions. Fredericksburg Hot Air Balloon Festival Plano B...

recorded December 26, 2024 That special time, a mysterious time between Christmas and New Years where Santa is not looking. We call this time "the Binge." Tonight we review the year and make resolutions for 2025!  More guests! More comic and book reviews! More travel! Teapot racing! Radio drama! Merch! Let's see if we can make this happen.

recorded December 11, 2024 Robert Heinlein wrote "A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits." This week we talk to KL Forslund, winner of the Steampunk November poetry slam. He'll introduce us to some new bad habits and update us on the Texas Teapot Racing League. What fun!

recorded Novemeber 27, 2024 Happy Thanksgiving! Last chance to run to the store before they close for a WHOLE DAY! Tonight our producer, Lex, joins us to celebrate the season of thanks. She's got topics to talk about, including the underdeveloped topic of dance in steampunk, and the mechanical reanimation of dead spiders. It's gonna be a wild hour! Steampunk ladies dance at derelict Torrington dai...

recorded Novemeber 13, 2024 We've just come back from the biggest, oldest steampunk event in Texas, Steampunk November. It gets just a bit bigger and more interesting every year and we had a great time. It was emotionally hard to leave our growing friends and family in steampunk at the end. Join us and special guest, Natalie McTavish, Aka Nicole, Aka Sheriff McCannon to tell you what you may have...

recorded October 30, 2024 Happy Halloween! Kaely, admin for the World of Steampunk facebook group, joins us to talk spooky stuff, steampunk in Fall, big events, and celebrating a certain doctor with ADHD distractions into random geeky stuff. Dr. Bluestocking's dissertation (now complete!)

recorded October 16, 2024 Spook Season Live Stream! The darkness is upon us! Let's talk about where steampunk and horror intersect and what we're enjoying as the nights become longer. Starting with Mary Shelley and Poe, through Weird Fiction and HP Lovecraft, to modern tales that play with a steampunk aesthetic. Crimson Peak   Winchester  Ghost Ship   North American Lake Monsters   The Mechanical...

recorded October 2, 2024 Johnny Steverson's back! We're all in high spirits for the coming Ghost Coast Festival on the 11th to 13th, and all the spooky October shenanigans. Johnny tells us some of the details of guests and experiences to expect at the festival. It should be a good time. Ghost Coast Festival  League Kempner House  

recorded September 18, 2024 We are joined by Cedric Whittaker, Co-Captain of Airship Isabella, costume and prop makers for film and theatre, and long time steampunk luminary. He's also become a paranormal investigator with a more than a few stories. We look forward to getting spooky!

recorded September 4, 2024 Asia has always had a rich tapestry of cultures that are often a mystery to western audiences. Add to that the embrace of the steampunk aesthetic and you may have discovered SilkPunk. Writer Ken Liu coined the term as a multicultural Steampunk label. Let's chat about it! the Dandelion Dynasty - Ken Liu The SEA Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia - Nghi Vo Gunpowde...

recorded August 21, 2024 Tonight we are joined with accomplished leatherworker and long time steampunk, Lauren Bonneau. If you've ever thought to make your own leather goods but have questions, we're here for um. Ms. Bonneau's work may inspire you to just jump in. Free armor patterns, essays, discourse at The Armour Archive   Lauren's tiktok 

recorded August 6, 2024 A McGuffin, an object serving merely as a trigger for a plot, is a common literary device. What macguffins do we find in Steampunk stories? Are they different than other genres?  Getting a little meta this time. Let's talk about it.