Podside Picnic

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://www.tor.com/2020/06/17/two-truths-and-a-lie-sarah-pinsker/ Pre-order Sarah's New Novel: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598513/we-are-satellites-by-sarah-pinsker/

Tiffany Meuret returns to talk to Pete and Karlo about Demolition Man, fantasy cops and the unquestionable coolness of Wesley Snipes. Have a Joy Joy Day!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Illimani Ferreira to talk about his book Terminal 3, immigration woes and how the French translation of Zaphod Beeblebrox is some serious BS. Illimani's website: https://ifscifi.com/ Terminal 3: https://www.amazon.com/Terminal-3-Illimani-Ferreira-ebook/dp/B08JJLQPHQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=terminal+3&qid=1603386502&s=books&sr=1-1 Other Recent Works: Equatorial Ice (And Lately, The Sun, November 2020) Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal (Unidentified Funny Objects 8, October 2020) The Serpentine City (Hybrid Fiction, July 2020)

In today's premium episode, Pete meets with Emma Berquist and discusses his favorite college date movie, Man Bites Dog (1992). Emma, in turn, explains to him why that is a HORRIBLE date movie.

Pete and Karlo discuss the 1983 film War Games and among other things how Matthew Broderick made his career out of being a charming asshole. Edit: Replaced the audio with the actual episode, with my apologies

Karlo's joined by Emma Bowers and Abby Denton to discuss Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (mostly the 1984 anime, but also parts of the manga), and touch upon other of Hayao Miyazaki's works. Please note: spoilers abound! Check out Emma's new project, Apeteur Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc7ULA-akVg

Where Pete and Karlo are joined by writer A.C. Wise to talk about Red Riding Hood, deep-fried cosmic horror and ghost ships in . . . spaaaace! A.C. Wise's website: http://www.acwise.net/ To Sail the Black: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wise_11_20/ Catfish Lullaby: https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c25/Catfish-Lullaby#/ Intro: usual Outro (from this): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-xRk6llh4

In this episode, Connor meets with Luke and Kelsey (our buddies from Photorpod)and discusses this season of The Mandalorian. Enjoy!

In this Premium episode, Karlo and Pete discuss Clash of the Titans, a movie which set the standard for....nothing, really. But we enjoyed it!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Alexandra Hill, editor of khōréō Magazine about her forthcoming first issue, and how many people wrote stories about food. khōréō Magazine's website: https://www.khoreomag.com/ Immersion by Aliette de Bodard: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_06_12/ When They Came To Us by Debbie Urbanski https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/488/when-they-came-to-us

Pete and Karlo have a meandering discussion about The Prophecy (1995), featuring brief mentions of making playoff brackets for other movie devils -- oh, and Chewie editorializes. Enjoy the preview! You can find the rest on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic by subscription

Karlo's joined by fiction and game writer, Erin Roberts to talk about her penchant for fictional murder, writing for a game about running from zombies, and how memories can be a commodity! Erin's website: https://www.writingwonder.com/ Sour Milk Girls: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/roberts_01_18/ Thanks For the Memories: https://sub-q.com/thanks-for-the-memories/

In this episode, we get the band back together. Karlo, Pete, and Connor discuss their reading and gaming habits, Karlo shares his SSN#, Pete comes to terms with his Swedish Fish addiction and Connor finally discloses where he hid the body. Enjoy!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Sean Patrick Hazlett, editor of the Weird World War III anthology to discuss his approach to editing stories set in the Cold War era. Note: if you'd like to listen to two of the contributors to Weird World War III, check Podside Picnic episodes 90 and 91. Anthology: https://www.baen.com/weird-world-war-iii.html Sean's Website: https://seanpatrickhazlett.com/ Sean's Post on Editing an Anthology: https://seanpatrickhazlett.com/2020/10/12/so-you-want-to-create-an-anthology-the-4-ps-of-anthology-production/

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-styx-volume-1-the-first-in-a-ground-breaking-new-science-fiction-series-from-the-best-selling-author-of-the-quantum-magician/9781781088050

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

In which Pete and Connor FINALLY start on a book they've been meaning to discuss for a while

In which Pete and Karlo once again brave the Crap Books

In which Pete and Connor run for beer. Get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41249325

In which Pete and Connor discuss the favorite sci-fi movie of quite a few boys who were 12 in the early 80s

In which Pete and Connor continue to discuss a frankly bad show. Get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41013662