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Episode 151: "The Best of Both Worlds Part 1" and "Hide"

Trekking Through Time and Space - April 23, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
In this episode of Trekking Through Time and Space... Hoai-Tran and Jacob experience "The Best of Both Worlds" with part one of a iconic Star Trek: The Next Generation two-parter. And then it's time to "Hide" as Doctor Who takes them into a surprising haunted house tale. Doctor Who: Hide - 1:...

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Episode 223: Arthur Suydam

Eating the Fantastic - April 18, 2024 13:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Sup on scallops with Arthur Suydam as we discuss the way a lengthy hospital stay resulted in him falling in love with comics, what Joe Orlando said to convince him to start his comics career at DC instead of Warren, the permission he was granted upon seeing the ghastly artwork of Graham Ingels, ...

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Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut - Our Pilot of the Enterprise

SyFy Sistas - April 12, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
startreklegacy The Sistas welcome actor and writer Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut to the podcast and this episode is basically a love fest. The Sistas geek out and Ashlei indulges us. Thank you Phumz Sitole for texting Ashlei and thank you Ashlei for saying yes. Find out more about Ashlei: https://...

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Episode 81: Soliloquy in Chorus (Part 1)

Starship Tempest - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes
The Tempest responds to a distress call from a Federation science team studying an ancient civilization on a remote planet.

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Episode 150: "Transfigurations" and "Cold War"

Trekking Through Time and Space - April 09, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
In this episode of Trekking Through Time and Space... Hoai-Tran and Jacob explore some "Transfigurations" in a perfectly middling, perfectly forgettable episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." But they declare a "Cold War" on Doctor Who with another, ugh, Mark Gatiss episode. Star Trek: ...

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episode ninety-six: Why is there a bar on the bridge?

Oz 9 - April 08, 2024 03:18 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 305 ratings
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. Have you ever met a Kestochalian? Actually, you might have. They're sort of lovely, except when you want to thump them on the snoot. Which, to be fair, is true of a lot of living things. Also my computer. Which, if it had a snoot, would have been thoroughly thumped ...

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Starship Fonzie #38

Starship Fonzie Podcast - April 06, 2024 22:26 - 31 minutes ★★★ - 2 ratings
Sound quality is poor due to my sound board futzing out. Apologies. Man gets ousted at Eastercon, filming for Murderbot has begun, Hugo nominations are out, the Shat is 93, Louis Gossett, Jr. passed away, SPSFC announces two finalists. Vernor Vinge gets poured a Cold One! Remembering Gene ...

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Episode 222: Sunny Moraine

Eating the Fantastic - April 05, 2024 13:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Join writer Sunny Moraine for dinner as we discuss how the short story version of Your Shadow Half Remains exploded into a novel (and whether either of them would have existed at all without COVID-19), why pantsing is good but can sometimes become a nightmare, the way stories come to them cinema...

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Episode 149: "Menage a Troi" and "The Rings of Akhaten"

Trekking Through Time and Space - April 02, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
In this episode of Trekking Through Time and Space... Hoai-Tran and Jacob deal with another Lwaxana Troi episode as Star Trek: The Next Generation engages in a "Menage a Troi." Things are much better over on Doctor Who, as we journey to the beauty and horror of "The Rings of Akhaten." Doctor ...

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S4 Ep9: Bill Fawcett

The CKP Future Books Podcast - April 01, 2024 13:12 - 58 minutes
Longtime writer and gaming expert Bill Fawcett joins the show to discuss his new military sci-fi novel, NEVER AGAIN, which is set in the near-future Blood and Armor Universe from CKP. Host Randall Willis also chats with Chris Kennedy about this month’s slate of CKP new releases. CKP News Seg...

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The Time Machine

Paper Cuts - March 31, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour
Once again, I return to a personal favorite of mine, this time in The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells. As I note in the episode, I absolutely fell in LOVE with h.g.'s writing as a kid, there's just so much to enjoy, even divorced of context as I originally read it. The Time Machine in particular, th...

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And So the Wizard Baked a Cake...

Paper Cuts - March 31, 2024 17:00 - 2 hours
First off, major points to the wizard of oz movie, not only is it the delightful classic we all love to see, they really didn't miss much in the way of adapation, in my humble opinion. Sure, sure, they cut the porcelain people, but they're not really of much consequence to the story at large. My...

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Phumzile Sitole: Another Theater Kid on Star Trek

SyFy Sistas - March 29, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
This week all of the SyFy Sistas are on the show. And Phumzile Sitole, Star Trek Discovery's General Diatta Ndoye joins us. We fell in love with Phumz’s big heart and her smile that brightens up the entire room. And...we may have convinced her that Star Trek DS9 is worth a watch. Watch Star Tr...

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Episode 80: Deadlier Than Hate (Part 3)

Starship Tempest - March 27, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour
The crew reaches the Romulan defector but find more surprises than they bargained for.

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Episode 148: "Sarek" and "The Bells of Saint John"

Trekking Through Time and Space - March 26, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
In this episode of Trekking Through Time and Space... Hoai-Tran and Jacob meet up with an old friend as "Sarek" comes by Star Trek: The Next Generation. And "The Bells of Saint John" are ringing over on Doctor Who, as we meet a new companion. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Sarek - 1:49 Doc...

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Check out The Sprouting!

Oz 9 - March 25, 2024 23:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 305 ratings
Olivia frequently just gets bored watching the crew of the Oz 9 tangle themselves up in disasters of their own making, and lately she's been downloading podcasts to listen to. She recently stumbled across The Sprouting, a show about battling plants (wait for it) .... cleverly. And she liked it. L...

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Episode 221: Julie Phillips

Eating the Fantastic - March 22, 2024 12:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Join biographer Julie Phillips for Jӓgerschnitzel as we discuss why she called The Baby on the Fire Escape "a weird hybrid monster of a book," the one thing she regrets not researching more thoroughly for her Tiptree bio, the reason there's more space for the reader in a biography than a memoir,...

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Signing Off with SF/F for Little Ones

SFF Yeah! - March 20, 2024 10:10 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 168 ratings
SFF Yeah! is going on hiatus, so Jenn and Sharifah reminisce about 173 episodes and talk about favorite SF/F picture and board books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make y...

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Episode 79: Deadlier Than Hate (Part 2)

Starship Tempest - March 20, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutes
The Tempest crew goes undercover in a Romulan colony to extract one defector and save another from a life threatening poisoning.

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Raven Dauda: Our Beloved Spiritual Alien

SyFy Sistas - March 15, 2024 13:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
The Doctor is In. When the Sistas met Raven Dauda, Star Trek Discovery's Dr. Tracy Pollard, at a random breakfast it was love at first sight. This week sit back and listen as they geek out together over the meaning of... Watch Star Trek Discovery on Paramount+: https://www.paramountplus.co...

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episode ninety-five: Spill or be spilled

Oz 9 - March 14, 2024 21:44 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 305 ratings
Well, cue the sultry saxophone and the wire-brushed cymbals, we're back for part II of our "noir" wormhole. We had high hopes for this one (as in, high hopes everyone would get shot and this nightmare would finally be at an end), but we're only down a tour guide, and even he just seems to have wa...

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Backlist to the Future, with Two New Favorites

SFF Yeah! - March 13, 2024 10:40 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 168 ratings
Jenn talks about two recent favorites with very different vibes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. ...

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Episode 78: Deadlier Than Hate (Part 1)

Starship Tempest - March 13, 2024 07:00 - 58 minutes
The Tempest crew is enlisted in another mission to help bring a Romulan defector to safety. But are the previous defectors operating with an agenda of their own?

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Episode 147: "The Most Toys" and "The Snowmen"

Trekking Through Time and Space - March 12, 2024 06:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
In this episode of Trekking Through Time and Space... Hoai-Tran and Jacob try to gather "The Most Toys" as Data and his personhood take center stage in an exceptional episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation." And it's back to new Doctor Who with a very fun Christmas special, "The Snowmen," w...

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Tempest Talks: Star Trek Cruise 2024

Starship Tempest - March 11, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes
Join Brian and Travis and special guests Keeley and Markus as they discuss their first experiences on the Star Trek Cruise and whether you should consider climbing on board in 2025!

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Starship Fonzie #37

Starship Fonzie Podcast - March 10, 2024 18:47 - 1 hour ★★★ - 2 ratings
With special guest, Lynne Shaner! Eric talks Chengdu on YouTube. Plus, Wil Wheaton rips Larry David over his assault on Elmo, Apple TV continues to dominate sci fi, L.A. emerges as the only contender to host worldcon in 2026, the Stoker Awards have a scandal of their own, and Nolan Whyte is ...

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Episode 220: Glenn Hauman

Eating the Fantastic - March 08, 2024 14:13 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Nosh pastrami with Glenn Hauman as we discuss how he shook things up during the earliest days of electronic publishing, the embarrassing high school newspaper writings of Ted Chiang, the way the assembly-line nature of comics keeps many creatives from seeing the big picture, why he's nobody's fi...

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That One Time in Camelot: The Green Knight

SFF Yeah! - March 06, 2024 11:40 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 168 ratings
Jenn and guest Vanessa get deep into 2021's The Green Knight, plus talk a little bit more about the Hugos and a very wonky Wonka event. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make...

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S4 Ep 8: Kacey Ezell and Melissa Olthoff

The CKP Future Books Podcast - March 05, 2024 15:08 - 46 minutes
CKP fan favorites Kacey Ezell and Melissa Olthoff join the show for a wide-ranging discussion on all things worldbuilding, characters, and three hot new March releases. Host Randall Willis also chats with Chris Kennedy about this month’s slate of CKP new releases. CKP News Segment: ·     ...

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Episode 146: "Hollow Pursuits" and "The Sensorites" (Parts 5-6)

Trekking Through Time and Space - March 05, 2024 06:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
In this episode of Trekking Through Time and Space... Hoai-Tran and Jacob engage in some "Hollow Pursuits" as Star Trek: The Next Generation introduces us to the one and only Reginald Barclay. And over on classic Doctor Who, they wrap up season 1 with the final two parts of "The Sensorites." ...