Podside Picnic
597 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsKarlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
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Episode 170: The Guys Of Night (Ft. Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King)
May 18, 2022 00:19 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBFor our next Ani-May-tion month episode, we're joined by the Directors of The Spine of Night, Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King to discuss the process of bringing their psychedelic and cosmic horror fantasy feature to the screen.
The Spine Of Night Preview
May 12, 2022 13:14 - 6 minutes - 8.65 MBOur next entry for Ani-May-tion Month is 2021's The Spine of Night. Psychedelic, gritty, weird - and once again for Podside, a special flower becomes very important to the plot.
Episode 169: Animatrix
May 10, 2022 21:54 - 1 hour - 115 MBAni-May-tion Month continues as we delve into 2003's Animatrix, and the vast potential of The Matrix as a frame for many stories.
UNLOCKED: Shadow Of The Torturer VI - X
May 08, 2022 01:18 - 1 hour - 103 MBTo celebrate Gene Wolfe's birthday, we've decided to unlock our second episode of our read-along of The Shadow of the Torturer a day early! 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
Podside Read-along: Claw of the Conciliator I - V Preview
May 05, 2022 20:47 - 7 minutes - 9.91 MBWelcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters I - V of The Claw of the Conciliator. Listen in as we talk about Severian's journey beyond the gates of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body
Bonus Episode: Star Wars Visions
May 04, 2022 11:51 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBMay the 4th be with you on this bonus Ani-May-tion Month episode. Join us in our discussion of the Star Wars: Visions anime-inspired anthology.
Episode 168: Rock & Rule
May 03, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour - 100 MBFor our first entry of Ani-May-tion Month, we dive into 1983's Rock & Rule. Post-apocalyptic furries and rock and roll? Absolutely. Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry and Earth, Wind and Fire? Yes, yes and again yes. Join us on our journey from Ohmtown to Nuke York and back again.
The Night Eats The World Preview
April 29, 2022 01:32 - 6 minutes - 9.04 MBJoin us as we talk about an introspective take on the zombie apocalypse film, and why it became one of Pete's comfort watches at the beginning of the pandemic.
Episode 167: Presentiment Of Our Future
April 26, 2022 22:42 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBFor our The Shadow of the Torturer post-mortem, Jeremy Greathouse returns to talk about his own experiences reading Gene Wolfe.
UNLOCKED: Shadow Of The Torturer I - V
April 24, 2022 13:27 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBWe've followed Severian from one gate to another, and now we're unlocking our first episode of the read-along in praise to the new Autarch (whose every word is like honey dripped from his lips). 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
Shadow Of The Torturer XXVI - XXXV Preview
April 21, 2022 14:42 - 6 minutes - 9.54 MBWelcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XXVI - XXXV of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body
Episode 166: Wheel Of Prime 7 - 8
April 20, 2022 11:59 - 1 hour - 134 MBJeremy Greathouse returns to talk about the Amazon Wheel of Time adaptation, and compare what the show gets right, and what's better in the book. Read Jeremy's novel: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/j-t-greathouse/the-hand-of-the-sun-king/9781473232891/
Pro Tip: Don't Feed the Trolls Preview
April 14, 2022 13:44 - 6 minutes - 9.48 MBWe talk about the 2010 dark fantasy Norwegian film, Troll Hunter. Join us for troll folklore, bureaucratic frustrations and scenic vistas of the fjords.
Episode 165: Nebula Predictions
April 12, 2022 22:45 - 2 hours - 175 MBKurt, Chris and Mattie Lewis join us for the 2021 Nebula Award short fiction nominations, beverages in hand. Listen for our favorites and who we think should win (versus who will likely win)
Shadow Of The Torturer XXI - XXVI Preview
April 07, 2022 14:04 - 6 minutes - 8.52 MBWelcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XXI - XXVI of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body
Shadow Of The Torturer 21 - 26 Preview
April 07, 2022 14:04 - 6 minutes - 8.52 MBWelcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XXI - XXVI of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body
Episode 164: Wheel Of Prime 5 - 6 (Ft. Jeremy Greathouse)
April 05, 2022 23:25 - 1 hour - 135 MBJeremy Greathouse returns to talk about the Amazon Wheel of Time adaptation, and compare what the show gets right, and what's better in the book. Read Jeremy's novel: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/j-t-greathouse/the-hand-of-the-sun-king/9781473232891/
Welcome to the D&D World! Preview
March 31, 2022 13:22 - 6 minutes - 8.43 MBWe watched the first three episodes of the Dungeons & Dragons (1983 - 1985) animated show and chat about whether the show popularized the game or not.
Episode 163: The Legend of Beer Drinkina
March 29, 2022 15:23 - 1 hour - 105 MBTime for another Beer Run! This time, we talk a bit about the recent Critical Role show, The Legend of Vox Machina before we move onto other things we've been reading and watching that we like.
Shadow Of The Torturer XVI - XX Preview
March 24, 2022 14:36 - 6 minutes - 9.21 MBWelcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XVI - XX of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body
Episode 162: Rise Now, Ye Tarnished (Ft. Trevor Strunk and Kurt Schiller)
March 22, 2022 12:42 - 1 hour - 146 MBTrevor returns to The Lands Between to talk some Elden Ring with us. Join us in comparing FromSoftware's new open world game with: Dark Souls 2, Breath of the Wild, Lord of the Rings and Weird Fiction. Check out Trevor's book: https://bookshop.org/books/story-mode-video-games-and-the-interplay-between-consoles-and-culture/9781633886803 Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/ Listen to Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast
Rise Now, Ye Tarnished (Ft. Trevor Strunk and Kurt Schiller)
March 22, 2022 12:42 - 1 hour - 146 MBTrevor returns to The Lands Between to talk some Elden Ring with us. Join us in comparing FromSoftware's new open world game with: Dark Souls 2, Breath of the Wild, Lord of the Rings and Weird Fiction. Check out Trevor's book: https://bookshop.org/books/story-mode-video-games-and-the-interplay-between-consoles-and-culture/9781633886803 Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/ Listen to Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast
He Never Died Preview
March 17, 2022 16:34 - 4 minutes - 6.66 MBPete and Chris come back to talk about the 2015 film He Never Died. We talk about Henry Rollins, and how apt he is for his role as a professional a-hole who just so happens to be immortal.
Episode 160: Wheel Of Prime 3 - 4 (Ft. Jeremy Greathouse)
March 15, 2022 19:33 - 1 hour - 101 MBJeremy Greathouse returns to talk about the Amazon Wheel of Time adaptation, and compare what the show gets right, and what's better in the book. Read Jeremy's novel: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/j-t-greathouse/the-hand-of-the-sun-king/9781473232891/
Shadow Of The Torturer XI - XV Preview
March 10, 2022 15:20 - 5 minutes - 8.25 MBWelcome back to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XI - XV of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body
Episode 159: The Incredible Vanishing Author
March 08, 2022 13:28 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBPete interviews an author Podsiders might know - Karlo Yeager Rodriguez - about his new story, Vanishing. We talk about inspirations and the purpose of folklore and myth and how that ties in with this short story. (Note: Karlo mispronounced "tumbril" which isn't - not even in the original French - pronounced "turmbull" - be sure to point and laugh at him) Read the story: https://www.seizethepress.com/2022/02/07/vanishing/
Dragonslayer Preview
March 03, 2022 16:32 - 6 minutes - 9.33 MBWe discuss the cult fantasy classic Dragonslayer, and its dubious protagonist. Check out why the kingdom of Urland is neoliberal centuries before it existed.
Episode 158: Weird World War IV (Ft. Sean Patrick Hazlett)
March 01, 2022 18:13 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBSean Patrick Hazlett returns with his Weird World War IV. We discuss some of the stories in the anthology that stood out to us and much more. Order Sean's anthology: https://www.amazon.com/Weird-World-Sean-Patrick-Hazlett-ebook/dp/B09QXX2BLX/ref=sr_1_1 Check out Sean's interview series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_cN6S0iHTM8qEjHfjf15g
Shadow Of The Torturer VI - X Preview
February 24, 2022 14:18 - 5 minutes - 8.11 MBWelcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters VI - X of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord.
Episode 157: Wheel Of Prime Eps 1 & 2 (Ft. Jeremy Greathouse)
February 22, 2022 16:16 - 1 hour - 100 MBJeremy Greathouse returns to talk about the Amazon Wheel of Time adaptation, and compare what the show gets right, and what's better in the book. Read Jeremy's novel: https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/j-t-greathouse/the-hand-of-the-sun-king/9781473232891/
Memories Preview
February 17, 2022 15:31 - 5 minutes - 7.91 MBThe gang's all here, and we're talking anime - specifically, the 1995 anthology Memories (Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb and Cannon Fodder). Join us as we talk about the good, the weird and . . . the stinky.
Episode 156: Dinosaurs (Ft. Pete and Chris)
February 15, 2022 16:22 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBIn his continuing mission to get us to read more Walter John Williams, Pete got us together to talk about 1987's Dinosaurs. Is the story political? Does Ambassador Drill have an ideology? Will there be peace between humanity and the Shar? We have thoughts. . .
Shadow Of The Torturer I - V Preview
February 10, 2022 14:07 - 5 minutes - 8.08 MBWelcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters I - V of Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to us talk about Severian's journey through the ancient city-state of Nessus, and continue the discussion by joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body (https://soundcloud.com/loot-the-body)
Episode 155: Alchemy of Stone (Ft. Mattie Lewis)
February 08, 2022 22:56 - 1 hour - 103 MBMattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about Ekaterina Sedia's 2008 novel, The Alchemy of Stone. Listen in as we talk about a completely different Mattie, and her struggles to be recognized as human Check out The Podhand: https://player.fm/series/the-podhand
Equilibrium Preview (Ft. PJDU)
February 03, 2022 14:08 - 6 minutes - 8.38 MBKurt and Chris return to talk about Equilibrium (2002), so get ready for gun katas, tetragrammaton clerics, and Christian Bale who emotes solely through his jaw. Is Equilibrium part of the Dumb Guy Canon? Listen in and find out. Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: http://bloodknife.com/
Episode 154: Pseudo In The Pod
February 01, 2022 15:41 - 1 hour - 98.7 MBThe editors of Pseudopod visit Podside to warn us not to say their podcast's name three times in a mirror. Stories Championed From the Slush: Kavar the Rat https://pseudopod.org/2011/09/30/pseudopod-249-kavar-the-rat/ Looker https://pseudopod.org/2011/09/16/pseudopod-247-looker/ Hometown Horrible https://pseudopod.org/2009/07/24/pseudopod-152-hometown-horrible/ Stories that made us want to join the PseudoPod Exit Exam, Section III: Survival Skills, Question #7 https://pseudopod.org/2009...
Galaxy Of Terror Preview
January 27, 2022 15:59 - 5 minutes - 7.69 MBThe gang's back to watch Roger Corman's 1981 Galaxy of Terror. We go over Corman's influence on modern movie-making and later try to understand why things happen in this film because the "B" in this movie is "baffling" Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/
Episode 153: Beer Of The New Run (Ft. Pete, Kurt and Chris)
January 25, 2022 23:17 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBThe gang's had a presentiment of their future and stocked up on enough beer (but not enough Pringles, sadly!) to get through their read-along of Gene Wolfe Book of the New Sun.
Time Bandits Preview
January 21, 2022 02:32 - 6 minutes - 8.31 MBThe whole gang returns to talk about Time Bandits (1981). Join us as we follow the adventures of Kevin, Randall and the rest of the time bandits as they steal their way through the ages Check out Parent Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/
Episode 152: A Funhole in Every Squat (Ft. Sean M. Thompson)
January 18, 2022 14:42 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBSean M. Thompson returns to talk about Kathe Koja's 1991 novel The Cipher. We discuss Koja's talent at capturing the malaise of being in your 20s and underemployed, urban blight and the perfect conditions for a funhole to sprout on its own. Check out The Cipher: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008LDFLMU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect Check out Sean's press: https://www.facebook.com/Nictitating/ (Outro music is Funhole by Uglyhead)
Metropolitan Book Club 16 - 20 Preview
January 13, 2022 20:54 - 5 minutes - 7.33 MBPodside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of the final chapters of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.
Episode 151: Two Mermaids Walk Into a Bar (Ft. Mattie Lewis)
January 11, 2022 14:23 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBMattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about The Lure (2015). Join us as we discuss this dark and violent retelling of The Little Mermaid set in the club scene of 80s Poland. Listen to Mattie and her co-hosts on The Podhand: https://player.fm/series/the-podhand Read Mattie's writing: https://devilsdoorbell.gumroad.com/
Go Off Cloud Kings Preview
January 07, 2022 03:41 - 4 minutes - 6.6 MBOur first short fiction discussion of 2022 covers Brian Trent's Karma Among the Cloud Kings (2015; reprinted in Escape Pod, 2017). Check out the story here: https://escapepod.org/2017/05/18/ep576-karma-among-the-cloud-kings/
Episode 150: Brotherhood Of The Wolf (Ft. Mattie Lewis)
January 04, 2022 14:14 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBMattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about the Beast of Gévaudan, wolf attacks in France and this absolutely cool-as-shit/dumb-as-rocks inspiration for Bloodborne.
Metropolitan Book Club 11 - 15 Preview
December 31, 2021 02:43 - 5 minutes - 7.92 MBPodside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.
Beauty Of Our Weapons @ WorldCon
December 28, 2021 21:39 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBKurt and Karlo return to neutralize any rumors of their wrong Hugo predictions with extreme prejudice. Danger Close!
Episode 149: Beauty Of Our Weapons @ WorldCon
December 28, 2021 21:39 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBKurt and Karlo return to neutralize any rumors of their wrong Hugo predictions with extreme prejudice. Danger Close!
Xmas Bonus Episode: Scrooged (Ft. PJDU)
December 25, 2021 12:43 - 1 hour - 113 MBAs a little gift from Podside to you, Chris and Kurt from Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to talk about the 1988 cult classic, Scrooged. Merry X-Mas, everyone; pod bless us, every one!
Bebop Sessions, Vol III Preview
December 24, 2021 14:57 - 5 minutes - 8.27 MBEmma Bowers, Abby Denton and Malcom Rambert return - this time to talk about Cowboy Bebop: The Movie. Our discussion covers the storied history of movies derived from anime TV shows, whether this entry in Bebop is a proper movie or a long episode, and the future of obsolete tech. See you, Space Cowboy. . . Check out a list of 100 of the best anime (part 1 of 4): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2017-03-19/.113010
Episode 148: The Cold Beer Equations
December 21, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBKurt and Chris from Parent Just Don't Understand podcast join Pete to discuss the Tom Godwin classic, The Cold Equations. Read the story: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxiY2hzbXJlcmlja3NvbnxneDo5NjI5MmU1OTQ2YWViOWY Watch the Twilight Zone episode on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-eVsAl6MRE