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Episode 23: A Squishy Little Shield (reposted)

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

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We’re Reposting this episode with a new blog entry in the hopes of getting iTunes to work. You can comment here or on the previous entry. :-)

 

Welcome to the April episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 23 is called “A Squishy Little Shield.”*  This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Lynne M. Thomas, and SPECIAL GUEST Cherie Priest!

In this episode we squeed about:

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

*No babies were harmed during the production of this podcast.

ETA: We’ve re-posted the episode blog post with a new filename in the hopes of figuring out what’s going wrong with our iTunes feed.

Episode 23: A Squishy Little Shield

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

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Welcome to the April episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 23 is called “A Squishy Little Shield.”*  This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Lynne M. Thomas, and SPECIAL GUEST Cherie Priest!

In this episode we squeed about:

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

*No babies were harmed during the production of this podcast.

ETA: We’ve updated the episode with a new filename in the hopes of figuring out what’s going wrong with our iTunes feed.

Episode 22: All Hail the Sentient Chickens

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

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Episode 22! This episode features Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear, Catherynne M. Valente, and special guest Charles A. Tan!

In this episode we discuss:

And Charles answered our silly questions, too!

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

Episode 21: A Really Scary Bed Sheet

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

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NB: Due to technical problems with our RSS Feed and iTunes, we’ve had to delete and repost this episode on the website in an attempt to fix it.

Welcome to the February Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 21 is called “A Really Scary Bed Sheet.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente, and SPECIAL GUEST Amber Benson! In this episode we squeed about:

Please excuse the audio quality of this episode. We were having Skype issues, and Lynne’s new mic was picking up EVERYTHING.

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

Episode 15: Live From CONvergence 2: Electric Boogaloo!

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

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Welcome to the August Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 15 is called “Live from CONvergence 2: Electric Boogaloo.” This episode brought together Squeecast regulars Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear and Paul Cornell, and Very Special Guest Lois McMaster Bujold! In this episode we talked about:

  • Bitter Seeds and The Coldest War , by Ian Tregellis (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
  • Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (shared by Paul Cornell)
  • Doctor Who, the Seventh Doctor‘s Era (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
  • Bat Bomb: World War II’s Other Secret Weapon, by by Jack Couffer (Shared by Lois McMaster Bujold)

We also had a rapidfire discussion of anime, and Lois answered our silly questions.

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support. Extra special thanks to the programming team at CONvergence, especially Tim Wick, and Matt Allex, who made this recording possible.

Episode 14: Obzocky, or, Monkey Farts

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

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Welcome to the July Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 14 is called “Obzocky, or, Monkey Farts.” This episode brought together Squeecast regulars  Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Catherynne M. Valente, and Very Special Guest Karen Lord! In this episode we talked about:

Karen also answered our silly questions.

Click here to  listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits:  Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

Episode 13: Of Snickerdoodles, Melting Wombats, Oubliettes, and Mother Pussbuckets.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

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Welcome to the June Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 13 is called “Of Snickerdoodles, Melting Wombats, Oubliettes, and Mother Pussbuckets.” This episode brought together Squeecast regulars Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear, and Seanan McGuire, with our Very Special Guest Sarah Rees Brennan!

In this episode we talked about:

  • The works of Barbara Hambly, with emphasis on the Winterlands trilogy (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
  • God’s War by Kameron Hurley (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
  • Fictional Live Burials from Poe to Victoria Holt (shared by Sarah Rees Brennan)
  • The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (shared by Seanan McGuire)

Sarah also answered our silly questions.

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

Episode 12: A Whole Year!

Monday, May 14th, 2012

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Welcome to the May Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 12, A Whole Year. This episode brought together Squeecast regulars Lynne M. Thomas and Paul Cornell, with our Very Special Guest Rachel Swirsky!

In this episode we talked about:

  • 52 and Gotham Central (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
  • Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh (shared by Rachel Swirsky)
  • EasterCon Report (shared by Paul Cornell)
  • With a bonus Invisible Cup of Tea roundtable discussion on the value of conventioning, and the origins of our cup of tea’s invisibility.

Rachel also answered our silly questions.

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

Episode 11: This Episode Goes To…

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

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Welcome to the April Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 11, This Episode Goes To… This episode brought together Squeecast regulars Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear, Seanan McGuire, and Catherynne M. Valente.

In this episode we talked about:

  • It by Stephen King (shared by Seanan McGuire)
  • Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
  • Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
  • Was by Geoff Ryman (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
  • With a bonus digression of Seanan’s reaction to The Hum and the Shiver in there somewhere.
  • We skipped the silly questions this time, in favor of an “invisible cup of tea” segment, where we discussed the whole notion of negative reviews of other people’s work when you’re a professional writer yourself.

    Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

    Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

Episode 10: The Linguistic Divide of Pants

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

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Welcome to the March Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 10, The Linguistic Divide of Pants. This episode brought together Squeecast regulars Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Cornell, along with our special guest Nebula and Campbell Award nominee Saladin Ahmed, author of Throne of the Crescent Moon.

In this episode we talked about:

  • Unpossible by Daryl Gregory (shared by Seanan McGuire)
  • Anno Dracula by Kim Newman (shared by Paul Cornell)
  • Fighting Fantasy gamebooks by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone (shared by Saladin Ahmed)
  • The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
  • With a bonus digression about the X-Men in there somewhere.
  • We also asked Saladin our silly questions.

    Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

    Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.