Welcome to the October episode of the 2-time Hugo Award-winning SF Squeecast! Episode 29 is called “I Smell Like Candy Corn and Blood.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Seanan McGuire, Michael Damian Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente plus Special Guest Ramez Naam!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Welcome to Night Vale (Shared by Seanan McGuire)
• The Jean le Flambeur series by Hannu Rajaniemi  (Shared by Ramez Naam)
  
• Bat for Lashes (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (Shared by Michael Damian Thomas)
• Peaks Island Halloween (Shared by Catherynne M. Valente)

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 Lynne M. Thomas for general administrative support.

NB: we are still having iTunes issues. Your patience is appreciated. Please download here!

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Image Courtesy of John O’Halloran (Creative Commons NC:SA)

Belated, very, VERY BELATED thanks to everyone who voted for the SF Squeecast for Best Fancast. <3

Another Photoset for the winners by badchess!

Welcome to the September episode of the 2-time Hugo Award-winning SF Squeecast LIVE FROM LONESTARCON! Episode 28 is called “Or Lord Vader’s Testicle.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente plus Special Guest Howard Tayler!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Pirates of Emerson Haunted Themed Park (Shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Fortean Times (Shared by Paul Cornell)
  
• Bone (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (Shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• Skullkickers (Shared by Howard Tayler)

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

This will be Lynne M. Thomas’s last episode for awhile. Michael Damian Thomas will be replacing her next month as the new moderator.

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, Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support, and the staff of LoneStarCon.

NB: we are having iTunes issues. Your patience is appreciated. Please download here!

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Welcome to the August episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 27 is called “You Do Not Masturbate Your Hugo.” It was recorded LIVE at CONvergence! This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Lynne M. Thomas, and SPECIAL GUESTS Emma Bull and Kelly McCullough!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Zombies, Run! (Shared by Emma Bull)
• Princess Jellyfish (Shared by Paul Cornell)
  
• The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Sarah Monette) (Shared by Kelly McCullough)

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

ETA: Have reposted this episode to the Internet Archive (where we host) in the hopes of getting it to populate the usual places.

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.

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Welcome to the July episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 26 is called “M. John Harrison Nearly Got Me Strip Searched.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Red (Shared by Seanan McGuire) (SPOILER ALERT!)
• Light by M. John Harrison (Shared by Paul Cornell)
• Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Doom Patrol and Marvels (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss (Shared by Catherynne M. Valente)

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.

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Welcome to the June episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 25 is called “Friendship and Haruspicy.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, and Lynne M. Thomas!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente (Shared by Seanan McGuire)
•  The Human Division by John Scalzi (Shared by Paul Cornell)
• Danger Mouse (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines by (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)

There is also an SHOCKING ANNOUNCEMENT during the episode!

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Welcome to the May episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 24 is called “Yak Hair for Better Movement.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Lynne M. Thomas, and SPECIAL GUESTS John Joseph Adams and Mary Robinette Kowal!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells (Shared by Mary Robinette Kowal)
• Face Off (Shared by John Joseph Adams)
• Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Broken Blade by Kelly McCullough (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)

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.

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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:

• Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales (Shared by Paul Cornell)
• The BioShock series of video games (Shared by Cherie Priest)
• The Incrementalists by Steven Brust & Skyler White and The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Xena: Warrior Princess (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)

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.

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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:

• Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales (Shared by Paul Cornell)
• The BioShock series of video games (Shared by Cherie Priest)
• The Incrementalists by Steven Brust & Skyler White and The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Xena: Warrior Princess (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)

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.

The announcement of the Hugo Award Nominations went out on Saturday.

We are so pleased to announce that the SF Squeecast has been nominated for Best Fancast!

Here’s the whole category:

Best Fancast (346 ballots)

The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)
SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester, John DeNardo, and JP Frantz
SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)
StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

We’re in great company. Thanks to everyone who nominated us! Now, go forth, listen to all of the great podcasts, and vote!