Podside Picnic

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The 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/

The 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.

The 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/

Sean 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)

Podside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of the final chapters of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.

Mattie 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/

Our 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/

Mattie 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.

Podside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.

Kurt and Karlo return to neutralize any rumors of their wrong Hugo predictions with extreme prejudice. Danger Close!

As 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!

Emma 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

Kurt 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

Podside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.

Chris Woodward and Kurt Schiller return to talk about Krampus (2015). See who deserves to be beaten by birch branches and carried away by Santa Claus's shadow. . . Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: Bloodknife.com

Malcolm Rambert, Emma Bowers and Abby Denton return to riff extensively about one of the darlings of anime, Cowboy Bebop. In between all the jokes, we even manage to talk about some of our favorite episodes of the last half of the series!

Chris Woodward (Parents Just Don't Understand) and Mattie Lewis (The Podhand) drop by Podside to talk about Tale of Tales (2015), one of the best fairy tale adaptations we've seen. Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Check out The Podhand: https://player.fm/series/the-podhand

Podside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.

Kurt and Chris drop by to talk about the Hugo Awards short fiction ballot and make wild predictions about who should win vs. who will win. Enjoy! Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: Bloodknife.com