Podside Picnic

Award-winning novelist Sam J. Miller joins Pete and Karlo to talk about his newest horror novel, The Blade Between and how gentrification is one of the real monsters out there. Also: whales!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Eoin Higgins to discuss the surreal 2006 film, Southland Tales. We discuss how much an artifact of the mid-2000s it is, the stellar cast, and how it's spoiler-proof because it's a movie about vibes.

Pete and Karlo talk with Nebula award winning author Cat Rambo about her novelette Carpe Glitter, and discuss when exactly to include the audience in the magic trick.

In this preview, Michel Lichand returns to talk about Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and the future of adult Disney fans.

Coral A. Moore joins Pete and Karlo to talk about SFF quarterly, Constelación Magazine and the importance of SFF in translation.

In this preview, Pete and Karlo tackle an interesting problem. What fo you do with a book that is well written that you fundamentally dislike? We examine Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor, and Karlo manages to not completely blow a gasket. .

Pete and Karlo are joined by Sarah Pinsker to discuss her novel, "A Song For a New Day" and talk about writing, influences, and her upcoming novel. A Song For a New Day: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598452/a-song-for-a-new-day-by-sarah-pinsker/ Sarah's Collection: https://smallbeerpress.com/books/2019/03/19/sooner-or-later-everything-falls-into-the-sea/ Two Truths and a Lie: https://www.tor.com/2020/06/17/two-truths-and-a-lie-sarah-pinsker/ Pre-order Sarah's New Novel: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598513/we-are-satellites-by-sarah-pinsker/

Tiffany Meuret returns to talk to Pete and Karlo about Demolition Man, fantasy cops and the unquestionable coolness of Wesley Snipes. Have a Joy Joy Day!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Illimani Ferreira to talk about his book Terminal 3, immigration woes and how the French translation of Zaphod Beeblebrox is some serious BS. Illimani's website: https://ifscifi.com/ Terminal 3: https://www.amazon.com/Terminal-3-Illimani-Ferreira-ebook/dp/B08JJLQPHQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=terminal+3&qid=1603386502&s=books&sr=1-1 Other Recent Works: Equatorial Ice (And Lately, The Sun, November 2020) Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal (Unidentified Funny Objects 8, October 2020) The Serpentine City (Hybrid Fiction, July 2020)

In today's premium episode, Pete meets with Emma Berquist and discusses his favorite college date movie, Man Bites Dog (1992). Emma, in turn, explains to him why that is a HORRIBLE date movie.

Pete and Karlo discuss the 1983 film War Games and among other things how Matthew Broderick made his career out of being a charming asshole. Edit: Replaced the audio with the actual episode, with my apologies

Karlo's joined by Emma Bowers and Abby Denton to discuss Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (mostly the 1984 anime, but also parts of the manga), and touch upon other of Hayao Miyazaki's works. Please note: spoilers abound! Check out Emma's new project, Apeteur Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc7ULA-akVg

Where Pete and Karlo are joined by writer A.C. Wise to talk about Red Riding Hood, deep-fried cosmic horror and ghost ships in . . . spaaaace! A.C. Wise's website: http://www.acwise.net/ To Sail the Black: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wise_11_20/ Catfish Lullaby: https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c25/Catfish-Lullaby#/ Intro: usual Outro (from this): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-xRk6llh4

In this episode, Connor meets with Luke and Kelsey (our buddies from Photorpod)and discusses this season of The Mandalorian. Enjoy!

In this Premium episode, Karlo and Pete discuss Clash of the Titans, a movie which set the standard for....nothing, really. But we enjoyed it!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Alexandra Hill, editor of khōréō Magazine about her forthcoming first issue, and how many people wrote stories about food. khōréō Magazine's website: https://www.khoreomag.com/ Immersion by Aliette de Bodard: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_06_12/ When They Came To Us by Debbie Urbanski https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/488/when-they-came-to-us

Pete and Karlo have a meandering discussion about The Prophecy (1995), featuring brief mentions of making playoff brackets for other movie devils -- oh, and Chewie editorializes. Enjoy the preview! You can find the rest on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic by subscription

Karlo's joined by fiction and game writer, Erin Roberts to talk about her penchant for fictional murder, writing for a game about running from zombies, and how memories can be a commodity! Erin's website: https://www.writingwonder.com/ Sour Milk Girls: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/roberts_01_18/ Thanks For the Memories: https://sub-q.com/thanks-for-the-memories/

In this episode, we get the band back together. Karlo, Pete, and Connor discuss their reading and gaming habits, Karlo shares his SSN#, Pete comes to terms with his Swedish Fish addiction and Connor finally discloses where he hid the body. Enjoy!

Pete and Karlo are joined by Sean Patrick Hazlett, editor of the Weird World War III anthology to discuss his approach to editing stories set in the Cold War era. Note: if you'd like to listen to two of the contributors to Weird World War III, check Podside Picnic episodes 90 and 91. Anthology: https://www.baen.com/weird-world-war-iii.html Sean's Website: https://seanpatrickhazlett.com/ Sean's Post on Editing an Anthology: https://seanpatrickhazlett.com/2020/10/12/so-you-want-to-create-an-anthology-the-4-ps-of-anthology-production/