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Choosing sides, erasure, and the dead, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer interview Suyi Davies Okungbowa about the third book in the Nameless Republic series, Season of the Serpent! Together, they explore talk about the intricacies of diplomacy, challenging imperialist narratives and the consequences of war, the wonders of maps, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s Things: Website Bluesky Instagram Season of the Serpent (buy it now!)(Orbit) The Nameless Republic series (Orbit) Video versions of our episodes appear on our handy YouTube channel! Sub and watch! Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Marshmallows, hungry beds, and 80s families, oh my! Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Beth Cato join forces to talk about 1985’s The Stuff! Together, they explore the film’s bonkers plot, unpack the real meaning of The Stuff, have fun talking about whiskey, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Follow us on Twitch! The Stuff (IMDb) The Stuff (Wikipedia) Beth Cato’s Things: Website Bluesky Instagram A House Between Sea and Sky (buy the book) Grades: Shaun: C- Paul: C- Beth: D+ Average: C- If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Strange homes, Hollywood secrets, and cozy bones, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer interview Beth Cato about A House Between Sea and Sky! Together, they explore Cato’s approach to historical fantasy, the curious uses for bones, Golden Age Hollywood, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Beth Cato’s Things: Website Bluesky Instagram A House Between Sea and Sky (buy the book) Video versions of our episodes appear on our handy YouTube channel! Sub and watch! Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Balloons, confused Romans, and Omni, oh my! Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Trish Matson join forces to talk about 1988’s Norman’s Awesome Experience. Together, they try to make sense of its plot, rip it apart for its treatment of the Romans, tear apart its ridiculous view of science, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Follow us on Twitch! Norman’s Awesome Experience (IMDb) Norman’s Awesome Experience (Wikipedia) Grades: Shaun: F+ Paul: F+ Trish: D+ Average: D- If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Mutants, benign aliens, and feet clans, oh my! Shaun Duke, Stephen Geigen-Miller, and Daniel Haeusser join forces to talk about the first compendium of Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Together, they talk about the history of TMNT, how to read action comics, TMNT’s themes and its connections of the comics to its adaptations, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Compendium Vol. 1 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (IDW) Video versions of our episodes appear on our handy YouTube channel! Sub and watch! Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Space snakes, genetic imperialism, and baby Wyatt, oh my! Shaun Duke, Dan Hansen, and special guest Elizabeth Parmeter (a.k.a. Sol Adustus) join forces to talk about 1998’s Soldier. Together, they make sense of the film’s history and worldbuilding, talk about snakes and empire, have a few laughs about plot absurdities and other shenanigans, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Follow us on Twitch! Soldier (1998)(IMDb) You can find Elizabeth in various places! Grades: Shaun: B Dan: B Elizabeth: C+ Average: B- ish If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Sweeping philosophies, dusty apocalypses, and hope, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Hauesser interview Deb Olin Unferth about Earth 7! Together, they explore Unferth’s approach to writing about possible futures, the novel’s philosophical underpinnings, tension and futurity, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Deb Olin Unferth’s Things: Website Bluesky Instagram Facebook Earth 7 (Graywolf Press) Video versions of our episodes appear on our handy YouTube channel! Sub and watch! Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Labor exploitation, haunted immortals, and Canada, oh my! Shaun Duke and special guest Sarah (ConfigurationQueen) join forces to talk about As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories edited by Terese Mason Pierre, out from House of Anansi Press. Together, they explore the anthology’s various stories, which explore immortality, agency and exploitation, economic horror, love, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories edited by Terese Mason Pierre (House of Anansi) Video versions of our episodes appear on our handy YouTube channel! Sub and watch! Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Delicious worlds, bizarre biology, and bad houses, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to talk about 1973’s The Final Programme, now out in a beautiful new edition from Severin Films. Together, they tackle the film’s production history, it’s flamboyant set designs and visual choices, it’s humor, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: The Final Programme (IMDb) The Final Programme (Severin Films) Video versions of our episodes appear on our handy YouTube channel! Sub and watch! Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Bioships, brain implants, and space cults, oh my! Shaun Duke and Trish Matson interview Daniel Kraus about The Sixth Nik! Together, they explore Daniel’s approach to storytelling in a sprawling epic future, the terrors of the Internet, death cults, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Daniel Kraus’ Things: Website Bluesky Instagram The Sixth Nik (Saga Press) Video versions of our episodes appear on our handy YouTube channel! Sub and watch! Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Stoners, Depends, and trash science, oh my! Shaun Duke, Daniel Haeusser, and Aurelius Raines II join forces to talk about 1996’s Bio-Dome. Together, they joke their way through the film’s 90s setting, try to understand how the main characters reached adulthood, interrogate the film’s humor, and more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Tentacles, social media influencers, and John Rhys-Davies, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to talk about Bone Keeper, an indie horror film written and directed by Howard J. Ford! Together, they tackle the film’s controversial use of AI, its approach to storytelling and character, the so-called “science” of the creature, and more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Spy gadgets, questionable judgement, and serpent ladies, oh my! Shaun Duke, Daniel Haeusser, and R.E. Junker join forces to talk about 1998’s Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Together, they discuss the film’s interpretation of the famed Marvel character, what makes a superhero movie, Hasselhoff’s hotness, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Space unicorns, editorial joy, and STORIES, oh my! Shaun Duke sits down with editor extraordinaire Michael Damian Thomas to talk about over a decade of Uncanny Magazine, the new Kickstarter for Year 13, the wonders and trials of magazine editing and running, the beauty of stories, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

Devious plots, ghost husbands, and personal hells, oh my! Shaun Duke, Daniel Haeusser, and DanDan join forces to talk about 1963’s The Ghost (Lo Spettro), directed by Riccardo Freda. Together, they talk about the film’s restoration by Severin Films, its themes of betrayal and comeuppance, its treatment of spiritualism, and more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Don’t forget to catch our live format every Friday at 7 PM Central on Twitch at AlphabetStreams! If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!