May 26, 2022

58: Oh No! Really? Pancakes

59 minutes

John has a paper cut, Alison feels seen, and Liz is cheating on her homework.

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Content warnings this episode: racism and sexism (chapter 6)

Letters of comment

Phil Dyson

Chris Garcia

Bradley Harris

“I listened to some of your Octothorpe podcast which was cool in general just because I like to hear the British styles of speech. Also I agree with John that Detroit-style pizza is very good. I too have some food recommendations for Chicago so you may look forward to those (if you want to get a start, look up ‘Jibarito’), yum!”

Mark Plummer

Hugo Voter Packets

DisCon III has translated their Souvenir Book into Chinese

Chengdu Worldcon has a Translation Services Working Division

Chicon 8 programme participation

“Chicon 8 will be using an opt-in program development model.”

Data in convention planning

Disney’s FastPass: A Complicated History by Defunctland

Len Testa’s model of theme park behaviour

Picks

Alison: Everything Everywhere All at Once

John: Paper cuts

Liz: Raybearer (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon) and Redemptor (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon) by Jordan Ifueko

Credits

Cover art: Brad W Foster

Image description: Illustration by Brad W Foster. Three aliens cluster around an old-style radio microphone in turquoise with a red speaker grille and green text saying “ON AIR”. The aliens from left to right are green, pink, and blue and look suspiciously like the hosts of Octothorpe. The title of the podcast is atop the artwork in orange.

Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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