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Today’s podcast features the author, nurse, geek and lady of many talents Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali.     She was kind enough to respond to my call for Muslim geeks so we could have a chat to make one thing clear: The regular Muslim you meet is just that: A regular person with regular thing on their mind and in this particular case: A lot of regular geek things. We talk about faith, politics (especially concerning bad-hair guy), writing, anime, Mass Effect, Fallout and gaming in general, and podcasts. And here are some links to stuff we talked about:   Khaalida’s homepage and her narrations Podcastle One of Khaalidah’s stories as a podcast The art of one of her daughters and of the other daughter, and a Youtube Channel And this is her novel:     But now, without further ado, please enjoy the podcast!  

It is a tradition now, that the February episode of the Non-Euclidean Æthercast is dedicated to the wonderful initiative Steampunk Hands Around the World. The Airship Ambassador is once again providing a complete list of participants and their entries, so check them out! This years topic is: My Favourite Thing in Steampunk. It is really intersesting, fascinating and heart-warmimg, what the other participants have to add I myself launch onto a happy rant about the beauty of the scene, the people, the dynamism, the magic, please enjoy!     And concerning my patron on Patreon whom I mentioned at the beginning of the podcast, this is the lady herself, and this is the Verein Schweizer Phantastikautoren but there will be a dedicated feature of them in  the future on the German blog anyway.

It is rare to do an interview with somebody who has so many credentials in the field of general awesome as Naziyah Mahmood. She is an astrophysicist and aerospace engineer who has lectured about black holes and worked with ESA, the European Space Agency. The projects she worked on include CryoSat 2 and ESMO. On top of that, she is a martial arts expert with an impressive collection of weapons (as you will find out), a general geek and pure and simply a great person to have a chat with. We talked about science, languages, martial arts, poetry, philosophy, religion, being geek (including fashion choices) and several tangents are in there as well. And before I forget: You will also find out the story behind the Ninjabis! Please enjoy and check out her homepage and Facebook presence.   Also, here are the official websites for CryoSat 2 and ESMO for you to take a look and educate yourselves.  

Today is International Hug A Shoggoth Day! Why today? Well, I explain all this in the podcast. The International Hug A Shoggoth Day is for clearing up some of the misconceptions people still have about these titanic beings. These misconceptions are based mainly on their horrid form (horrid from our point of view) and the bad image that is painted of them in the Mythos literature. Please listen to the podcast to get a different view and spread the word! Subscribe on iTunes Art by Douzen

Today’s podcast follows the happy and unfortunately long neglected line of posts on this blog dealing with the publications of the Angry Robot Books. I have the pleasure of welcoming Matthew de Abaitua as my interview partner today, whose cyberpunk novel If Then will be published by Angry Robot Books on September 3rd. Please enjoy the podcast! Subscribe on iTunes And now for some things mentioned in the podcast: This is the short subject Doctor Easy we were talking about: Dr. Easy from Shynola on Vimeo. Again, you can find If Then at Angry Robot books. And these are the other works we mentioned:    

After more than five years I can finally say  the Steampunks in Germany have gotten their gears together and are moving things. The last 12 months have seen a lot of events and other things going on. The German scene is becoming ever more active and also reaching out into the Steampunk world at large. Please enjoy my happy rant! Subscribe on iTunes And these are the two projects I mentioned that need your support: Ameryll Role Playing Game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2110328990/steampunk-ameryll-pandp-rollenspielsystem Space: 1889 Movie https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/288270129/space-1889-the-secret-of-phobos-a-victorian-sci-fi    

It is the 30th episode of the Non-Euclidean Æthercast, and what an episode it is! The renowned Steampunk and Fantasy authors Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris were kind enough to allow me to interview them concerning their upcoming fourth installment of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series, The Diamond Conspiracy.   Subscribe on iTunes And here are all the websites plugged during the interview: Teemorris.com pgholyfield.com pjballantine.com ministryofpeculiaoccurences.com   And these are the websites of our friends we talked about: Steampunk India (Suna Dasi) Brute Force Studios Alex White Sarah Hunter Victor Sierra   And if you are interested in what Pip and Tee have written concerning the Ministry, look no further: The combined works concerning The Ministry of Peculiar Occurences

The 29th episode of the Non-Euclidean Æthercast is all about the second instalment of Airship Ambassador’s wonderful initiative Steampunk Hands around the World. This year’s topic is Steampunk: Our Playground, Our Classroom, Our Workshop and I have given my own 2 cents worth of thought to the matter. It turned into a bit of a happy rant and this is great, so please, enjoy!   Image courtesy of Mr. XPK And please check out what the other participants have done!

Today’s episode of the Non-Euclidean is a follow-up to episode 28, I was lucky enough to be able to interview Stef Conner of The Lyre Project for this podcast. We talk about the album The Flood (recorded with ancient instruments and using Babylonian and Sumerian lyrics), generally nerd-out about ancient languages and have a fun time. Also, please check out the links further down and listen to the sample track from the album The Flood. Subscribe on iTunes Now, please also look here: The Lyre Ensemble (at Stef Conner’s website) The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature The Sumerian Language (Wikipedia) The Hurrian Language (Wikipedia) The Akkadian Language (Ancient Babylonia, Wikipedia article) Learning ancient Babylonian: And a sample Track: And if you now want to pick up a copy of the album The Flood: Just go here.

Yes, I managed! I was afraid I would not be able to complete another episode of the Non-Euclidean Æthercast before the year was up, luckily, I did! Today’s episode concerns itself with deep time, the resurrection of ancient cultures and time travel, please enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes And please listen to this, „The Flood“ an album of reconstructed/resurrected Sumerian music: And go to Orions Arm to find out more about a hard sci-fi take on deep time.