Hugo, Girl!

We went to cons - three of them! Seattle Worldcon, Dragon Con, and ArmadilloCon.

The episode art is Mary Robinette Kowal's talking cat, Elsie. Head over to our Instagram to see more con photos.

A few notable time stamps:

Lori crunching on candy (it's only a few seconds, very sorry) ~12:55 Worldcon Dog Report ~30:30 Interview with cat Elsie ~32:59

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2025 Hugo Awards Ceremony (you too can hear DOWN THE HUGO ROAD) Edmonton 2030 Worldcon Bid Elsie on Instagram Sadie the hotdog shop dog on Instagram Lori on Octothorpe for a Worldcon Debrief

Three boys said to themselves, "Podcasting - how hard can it be??" Then they decided to find out.

Introducing the Hugo Bros - Kevin (maybe you've heard of him), Stephen (Amy's brother), and Erik (co-host of Picture Me Coding).

Thanks to the guys for reading Redshirts so we don't have to. We'll be back next month!

DM: Stephen

Book: Redshirts by John Scalzi

This month we read The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. It was long!

DM: Lori

Music by Pets of Belonging

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Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce

A pickle lemonade tasting, hot sauces we have loved, and happy things.

After you listen, head over to our Happy Hour story highlight on instagram to see video of Petey romping around his shop!

This month we read A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine. We had a ton of listener mail, so the book discussion starts around 10 minutes in.

DM: Haley

Music by Pets of Belonging

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Not exactly a Happy Hour (times are tough, y'all) but we kept recording after our Double Star episode. We tried a weird Capri Sun and talked about stuff.

Thanks to Raj for sending us his list of happy things!

This month we read Double Star by Robert Heinlein. Of all Heinlein's books, it was one of Connie Willis's three favorites!

DM: Amy

Music by Pets of Belonging

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You will like this podcast about Octavia Butler

The Locus Magazine 2025 fundraiser has just a few days left! Friend of the show Billy explains why it's important to support Locus.

Support Locus's 2025 Indiegogo campaign or donate any time!

More happy things!

This month we read Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner. It was long!

DM: Lori

Music by Pets of Belonging

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