If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics

In this episode, Alan and guest co-host, Dave Robison, talk to our own Cat Rambo about Cat's newest novel Rumor Has It, the evolution of her work, her upcoming work, the pragmatisim of necromancy, villiains, clones, humor, 2025 WorldCon, 10 book series, building romance in a story, Conan the Barbarian and Robert E Howard, and much more.

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In this episode of the Book Navigator column, Navarre Bartz reviews a collection of short fiction, a children's fiction series, as well as a lot of nonfiction including:

Solarpunk Creatures by World Weaver Press

Penelope Rex by Ryan T. Higgins

The Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow

How to Build with Grid Beam by Phil Jergenson

Better Sleep For Overacheivers by Anne Bartolucci

In this episode, Alan talks to writer Cynthia Gomez about La Llarona, Poltergeist. The Shining, horror and social justice, story inspiration, racism, working in education, covid and cons, unions, and much more.

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In this episode Alan reviews (books linked below):

• Lagrange Point by Alan Stroud published by Flame Tree Press 2023
• Terra by Allen Stroud published by Flame Tree Press 2023
• Hellweg's Keep by Justin Holley published by Flame Tree Press 2023
• The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox by Nisi Shawl published by Rosarium Publishing October 2024
• One Eye Opened in that Other Place by Christi Nogle published by Flame Tree Press 2024
• Women of Horror and Speculative Fiction in Their Own Words: Conversations with Authors and Editors edited by Sebastien Doubinsky and Christina Kkona published 2024 by Bloomsbury Academic

Hello US Listeners, this is just a reminder to please vote. Today is election day and it is an extremely important election. We stand against Trump and authoritarianism, but unless we all stand together it could be lost. PLEASE do the what you can.

In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to author, comedian, and teacher Alex Jennings about New Orleans, music, the legend of Stagger Lee, the practice of signifying, The Phantom Tollbooth, the X-Men, and much more.

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In this Episode of Publishing in Africa, Oghenechovwe and Alan discuss The Best African Speculative Fiction Volume 3, trends in African fiction, WorldCon 2024, Scotland, the Nommo Awards, the Hugo Awards, how to make conferences diverse.

Just in time for October, Paul is back with another Hope in Horror column. This time Paul confronts Godzilla itself and discusses how the newest kaiju movie gives him hope. He also discusses the balance between hope and horror and how they change a story.

TW: Sexual Assualt

In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to bestselling author Tananarive Due about imprisoning children, almost giving up on The Reformatory, historical research, To Kill a Mocking Bird, child child protagonists, using horror to deal with social issues, Kamala Harris, and much more.

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In this LIVE episode, Alan and Diane talk to authors Dan Scamell and Bradley Sides about the weird, the bizarro sub-genre, aliens, monsters, haveing the confidence to publish, story structure, getting published, and much more.

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