We discuss another Studio Ghibli gem with the 1994 film, Pom Poko. By turns subtle, goofy and heartbreaking, join us in following the tanuki collectives' efforts to achieve their five year plan and preserve their way of life

Aubrey Wood, author of forthcoming cybernoir novel, Bang Bang Bodhisattva, talks about influences, how to make cyberpunk feel both timeless and fresh, and more

Pre-order Bang Bang Bodhisattva:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1786187019

Matilda Lewis returns to talk about the Nebulas Short Fiction ballot for 2022. Find out who we think will win vs who we think should win

We discuss David Erik Nelson's novelette, Whatever Comes After Calcutta (first printed in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 2017). Witch trials in modern day Ohio? Sure, why not

Read/Listen here:

https://pseudopod.org/2019/05/24/pseudopod-649-whatever-comes-after-calcutta/

It's that time again - time to unlock the next step in our journey through the Year of the New Sun.

Just as you can't read a Gene Wolfe story, only re-read it, so we hope it goes with podcasts.

Music by Loot the Body

What do you get when you mix together Flowers For Algernon, VR and cyberpunk? Why, a story that's 100% legally distinct from a Stephen King short of the same name! Is that every phone in the house ringing?

For this installment of Culture War, an interlude: we discuss Iain M. Banks' novella, The State of the Art. Part travelogue, part cultural commentary (of this little place called Earth), all very funny and sad

Since it's not yet available in the U.S. The State of the Art can be read here:

https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/More_Books_and_Reports/The_Culture_Novels-Iain_M_Bainks-Anarchist_Science_Fiction/iain%20m%20banks%20-%201989%20-%20the%20state%20of%20the%20art/Iain%20M.%20Banks%20-%20The%20State%20of%20the%20Art%20v1.html

We talk about the back half of the Apple TV show Severance. Are all you perk-hounds ready for your own personal Waffle Party?

Author Andrew F. Sullivan joins us to talk about his upcoming novel, The Marigold, and the festering rot that crawls under Toronto

The Culture War is underway. Join Jernau Gurgeh - professional gamer and amateur asshole - on his journey to play a game with an Empire at stake. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Music is "A Guilty System Recognizes No Innocents" by Terminal Khaos Builders

terminalkhaosbuilders.bandcamp.com/track/a…nocents