Podside Picnic

The whole gang returns to talk about Time Bandits (1981). Join us as we follow the adventures of Kevin, Randall and the rest of the time bandits as they steal their way through the ages

Check out Parent Just Don't Understand:

https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast

Read Blood Knife:

https://bloodknife.com/

Sean M. Thompson returns to talk about Kathe Koja's 1991 novel The Cipher. We discuss Koja's talent at capturing the malaise of being in your 20s and underemployed, urban blight and the perfect conditions for a funhole to sprout on its own.

Check out The Cipher:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008LDFLMU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect

Check out Sean's press:

https://www.facebook.com/Nictitating/

(Outro music is Funhole by Uglyhead)

Podside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of the final chapters of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.

Mattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about The Lure (2015). Join us as we discuss this dark and violent retelling of The Little Mermaid set in the club scene of 80s Poland.

Listen to Mattie and her co-hosts on The Podhand:

https://player.fm/series/the-podhand

Read Mattie's writing:

https://devilsdoorbell.gumroad.com/

Our first short fiction discussion of 2022 covers Brian Trent's Karma Among the Cloud Kings (2015; reprinted in Escape Pod, 2017).

Check out the story here:

https://escapepod.org/2017/05/18/ep576-karma-among-the-cloud-kings/

Mattie Lewis of The Podhand returns to talk about the Beast of Gévaudan, wolf attacks in France and this absolutely cool-as-shit/dumb-as-rocks inspiration for Bloodborne.

Podside's second Book Club! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of Walter John Williams's Metropolitan.

Kurt and Karlo return to neutralize any rumors of their wrong Hugo predictions with extreme prejudice. Danger Close!

As a little gift from Podside to you, Chris and Kurt from Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to talk about the 1988 cult classic, Scrooged. Merry X-Mas, everyone; pod bless us, every one!

Emma Bowers, Abby Denton and Malcom Rambert return - this time to talk about Cowboy Bebop: The Movie. Our discussion covers the storied history of movies derived from anime TV shows, whether this entry in Bebop is a proper movie or a long episode, and the future of obsolete tech. See you, Space Cowboy. . .

Check out a list of 100 of the best anime (part 1 of 4):

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2017-03-19/.113010