Realms Unknown

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Realms Unknown episodes:

January 14, 2026 Lost, The Mist and other controversial endings
Alice starts the New Year joined by the fantastic Tom Neenan as they discuss the endings that stuck their landing, and endings that audience screaming at the thier TV sets!

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January 07, 2026 2026 Rumours // Gossip // Hearsay
Alice has an important update about what's to come in 2026

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December 31, 2025 Exciting things in 2026 // The Odyssey // Disclosure Day
Alice Fraser is joined by Chris Skinner as they look ahead to 2026 and discuss the exciting forthcoming releases in the sci-fi and fantasy realms.

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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka
Fire Boy - Sami Shah
FILM The Grinch
FILM Mary Poppins

TROPE ON A ROPE
FILM Disclosure Day

COMING UP IN 2026
A Trade of Blood - Robert Jackson Bennett
Platform Decay - Martha Wells
Queen Demon - Martha Wells
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman
TV A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight
FILM Twins
Twelve Months - Jim Butcher
TV Silo
The Tapestry of Fate - Shannon Chakraborty
Wolf Worm - T. Kingfisher
FILM The Odyssey
TV Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85
TV Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen

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December 24, 2025 Christmas // Hogfather // It's A Wonderful Life
Rejoice! For Tom Neenan joins Alice Fraser for a special festive episode 46 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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December 17, 2025 Narnia // Stranger Things // Space Jesus
Dive into your nearest wardrobe and enjoy Eleanor Morton and Alice Fraser on episode 45 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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Eleanor Morton - Life Lessons From Historical Women

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December 10, 2025 Unfiction // Dinotopia // Implausibly large ribcages
A very welcome return for SFF author Nate Crowley as he joins Alice Fraser for episode 44 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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The Twice-Dead King: Omnibus - Nate Crowley
Notes from Small Planets - Nate Crowley

NEWS
FILM The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton - The Magic Faraway Tree

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?
FILM Batman
TV Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Gumnut Babies - May Gibbs
Wallet Babies - May Gibbs
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie - May Gibbs
King’s Watch series - Mark Hayden

TROPE ON A ROPE
Implausibly large ribcages
GAME Subnautica
GAME Borderlands
FILM Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
FILM Godzilla vs Kong
Perdido Street Station - China Miéville
Shadow of the Gods series - John Gwynne
Looming roar monsters

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Unfiction / fictional non-fiction
Dinotopia series - James Gurney
Expedition - Wayne Barlowe
PODCAST Revolutions - Mike Duncan
The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island - Weta Workshop
FILM King Kong
GAME Neuorocracy
Notes from Small Planets - Nate Crowley

MINES OF URRGH
The Years of Rice and Salt - Kim Stanley Robinson
TV Wolf Hall

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December 03, 2025 Choose Your Own Adventure // Fighting Fantasy // Spider-Man
The brilliant Joz Norris joins Alice Fraser this week for episode 43 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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NEWS
TV Stargate
The Will Of The Many - James Islington
The Strength Of The Few - James Islington

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?
GAME Spirit Island
Raven Scholar - Antonia Hodgson
All Fours - Miranda July
The 13th Witch - Mark Hayden

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Choose Your Own Adventure
SHOW The Dark Room - John Robertson
Fighting Fantasy series - Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
FILM Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
FILM Groundhog Day
Vulcanverse - Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson
To Be Or Not To Be - Ryan North
Romeo And/Or Juliet - Ryan North
GRAPHIC NOVEL: Star Trek: Lower Decks - Warp Your Own Way - Ryan North
COMIC SERIES The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - Ryan North

MINES OF URRGH
Spider-Man
Conan series - Robert E. Howard

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November 26, 2025 Iterations // The Running Man // King Kong
Alice Fraser is joined this week by Tom Neenan for episode 42 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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NEWS
A Feast of Crows - George RR Martin
GAME Zombies, Run

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?
FILM The Running Man
The Will of the Many - James Islington
The Strength of the Few - James Islington
Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
TV Tumble Leaf

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Iterations
FILM The Running Man
FILM The Long Walk
TV IT: Welcome To Derry
FILM The Fly
FILM Alien
FILM Aliens
FILM Nosferatu
Circe - Madelline Miller
Song of Achilles - Madelline Miller
Stone Blind - Natalie Haynes
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
FILM King Kong

MINES OF URRGH
FILM King Kong
TV Doctor Who - The Power of Kroll

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November 21, 2025 George AI Martin? Is it art?
Alice is joined by Kate Samas to discuss the latest in speculative fiction, including an accusation that the latest George RR Martin release has AI generated art.

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November 12, 2025 Villains as heroes // Plur1bus // Improvised crampons
Tom Neenan joins Alice Fraser this week for episode 40 of your favourite sci-fi and fantasy podcast, Realms Unknown!

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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BRAIN?
FILM Predator: Badlands
Queen Demon - Martha Wells
The Flashman Papers - George MacDonald Fraser
TV Plur1bus - Vince Gilligan

SUB GENRE DEEP DIVE - Villains as heroes
Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card
Dune - Frank Herbert
FILM Jurassic Park
FILM A Nightmare on Elm Street
FILM Child’s Play
FILM Full Metal Jacket
FILM Apocalypse Now
FILM Saving Private Ryan
FILM Wolf Creek
TV Dexter
Hannibal

MINES OF URRGH
FILM Wanted
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen R. Donaldson
FILM The Flintstones

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