Rock, Paper, Swords! - the Historical Action and Adventure Podcast

By Matthew HarffyArts Books

Rock, Paper, Swords! - the Historical Action and Adventure Podcast episodes

November 08, 2024 THE THICKET, Metallica & HP Lovecraft - Joe R. Lansdale talks to us today!
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We're thrilled to welcome a true writing legend to the podcast today, and one of my favourite authors! With a career spanning over four decades, Joe R. Lansdale is the award-winning author of more than 50 novels and countless short stories, spanning horror, crime, westerns, and more. His unique voice, dark humor, and vivid storytelling have earned him fans all over the world, TV series and film adaptations of his work, and numerous accolades, such as the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and eleven Bram Stoker Awards!
Most recently he has published Sugar on the Bones, the latest in the extremely popular Hap and Leonard series, and the movie of his novel, The Thicket, starring Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis and James Hetfield has just been released. In October he has a collection of stories coming out entitled: In the Mad Mountains: Stories inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Welcome to RPS, Joe R. Lansdale.
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58 min
November 05, 2024 New Xmas song, OUT NOW! "Wassail The Night Away"
Last year we released a festive rock song called "Christmas is Coming" (you can find the normal version AND an acoustic version on streaming services) and we had so much fun that we decided to do it again this year.
"Wassail The Night Away" is our best song yet! We hope you all love it and it helps make Christmas 2024 the best one ever. Find it on all major streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes, YouTube etc and add it to your winter playlists!
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2 min
October 25, 2024 HP Lovecraft special! Cthulhu Mythos!
Today we're discussing the master of cosmic horror himself, HP Lovecraft! Author of stories like The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Thing on the Doorstep, and a ton more. Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890 and died March 15, 1937 when he was just 46. He's inspired authors like Stephen King and bands like Metallica. Was he any good? Join us this Halloween to find out!
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HPL’s works for FREE online - https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/
“The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” - https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cdw.aspx
Audible - https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Complete-Fiction-of-HP-Lovecraft-Audiobook/B07NRT2886
Francois Baranger - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dunwich-Horror-Francois-Baranger/dp/1624650775
LOVECRAFTIAN MUSIC:
Sulphur Aeon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3QYogaCuP8&ab_channel=vanrecords
Ulthar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBS6giWHZPA&list=OLAK5uy_nJIYHBigjHNxQkChry2S06JNgP9MosXfk&index=2&ab_channel=Ulthar-Topic
Nile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3iQbAB_yrY&ab_channel=Nile-Topic
Metallica - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vSH9pMzHm0&ab_channel=Metallica-Topic
Morbid Angel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYACQcg3_Fg&ab_channel=EaracheRecords
1 hr
October 11, 2024 Guy Windsor - The Sword Guy talks to us about historical martial arts
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Guy Windsor is a swordsmanship practitioner, instructor, researcher, writer, and also an entrepreneur. On his website swordschool.com he states his mission in life is to restore historical martial arts to their rightful place at the heart of our culture. He has a blog, books, has developed training courses, and is the host of a podcast called The Sword Guy.
As Steven and I often write about swords and combat, Guy seemed like a perfect guest for the podcast. Welcome to RPS, Guy Windsor.
Useful links: https://swordschool.com/
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1 hr 12 min
October 04, 2024 The Vengeance of Merlin - Steven's new book is out on Monday!
Steven's new novel is out on Monday, 7th October 2024! Book 6 in the Warrior Druid of Britain Chronicles, THE VENGEANCE OF MERLIN is finally here after a 2 year break! We have a quick chat about that book as well as what Matthew is working on right now, and what's to come for us both in the coming months (including an EXCLUSIVE reveal of Steven's new Forest Lord novella's title).
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22 min
September 27, 2024 Historic Building Mythbusting - James Wright gets medieval!
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Hailing from Staffordshire, James Wright has been involved with the world of archaeology for over twenty years. Both Archaeologist and conservation stonemason, James combined both disciplines as Archaeological and Historic Buildings Assistant at Nottinghamshire County Council between 2004-2010, where he ran the Castles of Nottinghamshire Project. James then moved on to work as a buildings archaeologist and historic stone specialist for the Museum of London Archaeology until the autumn of 2016. He has worked in several areas of the heritage sector but his principle interest is buildings archaeology and he has experience of working on properties from the eleventh to twentieth century. In 2020, James began writing the Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog which investigates and debunks commonly believed and repeated stories about ancient buildings. This project has subsequently been picked up as a book option – Historic Building Mythbusting – by The History Press and will be released on 6 June 2024.
Welcome to RPS, James Wright.
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1 hr 7 min
September 23, 2024 Diana Gabaldon! Outlander! - HNS 2024
Historical Novel Society Conference 2024!
I don't think Diana Gabaldon needs much of an introduction! We were lucky enough to sit down with her at the conference for an interview. Author of the Outlander novels which have also been made into the HUGELY successful Starz TV show, Diana was funny, friendly, generous with her time, and gave us probably the best answer EVER to the question, "What do you listen to when you write?" Do NOT miss this interview! We talked about her planned novel Red Ant's Head, how her lead female character guided her to create the Outlander series, and, of course, Dwarf Metal! https://www.dianagabaldon.com/
Windrose - "Diggy Diggy Hole" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
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16 min
September 22, 2024 HNS 2024 Roving Interviews 3!
HNS 2024!
The last of our roving interviews, we have three brilliant authors for you here, give the episode a listen and check out their work!
Patricia Bracewell
Elizabeth R Andersen
Jan Foster
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29 min
September 22, 2024 HNS 2024 roving interviews part 2
Welcome to the second part of our "roving interviews" series from the Historical Novel Society Conference 2024. In this episode we speak with Michael Jecks, Christopher M. Cevasco, Kelly Urgan, and Victoria Hopkins.
Apologies for the audio, we hope you enjoy the interviews! Find out more about our guests at the links below.
⁠MICHAEL JECKS⁠
⁠CHRISTOPHER M. CEVASCO⁠
⁠KELLY URGAN⁠
⁠VICTORIA HOPKINS⁠
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12 min
September 21, 2024 HNS 2024 Roving Interviews part 1!
HNS 2024!
While we were at the Conference we conducted some roving interviews - in the grounds of Dartington Hall, or even in the White Hart pub! Check out the first three of them, collected here in one short bonus episode. They are also available on our YouTube channel is videos.
AD Rhine are a pair of friends who write novels about the Trojan War.
CC Humphreys is an actor, playwright and novelist. He's appeared in The Bill and Coronation St which will impress our fellow Brits! His books look superb too!
Tracey Warr is a novelist and she also organised the Conference so we owe her a huge THANK YOU for inviting us and making all these interviews possible.
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19 min