Texas Steampunk Connection

recorded April 4, 2023

We've just returned from the first Galveston Steampunk Festival at the railroad museum and it was a HUGE success! Event organizer Johnny Steverson joins us to talk about the struggles and triumphs and plans for next year. 

Houston Chronicle story 

Galveston Railroad Museum 

Frenchy and the Punk 

Spooky Galveston ghost tours 

recorded March 21, 2023

Happy St. Pats to all you Irish for a day! The Galveston Steampunk Festival is less than two weeks away and we are excited! We bring out our drinks and discuss dragon milking technique. Shadow and bone season two is blowing our minds. Jack wants to turn his plumbing into sculpture, and Thax wants to turn his bedframe into a tiny car!

Steampunk Home Design 

Cyclekarts! 

Steampunk trike! 

recorded March 7, 2023

Springtime in Texas is always roulette. Don't know if we can feel safe from freezing, but warmer days begin festival season with Sherwood Forest Fair. We get our drink on and talk. There's smut in my steampunk show? Apple TV is putting out some interesting things. We slip into Russian military hacks, and collectable coins.

Hello, Tomorrow!

Time Bandits series

AETHER: The Rise of Specter - Official Trailer

steampunk coins

Adventure coins

recorded February 21, 2023

Happy Mardi Gras! We're full steam ahead without a map tonight, swinging from topic to topic. New show seasons coming up, such as Shadow and Bone, Carnival Row, and the last episodes of the Nevers. Mad science Dani Clode from the UK brings new digits with her prosthetic third thumb!

Steampunk Mardi Gras jewelry

The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

October Daye series by Seanan McGuire

Steampunk Borg Queen

The Third Thumb interview

Dani Clode's web site

Association of Ishtar new Kickstarter, "Bound for the Styx"

recorded February 7, 2023

Bluestocking's disertation trailer if finally out so we play it right away! A week passed the worst ice storm to hit Texas since... well... 2021. The weight of ice on trees caused them to break and fall on power lines cutting power all across the state. Some residents still wait for power to return after a week.

Anxiety in the Archives

Wild Wild West Steampunk Con

Dr. Sheffields Original Toothpaste

The Pale Blue Eye

recorded January 24, 2023

The year is starting off at a sprint! Natalie MacTavish joins us as a tease of winter weather is hitting today with snow in north Texas that gives Bluestocking anxiety. Natalie reviews Ikkicon and the steampunk larp hosted by Mad Raven Productions at the con. Thax tells about Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday at the Glass Coffin. Bluestocking teases about her upcoming podcast about secret and restricted libraries.

IkkiCon

Mad Raven Productions

The Glass Coffin: Vampire Parlour

recorded January 10, 2023

Welcome to the new year! We've lost a lot of shows in the last month or so through cancellations and removed IPs. We revisit Pinocchio while we can, and hit on Vox Machina for some fantasy role playing raunch. Jack brings an exciting new weird western shooter game that looks gritty and glorious. Thax reports on a traveling circus that is moving through Texas.

Faire of Champions Steampunk weekend!

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

The Legend of Vox Machina

Hunt: Showdown

Paranormal Cirque

recorded December 27, 2022

Our last transmission of 2022! Tonight we do a little review of our more popular episodes of the year. Also self abuse through alcohol. Jack finally watched Enola Holmes, so we gush a little more. And we throw out some ideas for the coming year. We'd love to get your suggestions too! Send us your topics! 

Victorian New Years traditions

Creepy Victorian Christmas Cards

music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded December 13, 2022

Panic shopping, engage! We are down to the wire for getting gifts for friends and family! Tonight we get into where to find the last minute pieces that will express our love, or assuage our guilt. Where are your local artist markets? Consider making a donation to a loved one's favorite charity? Here are some more suggestions.

World Market

Up and coming new renfaire, Faire of Champions

Total eye candy, Steel Vintage industrial future

music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded November 29, 2022

The holiday season is upon us! Brace yourself for wild weather and gift shopping. All the new shows are out and we're binging them! Peeky Blinders final season is out. Wednesday is really paying off with great casting, writing and directing! Jack brings Star Wars, China, and wild surgery. And comic artist accuses Netflix 1899 of plagiarism, but did they? You decide.

Wednesday

China, pandemic, and steampunk?

1847 fastest amputation

Netflix's 1899 plagiarism accusation

Black Silence comic

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