Texas Steampunk Connection

By Thax, Jack, and Bluestocking

Steampunk podcast on happenings in Texas. News and reviews of novels, comics, movies and anything steampunk.... more

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Texas Steampunk Connection episodes:

May 19, 2023 Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep10
recorded May 16, 2023
The month of May is flyin by, but Jack and Thax are here to gab. Thax explains the cheapest way to get into home brewing with the finer points of making ciders and bath tub hooch. Jack tells us about the Victorian arms dealer, the mysterious Basil Zaharoff. And the Time Travelers
Convention in Quincy, IL is cancelling their entertainment showrunners for lack of ticket sales. Digging their own hole, as we see it.
Brewing on the cheap
Basil Zaharoff
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55min
May 05, 2023 Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep9
recorded May 2, 2023
Yesterday was May Day, being International Workers Day and/or Beltane! Summer is coming up on us fast! We discuss Peter Pan & Wendy and our favorite Peter Pan films. Guillermo Del Toro is putting together a new Frankenstein project so we hit on our fave Mary Shelly adaptions. Jack tells us about Lackadaisy, a web comic about 1920's cat bootleggers that has been made into an animated short.
Peter Pan & Wendy
Del Toro's Frankenstein
Lackadaisy
antique milk shaker
H. L. Hunley (submarine)
BRASS podcast
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58min
April 21, 2023 TX Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep8
recorded April 18, 2023
Today is tax day in the US, and we are quickly running out of springtime weather. Still have RenFests to visit, but its getting hot. Kitty joins us to talk this and that. Thax just returned from adventure in the Yucatán, dipping into Cenote Santa Rosa and having a ball. He then toured the Surreal Garden event in Austin's Zilker Botanical Gardens.
The Witches' Ball: Conclave of the Kraken
Cenote Santa Rosa
The Surreal Garden
The Rabbit Hole bar in Leander, Tx
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55min
April 07, 2023 TX Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep7
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
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58min
March 24, 2023 TX Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep6
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!
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55min
March 10, 2023 TX Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep5
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
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58min
February 24, 2023 TX Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep4
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"
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58min
February 10, 2023 TX Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep3
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
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1h 5min
January 27, 2023 Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep2
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
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56min
January 13, 2023 TX Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep1
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
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59min

FAQs about Texas Steampunk Connection:

How many episodes does Texas Steampunk Connection have?

The podcast currently has 203 episodes available.