The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Hello, Rangers! In our second installment of Reading Rangers, Trish, Paul, Stina, and Kate dive into the second book (internal chronology) of the Vorkosigan Saga, Barrayar, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Trish and Paul offer the experienced voices, while Stina and Kate are mostly new.  There is quite a bit to unpack in this book, including why Cordelia is homesick, what the hell is up with the toxic patriarchy of the Vors, and how awesome cave systems are for screwing with stupid soldiers.

Next time, we’ll be discussing The Warrior’s Apprentice. Kate might have actually cried a little when she found out it wasn’t all about Cordelia.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Reading Rangers #1 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Barrayar

* Chronological Reading Order of The Vorkosigan Saga (though we’re not totally using this)

* The Warrior’s Apprentice

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week

On today’s Signal Boost, Shaun and Jen discuss conventions, the economics of attendance, and how they can be more inclusive. They’re particularly concerned with how convention culture tends to be somewhat exclusive, how conventions often fail utterly at disability access, and how something called WorldCon should MAYBE travel around the world a bit more.

Then they squeeeeeee about this week’s mini-boosts. Make sure you let us know about things that YOU love that we should share in future boosts!

*Note: Jen conflates SFWA with WSFS. SFWA is NOT in charge of the Hugos, WSFS is!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #12 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Conventions Mentioned:

* NASFiC

* WorldCon

* WorldCon 75: Helsinki

* CONvergence

* MileHiCon

* Denver Comic Con

* Comic-Con International: San Diego

* Mini-Boosts:

* Shaun’s Boosts:

* Daína Chaviano

* Daína Chaviano’s Website

* Daína Chaviano on SF Encyclopedia

* Vox Robotika – Spanish Language SF Podcast

* https://voxrobotika.podbean.com/

* Jen’s Boosts:

* Originality Podcast

* www.relay.fm/originality

* We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comic Anthology Kickstarter 

* https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1855150928/were-still-here-an-all-trans-comics-anthology

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

Magic circles, subverting Cthulhu, and preserving heritage, oh my! Lorraine Fryer, Vladimir Barash, and Carlos Hernandez join Julia Rios to discuss Inclusivity in Games! This discussion tackles the importance of representation, colonization of cultural folklore, and how these game designers have specifically worked inclusivity into the narratives of their games.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 329 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Lorraine Fryer and Vladimir Barash’s Things:

* Demon Mark: A Russian Saga from Choice of Games

* Vlad’s Website

* Lorraine’s Twitter

* Anonycon

* Carlos Hernandez’s Things:

* Meriwether: An American Epic (Upcoming Video Game)

* Carlos’ Twitter

* The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria

* In Lieu of the Stories My Santera Abuela Should Have Told Me Herself, This Poem (Uncanny Magazine)

* Additional resources:

* Fresh Out of Tokens Podcast

* Tanya DePass on Twitter

* I Need Diverse Games

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Tanya DePass, founder and director of I Need Diverse Games, joins Jen to talk about the importance of diversity in games and the gaming industry, supporting diverse gamers, and the upcoming anthology, From the Margins, a collection of personal essays from marginalized individuals in the game industry (currently accepting submissions). Then Shaun is joined by Hope Nicholson, author of The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwoman and editor of Love Beyond Body, Space, & Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology, to talk about writing about comic book history from a woman’s perspective and the importance of promoting Indigenous voices through projects like her anthology.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #11 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Tanya DePass’ Stuff

* Personal

* Tanya on Twitter

* Tanya’s Website

* Support Tanya on Patreon

* I Need Diverse Games

* I Need Diverse Games on Twitter

* I Need Diverse Games Website

* Support I Need Diverse Games on Patreon

* GenCon Fundraiser

* From the Margins Anthology: http://cypheroftyr.com/marginsantho

* Questions for anthology should go to: [email protected] Submissions close August 15th

* Other contact: [email protected] [email protected]

* Hope Nicholson’s Stuff:

* Hope’s Website

* Hope’s Twitter

* The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen

* Love Beyond Body, Space, & Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

Serial killers, writing in reverse order, and blind spymasters, oh my! Our very own Stina Leicht joins Jen and Paul to discuss Blackthorne, the second book of her flintlock fantasy series, The Malorum Gates. We get heavy into the world building of a nation based on the free market gone wild, cultural concerns of a post-war refugee kingdom, and the reasons for an intimate focus in an epic fantasy. Listen and then go buy the book!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 328 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Stina Leicht’s Things:

* Stina’s Website

* Blackthorne at Saga Press (BUY IT!)

* Stina’s Twitter

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Intersectionality issues, forced romances, and origin stories, oh my! Julia, Trish, and Stina discuss the DCEUs only decent movie so far, Wonder Woman, with special guest, Michi Trota! This is an all woman review because we really wanted to get into what this film means to women. The team dives right into all of their problems with the movie, especially how lacking in women a film about Wonder Woman actually is (particularly women of color). But they also share their love for the movie and the character! Make sure you don’t miss a poem from Julia and the Wonder Woman comic run recommendations from Michi!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Shoot the WISB #60 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Wonder Woman (2017) (IMDB)

* Michi Trota’s stuff:

* Michi’s Twitter

* Michi’s Website

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

On today’s Signal Boost, Shaun and Jen COMPLETELY lose track of what they were supposed to be talking about, end up pitching an Alien Nation reboot (after discussing what made it so 90s), and discuss Supergirl and positive relationships between men in Flash. Honestly, we don’t even know what we’re talking about, but for American Independence day, we’re challenging toxic masculinity and racism. Boom.

Plus, we lay down the awesome with our miniboosts!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #10 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Shows:

* Alien Nation (1989-1990)(note: it was followed by several TV movies throughout the 90s)

* Supergirl (2015-Present)

* The Flash (2014-Present)

Mini-Boosts:

* Jen’s Boosts:

* FIYAH

* Fiyah Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction

* Fiyah on Twitter

* Levar Burton Reads

* Lever Burton Reads Podcast

* Levar Burton on Twitter

* Shaun’s Boosts:

* Breaking the Glass Slipper Podcast

* Harney & Sons Fine Teas

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

Facehugger brains, Canadian tourism, and the mountains of Manitoba, oh my! This month, Trish, Shaun, and David (our resident Canadian horror film professor!) talk about the 1958… ummm… classic? Fiend Without a Face! It’s bad, folks, I mean, it’s really bad… So bad that Shaun ends up defending the Transformers films in response. However, David lays down some horror film factoids and Trish appreciates the stupidity, so make of that what you will.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 327 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Fiend Without a Face (1958)(IMDB)

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Sarah Dodd, co-editor of Samovar Magazine, joins Jen to talk about what Samovar is, the challenge of finding non-English speculative fiction, and the importance of their collaborations in bringing a translated spec-fic magazine to life. Then Shaun is joined by Rod Faulkner, founder and editor of The 7th Matrix, to discuss speculative short films and web series, the democratization of film, including how important this is for marginalized voices, and some of his recommendations for short films.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #9 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Sarah Dodd’s Stuff:

* Samovar Magazine

* Samovar on Twitter

* Rod Faulkner’s stuff:

* The 7th Matrix

* The 7th Matrix on Twitter

* The 7th Matrix on Patreon

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

Byron, Shelley, and Wagner, oh my! Shaun, David, and Jen, discuss Ridley Scott’s newest edition to the Alien universe, Alien: Covenant, with special guest, Jeannette Ng! The group travel deep into the weeds of the literary and theological references in the film (dragging Shaun along kicking and screaming), Ridley Scott’s ambitious vision, and David’s (not to be confused with the David on the podcast) role as the protagonist of Prometheus and Covenant. It’s a bit of a heavy hitter.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Shoot the WISB #59 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Alien: Covenant (2017) (IMDB)

* Jeannette’s stuff:

* Jeannette’s Twitter

* Jeannette’s Website

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.