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In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Shaun and Jen introduce their whole new format: Conversations! Today, we discuss Marvel’s Nazi Problem: how Marvel has betrayed the character of Captain America, how upsetting this is in today’s political climate, and what we’re going to do about it. In addition, during our mini-boosts, we each share two things that we’re excited about. We hope you’ll enjoy them, too.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Signal Boost #3 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Marvel’s Nazi Problem:

* Blog Posts of Note:

* Marvel’s Nick Spencer on Captain America’s Betray and Handling Fan Reactions

* Ok, now Marvel Comics has taken this Nazi Captain America thing too far

* How Marvel Has Responded to the Nazi Captain America Controversy

* 8 Ways Comic Book Legend Jack Kirby Fought Fascism

* Is Captain America Currently A Nazi? The Answer Is Complicated

* Marvel Teases Vicious Alt-Right Takedown in ‘Secret Empire’

* ‘Captain America: Sam Wilson’ comic writer under fire for mocking social justice activism

* Marvel VP of Sales Blames Women and Diversity for Sales Slump

* Fanboy Rampage: Nick Spencer Vs. Critics, Nerdist, And Occasionally DC Comics For Some Reason

* From ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ to ‘Secret Empire’: How Marvel Has Embraced Politics In The Age Of Donald Trump

* The Problem with HydraCap: Secret Empire and the Truth about Hydra

* Twitter Threads of Note:

* @Iron_Spike: “Does Drama equal Sales?”

* @RealDorianDawes: Neo-Nazi symbology

* @LadyVader99: Buy something else at your LCS

* @ClaireRousseau: The Alt-Right is “Not a Nazi” either

* @AlexandraErin: Marvel’s Double Down

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Magnetic shoulders, god wars, and reminders, oh my! Betsy Dornbusch joins Jen and Trish to discuss the final book in her Seven Eyes trilogy, Enemy. We discuss how to keep track of all the threads in a trilogy, how powers come with a price, exploring the world of Enemy, and Betsy’s forays into other genres.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Episode 323 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Betsy Dornbusch’s Things:

Betsy Dornbusch’s Website

Betsy’s Books

Betsy’s Twitter

Enemy (BUY IT)

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

Baby taxis, french insults, and white messiahs, oh my! This month, in the most french episode we’ve ever had, Alex, Julia, David, and special guest, DongWon Song, review the problem-plagued film, Babylon AD. We’re pretty sure that this episode of Torture Cinema contains more action than Michelle Yeoh gets in the entire movie. Seriously. Michelle fucking Yeoh.

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

Episode 322 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Babylon A.D. (2003)(IMDB)

* DongWon Song’s Stuff:

* His Website

* His Twitter

* Howard Morhaim Literary Agency

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, Feliza Casano, founder and editor of GirlsinCapes.com, joins Jen to discuss her website and how it explores gender, race, and sexuality in geek culture with articles on topics such as comics, tv & film, anime, and more. Then Sarah Gailey, Hugo and Campbell Award Finalist author of fiction and non-fiction, joins Trish to talk about her debut novella River of Teeth, an alternate history of an 1890s American South that has been overrun by feral hippos.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Signal Boost #2 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Feliza’s Stuff

* GirlsinCapes.com

* Girls in Capes on Facebook

* Girls in Capes on Twitter

* Feliza Casano on Twitter

Sarah’s Stuff:

River of Teeth (Tor.com)

Sarah Gailey’s Website

Sarah Gailey on Twitter

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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.

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Immigrating, changing priorities, and translating, oh my! Sabrina Vourvoulias, Rose Lemberg and Bogi Takács join Julia in this two-part discussion episode about their personal experiences as immigrants to the United States and how that experience has affected their writing. They also discuss the challenges that immigrants face in the publishing industry and speculative fiction community.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Episode 321 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Sabrina Vourvoulias’s Stuff:

Sabrina’s Twitter

Sabrina’s Website

Rose Lemberg

Rose’s Twitter

Rose’s Website

Rose’s Patreon

Bogi Takács

Bogi’s Twitter

Bogi’s Website

Bogi’s 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 week.

White liberals, hypnotism, and.. Actually, that’s a huge spoiler so we probably shouldn’t say anything… Oh my! David, Trish, and Mike discuss Jordan Peele’s groundbreaking horror film, Get Out, with guests Faridah Gbadamosi and Andrew Hackley.  The team tackles everything from the horror influences on Get Out to how the movie masterfully tackles racial anxiety.

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

Shoot the WISB #57 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Get Out (2017) (IMDB)

Not Your Trophy: Deer Imagery in Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’

Fresh Air Interview with Jordan Peele

Faridah’s stuff:

Faridah’s Twitter

Faridah’s TEDx talk

* Andrew’s stuff:

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https://soundcloud.com/andrew-hackley

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.

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Don’t spoil me with your content warnings, they say! In this episode, I take a crack at the confusion between content warnings and spoilers. What is the difference? Why are content warnings important? What value do content warnings provide? Take a listen to hear my take!

Let me know what you think about content warnings and spoilers in the comments below!

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Show Notes:

* The Anthology w/ Content Warnings (Twitter; courtesy of Sapphixy)

Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Enjoy the episode!

Psychic superspies, war mongering, and shadows, oh my! We finish the second season of Babylon 5 with a bang, tackling the excitement of episodes 19 through 22! From actors leaving the show to the terrible consequences of the Narn / Centauri war to new revelations about the Shadows, this final episode is packed with interesting topics.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Shoot the WISB #56 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Babylon 5 (Season Two):

Episode 19:  Divided Loyalties

Episode 20:  The Long, Twilight Struggle

Episode 21:  Comes the Inquisitor

Episode 22:  The Fall of Night

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.

Welcome to the first edition of Signal Boost, a twice a month edition of the Skiffy and Fanty Show where we use our platform to promote books, anthologies, comic books, short films, zines, blogs, podcasts, artists, and whatever other cool stuff we think you should hear about.

In our first edition George Sandison, managing editor of Unsung Stories, joins Jen to tell us about 2084, an upcoming Orwellian inspired anthology that is currently in its Kickstarter phase, and Alexandra Pierce, of Galactic Suburbia, joins Paul to tell us about Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler, an upcoming collection of letters and essays from Twelfth Planet Press, about the influence that Octavia Butler has had on the science fiction community, personally, professionally, and politically.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Signal Boost #1 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* 2084: Sci-fi short story anthology inspired by Orwell

* Kickstarter for 2084

* Unsung Stories

Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler

Twelfth Planet Press

Twelfth Planet Press Facebook Page

For those that cannot listen to podcasts or prefer a written format, you can read the transcript below:

You can click the “pop out” icon in the top right OR click over to the main page to download the transcript in PDF format.

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.

Bikers, hardpan, and train robberies, oh my! Our very own Alex Wells/Acks joins Jen and Paul to talk about their new book Hunger Makes the Wolf, recently published by Angry Robot Books. We cover everything from adapting short stories into novels to Colorado union history to desert geological formations. It’s about as fun a ride as the book is! Strap on your helmets and give it a listen!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Episode 320 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Alex Acks’ Things:

Alex’s Website

Alex’s Twitter

Hunger Makes the Wolf (Angry Robot Books)

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.