In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Shaun and Jen discuss the importance of the new Wonder Woman film succeeding — both for the representation of women in front of and behind the silver screen. Don’t forget to wait for this week’s boosts at the end!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Signal Boost #8 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Importance of Wonder Woman:

* Wonder Woman (2017) (IMDB)

* ‘Wonder Woman’ Will Easily Be The Biggest Female Comic Book Superhero Movie Ever (By A Lot)

* Box Office: Five Ways ‘Wonder Woman’ Has Already Made History

Mini-Boosts!

* Shaun’s Boosts:

* Postal (vol. 1) by Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill, Isaac Goodhart, and Betsy Gonia

* Mother of Invention, edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Rivqa Rafael from Twelfth Planet Press

* Jen’s Boosts:

* A Tribe Called Geek

* A Tribe Called Geek’s Website

* A Tribe Called Geek on Twitter

* Five Faves by Shaun Duke

* Shaun’s Website

* Shaun’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 time.

 

Werewolves in space, Chinese-diaspora, and merchants, oh my! Joyce Chng joins Jen and Paul to discuss her Space Opera novella, Starfang: Rise of the Clan. We talk about the everything from how Joyce was influenced by Singapore’s maritime traditions, to children on the bridge, to werewolves, of course! And don’t believe Joyce when she tells you she can’t write romance because Starfang proves her wrong!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Episode 326 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Joyce Chng’s Things:

* Joyce’s Website

* Starfang at Fox Spirit Books — buy it here:

* Amazon (US)

* Amazon (UK)

* Joyce’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.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Ashlee Blackwell, founder and editor of Graveyard Shift Sisters, joins Shaun to talk about the goal of her website, #FridayNightHorror, and some recommendations for essential Black horror films. Then Paul is joined by Carrie Patel, author and game designer, to discuss the narrative design of DLC & sequels for computer games and expanding the world of Recoletta in the final book of her trilogy, The Song of the Dead.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Signal Boost #7 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

 

* Ashlee Blackwell’s Stuff:

Graveyard Shift Sisters

#FridayNightHorror

“10 Essential: Black Horror Films” at ComingSoon.Net

Ashlee on Twitter

* Carrie Patel’s stuff:

* Carrie’s Website

* Carrie’s Author Page at Angry Robot Books

* Obsidian Entertainment

* Carrie on Twitter

 

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.

Scientology theories, nipple jackets, and, oh my god, is that Shaun singing?! This month, we honestly don’t know how to describe the bizarre twists and turns the conversation takes as Megan O’Keefe joins Shaun, Paul, and Jen to discuss the fairly maligned 2002 goth-wet dream, Queen of the Damned. Basically, the only reason to watch this movie is Aaliyah, because Lestat is an anemic, no-chinned creeper.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Episode 325 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

 

* Queen of the Damned (2002)(IMDB)

* Megan O’Keefe’s Stuff:

* Megan’s Website

* Megan on Twitter

* Inherit the Flame: Sands of Aransa Book III

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.

Butterfly in the sky! I can go twice as high! I can’t sing, so just listen to the theme song… but every time it says Rainbow… think Rangers…

Yes, we really ARE that nerdy!

Reading Rangers is our new, bi-monthly (for now) episode series in which we pick a book and then discuss it!  Thank you to our listener, Edward Giordano, for suggesting this many moons ago, because a book club seemed the perfect fit when Paul and Alex found out that Jen had NEVER READ THE VORKOSIGAN SAGA! (booooo hisssss). Clearly, burning Jen at the stake was not an option, so we’re doing this instead. Jen, Paul and Alex are joined by Stina and Kate on this edition of Reading Rangers to discuss Lois McMaster Bujold’s Shards of Honor. In future episodes, we’ll likely have a rotating cast of both new and old readers. The Vorkosigan Saga is about 50 million books long, so it may take us a while to get through it, but when we’re done we look forward to having listener input on what to read next!

We do hope you enjoy the crew’s discussion of everything from romance (or lack thereof) to interplanetary politics, culture wars, pod babies, disability representation, and Machiavellian emperors. It’s a doozy! If you like, follow along at home! Our next episode of Reading Rangers will be all about Barrayar.

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

Reading Rangers #1 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Shards of Honor

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

Barrayar

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, Sophia Chester, author of Cosmic Callisto Caprica & The Missing Rings of Saturn and the Rocket Romance novellas, joins us to talk about how her books tackle the civil rights era IN SPACE!!! Then Heather Rose Jones, author of the Alpennia Regency Fantasy Adventure Romance series and the Lesbian Historic Motif Project, joins Jen to talk about the characters of Alpennia, her newest venture into YA, and how she’s created a vital resource for writers and readers to learn about lesbians throughout history.

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 #6 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Sophia Chester’s stuff:

* Cosmic Callisto Caprica & The Missing Rings of Saturn

* Rocket Romance

* Sophia’s Tumblr

* Sophia’s Youtube

* Sophia on Twitter

* Heather Rose Jones’ stuff:

Heather’s Website

Alpennia Series

Lesbian Historic Motif Project

Lesbian Historic Motif Project Podcast

Heather on Twitter

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.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Shaun and Jen have a conversation about their earliest memories of geekdom and how they came into their love of SFF from very different directions. In addition, they both have their mini-boosts for the week! Shaun cheats and boosts THREE things. That rapscallion.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Signal Boost #5 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

CoGeeko Ergo Sum:

* Totally Pretentious: Into the Wardrobe review of The Goonies

* Jen’s Retro Childhood Reviews

Mini-Boosts!

* Jen’s Boosts:

* Sarah Chorn & Faces of Impact:

Bookworm Blues

Our Words:  Discussing Disabilities in Speculative Fiction

Sarah’s Twitter

* #SaturdayNightSciFi

* @GeekSoulBrother

* Geek Soul Brother Website

* Shaun’s Boosts:

* Super Nebula Author Showcase Humble Bundle

* Camestros Felapton tears apart Rey is a Mary Sue claims from a place we will not mention

* The True Story of the Ni’ihau Incident 

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.

Gloom travels, Shadowrun, and post-soviet-collapse Russia, oh my! Shaun, Jen, and Paul, discuss the Russian urban fantasy blockbuster film, Night Watch, with special guest, Juan Sanmiguel! The group discuss American audience prejudice against foreign genre films, the fact that they’re probably missing a lot of cultural clues, and how Night Watch does a better job portraying female characters than most US urban fantasy.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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

Shoot the WISB #58 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Night Watch (2004) (IMDB)

Juan’s stuff:

Juan’s Twitter

Juan’s Website

* OasFis:

* Oasis 29

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, Gideon Marcus, founder and primary writer of Galactic Journey, joins Jen to tell us about the Traveler’s Galactic Journey to 55 years ago. Then Phoebe Barton, science fiction writer from beyond the Wall, joins Jen to talk about her short stories and her blog series, “Tailings of the Golden Age,” which examines golden age science fiction stories through the progressive lens of the modern age. Stay till the end for one extra little boost!

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 #4 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Gideon’s Stuff

* Galactic Journey

* Galactic Journey on Twitter

* Phoebe’s Stuff:

Acts of Minor Treason – Including “Tailings of the Golden Age” series

Phoebe Barton on Twitter

* Skiffy and Fanty Show’s Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice Charity Fundraiser

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.

Beastly brides, universal motifs, and complicating narratives, oh my! Sara Cleto, Brittany Warman, and Shveta Thakrar join Julia and Mike (who dusts off his M.A. in Folklore Studies) to discuss inclusivity in fairy tales, specifically the conversations in Fairy Tale and Folklore studies about how to decolonize the conversation and become more inclusive.

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 324 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman’s Things:

The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic

Brittany’s Website

Sara’s Twitter

Brittany’s Twitter

Through the Twisted Woods

“Waking”

Shveta Thakrar’s Things:

Shveta’s Website

Shveta’s Twitter

“Lavanya and Deepika”

* Additional resources:

* Amar Chitra Katha

* Aarne-Thompson-Uther Classification Index

* Cristina Bacchilega

* American Folklore Society

* Goblin Fruit

* Additional Works Mentioned:

* “Seasons of Glass and Iron,” by Amal El-Mohtar

* “To Escape the Witch’s House,” by Layla Al-Bedawi

* Kachi-Kachi Yama

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Pan’s Labyrinth

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The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden, by Catherynne M. Valente

*

Ash, by Malinda Lo

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Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold, edited by Paula Guran

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Throne of the Crescent Moon, by Saladin Ahmed

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