Wool-Shift-Dust: a Silo TV podcast

Elysia talks to Beacon 23 season 2 co-showrunner Glen Mazzara about the show, what it's like to be a showrunner (during a strike), with deep and honest reflection of how story decisions are made, and answers to some of our lingering questions. Before and after the interview, Luke joins Elysia to talk through this and other new information, and play a couple rounds of Would You Rather.

This episode also references this 3 Hosts in a Beacon interview

Find us on Twitter: @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP

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Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club

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The Lorehounds (Elysia)

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Produced by Elysia Brenner

Published by The Lorehounds

Intro & outro music: "Magnetic Universe" by Adrian Earnshaw & Benedict Roff-Marsh

Additional SFX from Freesound.org

Elysia and Luke look back on the two seasons of Beacon 23 as a whole as we take our last beacon-based deep dive (for now, hopefully) into the final two episodes of season 2: episodes 7 ("Free") and 8 ("Disintegration").

What exactly happened with Harmony; what did we learn about these characters and this world; who would we Join, Jail, or Jettison; and who is the most murderous AI of them all – we attempt to answer everything!

Find us on Twitter: @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP

And discuss the show with us on Discord

Or email us at [email protected].

Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club

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The Lorehounds (Elysia)

The Star Wars Canon Timeline Podcast (Elysia)

It Could Be Said (Luke)

Produced by Elysia Brenner

Published by The Lorehounds

Intro & outro music: "Magnetic Universe" by Adrian Earnshaw & Benedict Roff-Marsh

Additional SFX from Freesound.org

While you wait for the Beacon 23 wrap-up this weekend, enjoy this quick look ahead:

The forecast for this summer is a storm of content – but luckily we're offering comprehensive coverage on the Lorehounds network.

Elysia, David, John, and Aaron offer a tasting of teasers of this summer's coverage – including weekly coverage of The Acolyte, House of the Dragon, The Boys, Doctor Who, and Rings of Power + OneShot coverage of The Bear, Interview with the Vampire, Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien: Romulus, and more.

Hot Lore Summer has begun.

(Listeners from the Southern Hemisphere also invited to the party.)

Contact Us

Questions or comments? Visit us at our website where you can use the contact form or use the voicemail feature. Or, send an email to [email protected].

Links to Patreon, Supercast, Discord, and Network Affiliates:

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Luke joins Elysia again for some tongue-in-cheek critique meets serious scientific analysis of Beacon 23 season 2 episodes 4 through 6: "Berth," "Song of Sorrow," and "Luan Casca." We jump through time and space to break down our growing understanding of the QTA's real power, AI HR violations, and determine who was the best beacon keeper of them all.

Join us again in two weeks for our coverage of the final two episodes!

Includes spoilers for all episodes that have aired. But even book readers can't spoil where this season might end...

Find us on Twitter: @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP

And discuss the show with us on Discord

Or email us at [email protected].

Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club

Find us also on the podcasts... 

The Lorehounds (Elysia)

The Star Wars Canon Timeline Podcast (Elysia)

It Could Be Said (Luke)

Produced by Elysia Brenner

Published by The Lorehounds

Intro & outro music: "Magnetic Universe" by Adrian Earnshaw & Benedict Roff-Marsh

Additional SFX from Freesound.org

Elysia's new Star Wars podcast project has launched! Enjoy the first quick explainer episode here. Like what you hear?

Subscribe to The Star Wars Canon Timeline Podcast here

Original episode notes:

In this quickie intro episode to The Star Wars Canon Timeline Podcast, you’ll learn not only what all those words mean (in the context of Star Wars), but also how this podcast works – how this experiment in creating a chronological timeline amidst a chaotic release order will unfold, and what to expect from the journey.

I break down the 9 eras of Star Wars history we’re covering – starting thousands of years in the past, through weekly releases of the upcoming series The Acolyte – as well as what kinds of guests to expect, essential Star Wars timeline lingo, and how this podcast is designed for both old fans and fresh faces who are Star Wars-curious.

This Is the Way.

The Star Wars Canon Timeline Podcast past and future episode list

Upcoming episodes (spring/summer 2024):

–The Dawn of the Jedi & Old Republic overview

–The (Knights of the) Old Republic games – Legends

–The High Republic overview

–Young Jedi Adventures S1

–Weekly coverage of The Acolyte

Email us: [email protected]

Find Elysia on Twitter: @elysiacb

Join the discussion on the Lorehounds Discord: https://discord.gg/8CeM9crU

Music: Music: “The Force Theme” by Joanna Haltman

Produced by Elysia Brenner

Published by The Lorehounds

Luke and Elysia recap the first 3 episodes of trippy martial space philosophy show Beacon 23 (from Boat Rocker Productions/MGM+). We break down exactly what happened, what it all means, the details you might have missed, and where the characters stand in our new game of "Murder, Jail, Set Free."

Spoilers for all B23 episodes up to this point and equivalent passages from the book (but no spoilers ahead).

Find us on Twitter @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP

And discuss the show with us on Discord

Or email us at [email protected].

Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club

Produced by Elysia Brenner

Published by The Lorehounds

Intro & outro music: "Magnetic Universe" by Adrian Earnshaw & Benedict Roff-Marsh

Additional SFX from Freesound.org

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The Lorehounds (Elysia)

It Could Be Said (Luke)

Luke and Elysia check in one more time before season 2 of Beacon 23 kicks off on MGM+ (and elsewhere) April 7th. Also collecting the thoughts of none other than author of the book Beacon 23 and one of the series' executive producers Hugh Howey – about Silo news as well – before they break down the latest trailer, talking to the community and laying out their final predictions for the season to come.

Watch the Beacon 23 season 2 trailer here.

Part 2 of the Hugh Howey interview, and the full breakdown of the Beacon 23 book, in the Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club.

Find us on Twitter @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP

And discuss the show with us on Discord

Or email us at [email protected].

Produced by Elysia Brenner

Published by The Lorehounds

Intro & outro music: "Magnetic Universe" by Adrian Earnshaw & Benedict Roff-Marsh

Additional SFX from Freesound.org

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The Lorehounds (Elysia)

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Beacon 23 season 2 is coming to MGM+ April 7! Before you watch, let book-reader Elysia and show-only Luke refresh your memory on how season one ended – with deep dives into episodes 6–8: "Beacon Twenty Three," "End Transmission," and "Adamantine." Then catch you up on what we know about season 2, and what we think might happen next.

Spoilers for the entire first season of Beacon 23 and related elements from the book. NO spoilers for content that might be covered in season 2 of the show – just blind speculation.

Also, Abi and Elysia break down everything that happens in the book Beacon 23 (and all the Silo books) in the Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club.

Find us on Twitter @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP

And discuss the show with us on Discord

Or email us at [email protected].

Produced by Elysia Brenner

Published by The Lorehounds

Intro & outro music: "Magnetic Universe" by Adrian Earnshaw & Benedict Roff-Marsh

Additional SFX from Freesound.org

Find us also on the podcasts... 

The Lorehounds (Elysia)

It Could Be Said (Luke)

You are overdue an update – so here it is! Elysia fills you in on what's been going on, what's coming next (it's the episodes you've been owed!), and then drops a 15-minute teaser of the 2024 Oscars prep series she and David have been cooking up over on The Lorehounds feed.

If you like what you hear in this preview, you can listen to episode 1 (of 3) here: Oscars – Part 1 – The Headliners

Happy Holidays from Wool-Shift-Dust! In this winter special, Elysia and Luke explore one of the original alternate timeline stories: the iconic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), plus the other films it spawned – including remake It Happened One Christmas (1977), the amusingly terrible unofficial sequel Clarence (1990), and the looser remakes It's a Very Merry Muppets Christmas (2002), The Christmas Spirit (2013), and the 2023 horror comedy It's a Wonderful Knife. Don't worry if you haven't seen any of them – we'll recap them all, and then talk about why you should care, and all the good, the bad, and the ugly within.

Also, Elysia explains "The Greatest Gift," the short story It's a Wonderful Life is based on, (with a special performance by DeadEyeJediBob) – plus the song "Auld Lang Syne" – in the Wool-Shift-Dust Book Club.

See also...

Planet Money talks the economics of It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life, the musical

It's a Wonderful Life: The Lost Ending

This You Call a Wonderful Life?

The Trump satire

Comedy Central satire

"Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life"

Find us on Twitter @elysiacb and @LUKEMIDDUP

And discuss the show with us on Discord

Or email us at [email protected].

Published by The Lorehounds

Produced by Elysia Brenner

Intro & outro music: "Land of Ice and Snow" by HygieusMusic

Additional SFX from Freesound.org

Find us also on the podcasts... 

The Lorehounds (Elysia)

It Could Be Said (Luke)