A podcast about science fiction and SF fandom from John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty.
Episodes
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
John is on the periphery, Alison is carving, and Liz went to Japan.
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Content warnings this episode: con artistry, privilege, racism
- Letters of comment
- Jake Casella Brookins
- Ali Baker Brooks
- Christopher J Garcia
- Emily January
- Kat Kourbeti
- Caroline Mullan
- Zoe O’Connell
- Roman Orszanski
- Awards
- Oghenochovwe Donald Ekpeki
- Erin Cairns has reported that Ekpeki stole a story and passed it off as his own
- Cairns tried to sound this alarm on X in June
- Reactions
- Gautam Bhatia
- L D Lewis (requires Bluesky login)
- Ekpeki’s response
- Jason Sanford talks about his reaction to the news: one, two
- Picks
- John: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Alison: Bridge Command
- Alison was given free tickets by the venue’s PR team
- Liz: Japan
- Neat effects like Tokyo Disneyland’s Pepper’s ghost or Shiriki Utundu
- Liz was not given free tickets but if anyone wants to give me free tickets to Disney parks please get in touch
- Credits
- Cover art: “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” by Alison Scott
- Alt text: A pumpkin carved with an image of Beetlejuice, with the words “Episode 122” at the top of the image and “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” at the bottom.
- Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
- Cover art: “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” by Alison Scott
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