Stephen discusses filk, storytelling, community, and the intersections of music and speculative fiction with two legends: 'Decadent' Dave Clement and Steven Brust.

Note: For copyright reasons, we didn't include any songs in this episode. The songs we would have used are 'This Island Earth' (Dandelion Wine) and 'Stars Overhead' (Cats Laughing) from the albums linked below.

Circles in the Grain - Dandelion Wine Another Way to Travel - Cats Laughing

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Events mentioned

• Keycon
• Filk Ontario
• Festival of the Living Rooms
• Ohio Valley Filk Festival
• Pegasus awards

Select works & artists mentioned

• Beth Friedman
• Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust
• Khaavren Romances series by Steven Brust
• DC Star Trek comic “Debt of Honor” written by Christopher S. Claremont, illustrated by Adam T. Hughes and Karl C. Story
• The Callahan Touch by Spider Robinson
• Borderland series by Terri Windling
• Adam Stemple
• Emma Bull
• The Gypsy by Megan Lindholme and Steven Brust
• Songs from The Gypsy by Boiled in Lead (album)
• Joe Haldeman
• Lyorn by Steven Brust (released April 2024)
• How Much for Just the Planet? by John M. Ford
• Once More, With Feeling - Buffy the Vampire Slayer s6e7

Host: Stephen Geraghty Producer: Janet Mowat

This episode was recorded in the autumn of 2023.

Stephen talks with Yilin Wang and André Geleynse of Tales & Feathers magazine about cosy fiction.

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Works & artists mentioned

• Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers
• John Wiswell
• Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Diana Wynne Jones
• I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki
• My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
• Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto
• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
• Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
• Hakumei and Mikochi by Takuto Kashiki

Host: Stephen Geraghty Producer: Janet Mowat

This episode was recorded in the autumn of 2023.

New host Stephen talks with Waubgeshig Rice about apocalyptic stories, Indigenous SF, and his books Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves.

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Works & artists mentioned

• Moon of the Crusted Snow, Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
• Mad Max (1979)
• The Last of Us (video game - 2013; TV series - 2023)
• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
• Trickster series by Eden Robinson
• The Road by Cormack McCarthy

Host: Stephen Geraghty Producer: Janet Mowat

This episode was recorded in the autumn of 2023.

In his final episode as host of the podcast, Oliver chats with author Kim Stanley Robinson about Climate Fiction. KimStanleyRobinson.info

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Oliver talks with Norman Perrin about folklore in general, and Norman's unique, privately owned, publicly accessible archive of folklore knowledge he’s run from his Toronto apartment since 1990. The Four Winds Storytellers Library on Facebook

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Oliver talks with Scott Dorward about H.P. Lovecraft, how his legacy has been built on, and how writers might take things even further. The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, a Lovecraft & gaming podcast Scott co-hosts (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord) Scott’s Twitter

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Oliver talks with the man behind Beguiling Comics, Peter Birkemoe, about graphic novels. The Beguiling (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) Little Island Comics

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Oliver talks with author Gideon Marcus about alternate history speculative fiction. Gideon Marcus (Twitter) Galactic Journey (Twitter, Facebook)

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