John is ignorant, Alison is first, and Liz is a trendsetter.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 8).

• Letters of comment
  • Chris Garcia
    • Maundy Thursday
  • Andy Openshaw
  • Nuala on Bluesky: sorry!
  • Raj recommends pizza crunch
    • Mono
  • Raj on Mastodon
    • Track Changes
  • Meg MacDonald
  • DC’s loc
• Eastercon 2024
  • Telford
    • Telford International Centre
    • KFC
  • Catchup
    • Members’ area
    • Catchup will be closing at the end of April
  • Dealers’ room
    • Beyond Cataclysm
  • COVID
    • No reported cases, as far as we are aware
• Picks
  • John: Thunder Road: Vendetta
  • Alison: Fallout (the TV series)
  • Liz: Stardew Valley
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Vibrant Food Culture” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: A drawing of a blackboard with text that reads: “Octothorpe 108 guide to Glasgow street food.” A picture of a deep fried pizza with glasses is next to text reading ’The “Coxon” pizza crunch’, a picture of three pakora with glasses next to ‘The “Scott” haggis pakora’, and a picture of a deep fried Mars bar next to ‘The “Batty” deep fried Mars bar”. Stars also adorn the backboard, and bottles of red and brown sauce are in the bottom-left-hand corner.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

John, Alison, and Nicholas are live from Levitation!

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Content warnings this episode: None

• Thank you very much to our stunt Liz, Nicholas Whyte!
  • Nicholas’ blog, From the Heart of Europe
• April Fool’s Day
  • The rocket in all its glory!
• The Hugo Awards
  • Hugo Award finalists
  • The announcement video
  • Thank you to everyone who nominated us!
  • Congratulations to the other Fancast finalists:
    • The Coode Street Podcast
    • Hugos There
    • Publishing Rodeo
    • 科幻Fans布玛 (Science Fiction Fans Buma)
    • Worldbuilding for Masochists
  • The first Town Hall will be on 20 April 2024
    • Tickets available on Eventbrite
    • The stream will be available on YouTube
  • Three Black Halflings
  • Tammy Coxen
    • The Glasgow Gimlet
    • Tammy’s Tastings
    • Tammy’s podcast, My Tiny Bottles
  • Bigolas Dickolas
• Gallifrey One
• BSFA
  • Join their Discord!
• Picks
  • John: Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (Channel 4)
    • Our cosplay
  • Alison: Eastercon catch-up
  • Nicholas:
    • The Black Archive
    • David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television by Simon Guerrier
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Octothorpe at Levitation” by Sue Dawson
    • Alt text: John, Alison, and Nicholas Whyte stand in front of a projection of the Octothorpe podcast and behind a panel table. Each of them wears a convention badge, and Nicholas holds the Glasgow Landing Zone Rocket. Nicholas is looking at the camera, while John and Alison are not quite as good at this. The table they stand behind holds beers, coffees, convention newsletters, phone batteries, microphones, and table tents.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

John used to be an undergraduate, Alison has been keeping a list, and can Liz be a stunt Liz?

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Content warnings this episode: Death (Deb Geisler, chapter 3) and gambling (Hugo Awards, chapter 7; Alison’s pick, chapter 8).

• Letters of comment
  • Chris Garcia
  • Mike Glyer
    • Transcripts
  • Bob Morrell
  • Colin Murtagh
  • We also heard from Jonny Baddeley, Alex Holden, Farah Mendlesohn, and Ang Rosin
• Deb Geisler
  • File 770
• Eastercon
  • Programme
    • Octothorpe Live is at 13:00 on Monday!
  • Games
  • Newsletter
    • Please come help, post in the Discord if you’d like to volunteer!
  • GUFF
    • Vote here!
  • Doc Weir
  • BSFA Awards
• Awards
  • Nebula Award finalists
    • Android Press Games
    • The Bread Must Rise
  • Hugo Award betting markets
    • Liz has decided not to put her referral link here because the people who run the website might be a bit too Silicon Valley-y
  • Hugo, Girl! un-recuse
• Picks
  • John: Airecon
    • Overs: The Cricket Card Game
  • Alison: The 2023 Eastercon souvenir book
    • Balatro
  • Liz: “No CGI is really just INVISIBLE CGI” on YouTube
    • Todd Vaziri on X, BlueSky, Mastodon
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Podcasting Is Magic” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: Three ponies in the style of My Little Pony adorn the cover. The left-hand one is orange, and has a six-sided die as a cutie mark. The central one is teal, and has a rainbow Apple logo for a cutie mark. The right-hand one is blue, and has a Hugo Award for a cutie mark. They look like they are having a nice time. The words “My Little Octothorpe 106” appear at the top, and the words “Podcasting Is Magic” appear at the bottom.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)