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Welcome to the heartbeat of Scottish football – this is the Scottish Football Forums Podcast. Join us as we delve into the passion, drama, and camaraderie that make Scottish football unique. From the highs of thrilling matches to the lows of heart-wrenching defeats, we're your dedicated source for all things Scottish football. Whether you're a die-hard supporter or just curious about the beautiful game north of the border, come along on this journey through the fierce rivalries, and untold s ...
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Telefantasy Time Jump

Paul Cornell, L. M. Myles.

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Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Elementary) and Lizbeth Myles (Big Finish, Verity!), discuss the Science Fiction and Fantasy television made in the UK every year from 1953 to the present day. And in our Patreon bonus episodes we see what the rest of the world's SFF TV was like that year.
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Hosted by Jim White & Sean Tayler, the In Competition Film Podcast guides you through the international film festival scene. Episodes dissects festival selections, jury prizes, and retrospective years. World Cinema, Cannes, Berlinale, Venice Film Festivals + Sydney Film Festival (SFF), Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) are all discussed. Email us: [email protected].
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We are two best friends who do a deep dive into a new book book series, one book at a time. Join us while we assess the plot, the characters, and the themes of each book, while laughing at some of the more...interesting choices. Join us as we highlight the new series while updating you on other things we are reading, watching, and/or enjoying! Current Seasons: Season 1: Shai'Tan on Wheel of Time Season 2: Blazing through the Poppy Wars Season 3: The Murderbot Diaries Diaries Season 4: Peakin ...
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Incoming transmission! Welcome to What The SFF, a new podcast hosted by Angry Robot Books. Join our host, resident robot overlord Eleanor Teasdale, as she travels through the scifi-fantasy multiverse, picking up new authors and exciting guests, tackling the hottest topics in genre fiction, and discovering how to make the perfect cup of tea in space. So tune in each month for your scifi update! And we promise, we are the robots you’re looking for.
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Untrue Stories

Robin Johnson

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A sci-fi comedy-drama putting surreal new spins on classic speculative fiction. When George Orwell and H. G. Wells accidentally double-book a getaway cottage, an argument about tea escalates into an aeon-spanning adventure of time travel and political machination. A full cast audio drama from award-winning writer Robin Johnson.
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There are characters we love, and characters we love to hate, and characters we just can't get out of our minds. We talk to writers, artists and creatives of all types to find out who their favorite characters are--and why.
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Pay No Attention

David Whitechapel

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The Pay No Attention podcast is a podcast for SFF readers and writers in which host David Whitechapel takes a step behind the curtain to talk about the practice and process of writing fiction and telling stories, and all other things science fiction and fantasy.
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Australian director Tony Krawitz (Jewboy, The Tall Man), Oscar-winning Australian producer Emile Sherman (The King's Speech) and Australian producer Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom) discussing their latest feature, Dead Europe, which screened in SFF's Official Competition.
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Toasted Cake is: * 1 crispy-gooey fantasy & science fiction flash story podcast every Monday * dark, twisted, frosting-covered stories hand-picked & read by me * THE best way to prepare cake, in case you hadn't guessed * an idiosyncratic 2012 podcasting venture from Tina Connolly.
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Uncaring Universe Podcast

Danny Salfield Wadeson

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Interviews with awesome sci fi and fantasy storytellers about world building, creative process and more! Whether you're an aspiring writer or just an avid fan, join us for discussions staying sane while writing, strange ornamental weapons lying around the desk and, inevitably, Skyrim. An official partner of Tor UK, my favourite publisher of SFF & horror.
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Chronscast - The Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror Podcast

Dan Jones, Christopher Bean, Peat Long, Damaris Browne, Brian Sexton

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Welcome to Chronscast! We are the official podcast of SFF Chronicles, the world's largest science-fiction and fantasy community. Each episode your hosts Dan Jones, Christopher Bean, and Peat Long will take a deep dive into some classic science-fiction, fantasy, and horror with a special guest. We'll also discuss the challenges of writing and publishing SFF, and our guests' experiences. Episodes feature specialist advice on writing and publishing from our resident legal beagle Damaris Browne ...
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Worldbuilders Weekly brings you interviews with authors, artists, designers and more from the sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming community. Every episode also includes the latest news from Patrick Rothfuss' geek-powered charity: treasures from the Worldbuilders Market, trivia, nerdy tangents, and plenty of geeks-doing-good stories thanks to your incredible support! Worldbuilders works to create sustainable change for the better throughout the world in partnership with other charities and through ou ...
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Books and Cleverness

Archer Chattin, & Brigid Kawewehi

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Books and Cleverness is a new Harry Potter podcast where three enthusiastic fans board the Hogwarts Express back to school, and return to the world that enraptured us so many years ago. Starting with the very first chapter of the very first book, we'll read and discuss Harry's journey chapter by chapter. Not only will we talk about canon, but we'll also discuss the movies, news in the Potter world, the supplemental books, Pottermore, J.K. Rowling's thoughts, and the fandom. As we explore the ...
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Tipsy Nerds Book Club

Natalie Wright & Robyn Dabney

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The best in Science Fiction and Fantasy—with a twist. Whether you prefer dragons or aliens, your drinks shaken or stirred, Tipsy Nerds Book Club delivers lively and fun nerdy conversation every month. The first season focused on the NPR Best 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy, but the Nerds now focus on more recent titles, movies, and streaming shows. The show also features author guests (past guests include bestselling authors such as Hugh Howey, J Todd Scott, and Darynda Jones). For fans of SFF genre, T ...
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Jim (Father) and Zach (Son) talk about their ideas and perspectives on fantasy fiction, starting with Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series but straying in various other directions as well. The generational difference in how they view what they read will become obvious (and entertaining, they hope!). Come enjoy our debates and explorations over what all these books mean, and see who you agree with.
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Strangelet Podcast

Strangelet Press

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Broadcast from starships, dragons’ mouths, and from everyday worlds tinged with miracles, this is the Strangelet Podcast, featuring audio versions of the science fiction / fantasy stories we publish in our bimonthly journal, Strangelet. Learn more at strangeletjournal.com.
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PNY Pro Podcast

PNY Technologies

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Welcome to the PNY Pro Podcast! Get exclusive updates on PNY and NVIDIA’s latest breakthroughs, stay informed about the tech industry's most significant advancements, and gain valuable insights from interviews with industry experts. Tune in each week for information, inspiration in the fast-paced world of technology, and captivating discussions giving you a glimpse into the future.
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Glitchy Pancakes

Jesse Adams, Rob Gilmore, & Allie Charlesworth

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Real talk about the world of fandom. Conversations and interviews about topics of interest to fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, anime, comics, and gaming.
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Page Break is a collection of casual conversations between epic fantasy author Brian McClellan and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies. Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. Brian aims to use this podcast to find out more about his friends and colleagues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Legendarium

The Legendarium Podcast

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The Legendarium exists primarily as a book club for fantasy and sci-fi, both the classics and the new classics.Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, and more.
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Stay Free Forever

Clifford Fewel

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Stay Free Forever is a monthly podcast aimed at helping people, especially those who are currently and formerly justice-involved, to remain free and avoid incarceration or re-incarceration. We do this by talking about replacing risky thinking and behavior with sound, positive pro-social choices. Each discussion is guided by former corrections and parole officer Clifford Fewel, a journalist, writer, speaker and owner of the cognitive behavioral education company Stay Free Forever LLC.
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A new podcast from UK based independent publisher Comma Press, specialising in the short story and literature in translation. Series Two: Futures, brings listeners 6 discussions around future-set fiction, including sci-fi, speculative fiction and future-looking literary fiction. This series takes in a number of recent and bestselling Comma titles, with episodes featuring authors, translators, editors and academics in conversation about the influence of genre, and how science-fiction and writ ...
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📚 What are YOU reading in 2026? Every year brings new releases, long-awaited sequels, and that ever-growing TBR pile we swear we’ll finally tackle next year. Well… next year is almost here. In this episode of Fantasy for the Ages, Jim and Zach break down the books and series we’re most excited to read in 2026 — from epic fantasy commitments and sci…
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In today’s Fantasy for the Ages episode, Jim goes solo to count down his Top 10 Most Unpopular Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Opinions — ranked by how much backlash they tend to generate. These aren’t rage-bait takes. They’re thoughtful, experience-driven observations about the current state of SFFH books, movies, and TV… but fair warning: you …
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Every once in a while, a debut novel comes along that completely blindsides you—in the best possible way. In this Jim solo review, I’m talking about Fly Stone, Fly, a dark fantasy debut by Dust Kunkel that’s already racking up awards and recognition for its astonishing prose, layered worldbuilding, and deeply human storytelling. This one hit especi…
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Send us a text Hannah and Laura are still in disbelief over the plot of Tana French's book, The Likeness. They chat about the book's characters and themes and try to sort out if anything in it is believable. Hannah and Laura also chat about a fun thriller, some Christmas activities, hobbies, and a Netflix show that is pretty fun. *This episode cont…
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It's the busy festive period, but while many of us are frantically rushing around trying to organise things at the last minute again, Dave has stepped up with two cracking interviews for you this week. First up is Kevin Lynch from the North East Tartan Army to talk about what a year it's been from his perspective, as well as the upcoming 10th anniv…
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This is it — the grand finale of my Top 100 Sci-Fi Reads of All Time (2025 Edition). Today we reveal my Top 20 — the books that define science fiction for me. These stories shaped my imagination, challenged my thinking, broke my heart, and reminded me why sci-fi is one of the most powerful storytelling genres we have. This tier is mythic. Philosoph…
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Welcome to elite territory. In Part 4 of my Top 100 Sci-Fi Reads of All Time, we’re counting down ranks 40 through 21 — books that represent the core of what science fiction can do. These are stories about power, intelligence, control, revolution, and the long-term consequences of human ambition. Civilizations rise and fall here. Artificial intelli…
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Now we’re getting serious. In Part 3 of my Top 100 Sci-Fi Reads, we tackle ranks 60 through 41 — the stretch where the books stop being “just good” and start being deeply influential. This tier is full of apocalypses, time travel, AI ethics, societal collapse, and massive “what if” questions. These are stories that linger long after you turn the la…
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Welcome to Part 2 of my Top 100 Sci-Fi Reads of All Time (2025 Edition), where we move into ranks 80 through 61 — the section where the list starts to feel dangerous. This tier is packed with dystopias, survival stories, space opera, monsters, conspiracies, and big ideas colliding with bad human decisions. Many of these books ranked higher last yea…
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We've just begun SEASON 6 of Fantasy for the Ages. Mind-blowing! Today's livestream is just some fun with friends and all of you, celebrating why we keep bring content and fun to you all. Enjoy! Check out our friends: Derek at D&J's Epic Quest: https://www.youtube.com/@djsepicquest226 Glenn at Non-Terrestrial Half-Life: https://www.youtube.com/@non…
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I’ve already updated my Top 100 Fantasy Reads for 2025 — horror included — but today it’s time to give science fiction its moment in the spotlight. In Part 1 of my Top 100 Sci-Fi Reads of All Time, we’re starting at the bottom of the list with ranks 100 through 81. These are foundational reads, cult favorites, classics, guilty pleasures, and a few …
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Send us a text Hannah and Laura are covering the second half of Tana French's The Likeness, and really wondering how the author managed to write such a roller coaster of a book. They also chat about Marvel movies, some awesome books that Hannah has read recently, and favorite Christmas movies! *This episode contains SPOILERS for The Likeness by Tan…
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🔥 What if catching a disease meant you might burst into flames? 🔥 In this Jim-solo episode of Fantasy for the Ages, I dive into The Fireman by Joe Hill, a chilling apocalyptic novel where a mysterious infection causes spontaneous combustion—and fear spreads faster than fire. This is a spoiler-lite review, exploring what makes The Fireman such a com…
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What if the technology you use every single day was first imagined in science fiction? From Star Trek communicators that look suspiciously like smartphones, to AI, video calls, and self-driving cars that once lived only in novels and movies, science fiction has been predicting — and inspiring — the future for over a century. In this episode of Fant…
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Danny returns to hosting duty once more to bring you all the latest from the Championship capers. While his own St Johnstone are flying high, he's joined by David and Katie whose own teams, Queen's Park and Airdrie respectively, aren't having much luck at the other end of the table. Still, could be worse, could be Ross County fans. They discuss all…
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Jim and Sean discuss the recent Adelaide and Brisbane Film Festivals, plus the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Plus: the 1998 retrospective concludes with a discussion of the best films of the year & inspired by the New York Times' recent poll, they share their votes for the Top 10 Films of the 21st Century. Films discussed include: Afternoons of Solit…
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This is it — the grand finale of my Top 100 Fantasy Reads of All Time (2025 Edition)! Today we count down my Top 20 fantasy books ever — the stories that shaped me, broke me, inspired me, and permanently rewired my love for the genre. From sweeping epics to brutal grimdark, from dragon-soaring sci-fantasy to universe-shaking finales, this top secti…
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Welcome to Part 4 of my Top 100 Fantasy Reads of All Time (2025 Edition) — and now we’re entering sacred territory. Ranks 40 through 21 are home to the books that shaped my taste, my reading habits, and in some cases my entire understanding of what fantasy can do. These novels are emotional heavy-hitters, foundational epics, brilliant sequels, unfo…
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We’ve crossed the threshold — welcome to Part 3 of my Top 100 Fantasy Reads of 2025, covering ranks 60 through 41! This is where the competition really starts heating up. These aren’t just books I enjoyed… these are books that reshaped my reading life. From intense Malazan heartbreakers, to defining Wheel of Time installments, to massive grimdark s…
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Welcome to Part 2 of my updated Top 100 Fantasy Reads of All Time (2025 Edition)! Today we journey through ranks 80 to 61, where beloved classics jostle with grimdark heavy-hitters, LitRPG mayhem rubs elbows with dragonriders, and more than one book drops or rises in ways sure to spark debate. In this section we hit everything from action-packed ur…
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Welcome to Part 1 of my brand-new Top 100 Fantasy Reads of 2025! 🎉 I’ve read a lot of fantasy over the decades — classics, grimdark epics, cozy adventures, science-fantasy blends, cosmic weirdness, and yes… even the occasional LitRPG dungeon filled with cats, chaos, and questionable life choices. After a ton of thought (and perhaps too much coffee)…
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As Scotland gets battered by another storm, the football tries its best to continue on regardless - with mixed results in the KDM Evolution Trophy... or the Scottish Challenge Cup once you blow away the sponsorship. Josh hosts the latest podcast, and he's joined by Charlie, Daris, Graeme and Krys to chat not only about the weather related stories f…
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Send us a text Hannah and Laura are diving into the first half of The Likeness by Tana French and trying to decide if people close to them would truly be confused by doppelgangers. They also chat about Laura's love for Travis Baldree's works, Hannah's reread of The Locked Tomb series, and a book that Laura sent to Hannah that is in a word, delightf…
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We know the draw, and now we know where Scotland are going to be playing their World Cup games. Brazil in Miami on the third matchday follows Haiti and Morocco in Boston, and John B got in touch with Scottish commentator Derek Rae, who happens to reside in the Massachusetts city. Lightning has struck twice for Derek as the Euro's also welcomed the …
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Send us a text Hannah and Laura are traveling across the United States to find Zeus's stolen lightning bolt. They recruit Sara and Lilly of Fiction Fans podcast to help them on their quest. That's right! It's a TV Tuesday covering the first season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians!! Hannah, Laura, Sara, and Lilly chat all about the show's casting,…
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The viral apocalypse is back! After nearly two decades, the horror and heartbreak of 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later return in the brand-new 2025 sequel 28 Years Later. But is this revival a brilliant evolution of the franchise… or just an unnecessary cash grab? In this episode, Jim breaks down all three films, exploring what made the originals so…
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It was a day we had waited 28 years for, a World Cup draw featuring Scotland (and not via the UEFA playoff route like 2022 that ended in failure). Lo and behold, the draw gave us two of the same teams we faced at France ‘98 plus an unknown quantity from our viewpoint. John Bleasdale got reaction from the draw event at Barras Art And Design organise…
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Today I’m diving into The Final Girls (2015)—a comedic slasher film that somehow mixes heart, horror tropes, meta humor, and summer camp chaos into one unforgettable experience. What happens when characters get trapped inside a slasher movie and suddenly have to obey all the genre rules? Well… things get messy in the best possible way. In this spoi…
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Hi everyone, I hope you enjoy this microfiction fantasy story I wrote and submitted as part of NYC Midnight’s 250-word Microfiction Contest. This story made the cut in Round One, and then I had to submit another original story for Round Two, and that’s as far as I got. But I thought the story was … Continue reading "Original Fiction: Bookends, or L…
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What happens when a haunting, a babysitting job, and a time-bending nightmare collide? Today I’m diving into The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones — a Halloween-set horror story that mixes ghosts, trauma, looping realities, and SGJ’s signature genre-warping style. In this spoiler-lite review, I’ll break down the book’s premise, how it’s been…
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Prepare to GROK this classic like never before! In today’s Jim-solo review, we dive into Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land — one of the most influential, controversial, and conversation-sparking science-fiction novels ever written. Originally published in 1961 and later expanded in the uncut edition, this book reshaped the genre, chal…
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In this spoiler-lite review, Jim takes on Swan Song by Robert McCammon — a 1987 post-apocalyptic dystopian horror novel that won a Bram Stoker Award and continues to be hailed by many readers as a classic. But does it hold up today? And does it really deserve the constant comparisons to Stephen King’s The Stand? After a channel viewer recommended i…
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Can a mystery thriller starring sentient mushroom people actually work? Today, I’m diving into Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report Book 1) by Adrian M. Gibson—a weird-fiction sci-fi mashup with a premise so wild it practically demands investigation. This was my latest buddy-read with Derek over at D&J’s Epic Quest and Matt from Geaux Read Books, all…
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Send us a text Hannah and Laura are welcoming back to the podcast, Sara and Lilly of Fiction Fans podcast fame! They join Hannah and Laura to discuss a book that none of them have childhood nostalgia for, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan! They get into the truly important parts of the book: the accuracy of the transportation and whether or not i…
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Welcome to The FFTA Father-Son SFFH Awards — The Sassies: 2025 Edition! 🎉 It’s perhaps the start of an annual tradition, where Jim and Zach team up to celebrate (and sometimes lovingly roast) the very best of our fantasy, science fiction, and horror reading from the past year. No cash prizes. No trophies. Just bookish joy, chaotic energy, and two n…
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Did we really need another Superman movie? Jim certainly didn’t think so… until Zach made him watch it. And now? Jim has to admit something he never expected to say: 👉 “I WAS WRONG.” In this solo episode, Jim dives into his spoiler-lite review of Superman (2025) — a film he initially skipped due to full-blown Superman fatigue… only to discover it’s…
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Mythius from the Nebulugo Book Club Discord Server joins me for a discussion of Jeff Vandermeer’s 2014 Nebula-winner, Annihilation. Ways to support the podcast: Buy Me a Book/Coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sethheasled Support Me on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Pick a Book off the Mondo List and contact me: https://docs.goog…
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In this special Fantasy for the Ages episode, Jim & Zach are joined by two VERY special guests — their better halves, Judy and Rachel! 🎉 Together, the four of us dive into a mountain of Fantasy for the Ages YouTube poll results spanning fantasy, science fiction, horror, and all kinds of gloriously nerdy book-and-media debates. But here’s the fun tw…
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What were the absolute best books we read in 2025? The ones that didn’t just blow us away, but earned the always desired by not always earned: a perfect 5-star score? Today, Jim and Zach reveal their Unshakable 5-Star SFFH Discoveries of 2025 — the science fiction, fantasy, and horror reads that rose above everything else we picked up this year. Th…
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This is it — the grand finale! We’ve covered villains from the 1950s to the 2000s, and now we’re tackling the modern era: 2010 to 2024, a stretch filled with some of the most debated, beloved, and terrifying villains in genre fiction. From Negan’s brutality to Thanos’s twisted philosophy… from Taravangian’s chilling logic to Feyd-Rautha’s electrify…
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We continue our Villains-by-Decade journey with the 2000s — a transformative era in fantasy and science fiction where storytelling took major leaps forward. This decade delivered richly layered worlds, morally complex narratives, and antagonists who pushed heroes — and readers — into darker, more surprising territory. Join Jim as he explores each y…
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