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Fantasy, Sci Fi and speculative fiction, observed through the comedic lens of The Bugle. Become a Bugle subscriber to enjoy this show ad free and help us thrive. Expect reviews and supernova level hot takes on literature, gaming, films, TV, board games, and anywhere else you can experience space ships, clones and beautiful elves with massive weapons. A podcast from The Bugle. Hosted by Alice Fraser and friends. Also available as a video podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor ...
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AntipodeanSF

Ion Newcombe

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AntipodeanSF podcast/radio show is devoted to the presentation of flash speculative fiction stories (science fiction, fantasy, and horror). AntiSF is where speculative fiction belongs -- downside-up!
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Makeshift Stories is a sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction podcast for anyone who craves the thrill of the unknown and unexpected. Once a month, buckle up for an epic journey through possible futures, space, alternate realities, and beyond. Are you ready to explore uncharted territories and discover the unimaginable? Tune in and let your imagination soar!
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The Night's End Podcast

Dissonance Media

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The Night‘s End Podcast is a short story podcast. With a focus on dark fiction, it will leave you screaming for the night‘s end before each story is through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Greater Boston

Alexander Danner & Jeff Van Dreason

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Greater Boston is a bi-monthly full-cast audio drama that blends the real and the unreal, the historical and the fantastical. It all begins with the death of Leon Stamatis, a man for whom the least hint of uncertainty makes life unbearable. But by leaving the world, he has irrevocably changed it. Greater Boston is written and produced by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason. A production of ThirdSight Media LLC.
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Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky | QCODE

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Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create thoughtful, sound-rich episodes about science fiction, fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction. Every other week, he talks with filmmakers, screenwriters, novelists, comic book artists, game designers, and anyone who works in the field of make ...
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The Well Told Tale

The Well Told Tale

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Hi everyone. This is Robert. Welcome to The Well Told Tale. Every week I narrate a classic story; the greatest science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction stories ever written, not just in a small chunk at a time, but enough for you to really relax into. No adverts in the middle, just the story itself. All stories are pubic domain and free from copyright.
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A Meal of Thorns

The Ancillary Review of Books

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A critical book club from the Ancillary Review of Books. Host Jake Casella Brookins invites writers, scholars, and critics to discuss thorny works of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.
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Strange Horizons

The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective

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Speculative fiction and poetry, literary criticism, and interviews from award-winning Strange Horizons magazine, updated weekly on Mondays/Tuesdays. Find us online at strangehorizons.com
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khōréō magazine

khōréō magazine, Inc.

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khōréō is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and migration. We publish fiction, non-fiction, and art by immigrant and diaspora authors and artists. Winner of the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Fiction Podcast.
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Game Master's Book Club

Eric Adrian Jackson

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Talented Gamemasters read speculative fiction to provide advice on how to run games within those worlds, borrow elements from those worlds for your own games, and recommend similar media to inspire your table top games.
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Weekly stories across speculative science fiction, fantasy, surrealism, magical realism, and more narrated for your auditory pleasure from Foofaraw Press, a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations.
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SciFi Thoughts

Lancer Kind, science fiction author

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In the time it takes to receive a Starbucks coffee, SciFi author Lancer Kind covers what's happning in popular science fiction film, tv, and books.
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Alzabo Soup

Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth

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Alzabo Soup is a literary analysis podcast where we literally become our favorite authors by devouring portions of their brains. We do chapter-by-chapter analysis of our favorite speculative fiction, researching the details and discussing the implications.
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Watch With You

Lady D and Lady H

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Two lifelong friends muse over media that showcases Black women, femmes, and non-binary people. Season 2 premieres in October 2022 and focuses on Black Speculative fiction.
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Today We Choose Faces

NotebookLM, Ernest Prabhakar

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An online book club discussing the psychology and philosophy of speculative and biographical fiction, starting with the works of Roger Zelazny and moving into (AI-assisted analysis of) personal journaling.
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Mythgard Academy

Mythgard Institute

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Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor, and other experts on speculative fiction. Books are nominated and voted on by our supporters, and recordings are available for free via podcast and the Signum University YouTube channel.
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Chimera Protection Agency

Speculative Entertainment

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Abominations have roamed the earth for millions of years. Then they seemed to disappear overnight, until it was discovered that not only did they not disappear, but were thriving, continuing to hunt among us and hide. To combat these monsters, a top secret global agency was created to combat this threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A sci-fi anthology set in a future in which Money, State, and God became fused into a single entity called the Program. Each episode is a self-contained story focusing on ordinary people inhabiting this extraordinary world. Best rated episodes include "How to keep device drivers from crashing" (comedy), "Planned obsolescence" (drama), "White Algorithm's burden" (true crime), and "All unsaved progress will be lost" (alternate history). New stories take time but are coming out regularly. Becom ...
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Welcome to the HoloGraham Media Club Podcast. We're Will, Gavin, Aaron, Andy, and a few guests. We're a few cousins and friends that enjoy speculative fiction, sci-fi movies, and all things geeky. We focus on books but we'll talk about movies, TV, and nerd culture in general. Grab a Blue Milk, some Hagro Biscuit, and give yourself to the dork side. Interested in joining us for a session? Have a book you'd like to recommend? Get in touch.
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Angry Ladies

Noosed Octopus: Theatre, etc

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Welcome to Angry Ladies, a podcast of short stories. Come in from the cold and sit by the fire awhile as Laura Borrowdale reads domestic dystopias, messy relationships and vengeful women, and then takes some time to discuss the implications of those with some writer friends.
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The Electric Quill is a storytelling podcast hosted by me, a human, featuring original fiction written by AI. Each episode delivers eerie, thought-provoking, or darkly imaginative stories—crafted by our AI ghostwriter friend, who has asked to be called “Quinn.” So join us if you have an affinity for all things strange, poetic, and unsettling. Stores Written by Quinn. Told by me. Meant for you.
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TILTED FRAME

Tilted Frame

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Tilted Frame is a speculative fiction anthology podcast where reality slips, logic bends, and the familiar turns strange. Each episode is a complete story, blending science fiction, horror, and mystery into unsettling tales of eerie twists and surreal moments. If you love The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, or stories that blur the line between the ordinary and the impossible, Tilted Frame invites you to step into a world that feels close—yet not quite reality.
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The Halfling and the Spaceman

Janet & Roger Carden

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There are a lot of fans out there, but how did they, and more importantly, how can you, turn your passion into something creative? Join us each week as we meet fans who have moved from being consumers to creators. If your interests spring from speculative fiction and related fandoms, join us; whether you’re a model builder, cosplayer, artist, writer, fan-publisher, or club organizer, you’ll find something of interest with The Halfling and the Spaceman!
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After Impact

Rebecca Kopycinski

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After Impact follows the story of Reagan Esther Myer, one of the survivors of a mysterious apocalyptic event called Impact. Shortly after joining the pilot program for ThotBot, a brain implant that erases "harmful" memories and dulls emotions, she begins her life living in an abandoned shopping mall and producing survivalist tutorials for a crumbling world. Shortly after arriving at her new post, she finds a cassette tape detailing her very own journey from the day of Impact -- June 21, 1995 ...
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Pre-Millennial Tension. Support the network and gain access to over fifty bonus episodes by becoming a patron on ⁠Patreon⁠. Want more science fiction in your life? Check out ⁠The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast⁠. Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on ⁠Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast⁠. Lovecraft? Poe? Check out ⁠Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction…
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This episode features "Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins" written by Louis Inglis Hall. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/…
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Movies that change cinema often come from outsiders – whether it’s Orson Welles making Citizen Kane or George Lucas making Star Wars a.k.a. Episode IV: A New Hope. The excellent graphic novel Lucas Wars by artist Renaud Roche and writer Laurent Hopman just came out in English (the original French title is Les Guerres de Lucas.) I talk with Renaud a…
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Joining Alice Fraser this week is the brilliant Eleanor Morton! 📚 Buy recommended books here! https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown Reading list to follow! 📯 Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast 💰 Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebugle…
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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Guest: Joy Sanchez-Taylor Title: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Transcribers: Kate …
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The first half of "Overclocking" was released earlier today on the feed of The Magnus Protocol, one of the largest fiction podcasts in the world, with the invitation to listen to the second half on the feed of The Program audio series, its home. The Program is a sci-fi anthology, meaning every episode is a standalone story. However they are all set…
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Featured on Boliviana: Project Butterfly - by N.H. Van Der Haar When the Glove - by Mila Williams Our Audio License AntipodeanSF Radio Show by Ion Newcombe is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Featured Music space butterfly by lost-radio is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Hickory Shed by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attrib…
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Wellington book launch HERE. Christchurch book launch HERE. ** Buy Laura's first collection Sex, with animals HERE. Buy her second collection Dead Ends HERE. ** Angry Ladies is written and hosted by Laura Borrowdale. Audio design, composition and production by Dan Bain. Produced by Noosed Octopus, Theatre, etc in Ōtautahi Christchurch, NZ.…
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Author : Stephannie Tallent Narrator : Katie Gill Host : Denise Sudell Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Writers and Illustrators of the Future Vol 40, April 2024 Domestic Violence. Mention of past attempted rape. Life and Death and Love in the Bayou by Stephannie Tallent It was the February the rain fell […] Source…
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A Thousand Eyes and One Podcast hosts Nikki and Tanya welcome you to Wine On An Empty Stomach: A Speculative Fiction Book Club! In this episode, we discuss "The Dance of Rotten Sticks" by J.C. Vande Zande. In this episode, we are joined by the author! This was originally streamed live on YouTube. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nd7Qrv0…
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Michael St.Ayre, Rick Stec, and Mauricio Cordero dive deep into the chaotic and surreal world of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," exploring how this gonzo classic can infuse life into tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). They tackle the novel's provocative themes, including its critiques of American culture, while addressing …
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I chat with editors Zack Grafman and Frank Theodat about the need for aspirational books for boys. Many recommendations from the Dads here, including classics like The Hardy Boys, Treasure Island, Jules Verne but also some new stuff (Redwall, How to Train your Dragon, even some video games). We also talk the (potential) opportunity within independe…
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In a small Kentucky town, an egg-spinning contest for a prize cow becomes more than a game. For Ellie Mae—brilliant but insecure—and Bo Jackson—charming but dishonest—it’s a crucible of identity, a surprising act of grace, and an unexpected discovery of love. Tune in to The Prize Cow—a story where one shocking moment of truth transforms not just tw…
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Joining Alice Fraser this week is the satisfyingly and unrelentingly competent Tom Neenan! (The Mash Report, The Hauntening) 📚 Buy recommended books here! https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown NEWS TV Severance TV Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning FILM The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King FILM Dune TV Twisted Metal FILM The Creato…
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Author : Juliette Beauchamp Narrator : Alexis Goble Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonder 652: Habitat is a Cast of Wonders original. spider-like creatures Habitat by Juliette Beauchamp The orb appeared on a Friday. Just popped up in the northeast corner of the horse pasture, out where the grass […] Source…
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Stories featured in this episode: Perceptually Misaligned by Todd Sullivan - music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ - read by the Jean-Paul Garnier - The Traffic Stop by Marie Vibbert - https://www.marievibbert.com/ - music by TSG - https://tsgmusic.bandcamp.com/ - read by Jean-Paul Garnier - theme music by Dain Luscombe - Simultaneous …
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