The AsimovCast

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AsimovCast Season 4, Episode 3 - Death Sentence
#72
Today at 12:00 PM

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

Welcome to Season 4 covering the short stories in The Martian Way and Other Stories. This episode I'm joined by Melissa (@mellooyellow) to discuss 'Death Sentence'


AsimovCast Season 4, Episode 2 - The Hazing
#71
10/19/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

Welcome to Season 4 covering the short stories in The Martian Way and Other Stories. This episode I'm joined by Ryan (@silberwhatever) to discuss 'The Hazing'


AsimovCast Season 4, Episode 1 - Not Final!
#70
09/23/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

Welcome to Season 4 covering the short stories in The Martian Way and Other Stories. This episode I'm joined by Tessa to discuss 'Not Final!' and some Hugos winners reaction.


AsimovCast Season 4 2026 - Hugos Best Novel
#69
08/03/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

We're finishing up Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novel.

 

We'll be back in the autumn with short stories from The Martian Way.


AsimovCast Season 4 2026 - Hugos Best Novella
#68
07/09/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novella! We are broadly very positive!

 

Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz Cinder House Freya Marske Murder by Memory Olivia Waite The River Has Roots Amal El-Mohtar The Summer War Naomi Novik What Stalks the Deep T. Kingfisher


AsimovCast Season 4 2026 - Hugos Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
#67
07/01/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form.

 

Andor (Season 2) Frankenstein KPop Demon Hunters Mickey 17 Sinners Superman


AsimovCast Season 4 2026 - Hugos Best Novelette and Best Graphic Story or Comic
#66
06/24/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novelette and Best Graphic Story or Comic. There is... Not insignificant amounts of ranting.

Best Novelette

“Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch

“Never Eaten Vegetables” by  H.H. Pak

“Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells

“...


AsimovCast Season 4 2026 - Hugos Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
#65
06/10/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form nominations, specifically:

 

Doctor Who: “The Story & the Engine”

Murderbot: “All Systems Red”

Murderbot: “The Perimeter”

Pluribus: “We Is Us”

Severance: “Cold Harbor”

The Wheel of Time: “The Road to the Spear”

 

...


AsimovCast Season 4 2026 - Hugos Short Stories and Poems
#64
06/03/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Short Story and Poem nominations, specifically:

Short Stories
“10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills
“In My Country” by Thomas Ha
“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg
“Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro
“Six People to Revise...


AsimovCast Season 3 2026 - Hugos Pre-Show
#63
03/09/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

Tessa (@thebiparadox), Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) discuss some of their favourite Sci-Fi and Fantasy of 2025 ahead of the Hugo Award nominations later this month.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 13 - Gold
#62
02/04/2026

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

This is our Season 3 finale covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Ryan (@silberwhatever) to discuss 'Gold' from Gold.

We'll have a short break, some Hugos chat, and be back in a little for Season 4.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 12 - The Nations in Space and Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon
#61
12/23/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back from our summer diversion for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Melissa (@mellooyellow) to discuss 'The Nations in Space' from Gold and 'Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 11 - Northwestward and Kid Brother
#60
11/06/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back from our summer diversion for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Elyse (@chicken_tendi) to discuss 'Kid Brother' from Gold and 'Northwestward' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 10 - Fault-Intolerant and March Against The Foe
#59
10/06/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back from our summer diversion for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Tessa (@thebiparadox) to discuss 'Fault-Intolerant' from Gold and 'March Against The Foe' from Magic.


AsimovCast - Transformers ONE
#58
09/05/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans Friends! 

 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US...


AsimovCast - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
#57
09/03/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Ryan (@si...


AsimovCast - Bumblebee
#56
09/01/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Melissa (@me...


AsimovCast - Transformers: The Last Knight
#55
08/30/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Elyse (@ch...


AsimovCast - Transformers: Age of Extinction
#54
08/28/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Ryan (@si...


AsimovCast - Transformers: Dark of the Moon
#53
08/26/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Melissa (@me...


AsimovCast - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
#52
08/24/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Tessa (@th...


AsimovCast - Transformers (2007)
#51
08/22/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Elyse (@ch...


AsimovCast - The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
#50
08/20/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're on our Season 3 Summer Diversion - this year it's Transformers for Trans friends! 

With trans rights under horrific threat, we'd love you all to consider donating to some agencies looking to support our trans kindred - Gendered Intelligence (https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/) in the UK and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/) in the US. 

Ryan (@si...


AsimovCast - The 2025 Hugos Winners Reaction Pod
#49
08/18/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

Tessa (@thebiparadox) and Lozy (@lozymandias) have quick reaction thoughts on all the Hugo winners!


AsimovCast - The Big 2025 Hugos Show (Part 2)
#48
07/18/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

Tessa (@thebiparadox) and Lozy (@lozymandias) have been consuming alllllllllllll (well, most) of the Hugo categories and present our thoughts and picks here. This is part 2 - covering Best Novelette, Best Short Story, Best Poem and Best Novel


AsimovCast - The Big 2025 Hugos Show (Part 1)
#47
07/14/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

Tessa (@thebiparadox), Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) have been consuming alllllllllllll (well, most) of the Hugo categories and present our thoughts and picks here. This is part 1 - covering Best Novella, Best Dramatic Production Short-Form, Best Dramatic Production Long-Form and Best Graphic Story/Comic.

 

Below are links to some of the MovieJawn.com content mentioned in th...


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 9 - The Fable of the Three Princes, Battle-Hymn and Feghoot and the Courts
#46
07/09/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Ryan (@silberwhatever) to discuss 'Battle-Hymn' and 'Feghoot and the Courts' from Gold and 'The Fable of the Three Princes' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 8 - The Mad Scientist and Goodbye To Earth
#45
06/05/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by professional editor Melissa (@mellooyellow) to discuss 'Goodbye To Earth' from Gold and 'The Mad Scientist' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 7 - In The Canyon and Wine Is a Mocker
#44
04/23/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Author, Comedian, Podcaster extraordinaire Alice Fraser (@alicefraser) to discuss 'In The Canyon' from Gold and 'Wine is a Mocker' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 6 - Alexander the God and The Time Traveller
#43
04/12/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm rejoined by Elyse (@chickentendi) to discuss 'Alexander the God' from Gold and 'The Time Traveller' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 5 - Baby, It's Cold Outside and Instability
#42
03/05/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm rejoined by Tessa (@thebiparadox) to discuss 'Instability' from Gold and 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3 Pre-Hugos Best of 2024 Chat (Part 2)
#41
02/25/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

It's time for another Tessa (@thebiparadox) takeover as her and Ryan (@silberwhatever) join Lozy (@lozymandias) to discuss their favourite genre media from 2024 and speculate (wildly inaccurately) on what might get nominated for a Hugo award this year. Part 2 of 2!


AsimovCast Season 3 Pre-Hugos Best of 2024 Chat (Part 1)
#40
02/18/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

 

It's time for another Tessa (@thebiparadox) takeover as her and Ryan (@silberwhatever) join Lozy (@lozymandias) to discuss their favourite genre media from 2024 and speculate (wildly inaccurately) on what might get nominated for a Hugo award this year. Part 1 of 2!


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 4 - Hallucination and It's A Job
#39
02/05/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Ryan (@silberwhatever) to discuss 'Hallucination' from Gold and 'It's A Job' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 3 - The Critic on the Hearth and Frustration
#38
01/07/2025

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Melissa (@mellooyellow) to discuss 'Frustration' from Gold and 'The Critic on the Hearth' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 2 - To Your Health and Left to Right
#37
12/12/2024

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Elyse (@chickentendi) to discuss 'Left to Right' from Gold and 'To Your Health' from Magic.


AsimovCast Season 3, Episode 1 - Cal
#36
11/04/2024

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Tess (@thebiparadox) to discuss 'Cal' from Gold.


AsimovCast Season H, Episode 4 - Highlander: Endgame
#35
08/30/2024

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky, Twitter and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our new logo!

For a summer diversion, we're taking a trip to the Highlander franchise (it's a kind of magic).

Ryan (@silberwhatever) joins me for our final instalment - Highlander: Endgame!


AsimovCast Season H, Episode 3 - Highlander 3: The Sorcerer
#34
08/23/2024

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky, Twitter and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our new logo!

For a summer diversion, we're taking a trip to the Highlander franchise (it's a kind of magic).

Melissa (@mellooyellow) joins me to discuss Highlander 3: The Sorcerer!


AsimovCast Season H, Episode 2 - Highlander 2: The Quickening
#33
08/16/2024

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky, Twitter and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our new logo!

For a summer diversion, we're taking a trip to the Highlander franchise (it's a kind of magic).

Elyse (@chickentendi) joins me to discuss the... interesting Highlander 2: The Quickening!