Podside Picnic
Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
Episode 265: Small Soldiers
Ten-HUT! Listen up, maggots: That pinko Joe Dante FINALLY made a movie about the REAL American heroes - Small Soldiers! You WILL listen to the new Podside episode, and you WILL like it! That's an ORDER
Hollow Man Preview
Get ready to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon as we discuss the movie that ended Paul Verhoeven's streak of US-made movies, Hollow Man (2000)
Episode 264: The Marching Morons
Eugenics - am I right? We talk today about C.M. Kornbluth's The Marching Morons, a right doozy of a tale, where you do NOT have to hand it to Hitler
Get Lamp Preview
We talk about Get Lamp (2010), along with its bonus materials, a documentary about the history of "IF" or Interactive Fiction which has its charms, but is ultimately a little unfocused Visit the Get Lamp site: http://www.getlamp.com/ Also, the full documentary (and bonus/additional material) is on YouTube. Main Documentary: https://youtu.be/TmBSYho5Gbk?si=8jhdN91bGqA6PKLN Cut Scenes: https://youtu.be/zEJXZ2wnO3w?si=DfVJVmTTyiofBveN Infocom Documentary: https://youtu.be/OXNLWy7rwH4?si=afu1Ll5wbITqWxMp
Episode 263: The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule
Today, we talk about The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard, and follow the life of artist, and possible con-man, Meric Cattanay, in his quest to have his name as remembered as the dragon he's proposed to slay
GATTACA (Ft. Aaron Thorpe) Preview
Aaron Thorpe returns to talk about GATTACA (1997) with us, a film that asks: what would society look like if it believed in genetic determinism?
Episode 262: Watership Down Pt 1
Spring has indeed sprung. What better time to talk about bunnies? Who are on an epic quest to find a new home?
Dead Heat Preview
You can't keep a good cop dead, they say. Not even if your name is Roger Mortis, and you have mere hours to solve the mystery of your own murder
Episode 261: The Dauphine's Metaphysics
Today we discuss Eric Schwitzgebel's The Dauphin's Metaphysics, first printed in Unlikely Story's The Journal of Unlikely Academia, a story about a limited and quite disturbing form of immortality Read the story:http://www.unlikely-story.com/stories/the-dauphins-metaphysics-by-eric-schwitzgebel/ Art by Diane Dellicarpini
Bonus Episode: Mozart In Mirrorshades
This time, we talk about Bruce Sterling's Mozart in Mirrorshades (collected in the much-hyped cyberpunk anthology, Mirrorshades) - a story about corporate extraction with extra steps (mainly, time travel) Oh, Galactus wished he had it this good