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Street Fighter Preview Sep 23, 2021

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Aaron and Carlee of Hit Factory podcast return to talk about Street Fighter (1994). What's up with the World Warriors? Why is it so important to have a food court that will bring all the best franchises? How is M. Bison's HR Team so damn good at hiring such a diverse collection of minions, lackeys and henchmen? Listen to Hit Factory: Patreon.com/hitfactorypod

Episode 135: Cup And Table (Ft. PJDU) Sep 21, 2021

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Kurt and Chris return to discuss the short fiction story, Cup and Table by Tim Pratt. Read the story first, since we spoil it! Read Cup and Table: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/cup-and-table/ Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/

Podside Radio Preview Sep 16, 2021

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Welcome to Podside Radio. You spoke, and we listened! Kurt and Chris from Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to talk about some of the Science Fiction and Fantasy concept albums suggested to us. Enjoy! Listen to Podside Radio's Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4sTYzc8S6IRlpab6gay7As

Episode 134: How Juan Bobo Got To Los Nueba Yores Sep 14, 2021

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Narration of "How Juan Bobo Got to los Nueba Yores", part of the Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology from Ohio State University Press. Order Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814257982.html

Highlander Preview Sep 09, 2021

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Pete drops in to talk about cult classic, Highlander (1986). We talk about The Quickening, and how it works is mainly the Rule of Cool, and how Sean Connery prepared for his Spanish accent.

Episode 133: Anarchy In The Yiwei Sep 07, 2021

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Tiffany Meuret returns to discuss one of the most awards-nominated stories of 2012, The Cartographer Wasps and Anarchist Bees by E. Lily Yu. We chat about how this rather short story manages to have a lot to say about colonization and imperialism, and whether wasps who sing sea shanties are sci-fi or not. Read the story: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yu_04_11/ Check out Tiffany's work: https://tiffanymeuret.com/

Ladyhawke Preview Sep 02, 2021

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Kurt and Chris of Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to talk about the 1985 fantasy film, Ladyhawke. We chat a bit about the romance elements in the film, how Phillipe the Mouse's struggles with his faith make the film, and agree that the Bishop is a bad, bad man. Check out PJDU podcast: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/

Episode 132: 2Beast2Beauteous Aug 31, 2021

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Karlo and The Podhand's Mattie Lewis discuss two of Angela Carter's retellings of Beauty and the Beast, "The Courtship of Mr. Lyon" and the much darker and sexier, "The Tiger's Bride" Check Out Mattie's writing: https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/2019/04/wolfskin-by-matilda-lewis.html#.YSRKXIhKjZQ Check Out The Podhand: https://thepodhand.podbean.com/e/01-the-prototype/

Perfect Blue Preview Aug 26, 2021

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Abby and Emma return to talk about Satoshi Kon's 1997 thriller Perfect Blue. Come for the anime, stay for the parasocial relationship gone horribly wrong! Check out Emma's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hyenasandgin

Episode 131: The Body Scout Aug 24, 2021

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Karlo chats with Lincoln Michel about his upcoming novel, The Body Scout. We talk a bit about cyberpunk and punk-punk as an influence on this future noir as well as the challenges of writing a science fiction novel. Pre-order The Body Scout (if not at your local indie bookstore): https://bookshop.org/books/the-body-scout/9780316628723

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