Show notes
We sit down with the incredible Steve Shell, co-creator of Old Gods of Appalachia, to chat through Season 1 of The Silt Verses and answer some questions.
Content warning: at 31.41-32.16, sexual assault is mentioned in reference to divine cruelty in Greek myth.
Transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-qa
2.21: What was the inspiration for The Silt Verses?
7.34: How did Carpenter and Faulkner develop as characters?
12.00: Themes around religion?
14.51: How did you prepare for your roles?
18.59: What god would you choose / invent?
23.03: How is an episode created?
24.25: What is easiest and hardest about working on the show?
30.37: Was the show influenced by Greek myth?
32.58: What was the process for audio design?
34.28: Did Eskew prepare you for the Silt Verses?
38.00: Did Carpenter have an emo phase?
39.25: The show has lots of horrible noises - is the audio editor okay??
39.47: What was the significance of the character names?
40.38: Who’s your favourite character to write?
42.01: What’s been the most surprising / best fan reaction?
45.34: Was C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces an influence?
46.18: Is the show a road-trip buddy comedy?
47.51: Why did you choose an ensemble cast?
49.21: How did the religious wars begin?
50.41: What DnD classes would the characters be?
51.17: What’s your favourite kind of scene to act out?
54.15: What’s the best thing about playing Carpenter?
57.07: Why did you choose the mix of dialogue and prose?
58.32: How do you lose an entire town to the Wither Mark?
1.01.30: We all ramble about lived-in worlds for a while
1.06.30: Which mouths of the Trawler-man do Carpenter and Faulkner represent?
1.08.28: How do you feel about usage of the setting?
1.09.05: Why all the different accents?
1.13.15: What colour are Faulkner’s shoes?
This Q&A was recorded during London Podcast Festival in September, and features responses in person from Muna, Jon, and Méabh de Brun - B. Narr and our audio editor Sammy Holden drop in remotely to answer some questions as well.)
A huge thank-you to everyone who sent in their questions. For the purposes of time, there were some questions that we merged, and a few others that we just didn’t give entertaining or interesting enough answers to on the night - if we didn’t get to yours, please do feel free to drop us a message on Tumblr and we’ll do our best to pick it up!
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