It's that time again - time to unlock the next step in our journey through the Year of the New Sun.

Just as you can't read a Gene Wolfe story, only re-read it, so we hope it goes with podcasts.

Music by Loot the Body

UNLOCKED: The Claw of the Conciliator I - V

For today's episode, we talk about Puerto Rican author, Rosario Ferré's short story, The Youngest Doll. This one's got it all - if "all" means river-prawns, life-like dolls, and men acting horribly.

The Youngest Doll

Join us as we talk about Conan the Adventurer - specifically, The Serpent Riders of Set (S1E11) and Blood of My Blood (S2E21)

Epidsode 224: Conan the Bar Beer Run

As the year begins to turn, Podside does too. . . Get ready for another of our read-alongs, beginning with Susanna Clarke's Piranesi and moving on to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Join us as we explore!

Episode 229: Piranesi/Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Read Alongs

Go Team Venture! The team gets back one last time to round out the multiple, intricate storylines in Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's Heart 

Remember: this is not a good-bye, only a see you later

Venture Brothers Movie

The Socialist Shelf join us to talk about The Binding of Isaac, a roguelike that pits the young Isaac against his own demons and bodily fluids. . . so many bodily fluids

Check out The Socialist Shelf: 
https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/mtbz3-29c70a/The-Socialist-Shelf-Podcast

Episode 243: The Binding Of Isaac (Ft. The Socialist Shelf)

We get together to talk about the Max animated series, Scavengers Reign. Tag along as we explore the planet Vesta with the marooned crew of the Demeter 227, just watch out for . . . well, everything

Episode 246: Scavengers Reign

Be of good cheer, Podsiders! We talk about Satoshi Kon's humane and incredibly funny Tokyo Godfathers (2003) this time around, and Chris and I agree: it's a Christmas movie classic

Tokyo Godfathers

We're fare-jumpers on Milo's journey through Dictionopolis, Digitopia and points beyond

Phantom Tollbooth Preview

More Highlander! A future and post-apocalyptic Highlander who goes by the name of . . . Quentin

HIghlander Animated Preview

This time around, we talk about the absences that make up John Darnielle's Midwestern Weird novel

Universal Harvester Preview

We talk about Real Genius (1985), and the cool factor Val Kilmer brought to the whole thing. Safe travels, king

RIP to a Real (Genius) One Preview

We get together to work out what exactly Miyazaki's going for in this dreamlike journey to the underworld story and wonder how DO you live?

The Boy and the Heron Preview

We kick off Pulptember with the recent classic of the pulp form with Raiders of the Lost Ark. You too could follow along. . . if only you spoke Jovitos

PULPTEMBER Preview: Raiders of the Lost Ark

We get together to chew the fat, see? All about this Dick Tracy fella

PULPTEMBER Preview: Dick Tracy

This time around we talk about The Rocketeer (1991), a movie that asserts that a jetpack future can be scary. . . if it's not in service to the old Stars and Stripes, that is!

PULPTEMBER Preview: The Rocketeer

This time around, we dig into the pulpy origins of one paranormal investigator by the name of Hellboy

NOTE: We had some issues with the audio on this one, so please bear with us (and with many thanks to our sound wizard, Adam)

PULPTEMBER Preview: Hellboy

Who knows what evil lurks under Alec Baldwin's prosthetic nose? Beats me, but we certainly talk a lot about The Shadow on this final (for now) Pulpside episode

PULPTOBER Preview: The Shadow

Imagine if you will, Meet Dave (2008) but if "Dave" was actually called Barry, lived in South Africa, and did a lot of drugs

Fried Barry Preview

We cover both the Washington Irving story and Tim Burton's 1999 adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - a story about the ghost  of a Highlander terrorizing a small community

Sleepy Hollow Preview

Pete returns to chat about this and that during that finest time of year

Cozy Sweater Weather

What if was Conan the Barbarian. . .s? And both of him were lunkheads? We discuss this fascinating approach in this one

The Barbarians

We discuss Zach Creggers' Weapons (2025). Part parental nightmare, part (sub)urban legend,  and very unnerving. 

Weapons Preview

Well. . . have you? We get together to talk about and - of course - riff on what's made us happy this Thankful Season

Note: sadly, after quoting from it, I completely forgot to mention the title of the essay (link to follow): The Claims of Close Reading by Johanna Winant

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-claims-of-close-reading/

Have You Said Thank You Preview

We go all the way back to 1995 to talk about the stylish Hackers. Hack the planet, man! 

Hackers Preview

This time we talk about Sneakers (1992), an odd bookend to our previous episode, Hackers. Our world-weary team of cybersneaks and ne'er do wells don't want to hack the planet at all

Sneakers Preview

You will be visited by three versions of the Dickens classic. Spoiler: A Muppet Christmas Carol is not one of them, but it haunts the ones we talk about like a lonely old miser on Xmas Eve

Surplus Carols (and Humbugs) Preview

In which Connor and Pete explore William Gibson's Neuromancer.

Episode 1: William Gibson ---- Neuromancer

In which Pete and Connor discuss Aliens with Chapo Trap House's own Will Menaker. This episode was previously a Patron only episode on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic , but we wanted to share it to give you a peek behind the paywall.

Patreon Release: Aliens (ft. Will Menaker)

In which Pete and Connor discuss Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed with the talented and formidable Brandy Jensen.

Episode 13: Ursula Le Guin ---- The Dispossessed (ft. Brandy Jensen)

In which Pete and Connor are joined by writer Isaac Butler, who wrote this fascinating piece about unjustly forgotten fantasy and sci-fi writer John M. Ford: https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/john-ford-science-fiction-fantasy-books.html

Episode 43: The Curious Case of John M. Ford (ft. Isaac Butler)

In which Pete and Connor are joined by a living legend of science fiction, Peter Watts. We discuss his contemporary classic novel Blindsight, but we also discuss love, legal misadventures, life itself... and sea cucumbers

Episode 53: Peter Watts ---- Blindsight (ft. Peter Watts)

In which Connor is joined by recurring guest Kurt Schiller, as well as writer Lindsay Lee Wallace, to discuss Kurt's new venture: The SFF-loving, cutting-edge (har har) cultural criticism magazine Blood Knife

Episode 78: Blood Knife (ft. Kurt Schiller and Lindsay Lee Wallace)

In which Pete and Blood Knife's Kurt Schiller discuss three of the great cartoon shows of the new Millennium: Adventure Time, Infinity Train, and Gravity Falls

Episode 85: Adventure Time, Infinity Train, Gravity Falls (ft. Kurt Schiller)

In this episode, Karlo and Pete discuss Ang Lee's version of the Hulk alongside Leslie Lee of Struggle Session fame.

Preview Hulk 2003 (Ft. Leslie Lee)

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.

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