Author: shaunduke

Dr. Shaun Duke is an instructor at DMACC and the Director of the Portolan Project at the Speculative Literature Foundation. He received his M.A. and Ph.D in English from the University of Florida and a B.A. in Modern Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He studies science fiction, digital fan cultures, Caribbean literature, literary canons, postcolonialism, and digital rhetoric. In addition to his academic work, he wears many hats. He is a writer of genre fiction and a freelance editor at The Duke of Editing. His fiction has appeared in Curiouser Magazine, Stupefying Stories, and elsewhere. He also hosts and produces The Skiffy and Fanty Show, a four-time Hugo Award finalist podcast dedicated to examining the literary, cinematic, and cultural world of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His podcast work has sent him around the world to participate in conventions, conduct interviews, and more. When he's not podcasting, he can be found on his Twitch channel, AlphabetStreams, or Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, and other social media places.

Announcement: 2023 Listener / Reader Survey

If you follow us on socials, you might have seen us mention that we dropped a brand new listener/reader survey on our handy little website. If on the odd chance this is the only way you hear about things we’re doing, then this is going to be a big surprise indeed because, hey, we dropped a brand new listener/reader survey! We’re looking for feedback from ALL listeners of the show and anyone who previously read the blog. Help us better understand how you listen to us AND how we can make a better show or keep doing the things we’re good at. You can take the survey on this magic page OR right here on this Google link. The survey should take you 5-10 minutes (more if you’re very detailed). Thanks in advance to everyone who takes this thing. We appreciate you!

742. Leverage: Redemption (Season 2) w/ Michi Trota — Screen Scouts

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-742-leverage-redemption-s-2/SandF_742_LeverageRedemptionS2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSVentilated dates, juiced-up gaming, and Keith David, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien join forces again w/ special guest and Michi Trota for a discussion of the second season of Leverage: Redemption. Together, they tackle the show’s approach to continuing its story, how it imagines problem solving in a complicated world, why Keith David is perfection, and the complex and nuanced character development in S2. Plus, there’s definitely more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Special thanks to Trish for editing this episode. You get 500 points.

741. Spawn (1997) — Torture Cinema #131

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-741-spawn/SandF_741_Spawn.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSCrispy heroes, violators, and nipple chains, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, and Becca Evans join forces to take down Spawn (1997), a film that could be charitably called “a movie capable of causing amnesia.” Together, two of them try to make sense of the film’s plot and casting choices, uncover the names of Violator’s brothers and sisters, and make fun of Becca for showing up extremely late. Then Becca says some funny things while half asleep! We had way too much fun on this one, y’all! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

740. Stina Leicht (a.k.a. Mrs. Irish Cream) — Loki’s Ring

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-740-stina-leicht/SandF_740_StinaLeicht.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBizarre aliens, complicated families, and AI therapy, oh my! Shaun Duke is joined by longtime collaborator and repeat interviewee, Stina Leicht. Why? Because Stina has a new book called Loki’s Ring from Saga Press featuring artificial general intelligences, weird alien stuff, delightful familial relationships, and spaceships! Together, Shaun and Stina discuss the book’s hopeful perspective, the politics of future civilizations, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

739. Eega (2012) — Totally Pretentious #26

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sandf739eega/SandF_739_Eega.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSNeedles, choreographed dances, and superhero flies, oh my! Shaun Duke and David Annandale wander to yet another part of the world to talk about S.S. Rajamouli’s 2012 epic, Eega. Together, they examine the film’s premise, Rajamouli’s approach to special effects, what it means to make a superhero movie that defies expectation, and so much more. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

738. Timeline (2003) — Torture Cinema #130

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-738-timeline/SandF_738_Timeline.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWeird romances, France propaganda, and Gerard Butler’s careless whisper, oh my! Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Trish Matson join forces to tackle a time travel “classic” — Timeline! Together, they try to make sense of its plot, make fun of its treatment of medieval France, fawn over Gerard Butler, and get lost in thought about strange things that will make you giggle. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Special thanks to Trish for editing this beautiful episode! You rock!