429. Xala (1975) — At the Movies
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-episode-429-xala/SandF_Episode_429_Xala.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMortars, marabouts, and colonialist briefcases, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien take At the Movies in a truly new direction as they explore Ousmane Sembène’s Xala! Together, Shaun and Brandon explore the history of one of the earliest and significant works of African SF/F cinema, from its themes of family, pride, and greed to its exploration of French colonialism in Senegal to the film’s treatment of the fantastic! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
428. P. Djèlí Clark (a.k.a. The Historian) — A Master of Djinn
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-episode-428-p-djeli-clark/SandF_Episode_428_P_Djeli_Clark.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSTea saunas, detective mysteries, and magical Cairo, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien join forces for an incredible interview with the incredible P. Djèlí Clark! Together, they discuss A Master of Djinn, the wonders of historical research, addressing transnational racism, making Cairo full of magic, wonder, and complexity, and challenging genre and historical practices in fiction, plus much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
425. Acacia by David Anthony Durham w/ Brent Lambert — Reading Rangers
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-425-acacia/SandF_425_Acacia.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSTwisted quotas, questionable empires, and ancient mysteries, oh my! Shaun Duke is joined by special guest Brent Lambert for a neck deep discussion of Acacia by David Anthony Durham! Together, they discuss the influence of the book on Brent’s life, the role of ancestry and legacy in empire, Durham’s treatment of trauma and the fantasy genre, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
424. Wonder Egg Priority (2021) — Screen Scouts (w/ Soup)
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-episode-424-wonder-egg-priority/SandF_Episode_424_Wonder_Egg_Priority.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSStrange eggs, suspicious mannequins, traumatic youth, oh my! Shaun Duke, Brandon O’Brien, and Iori Kusano join forces with Soup to discuss the controversial anime series, Wonder Egg Priority! Together, they discuss what the show was trying to do, how it went off the rails, what it’s like for an anime studio to run into production problems, and the show’s approach to its central (and very difficult) themes. This is a hard hitting episode, y’all! TW: the series and this episode of our show make explicit references to subjects such as depression, suicide, sexual assault, abuse, and related concerns. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
421. Brown Girl Begins (2017; dir. Sharon Lewis) — At the Movies
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-421-brown-girl-begins/SandF_421_Brown_Girl_Begins.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSElectric whips, cruel spirits, and acid lakes, oh my! Shaun Duke and Alex Acks return for the second part of our first “a book and its adaptation” pairing. This time, they discuss Brown Girl Begins, a prequel adaptation of Brown Girl in the Ring, which we covered in episode 420! Together, they cover the film’s approach to adapting the novel, the script choices, and the directorial style, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
Book Review: ESCAPE POD Edited by Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya
The eponymous Escape Pod represents a ‘best-of’ anthology of sorts, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the audio short fiction podcast. Edited by Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, the book features some of the biggest names in speculative fiction published through the podcast’s history. While I don’t have interest in listening to stories, I adore them in print form, and this collection from Titan Books offers a diverse selection of high-quality writing. With the current exclusive focus of Skiffy & Fanty on writers/works by the BIPOC community, I’ll highlight here that this collection features superb stories by Maurice Broaddus and N.K. Jemisin. In what follows, I’ll briefly review the stories in this collection.
