Fantasy

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

435. Uncanny Magazine (Year 8) w/ Lynne M. Thomas & Chimedum Ohaegbu

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-episode-435-uncanny-magazine/SandF_Episode_435_Uncanny_Magazine.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSEditorial decisions, poetic greatness, and pro wrestling, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien join forces for an in-depth interview with Lynne M. Thomas and Chimedum Ohaegbu about the 8th year Kickstarter for the multi-Hugo winning Uncanny Magazine. Together, they discuss the editing process, what it’s like to run a magazine for 8 years, the wonders of pro wrestling, poetry, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

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434. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) — Torture Cinema #116

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-episode-434-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/SandF_Episode_434_Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSCreepy watchers, questionable 90s, and stakes, oh my! Shaun Duke and Trish Matson are joined by the wonderful Tonia Ransom for a hilarious discussion of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as selected by our patrons! Together, they look at the film’s history, why sexy high school shenanigans are weird, the 90s, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

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429. Xala (1975) — At the Movies

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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!

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428. P. Djèlí Clark (a.k.a. The Historian) — A Master of Djinn

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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!

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425. Acacia by David Anthony Durham w/ Brent Lambert — Reading Rangers

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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!

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424. Wonder Egg Priority (2021) — Screen Scouts (w/ Soup)

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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!

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