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Podside Picnic

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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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Episodes

Andor, Part II Preview

An ex-con, a good union man and an old droid walk into a funeral on Ferrix. . . For this super-sized episode, we're joined by return guest, Trevor Drinkwater to round out our Andor coverage (at least, until 2024)

Dec 08, 20227 min

UNLOCKED: Andor, Part I

We've unlocked our premium Andor episode for you! Join us in revisiting (and mostly enjoying) Episodes 1-6 of the Disney+ show.

Dec 06, 20222 hr 13 min

UNLOCKED: The Claw of the Conciliator XXVI - XXXI

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

Dec 04, 20221 hr 14 min

Episode 198: The 13th Warrior

For our last Dinovember entry, we are joined by none other than Madhabmatics to talk about The 13th Warrior. Join us for adventure, danger, and most importantly. . . listening!

Nov 29, 20221 hr 38 min

Primal S1 Preview

As we all take a break from eating dino-meat, let us be thankful for Primal and the epic adventures of Spear and Fang!

Nov 25, 20225 min

Jurassic Park Preview

Dinovember continues as your Patreon dollars fund our visit to an island off the coast of Costa Rica, where a very ambitious new park will - we hope - open without a hitch!

Nov 17, 20226 min

Episode 196: A Sound Of Thunder

For our next Dinovember episode, we read Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder and compare it to one of its most famous riffs, Time and Punishment (from The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror V)

Nov 15, 202259 min

Podside Read-along: Citadel Of The Autarch XI - XX Preview

Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters I - X of The Citadel of the Autarch. We talk about Severian's journey beyond the gates of Nessus, and if you'd like to continue the discussion consider joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body

Nov 10, 20227 min

Episode 195: Prehistoric Planet

For our next Dinovember episode, Ashely Adams joins us to talk about Apple TV's Prehistoric Planet - and all her dino faves

Nov 09, 20221 hr 34 min

UNLOCKED: The Claw of the Conciliator XXI - XXV

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

Nov 06, 20221 hr 9 min

Andor, Part I Preview

For this premium episode, we get together to talk about the first half (Episodes 1 - 6) of the Disney+ show, Andor.

Nov 03, 20228 min

Episode 194: Dinovembeers (A Prehistoric Beer Run)

We thought we'd dug ourselves out of the Graveside, but got mixed up and ended up even further down into the prehistoric past! Ah well, digging's thirsty work so we take a break, drink some cold ones and talk dinos

Nov 01, 20221 hr 10 min

BONUS EPISODE: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Just in time for Halloween, we welcome Tai Black to Graveside to talk about the film that started it all - Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). The grill's fired up and the meat's sizzlin'. . . why don't y'all stick around for dinner?

Oct 31, 20221 hr 17 min

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 Preview

For this episode, the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction, Raquel S. Benedict visits Graveside to talk about the most dangerous woman in Hamilton High School - Mary Lou Maloney. Get ready to watch a jilted prom queen visit mayhem to anyone in the way of rightfully getting her tiara. . .

Oct 27, 20225 min

Episode 193: The Screaming Skull

Gather close 'round the Graveside because today we'll be discussing the strange case detailed in F. Marion Crawford's The Screaming Skull. What - no, no, I didn't hear anything outside. Nothing at all!

Oct 26, 202255 min

UNLOCKED: The Claw of the Conciliator XVI - XX

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

Oct 24, 20221 hr 15 min

Podside Read-along: Citadel Of The Autarch I - X Preview

Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters I - X of The Citadel of the Autarch. We talk about Severian's journey beyond the gates of Nessus, and if you'd like to continue the discussion consider joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body

Oct 20, 20227 min

Episode 192: Inscryption

We return to Graveside to talk about the eerie little game, Inscryption. Part CCG, part rogue-lite, part point-and-click puzzle game, it's truly a singular game - but one that's best played in a remote cabin, out in the woods. Let us give you the directions to get there. . .

Oct 19, 20221 hr 2 min

From Beyond Preview

For our next Graveside offering, we discuss Stuart Gordon's From Beyond (1986). Prepare as we peer past the veil and live through the original gooped-up experience.

Oct 13, 20226 min

Episode 191: Pork Pie Hat (Ft. Tai Black)

For our next Graveside Picnic morsel, we sample the late horror master Peter Straub's Pork Pie Hat (from his collection, Interior Darkness). Part a coming of age tale, part bloody family drama, all of it a horror of family secrets that dare not be uncovered.

Oct 11, 20221 hr 21 min

In The Mouth Of Madness Preview

Everyone says they love when their favorite stories come to life - at least until those stories try to end the world. For this Graveside episode, we're watching the last of John Carpenter's apocalypse trilogy, In the Mouth of Madness (1994). Do you read Sutter Cane?

Oct 07, 20226 min

Episode 190: Selected Stories from "Furnace" (Ft. Mattie Lewis)

Mattie returns to the Graveside to talk about three stories from Livia Llewellyn's collection, Furnace (Yours Is the Right to Begin, The Last, Clean, Bright Summer and and Love shall have no Dominion) Check out Mattie's fiction: https://devilsdoorbell.itch.io/

Oct 05, 20221 hr 22 min

UNLOCKED: The Thing (Ft. Emma Berquist)

We've unlocked the crypt so our first Graveside Picnic episode can shamble across the landscape. . . FREE Emma Berquist returns to talk about John Carpenter's absolute classic, The Thing. Come for the isolation, deadly cold, and paranoia - stay for the body horror!

Oct 02, 20221 hr

Podside Read-along: Sword Of Lictor XXVI - XXXVIII Preview

Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XXVI - XXXVIII of The Sword of the Lictor. Listen as we talk about Severian's journey beyond the gates of Nessus, and if you'd like to continue the discussion consider joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body

Sep 29, 20226 min

Episdoe 189: Only Lovers Left Alive

What happens when you're centuries old and the thrill of unlife pales? We invite Nebula-nominated author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam to watch Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) and find out. Check out Bonnie's new novella, Glorious Fiends https://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Fiends-Bonnie-Jo-Stufflebeam/dp/1630230669 Or her short story collection, Where You Linger: https://www.amazon.com/Where-You-Linger-Bonnie-Stufflebeam/dp/1952283221

Sep 27, 20221 hr 3 min

Podside Radio: GWAR Preview

Is GWAR a band and artist collective out of Richmond, Virginia or are they the vessels for a cosmic race of barbarian demigods? Porque no los dos?

Sep 22, 20227 min

Episode 188: Stations Of The Tide

Pete and Karlo chat about Michael Swanwick's fabulist science fiction novel, Stations of the Tide. Is a character named only "The Bureaucrat" to be trusted?

Sep 21, 202255 min

Nope Preview

Hit Factory's back, which means Aaron and Carlee are here to chat about Jordan Peele's newest film, Nope (2022). Come get the takes while they're hot!

Sep 15, 20226 min
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