Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 24 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations! Episode 24 This week's news covers the Squid Game USA spinoff, Disney suing AI image generator Midjourney, and a mother suing Disney after a Stormtrooper scared her child, causing injury. Hear what Tom and Alice have been enjoying recently, men slaps and silly old women with health issues are the tropes on the rope this week and they venture into the 'm...
Jul 01, 2025•42 min•Ep. 24
Alice Fraser and James Nokise bring you episode 23 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations! Episode 23 This week's news covers The Odyssey, Masters of the Universe and the Highlander remake, and James and Alice dive into all manner of good things sci fi and fantasy. The sub genre deep dive is all about side characters as leads! Alice Fraser - A Passion for Passion James Nokise - PODCAST The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior News FILM The Od...
Jun 24, 2025•39 min•Ep. 23
Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 22 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations! Episode 22 This week's news respectfully looks at buff geek Henry Cavill's forthcoming Highlander movie, and Tom and Alice dive into all manner of good things sci fi and fantasy. This week's deep dive is all about translated works! Alice Fraser - A Passion for Passion Alice Fraser - Calm World: Introduction to Meditation Tom Neenan - Zeroes - David Reed...
Jun 17, 2025•40 min•Ep. 22
Alice is joined by Chris Skinner to discuss the work of Tamora Pierce. They also chat about Murderbot and Sarah J Maas - is Romantasy sexy enough? Search for Chris’s show Mildly Informed in your pod feed now. Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows https://www.youtube.com/@BuglePodcast Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber https://thebuglepodcast.com/donate Help your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affi...
Jun 11, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 20 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations! This week, it's all about neurodivergent heroes in sci-fi and fantasy! Episode 20 This week's news features Guillermo del Toro's new Frankenstein movie, the new Predator: Killer of Killers movie and is gravity proof that life on Earth is actually a simulation? Hear what Alice and Tom have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then take...
Jun 03, 2025•46 min•Ep. 20
Host Alice Fraser and author Patrick Lenton bring you episode 19 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations! This week, we're looking at gender! Episode 19 This week's news features The Wheel of Time getting cancelled, Lilo and Stitch doing surprisingly well at the box office, and a fantasy author caught using AI to write in her own style! Hear what Alice and Patrick have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then take a deep ...
May 27, 2025•44 min•Ep. 19
Host Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan (The Mash Report, The Hauntening) bring you episode 18 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations! This week, we're looking at experiments in form! Episode 18 This week's news features the Highlander remake moving to Amazon, Sinners continuing to tear up the box office, and the sad introduction of AI-narrated audiobooks. Hear what Alice and Tom have been enjoying recently, which tropes they love or hate, then ta...
May 20, 2025•46 min•Ep. 18
Host Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton bring you episode 17 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations! This week, we're looking at early sci fi and fantasy! Episode 17 This week's news features the Apple TV+ series Foundation, a surprisingly sexual story about E.T. and how Margaret Attwood receiving an entertainment award may distract from similarities with current issues. Hear what Alice and Eleanor have been enjoying recently, which tropes the...
May 13, 2025•40 min•Ep. 17
Host Alice Fraser and fellow writer, podcaster and comedian Andrew Hunter Murray (QI, Private Eye, There's No Such Thing As A Fish) bring you episode 16 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for genre fiction tropes, news and recommendations! This week, we're looking at heroes operating outside of the law in sci fi and fantasy! Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber thebuglepodcast.com/donate Help your lo...
May 06, 2025•43 min•Ep. 16
Hosts Alice Fraser and Chris Skinner bring you episode 15 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for genre fiction tropes, news and recommendations! This week, we're looking at actual parenting in sci fi and fantasy! Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber thebuglepodcast.com/donate Help your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store Explore the list of all boo...
Apr 29, 2025•39 min•Ep. 15
Host Alice Fraser and James Colley bring you episode 14 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for genre fiction tropes, news and recommendations! It's a mushroom / plant life / flora core / sentient forest special! Subscribe to The Bugle YouTube channel for episodes of all of our shows Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber thebuglepodcast.com/donate Help your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store Explore the list of all book...
Apr 22, 2025•38 min•Ep. 14
Host Alice Fraser, and Tom Neenan bring you episode 13 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for genre fiction tropes, news and recommendations! Please take our listener survey so we can do even better: http://bit.ly/realmsunknown-survey All episodes are available in your podcast feed and on our YouTube channel Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber thebuglepodcast.com/donate You can support your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affilia...
Apr 15, 2025•37 min•Ep. 13
Host Alice Fraser, and romance critic Jen Prokop from the Fated Mates podcast ( space episode ), bring you episode 12 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for genre fiction tropes, news and recommendations! Please take our listener survey so we can do even better: http://bit.ly/realmsunknown-survey All episodes are available in your podcast feed and on our YouTube channel Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber thebuglepodcast.com/donate You can support your local bookshop by...
Apr 08, 2025•42 min•Ep. 12
Please take our listener survey so we can do even better: http://bit.ly/realmsunknown-survey Hosts Alice Fraser and James Colley bring you episode 11 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for genre fiction tropes, news and recommendations! All episodes are available in your podcast feed and on our YouTube channel Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber. We offer extra shows, merch and warm fluffy feelings! thebuglepodcast.com/donate You can support your local bookshop by buyin...
Apr 01, 2025•39 min•Ep. 11
Hosts Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 10 of Realms Unknown with all the latest genre fiction based news and recommendations. All episodes are available in your podcast feed and on our YouTube channel Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber. We offer extra shows, merch and warm fluffy feelings! thebuglepodcast.com/donate You can support your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store Episode 10 In this week's news, we ...
Mar 26, 2025•44 min•Ep. 10
Hosts Alice Fraser and Henry Fraser bring you episode 9 of Realms Unknown with all the latest genre fiction based news and recommendations. All episodes are available in your podcast feed and on our YouTube channel Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber. We offer extra shows, merch and warm fluffy feelings! thebuglepodcast.com/donate You can support your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store Episode 9 In this week's news, Ter...
Mar 19, 2025•42 min•Ep. 9
Hosts Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan bring you episode 8 of Realms Unknown with all the latest genre fiction based news and recommendations. All episodes are available in your podcast feed and on our YouTube channel Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber. We offer extra shows, merch and warm fluffy feelings! thebuglepodcast.com/donate You can support your local bookshop by buying the books mentioned in the show in our Bookshop affiliate store Episode 8 In this week's news, as Pa...
Mar 12, 2025•46 min•Ep. 8
Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber. We offer extra shows, merch and warm fluffy feelings. Info: www.thebuglepodcast.com/donate Hosts Alice Fraser and Chris Skinner bring you the second of two child-friendly World Book Day (UK) episodes of Realms Unknown this week, with today's focusing on children's fantasy and science fiction books for ages 12-17 years old. Part 1, which looked at books for 0-12 years old, is available in your podcast feed and on YouTube. Before diving i...
Mar 06, 2025•38 min•Ep. 7
Support Realms Unknown by becoming a Team Bugle subscriber. We offer extra shows, merch and warm fluffy feelings. Info: www.thebuglepodcast.com/donate Hosts Alice Fraser and Chris Skinner bring you two child-friendly World Book Day (UK) episodes of Realms Unknown this week, focusing on children's books from 0-10 years old. The second episode, looking at books for older children, will be out on Thursday 6 March! In the regular news section, they touch on Doctor Who and Pokémon Go while detouring ...
Mar 05, 2025•46 min•Ep. 6
In Episode 5 of Realms Unknown , hosts Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan leap into the latest news in pop culture and fantasy! Hear what's coming up from Guy Gavriel Kay, Jim Butcher, Game of Thrones, Mila Jovovich, and ACOTAR. They take a deep dive into this week's sub-genre of steampunk, making recommendations from film, books and games such as Mortal Engines, Cinder Spires, Bioshock Infinite, Howl's Moving Castle, and more. In this episode’s Trope on a Rope , Tom explains the much-used prop of an e...
Feb 26, 2025•41 min•Ep. 5
In Episode 4 of Realms Unknown , hosts Alice Fraser and Jackie Kashian dive into the latest news in pop culture and fantasy! From Ian McKewan's new 'science fiction without the science' novel What We Can Know, to new seasons of Alice in Borderland and The Handmaid's Tale, to Natasha Lyonne producing and starring in the upcoming Basketful of Heads movie. They take a deep dive into this week's sub-genre of cyberpunk, discussing books like Neuromancer , Mindstar Rising , and Ten Low . They discuss ...
Feb 19, 2025•35 min•Ep. 4
In this episode of Realms Unknown , hosts Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton dive into the latest news in pop culture and fantasy! Get the scoop on Buffy 's return with Sarah Michelle Gellar, exciting Back to the Future updates, the new video game Atomfall , and a fascinating partnership between the Ministry of Defence and sci-fi writers. They also shine a spotlight on the gritty world of Grimdark fiction , discussing epic books like Prince of Thorns , The Black Company , and Legends & Lattes ....
Feb 12, 2025•35 min•Ep. 3
Realms Unknown is your gateway to the strange, the dark, and the mind-bendingly brilliant worlds of sci-fi and fantasy. Hosted by the incomparable Alice Fraser, with guest co-host Tom Neenan, this podcast takes a deep (and hilarious) dive into some of the genre’s greatest works—whether it’s the brutal landscapes of Grimdark, the existential horror of The Cube, the radical utopias of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed, or the timey-wimey brilliance of Doctor Who. Our store, with links to books ...
Feb 05, 2025•39 min•Ep. 2
Alice Fraser brings your weekly enchantment, full of Sci Fi and Fantasy. This week's co-host is Tom Neenan. We cover... Astrobot - the cutest Sci Fi game there is? Rebecca Yarros and the rise of Romantasy. The return of Severance. A deep dive into 'Progression Fantasy' Affiliate links to each book: A Passion For Passion - Alice Fraser A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J Maas Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros Dune - Frank Herbert Dungeon Crawler Carl - Frank Dinniman You fund what we do! https://www...
Jan 29, 2025•40 min•Ep. 1
Alice Fraser presents the best (and occasionally worst) of Sci Fi and Fantasy, across TV & film, literature, gaming and anywhere you can get speculative. Released weekly Wednesdays, we want your thoughts and feedback - [email protected] A podcast from The Bugle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 21, 2025•2 min
