The author interviews continue! This week, I’m talking to CL Clark, author of the new fantasy novel The Unbroken, which follows a soldier called Touraine and a princess called Luca and their complicated relationships with empire and with each other. We chatted about Arabic dialects, how the book changed in the editing process, and whether it’s possible to hold power ethically. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or download it directly to take with you on the go! Episode 144 Things We Discussed The Battle of Algiers (movie) Ici on noie les Algeriens (movie) Cherae…
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Happy (?) New Year, friends! We are not sure what kind of year to say we hope you’re having, because the events of this year so far have been… really shit! But at least there is a new president in office who actually cares about solving the pandemic and getting all our shit back together, and at least there is such things as dogs and cats, both of which continue to be extremely good species. We Jennys will be coming at you with a joint podcast soon! But first, I had the wonderful Renay of Lady Business on the pod,…
Leave a CommentI have to say, the Poetry Foundation really came for me with one of their recent poems, and I can’t be alone with it so I’m going to quote it for y’all here as a run-up to this actually very chipper and non-insane podcast. I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane, The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories, The news would pour out of various devices Interrupted by attempts to sell products to the unseen. I would call my friends on other devices; They would be more or…
Leave a CommentHappy Wednesday, darling friends! We have dedicated much of today’s podcast to indulging in escapist fantasies, and I have to be honest: They made us feel really nice. We highly recommend taking a short break in which you pretend you do not live in our present dystopian hellscape, as it is beneficial to one’s mental health. On today’s podcast, we also talk about our non-escapist democracy preservation efforts, as well as reviewing Elizabeth Little’s totally delightful mystery novel, Pretty as a Picture. Join us! You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or download it directly to…
Leave a CommentA friend recently mentioned that quarantine lets you discover what everyone’s fail state is, which I thought was incredibly smart. Mine is definitely Control Freak, often manifest in the subcategory Resource Hoarding. One way in which this has manifested during quarantine is that I’ve spent all my travel money on books. Ordinarily I am quite frugal about buying things, but this year I have acquired an undue number of books — though admittedly that’s partly because I’m trying to support independent bookstores. So it was a thrill that Whiskey Jenny agreed to devote this podcast to the books we’ve acquired…
Leave a CommentOr: Inside baseball, the podcast! Today, I welcome Adrian of the Spectology podcast to talk about this year’s Hugo Awards, which were, in technical terms, a shitshow. Before we begin, here’s a link full of links about what happened at the ceremony, in case you are curious. You can also check out the full list of this year’s winners, who were terrific. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or download it directly to take with you on the go! Bonus Episode Here’s a list of everything we talked about! Robert Silverberg and his whole deal…
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