Wizards & Spaceships

Welcome to Wizards and Spaceships, the only podcast that’s about wizards and also about spaceships. Well, probably not, but it does involve wizards, spaceships, and the things we love (and complain about) in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Wizards & Spaceships is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 29 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Wizards & Spaceships, a arts show with 29 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  What the Big 5 Don’t Tell You ft. Jeremy Szal

  Jul 15, 202650 minS3

  A contract with one of the five big publishing companies means placement in bookstores and libraries, reviews in major publications, award nominations, and a huge advance—even a chance to get on the bestsellers list. But is this actually the case? Joining us to talk about how the sausage gets made is Jeremy Szal, author of the Common Trilogy. Show Notes: Jeremy’s website Follow him on: Bluesky Instagram TikTok “Everything is random in publishing. Success is random. Bestsellers are random. So that is why we are the Random House!” Are there more libraries or McDonald’s? Author (and professional chef) Rohan O’Duill trying out one of the recipes from the Sad Bastard Cookbook Continue the conversation on the Wizards & Spaceships Discord or on Facebook !

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  Episode #2

  Indigenous Survivance for the Zombie Apocalypse ft. Daphne Singingtree

  Jun 15, 202657 minS3

  So you've trashed the world. An EMP or a nuclear bomb or a plague of zombies have taken out civic infrastructure—now it's your chance to show off your survival skills. Fortunately, there's an incredible resurgence of Indigenous post-apocalyptic fiction that offers alternative visions to surviving collapse. In this episode, we talk to author, educator in Plant Medicine & Midwifery, and hippy prepper Daphne Singingtree about how to survive and thrive after the end. We're nominated for an Aurora Award for Best Fan-Related Work! Check out the ballot (and consider casting a vote for us) at the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. Show Notes Daphne's website Daphne's socials Zaniyan 1632, Eric Flint Emberverse, SM Stirling A Paradise Built In Hell, Rebecca Solnit Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves, Waubgeshig Rice The Marrow Thieves and Hunting By Stars , Cherie Dimaline Future Home of the Living God, Louise Erdrich Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse This Place: 150 Years Retold Blood Quantum (2019) Night Raiders (2021) The Last of Us Season 1, Episode 3, "Long Long Time." [Check out Rachel's guest appearance on Two Old Farts where we talk about it!] The Hunger Games Cascade, Rachel A. Rosen Star Trek: TNG: "The Inner Light" Terminator Years Of Rice and Salt and The Ministry For the Future , Kim Stanley Robinson

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  Episode #1

  Didactic Fiction ft. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson

  May 15, 20261h 2mS3

  <p>Welcome to our new season! To celebrate, we’re kicking it up a notch by holding an all-star roundtable of some truly incredible writers. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson join us to discuss didactic genre fiction. Is it a skill problem? Is it a media literacy problem? Can you hammer home a message without alienating (sorry/not sorry) your audience?</p><p>We're nominated for an Aurora Award for Best Fan-Related Work!</p><p>Check out the ballot (and consider casting a vote for us) at the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association.</p><p>Show No...

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  Episode #12

  In Praise of Difficult Women ft. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  Apr 15, 202650 minS2

  <p>Genre fiction is full of strong, independent women, badass heroines, brave Final Girls, and virginal princesses. Frankly, we’re getting a little sick of it? For our season finale, with us to discuss difficult women is the queen of messy, complicated, and antiheroic female protagonists herself, the legendary Silvia Moreno-Garcia!</p><h2>Show Notes</h2>Silvia's websiteSilvia's Instagram and ThreadsSignal To Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (find out why Rachel is correct and all of the Goodreads reviewers are wrong)Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-GarciaCountess by Susan PalumboUnknown Number: The High School Catfish<br/><p>Rachel’s Problematic Fave...

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  Episode #11

  Amazing Stories 100th Anniversary ft. Steve Davidson, Kermit Woodall and Lloyd Penney

  Mar 15, 202650 minS2

  <p>We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Amazing Stories Magazine. It started way back in March or April, of 1926, depending on who you ask. With us to talk about the magazine's past, present, and maybe even the next hundred years, are its publishers and editors: Steve Davidson, Kermit Woodall and Lloyd Penney.</p><p>Show notes:</p>Amazing Stories Magazine onlineWikipedia's entryGalactic CentralSF Encyclopedia<br/>

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