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Steampunk podcast on happenings in Texas. News and reviews of novels, comics, movies and anything steampunk.
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Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
recorded January 8, 2025
This year we want more adventures, and that means making some sort of plan, so I'm told. We're looking for cool Texas events, trips, and things to look forward to. Planners don't post events so early in the year, so I like to keep a list of known organizers, and themes I hope to find. Circuses, balloon festivals, conventions.
Fredericksburg Hot Air Balloon Festival
Plano Balloon Festival
Kerville RenFest
World Oddities Expo
Oddities & Curiosities Expo
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
recorded December 26, 2024
That special time, a mysterious time between Christmas and New Years where Santa is not looking. We call this time "the Binge." Tonight we review the year and make resolutions for 2025!
More guests! More comic and book reviews! More travel! Teapot racing! Radio drama! Merch! Let's see if we can make this happen.
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
recorded December 11, 2024
Robert Heinlein wrote "A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits." This week we talk to KL Forslund, winner of the Steampunk November poetry slam. He'll introduce us to some new bad habits and update us on the Texas Teapot Racing League. What fun!
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
recorded Novemeber 27, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving! Last chance to run to the store before they close for a WHOLE DAY! Tonight our producer, Lex, joins us to celebrate the season of thanks. She's got topics to talk about, including the underdeveloped topic of dance in steampunk, and the mechanical reanimation of dead spiders. It's gonna be a wild hour!
Saturday Nov 16, 2024
Saturday Nov 16, 2024
recorded Novemeber 13, 2024
We've just come back from the biggest, oldest steampunk event in Texas, Steampunk November. It gets just a bit bigger and more interesting every year and we had a great time. It was emotionally hard to leave our growing friends and family in steampunk at the end. Join us and special guest, Natalie McTavish, Aka Nicole, Aka Sheriff McCannon to tell you what you may have missed.
Also Texas loves HEB. It's kind of our thing.
Saturday Nov 02, 2024
Saturday Nov 02, 2024
recorded October 30, 2024
Happy Halloween! Kaely, admin for the World of Steampunk facebook group, joins us to talk spooky stuff, steampunk in Fall, big events, and celebrating a certain doctor with ADHD distractions into random geeky stuff.
Dr. Bluestocking's dissertation (now complete!)
Saturday Oct 19, 2024
Saturday Oct 19, 2024
recorded October 16, 2024
Spook Season Live Stream! The darkness is upon us! Let's talk about where steampunk and horror intersect and what we're enjoying as the nights become longer. Starting with Mary Shelley and Poe, through Weird Fiction and HP Lovecraft, to modern tales that play with a steampunk aesthetic.
Crimson Peak
Winchester
Ghost Ship
North American Lake Monsters
The Mechanical Grave
The Necrofessor's comic
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
recorded October 2, 2024
Johnny Steverson's back! We're all in high spirits for the coming Ghost Coast Festival on the 11th to 13th, and all the spooky October shenanigans. Johnny tells us some of the details of guests and experiences to expect at the festival. It should be a good time.
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
recorded September 18, 2024
We are joined by Cedric Whittaker, Co-Captain of Airship Isabella, costume and prop makers for film and theatre, and long time steampunk luminary. He's also become a paranormal investigator with a more than a few stories. We look forward to getting spooky!
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
recorded September 4, 2024
Asia has always had a rich tapestry of cultures that are often a mystery to western audiences. Add to that the embrace of the steampunk aesthetic and you may have discovered SilkPunk. Writer Ken Liu coined the term as a multicultural Steampunk label. Let's chat about it!
the Dandelion Dynasty - Ken Liu
The SEA Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia - Nghi Vo
Gunpowder Alchemy - Jeannie Lin
the Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi