Archive for April, 2010

Will increased communication help, harm, or do nothing to make the world a better place? Roger Chang and Scott Fletcher help us figure out these and other burning questions of the future.


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“Lord British is rolling in his grave”

“My cleaning sense is tingling.”

Roger hosts Scott Johnson (Frogpants Network) and Ayleen Gaspar (October Toys) to chat about movie adaptations mined from our childhood. Also will the extraterrestrials ruin us? Stephen Hawking thinks they’re all borging around and we should steer clear.

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“Lost after LOST?”

“What would Sheldon say?”

“The JoCo Show”

“Motha Effin Snakes!”

This episode is mostly about catching up on the news.  But we slipped into something that’s becoming a regular segment, the Game of Thrones check-in.  And during this check-in, we created the future battle between the Na’vi and the Dothraki role-players.  That’s right.  We’re calling for a LARP-off. This is happening.

We also do a check-in on Paolo Bacigalupi’s Wind-up Girl, which we’ll wrap-up next episode.

BITTER SEEDS: Alternate WWII novel pits English warlocks against Nazi X-Men   
    
Great Moments In Alternate History: The Discovery Of Magic   
    
The Rise and Fall of Scifi and Fantasy on TV 
    
Has Any Apocalypse Movie Ever Truly Destroyed The World?
    
Game of Thrones    
    
Game of Thrones cast video
    
Expert Creates Dothraki Language for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’  
    
BOOK Check-in    

Wind-up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
    
BARE YOUR SWORD – feedback from the audience    
    
Top favorite authors!

What else are you reading? April 2010
    
Books that ‘should’ be made into films

    
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