Beware the Lunar Molemen – Episode 1

Shows / July 9th, 2009

Well we did it.  Scott Johnson and I have been circling around a podcast idea for awhile, and we finally have pulled it off.  Welcome to FourCast, a monthly podcast of predictions.  Every episode we’ll have two guests on to go through short term, long term, and crazy predictions about what this crazy old world has in store for us.  It’sreally just an excuse for us to sit and talk with interesting smart people and share the results with you.

 

We’re proud to have Len Peralta of JawBone Radio and Monsters By Mail, and Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla and Qore as our first victims, er, guests. This episode was a blast, dealing with the end of the world, the terraforming of Mars, and of course, MoleMen. Hope you enjoy it!

East Meets West 164

Shows / July 5th, 2009

Tom and Roger discuss Governor Palin’s resignation, the Honduran coup, the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and whether the US should become a Monarchy.

#020 – The S&L Podcast: Here There Be Dragons

Shows/ Sword and Laser / June 28th, 2009

While we’re kicking off reading A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, we’re also proud to announce we’re going to Dragon*Con in Atlanta to do a live episode of Sword and Laser! We’re very excited about that, especially because Veronica has been reading a book about dragons and is hoping to meet one.

WHY WE PICKED A GAME OF THRONES

Rick on May 22, 2009 at 9:22pm
I third “Game of Thrones”. It is sitting on my shelf waiting for me to finish the China Mieville book I’m in the middle of. Also, for those upset with Mr. Martin’s lack of new bookage, you should go read the comments by Niel Gaiman on his blog concerning exactly what George R. R. Martin is and is not to his readers.

C on May 23, 2009 at 9:39pm
Game of Thrones is fantastic, the only problem I can see with it is that anyone who reads it will be completely hooked for the rest of the series. As long as people don’t mind that then it’s great. I would also be interested in reading something else (as in something outside Song of Ice and Fire) by him though. Armageddon Rag is supposed to be really interesting and Fevre Dream is about vampires which is always fun. Both of those are standalone books (I think) so they might be better than starting a series?

terpkristin on May 26, 2009 at 4:10am
The reader for books 1-3 (Roy Dotrice) is great. I purchased the 4th book but haven’t listened to it yet (read that one in hardcover on an import version), though John Lee is the narrarator, and some have said that they don’t like him as much as they like Dotrice.

ABOUT A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones is the first of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on 6 August 1996. The novel was nominated for the 1998 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award, and won the 1997 Locus Award. The novella Blood of the Dragon, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella.

The novel lends its name to several spin-off items based on the novels, including a trading card game, board game and roleplaying game, and HBO has authorized the filming of a pilot episode based on the novels.[1]

WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING

Tom – Heretics of Dune

Veronica – Black Powder War, Book 3 in the Temeraire series (Book 1 is here)

ESSENTIAL NERD VIEWING

John Hodgman administers a nerd test to President Obama. Do you know the answers?

MOVIES

Moon – A Film By Duncan Jones; Starring Sam Rockwell.

Pardon our dust!

Shows / June 17th, 2009

We’re working on a fix for why the full podcast listings don’t show up with our old theme (previously, you could only see the last ten or so podcast entries). We’re also migrating our feedburner stuff, so if you see anything wonky, let us know in the comments!