Blanket Fortress Of Solitude

Mar 03 2025 158 ep. 36 mins
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Pop Culture Analysis. Indie Science Fiction. Worldbuilding Workshops.

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Join the Corps, See The Galaxy III

Mar 03 2025 24 mins  
Derwin and Nick discuss draft seven of Join The Corps, See The Galaxy! By the seventh draft, all of the major plot elements are figured out. We know who's going to die, and how the story ends. Now we go deep into the small character beats that define a memorable story. In this episode, they develop the reasoning for the food shortage and discuss how sometimes folks are just sane e

Join The Corps, See the Galaxy II

Feb 03 2025 53 mins  
Derwin shares stories of being a combat medic, incorporating them into draft 5 of Join the Corps, See the Galaxy! As a young medic, Spacer Mackenzie has a lot on her plate. She's 21, fresh out of training, and sent to the infantry where she's responsible for a platoon of Spacers on the killing fields of Titan. #podcast #worldbuilding #spacemarine

Worldbuilding: Join The Corps, See The Galaxy!

Jan 06 2025 19 mins  
Derwin and Nick discuss the upcoming short story series, "Join The Corps, See The Galaxy!" Set on Titan during the Frontier War, Spacer Santos gives a first person telling of his deployment, exploring the nature of war and the purposelessness of death. #podcast #novel #worldbuilding #writing #trending

Late To Formation: For the rest of my life.

Dec 30 2024 20 mins  
Summer camp doesn't last forever. But civilian life does. #podcast #army #memoir

Violent Night

Dec 25 2024 23 mins  
Merry Christmas! Derwin, Dan and Pete discuss the 2022 Christmas Classic Violent Night! David Harbor (Stranger Things, Red Guardian) stars as a cynical Santa Clause that teaches home invaders the true meaning of Christmas: Overwhelming horrific violence. #christmas #moviereview #podcast

FATMAN

Dec 24 2024 53 mins  
Today Dan Mertz stops by to talk about the Mel Gibson 2020 Christmas classic FATMAN! MERRY CHRISTMAS! #fatman #santa #waltergoggins #movie #trending #trend #podcast #podcastvideo #movie #video #review #Santa #Xmas #Christmas

Late To Formation: Weekend Warrior

Dec 23 2024 56 mins  
I got lost on the way to college and spent years as a medic in the Army National Guard. I learned how to be a leader. I learned how to move on. #army #memoir #podcast

Late To Formation: Community College.

Dec 16 2024 22 mins  
Rooftop parties. Mice infestations. Heroin dealers. Sometimes it takes four years to finish a two year degree. #army #memoir #podcast #college

Late To Formation: COB Adder, Iraq.

Dec 09 2024 33 mins  
I didn't Save Private Ryan, but I did swab him for chlamydia. #army #memoir #podcast

Worldbuilding: Interplanetary Conflict

Dec 02 2024 22 mins  
Derwin and Nick develop the inciting conflict that starts off the Titan Era! Consumed with greed, the oligarchs of Mars and Titan go to war for the resources of the solar system and the souls of mankind. #podcast #trending #worldbuilding #novel #writing.