Hugo, Girl!

Jan 12 2025 100 ep. 54 mins 149
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Three space feminists read, dissect, and rant at Hugo Award-winning pieces of fiction.

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Interview with Ann Michelle Harris

Jan 12 2025 51 mins  
Podcast bestie Ann Michelle Harris joined us for a wide-ranging conversation about her debut novel North, and all things publishing and writing. If you've ever wondered how stray thoughts can become a novel, now is your chance to find out! Ann Michelle is a published author, lawyer, and contributor to the Hugo-winning fanzine, Nerds of a Feather. Want a signed copy of North? Join

Episode 76 - A Deepness in the Sky: That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Cobber

Dec 31 2024 90 mins  
Y2K Hugo winner A Deepness in the Sky sure is long! And oh hey, happy new year! Skip ahead about 9 minutes from the start if you want to avoid a discussion of neighbor parking drama. DM: Lori CW/TW: SA Music by Pets of Belonging

Episode 75 - Red Mars: Other Effluvia

Dec 03 2024 81 mins  
Hey, you know what? This wasn't so bad! There's about 20 extra minutes of chitchat at the end, mostly about Endurance (the Shackleton Expedition). Feel free to ignore it! DM: Haley CW/TW: we discuss animal death in Endurance during the post-episode chitchat Transcript Library Music by Pets of Belonging

Episode 74 - Better Living Through Algorithms

Nov 04 2024 41 mins  
It's a(nother) stressful week, so you can have little an early episode, as a treat. Hang in there. This month we read and discussed Naomi Kritzer's Hugo-winning short story, Better Living Through Algorithms. You can read it for free or listen to it thanks to Clarkesworld! This is a wide-ranging discussion where we used the story as more of a jumping-off point to talk about a lot o

Spooky Special: Beetlejuice/Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Oct 30 2024 66 mins  
It's showtime! Happy Halloween, listeners!

Episode 73 - The Dispossessed: Stop Saying T1tties!

Oct 02 2024 87 mins  
This month we read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. We were joined by special guest and delightful person and ambitopia expert, author Redfern Jon Barrett! We had so much fun chatting with Redfern that this is a bit of a maxisode. Digressions abound. DM: Haley CW/TW: brief discussion of SA Redfern’s website Purchase Proud Pink Sky Ambitopia: Futures Beyond the Binary Amy

Glasgow Worldcon Report

Sep 08 2024 23 mins  
It was fun! It was windy! Lori and Kevin tell all. Boring warning: at about 17:45, you're gonna hear like 5 minutes of voice notes about dogs. Feel free to turn off the podcast. Eating noise warning: if you make it this far, at 22:05-22:25, Lori will loudly eat a tea cake, so skip that if you can't stand mouth noises. Want a mug? A sticker? How about a shirt? Check out our Redbub

Episode 72 - A Fire Upon the Deep: Scrotum Riders

Sep 03 2024 70 mins  
Well, what else were we supposed to call it? This month we read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, suggested by listener Raj. Thanks, Raj! Amy is DM. Music by Pets of Belonging Links: Jo Walton's review

Episode 71 - This is How You Lose the Time War: Blue & Red's Excellent Adventure

Jul 31 2024 61 mins  
Being gay and doing crime, all across space and time! Our long-awaited, most cursed episode is finally here. Requested by Haley and Raj. Lori is DM. Music by Pets of Belonging Links: Strange Horizons Review - Adri Joy Interview with the authors The Joy of Reading Books You Don't Entirely Understand The 12 Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood

Episode 70 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: The Pilot

Jul 02 2024 30 mins  
Over five years ago, we test drove this thing. It's rough, but we hope you'll enjoy it! For various reasons, we had to push back our planned schedule. This is How You Lose the Time War will drop in August, followed by A Fire Upon the Deep in September.