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Zoomed Out: Kurt Vonnegut, with guest Nic Pietersma
It’s another Zoomed Out, Author Deep Dive episode, this time on Kurt Vonnegut, with guest Nic Pietersma. Ways to support the podcast: Buy Me a Book/Coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sethheasled S…
Published on 5 months ago
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson, with guest Leah Borden
This is a Seth’s Picks episode, the very highly regarded, though not much honored at the time Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. It’s like Ready Player One, but without all the references or terrible wr…
Published on 6 months ago
3x Hugo Finalist!
While I was recording with my TMTYR co-hosts, I realized I never recorded a reaction to my 2025 Hugo nomination, so I just sprang it on them (they were already in the know about the nomination becaus…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Zoomed Out: Sports SFF, with Chris Garcia
Ways to support the podcast: Buy Me a Book/Coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sethheasled Support Me on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Pick a Book off the Mondo List and contact me…
Published on 7 months ago
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Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi (with guest Tony [redacted])
My guest and I discuss a Hugo-nominee, Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi. I haven’t been loving Scalzi’s recent books, but I loved this one. This episode includes an unedited transcript that will be upda…
Published on 8 months ago
Zoomed Out: Lloyd Alexander, with Jared Crossley
This time it’s another Zoomed Out, Author Deep Dive episode on Lloyd Alexander. Joining me for this discussion is Jared Crossley, creator of the Lloyd Alexander documentary on YouTube. This episode i…
Published on 9 months ago
My 2024 in books!
Just a quick look back at everything I read in 2024, including a bit of podcast reading, lots of graphic novels, and more than a little leisure reading. Video link here: https://youtu.be/9A2p_9y3TvE …
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Space Trilogy, by CS Lewis (feat. Evan Bradtke)
Guest Evan Bradtke joins me for a fairly lengthy discussion of CS Lewis’s Space Trilogy (more aptly called the Cosmic Trilogy), all three volumes of which were nominated for the Retro Hugo. It’s a no…
Published on 10 months ago
“We’re all Superman to somebody, sometime,” a conversation about live-action Superman with Michael Gabriel
In this bonus episode, Michael Gabriel and I discuss (at length) live action Superman, particularly the recently-ended CW show Superman & Lois, with stops along the way to talk about our histories wi…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Zoomed Out: Military Science Fiction, with William from Future War Stories
Follow me on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/hugospodcast.com This time it’s another Zoomed Out, Subgenre Spotlight episode on Military Science Fiction. Joining me for this discussion is returning …
Published on 11 months ago