Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
By Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
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Oct 12, 2018
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Podcast discussing women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Hosted by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom. New episodes every other Thursday.
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Folklore in the 21st century – with WyrdFolk Pod
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Ways of running the world – with K.L Kaine
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May 29, 2026 |
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Creation, consent & control – with Bar Fridman-Tell
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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In the halls of learning – with Danielle Knight
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Theatre as portal fantasy – with Rym Kechacha
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Far future food – with Lavanya Lakshminarayan
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Conventions – with Katie Bruce
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Writing the magic – with Juliet E. Mckenna
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Alternate histories – with Sarah Brooks
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Zombies are us – with Leigh Radford
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Big deck energy – with Frances White
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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Unspinning Sleeping Beauty – with Georgia Leighton
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May 30, 2025 |
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Why choose? – with Elizabeth Helen
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Pacifism and principles – with Maithree Wijesekara
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Women on trial – with Grady Hendrix
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Summer holidays!
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Writing horror comics with Corissa Grant
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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The poetry of space – with Oliver K. Langmead
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Secrets and killers with Kaaron Warren
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Keeping it short – with Gianni Washington
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May 23, 2024 |
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Secret societies & the occult – with S.T. Gibson
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May 09, 2024 |
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The horror of space travel with SA Barnes
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Religion, tradition, and history in fantasy with Andrew Knighton
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Yes, we’re also authors – with Lucy and Charlotte
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Obsessional love and vengeance with S.E. Porter
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ghosts have warm hands – with Katherine Arden
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Beneath the skin of the earth – with Nicola Griffith
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Othering and exoticism in fantasy with Eliza Chan
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Community and isolation – with Jennifer Thorne
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Romancing the necromancer – with Alice James
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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The dark half of the year – with Lili Hayward
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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The power of language – with Jelena Dunato and Ioanna Papadopoulou
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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“Something a little monstrous” – with Isabel Cañas
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The poison salon – with Rose Biggin
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Medical hive minds – with Hiron Ennes
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Exploring Jewish folklore – with Ariel Kaplan
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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The singing bone – with Lucy Holland & Charlotte Bond
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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The AI apocalypse with Emma Mieko Candon
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Politics and tropes in fantasy with Andrea Stewart
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Embracing rage in speculative fiction with Kritika H. Rao
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The realities of colonialism – with C.L. Clark
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May 18, 2023 |
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After the end – with Cassandra Khaw
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May 04, 2023 |
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Away with the fairies – with Heather Fawcett
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The women of Arthurian legends with Juliet E. McKenna
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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The myth of a fair society – with Lavanya Lakshminarayan
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Haunted houses – with Grady Hendrix
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Exploring Xianxia – with Mia Tsai
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Loving monsters – with Roshani Chokshi
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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A lifetime of writing – with Jane Yolen
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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“But what if a woman wrote this?” – with Claire North
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Folk horror – with Tori Bovalino
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Genre mash-ups: romance and crime with Freya Marske
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Myth, magic and mothers – with Shauna Lawless
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Feminism and noir with CL Polk
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Rogues – with Ren Hutchings
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Oppression & survival – with Sunyi Dean
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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No trope is an island – with Foz Meadows
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Cyberpunk with Kimberly Unger
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Metaphor and social commentary with Saara El-Arifi
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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The haunt – with Michelle Paver
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Families in horror with Priya Sharma
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May 26, 2022 |
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Women write YA?
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May 12, 2022 |
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Curses and consent – with Heather Walter
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Rights, retellings and the Ramayana – with Vaishnavi Patel
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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“Do not take me for granite” – with Amal El-Mohtar
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Deconstructing Cinderella – with JJA Harwood
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Unmapping fantasy with A. K. Larkwood
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Slavic narratives with Gabriela Houston
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Women, history & power – with Kate Heartfield
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Beyond the Mafia – with Fonda Lee
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Cli-fi and catastrophe
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Hopeful speculative fiction with Ryka Aoki
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Body horror with Ellen Datlow
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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“Perfect” women – with Cat Valente
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Female friendships – with Alix E Harrow
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Power and agency in dystopian YA with Melissa Welliver
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Reconciling our love of works by problematic creators
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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The mash-up: science fiction and cosmic horror with Ada Hoffmann
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Political fantasy with Katherine Addison
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Technology and the fear of change with Sarah Pinsker
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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The power of love with Tasha Suri
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Tackling the classics – with Nghi Vo
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Revenge with Marjorie Liu
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Moving the frontier – with Stark Holborn
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Chosen Identities – with Charlie Jane Anders
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May 27, 2021 |
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Franchise writing with Una McCormack
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May 13, 2021 |
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Making the ordinary monstrous with Catriona Ward
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Communities with Caroline Hardaker and Gabriela Houston
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Exploring Ragnarok – with H.M. Long & Genevieve Gornichec
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Parenthood with Julia Fine
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Matriarchies – with Aliette de Bodard
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Loneliness in science fiction with Aliya Whiteley
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Hollywood Monsters – with Mallory O’Meara
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Magical inequality with Nicole Glover
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Scrooge reimagined
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Language & Power – with Genevieve Cogman
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Childhood Heroines
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Reclaiming the vampire – with Vivian Shaw
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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The invisibility of women with V.E. Schwab
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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A magical education with Naomi Novik
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Into the Wood – with Emily Tesh
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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The Cabin in the Woods: horror, comedy & choice
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Aberrant and broken magic with Melissa Caruso
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Gender in Chivalric Romance
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Mermaids with Beth Cartwright
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Deconstructing the Chosen One – with Veronica Roth
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Addressing our biases
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Horror and isolation with Melinda Salisbury
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Back to the 80s: Willow
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May 21, 2020 |
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Gendering monsters
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May 07, 2020 |
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Narration and ambiguity with Camilla Bruce
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Finding the magic in magical realism – with Natasha Pulley
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Power through a gendered lens with Menna Van Praag
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Cosmic horror with Premee Mohamed
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Back to the 80s: Ladyhawke
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Onscreen representation of women with Kate Madison
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Rethinking the Badass with Alex Acks
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Reinventing the Fairytale with Brigid Kemmerer
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Bonus: RJ Barker and Micah Yongo (live)
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Re-imaginings with Christina Henry
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Writing and adapting Orphan Black with Madeline Ashby
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Horror short stories with Marie O’Regan
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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FantasyCon 2019: Women vs. the world
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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The moment of the novella with JY Yang
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Disney Princes
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Alternate histories with Mary Robinette Kowal
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Islands in speculative fiction: Live from WorldCon
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Trinities with Jen Williams
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Alien at 40: The making of a feminist icon
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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The importance of diversity in children’s books
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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Women write Science Fiction – with Lisa Yaszek
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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The problem with the chosen one
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Representations of motherhood with Aliette de Bodard
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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Writing as a career with Sarah Pinborough
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May 23, 2019 |
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The enduring legacy of Shirley Jackson – with Catriona Ward
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May 09, 2019 |
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The Princess Bride
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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Time travel with Kameron Hurley
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Cultural Traditions of Magic – with Zen Cho
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Transgender representation in SFF with Cheryl Morgan
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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Sex! Pregnancy! Birth! Representations of reproduction
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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Representations of disability with Marissa Lingen
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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Choose your own Bandersnatch
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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Seasonal scares
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Writing comics with Leah Moore
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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Layers and landscapes with Aliya Whiteley
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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Unravelling mysteries (Live from FantasyCon 2018)
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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John Gwynne on traditional fantasy tropes
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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Writing (female) characters
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Disposable characters
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Catriona Ward & ‘the liminal space between certainties’
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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S03, E18: Catriona Ward & ‘the liminal space between certainties’
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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Revisiting The Dark Crystal
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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S03, E17: Revisiting The Dark Crystal
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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Magic, Wealth and Power with Vic James
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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S03, E16: Magic, Wealth and Power with Vic James
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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Women’s jobs in fantasy
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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S03, E15: Women’s jobs in fantasy
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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Grimdark with Anna Smith Spark
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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S03, E14: Grimdark with Anna Smith Spark
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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Women’s jobs in science fiction
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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S03, E13: Women’s jobs in science fiction
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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Toxic masculinity
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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S03, E12: Toxic Masculinity
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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Women’s ghost stories with Melissa Edmundson Makala
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May 31, 2018 |
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S03, E11: Women’s ghost stories with Melissa Edmundson Makala
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May 31, 2018 |
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Idealised characters and Mary Sues
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May 17, 2018 |
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S03, E10: Idealised characters and Mary Sues
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May 17, 2018 |
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Fighting oppression with Paige L Christie
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May 03, 2018 |
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S03, E09: Fighting oppression with Paige L Christie
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May 03, 2018 |
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Describing women with Gwen C. Katz
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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S03, E08: Describing women with Gwen C Katz
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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Jeanne Cavelos on teaching genre writing
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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S03, E07: Jeanne Cavelos on teaching genre writing
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Fantasy, nostalgia, and working for hire with David Tallerman
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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S03, E06: Fantasy, nostalgia, and working for hire with David Tallerman
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Where are the tampons? with Tiffani Angus
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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S03, E05: Where are the tampons? with Tiffani Angus
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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Violence as climactic conflict
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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S03, E04: Violence as climactic conflict
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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The Bechdel-Wallace test
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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S03, E03: The Bechdel-Wallace test
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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Christian mythology in fantasy with Jeannette Ng
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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S03, E02: Christian mythology in fantasy with Jeannette Ng
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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2017 in review and anticipation for 2018
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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S03, E01: 2017 in review and anticipation for 2018
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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S02, E25: Interview with RJ Barker
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Interview with RJ Barker
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Subverting social norms with Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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S02, E24: Subverting social norms with Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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Diversity in video games with Emily Marlow
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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S02, E23: Diversity in video games with Emily Marlow
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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Witchcraft, ritual, and power
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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S02, E22: Witchcraft, ritual, and power
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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Pat Cadigan: Queen of Cyberpunk LIVE
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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S02, E21: Pat Cadigan – Queen of Cyberpunk
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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Mythical females
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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S02, E20: Mythical females
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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In praise of YA with Frances Hardinge
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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S02, E19: In praise of YA with Frances Hardinge
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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Interview with Tim Lebbon
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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S02, E18: Interview with Tim Lebbon
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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The power of playlists
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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Bonus content: Live at Nine Worlds
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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Chris Wooding: A life in writing
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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Realistic characters with RJ Barker and Anna Smith Spark
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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S02, E17: Realistic characters with RJ Barker and Anna Smith Spark
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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S02, E16: Interview with Seanan McGuire
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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Interview with Seanan McGuire
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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Writing video games with Rhianna Pratchett
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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S02, E15: Writing video games with Rhianna Pratchett
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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The feminist obligation
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Jul 06, 2017 |
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S02, E14: The Feminist Obligation
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Jul 06, 2017 |
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Melinda Snodgrass on optimism in science fiction
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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S02, E13: Melinda Snodgrass on optimism in science fiction
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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Kieron Gillen on gender and diversity in comics
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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S02: E12: Kieron Gillen on gender and diversity in comics
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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Gail Carriger on comedy in SFF and the heroine’s journey
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May 25, 2017 |
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S02, E11: Gail Carriger on comedy in SFF and the heroine’s journey
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May 25, 2017 |
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Ytasha Womack on Afrofuturism
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May 11, 2017 |
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S02, E10: Ytasha Womack on Afrofuturism
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May 11, 2017 |
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Maiden, mother, and crone: Ageism in genre fiction
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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S02, E09: Maiden, mother, and crone: Ageism in genre fiction
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Fight scenes and women warriors with Juliet McKenna
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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S02, E08: Fight scenes and women warriors with Juliet McKenna
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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Disney Princesses
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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S02, E07: Disney Princesses
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Laura Lam on exploring the queer experience in SFF
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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S02, E06: Laura Lam on exploring the queer experience in SFF
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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Sarah Gailey on sexual violence in SFF
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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S02, E05: Sarah Gailey on sexual violence in SFF
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Interview with Alison Littlewood
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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S02, E04: Interview with Alison Littlewood
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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Kameron Hurley on feminist SF and space operas
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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S02, E03: Kameron Hurley on feminist SF and space operas
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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Love triangles
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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S02, E02: Love triangles
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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Foz Meadows on portal fantasy
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Jan 05, 2017 |
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S02, E01: Foz Meadows on portal fantasy
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Jan 05, 2017 |
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The 2017 speculative fiction prospectus
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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The 2017 speculative fiction prospectus
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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Guilty pleasures
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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Episode 17: Guilty pleasures
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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Unnecessary romance and token love interests
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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Episode 16: Unnecessary romance and token love interests
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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Interview with Emma Newman
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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Episode 15: Interview with Emma Newman
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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Interview with Becky Chambers
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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Episode 14: Interview with Becky Chambers
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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Gender swapping
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Episode 13: Gender swapping
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Episode 12: African speculative fiction with Chinelo Onwualu
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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African speculative fiction with Chinelo Onwualu
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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Episode 11: Hugos, Nebulas, and Dawn Cano
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Sep 08, 2016 |
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Hugos, Nebulas, and Dawn Cano
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Sep 08, 2016 |
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Episode 10: Barriers to women in SFF publishing (Live at Nine Worlds)
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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Live at Nine Worlds
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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Episode 9: Virgins and villainesses (part 2)
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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Virgins and villainesses (part 2)
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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Episode 8: Virgins and villainesses (part 1)
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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Virgins and villainesses (part 1)
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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Episode 7: Interview with Janine Ashbless/Keris McDonald
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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Interview with Janine Ashbless/Keris McDonald
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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Episode 6: Labyrinth
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Jun 30, 2016 |
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Labyrinth
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Jun 30, 2016 |
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Episode 5: Interview with Ben Peek
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Jun 16, 2016 |
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Interview with Ben Peek
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Jun 16, 2016 |
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Samantha Shannon on the imagination of the child
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Jun 02, 2016 |
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Episode 4: Samantha Shannon on the imagination of the child
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Jun 02, 2016 |
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Episode 3: Writing gender
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May 19, 2016 |
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Writing gender
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May 19, 2016 |
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Episode 2: Interview with Jen Williams
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May 05, 2016 |
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Interview with Jen Williams
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May 05, 2016 |
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Gender inequality in ‘best of’ lists
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Apr 21, 2016 |
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Episode 1: Gender inequality in ‘best of’ lists
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Apr 18, 2016 |