by Lucy Hounsom | February 17, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIf you have been listening to our podcast for some time now, you will be well aware of our fascination with fairytales and how they continue to shape modern speculative fiction. But when we talk about fairytales, we...
by Lucy Hounsom | January 27, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor our first episode of 2022, we are going back to the 18th century, to look at the women who wielded power and the means they used to gain it. What challenges did they face? Are they remembered more or less...
by Lucy Hounsom | December 9, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFantasy – and indeed most fiction – often involves bitter rivalries. Fights over a kingdom or territory, long-standing feuds where people no longer even remember why it began… Such opposing forces are also a key...
by Lucy Hounsom | November 25, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe are destroying our planet. The scientists agree, there is no denying that catastrophic climate change is imminent. And yet our leaders continue to pay lip service to the issue without taking real, impactful...
by Megan Leigh | November 11, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe incredible Ursula K. Le Guin won the National Book Foundation medal for distinguished contribution to American letters in 2014. In her much-shared speech, she noted that “hard times are coming, when we’ll be...
by Megan Leigh | October 28, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSYour body is a temple – a saying that has been with us for centuries. The message: look after your body because you and it are going to be together for a long time. The body is in a symbiotic relationship with the...
