Broadcasts from the Wasteland

Brandon and Evan return! To ramble about what they've been up to, and why there's no Season Four yet… It's been a busy time in the bunker, as hosts Brandon and Evan have been up to a variety of Stuff and Things. This liminal, whetting your whistle episode discusses our upcoming novels, how we're feeling...

The computer is getting snippy and calling everything “classified” or “redacted.” While we debug, enjoy our final Season 3 episode with award-winning CBC journalist Adrian Harewood and acclaimed author and journalist Waubgeshig Rice, discussing their long friendship, activism, systematic change, and how they stay hopeful.

No matter what Brandon says, there are skeletal deer out and about, and they ain't going away. So naturally we're talking about horrifying deer facts with authors and community organizers KT Bryski and Cortni Fernandez, but we also discuss building community, how to know it's time to step back, and more. With bonus text appearance...

Spirits are trying to break into the bunker! Are they friend or foe? Meanwhile, we discuss panel kaiju and pro wrestling with Tracy Townsend and John Wiswell, and how not to hold a Hugo Award like a penis. Plus Brandon gets a cookie delivery on air!

There’s a kaiju attack on the city! (Again? Come on, monsters.) But we’ve got plenty to keep us busy, as we’re joined by Nebula-nominated games writer Phoebe Barton and Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated horror author David Demchuk. Come eavesdrop as we discuss 1930s sci fi, propagandizing tech, municipal fantasy, and more!

Back after a (slight) delay – caused by an invasion of British redcoats! Never fear, we have the perfect pair to help us beat them back, or at least keep us entertained until it’s safe outside. Join us for a chat with Marcus Choi (Hamilton, Wicked, The OA) and Derrick Williams (The Book of Mormon,...

As the animal uprising threatens to tear Ottawa apart (but who can blame them, really), we’re joined by both halves of the Shale Project, Avi Silver and Sienna Tristen, to discuss living through tough crap, fixed mindsets vs growth mindsets, sales pitches for Tides of Numenera and Hades, and being parents to reptiles. Welcome back...

Alone but distant, Brandon and Evan prepare a series of tough questions for each other, discussing favorite saints, writing process, retirement plans and more! This season has a bunch of excellent guests already lined up, with even more to come through 2021! Check out our Season 3 Guests page for who can expect to see...

Brandon has regained control of the transmitter, with just enough power to report on something NEW in the bunker. Meanwhile, we hang out with authors KT Bryski and Erin Rockfort to talk about how everyone loves horrifying deer facts, some people love Freud, and no one believes a word Marie Bilodeau says about goats. Check...

Despite various warnings and portents, Evan is still sequestered in the deepest corner of the bunker – with even more buttons! Meanwhile, we chat with Geoff Gander and Kate Heartfield about D&D and why Crochet Cthulhu is the cutest Eldritch horror around. Find out more about Geoff and Kate on our GUESTS page!

Brandon reports in from the primary control room, where EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE. Don’t worry about the alarms. Just listen to a new conversation with multi-award-winning author Amal El-Mohtar and the “voice of Ottawa on CBC” Alan Neal, from CBC’s All in a Day. Continuing from our first chat with them in Escape the Fall...

Evan has retreated into the “other” control room, and no one knows where Brandon is. But that’s okay, because Evan has a chair that swivels and the rest of our conversation with Marie Bilodeau and Mark Robinson. Join us as we discuss how many times Mark has almost died, how Marie avoided getting kidnapped, and...

What’s that mist floating into the city? Are there monsters inside? Ghost monsters? Carnivorous ghost monsters? Only one way to find out! (For legal reasons, Broadcasts from the Wasteland does not condone or encourage direct engagement with supernatural mists of any kind.) While we wait out this latest bizarre event, we have the pleasure of...

Hello survivors! We hope you enjoyed our extended Season Premiere, and that you aren’t judging anyone for their particular Batman choices. Time to get back to some regular programming, as yet another crisis grips our fair city – this time it’s AI! Don’t trust your iPhone, friends, because it means you harm. Instead, enjoy the...

Who is the terror that flaps in the night? Who is the scourge that … wait, that’s Darkwing Duck. We want the Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight. The World’s Greatest Detective … The Batman. Welcome, fellow survivors, to the second season of Broadcasts from the Wasteland! Our season premiere is a little different than our...

Hello, survivors! Before we get to our Season 2 premiere (coming very soon) we have something special for you. Literary events are mostly postponed right now, so Brandon and fellow creative Adam Shaftoe have gathered eleven readers for a massive, virtual reading event. Whether you enjoy it alone or in a live listening party, we...

Did you think we were lost? That the bunker had caved in between the weight of perpetual snow here in our nation’s capital? No snow, yet, believe it or not – but we do have another Escape the Fall episode to get you through these colder days! This one’s a special episode featuring two separate...

We’re back, fellow survivors, and bringing you new broadcasts from our underground safe haven! Does the impending autumn chill have you down? Wondering how you might possibly survive? We might not have solutions, but we do have distractions. This week, as a bizarre time vortex brings all kinds of madness to our quiet capitol, we...

Description: In the final episode of Season One, a hellish gateway has torn open downtown, and demons are flooding into the city! Not to worry, we’ve sealed the bunker doors and have Julie Czerneda and Kevin Hearne with us in our ritually-cleansed shelter. While we wait to see if the end is indeed night, we’ll...

Description:Someone ignored all the warnings on a tomb again, and now the city is being ravaged by an ancient curse. Fortunately, down in the bunker and surrounded by incense, we have Kate Heartfield and Rich Larson to help us pass the time! We’ll discuss how to create imaginary people, share our best bad advice, talk...

Description: Someone should’ve told them not to play with that fungus attached to the space shuttle. Have they never watched a movie? Don’t worry, the bunker’s sterilization system mostly works, so we’re perfectly safe down here! Even better, we have authors ‘Nathan Burgoine and Linda Poitevin to keep us company, as we dive into the...

The light! It burns! The solar flare continues to rage outside, but luckily there’s more great conversation to be had with our author friends. Sit back and enjoy the continuation of our chat with Tanya, Violette and Marie, focusing this time on the evolution of technology and the writing business, and more jokes about Brandon’s...

Description: There’s a solar flare outside! And it’s massive! But don’t worry, Brandon and Evan are perfectly safe, as they gab with authors Tanya Huff, Violette Malan and Marie Bilodeau about first cons, first books, first crimes, and lots of things that happened before Brandon was born. Check out Tanya, Violette and Marie’s bios on...

Description: Ignoring the moan of the undead outside the bunker’s secure windows, our intrepid hosts entertain horror author Matt Moore and author/podcaster Lydia Peever by quizzing them about what makes good horror, what makes bad horror, and really what makes horror period. Check out Matt and Lydia’s bios on our GUEST page!

Description: As enormous, monstrous creatures demolish the city centre, Brandon and Evan take shelter with authors Marie Bilodeau and Jay Odjick to discuss identifying fuckups, spiders, practicalities of superheroing, and the birth of Producer Gary. Check out Marie and Jay’s bios on our GUEST page!

Description: Surrounded by lethal levels of fallout, Brandon and Evan while away the irradiated hours by talking with authors Derek Künsken and Kelly Robson, discussing comic shops, TV shows, James Bond, and a one-move checkmate of Tony Stark. Check out Derek and Kelly’s bios on our GUESTS page!

Description: Deep beneath the ruins of a capital city constantly devastated by some apocalypse or another, writers Brandon Crilly and Evan May have hatched a plan to keep themselves entertained. Mostly it involves a revolving door of other creatives, talking shop about their work, the stories they love, and enough tangents to forget the world...