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Sci-Fi author and comedic poet Phillip Carter discusses and laughs about everything from writing tropes, to popular culture, music, art, gender, religion, and that other thing we aren't supposed to laugh at. Sometimes with guests! Contact Paisleyprintauthor on instagram to be a guest.

Phillip Carter


    • Dec 29, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Why I left the poetry circuit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 27:36


    You can vote on the name of the new poetry book with this link https://realphillipcarter.substack.com/p/you-can-name-my-upcoming-comedy-book

    SciFi battle - Phillip VS Nicola Rossi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 25:16


    Nicola Rossi is a human I found on the internet. Her latest novel, Rockaway, is the third book in her chillingly plausible dystopian series, Rockstar Ending, which is in development for television.

    Two time travellers arguing.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 6:49


    You can read this post by clicking here.

    A poem for the Sycamore Gap tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 0:49


    A comedy poem. You can find more at realphillipcarter on instagram and tiktok

    S2E4, Self-pub or Trad-pub? What's best for you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 25:28


    Some fun insights into traditional publishing along with an extended rant about how many mistakes I made when publishing Who Built The Humans?.

    S2 E4: with guest AARON FRALE - Comedy author, sciptwriter, actor, and more.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 23:24


    Aaron is one of my favourite people. We meet up once a week on discord to write comedy together in our comedians group, and he is always very supportive and kind to the younger, less experienced writers. You can see all of Aaron's books here > https://amzn.to/3H053Mj (full disclosure, I'm an Amazon Affiliate thanks to my time as a Lego microcelebrity, so if you buy his books through there, we both make money. It doesn't cost you anything extra, and it doesn't cost Aaron any revenue either! This is my non-intrusive way of funding this show so one day, I can record an episode live at ComicCon!)

    S2E3: Mushroom Monsters, Comedy Creators, and a third alliterative announcement.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 7:40


    You can read the whole mycelial story here > https://realphillipcarter.substack.com/p/mycelial-aprils-free-short-story

    S2 E2: On performing, my new life as an open mic host, and general tomfoolery

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 12:23


    I'm excited to get guests in the studio again after a break of a few months, but what have I been doing in the meantime? Well, I hosted a few open mics, realised I've secretly been a comedian this whole time, and I tidied my room. I was recently interviewed by James Flynn. You can read about it here.

    Episode 1 (of the new weekly format) Robots vs Literature

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 16:02


    The first episode of the new format, THE PHILLIP CARTER SHOW is now a weekly show with sporadic appearances from guests in the art, writing, comedy, and science worlds. Know someone who might be interested? Get in touch, or read some free short stories and comedy on my substack https://realphillipcarter.substack.com/ And check out this link for the top 100 SCIENCE FICTION books on Amazon >>> Top Science Fiction (If you do your shopping through this link, everything costs the same as usual, but I get an amazon affiliate commission, because I'm a book influencer now!)

    Finger breaking chess robots, or 'What I did in November'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 14:01


    A big list of all the cool stuff I got up to.

    Short Time Travel comedy - TARDIGRADE

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 18:47


    You can read the text version here

    TARDIGRADE - A comedic time travel short

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 15:01


    Read the story here https://realphillipcarter.substack.com/p/tardigrade-a-free-time-travel-story

    Introducing my newsletter and talking briefly of many things

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 11:22


    I have realised that I can directly record audio to substack, which is nice, but doesn't allow for the same range that ANCHOR does I also have a radio job now so would like to put some episodes here from the backlog https://realphillipcarter.substack.com/

    Poem - PRINT

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 10:00


    A poem called PRINT from way back in 2016. Very much not my present style! https://realphillipcarter.substack.com/

    My return - serious Poem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 1:10


    I quite like that I now have to add a SERIOUS tag to my poetry, as I am becoming increasingly known for the silly stuff. It's nice being both. Doesn't make it easy to market, but it does make life more fun. Anyway, I am launching a time travel trilogy on Kickstarter. You should check it out https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/realphillipcarter/earthloop-trilogy

    Ten deliriously dark minutes of existential crises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 11:33


    In which I think about marketing, erections, and gravy and chips https://paisleyprintauthor.substack.com/

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    poem - blood cell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 2:09


    you can get the book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09BP589NZ

    Scifi Comedy story - FTL

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 11:02


    A short story from my upcoming book HOLOGRAM KEBAB

    Free poems and an update

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 17:36


    Hello. Thanks for all the support. You are cool

    TOYS - a comedy poem about sex toys

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 1:08


    Just a quick one. Hope you enjoy it!

    Poem - Geodesic 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 1:55


    My first attempt at blending music with poetry, or at least, the first one I can properly remember. My website The poetry book

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    TWO POEMS - Anachronangst / Wave Function Collapse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 6:51


    Two poems, zero sales pitches. There's not even a website link in this one.

    Some big news

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 23:24


    In which I go to ComicCon, nearly get to America for a big book tour, find the meaning of life, kill god, and write a new trilogy of books. Poetry collections and WBTH2 also included... I've been busy

    2/25/2022 Thoughts on Empathy / News

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 9:07


    My thoughts on empathy, and how we might train it with logic and reason to be a more efficient tool for solving the world's ills. My book

    Episode 5 - scifi comedy story - Kebab

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 13:54


    In which a young woman discovers something disturbing about her soon-to-be ex boyfriend. With a sci-fi twist! For my substack blog (for free stories forever) CLICK HERE (my first book Who Built The Humans? is now reduced to £1.99, just click here to get it)

    EP4 - BOOT, a short story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 10:35


    An old story from a new collection, HOLOGRAM KEBAB. It's a weird little book with weird little stories. Friday 21st January

    Ep 3.5 ( David Bowie philosophy broadcast, for ALLfm Manchester)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 20:47


    I have started 2022 with an amazing opportunity. I was invited by Ruth from ALLfm to materialize on the 9th Jan in her studio at ALLfm, to talk about David Bowie. If you didn't know, I'm a huge fan of Bowie. I'm actually working towards making a separate thing dedicated to him. The 9th of January is a symbolic day, his birthday was the 8th and the anniversary of his death is the 10th. So it's freaky. I am occupying a freaky slot of spacetime. Please leave me an audio message, which I might include in the podcast. https://anchor.fm/paisleyprintauthor/message

    Ep3 - With JO THE LION. Where is Bowie's secret autobiography?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 77:23


    In this special, hour-long episode, I talk to Jo The Lion about her writing, David Bowie fanfiction, and if skin walkers stole David's autobiography and if we might be able to get it back from Area51. We recorded audio and video for this one, and you can watch the video >>> here

    Episode 2 - two short stories and an existential crisis.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 26:34


    In which I reveal the title of my next book, Hologram Kebab, and read you two stories from it! Here's my gofundme for the WBTH audiobook >>> https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-this-time-traveler-become-his-true-self

    Episode 1 - In which I am reincarnated as a fictional space explorer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 10:42


    The first episode of the rebrand, in which my secret plans for world domination are laid bare for you to gawp at. My books My substack blog My medium blog (same as substack, just less content, only the journalistic, click-baity stuff)

    FALSE VACUUM intro + poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 9:59


    Some poems from my upcoming book FALSE VACUUM

    Geodesic - Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 8:05


    Some fun poems. Pre-order the book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09BP589NZ

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    Massive scifi poetry podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 29:04


    A huge episode where I read 6 whole poems, and edit some and do a bit of improv

    Incoherent rambling about my life, interviews, and who my audience seems to be?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 11:02


    No idea to be honest. Who Built The Humans has gone down in price though, check it out

    Blooper. Mum distracts me by attacking crisps with mallet.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 5:39


    Not much else goes on

    Blood Cell - Poem ( + bonus rant about art )

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 18:32


    You can find me on instagram as Paisleyprintauthor

    Poem - Leaving

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 2:54


    A poem about leaving someone, filled with cosmic metaphor, as you would expect.

    Fragment - Poem

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 5:00


    A little poem, you can pre-order its collection here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phillip-Carter/e/B095JQRVN5

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    On Vanity - An entire story from WHO BUILT THE HUMANS?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 13:00


    This is part of the ON SERIES, a mini collection of 15 poetic stories inside WHO BUILT THE HUMANS? my book of 47 short stories whobuiltthehumans.com

    POEM - Appendectomy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 3:35


    My thoughts on leaving university and the fragile "network" I had developed during it. Naturally mixed in with some wordplay and a bit of light fiction, as is my style.

    naturally poem appendectomy
    My brilliant novel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 2:24


    In which I tell you about how my novel is better than yours.

    POEM - The sad and lonely spoken word "feminist"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 3:45


    This was written with two particular narcissists in mind, both of whom are too thick to read this caption so I can say what I want about them here YOU SMELL LIKE WET EGGS

    Rapa Nui/The crystal rebellion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 11:03


    Soon to be featured on a proper radio channel, these are the extracts I think are most suited to daytime listening (no aliens with rude names) www.whobuiltthehumans.com

    Even more space in storytelling

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 18:31


    In which I go on an extended rant about the "economy of storytelling" and how it's probably nonsense.

    Lecture 2 - Space in storytelling (draft post)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 9:51


    This is a test of my material on space in storytelling I am still working on the audio. My mic is affixed to the same desk my laptop is on, so I am thinking of solutions to cushion the arm and also raise the laptop in a way that makes it quieter. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    The Stephanie Glitch - Chapter 1 part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 10:38


    Read the novel in text form HERE My recently published book, WHO BUILT THE HUMANS? At some point in 2015 I decided to stop offending people at poetry evenings and write a deep, mindbending YA book with a sarcastic protagonist who (spoiler alert) literally punches God at one point and then disproves her own existence. I realised during my Masters degree that the idea for the novel THE STEPHANIE GLITCH was far more advanced than what I perceived to be the upper limits of my writing skills. So I took a break, got back into offending people at poetry evenings and decided to write WHO BUILT THE HUMANS? which is out now. Oddly, Stephanie appears in it several times, but only once explicitly. Whilst both books function very well on their own, there are poetic links between them. Stephanie, for example, at some point meets a creator of worlds, and that same idea is attacked in satire form in WBTH.

    Who Built The Humans? - Behind the scenes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 11:29


    11 minutes of your favourite unknown sci-fi author rambling about how he wrote that easy-to-read book that's actually quite complicated under the hood. I will go a bit into my writing philosophy, a bit into how the 47 stories interact with each other, how there are 11 universes they fit into, that sort of thing. Good for writers wanting to learn how to make a book. Whilst my experience is specific to me, it may help to know that you need a philosophy. That is, your universes needs physical laws. It needs to have consistency within itself, otherwise you will lose your way, as will the reader. Even nonsense stories have a structure (to talk nonsense). This is a prequel to Halfplanet Classroom.

    WBTH poem - On Meaninglessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 4:59


    A part of my 15 performance poem pieces that kick the piss out of every concept you have ever loved. #scifi #poem #poetry #sciencefiction #comedy #standup

    Who Built The Humans? - Excerpt 2 - From the stars, a million voices.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 3:58


    William Bines learns that his superior, Clyde Waller, knows more about his missing sister than he had first admitted. Read the whole story here

    A nightmare about marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 1:26


    In which I have a vivid dream that I am attempting to have an affair

    WHO BUILT THE HUMANS? - Excerpt 1 - TOWARD UNCERTAIN STARS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 2:42


    The first few lines of my novel length short story collection, WHO BUILT THE HUMANS? www.whobuiltthehumans.com

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