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This podcast discusses science fiction at all levels, from Stargate and Star Wars to H.P. Lovecraft, ancient cultures, and modern myth. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-richard/support

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    Modern Myth: Bigfoot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 13:27


    Making strides in the evolution of modern myth and legend, the Bigfoot has been one of the earliest and most culturally reliable bits of folklore that has embedded itself in humanity worldwide.

    Alan Hansen: Demeter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 48:29


    I got the chance to talk to author of the Orion's Spur series, Alan Hansen about the first book in his series, Demeter and I had a lot of fun! I could talk to this guy for hours, but I think he has something really enjoyable and important going on with this series. Like we discussed, its important to read for a good laugh and a smile, but if we can shine a little light on something as detrimental as bullying? All the better!

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    We NEED Halloween!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 14:57


    Halloween is one of everyones favorite time of the year! We have tons of classic horror films, radio dramas, short stories, costume parties to get through, all in just a good couple of days! We have a lot of contributing origins to what we have now as the hallowed holiday. And I think my favorite is the idea that we all come together collectively to have a good laugh at what terrifies us, taking away its power over us, all over a few dollar store candy bags. Happy Halloween everyone!

    The Psychology of the Dystopian Protagonist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 20:30


    I think these guys are who we think of the most when we think iconic sci-fi heroes. Who can really top Neo or Luke Skywalker? But what sets them apart from me and you, the everyman?

    Politics in Science Fiction: It's Always Been There

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 25:06


    Politics is a fantastic writing tool to use to make a story BIG, because it helps scale whatever is happening in the background of a story. Watch something like The Expanse or Star Trek and you'll see that its something that those shows would not be as great without because politics makes things more relatable, more intriguing, and all the more real.

    Rings of Power: I'll Take Reddit Written Homestuck FanFic Over This......

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 35:50


    There is not a single thing that this show does correctly. Coming from the same studio that brought us Fallout, The Boys, Invincible, and a few other great shows? I am beyond disappointed. I'm LIVID! Here's my rant about it.

    Overcoming Obstacles as a Writer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 17:27


    Whether we dedicate time to creating great tomes of literary works, private journals, academic essays and treatises, we all face the same manner of inhibitions: writers block, envy, self doubt, giving ourselves excuses and ways out of doing what we need to do to succeed. We can overcome these roadblocks, I promise you!

    Is Magic Lazy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 26:27


    If I cast a spell with a wand and all my problems are solved......did I learn or gain anything? I didnt go on any kind of journey or fact finding mission, I just solved my problems. Is that a build up of hubris? And does it make for lazy story creations?

    The Failure of The Acolyte: Its Worse than Imagined!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 39:12


    I've never seen a Disney failure so bad that they PULL MERCH! It certainly does NOT bode well for Disney Lucasfilm whatsoever.

    The Black Knight Satellite Conspiracy: We Need Regular Space Travel!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 16:49


    Wouldn't it be great to be able to prove or disprove any and all extraterrestrial conspiracy theories? Just to KNOW for certain whats real and what isn't?

    Borderlands, Blade, B....Umbrella Academy.......Failures Everywhere!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 19:04


    We have had a lot of major disappointments lately. But we dont have to let them color the taste of what we all collectively enjoy as a fanbase!

    Hard Sci-fi vs High Sci-fi

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 14:42


    Breaking news everyone! Reading.....is HARD sometimes! Even for a voracious reader like myself, reading can seem like a chore some days. But why is this? If I'm reading a genre that I love so much, how can that be?

    Deadpool vs Marvel: The Course Correct is REAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 17:18


    Deadpool x Wolverine is EASILY one of my favorite marvel movies of all time! if not one of my favorite movies in general. We have seen a pretty big dip in the attention people are giving to the MCU, but THIS movie is guaranteed to swing it back. So what made the studio make such a dramatically different kind of movie that was ten time raunchier, more gory, more nostalgia filled than the previous Deadpool movies? Well......

    Dune Part 2: I Liked This a LOT!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 15:25


    Following Dune Part 1, this movie gave us a ton of payoff from the buildup that we got several years ago and it did NOT disappoint! As a matter of fact, I think its pretty underrated. I do not see many people talking about it very much. But I will!

    "Too Big to Fail" Franchises

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 23:37


    I think everyone is getting real tired of studios doing whatever they want with their properties because they KNOW that no matter how bad something bombs, they can keep on truckin....

    Mind Trick Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 19:10


    Did Obi-Wan Kenobi commit heinous crimes by removing the autonomy of the Stormtroopers with his famous "these arent the droids you're looking for" line? Does this open the Jedi order to a whole slew of class action lawsuits?

    X-Men 97: A Faithful Adaptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 20:18


    I am a HUGE X-Men comics fan, especially the later graphic novel adaptations and illustrated compendiums. So I was a little apprehensive whenever Disney Plus announced its continuation of the beloved X-Men cartoon we got in the 90s.......I was not ready for them to screw up my childhood even more. BUT THEY DIDNT!!!!

    Nathan Helm: Kingdom Society, the Black Hood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 61:49


    I got the chance to hang out with Nathan Helm, author of the first in what will be an epic fantasy SAGA sure to sweep the bookshelves! This book was packed full of fun and its definitely reflected by the cool dude that is its author.

    Star Wars Discussion: Me & the Original Trilogy vs. Matt & the Prequel Trilogy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 97:44


    Its no secret that Star Wars is a massive franchise that is near and dear to not only me but to tens of thousands, including my pal Matt Charles! Today he is advocating the position that the prequel trilogy is superior to the original trilogy......and I'm here to put a stop to that.

    Martial Prowess & Muscles: Needed in the Future or Not?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 17:21


    With all the really cool technologies and advancements of differing flavors that we get in various scifi franchises, do we really need big chonk muscles and kickass karate skills?

    WH40K Chaos Gods: The Emperor of Man......the 5th god of chaos???

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 33:18


    There is massive speculation that the Emperor of Mankind will be, if not already is, the next chaos god. Though it may be more apt to call him a god of order rather than chaos.

    Daniel Sayre: Becoming Glitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 79:22


    I had the opportunity to have a good long talk the author of Becoming Glitch, and it was nothing but fun. Heres waiting for the sequel to a book everyone should be reading! I know Daniel and I will be chatting it up whenever it comes out.

    WH40K Chaos Gods: Tzeentch, the Lord of Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 24:06


    Ever make a decision and then rethink that decision? And then rethink that rethink? AND THEN throw the whole idea away and juggle chainsaws? Well, thats the Chaos God of Change for you. The focus on magics and sorcery is pretty fun though!

    WH40K Chaos Gods: Slaanesh, the Lord of Excess

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 22:51


    Ever thought about having that extra slice of cake? Spending all your paycheck on nothing but art decor and photography software? How about popping just one more xanax? Well great job! You have just invited the Prince of Pleasure to make her way over to tempt you into selling your soul for the BEST and most gratifying experiences you could ever want!

    WH40K Chaos Gods: Nurgle, the Plague God

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 26:33


    Ever hock a loogie that was super big and chunky and looked like if it was any bigger it would be walkin and talkin and ordering room service? WELL! Thats good ole Papa Nurgle if he wasnt a behemoth of a monstrous god of disease and rot.

    WH40K Chaos Gods: Khorne, the Blood God

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 23:55


    Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne of Khorne! WH40K has tons of dark gods littering its cosmic landscape and my favorite is easily the lord of rage and battle, Khorne!

    Mummies vs. Zombies: Whats the Difference?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 19:43


    I talk about zombies a lot but one of the classic era of movie monsters that I think gets over looked all the time are mummies! But whats the difference?

    Matt Charles Interview: To the Brink

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 60:36


    Today I'm joined by the author of To the Brink, Matt Charles to discuss his writing style, his book, and a bit of shared nerd perspectives!

    The 2024 State of Star Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 26:43


    We've had the Bad Batch series finale, the Tales of the Empire anthology episodes, trailers for the Acolyte and an interesting May the 4th promo video drop. IS it all still a dumpster fire?.......yeah

    Perspectives: the Walls Between Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 15:48


    I'm seriously wanting to write this love story now.....

    Paul Avery Tindol: Hunting Snipe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 39:03


    A friend of mine, Paul Avery Tindol, came out with a great scifi thriller! Hunting Snipe: and Other Notes on the East Texas Cattle Mutilations. I had the great pleasure of reading it before our chat and MAN I cannot recommend it enough! Paul and I actually studied theatre together at SFA, so its REALLY cool for me to see a colleague of mine create something as enthralling as this book!

    April 2024 Scifi News and Goings On!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 18:53


    There were a ton of interesting things going on that I wanted to talk about, so I summed them all up and did one episode instead of a bunch of smaller ones!

    Fallout: A Great Success......and What It Could Mean

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 14:54


    The latest hit show courtesy of Amazon Prime is out and wild: Fallout! If you havent carved out a few hours to burn through it like the radiation that permeates the wastelands of post apocalyptic America in the series, you definitely need to do so! Though I think the success of the show could potentially lead to something else......

    Author Aaron Ryan, Dissonance Volume II: The Reckoning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 48:46


    I got to sit down and talk to a great friend of the show, author and voice over artist, Aaron Ryan, about his new book Dissonance Volume II: The Reckoning! Head on over to Amazon and pick it up, it is an absolute GREAT read!

    Why We Fear the Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 19:22


    We all have some natural fear of the dark. But why? Why are embodiments of fear and darkness so compelling as characters in our stories? Can we overcome them? How?

    Sound Creatures

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 14:13


    There have been all manner of creatures in science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, anime, graphic novels, and cereal box one offs, but I cannot find ANY examples of a being that is completely made out of sound waves.

    What Will Our New Sensory Organ Be?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 13:03


    ONE! SINGULAR SENSATION!!!..........Skipping down our evolutionary timeline, we can imagine pretty easily that the next drastic environmental change will be that our planet will have to contend with is: nuclear fallout. But how will human beings adapt?

    Religion in Sci-fi

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 19:20


    Dealing with another foundational cornerstone in the bedrock of science fiction and its tropes, religion plays a HUGE part in whatever story it appears.

    Star Wars, the Acolyte: Everythings Riding on This One.....

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 26:03


    Okay so this show NEEDS TO BE a success or the franchise will be demolished, the fans will be lost, no one will care about Mando season 4 or the movie, people are already turned off about the Rey movie, everything is going to be absolutely WRECKED........so lets talk about it.

    Sea Fairing Pirates.....but They're Aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 15:30


    I really want this story/movie/show to happen. But I would also be SCARRED of it happening because I would not want it being screwed up to an utter oblivion like how so many beloved franchises and projects have been massacred recently.

    The Essence of Unrelatable and Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 24:38


    Its easy to relate to a stories main characters, side characters, even the villains. But what about what we CANT relate to? Where are all the stories about the eldritch and mysterious? Lets have more of THAT!

    The Mysterious Ocean

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 23:30


    We need to explore it, point blank period. We know frighteningly little about the ocean floor, the creatures that are able to live down there, the dinosaurs that survived the meteors and following ice ages wiping out their land based counter parts. And I REALLY want us discovering all the sunken cities and ships that are down there!

    Time Manipulation, the Ultimate Power?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 19:48


    Messing with time is fun, especially when you write a story it or a DND character that does it. Its a fun thing to play around with because theres almost nothing concretely known about what goes into time travel or time manipulation. I would definitely choose it as my ultimate power, being able to bend the tempest of time to my will.

    The Halo Show SUCKS........but Why???

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 29:58


    Have you heard of one of the WORST live action, straight to garbage can tv shows of all time? Well you have now! Halo is by far one of the most depressing things I have ever seen and by all things holy please dont watch it. Let me suffer FOR you, thats what Im here for!

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    Author Aaron Ryan Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 58:40


    Today I sat down for a great chat with voice over artist, singer and author Aaron Ryan to talk about his new book, Dissonance, as well as a smattering of nerdling quandaries and quibbles. Aaron is a really fun and easily relatable guy, the conversation went by way too quickly and his new book is reflective of a man as articulate that spares no detail, like his clear inspiration J.R.R. Tolkien.

    Space Colonization: The Essentials

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 22:45


    Do you wonder what it would take for humans first settlers out in space to make it out there in the cold, unrelenting void? WELL I DO! ALOT!

    The Abyssal Store

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 19:08


    Do YOU have a shopping addiction? Always find yourself wanting more? Can never seem satisfied enough? Well come on down to the endless maw of the Abyssal Store! You will be able to purchase so many products, you will BECOME the product itself!

    Get into the SCP Foundation!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 12:20


    Have you ever wondered what [REDACTED] while he was drinking and mad at the [CLASSIFIED] all of creation? Do [REMOVED BY ORDER OF THE 0-5 COUNCIL] at night screaming for someone [REDACTED] help and they just wont [REDACTED]? Take a dive into the SCP Foundation and [REMOVED TO PRESERVE SANITY]!

    MORE SPACE ARMOR!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 19:19


    We get a ton of cool, seemingly unstoppable future weapons and space guns. But do we not get enough of? Thats right. ARMOR. Strong suits of space metals that can stop space bullets!

    Does the Matrix Beat Reality?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 17:58


    Is the real world better than what we could create for ourselves in the matrix we all know is coming? Let's skip over what "real" means for this episode and focus on what we really want out of our evolutionary path forward while using apparati like the virtual world of the matrix.

    Surviving Post Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 33:06


    There is an impending doom hanging over all of us: the apocalypse. Its just a matter of what form it will take. My money is on nukes. How will we best survive it though?

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