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If you went to LI Who in New York you may have seen artist Bret Herholz in the Dealer's Room. He and Paul Hanley created a wonderful comic featuring the Shalka Doctor taking on vampires and he joins me on this episode to talk about it! Also the latest Doctor Who comic news and FOUR reviews.

Mark and Filmmaker Gerry Glennon discuss the news, a new Jaybird and Lee segment, more of Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino's coverage of LI Who, Jenny Feldy interviews Filmmakers Chuck and Karolina Morrongiello, plus at NYCC Mark interviews comic creators Kayden Phoenix and Ghezal Omar

Mark, Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino and Filmmaker Lee Kolinsky discuss the news, a new Jaybird and Lee segment, a new Chris Pics segment for Chicken Soup for the Soul, plus Charlie's coverage of LI Who

It's convention time! Join James, Drew and Brent as the DWP campervan materialises in Long Island, New York! Well, perhaps not quite - Brent and Drew attended LI Who last month and this podcast comprises 45 min of making James jealous and wishing he had attended! Join the team as they remissness about this years' event that played host to Paul McGann, Katy Manning, Frazer Hines, Sacha Dhawan, Michael Troughton - and many others. Along with a quick run though the latest news, don't miss this latest edition of the DWP! Enjoy the Show

It is a sad week for the media and for Steven as Disney and many Makers of Pretend aren't going to San Diego Comic Con, which means Doctor Who likely won't, which means Steven likely won't. Curses! We do however have news of Doctor Who books, Big Finish and Paul McGann appearing at LI Who in costume as well as digressions into Canadian history and Pink Floyd (as you do) in the penultimate instalment of…the Timelash! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who Magazine 592 released Marvel, Netflix, Sony, HBO and Universal to Skip SDCC Pull To Open – 1962-1963: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who coming July 24 Doctor Who: Ten Days of Christmas due October 2023 Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – The Diary of River Song: The Orphan Quartet due August 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night due September 2023 Paul McGann doing photo ops in costume at LI Who

Paul Farber:You are listening to Monument Lab Future Memory where we discuss the future of monuments and the state of public memory in the US and across the globe. You can support the work of Monument Lab by visiting monumentlab.com, following us on social @Monument_Lab, or subscribing to this podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts. Li Sumpter:Our guest today on Future Memory is artist, scholar, and composer, Nathan Young. Young is a member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and a direct descendant of the Pawnee Nation and Kiowa Tribe, currently living in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. His work incorporates sound, video, documentary, animation, installation, socially-engaged art, and experimental and improvised music. Young is also a founding member of the artist collective, Postcommodity. He holds an MFA in Music/Sound from Bard College's Milton Avery School of the Arts and is currently pursuing a PhD in the University of Oklahoma's innovative Native American art history doctoral program. His scholarship focuses on Indigenous Sonic Agency. Today we discuss his art and practice and a recently opened public art project at Historic site Pennsbury Manor entitled nkwiluntàmën, funded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and curated by Ryan Strand Greenberg and Theo Loftis. Let's listen.Welcome to another episode of Future Memory. I'm your co-host, Li Sumpter. Today my guest is Nathan Young. Welcome, Nathan.Nathan Young:Hello. Thank you. It's nice to be here with you today. Li:Future Memory is the name of Monument Lab's podcast. In the context of your own work, when you hear the words "future memory," what does that mean to you? Do any images or sounds come to mind? Nathan:They really do. There's one. It was a website of a sound artist, a writer, an educator, Jace Clayton, DJ/Rupture, had a mixed CD called "Gold Teeth Thief". I remember it was kind of a game changer in the late '90s. I got that mixed CD from a website called History of the Future. Li:That's very close. It was very close.Nathan:It's always stuck with me. I'm fortunate enough to be able to grapple with a lot of these kind of ideas. I'm not really quite sure how I feel about some of the history of the future because in some ways I work within many different archives so I am dealing with people's future or thinking about or reimagining or just imagining their future.But future monuments are something that I grapple with and deeply consider in my artwork. I think it's one of the more challenging subjects today in art. I think we see that with the taking down of monuments that were so controversial or are so controversial. But I find it fascinating the idea of finding new forms to make monuments to remember and the idea of working with different communities of memory. It's key to my work. It's just a lot of listening and a lot of pondering. Actually, it's a very productive space for me because it's a place to think about form. Also, it opens doors for me just to think about the future. I will say this, that one problem that often arises as a Lenape Delaware Pawnee Kiowa person is we're often talking about the past, and I really like to talk about the future and to work with organizations that are thinking about the future. Li:I can relate to that. Nathan:I think it's a misunderstanding. We always really are talking about the future. I've had the great fortune to be around some people. Actually, I grew up in the capital of the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. A lot of people know that Oklahoma is the home to 39 federally recognized tribes. I was fortunate enough to grow up in Tahlequah, which is the capital of the Cherokee Nation, and was able to be around a well-known and respected medicine man named Crosslin Smith, also an author. I remember being a part of an interview with Crosslin. I grew up, he was a family friend.He said, "I'm often asked about the old or ancient ways and the new ways." What Crosland said was, and I'll try my best to articulate this idea, is that there is no difference between the ancient ways and today. These things still exist. It might be an illusion or we might not be able to comprehend or understand it, but there is no difference between the ancient, when we're thinking of things in the sense of the sublime, I think. There is no understanding the ancient and what is contemporary. That was really an important moment for me as an adult. To hear him articulate that was really important. So I think about that. I'm not really sure about a lot of things, but I really like to think about that when I'm working. Li:It kind of runs through your mind as you're working and creating. It's a deep thought, that's for sure, connecting those things. Even thinking back on your own personal history with sound, when did you first connect your relationship to place and homeland to sound and music? Nathan:Well, my earliest remembrances of music, honestly, are my dad driving me around in his truck, picking me up after school, and singing peyote songs, Native American Church songs, peyote songs. The members of the Native American Church call that medicine. My father was an active member of a chapter of the Native American Church at that time. I was fortunate enough to receive my Lenape Delaware name in a peyote meeting. But the first things I remember are the music he played in the car, but really the singing in the car, the singing in the truck that he would do of those peyote songs. Even after he quit going to meetings or he wasn't active in the Native American Church anymore, he still would sing these peyote songs, and I would ask him about the peyote songs, because they're different for every tribe. The forms, they still have their kind of conventions, but they're very tribally specific.Everything in what we call legally Indian Country here in the United States is super hyper local. So just down the road, that's really the beautiful thing about living in Oklahoma, is you have people whose ancestors are from northeast, southeast, southwest. There's only one tribe here from California. So it's a really rich place for sound and song. Both of my parents are Indigenous American Indian. My mother is Pawnee and Kiowa. My father is Lenape Delaware. I also grew up around the Big Drum, what we call the Big Drum at powwows. I never became a powwow singer or anything like that. Never learned anything around the Big Drum. But I did eventually learn Pawnee songs, Native American Church Pawnee songs.But really, I was just a kid in a small town in Oklahoma. When skateboarding hit and you become kind of an adolescent, you start to discover punk rock and things like that. Those to me were the way that the culture was imported to me. I didn't realize that I was already surrounded by all this beautiful culture, all of the tribes and my parents' tribes and my grandparents'. But then it was like a transmitter. Even these tapes were just transmitters to me. So those were really important also. I have a lot of thoughts about sound. Other thing I remember is my father often would get onto us or make fun of us for being so loud and saying we would be horrible scouts or hunters.Li:Making too much noise. Nathan:The Native Americans, yeah, yeah. We weren't stealth. You'd hear us coming a mile away. So he would always say, "You wouldn't be a very good one," just to try to get us quiet down.Li:No one wants to be a bad hunter, right? Can you break down the concept of Indigenous Sonic Agency? is this based on ancestral traditions, your artistic practice, academic scholarship, or a bit of all the above? Nathan:Well, Indigenous Sonic Agency is really one piece of a larger subject sonic agency, which I encountered in a book titled Sonic Agency by Brandon LaBelle. I was a former member of this collective, Postcommodity, and I'm reading this book. When we were first starting the collective, we had the opportunity to work with this Czech poet named Magor, Ivan Jirous Magor. It means blockhead, I believe. It's a nickname. He was kind of described as the Andy Warhol of the Plastic People of the Universe. He was an art historian. He spent most of his life in prison just for being an artist, an art historian. He was an actual musician. He didn't play with the Plastic People of the Universe, to my knowledge, but he did to write the lyrics, to my knowledge. We had the opportunity to record with Magor. So I'm reading this book about sonic agency, and here I find somebody that I'd actually had an experience with sonic agency with in my early days and as a young man and an artist.But ultimately Indigenous Sonic Agency is, in some sense, similar but different to tribal sovereignty. So when you think of agency or sovereignty, it's something that they sometimes get mixed up. I'm really trying to parse the differences between this, what we understand so well as political sovereignty as federally recognized tribes and what agency means, say, as an artist. But in my research, in the subject of sonic agency and Indigenous Sonic Agency, it encompasses pretty much everything. That's what I love about sound. Everything has a sound, whether we can hear it or not. Everything is in vibration. There are sounds that are inaudible to us, that are too high or too low. Then there's what we hear in the world and the importance of silence with John Cage. I think that they're just super productive.I was introduced really to sound studies through this book called Sonic Warfare by Steve Goodman. It was really about how the study of sound was, in a sense, still emerging because it had mostly been used for military purposes and for proprietary purposes such as commercials and things like that. As I stated earlier, I felt like music was my connection to a larger world that I couldn't access living in a small town. So even everything that came with it, the album covers, all that, they really made an impression on me as a young person, and it continues to this day, and I've been focusing deeply on it.My studies in sonic agency -- Indigenous Sonic Agency -- encompass everything from social song, sacred song, voice, just political speech and language, political language. There's so much work to be done in the emerging sound studies field. I felt that Indigenous Sonic Agency, there was a gap there in writing and knowledge on it. Now though, I acknowledge that there has been great study on the subject such as Dylan Robinson's book, Hungry Listening. I am fortunate enough to be around a lot of other Indigenous experimental artists who work in all the sonic fields. So it's an all-encompassing thing. I think about the sacred, I think about the political, I think about the nature of how we use it to organize things and how language works. Silence is a part of it. Also, listening is very important. It's something that I was taught at a very young age. You always have to continue to hone that practice to become a better and better listener. Li:That's the truth. Nathan:My grandmother was very quiet, but whenever she did talk, everybody loved it. Li:That's right. That's right. Let's talk about the Pennsbury Manor project. Can you share how you, Ryan Strand Greenberg, and Theo Loftis met and how nkwiluntàmën came to be? Nathan:Well, to my recollection, I try to keep busy around here, and oftentimes it means traveling to some of the other towns in the area such as Pawnee or Bartlesville or Dewey or Tahlequah. I wasn't able to do a studio visit with Ryan, but I wanted to see his artist talk that he was giving at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, which I was a fellow at at that time. I remember seeing these large public art projects that were being imagined by Ryan. We had worked on some other projects that, for one reason or another, we weren't unable to get off the ground. Eventually, Pennsbury Manor was willing to be this space where we could all work together. I remember rushing back and being able to catch Ryan's artist talk. Then right before he left town, we had a studio visit and found out how much we had in common concerning the legacy of the Lenape in the Philadelphia area, what we used to call Lenapehoking. So it was a really a moment of good fortune, I believe. Li:Monument Lab defines monument as a statement of power and presence in public. The nkwiluntàmën project guide describes Pennsbury Manor as a space to attune public memory. It goes on to say that sites like these are not endpoints in history, but touchstones between generations. I really love that statement. Do you think Pennsbury Manor and the land it stands on, do you consider it a monument in your eyes? Why or, maybe even, why not? Nathan:Well, yeah, I would definitely consider Pennsbury Manor, in a sense, a monument. I think that we could make an argument for that. If we were talking about the nature of it being William Penn's home and it being reconstructed in the 20th century, you could make a very strong argument that it is a monument to William Penn and also as William Penn as this ideal friend to the Indian. Some people don't like that word. Here in Oklahoma, some of us use it. Technically, it was Indian Country legally. But I use all terms: Native American, Indigenous, Indian. But I'd mostly like to just be called a Lenape Delaware Pawnee Kiowa.I definitely would say that you could make an argument that is a monument to William Penn especially as part of that, as this ideal colonist who could be set as a standard as for how he worked with the Lenape and then other tribes in the area at the time. I think that's kind of the narrative that I run into mostly in my research, literally. However, I would not say that it was established or had been any type of monument to my Lenape legacy. I did not feel that... I mean, there was always mention of that. It was, like I said, as this ideal figure of how to cooperate with the tribes in the area. But I would definitely say it's not a monument to the Lenape or the Delaware or Munsee.Li:Can you share a bit more about the project itself in terms of nkwiluntàmën and what exactly you did there at Pennsbury Manor to shift and really inform that history from a different perspective? Nathan:Well, first of all, at Pennsbury Manor, I was given a lot of agency. I was given a lot of freedom to what I needed to as an artist. I was really fortunate to be able to work with Doug and Ryan and Theo in that manner where I could really think about these things and think deeply about them. I started to consider these living history sites. My understanding is that they're anachronisms. There's a lot of labor put into creating a kind of façade or an appearance of the past, and specifically this time, this four years that William Penn was on this continent. So this idea that nothing is here that is not supposed to be here became really important to me. What I mean by that is, say, if you threw in a television set, it kind of throws everything off. Everybody's walking around in clothing that reflects that era and that time. If you throw some strange electronics in the space, it kind of is disruptive. I didn't feel the need to do anything like that.I felt that one of the great things about working in sound and one of the most powerful things about sound is that sound can also be stealth. You can't see sound. We can sonify things or we can visualize it or quantify it in different ways. But to me, this challenge of letting the place be, but using sound as this kind of stealth element where I could express this very, very difficult subject and something that really nobody has any answers to or is sure about... I was trained as an art historian, and I know that we're only making guesses and approximations just like any doctors. We are just trying to do these things.But sound gave me the ability at Pennsbury Manor and nkwiluntàmën to work stealthy and quiet, to not disturb the space too much because there's important work that's done there, and I want to respect people's labor. As a member of the Delaware tribe of Indians of Lenape, I felt that it was a great opportunity to be the person who's able to talk about this very difficult subject, and that is not lost on me. That's a very, very heavy, very serious task. Li:Yeah, big responsibility. Nathan:Yes. It is not lost on me at all how serious it is, and I feel very fortunate. I think without such a great support system in place, it wouldn't have been possible. nkwiluntàmën means lonesome, such as the sound of a drum. We have a thing called the Lenape Talking Dictionary,  Li:I've seen it. I've seen it. Nathan:I'm often listening. I'm listening to Nora Dean Thompson who gave me my Delaware name, my Lenape name, Unami Lenape name in a peyote ceremony. So I often go there to access Delaware thought and ideas and to hear Delaware voices and Delaware language being spoken. I know that some people have different views on it, but let's say, I think artists and people have used the Unami Lenape before and art exhibitions as a lost or an endangered languages. I know that in the entire state that I live in, and in most of Indian country, there's a great language revitalization movement that I was fortunate to be a part of and contribute to.Really, that's where I discovered that that's really where through language, there's nothing more Lenape, there's nothing more Delaware, Unami Lenape than to be able to talk and express yourself in that manner or, say, as a Pawnee or a Kiowa to be able to talk and express. Embedded in those words are much more than just how we think of language. They're really the key to our worldviews. Our languages are the keys to our worldview and really our thought patterns and how we see the world and how we should treat each other or how we choose to live in the world or our ancestors did. So I'm fascinated by the language. I was fortunate enough to be around many, many different native languages growing up. But ours was one because of the nature of us being a northeastern tribe that was very much in danger of being lost. Some would say that at one point it was a very, very, very endangered language to the point to where nobody was being born in what we call a first language household, where everybody could speak conversationally in Unami Lenape.So these things, we all think about this, by the way, all of my community, the Delaware Tribe of Indians. I was fortunate enough to serve on the Tribal Council as an elected member for four years. We think about these things definitely all the time, and people do hard work to try to revitalize the language. I know at this time that the Delaware Tribe of Indians is actively working to revitalize our language. Li:That's a part of that preservation and remembrance because your work, really does explore this idea of ancestral remembrance and is rooted in that. Then again, you're also engaging with these historic sites, like Pennsbury Manor, that tap into public memory. So in your thoughts, how are ancestral remembrance and public memory connected? Are there any similar ways that they resonate? Nathan:Well, I think of different communities of remembrance. Within this idea of memory there are just different communities. I don't want to want to create a dichotomy, but it's easily understood by those who focus on the legacy of William Penn and those who focus on the legacy of the Lenape or the Pawnee. But ancestral memory is key to my culture, I believe, and I really don't know any way to express it other than explaining it in a contemporary sense. If you're deeply involved in your tribal nation, one of the one things that people will ask you is they'll say, "Who are your folks?" Literally, people will say, "Who are your folks?" Li:Who are your peoples? Nathan:"What family do you come from?" I didn't start to realize this until I was an adult, of course. It's not something you think you would ever think of as a child or anything. It started to become really apparent to me that we're families that make up communities that have stayed together in our case for hundreds of years across thousands of miles. It's a point to where we got down to very small numbers. We still stuck together. Then there was also a diaspora of Lenape that went to Canada, the Munsee and the Stockbridge. There was the Delaware Nation who has actually lived more near the Kiowa. My grandmother was Kiowa. But we still had the same family names. For instance, there are people and members of the Delaware Nation that are actually blood related to the Delaware Tribe. So that is really our connection to each other is our ancestors. That's purely what binds us to together is that our ancestors were together, and we just continue that bond. Li:Thank you. A part of Monument Lab's mission is to illuminate how symbols are connected to systems of power and public memory. What are the recurring or even the most vital symbols illuminated in your work? Nathan:Oh, that's a really tough question because my work is all over the place. I work across a lot of different mediums, although I've trained as an art historian, so I came into this as a visual artist. I just happened to be a musician and then discovered installation art and how sound works in art. But for me, the story I feel that I'm trying to tell cannot be held by any number of symbols or signs. I want to give myself the freedom and agency to use whatever is needed, actually, whatever is needed to get across the idea that is important to me. So going back to nkwiluntàmën, lonesome, such as the sounds, these colors, we use these white post-Colonial benches, and there's four large ones, placed across the grounds of Pennsbury Manor. You'll see that, if one were to visit, they would see a black bench, a yellow bench, a white bench, and a red bench. Nathan:If you're from my community, a Delaware Tribe of Indian member and you know that you're a Lenape, you understand that those colors have meaning to our tribe, and you'll know that those colors have sacred meaning. So in some sense, I will use whatever I think is the most appropriate way to use it also. I want to give myself the freedom to use any type of symbolism. I loved growing up with my mother and my grandmother being able to go to powwows. My mom would say, "Well, here comes the Shawnee women. Here comes the Delaware women. They dress like this. Here comes..." Li:You can recognize from their dress. Nathan:My mother and my grandmother taught me that iconography of our clothing, what we now call regalia. Li:I was curious if perhaps the drum or even the idea of homeland show up in your work? Nathan:Oh, they definitely show up in my work when appropriate. But rather than a drum, I would say sound or song or music. We do have these iconographies and symbols that are deeply meaningful to us, and I often use those in my artwork. But really the question for me is how to use them appropriately and, also at the same time, expand the use of these things appropriately. It's just being accountable to your legacy and your community in a sense and not crossing these boundaries, but still at the same time pushing form, pushing the edge.I'm a contemporary person. We're all contemporary people. We want to add something. We want to contribute. We want to be useful. So I'm searching for symbols and forms all the time, different ones. Whether it be a mound, whether it'd be a swimming pool inside an art gallery or a singing park bench or a post-Colonial bench in Pennsbury Manor, in some ways you could say I would be indigenizing and musicalizing those benches. But I consciously work to have a very broad palette. I want my work to be expansive and be able to encompass any subject or idea, because that's why I got into art is because you can talk about anything.Li:Yeah, it's boundless. It's boundless. Then also thinking about the connections and the symbols that you mentioned, the colors that you mentioned, the iconography, what systems of power might they be connected to? Nathan:Well, ultimately, I think that most of the power that is embedded in these symbols comes from the sublime, that come from the sacred. It's complicated. The sacred means to not be touched. That's my understanding, it's to not be touched. However, it's been the source of inspiration for artists of any continent of any time is, if you want to call it, a spiritual, sublime, religious connection, inspiration, whatever, but ultimately, that is my understanding. From my research, even as a young person studying Pawnee mythologies at the University of Oklahoma and special collection and learning stories, our origin stories and what color meant and how the world was seen by my ancestors from other tribes as well as Lenape stories, it's something that's hard to grasp and to hold onto, but that's how we've come to identify each other. It's as simple as we have car tags here that represent our tribes. We have a compact with the state. So everybody's looking around at all these different car tags.Li:Wow. Nathan:You see a regular Oklahoma one, and then you'll see... A very common one is a Cherokee because they're one of the biggest tribes. You'll see a blue one, it's Pawnee. Now you'll see a red one, and it's Delaware or Lenape. It says Unami Lenape on it, and it has our seal. So we play this kind of game all of us. I mean, it's not a game, but we're always looking at license plates to see... It might be your mom's car you're driving that has, say, a Kickapoo license plate or something, and it's a Cherokee driving it or a non-Indian or something, a relative, say. It's not for me to say where these came from. It's something that I actually just really explore and that fascinates me. It's very rich growing up and being a member of my tribal communities. I learn something new almost daily. Li:I can imagine like you said, the learning experience that you have as a child growing up in your community. You mentioned mythologies earlier. I study mythology. One of the purposes I've come to understand is education, educating through these stories. I recently interviewed Jesse Hagopian from the Zinn Education Project and the movement for anti-racist education. The struggles for education reform and reckoning with Eurocentric understandings of history seem to be deeply connected efforts. So on nkwiluntàmën, I understand an educational curriculum has been developed for younger audiences. What do you hope that people take away from this project that they might not find in a textbook or a classroom? Nathan:Well, I would hope that when people visit the large-scale sound installation and visual elements of it that they would understand... my greatest hope that people would learn what I learned while creating the work was that I really don't know what it felt like. I just came across, I was looking for the words in the Delaware Talking Dictionary for feelings, and I found a sentence or a way of saying feeling that said, "It did not penetrate me. I did not feel it." It made me realize that I don't know. I've never had this happen to me. The history of the Delaware Lenape is of constant removal, of constant pushing. Most people know the Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears. Actually, there were many movements of the Cherokee. It's very complex. All tribes are very complex. You always have to qualify. But the Trail of Tears is what most people know about. It was this very long, two-year complex journey. It was fraught. Li:That's one of the stories that we learned in school, if at all. Nathan:So our story is of nine of those and, to my understanding and research, was about once every 30 years. So it seemed to me that most Lenape, who came to be known as the Delaware Tribe, who I grew up with as, had ancestors that had experienced a removal. It's something that we still live and deal with today. We came to Oklahoma from what is now Lawrence, Kansas, when this was called Indian Territory. We had been living before that north of Kansas and had adapted our way of life as we changed across this territory and through time to survive.So as we moved into the Plains, we started to hunt buffalo, and then we get kind of crosswise with some other tribes. I think when the federal government was constituting Indian Country, they were concerned with the relationships between other tribes and how they felt. My understanding is we had upset some... By Buffalo hunting and adopting that way of survival and life, there was some trepidation about us. They wanted our reservation. The railroad wanted our reservation, and Lawrence, Kansas, to run directly through our reservation. They were forcing us to move off that reservation, and they couldn't find a place. That was kind of my understanding of the situation. So we ended up in the northernmost part of the Cherokee Nation. This made us a landless tribe for a very, very long time. Technically, we didn't have a reservation. We were living in the Cherokee's reservation because we had this very ancient but kind of tangential connection to the Cherokees. So that's a very long and complicated story as well. Li:That's actually a beautiful setup for one of my last questions actually. This idea of documentation and stewardship are key for Indigenous communities, as you just mentioned, that continue to contend with stolen land, forest displacements, cultural erasure, and lost languages. Monument Lab thinks a lot about the future archives that can hold the dynamic nature of public memory in all its forms. What would a future archive of ancestral memory look, feel, or even sound like for you? Nathan Young:I love that question because we do work with future archives of our ancestors, all of us do today. So I think it's really a question of form. I've encountered this in my studies of Sonic Agency and Indigenous Sonic Agency. The invention of the phonograph and the wax cylinder are very important. It didn't look like anything. It looked like sound or that archive. I think that unknowingly, we're all living in an archive. We're archiving moments now as things speed up constantly. Paul Virilio, the theorist, was very, very important to my thinking because he theorized about speed and the speed of, say, how a camera shutter and a gun are very similar in their repeatingness. I think about repetition a lot. But today, we live in this hyper surveillance society that any moment could be archived, any moment could be filmed, and also these things will be lost. So that is a fascinating thought to think about what may survive and become the archive and what may not, even with all of this effort to constantly surveil and document everything.But it's my hope that archives are important just because they give us a deeper understanding of a connection to something we will never be able to experience. So I think that a future archive is something that we cannot imagine. We don't know what it's going to look like, and it's up to us to find out and to explore form and explore possibilities so that we're not stuck in this mindset that has to be in steel and monumentalized as a figure or a person or something like that. So in my mind, it's just to be revealed to us. We'll know later, but I would hope that were to make...I know this is what people still do today that make monuments. They want to make something beautiful, but that means something different to Lenape or a Pawnee or Kiowa, so that seems very different to us. And so we do that. We do memorialize things in different ways. But I think that we think of them as more ethereal, whether we think of them as things that we know that aren't going to really last forever. I feel that way, at least. I don't speak for all of my culture. But I know that some of us are trying to find new forms to really memorialize our past and unite our community of memory and our tribes, our experiences.Li:Like you said, time, everything's moving so fast and everything's evolving. Everything's constantly changing. So who knows what the forms will take. This has been such a wonderful conversation. I really appreciate your time. I just wanted to see if you had any final words or even gems of ancestral wisdom you might want to leave with us before we finish. Nathan:No, I can't share any ancestral wisdom, not knowingly or very well. I just appreciate the opportunity to create the piece. I appreciate the opportunity to expand upon the piece by talking with you about this because I'm just trying to figure this out. I don't have all the answers. Li:Right, that is part of  being a life learner and walking this path. Everyone's on their journey. We are constantly learning at every turn. I'm with you, Nathan. I often admit that I do not have all the answers. That is for sure. I really enjoyed learning about your work and your practice. I definitely plan on getting down to Pennsbury Manor and look forward to the curriculum for the youth when it comes out. Nathan:Well, thank you. I hope you enjoy it. I hope that it's a meaningful experience for you. I'm a very fortunate person to be able to work on such a project and very grateful to the entire team and everybody that supported the process. Li:Thank you, and thank you again to Ryan Strand Greenberg, who is also the producer of this podcast and worked with you on the project for nkwiluntàmën. Thank you to Nathan Young, our guest today on Future Memory. This is another one for the Future Memory archives.Monument Lab Future Memory is produced by Monument Lab Studio, Paul Farber, Li Sumpter, Ryan Strand Greenberg, Aubree Penney, and Nico Rodriguez. Our producing partner for Future Memory is RADIOKISMET, with special thanks to Justin Berger and the Christopher Plant. This season was supported with generous funding by the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the University of Pennsylvania.

It's a week of casting and backsides this week as we see Jinkx Monsoon's costume and Ncuti Gatwa's…form-fitting costume dominate fan headlines, along with Fortnite news, Doom's Day comic book shenanigans, a BBC brand manager job that involves driving a forklift(?), and perhaps the greatest heavy lifting of all…The Timelash! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash 60s costumes revealed for Series 14 Jinkx Monsoon's outfit revealed Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa to perform Shakespeare at Coronation Concert Is Fortnite getting Doctor Who content? Job posting: Brand Asset Manager – Doctor Who Spearhead From Space screening at the BFI on June 11 Brian Croucher, Richard Ashton, Mickey Lewis added to LI Who guest list Doctor Who The Complete History Digital Editions Issues 81- 90 available Doctor Who: Doom's Day on sale from Titan Comics July 5

Your host Matthew Gracon sits down and has a chat with teacher, author, convention organizer, and Doctor Who fan Ken Deep (@KenDeep).  Join along as they talk fandom, philosophy, and some of the many layers of Doctor Who, as well as some speculation of what is to come when the show arrives to Disney+.  Plus Ken talks about his new book, movie, and LI Who in addition giving us some exclusive news. Find Ken's book here: https://www.fayettevillemafiapress.com/product/doctor-who-copy/ How would you start watching Doctor Who?  Let us know and follow us on the social feeds: Our Facebook Page  (https://www.facebook.com/WDMagicast), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/WDMagicast),  Twitter (@WDMagicast) TikTok (@WDMagicast) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_FB7pEoXc2TBQ39EBkFOhw) , you can email the show with your thoughts or suggestions at email@wdmagicast. com , or you can leave a voice message through the anchor.fm app or anchor.fm/ WDMagicast website: www.wdmagicast.com Be sure to share, rate, and become a premium subscriber at https://anchor.fm/WDMagicast/support And/or support the show through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WDMagicast Get some WD Magaicat gear at our shop: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/wdmagicast?ref_id=9187 Music: Tonight At Eight by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Music: Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Music: Summer Rain by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wdmagicast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wdmagicast/support

Thank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast. On this episode Keith (@50dw50) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) discuss the documentary film Doctor Who Am I, which covers TVM writer Matthew Jacobs' return to the world of Doctor Who fandom after many years. The documentary is available to watch for subscribers to Britbox here. You can also purchase on DVD and Blu-Ray. Please consider supporting the podcast by ordering here. Episode 239 of Trap One features US Jason's interviews from LI Who with Matthew Jacobs, Vanessa Yuille, Bhavnisha Parmar, Jon Davey and Wendy Padbury and you can find it here.

Finally our live show can be revealed as we Get Back to Gallifrey One in Los Angeles, CA! Plus the Gally schedule is out in the wild, there are updates afoot about said convention, and RTD is confirming spinoffs but not confirming Edgar Wright as a future director, whatever misleading GQ headlines may imply. And to continue the string of new and exciting content Jo Jones appears in a trailer for the Season 9 – The Collection set, news of LI Who guests, and of course the feature we love and you tolerate, The Timelash! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Radio Free Skaro: Get Back, live at Gallifrey One Gallifrey One schedule released Gallifrey One late January update Doctor Who spinoffs confirmed? Season 9 Blu-Ray announced Season 9 US Amazon link Season 9 Canada Amazon link Defenders of Earth – Season 9 Bliu-Ray teaser Doctor Who: A Complete History volume 2 issues 21-40 released LI Who guests announced Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – The Eighth of March: Strange Chemistry due March 8 Big Finish The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers 1 due October 2023

Mark, Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino, Dominic Sparano and Jenny Feldy discuss the best, worst and honorable mentions of 2022, a new Jaybird and Lee segment, At the LI Who, Charlie interviews Authors David and Samantha Lee Howe

Mark and Jenny Feldy discuss the news, a new Jaybird and Lee segment, At the Eternal Con Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino interviews Actor Butch Patrick, At the LI Who, Charlie interviews Actor Kevin Mcnally, Filmmakers Vanessa Yuille and Matthew Jacobs, as well as Event Organizer Ken Deep. Plus Charlie gives his thoughts on the entire event.

Thank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast. On this very special episode Jason (@drwhonovels)speaks to Sonya Khan actor Bhavnisha Parmar, TV writer Matthew Jacobs (@MJBJacobs), man behind the monsters Jon Davey (@jondavey007) and the legendary Wendy Padbury (@WendyPadbury) who played 60s companion Zoe. All from the LI Who convention.

Mark, Fishy Sarcasm's Dominic Sparano, Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino and Jenny Feldy discuss the news, a new Jaybird and Lee segment, at the LI Who, Charlie interviews Actress Rachel Grant and Dominic interviews Comic legends Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz.

Mark, Fishy Sarcasm's Dominic Sparano, Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino and Jenny Feldy discuss the news, a new Jaybird and Lee segment, Charlie interviews LI Who's Event Organizer Ken Deep and Dominic interviews Outer Space Men's Mariano Niciezia and Gordon Purcell

This week it's a gamut of emotions including elation, confusion, and intrigue for the Three Who Rule as they examine the third chapter of the Doctor Who: Flux series aka “Once, Upon Time”! What did we think about this story involving everything and the pre-Hartnell kitchen sink? Tune in and find out! We also have news from Gallifrey One and LI Who, Blu-Ray updates, our usual Timelash archeology, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Flux Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time review Flux Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux RFS Twitter poll for Once, Upon Time Whittaker's finale tentatively titled “The Centenary Special” War of the Sontarans BBC One overnight viewing figures 3.9M Halloween Apocalypse BBC One final viewing figure 5.79M, 9th best for the week BBC America Halloween Apocalypse overnights 339K BBC America War of the Sontarans overnights 309K Doctor Who Magazine 571 released Doctor Who production moving to Wolf studios Flux US Blu-Ray/DVD release due February 8 Flux Canada Blu-Ray/DVD release due February 8 Galaxy 4 DVD trailer Web of Fear North American DVD due February 1 Faceless Ones and Fury from the Deep hit UK BritBox Dec 23 Gallifrey One 2022 discussion panel list & update LI Who presents Time-Flight 2021 Big Finish Seventh Doctor Adventures: Silver and Ice due June 2022 Delia Derbyshire day runs online Nov 23 Roy Holder died Henry Woolf died Petra Mayer died

Normality may be crawling back into our disease-ridden lives as Whooverville 12 (in Derby) and Long Island Who (in the form of Time-Flight 2021) announce in-person events in September and November, and if you wanted every Doctor to appear in an interactive theatrical piece named Time Fracture, now you can! But if you’ve been pining for Captan Jack Harkness in the same, no such luck. Meanwhile Christopher Eccleston has returned for real in Ravagers and as if that wasn’t enough, we continue our Torchwood Revisited commentaries with “They Keep Killing Suzie”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! LI Who 2021 going ahead in-person Whooverville 12 going ahead in-person All the Doctors will be in Time Fracture John Barrowman removed from Time Fracture Big Finish removes Torchwood Absent Friends from release schedule Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures Ravagers out now Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures Respond to all Calls due August 2021 Big Finish Third Doctor Adventures Volume 8 due October 2021 K-9 Audio Annual due November 2021 Rachel Talalay made a behind the scenes video about Heaven Sent Yee Jee Tso re-released his photo book as an ebook Commentary: They Keep Killing Suzie

Live (on tape) from the LI Who: an Unearthly Convention, Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino interviews Actresses Daphne Ashbrook, Louise Jameson, and Authors David and Samantha Howe. Also, from the Sopranos Con, Pronto Comics' Dominic Sparano interviews Actors Diana Lynn, Dan Grimaldi, Lola Glaudini, Ray Abruzzo, Matt Servito and Cigar Maker Peter Jemenez

Live (on tape) from the LI Who: an Unearthly Convention, Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino interviews Actresses Daphne Ashbrook, Louise Jameson, and Authors David and Samantha Howe. Also, from the Sopranos Con, Pronto Comics' Dominic Sparano interviews Actors Diana Lynn, Dan Grimaldi, Lola Glaudini, Ray Abruzzo, Matt Servito and Cigar Maker Peter Jemenez

Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino and Mark Discuss the Sopranos Con PreParty, the Big Apple Christmas Con and the LI Who: an Unearthly Convention

Before we start our next Year of Women mini-arc, we thought we'd cap off our Competent Women arc by sharing an interview with Lalla Ward. She played one of the most competent women in the history of Doctor Who, Romana! Join Deb and Erika as they briefly chat about the interview, which took place at LI Who in November, 2017, and then please enjoy the interview! ^E

**UPDATE** Hey folks, it's me, your faithful editor. There was a massive glitchy thing at the end of the previous version of this episode where we all appeared to be talking over each other and it was embarrassing and bad. So here's the new version. Please listen to this one and delete the last version from your memory, kthnxbai. Ahem. SYLVESTER MCCOY! WARIS HUSSEIN! RICHARD ASHTON! And so much more, live from LI Who 5. podcast@coalhill.com Twitter: @coalhillcon

Featuring special guest stars John "K9" Leeson. Katy "Jo Grant" Manning. Barnaby "Dalek" Edwards. If that isn't enough of a reason for you to download this episode, well, what about an in-depth discussion and analysis of the 13th Doctor's new costume with Christine, Clay, Emma, Andy, and "official first 13th Doctor cosplayer ever, probably" Cate Broomhead... all recorded live at LI Who 5. (Oh, and next time around, you've got interviews with Sylvester McCoy, Waris Hussein, and Richard Ashton (Friday the Ice Warrior) to look forward to, plus more Coal Hill shenanigans. Like, for real.) Twitter: @coalhillcon Email: podcast@coalhill.com

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is back with a final wrap-up of LI Who 5 as well as some news about the upcoming Gallifrey One 29 and the new guest announcements for it (MOFFAT and MURRAY GOLD!) .  It's a quick chat talking about those topics as well as some squeeing about the teaser for TWICE UPON A TIME that was shown during the Children in Need special in the UK this past week! We'll be off next week and back the week after with a new pod--- NO, REALLY, I MEAN IT, WE WILL DO ONE .. -cast, likely focusing on a classic Series story and the modern one that featured the same Aliens, from a story we missed first time around.

A sleep-deprived and gravely-voiced John, flying solo, checks in with a mini-podcast from the Monday morning after LI Who. He talks about the panels and events from Sunday. We'll be with you soon with an overview of the weekend's activities as we gear up for the upcoming Christmas special. 

This week on Radio Free Skaro, join two thirds of The Three Who Rule from Long Island Who as Steven and Warren are joined by Deb from Verity! and Alyssa from Whovian Feminism and This Week in Time Travel to talk about the sad passing of Doctor Who music icon Dudley Simpson, some upcoming DVD and audio releases (like Star Cops from Big Finish!), but really dig in to the main event: the new outfit unveiled for Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor! Also in this episode: the first of a two-part interview with director Rachel Talalay, and Luke from TMDWP joins us to talk about “World Enough and Time”! Links: – Jodie Whittaker’s costume revealed – References in Jodie Whittaker’s costume – The Vanity Fair take on Whittaker’s costume – The Vogue take on Whittaker’s costume – Dudley Simpson dies at age 95 – Children in Need to have Twice Upon A Time clip – William Hartnell years of “The Doctors” interview series due on DVD Nov 13 – The Daemons of Devil’s End due on DVD on Nov 13 – Big Finish announces new Star Cops audio series – LI Who 5, November 10-12 Interview: – Rachel Talalay Second Chances: – Luke Harrison – World Enough and Time

Join Will and John as they check in from Saturday night at LI Who. Ingrid Oliver, Frazier Hines, getting "Stanished," the catharsis of Head Over Feels fanvid "Happy Hour," and winning the 100k Pyramid from The End of the Earth. Who won? Who lost? Who tells our story? Only one way to find out. 

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is back, and we're previewing the upcoming Long Island Who 5 convention, taking place this weekend in Islip, New York!  We'll look back at last year (our first LI Who) and then dive into what we're most anticipating about this year's edition - guests (McCoy!  Hussein!  Ward!  Manning!  Oliver!  Hines!) and seeing our Doctor Who family, plus all those fun game shows and panels!  We will also discuss some news, but there's no trivia this week. We'll be doing mini-podcasts from the convention this coming weekend, so look for those as well!   Take a listen, won't you?  Thanks!

Sad news to impart this week, with the death of Doctor Who director and television pioneer Paddy Russell, who directed “The Massacre”, “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”, “Pyramids of Mars”, and “Horror of Fang Rock”, along with many other non-Who programmes on UK television. We also have news of Shada on DVD in North America, the continued audio adventures of River Song, doings transpiring at Titan Comics regarding the Doctor Who comics line, and in Second Chances we look at “The Eaters of Light” with Doctor Whooch host and Edmonton comic shop owner Danica LeBlanc! Links: – Paddy Russell died – Paddy Russell Miniscope from Radio Free Skaro #487 – Shada on DVD in North America on January 9 – River Song in Big Finish for at least three more series – Titan Comics Doctor Who range to have a brief hiatus – Nick Pegg fired from Doctor Who Magazine – Doctor Whooch #125 – LI Who 5, November 10-12 Second Chances: – Danica LeBlanc – The Eaters of Light

Happy Coal Hill-oween, everyone! We're back. Unfortunately, our plans for a "Coal Hill-O-Ween Spooktacular" were scuppered when we learned that our special guest star - Bela Lugosi - was dead, and had been for quite some time. So instead, we decided to discuss the announcement of the Doctor's latest companions, and catch you up with some nifty things we've been doing lately, such as: actually publishing a book (It's called WHY I GEEK, and it's full of essays about fandom, and you should buy it), and the awesome time we had at Time Eddy III in Wichita, KS, and the awesome time we're going to have at LI Who in Long Island, NY. We also chatted with David (from Greyscale Productions) about his incredible, home made, First Doctor console - with the Radiation meter and everything. If you love us, you'll buy our book: https://goo.gl/uqkBoC If you love us more, you'll follow us on Twitter: @CoalHillCon And if you really love us, you'll email us pictures of yourself in a homemade K-9 costume*. podcast@coalhill.com *-pictures are optional, but feel free to say hi.

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is BACK!  After a 3 month hiatus, John and I are back to discuss the announcement of the new "TARDIS Team" - NOT COMPANIONS, MIND YOU - made by the BBC earlier this month.  We'll discuss what we know about each of the actors joining the cast, either in full-time roles (Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole) or in a 'returning' role (Sharon D. Clarke).  We'll talk about the notable absence of the word "companion" from the press release and speculate on what this might mean (if anything). We'll also discuss our recent guest appearance on the GALLIFREY PUBLIC RADIO podcast to discuss the Pertwee classic "The Time Monster" and also preview upcoming podcasts, mostly focusing on the upcoming LI Who 5 convention. We are excited to be back, so won't you please join us?  Thanks!

We've pulled another delightful interview out of the vault! Deb had the pleasure of speaking with Jemma Redgrave at LI Who in 2016. Join Deb and Erika as we chat about the con and then listen as Deb talks to Jemma about how badly she wanted a part on Doctor Who, how she made her children watch the classic series, having a family of actors, and of course, lots about Kate Stewart! (And more!) ^E Related link: UNIT Encounters: Cover Reveal!

This game may not be called You Monster, You, but boy did it end up making us feel like monsters! Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we make DIFFICULT and TERRIBLE choices that YOU made us pick between. Seriously, I have words for some of you... Huge thanks to Sage and Kim of Head Over Feels! We blatantly and unashamedly stole borrowed "This or That" from them after their lolarious on-stage version with Paul McGann at LI Who. We appreciate the inspiration, lovely ladies! As Deb said, there will be more ToT in the future, so feel free to fill this comment thread with suggestions for future editions. Or just yell at us (nicely) for the PAINFUL choices we made. I'd like to close by apologizing to the 7th Verity, Marie Cat. ^E Bonus link: Our 2015 April Fools ep

Our year of loves and lasts continues with a rather big "last". Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Lynne as we discuss 1989's "Survival", which was a "last" in many ways, although it wasn't originally intended as such. How do you feel about 7's last full story? What did you think of the Cheetah People's costumes? Is that infamous line really the nadir of Sylvester McCoy's performances on Doctor Who? Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered: Lynne had moving prep help from Michi Trota, Jesse Lex, and Dolores and Matt Peters (the latter two gave them Doctor Who LEGO Dimensions goodies), and Matt hosts two podcasts: Since Last We Spoke! Digital Dumpster Diving! Erika discovers "What if John Carpenter did a Doctor Who Theme?"! cannot wait for LI Who and hopes to see you there! Liz is filled with delight and squee and Great Emotion because the next Doctor is a woman! Deb blatantly steals borrows a game from Kim Rogers and Sage Young at Head Over Feels and wants you to submit your ideas for "This or That" for future Verity fun!

Two weeks in a row with new Doctor Who to watch! We're practically beside ourselves. Join Deb, Erika, Top Kat, and Lynne as we chew on "Smile". Feelings are mixed about this one, and as always, that leads to a great discussion. Also as always, there's aheaping helping of silliness--this time, in the form of mashed potatoes. (Just listen. It'll make sense. Probably.) What did you think of "Smile"? And how do you feel about mashed potatoes? Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered: Kat enjoyed fellow Who-fan Alton Brown's #worldbookday tweet! Erika talked about "Smile" on Radio Free Skaro! Lynne cannot wait for "Thin Ice" because it's not only the Regency era, but during a frost fair! Deb appreciates conventions like (Re)Generation Who, LI Who, and others making the safety of their guests a priority!

Goodbye 2016, and hello new year! And what better way to ring in a new wander around the sun than stats? Well, practically anything, but that’s all we’ve got! All, that is, except for an interview with Big Finish impresario and voice of the Daleks Nick Briggs, recently conducted at LI Who by Warren! Enjoy, or you will be exterminated! Links: – Gallifrey One guest update! – The Return of Doctor Mysterio sets BBC America record! – The Return of Doctor Mysterio Appreciation Index – Long Island Doctor Who Interview: – Nicholas Briggs

It's an animated discussion on this ep of Verity! Join Deb, Liz, and Tansy as they talk about "The Power of the Daleks"--the newly-animated version! (Apologies if you're in the US and haven't seen the whole thing yet.) Did you/will you see it in the movie theatre with a bunch of fellow fans? Have you watched it at home? What did you think? Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered: Tansy was interviewed (by Deb!) for Uncanny Magazine Podcast! Liz is thrilled that Rona Munro will be writing for series 10! Deb had a fantastic time doing interviews at LI Who!

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is fully BACK!  We broke from our long offseason's nap with Podcasts from Long Island Who 4, and now we are back with a full episode!   We are diving into a weekly recap/analysis of the newly released animated version of POWER OF THE DALEKS, starting, of course, with episode 1 this week!  How do we feel seeing this classic story finally get to our ears and eyes?  Listen and find out! We also do a wrap up of our fantastic weekend at LI Who 4, some of our favorite things as well as how we feel now that we're a week removed. Plus, we will discuss the extended trailer for "The Return of Doctor Mysterio", the upcoming Christmas Special, that was shown as part of Children in Need 2016. We're excited to be back weekly, as we've got POWER leading into the Christmas special, then SHERLOCK series 4.    Please take a listen!

Another excellent first for you this week! Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we discuss the 4th Doctor's first episode. It's also a first in a few other ways--including in our hearts for some. How do you feel about "Robot"? Do you love the big lug, the wackypants new Doctor who defeats him, and Sarah Jane's go-get-'em attitude? Or do you think it's so blatant a King Kong ripoff it distracts you from the story. Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered: Lynne purchased secret Doctor Who-themed Christmas presents for Michael! [Please note, the link here is a generic link and in no way hints at whatever Lynne might've purchased.] Tansy looks forward to seeing "The Power of the Daleks" in a movie theatre! Erika can't wait for Chicago TARDIS, where she and Lynne will present Verity: In Defense Of! Deb by now has already had wild fun at LI Who! adores the new Doctor Who scarf and hat!

In what's becoming a bit of a tradition, John sits down with the incredible Deb Stanish, of the award winning Verity! Doctor Who podcast (among other places and credits) to discuss her high points from the weekend and compare LI Who with GallifreyOne. Give it a listen, won't you?

Warren is in Long Island, NY this week, enjoying the fourth iteration of the east coast nerd gathering known as LI Who, and has a report from the trenches for you dear listeners. Thanks to schedules, wifi, and probably rock monsters, Warren couldn’t watch Class in time for the show, but Steven and Chris are on the case to give you their take on Episode 5 of the Doctor Who spinoff. However, Warren is present for the commentary for the sentimental favourite (but not altogether good) Season 15 story “The Invisible Enemy”, recorded in the blissful, innocent time of October 2016. Remember that time? Remember…? Links: – Class Episode 5, “Brave-ish Heart” – Power of the Daleks iTunes preorder – Doctor Who Experience to close in 2017 – The Pirate Planet novelized by James Goss – Totally Tasteless: The Life of John Nathan-Turner, from Miwk Publishing – First look at Doctor Who Mr. Men – Kandles fan art by Robbie Bonham – Kandles fan art by Mike Rieger – Long Island Doctor Who Commentary: – The Invisible Enemy

On the thirty-eighth edition of Reality Bomb we have a special live episode recorded in New York at The Way Station in Brooklyn with Graeme Burk and co-host Shannon Dohar. There's an interview on the 50th anniversary of the Doctor's first regeneration on the enduring potential of regeneration with NPR Books editor Petra Mayer and Verity! podcast's Deborah Stanish; a trivia contest on Doctor Who in comics with Titan's Doctor Who comics' Nick Abadzis and Simon Fraser and The Beat's Edie Nugent; a conversation on head canon and what that means with Angelique Roche, Sage Young, Kathleen Schowalter and Simon Fraser; and LI Who's own Ken Deep is in the hot seat as Warriors of the Deep is in the Gallery of the Underrated. All this plus the music of Cat Smith and a rap battle extraordinaire with Andy Hicks (who wrote it) and Cat Smith and Kim Rogers. And Graeme reads from his adolescent fan fiction! It's your favourite Doctor Who podcast but it's live...in Brooklyn! NOTE: Graeme's 1984 drawing of 'his' Doctor in his fan fiction can be found on our facebook page

We have another lovely convention interview for you this week! Join Deb and Erika ever-so-briefly as they reminisce about the fab time they had at the LI Who convention in 2015. While there, Deb did this onstage interview with Jackie Tyler herself, Camille Coduri! Do you have fond Jackie/Camille memories? Let us know in the comments! ^E

As The Year With No Doctor Who drags on, new cracks in spacetime emerge, amongst them a back-and-forth war between the BBC and its enemies in government and without, and the surprising news that Chris Chibnall might adopt the (predominantly) American model of a writer's room for his tenure as showrunner for Doctor Who. Intriguing! And while thinking about the future, why not reflect on the past? Specifically, ponder upon the legacy of the twentieth anniversary of the TV Movie, with a panel recorded at LI Who featuring Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook, Matthew Jacobs, and Gary Russell! And as if that isn't enough, we have an interview with Yee Jee Tso about "Time and Spaces," his photo book contrasting the Vancouver shooting locations of the movie in 1996 and today! Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

It's another Verity! interview! Deb and Erika do a brief intro for Deb's on-stage interview with Katy Manning from LI Who! Katy is even more delightful in person than Jo is on screen. And that's saying something. Hear about... The time Katy asked Jon Pertwee "What would we do if we didn't have any arms?" Katy's fashion advice: "If you're going to wear a mini-skirt, you must get matching knickers." General observations on life: "That's kind of what life is you know. You're a mom, you're making a lampshade, but also you're writing a really filthy rap song." And this: "I've got a collector's mouth." (Yes, she explains this, but you'll have to listen to hear what she means.) ^E Related links [on our site]:Verity!'s Jo Grant epNot a Well Woman

The Doctor Who world was rocked this week by the news that Steven Moffat will be stepping down as showrunner, to be replaced by Chris Chibnall, showrunner of Broadchurch and writer of Torchwood, Life on Mars and yes, Doctor Who fame. What did the Three Who Rule think of this seismic shift, not to mention the fact that there won’t be any new Who until Christmas of this year? More to the point, what are their views on digitizing Doctor Who pinball? Never let it be said we don’t focus on the important issues here at RFS. Just in case baseless speculation isn’t your thing, we also have an interview with Katy Manning, recorded at LI Who and presented here for your listening pleasure. Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

This week on Radio Free Skaro, the meat of the matter is an interview in two parts with the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, the first of which was held at LI Who and the second at Chicago TARDIS! Timey-wimey, and indeed locationy…waitony. Yeah. Also, stats! Yes, the news this week consists of the last gasp of statistical data as we parse the viewing numbers for “The Husbands of River Song,” along with dollops of merchandising and other dribs and drabs of newsy bits and pieces. Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

We bring our year of companions to a close by returning to the very first one, Susan. (Though apparently that distinction is up for debate, as is anything and everything in Doctor Who!) Join Deb, Erika, and Liz as we talk about Susan's tenure on the show and her place in the pantheon of companions. Does she reverberate throughout the history of the show? Or is she an outlier? It's a fun discussion! Then Deb interviews Carole Ann Ford herself at LI Who. Listen in as they chat about Susan from the perspective of the woman who brought her to life! What do you think of Susan? And how do you think she fits into the history of the show? Let us know in the comments! ^E Related links [on our site]:Lazy Doctor Who reviews "The Sensorites"An Earthly Child from Big FinishCompanion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who"Dimensions in Time"

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast is back, and we've got company!  Our friend Shannon joins us to talk about her experience at LI Who 3, seeing Paul McGann, Katy Manning, Janet Fielding and others We then get into a discussion about "Sleep No More", the latest DOCTOR WHO episode from the pen (keyboard?) of Mark Gatiss.  This was one of the more experimental (and confusing) episodes of Doctor Who, so we talk about that, how it fits (or doesn't) in S9, what didn't really work for us, and what it might mean for the final 3 episodes.   We really enjoyed having Shannon on, as it led to some great discussion, and she has a lot to offer.  Take a listen and hear for yourself!  

It's a live-in-person (though not live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience) episode of Verity! Join Deb and Erika as we sit in a hotel room at LI Who and talk about the con and what we liked (and didn't) about Mark Gatiss' latest story, "Sleep No More". What did you think of this story? It seems to be a divisive one. Which side of the divide were you on? Let us know in the comments! (And remember to be civil.) ^E

Christian Cawley and Brian A. Terranova are James-less this week as they chew the eye snot over Sleep No More, #DoctorWho Series 9's ninth episode (already?! Yes). Surely, with the vast collection of derogatory comments and reviews for this episode, the two podKast founders will be in complete agreement with the received wisdom, right? Well, you'll have to listen to find out. In the meantime, if you want to hear about Brian's exploits at the LI Who convention (including being hugged by Carole Ann Ford), Christian meeting Professor Brian Cox, and a bunch of interesting news items, they're also in there. It's a bursting-at-the-seams, fat Elvis of a podKast (without the jumpsuit, cape or narcotics cocktail) - time to hit play!

This week Deb, Erika, and Liz cover the second part of Peter Harness' Zygon two-parter. Let us know what you thought in the comments! ^E Also covered [links on our site]: Liz browses the new BBC Store! Erika is having a FABULOUS time in the UK! Here are a few related links: James from The Doctor Who Podcast (now-defunct) It Was Alright in the... (producted by Simon Harries) The Doctor Who Experience Lazy Doctor Who Jammie Dodgers Doctor Who night at the College Arms The Whoovers present An Evening with Michael Pickwoad Deb got the Doctor Who expansion pack for LEGO Dimensions! looks forward to LI Who! Bonus link [also on our site]:Boston Legal

The team are back to talk about the latest #DoctorWho - The Zygon Inversion! This week's show - with Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A Terranova - was live on Google Hangouts, and features some in-depth discussion over the latest episode from Doctor Who Series 9. Later in the show, the chaps move onto discussing some recent news, and discuss guests at the forthcoming LI Who convention (Nov13th-15), as well as An Audience with Christopher Benjamin (Nov 29th, Fab Cafe, Manchester).

It wasn't Susan! Or the Rani! Or any other crazy fan theory! Sometimes Moffat doesn't lie. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy as we talk about Maisie Williams as Ashildr, Vikings, eels, books, Brian Blessed, and much, much more. What did you think of this ep? Did you love the girl who died? Or did you just see Arya Stark from Game of Thrones the whole time? Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered [links on our site]: Erika looks forward to Doctor Who night at the College Arms pub in London! delights in the Durham Flash Chorus' Talalay-ified version of "Renegades"! Tansy dives back into the recently-returned Terminus podcast! Liz pre-orders the properly-sized Night of the Doctor 8th Doctor fig! Deb pre-orders the LI Who variant cover for the new 8th Doctor comic! Bonus links [also on our site]:Emma Vieceli's Breaks"Blank Space" fanvidSeasons of Fear (Big Finish audio)"Stand and Deliver" (Adam and the Ants song)Stand and Deliver (film)

And another two-parter comes to a close. Join Deb, Erika, Lynne, and Tansy as we discuss how we're feeling about two-part stories in general and "Before the Flood" in particular. Did it live up to the promise of "Under the Lake"? Reviews are mixed. As are reviews of the cold open, the sunglasses, and pretty much everything else. That's what makes it fun! How are you feeling about two-parters? How did you like this part, specifically? Let us know in the comments! And congratulations to the winner of our $30 Amazon gift card! ^E Also covered [links on our site]: Lynne covets the new Night of the Doctor fig! Erika couldn't be more excited about her upcoming travel to the UK, LI Who, and Chicago TARDIS! Tansy wishes the LEGO Gallifreyan Shopping Network were a real thing! adores the art of Karen Hallion, and really adores that she can get it on fabric at Spoonflower! Deb had a great time on the Doctor Who panel at NYCC! looks forward to the beautiful new book Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds: A 50-Yeah Treasury of Art and Design! Bonus links [also on our site]:Burlington BunkerRadio Times article about sci-fi references in "Before the Flood"The Fisher King

In this week’s episode we take a little break from reviews to discuss Shaun and Keith’s trips to Kansas City Comic Con which in its first year featured none other than the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker. Both recount their visits to KC and experiences at the con. Also, lots of other convention announcements to get to, including LI Who, Chicago TARDIS, Gallifrey One, and our local convention, TopCon. Plus, we talk about the news of...Read more The post Episode 241 – Bats in the Belfry appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

This is the first ep in a Verity! miniseries in which we each select a story that displays a compelling Doctor-companion relationship. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy as we cover Erika's pick, "The Power of Three". The Ponds' penultimate story is rife with companion-based themes--to the detriment of what little plot there is. How do you feel about the interactions between the Doctor, Amy, and Rory in "The Power of Three"? Does it give you enough to chew on so that you can ignore the weak story? (Or do you disagree and think the story is amazing?) Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered [links on our site]: Tansy enjoys all the great material that came out of SDCC, including Jenna Coleman on a panel about Women Who Kick Ass! Erika guests on A Madman with a Box (a long time ago)! Liz wishes this Attack of the Giant Clam trailer was for a real movie! Deb thanks everyone who helped us hit both our Patreon commentary goals (voting open until 8/12/15)! looks forward to convention season, especially LI Who!   Bonus links [also on our site]:Chicks Unravel TimeDeleted Scene ‘P.S.': What Happened To Amy & Rory?

It's time to turn our companion-loving eyes toward the ones we can't actually see. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy as we talk about the companions who have missing episodes. Some are missing more eps than others. Does that affect how fandom feels about them? Does it affect how we feel about them? How do we like to consume the missing stories? And what are good places to start for someone who's never tried? All this and more! Are you a lover/hater/defender of the companions whose episodes are missing? Do you like the telesnaps? Audios? Novelisations? Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered [links on our site]: Liz discovers a couple Skyrim mods to include a TARDIS! Tansy receives geeky cake sprinkles, including teeny police boxes! Erika fawns over the Greatest Spreadsheet Ever, courtesy of listener Jonathan Young! listens to Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories, and enjoys Liz's first Big Finish audio! Deb enjoys the first 9th Doctor comic! delights in all the upcoming Doctor Who conventions, including (Re)Generation Who and LI Who! Bonus link [also on our site]:Our fabulous Patreon supporters!

It's almost Christmas and Santa Claus is coming to town, but surely it's not too late for us to finally release our episode on Death in Heaven? Topics of discussion include Cyberkid, LI Who 2, and personal pronouns.

This week The Happiness Patrol is proud to welcome back long time friend of our podcast the first companion of the eighth Doctor and one of our favorite people, the lovely Daphne Ashbrook.We talk about her love of music, LI Who 2 and her brand new CD, 'All Good Dreamers'Go get it at www.daphneashbrook.com and tell her you heard it on The Happiness Patrol!  The Happiness Patrol: One on One with Daphne Ashbrook

Now that new Doctor Who is done for a while, it's time to bring back the Extras! And we're kicking them off in style--with an interview! Deb chatted with Nicola Bryant at LI Who, and she had some interesting things to say, both about Big Finish, and about being a female actor through the years. Before the interview itself, join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy as we talk about Peri's evolution throughout the course of her Big Finish appearances. Want to check out Peri in audio form, but don't know where to start? It will come as no surprise that we have suggestions! (Also favorites!) ^E Where to start [links on our site]: The Eye of the Scorpion The Veiled Leopard Peri and the Piscon Paradox Whispers of Terror Favorites [links also on our site]: The First Sontarans The Kingmaker The Veiled Leopard The Church and the Crown The Council of Nicaea Son of the Dragon

MUTTER'S SPIRAL Podcast continues with its Series 8 review - and this time, we've got Kim & Sage from Headoverfeels.com to help us!  They joined us to talk about "Deep Breath", so it made sense to us to have them back post-season.  They add their customary wit, charm and passion for Doctor Who to the pod, and the most fun type of chaos ensues!  We talk about their favorite moments and episodes (and LEAST favorites) as well as the big arcs for the Doctor & Clara in Series 8.  There's also an excellent Paul McGann impersonation from Kim, as she relates tales of interviewing and meeting him at LI Who.  Sage & Kim bring a lot of insight in their recap on HOF, and we're lucky to have them back to talk more WHO!  AND, it was recorded on Doctor Who Birthday #51, so that's an extra bonus!  Please join us for a boisterous and fun Doctor Who discussion! Here's a link to HEADOVERFEELS.COM Note: there are some occasional dropouts due to a weak Skype connection, but I think I removed all of the dead air.

What better way to celebrate The Happiness Patrol's Fifth Anniversary than to interview not one, not two but THREE of Patrick Troughton's companions?!?For this episode we are LIVE ON STAGE at LI WHO in Long Island New Yorktalking with Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury and Deborah Watling.A must listen.The Happiness Patrol: LIVE Fifth Anniversary Event at LI WHO

And with that, it's over--for another six weeks, anyway. Series 8 has come to a close, and its final episode has rather a lot to chew over. Join Deb, Erika, and Katrina as we delve into some of those elements: Missy/The Master, Clara as the Doctor, the evolution of lying, the self-realization of the Doctor... There are so many elements, however, that some of them will be left for next week, when we have many Verities to talk about the whole shebang--it's our Series 8 wrap-up! What did you think of the series finale? Was it a perfect culmination of a fantastic series? A fitting culmination for a lousy series? Or something in between? Let us know in the comments! ^E Also covered [links on our site]: Erika can't wait for Liz's upcoming book in the "Chicks Dig" series, Companion Piece! Kat talked about non-Doctor Who stuff on podcasts: Red Dwarf on Tongue Tied and Star Trek on Random Trek! giggled over Robbie Bonham's Pinky and the Brig drawing! procured one of the coolest Doctor Who-crossover iPhone cases ever--Never Mind the Daleks! Deb had a fabulous time at LI Who and can't wait to do it again next year! Bonus links [also on our site]:Reality BombThe Memory Cheats

The season finale has finally arrived! Or part one of it has, anyway. It's safe to say that most of the Verities are preeeeety excited about it. Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy as we  enthusiastically flail and squee and jabber about all there is to love and speculate about "Dark Water". There's a lot to chew on here. There's also a bit of a Skype lag, which causes some simultaneous talking, but that doesn't stop us from gleefully recounting our favorite bits and examining what (we think) is going on. What did you think about "Dark Water"? We know the response wasn't entirely positive, and as always, we're interested in all your opinions! (As long as they're phrased kindly and don't insult those who disagree, anyway. Of course, you guys are awesome and pretty much always stick to that!)  So please leave a comment and let us know what you thought of these revelations and why. Can it be Saturday already please? ^E Also covered: Tansy's already happy Halloween was much improved by seeing Sean Pertwee dressed as his dad, the 3rd Doctor! Liz is the proud(?) new owner of a Destroyed Casssandra action figure! Erika tests her mettle at Doctor Who Sporcle quizzes courtesy of Luke from TMDWP! Deb looks forward to much panneling at the now-sold out LI Who! (In particular, an "In Defense Of..." panel! Leave your suggestions in the comments or tweet us with #indefenseof.)

In this week’s show we FINALLY take a look at a story that has always been held in high esteem by fans of Doctor Who. We evaluate the story The Caves of Adrozani, featuring the Fifth Doctor and Peri. We’ll break it down and examine some of the finer points of the story. Also, a look at the news of the week, including more guest announcements from LI Who, and the possibility of The Five(ish)...Read more The post Episode 179 – Examining Tragedy appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

In this week’s show feature part to in our Adversary Archive of The Great Intelligence. We take a look at the independent film, Downtime, featuring a return on several Doctor Who characters. Then a recap of the GI’s part in The Bells of St. John and The Name of the Doctor. Also, a look at some of the news of the week, including some guest announcements for LI Who and casting and location news for...Read more The post Episode 176 – Great Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.

This week we battled the evil monster known as SkypeLag to bring you a podcast full of squee and surprise. Join Deb, Erika, Katrina, and Tansy as we get happy about Who-things, gush about McGann, and find representative aspects where we least expected them. We cover our reactions to "The Night of the Doctor" and our impressions of "Planet of Giants" as a representative story for the first Doctor. Perhaps not a common choice, but one that made for a rollicking discussion! ^E Also covered [links on our site]:Erika watched (and LOVED) "The War Games"! Guested on The Incomparable! And wants to go see All the Whos in Whoville!Kat enjoys the glut of new 8th Doctor gifs!Tansy demonstrated excellent parenting by raising a child who loves "The Ice Warriors"! And plans to knit a Yeti!Deb gives LI Who high marks! And did a squeeful interview for HeadOverFeels! Bonus links [also on our site]:"The Night of the Doctor"!Tansy, Erika, & Lynne on Australian radio!Tansy's 8th Doctor recommendations for Big Finish newbiesPaul McGann on sale at Big FinishBBC America's wall-of-Doctor Who schedule