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Through The Wind Door

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In 2013, Alex Shaw published a small novel called The Cartographer’s Handbook, the first in a series called The New Century Multiverse. The premise is alt history, where post-Civil War America is suddenly overcome with a plague of dangerous monsters that overwhelm the Reconstruction, and bring the nation to its knees. The series is not about its fall, however, but about the heroes that help bring it back from the brink, and step into a wider world that is not the one they knew. New mysteries to

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01:30:27

Before The Voyage - Part 3 (Steamheart)

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2022/02/25

The conclusion of looking at chapters 1-4, with our focus being on the events of Chapter 4 itself. In this week's episode, we get into: How Abigail, James, and harry interact with people, both people they know, and people they don't... Reflections on how elements from Secret Rooms start making themselves known in this chapter (something we'll talk about even more as we proceed) A deep discussion on Harry, and what is revealed though her first person narration Comparing and contrasting Harry and

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01:00:50

Before The Voyage - Part 2 (Steamheart)

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2022/02/18

Okay. Now we actually cover more than one chapter of Steamheart: 2, 3, and the beginning of 4. Topics today: (Re)introducing Annie and Frank The Meet-Cute Introducing (more thoroughly) Jeremy Pines! A discussion of the neurodiverse spectrum and Jeremy's place on it The beginning of Jeremy's arc How Chapters 2 and 3 keep worldbuilding Team Steam begins to assemble! How it feels to return to James and Abigail Gotta say, it feels good to finally talk about Steamheart. But boy, is there a lot of ground

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01:02:47

Before The Voyage - Part 1 (Steamheart)

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2022/02/11

Eleven days till our anniversary. Exactly the right time to begin the Retrospective on the Culmination of Phase 1 of New Century. Steamheart. Today, we discuss: Emily Dickenson, and her poem The larger theme of journey narratives An unusual digression on the Tarot How our first introduction is framed, and by whom And much, much more Today covers only chapter 1 in detail, but the arc of this and the next two episodes will be referring to chapters 1-4. So be prepared, for those to whom Spoilers

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01:22:11

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 8

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2022/02/03

The last interview episode. You don't want to miss this one. Because it's got: How Harry views Autumn, as opposed to how the average person of her world would view it Senator MacPherson, or Sir Not Appearing In This Audiodrama The influence of real world events on crafting this story, and others The things Alex is most proud of with this outing Color Theory Sharon devolving into fits of laughter (along with the rest of us) And Even More Outtakes Next time we see you... Season 5. The Steamheart

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01:01:04

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 7

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2022/01/28

And here we are, back to the big interview. 2 episodes to go! Discussion on the story's overarching antagonist, Mr. Wight What it's like to narrate over being a main character for Alex Discussion on the many new voice talents that were brought in The Sounds and Music of Stonespring Maidens The difficulties of writing this story due to the events of 2020 And finally, the experience of visiting past trauma through creating Ending with the new Gibbet: Citrus Fruits. The New Century Multiverse

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46:41

Greg and Toby React! to Phase 3 Covers - Part 2

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2022/01/20

More Reacting! Today we talk about the covers for: Castle of the Moon The Black Ronin: And as a bonus, the mockup for Four Worlds Collide: There are spoiler warnings for different parts of the episode, you'll get them in progress. Next week, we finally finish the interviews! And then... Season 5: The Year of Steam Heart.

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59:47

Greg and Toby React! to Phase 3 Covers - Part 1

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2022/01/15

And now for something completely different. Except not that different, because it's still New Century. As we had to wait a bit to get Alex and Sharon back on the horn for the rest of our Stonespring Maidens interviews, me and Toby did a little speculation show on the implications of the new covers that had been shared over the last few months. Today we discuss the next two Thieves covers: Thief Knights and Dragon Flights, and The Worst Unicorn. No music before or after, just us rambling, with some

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01:06:27

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 6

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2022/01/06

The second half of our first Alex/Sharon interview. But we're not done! There will be a short pause next week where we run something else, but there will be more interviewing! Today: The Worldbuilding of Autumn The experience of restructuring the chapter layout mid-audiodrama release Stonespring Maidens's influences - the third one may (not) surprise you! Doing alternate takes on traditional fantasy races Even More Outtakes The New Century Multiverse

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01:02:50

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 5

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2021/12/30

And here it is. The final interviews for Stonespring Maidens to help us close out the year and bring us into the next. Alex and Sharon take us through the origins and the building of the latest story and audiodrama of New Century. We get off on several tangents throughout this first part, talking as much about New century in general and how stories are crafted as some of the details of this latest iteration. We get into discussions about romance literature, romances (and their patterns) in New

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01:16:43

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 4

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2021/12/24

Happy Holidays, y'all. And happy Episode 100 for Through The Wind Door. My present to all of you is predictable: more fun interview shenanigans with Felix, Orion, and Maya. I hope it's a good present. A further deep dive with Maya about Katherine (as well as other roles past and future) Exciting speculations for the future about future roles in and out of New Century What Autumn would be like for our cast Personal color theory! General Silliness! Duchess Karen du Hardcore! Also, as promised, a link

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01:33:15

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 3

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2021/12/18

We've heard from the veteran voices, now the newbies! Felix Quist, Orion Richardson, and Maya Souris, I choose you! Join us, as we get to know them a little better: The background of Felix and Orion and their introduction to New Century How Alex handled the recording/directing process for these folks Performing without other people in the room Giving voices to new characters Being a black man in America and Autumn Being a trans man in America and Autumn Stonespring Outtakes! The Questionable

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01:33:15

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 2

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2021/12/10

Part 2 of our conversations with Sharon Shaw, Theo Leigh, and Laureta Sela! Today we talk about: Life experiences and media drawn on to bring characters to life The Importance of Physical Acting even when just recording audio The Future of both the characters in this story, and desires for our actors And a little fun analysis of how people feel about the world of Autumn. More Outtakes, but these from the recording of this interview! Next week is round 2: Orion Richardson, Felix Quist, and Maya

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01:21:10

Behind The Whitescarves: Stonespring Maidens - Part 1

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2021/12/03

And now all the voices you love, doing different voices and answering questions! But are they their real voices? And the answer is: sometimes! Today is part 1 of our interview with Theo Leigh, Laureta Sela, and Sharon Shaw. Our topics today: The new shape of Behind the Whitescarves, TTWD style! Returning to familiar characters after a long break The dynamics of our romantic couple and their foil A deeper dive into the influences of Truth, Harry, Penny, and Calendula The distinguishing tendencies of

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56:00

Century Tails #1, Part 2: Mythology

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2021/11/27

The second half of a conversation between Greg and Maureen on mythology, dovetailing off the gods of Rama. Today we talk about: More discussion on the duality of Dark Panther and the Tiger of Light Mystery gods, and the importance of Seven Trickster gods: love 'em or leave 'em? What gods are needed for a mythos? Discussion of a partially told Rama myth Be aware that this episode does have some discussion of the plot of Tiger's Eye, so there could be some spoilers! And finishing us off: the start of

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59:53

Century Tails #1, Part 1: Mythology

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2021/11/19

Welcome to the Wind Door less travelled. Welcome to Century Tails. A new show as a part of Through The Wind Door, we discuss the world of New Century with a wide angle lens. Running themes, components, and topics of various kinds that relate not only to the New Century Multiverse, but to storytelling as a whole. As a catchall for discussions beyond the regular retrospectives, there may be different guests on, but for the short term, my partner will be Maureen Foley, known best as the voice of

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01:09:21

The Abyss Stares Back (Arlington)

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2021/11/13

The spoiler episode promised. Here's what you need to know: Part 1 is about Mr. Wight. Do not listen to this section unless you have finished listening to or reading Stonespring Maidens. Part 2 is about Seth, starting at the 33 minute mark, and requires you to have read through Nightfall of the Wendigo. More I cannot say and still avoid spoilers. But those of you that can enjoy it, I hope you do. Next week: Century Tails. The New Century Multiverse

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58:51

In A Mirror, Darkly (Arlington)

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2021/11/05

Our final ruminations on Seth. Toby and I reflect on what we know and what we guess, based alone on how he is depicted in this novel. Further discussion on how he might see Thomas and humanity itself, as well as discussion on narcissistic tendencies, potential past rejection, and similarities to another famous movie monster that has some connection to the world of New Century. Many more discussions to come, obviously. The book is only closed for now, and we must wait till more is revealed (Though if

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01:10:46

Crossroads (Arlington)

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2021/10/30

We've made it to the end of the 5th book. One more to go before we can look back on Phase 1 of New century as a whole, but coming to an end, always makes us reflect on what has been. What this ending means in context with the other endings. What new beginnings will spring from it. We wanted to discuss this story from the perspective of classical tragedy, and so we do. But we also question if it really fits, given the greater context of what kind of tragedy this is. How in some ways it is too real,

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54:44

Point of No Return - Part 7 (Arlington)

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2021/10/22

The speech, and the aftermath. The conclusion Tragedy and Hamartia The role of race relations in the final calculus. Wight - A New Player plus outtakes! We've come to the end of our story. Next time... final thoughts, and some spoiler heavy concluding looks at two of our major players. Linkara - Holy Terror: Part 1: https://youtu.be/50mpARmMGSg Part 2: https://youtu.be/iAty4uerJUI Part 3: https://youtu.be/TrtR1u9v0T4 The New Century Multiverse Website: https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com The

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43:42

Point of No Return - Part 6 (Arlington)

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2021/10/15

Shorter episodes, but hopefully just as engaging content. (Primary focus is Chapters 23 and 24) "You must be the best of men..." After Seth, Before the End The minds of Annie and Jeremy Let's Talk About Sex. The New Century Multiverse Website: https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed: https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/ Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/ Intro is "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA Outro is "It's Hard

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