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PODCAST

Octothorpe

John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty

A Hugo Award-winning podcast about science fiction and SF fandom from John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty.

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All Episodes

38:33

32: Maybe This Conversation Can Go Down a Vortex

Octothorpe ·

2021/05/27

John is insidious, Alison is simmering, and Liz was on committees. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment Ang Rosin cDave Chris Garcia The Rolling Donut Dollard and Co. (2am pizza) España Sheriff Farah Mendlesohn Peter Sullivan Spike Garcia Turner Overdrive Alison is a guest of honour! ConSpire 2021 Science Fiction Foundation British Science Fiction

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57:30

31: If I Set Fire to Alison

Octothorpe ·

2021/05/13

John has bad Internet, Alison is monologuing, and Liz is the long-suffering one. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. (We know Alison sounds a bit unusual during the first eight minutes or so, but she was very happy in her cave and we felt like it would be mean to make her come out before she was ready.) Letters of comment Jonathan Cowie Phil Dyson Chris Garcia Farah

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52:04

30: Try to Always Use Chaps in a Gender-Neutral Way

Octothorpe ·

2021/04/29

John can’t make a poll, Alison knows the religious forms, and Liz has one more games thing (sorry). Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment Ang Rosin Chris Garcia Claire Brialey DC Farah Mendlesohn Ian Snell Mark Plummer Pat McMurray Peter Sullivan Swancon had to cancel the day before the con due to three-day lockdown (ouch) DisCon III They’re changing dates to

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01:11:36

29: Ode to Badger

Octothorpe ·

2021/04/15

John is not Chris Garcia, Alison is full of beans, and Liz is T. S. Eliot. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Congratulations to Reclamation 2022! Letters of comment Claire Brialey DC Gwen Peter Sullivan Jersey Gryphon Duncan MacGregor An Ode to Badger: Oh Badger cat, you are so large, and fond of sunbeams, to recharge your energy, so when it’s late and Esther’s jigsaws lie in

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51:46

28: Literally the Best Thing You've Ever Said About Me

Octothorpe ·

2021/04/01

John is communicating, Alison’s head is spinning, and Liz is a programme operator. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment Claire Brialey Chris Garcia Mark Plummer Confusion 2021 Fan Fund Auction (7pm-9pm Sunday) There will be some cool things like unique dice and one of Esther’s shawls, and there is probably just time to donate something if you would like to

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45:33

27: Eeyore of Eastercon

Octothorpe ·

2021/03/18

John is excited, Alison is oh boy oh boy oh boy, and Liz… isn’t. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment Pat McMurray DC Chris Garcia Mark Plummer Karen Schaffer Geri Sullivan Claire Brialey Poetry Corner Chris Garcia Octothorpoetry #1 and Loctothorpe #1 will be coming to eFanzines! Eastercon ConFusion 2021 announced they are using Gather.town ConFusion 2021

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51:48

26: I’m Not Even a Single-Tasker

Octothorpe ·

2021/03/04

John is an annoying prick, Alison is not sure she’s staying sane, and Liz is going to a beach. Please email us poems for our first anniversary Octothorpoetry Anthology! Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment Roman Orszanski Chris Garcia Claire Brialey Ang Rosin Follow-up Tweet Eastercon Star Crossed Buy an electronic copy Buy a physical copy (UK

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48:47

25: Some of the Rocks Are Going to Be More...

Octothorpe ·

2021/02/18

John has cats, Alison has a milkman, and Liz has a gecko. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Picocon is on 20 February 2021 Programme on Crowdcast Social space (with games and pub quiz) on Discord “Picocon 38 celebrates all things robot in Sci-Fi and Fantasy. This year the guests of honour are Jeff Somers, Dan Moren, SJ Kincaid and David Brian Johnson. Games will be starting at

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49:49

24: You May Not Really Be the Target Audience for...

Octothorpe ·

2021/02/04

John wants Palm Springs to win a Hugo, Alison is lonely, and Liz is not going to buy a Nintendo Switch. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment: Duncan MacGregor Anonymous Claire Sheffield SF and Fantasy Society First Thursday Fandom Drinks A party in a Google Sheet Claire Brialey Chris Garcia Mark Plummer DisCon III They announced that they were going to make

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59:37

23: A Lot of Foreshadowing

Octothorpe ·

2021/01/21

John thinks that arguments should be more nuanced, Alison disagrees in every conceivable way, and Liz summarises. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. A graph of Hugo finalists with more than four names: Letters of comment: Ang Rosin Claire Brialey Mark Plummer Chris Garcia Upcoming events: FANAC are hosting an Interview of Ted White by John D. Berry 23 January 2021, 4pm

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50:41

22: I Occasionally Bum Anger Off People

Octothorpe ·

2021/01/07

John edited a podcast, Alison ran all the parties, and Liz programmed a convention. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment: Mark Plummer Roman Orszanski Andrew Hogg The Upgradies Dave Mansfield Maggie Claire Brialey What was 2020 like? Alison ran some Zoom parties First Thursday meetings Went on a three-week virtual GUFF trip Made a lot of tissue paper art

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01:00:39

21: A Visit from St. Octothorpe

Octothorpe ·

2020/12/24

John was on time because he’s stuck at home, Alison was on time because she’s stuck at home, and Liz was late because she was having her toes done. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment: Peter Sullivan wrote to us about virtual conventions Claire Brialey (of Croydon) Less hot takes on the Hugo Award for Best Video Game: What we reckon The Games Hugo

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55:24

20: Mozilla

Octothorpe ·

2020/12/10

John went to bed before Alison, Alison is not at all sleepy or hungover, and Liz had a better offer. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Buy our merchandise! T-shirts and other apparel Fridge magnets Letters of comment: Claire Brialey wrote to us and used the word “onfridge” Duncan MacGregor told us that Boxing Helena was directed by Jennifer Lynch Ang Rosin tweeted to tell us

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56:02

19: Very Niche Fanzine

Octothorpe ·

2020/11/26

John is bathing with Weetabix, Alison is eating a croissant, and Liz has good hearing. Letters of comment: Claire Brialey collects her point Helena McCallum Roman Orszanski Mark Plummer commented on John’s TAFF report Punctuation: Fanzines came out for the convention! Lulzine #5 Available for the usual BW #8 Full of Widowers poems Available at editorial whim Cloud Chamber #164 We won against This Never Happens, ya boo sucks to them (love them really) Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by

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25:46

18: More Than Averagely Distracted

Octothorpe ·

2020/11/12

John, Alison, and Liz are QUITE BUSY Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. You can now join Punctuation. Letters of comment: Jo’s Tweet about social spaces Ang Rosin’s flurry: Tweets about mushrooms and poached eggs Gordon Ramsay’s And a letter of comment with a poem! Oh bugger I forgot I was told to write a rhyme This is the best I’ve got In the available time. Max thinks vigorously about The

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58:22

17: This Podcast Will End at the Burp

Octothorpe ·

2020/10/29

John has finished his TAFF report, Alison wants you to upgrade to Zoom 5.3, and Liz ate a cake. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. You can now join Punctuation. Letters of comment: “Crazy” Dave Mansfield I have a longer form of this in draft, but just wanted to say that I’ve listened to 11 to 14 this morning. And it was really amusing hearing the shift from reviewing online conventions, to worrying

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54:54

16: Coca-Cola is Not a Meaningful Naval Power

Octothorpe ·

2020/10/15

John is an internet historian, Alison is an investigative journalist, and Liz is a time-traveller. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment: Steven Cain writes “TwillTone sounds like a record label”. Karen Schaffer DaVICI made Karen’s Russian puzzle Alison’s puzzles on Jigsaw Planet Claire Brialey We didn’t mention this in the podcast, but she writes “I’m not sure that I’m strong enough

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52:42

15: Tempests in Teapots

Octothorpe ·

2020/10/01

John, Alison and Liz are running a convention. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Letters of comment: Claire Brialey #1 Mark Plummer #1 Claire Brialey #2 Lilian Edwards & Alison Scott Zoom breakout rooms are now available Mark Plummer #2 Bridget Bradshaw Eastercon The Tweet Punctuation. Website. Email us. Follow us. Like us. Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a

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59:04

14: A Rabbit Hole of Courgettes and Folk Music

Octothorpe ·

2020/09/17

John is making a podcast, Alison is gone again, and Liz is chairing GlobeCon™. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment: Mark Plummer Researching the Golden Age starts at ~49 minutes on the Scioto Sunday recording The Technological Dreams of AfroFuturism starts at ~1h50m on the Olentangy Sunday recording John didn’t put these links in the show notes last week Lilian Edwards High

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45:55

13: Wakanda Forever

Octothorpe ·

2020/09/03

John is in the wrong Zoom, Alison is tactful, and Liz went to her first online convention. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment were sent from Mark Plummer, Claire Brialey and Ian Sorensen Chadwick Boseman has died of cancer Ryan Coogler expresses his sorrow Chadwick Boseman surprises fans Shuri has been the Black Panther M’Baku has not been the Black Panther The Marvel Symphonic

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