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The Blasters and Blades Podcast

Hey, all you crazy sci-fi and fantasy fans! It"s time for your daily dose of shenanigans over here at The Blasters and Blades Podcast. We"re just a couple of nerdy veterans, and one chaos coordinator here geeking out over our science fiction passions and fantastical fantasies. A place where magic is king, the sky is the limit and space is the place. We ARE the podcast that puts the FUN in DISFUNCTION… without further ado… dive into the insanity with us!

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01:45:45

Episode 485: When Horror Becomes SciFi!

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2024/12/11

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWowzer, we spent 40 minutes on the nostalgia train, but we eventually talked about the intersection of horror and science fiction. It was a fun conversation that will surely spawn more chats on this topic. Our chat ranged from Mary Shelley and Jules Vern to the Deep Space franchise and everything in between. We had Jesse James Fain, MD Boncher and Nathan Pedde on to talk nerdy with us. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears,

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01:24:32

Episode 484: The Who, What and Why of Space...

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2024/12/09

The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we’re diving into the deep waters of space colonization with a fun group of uber nerds. We had Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Jesse James Fain, JT Arralle, Matthew Bowman and Nathan Pedde on so they could bloviate with us. We’ll be back for more episodes on the topic, but we scratched the surface. We talked some on the real science and some on the handwavium, but we had fun as we did it! Seriously, go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you

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01:08:12

Episode 483: Enjoying the Post-Apocalyptic Playground!

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2024/12/06

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe’ve got a banger for you today, as we go off the deep end while talking about the end of society. We had JE Pittman, Jesse James Fain, JT Arralle, Rick Shaw and Shane Gries on to get nerdy with us. This was an awesome panel that will lead into future episodes on the topic. What are you waiting for? Go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super

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01:10:16

Episode 482: Are bards even useful?

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2024/12/04

The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we have a fun panel about a topic that came up in other episodes. We’re here to talk about bards and try to figure out what the heck they’re good for! We had an awesome panel with Chloe Garner, Hunter Kay Wallace, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Jesse James Fain and Teri Kay Jobe. They came on to talk nerdy with us. We started out talking about our favorite Christmas memories, which was a hoot as we got to know each other better. Then we talked about the wild

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01:19:12

Episode 481: Lets consider how fictional religions...

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2024/12/02

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe've got a deep discussion panel for you where we talk about the idea of religions in speculative fiction. We’ve got Chloe Garner, Matthew Bowman, Melissa McShane and Teri Kay Jobe on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about the intersection of Earth religions and fantasy ones. We talked about the root of why religions matter to people, and thus the characters that populate the worlds we love. This was a fun chat, go check it out! Lend us your eyes and ears, you

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01:54:28

Episode 480: By Grabthar's Hammer, or Galaxy Quest...

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2024/11/29

The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we’re very excited to dive deep into the nostalgia farms of shows long past. Then we pivoted and waxed poetically about all things Galaxy Quest! It was a lot of fun, made better by our guests. We had Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), JE Pittman, MD Boncher and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic

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01:14:09

Episode 479: Up close and personal with the romantasy...

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2024/11/27

The Blasters & Blades PodcastDo you love learning about new and exciting literary genres? Do you want to learn about all of the coolest corners of the bookshelf? Well then, we’ve got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got Angela Watts, Declan Finn, Hunter Kay Wallace, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey) and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about this new thing called romantasy, also known as the romantic fantasy genre! Even cooler, we gave a list of

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01:08:57

Episode 478: Let's talk about interesting heroines!

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2024/11/25

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe've got a slightly controversial panel topic today, be warned! We’re talking about interesting female heroines with some awesome authors and creatives! We’ve got Chloe Garner, Declan Finn, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), JF Posthumous (Jennie), Katie Cross and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. We rambled from what a heroine was, to which ones we admired from film, television and literature. Oh, and we dropped a lot of books for you to check out! We kept it

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01:32:59

Episode 477: It's all about the LitRPG genre!

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2024/11/22

The Blasters & Blades Podcast Do you love a good dice rolling or button mashing game? Then why not combine that love with the written word? Curious? You guessed it, we’ve got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got authors Hunter Kay Wallace, Jesse James Fain, Matt Pivots and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. We dove into the world of the LitRPG genre and even talked about some of the iconic properties in this space! It was a lot of fun and motivated me to

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01:45:56

Episode 476: The Wokuo Incursion, or How Dale Cozort...

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2024/11/20

The Blasters & Blades PodcastTimelines? Who needs timelines? We’ve got the ability to create alternatives to how history played out! That’s right, we had on the awesome Dale Cozort to talk nerdy with us and then we talked about his own book, The Wokuo Incursion. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom,"

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01:28:12

Episode 475: An Exodus Z Comic Book Kickstarter or...

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2024/11/17

The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another fun talk about an awesome #Kickstarter opportunity. We chatted about Issue 1 & 2 of Jorge Alvarez and John Epple’s cool #Indie #ComicBook titled Exodus Z. We spent an hour chatting about our love of nerdy zombie things and moved on to talking about this unique zombie franchise. Seriously, if you’re not picking up what I’m putting down this was a fun interview! Go check it out, people. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us

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01:03:57

Episode 474: The Contested Landing Anthology and the...

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2024/11/15

The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today was a fun interview with a new author about his first ever published short story. Then we dove into the world ideas that spawned from this endeavor. We get to see Jesse James Fain’s big plans for this, and we can’t wait to see where he takes it! This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go

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01:12:07

Episode 473: Spellbound by the Harry Potter Universe

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2024/11/14

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe've got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got first time guest Charli Cox and podcast veterans David ‘Shady’ Shadoin, Jesse James Fain and Teri Kay Jobe to talk nerdy with us. We talked about the basics of the Harry Potter universe, but there is certainly room for more chats on this subject! This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) Nick

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01:26:02

Episode 472: Lets talk about The Evolver by Jessica...

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2024/11/13

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe've got a kick butt interview with debut author Jessica Grace Vargas! When she’s not taking the comedy world by storm, she writes the words and chats with us about all of the cool nerdy things! We spent way too long talking about the food we love and aliens, lots of aliens. But we also chatted about her YA SciFi romance novel The Evolver. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR

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01:37:27

Episode 471: Veterans in Fiction; The Good, The Bad...

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2024/11/11

The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States, or Remembrance Day if you’re from anywhere else. Because we’re a veteran owned and focused podcast, we decided to gather some veterans to talk about our service and how we’re represented in fiction. We gathered an amazing crew of crusty veteran creatives for this panel! That’s right, we had David Hensley, John Epple, Reginald Lewis, Rick Partlow and Shane Gries come on to talk shop with us. This was a fun interview, so

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01:09:57

Episode 470: All of the Fae Things!

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2024/11/08

The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we have a fun chat with an awesome panel about all things fae! We had on a kick butt crew with us to talk about this fun topic. We talked about what our favorite fae was, who has done it well and what the rules are. This was a fun interview, so check it out. Co-Hosts: JR Handley Nick Garber Madam Stabby Stab We work for free, so if you wanna throw a few pennies our way there is a linked Buy Me A Coffee site where you can do so. Just mention the podcast in

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01:27:04

Episode 469: Pick Your Own Path Books With R Max...

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2024/11/07

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe've got a fun chat with you today, talking about Pick Your Own Path books with R Max Tillsley. We talked about his quirky Aussie heritage and then about our love of books where we got to choose the path our characters took. Then we talked about his Tangled Fates Series of pick-a-path books. Seriously, go check out this episode! Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on

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01:22:02

Episode 468: Flying high with the Top Gun Franchise!

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2024/11/06

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe've got another thruster busting panel for you today as we fly high with the pilots of the Top Gun franchise! We had an august panel of witty weirdos on for this one; David Hensley, Jesse James, MD Boncher and Nathan Abrahams were top notch, and we think you’ll like hanging out with them! We went far afield; we got lost in the weeds and tilted our lances at the Starlink windmill that failed us with Team Garber. But we had fun and that’s the important part

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01:22:07

Episode 467: Getting nomadic with speculative fiction!

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2024/11/04

The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got an awesome panel for you today where we get nerdy with all things nomadic in the wild world of speculative fiction. We had Hunter K Wallace, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Jesse James Fain, Michael J Allen and Shane Gries on to get nerdy with us! We traveled wide and far as we pontificated most joyously. This was a fun interview, so go check it out. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic

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01:23:36

Episode 466: From the deep... watery monstrosities!

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2024/11/01

The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe've got another awesome panel for you today as we dive deep into all of the watery monsters we love to fear. We talked about all of the classics, some of the newer lore and had more fun than should be legal! Seriously, this was a fun interview, so check out the episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt) Madam Stabby Stab (Uber Fan) (Horror Nerd) We work for

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