The Skiffy and Fanty Show The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Optimistic futures, climate disasters, and punk attitudes, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser are joined by writers and editors Phoebe Wagner and Sarena Ulibarri for a wide ranging discussion about Solarpunk. Together, they explore the roots of the genre, where the “punk” fits into the form, the politics of climate change and extinction, and so much more.







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* The Transcript (thanks to Trish for helping us with these)







* Phoebe Wagner’s Things:



* Website







* Instagram







* TikTok







* A Shot of Gin from Parliament House Press







* When We Hold Each Other Up from Android Press











* Sarena Ulibarri’s Things:



* Website







* Instagram







* LinkedIn







* Another Life from Stelliform Press







* Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures edited w/ Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, Norie Tamura, and Rajat Chauduri from World Weaver Press













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Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.







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Funktastic morning routines, cereal messages, and whatevers, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to discuss 1999’s Muppets From Space! This is the second show we’ve done on a Muppet movie, and it’s a fun one. Together, Shaun and Daniel tackle the film’s financial history, its central themes of identity and found family, what a Gonzo is…really, talking bears, and so much more!







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Follow us on Twitch!







* Muppets From Space (1999)







* Transcript! (Thanks, Trish!)









If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page.







Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.







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Weirdly respectful men, suggestive rockets, and sewage sludge, oh my! Shaun Duke, Becca Evans, and Trish Matson join forces to discuss the 1979’s Meteor! Together, they explore the film’s surprisingly feminist themes, its approach to building tension (zzz), hating the Dodgers, and so much more. Plus, there are delicious tangents to make you giggle!







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Follow us on Twitch!







* Meteor (1979)







* Transcript (thanks, Trish!)







* Our Grades:



* Shaun (C+)







* Trish (C+)







* Becca (B-)







* Average (C+)













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Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.







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Empathic fungi, revolutionary politics, and dirigibles, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien are joined by Nisi Shawl to talk about their new novel, Kinning, the sequel to the much-loved Everfair. Together, they discuss Shawl’s approach to writing alternate history, anarchism across the sea, the moral complexities of hiveminds, and more.







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Nisi Shawl’s Things:



* Website







* Bluesky







* Kinning (Buy the book!!!)











* Transcript (generated and edited by Trish Matson)









If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page.







Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.







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Roving hypocrisy, legacy admissions, and magical hierarchies, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien are joined by Kacen Callender to discuss their newest novel, Infinity Alchemist. Together, they explore the novel’s treatment of magical schools, its themes of wealth and power, the weirdness of alchemy, and so much more!







Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!





















Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Kacen Callender’s Things:



* Website







* Infinity Alchemist (BUY THE BOOK)











* Transcript (generated and edited by Trish Matson)









If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page.







Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.







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Weird Kermit, questionable friends, and terrifying dogs, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to discuss Through the Night Like a Snake, a new collection of Latin American horror stories (in translation) from Two Lines Press. Together, they explore the collection’s themes, the ways the authors explore the concept of horror, serial killers and terrifying toys, and so much more.







Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!





















Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories from Two Lines Press (BUY IT)







* Don’t forget to support Locus Mag on Indiegogo!







* Transcript (generated and edited by Trish Matson)









If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page.







Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.







See you later, navigator!