106: Fitter Happier Healthier Eastercon Octothorpe

John used to be an undergraduate, Alison has been keeping a list, and can Liz be a stunt Liz?
A transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: Death (Deb Geisler, chapter 3) and gambling (Hugo Awards, chapter 7; Alison’s pick, chapter 8).
Letters of comment
Chris Garcia
Mike Glyer
Transcripts

Bob Morrell
Colin Murtagh
We also heard from Jonny Baddeley, Alex Holden, Farah Mendlesohn, and Ang Rosin

Deb Geisler
File 770

Eastercon
Programme
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Games
Newsletter
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GUFF
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Doc Weir
BSFA Awards

Awards
Nebula Award finalists
Android Press Games
The Bread Must Rise

Hugo Award betting markets
Liz has decided not to put her referral link here because the people who run the website might be a bit too Silicon Valley-y

Hugo, Girl! un-recuse

Picks
John: Airecon
Overs: The Cricket Card Game

Alison: The 2023 Eastercon souvenir book
Balatro

Liz: “No CGI is really just INVISIBLE CGI” on YouTube
Todd Vaziri on X, BlueSky, Mastodon


Credits
Cover art: “Podcasting Is Magic” by Alison Scott
Alt text: Three ponies in the style of My Little Pony adorn the cover. The left-hand one is orange, and has a six-sided die as a cutie mark. The central one is teal, and has a rainbow Apple logo for a cutie mark. The right-hand one is blue, and has a Hugo Award for a cutie mark. They look like they are having a nice time. The words “My Little Octothorpe 106” appear at the top, and the words “Podcasting Is Magic” appear at the bottom.

Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)