The Skiffy and Fanty Show The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Collapsing societies, feminist interpretations, and harsh truths, oh my! Trish Matson and Paul Weimer join forces to discuss Suzy McKee Charnas’ Walk to the End of the World (1974). Together, they explore the book’s worldbuilding, its feminist themes and historical significance, Charnas’ prose, the oppressive feeling of living in a society that is collapsing, and so much more.







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* Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas









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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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Dolph Lundgren’s pecs, terrifying Gwildor, and strange plot devices, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to discuss the 1987’s Masters of the Universe! Together, they tackle the film’s desperate attempt to adapt the source material, Dolph Lundgren’s history with language, Skeletor’s whole “deal,” the film’s aggressive connection to Friends, and so much more!







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Follow us on Twitch!







* Masters of the Universe (1987)







* Our Grades:



* Shaun (D)







* Daniel (D+)







* Average (Dish)













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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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Inept spies, bad pilots, and Russians, oh my! Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Becca Evans join forces to discuss the 1982’s Firefox! Together, they explore the film’s literary roots, why Clint Eastwood talks to chairs, what it really means to be a good pilot (bad movie), the Cold War, and much more!







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Follow us on Twitch!







* Firefox (1982)







* Our Grades:



* Shaun (D-)







* Paul (D)







* Becca (D-)







* Average (D-)













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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Jumping worlds, snarky teens, and human nature, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser are joined by Joma West to discuss her novels Face and Twice Lived, out now where book objects can be found. Together, they tackle West’s approach to narrative, writing perspectives different from our own, the complexities of parenthood, straddling genres, and much more.







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Transcript! Thanks to Trish.







* Joma West’s Things:



* Publisher Page (w/ book links; buy the books)







* Linktree







* Twitter













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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Phages, microbes, and scientific conundrums, oh my! Shaun Duke turns the tables on Daniel Haeusser to ask a metric ton of questions about microbiology. Why? Because Daniel is one of those legit scientists. Join us for a wide ranging and utterly wild conversation about bacteria, viruses, micro-whatsits, and speculative wonders!







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Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Transcript! Auto-generated, then lightly edited by Trish to fix names, etc., but not punctuation.









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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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Beautiful rage, twisted lines, and terrors of the mind, oh my! Shaun Duke, Brandon O’Brien, and Trish Matson are joined by Stephanie M. Wytovich to talk about her latest poetry collection, On the Subject of Blackberries. Together, they discuss Wytovich’s approach to poetic form, to representing post-partum depression and motherhood in speculative poetry, and so much more. Plus, Shaun reads a haiku or two because everyone asked…







Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!





















Show Notes:









* Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!







* Stephanie Wytovich’s Things:



* Website







* Instagram







* Facebook







* On the Subject of Blackberries (buy it!)











* Transcript, lightly edited (to fix names, etc.), 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!