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Homebrew: Episode 3
Welcome to Time for Cakes and Ale’s ‘Homebrew’, our new podcast covering life under lockdown. In this episode we chat with Tony Black from the We Made This pop culture podcast network about podcasting, social media watch-along events, and how the lockdown is changing the way fandoms interact. Direct download: Homebrew 3 If you enjoy… Continue reading
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Homebrew: Episode 2
Welcome to Time for Cakes and Ale’s ‘Homebrew’, our new podcast covering life under lockdown. In this episode we chat with Andrew James from Square Enix about what he’s playing right now, what games people should be checking out, and how the lockdown is affecting the video games industry. Direct download: Homebrew 2: Andrew James… Continue reading
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Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee – The Stars Turn and a Time Presents Itself
Welcome to Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee, a podcast all about Twin Peaks. We have returned to the water and the well of Lynch/Frost’s surreal vision to discuss some of the themes and ideas that have resonated with us in the months since The Return hit our screens. Each episode will use the given… Continue reading
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Cakes & Ale Episode 31: Book Club – Origamy by Rachel Armstrong
Welcome to the the Cakes & Ale Book Club! Every month we will be bringing you a mix of discussions and interviews about recent genre fiction we’ve been reading. This month, we cover Origamy by Rachel Armstrong, published by NewCon Press. Origamy is the story of Mobius, an extra-dimensional being who is part of a… Continue reading
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Cakes & Ale Episode 30: Avengers: Endgame
HERE BE SPOILERS! We’re well and truly in the endgame now, as the Infinity Saga draws to a close with an epic final chapter, Avengers: Endgame. In this bumper episode we race through the time-twisting plot, picking out highlights from the movie and discussing whether Endgame is a satisfying conclusion to the story. With so… Continue reading
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Cakes & Ale Episode 29: Interviews from Eastercon 2019
We’ve just returned from Ytterbium, a.k.a Eastercon 70, the annual UK science fiction convention. During the convention we had the great pleasure of chatting to a wonderful range of con-goers to create a snapshot of the kind of conversations you’d hear down at the bar, from writers to publishers, fans, reviewers, academics and con-runners. We… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho talks The Prisoner ‘Shattered Visage’ with Dean Motter
Welcome to The Tally Ho, a podcast about the classic TV series The Prisoner. Following on from our recent episode about the re-release of The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, we had the great pleasure of interviewing the writer and artist behind the book, legendary comics creator Dean Motter. Dean Motter has worked as an illustrator, designer,… Continue reading
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Cakes & Ale Episode 28: Book Club – Paris Adrift by E. J. Swift
Welcome to the the Cakes & Ale Book Club! Every month we will be bringing you a mix of discussions and interviews about recent genre fiction we’ve been reading. This month, we cover Paris Adrift by E. J. Swift, published by Solaris Books. Paris Adrift is the story of Hallie, a student who runs away… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho talks The Prisoner ‘Shattered Visage’ with David Leach
Welcome to The Tally Ho, a podcast about the classic TV series The Prisoner. In this episode we look at the re-release of the collected edition of Dean Motter’s and Mark Askwith’s The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, a comic book sequel to the TV show, from Titan Comics. We chat to Titan’s senior editor David Leach… Continue reading