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Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee!
Twin Peaks is returning! We’ve been getting fired up about it for a while (it featured heavily in Episode 3) and we thought about how we could incorporate the show into our regular Time for Cakes and Ale episodes over the coming months. We couldn’t really make it work without Twin Peaks taking over the… Continue reading
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Episode 16 – Guardians of the Galaxy, the universe and everything!
With the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, we invited film buff Dave Riley on to chat about the movie. Several cakes, and ales later, we had rambled on about the Marvel Universe, The Dark Tower trailer (Dave is a huuuge fan!), what comics should be adapted on screen, what old properties could… Continue reading
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Short form speculative fiction and where to find it
To follow up on our recent podcast about short fiction in SF&F (Episode 15), we’ve put together a list of some of the sources of speculative fiction that we have encountered. This is not a list of authors of short fiction, but rather the places where one might look to get a feel for genre… Continue reading
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How to find Time for Cakes and Ale!
The Time for Cakes and Ale podcast can be found and subscribed to wherever you get your podcasts including the following places: iTunes Acast (our podcast host!) Spotify TuneIn Android Or directly via our RSS feed And if you have a moment to spare, please do leave us a rating and review on iTunes… Continue reading
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Episode 15 – a long chat about short fiction
We’ve just returned from Eastercon 2017 where we caught up with author Chris Butler to talk about all aspects of writing, editing and publishing short fiction in the science fiction and fantasy genre. With so much SF&F out there, short stories, anthologies and novellas are a great way to get a flavour of genre fiction.… Continue reading
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Episode 14 – Welcome back, Team Z!
iZombie returns! We’re looking forward to seeing Team Z back on our screens any day now, making it the perfect opportunity to look back on the first two years of the show, talk about what makes it one of the best things on TV, and speculate on what surprises the new season has up its… Continue reading
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Episode 13 – John Constantine on screen
John Constantine has been around for a long time. Beginning as a supporting character in Alan Moore’s run in DC’s Swamp Thing, he later became the star of his own series, Hellblazer from Vertigo. After 300 issues, he joined the current DC continuity in four different series. However, despite his popularity on the page, he… Continue reading
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Our favourite Buffy episodes…
To follow up on our recent Buffy discussion, here is a whistle-stop guide to some of our favourite episodes. School Hard A pivotal episode for the future of the series. Spike and Dru take on the Scoobies for the first time; we witness Snyder and the police covering up supernatural events (or was just gangs… Continue reading
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Episode 12 – Buffy turns 20!
It’s the 20th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! We celebrate by choosing 10 episodes of the show which we think made Buffy great. Some obvious picks and some more unusual choices that we think represent the essence of this groundbreaking show. And we also address the big question – should it ever come back?… Continue reading
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Episode 11 – Return to Hyrule
The Nintendo Switch is finally here! We chat about our first impressions of the new console, plus musings on 1-2 Switch and the long awaited Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild which arrives slap bang in the middle of Becks’ odyssey to 100% Wind Waker HD. That’s a whole lotta Hyrule… Direct download: Episode… Continue reading
Time for Cakes and Ale
Podcast featuring geeky ramblings with Becks & Eeson, and also home to "Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee", a Twin Peaks podcast, and "The Tally Ho", a Prisoner podcast