Listen "138: A Tedious Number of Questions About What It’s Like to Run a Games Shop"
Episode Synopsis
John chaired, Alison is off on holiday, and Liz has the agenda.
An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: None
Letters of comment
Ang Rosin (Facebook)
Andrea Bell and Derek Hockridge
Bridget Bradshaw (Facebook)
Chris Garcia (email)
Farah Mendlesohn (email, Facebook)
Jake Casella Brookins (Bluesky)
Louise Hughes (Bluesky)
Neil Ottenstein (Facebook)
Paul Weimer (email)
Roseanna Pendlebury (Bluesky)
Shi Lala (Facebook)
Worldcon 2027: Montreal bid
Terry Fong has stepped down
There has been some news since, but we’ll discuss it next episode…
Worldcon 2025: Seattle
The results of the consultative votes
The Business Meeting agenda
Instructions on how to attend the virtual Business Meeting
Kate Secor’s annotated Business Meeting agenda
Picks
John: All the Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
Alison: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Liz: Old Soul by Susan Barker
Credits
Cover art: “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A famous photograph of Margaret Hamilton standing beside printed outputs of the code that took the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, overlaid with the words “Octothorpe 138” and “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time!”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: None
Letters of comment
Ang Rosin (Facebook)
Andrea Bell and Derek Hockridge
Bridget Bradshaw (Facebook)
Chris Garcia (email)
Farah Mendlesohn (email, Facebook)
Jake Casella Brookins (Bluesky)
Louise Hughes (Bluesky)
Neil Ottenstein (Facebook)
Paul Weimer (email)
Roseanna Pendlebury (Bluesky)
Shi Lala (Facebook)
Worldcon 2027: Montreal bid
Terry Fong has stepped down
There has been some news since, but we’ll discuss it next episode…
Worldcon 2025: Seattle
The results of the consultative votes
The Business Meeting agenda
Instructions on how to attend the virtual Business Meeting
Kate Secor’s annotated Business Meeting agenda
Picks
John: All the Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
Alison: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Liz: Old Soul by Susan Barker
Credits
Cover art: “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A famous photograph of Margaret Hamilton standing beside printed outputs of the code that took the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, overlaid with the words “Octothorpe 138” and “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time!”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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