Listen "57: Back Bacon is Best"
Episode Synopsis
John is a muppet bilby, Alison is actively drinking, and Liz MURDERS OWLS.
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Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 3), animal hunting (chapter 7)
Letters of comment
Malcolm Hutchison: ‘Listening to the sound John makes at start of this episode made me visualise John as a Muppet (in a good way)’
Chris Garcia
Roman Orszanski
Jersey Gryphon: ‘The Hello Internet podcast did a vinyl edition episode before jumping the shark and doing a 4–5 minute wax cylinder episode.’
Reclamation 2022
74 cases before tracing stopped,, all over the convention, lots of different fan networks
‘One-woman superspreader event Alison Scott has absolutely no regrets’ – Shona (Prufrax)
Norwescon had case 3 and case 5 which will pass into fannish infamy
A journal article discussing Omicron attack rates
Fia Karlsson has won TAFF!
The announcement
The fanzine with the stats
Follow Fia on Twitter
Chicon 8
We’re all going!
Picks
John: Detroit-style pizza from Square
John also likes this Detroit-style pizza from San Francisco that he didn’t mention
Alison: Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
Liz: Horizon Forbidden West (digital, PS4 disc, PS5 disc)
Credits
Cover art: Alison Scott
Theme music: ‘Fanfare for Space’ by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 3), animal hunting (chapter 7)
Letters of comment
Malcolm Hutchison: ‘Listening to the sound John makes at start of this episode made me visualise John as a Muppet (in a good way)’
Chris Garcia
Roman Orszanski
Jersey Gryphon: ‘The Hello Internet podcast did a vinyl edition episode before jumping the shark and doing a 4–5 minute wax cylinder episode.’
Reclamation 2022
74 cases before tracing stopped,, all over the convention, lots of different fan networks
‘One-woman superspreader event Alison Scott has absolutely no regrets’ – Shona (Prufrax)
Norwescon had case 3 and case 5 which will pass into fannish infamy
A journal article discussing Omicron attack rates
Fia Karlsson has won TAFF!
The announcement
The fanzine with the stats
Follow Fia on Twitter
Chicon 8
We’re all going!
Picks
John: Detroit-style pizza from Square
John also likes this Detroit-style pizza from San Francisco that he didn’t mention
Alison: Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
Liz: Horizon Forbidden West (digital, PS4 disc, PS5 disc)
Credits
Cover art: Alison Scott
Theme music: ‘Fanfare for Space’ by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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