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Content warnings this episode: AI (chapter 3), China (chapter 4), colonialism (chapter 5)

Letters of comment

Abigail Nussbaum
Chris Garcia
Duncan MacGregor
Edward Morland
Ersatz Culture
Farah Mendlesohn

Ash by Mary Gentle


Raj
Roman Orszanski


Transcription

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Glasgow in 2024

Liz has taken a role in the Programme Division as the Area Head of Podcasting Content

John’s panel suggestion: “Why don’t podcasters just shout? Why use microphones? Our panel discusses the pros and cons of literally shouting into the void.”
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Glasgow in 2024 has released an AI Art Statement

ASFA




Chengdu Worldcon

None of us are planning to take the Worldcon up on their offer of a free trip
File 770 articles about finalists going to China: 1, 2, 3, 4


Picks

John: Asteroid City
Alison: Beyond a Boundary by CLR James

Miles Jupp’s Fibber in the Heat


Liz: The Last Blade Priest by WP Wiles


Credits

Cover art: “Eight-Fingered Monkeys” by Alison Scott

Alt text: Three monkeys, each with eight digits on their hands and eight on their feet, do the classic “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” triptych under the words “Octothorpe 89”.


Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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