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Wizards & Spaceships

Wizards & Spaceships

By: Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink
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Welcome to Wizards and Spaceships, the only podcast that’s about wizards and also about spaceships. Well, probably not, but it does involve wizards, spaceships, and the things we love (and complain about) in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.Copyright 2026 Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink Art Science Fiction
Episodes
  • What the Big 5 Don’t Tell You ft. Jeremy Szal

    What the Big 5 Don’t Tell You ft. Jeremy Szal
    Jul 15 2026

    A contract with one of the five big publishing companies means placement in bookstores and libraries, reviews in major publications, award nominations, and a huge advance—even a chance to get on the bestsellers list. But is this actually the case? Joining us to talk about how the sausage gets made is Jeremy Szal, author of the Common Trilogy.

    • Show Notes:Jeremy’s website
    • Follow him on:Bluesky
    • Instagram
    • TikTok
    • “Everything is random in publishing. Success is random. Bestsellers are random. So that is why we are the Random House!”
    • Are there more libraries or McDonald’s?
    • Author (and professional chef) Rohan O’Duill trying out one of the recipes from the Sad Bastard Cookbook

    Continue the conversation on the Wizards & Spaceships Discord or on Facebook!
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    50 mins
  • Indigenous Survivance for the Zombie Apocalypse ft. Daphne Singingtree

    Indigenous Survivance for the Zombie Apocalypse ft. Daphne Singingtree
    Jun 15 2026
    So you've trashed the world. An EMP or a nuclear bomb or a plague of zombies have taken out civic infrastructure—now it's your chance to show off your survival skills. Fortunately, there's an incredible resurgence of Indigenous post-apocalyptic fiction that offers alternative visions to surviving collapse. In this episode, we talk to author, educator in Plant Medicine & Midwifery, and hippy prepper Daphne Singingtree about how to survive and thrive after the end.We're nominated for an Aurora Award for Best Fan-Related Work!Check out the ballot (and consider casting a vote for us) at the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association.Show NotesDaphne's websiteDaphne's socialsZaniyan1632, Eric FlintEmberverse, SM Stirling A Paradise Built In Hell, Rebecca SolnitBraiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall KimmererMoon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves, Waubgeshig RiceThe Marrow Thieves and Hunting By Stars, Cherie DimalineFuture Home of the Living God, Louise ErdrichTrail of Lightning, Rebecca RoanhorseThis Place: 150 Years RetoldBlood Quantum (2019)Night Raiders (2021)The Last of Us Season 1, Episode 3, "Long Long Time." [Check out Rachel's guest appearance on Two Old Farts where we talk about it!]The Hunger GamesCascade, Rachel A. RosenStar Trek: TNG: "The Inner Light" TerminatorYears Of Rice and Salt and The Ministry For the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson
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    57 mins
  • Didactic Fiction ft. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson

    Didactic Fiction ft. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson
    May 15 2026

    Welcome to our new season! To celebrate, we’re kicking it up a notch by holding an all-star roundtable of some truly incredible writers. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. Wilson join us to discuss didactic genre fiction. Is it a skill problem? Is it a media literacy problem? Can you hammer home a message without alienating (sorry/not sorry) your audience?

    We're nominated for an Aurora Award for Best Fan-Related Work!

    Check out the ballot (and consider casting a vote for us) at the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association.

    Show Notes:

    • Vajra's website
    • Samantha's website
    • Gregory's website
    • Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein)
    • Dante’s Inferno
    • Katabasis, R.F. Kuang
    • Rabbit Test, Samantha Mills
    • A Sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury
    • Dune, Frank Herbert
    • The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski
    • Le Roman de Silence
    • From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain, Minister Faust
    • The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
    • Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells
    • Star Trek TOS: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
    • One star review of Pride and Prejudice
    • World Bank literacy stats
    • Grendel, John Gardner
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    1 hr and 2 mins
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