Episodes

  • Author Spotlight: Bert-Oliver Boehmer (The Galacticide Series)
    May 14 2025

    Author Spotlights are back, and in this episode I'm in conversation with Bert-Oliver Boehmer, author of the Galacticide series--a modern-but-classical military sci-fi with a dash of first-contact, galactic politics, and fast-paced action.

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    FIND THE GALACTICIDE SERIES: https://www.galacticide.com

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Voicing the Page: Literary Nuance in Audiobooks with Narrator Alison Phoenix
    Apr 24 2025

    Dance With Me is one of my most personal books, and having a narrator that could translate the literary elements while giving life to a diverse cast was incredibly important. Join me as I chat to audiobook narrator Alison Phoenix, and deep-dive into the perks of audiobook narration.

    DANCE WITH ME is available on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/liviajelliot/dance-with-me

    Find Alison Phoenix:

    - Website: https://alisonphoenixnarration.wordpress.com/

    - Audible: https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Alison+Phoenix

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    33 mins
  • When Life’s Meaning Isn’t Your Own: Existentialism in "Walking on Glass"
    Mar 19 2025

    Is life purposeless and meaningless? Can we survive when our purpose is shattered? Those are some of the questions presented in a cerebral book, a gem of Scottish fiction: 'Walking on Glass' by Iain Banks. Let's get this book undone!

    TRANSCRIPT:

    All the links are in the transcript here: https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/02-podcast-walking-on-glass

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    49 mins
  • Are Books Political? Or Are We Asking The Wrong Question?
    Feb 27 2025

    Are books political? I think we're asking the wrong question. Let's dive in!

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    TRANSCRIPT:

    All the links are in the transcript here: https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2025/01-podcast-political-books

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    25 mins
  • Nobody Remembers The Real World: Guests Talk On "The Escher Man"
    Feb 13 2025

    Cyberpunk is back, and we're discussing "The Escher Man", with SPFBO semi-finalist Sarah K Balstrup, FanFi addict reviewer Charlie Cavendish, and the author himself, T.R. Napper.

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    SOME OF THE PAPERS AND BOOKS MENTIONED:

    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38694651/
    • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22522805-the-buried-giant
    • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59808603-the-mountain-in-the-sea
    • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54120408-klara-and-the-sun
    • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63183008-the-way-of-unity
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Labyrinth of Our Choices: Crossing The Garden of Forking Paths
    Jan 16 2025

    We're going back to the Borgesian Labyrinths with "The Garden of Forking Paths." My guests today are Varsha (from Reading by the Rainy Mountain), Jarrod (from The Fantasy Thinker), and Britton (aka SomeOkieDude).

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    41 mins
  • We Are What We Remember: The Existential Debacle in "The Escher Man"
    Dec 18 2024

    A discussion on the relationship between memory and identity, as presented in The Escher Man, the latest cyberpunk release from T.R. Napper.

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    TRANSCRIPT: https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2024/20-podcast-escher-man

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    37 mins
  • Ideas are Not Bulletproof: Discussing V for Vendetta, The Dispossessed, and 1984
    Nov 21 2024

    A cross-over discussion about ideas, deconstructing V's iconic phrase and analysing it under the light of V for Vendetta itself, 1984, and The Dispossessed.

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    TRANSCRIPT: https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2024/19-podcast-bulletproofideas All the links are in the transcript here!

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    40 mins