AD 021 – I Guard the Gate July 19th, 2010
Tonight’s story mixes fantasy themes with Greek and Egyptian mythology. The world goes on while the Sphinx sleeps, but who will have survived to answer her riddle when she awakens?
“I Guard the Gate” by Carmen K. Welsh
Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast novel podcast
Music cues by Infinity Squared
AD Extra 004 – Duty May 31st, 2010
For Memorial Day, we offer this tribute to all soldiers who have fought or who are still fighting in wars overseas, far from home. This is also a remembrance of those canines who have served along side human soldiers, offering companionship and protection during wartime.
“Duty” by Vargr Dragonwolf
Read by Belic Bear
Music cues by Infinity Squared
This story was inspired by and dedicated to the United States War Dogs Association.
AD 020 – Goodnight Ari May 1st, 2010
Tonight’s story covers the moral implications and drawbacks to possible advances in genetic engineering and where that could lead. It’s a very human story, with leonine characters, but that’s what we like about anthropomorphism.
Story “Goodnight Ari” by Steven Crane
Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Novel Podcast
Music cues by Infinity Squared
Additional music from the Podsafe Music Network
Girl Power and Dragons April 24th, 2010
Early on when PodCastle, the fantasy podcast, started up they ran two stories, back to back, which have heroines going up against both menacing dragons and social conventions and norms.
These stories were Fear of Dragons and Run of the Fiery Horse. The stories get a little political, and the first one is a bit heavy handed, while the second is more balanced. Both of them had neat takes on Easter and Western tales of dragons (or serpents) and they had wonderful mythology of them, especially the Fiery Horse one.
Moby’s Beautiful Music Video April 19th, 2010
This music video is a few years old, but still worth mentioning for an interesting concept and some dark comedy.
Moby’s Beautiful is a wonderfully twisted skewering of the party crowd, done at a key party with a bunch of people in animal mascot suits. It’s like a furpile on the set of Boogie Nights. The poor rabbit guy is reminiscent of William H. Macey’s character in that film.
There were cries of “fursecution” when it came out, how everyone thought he was making fun of furries. In truth it looks pretty obvious that it doesn’t have anything to do with the fandom. Instead it’s using the suits to create a cartoonish scene and an interesting take on anthropomorphism. They used the costumes to good effect here, playing on the lack of good facial expressions, to heighten the surreal drama.