About this podcast
Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
Episodes
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- A Knight of Seven Kingdoms Preview · 6 minThis time, we return to Westeros for a smaller story about a big guy in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- Common Side Effects Preview · 7 minThis time around, we ask you to trust the mushroom as we dig deep into Season 1 of Common Side Effects.
- St. Dymphnas School For Borderland Girls · 56 minThis week, we read a story from Weird Horror #10, Stoker-nominated St. Dymphna's School For Borderland Girls by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece. Weird, menacing religious school…
- Tetsuo II: Body Hammer Preview · 5 minWe continue our journey into metal with Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) and make sure we take our daily iron shots.
- Tetsuo Preview · 7 minThis time around, we discuss the most normal film about a normal man we've ever discussed
- Six String Samurai Preview · 7 minThis time, we sword-fight like Buddy Holly, in the 1998 post-apocalyptic action comedy, Six-String Samurai. Join us on the journey to Lost Vegas!
- Thief in the Night · 1 h 27 minFor this Sunday School edition of our Fall of Humanity series, returning champ and Worker's Lit host Jacob Dallas walks us through this whole thing called The Rapture
- Daredevil Preview · 6 minWe return to Frank Miller, this time teaming up with David Mazzucchelli to deconstruct what it means to be Matt Murdock being Daredevil. Give us a red and tune in!
- A Boy and His Dog Preview · 7 minBaby Don Johnson and his goodest boy, Blood are in this wildly influential story and adaptation into film
- Waterworld Preview · 6 minWelcome to the next installment in the Fall of Humanity! This time, we hope you can at least dogpaddle in this Water. . . world
- Turkey Shoot Preview · 7 minThis time around, we talk about a grimy little number that combines prison exploitation films, The Most Dangerous Game, and a smidgen of carnival sideshow
- Another Yadda-sode · 1 h 12 minWe get back together to catch up. We vaguely (and not so vaguely) recommend some stuff, too!
- Toomorrow Preview · 8 minWe talk about the sci-fi musical Toomorrow (1970) in this Oddside Radio entry
- Sekiro (Ft. Workers' Lit) · 1 h 31 minJacob and Aysha from Workers' Lit swing by to talk all things Sekiro - both the game, the upcoming anime.
- Bone 3 Preview · 6 minThe end of the road! We talk about the last three collections of Bone (Ghost Circles, Treasure Hunters, and Crown of Horns), collected into Book 3, titled Harvest, or Friends &…
- Virtuosity_preview · 7 minIt's the future, and LAPD needs mega-serial killer Sid 6.7 for training purposes - at least until he slips containment and ends up thrill-killing irl :(
- Bone 2 Preview · 5 minThe Bone journey continues! We cover next three collections (The Dragonslayer, Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border, and Old Man's Cave), now combined into "Book 2" (also…
- Dead End Drive-In Preview · 7 minThis time we talk about Brian Trenchard-Smith's 1986 post-apocalypse nightmare, Dead End Drive-In.
- Bonus Episode: Bone - Book 1 · 1 h 2 minWe get together to talk about the history of Jeff Smith's process in publishing Bone as well as the first three collections (Out from Boneville, The Great Cow Race, Old Man's…
- The Works of Vermin Preview · 7 minGuests Sam Reader and Eden Kupermintz join us to talk about the operatic fever-dream that is Hiron Ennes's The Works of Vermin.
- Holmes and Yoyo Preview · 7 minWe're joined by Este, of the Altmania podcast, to talk about Holmes & Yoyo. Ever hear about good cop, bad cop? How about not-so-great cop and awkward robot cop?
- Bloodborne Preview · 6 minThis time we discuss the Gothic-to-Cosmic Horror pipeline that is FromSoftware's Bloodborne. Writer and editor, John WM Thompson, as well as Worker's Lit podcast comrades, Lenore…
- The Arrival Preview · 6 minThis time, we talk about another example of Twohy excellence, The Arrival (1996). Charlie Sheen, our hero, uncovers a nefarious alien conspiracy to change Earth's climate
- Minnesota No ICE Preview · 7 minTwin Cities-area writers Naomi Kritzer, Lydah Morehouse, Marissa Lingen, and J.R. Dawson join us to talk about how the presence of ICE during Operation Metro Surge and beyond has…
- Podside Grab Bag Preview · 6 minThis time around, we discuss some genre bits and bobs from around the internet. First up, we talk about Mike Jittlov's The Wizard of Speed and Time, a stop-motion extravaganza…
- Summer Wars Preview · 6 minThis time, we talk about Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars (2009), a wacky almost-cataclysm involving an everything app, a Love Machine, country gentry weirdos, and Japan's second-best…
- Silksong Preview · 6 minJacob from Worker's Lit podcast returns - this time to talk about Hollow Knight: Silksong.
- The Minority Report Preview · 6 minChris and I get together to talk about Phillip K. Dick's original novella and Steven Spielberg's lean, mean actioner that has managed to remain prescient 24 years later.
- Rip Van Winkle Preview · 7 minThis time we return to the oeuvre of U.S. mythologist and professional dinner guest, Washington Irving to talk about his most Goof-coded character: Rip Van Winkle
- Another Beer-ish Run Preview · 6 minA bit more chatting about this and that. We even try to keep it vaguely SFF-related!
- The Fall Preview · 7 minReady to . . . fall into what appears to have been Tarsem Singh's passion project? That's right, we discuss The Fall (2006) and how beautiful a man Lee Pace is
- Robot and Frank Preview · 6 minJoin us for Robot and Frank (2012), a charming little film about loneliness, aging, and getting the robot gang together for one last job
- Truman Show Preview · 6 minWe talk about The Truman Show (1998) this time, and Peter Weir's amazing filmography and how Thomas Kincaid wished he'd grown up in Seahaven
- Elektra Assassin Preview · 6 minThis time, we discuss the Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz collaboration, Elektra: Assassin. It really does end up feeling like Fear and Loathing in the MCU.
- Sinners Preview · 6 minWe got together to talk about Ryan Coogler's blockbuster hit, Sinners (2025) before it got a billion nominations at the Oscars
- Starman Preview · 7 minWe return to the works of John Carpenter with Starman (1984), where an alien visitor incarnates as a pre-Dude Jeff Bridges for recently widowed Karen Allen and they go on a road…
- The Man Who Was Thursday · 1 h 8 minEnjoy your Sunday as we talk about The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
- Surplus Carols (and Humbugs) Preview · 7 minYou will be visited by three versions of the Dickens classic. Spoiler: A Muppet Christmas Carol is not one of them, but it haunts the ones we talk about like a lonely old miser…
- Sneakers Preview · 7 minThis time we talk about Sneakers (1992), an odd bookend to our previous episode, Hackers. Our world-weary team of cybersneaks and ne'er do wells don't want to hack the planet at…
- Hackers Preview · 7 minWe go all the way back to 1995 to talk about the stylish Hackers. Hack the planet, man!
- Have You Said Thank You Preview · 7 minWell. . . have you? We get together to talk about and - of course - riff on what's made us happy this Thankful Season Note: sadly, after quoting from it, I completely forgot to…
- Weapons Preview · 6 minWe discuss Zach Creggers' Weapons (2025). Part parental nightmare, part (sub)urban legend, and very unnerving.
- The Barbarians · 1 h 17 minWhat if was Conan the Barbarian. . .s? And both of him were lunkheads? We discuss this fascinating approach in this one
- Cozy Sweater Weather · 1 h 35 minPete returns to chat about this and that during that finest time of year
- Sleepy Hollow Preview · 7 minWe cover both the Washington Irving story and Tim Burton's 1999 adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - a story about the ghost of a Highlander terrorizing a small community
- Fried Barry Preview · 6 minImagine if you will, Meet Dave (2008) but if "Dave" was actually called Barry, lived in South Africa, and did a lot of drugs
