1 The Cardboard Jungle: Welcome to the Jungle
2 Cyborgs-A Bionic Podcast: "Wine, Women, and War"
3 Classic Podcast: What is the Rift?
4 Cyborgs-A Bionic Podcast: "The Six Million Dollar Man"
5 Cyborgs-A Bionic Podcast: "Doomsday, and Counting"
6 Classic: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
7 Classic: European Comic Books
8 Classic: The TV Shows of Kenneth Johnson
9 The Weekly Podioplex: May 1, 2012
10 Classic Podcast: The 45th Anniversary of Doctor Who
The Avengers continues to dominate the box office, easily knocking off this past weekend's premiere Dark Shadows. Michael Falkner's got all the news on the latest Weekly Podioplex.
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Steve must prove that an alleged assassin with an airtight alibi killed an assisstant DA, part of a team bringing down a known racketeer. The problem is, Steve saw the killer in the dark with his bionic eye and he can't give evidence without revealing his secret. John and Paul are joined by author, musician and podcaster (The Chronic Rift, Dead Kitchen Radio) Keith R.A. DeCandido to discuss how much of a police procedural is actually involved in this episode.
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Keith R.A. DeCandido has been, at various times, an author, editor, critic, book packager, musician, television personality, and probably some other things, too, but he can't remember due to the lack of sleep.
On the fiction-writing side, he has more than thirty novels to his credit, along with short stories, eBooks, comic books, novellas, and nonfiction. Most of his work has been in various media tie-in universes, ranging from TV shows (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI: NY, Doctor Who, Farscape, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Star Trek, Supernatural, Xena, Young Hercules) to comic books (the Hulk, Spider-Man, the Silver Surfer, X-Men) to games (Classic BattleTech, Command and Conquer, Magic: the Gathering, StarCraft, World of Warcraft). He also wrote the novelizations of Joss Whedon's Serenityand all three Resident Evil films. Most of his non-tie-in work is in the milieu of his 2004 novel Dragon Precicnt, a high-fantasy police procedural. As an editor, Keith has put together twenty anthologies (some behind-the-scenes, some credited), was the editorial director of the Marvel Comics novels published in the 1990s by Boulevard Books, supervised the monthly Star Trek eBook line from 2001-2008, and edited dozens of books. Keith is also a professional percussionist—currently a member of the parody band, Boogie Knights, and having also played with the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, Steve Rosenhaus, the late David Honigsberg, and the Randy Bandits—and a brown belt in Kenshikai karate. Find out less at his web site at www.DeCandido.net or read his inane ramblings at kradical.livejournal.com.
Comics from over the Atlantic are discussed by Catalan publisher Bernard Metz, NBM publisher Terry Nantier, and comics critic Calvin Reid. Plus, Russian sf author Yevgeny Voyskunsky is interviewed by Marina Frants and Jim Frenkel returns with a new Book Notes segment.
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Trivia Notes: Yes, the desk set did shift slightly during the episode and John did not stop the taping as we couldn't afford to. This was the 50th episode of the series.
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The summer means a time of warm weather, vacations, and summer blockbusters. But perhaps you're not up for such fare as The Avengers or The Dark Knight Rises. The Weekly Podioplex's Michael Falkner offers a few suggestions as an alternative to the summer movie fare.
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In this episode you get to meet the hosts and they give you a preview of what's to come from The Cardboard Jungle including a discussion about their gaming philosophy and a contest. Really a contest in an innagural episode? Yes, we are that crazy...so crazy...we have TWO contests!!! Come listen to find out more.
We at The Chronic Rift Network want to thank those of you who took the time to nominate those shows eligible for consideration for a Parsec award. We just received word that the final show has made the nomination list. With that, we're proud to ackowledge The Chronic Rift, Cyborgs-A Bionic Podcast, Dead Kitchen Radio, The Dome, It Has Come to My Attention, and The Weekly Podioplex as contenders for a Parsec.
Now comes the task of choosing those perfect ten minutes of material that will impress the judges enough to move any one of them into the final ballot. Bset of luck to all our programs.
Kevin Lauderdale brings to your attention, something he almost missed, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. In this 2011 Chinese film, an exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.
Experimental radio theater is the theme of this week's episode as we listen to an episode from the CBS Radio Workshop. Please comment on this episode here, or by writing john@chronicrift.com, or by calling toll free 888-866-9010.
Producer of Alien Nation, The Bionic Woman, The Incredible Hulk, and The Six Million Dollar Man in addition to being the creator of V, Kenneth Johnson himself is on the phone to discuss his work along with TCR TV critic Orenthal V. Hawkins, screenwriter Duane Brodnick, and fan Arianern P.F. Everett. The Comic Art Commentary segment returns as Keith presents the first annual CACUPS (Comic Art Commentary Useless and Pointless Awards). In addition, The Man in Black is back with the video report.
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Trivia Notes: This was one of the few episodes where the subject of the episode sat in on the Roundtable discussion. While the phone allowed us to bring in more people to the discussion, it was often a problem as the caller couldn't hear very well and John had to get creative with his camera shots if the caller went on a particularly long point. (Doesn't look visually exciting)
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As we near the 50th anniversary of DOCTOR WHO take a listen to this look at the series during its 45th anniversary from the classic podcast series. John and Keith are joined by James Moran (writer, Doctor Who & Torchwood) and Louis Trapani (host Doctor Who Podshock podcast) in this discussion.
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