106: Fitter Happier Healthier Eastercon

Published: March 28, 2024, 3:06 p.m.

John used to be an undergraduate, Alison has been keeping a list, and can Liz be a stunt Liz?\nA transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media.\nContent warnings this episode: Death (Deb Geisler, chapter 3) and gambling (Hugo Awards, chapter 7; Alison\u2019s pick, chapter 8).\nLetters of comment\nChris Garcia\nMike Glyer\nTranscripts\n\nBob Morrell\nColin Murtagh\nWe also heard from Jonny Baddeley, Alex Holden, Farah Mendlesohn, and Ang Rosin\n\nDeb Geisler\nFile 770\n\nEastercon\nProgramme\nOctothorpe Live is at 13:00 on Monday!\n\nGames\nNewsletter\nPlease come help, post in the Discord if you\u2019d like to volunteer!\n\nGUFF\nVote here!\n\nDoc Weir\nBSFA Awards\n\nAwards\nNebula Award finalists\nAndroid Press Games\nThe Bread Must Rise\n\nHugo Award betting markets\nLiz has decided not to put her referral link here because the people who run the website might be a bit too Silicon Valley-y\n\nHugo, Girl! un-recuse\n\nPicks\nJohn: Airecon\nOvers: The Cricket Card Game\n\nAlison: The 2023 Eastercon souvenir book\nBalatro\n\nLiz: \u201cNo CGI is really just INVISIBLE CGI\u201d on YouTube\nTodd Vaziri on X, BlueSky, Mastodon\n\n\nCredits\nCover art: \u201cPodcasting Is Magic\u201d by Alison Scott\nAlt text: Three ponies in the style of My Little Pony adorn the cover. The left-hand one is orange, and has a six-sided die as a cutie mark. The central one is teal, and has a rainbow Apple logo for a cutie mark. The right-hand one is blue, and has a Hugo Award for a cutie mark. They look like they are having a nice time. The words \u201cMy Little Octothorpe 106\u201d appear at the top, and the words \u201cPodcasting Is Magic\u201d appear at the bottom.\n\nTheme music: \u201cFanfare for Space\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)