Episode 9 - Godzilla Minus One
Starship Alexandria
For our January 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward the movie Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki for Adrian to consider. Other talking points: A monstrous regiment of Godzillas Survivor’s Guilt Redemption arcs Found boat family The Unbearable Weightiness of Kaiju Convenient mattress factories Godzilla amplification Media Mentions: Godzilla (Gojira), movie dir Ishiro Honda Subsequent Godzilla movies, dir. various Pacific Rim, movie dir. Guillermo...
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Day 25 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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Merry Christmas! This is the twenty-fifth, and final, episode of the 2025 advent calendar. We share some news, a gift and something that will hopefully make you laugh! If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 24 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the Christmas Eve episode of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares why Andor is so special for him. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 23 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twenty-third day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma shares her deep love for the show Detectorists. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 22 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twenty-second day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian makes a bold declaration about the show Farscape. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 21 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twenty-first day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma talks about another cosy murder mystery show, this one set in 1920's Melbourne: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 20 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the twentieth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian shares his love of the ultimate low budget british science-fiction show Blake's 7. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 19 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the nineteenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma talks about why Avatar: The Last Airbender (the original animated series!) is such a joy to watch. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 18 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the eighteenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Adrian talks about a show he loves which is impossible to enthuse about without spoilers: The Good Place. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
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Day 17 - 2025 Advent Calendar
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For the seventeenth day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma recommends a TV show that is not for those who want a happy, easy story; The Leftovers. If you'd like to support the show, you can become a patron at Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and
info_outlineFor our eighth episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward the novel Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock, for Emma to consider.
Our caveat from the episode: “If you have not read this book yet, go and read the book and then listen to this episode, because it really does benefit from not knowing what's going to happen.”
Other talking points:
Pronunciation blues
God bless Wikipedia
Adrian shoehorns insects into absolutely everything
Readability as an overlooked virtue
Exploring the challenging female hero/love interest archetype
Was it an homage?
Sense of the numinous
Cornwall is a State of Mind
The internal document as narrative device
Media Mentions:
Diana Wynne Jones, author
Split Worlds series of novels, Emma Newman
Oppenheimer, movie dir. Christopher Nolan
Our next regular episode will look at the movie Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki. However, we are taking a different turn for December and, instead of a single large episode, we will have an Advent Calendar, with one short episode every day where Emma and Adrian will discuss their favourite TV series. Meanwhile, the patron’s episode will be our Q&A session.
Adrian’s music recommendation: Duran Duran’s Ordinary World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqIACCH20JU&list=RDFqIACCH20JU&start_radio=1
Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance
Adrian’s most recent book: Starseer’s Ruin https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/hb-starseers-ruin-eng-2025?srsltid=AfmBOor2S_A__evSPhVQRyFurB0Lf7CIMsVMoqxmB28ig0JRS8itagr0
Follow us at:
Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk
Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com