Rumor Has It with Cat Rambo and Dave Robison
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
Release Date: 01/02/2025
Hope in Horror: The King
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In this epeisode of Hope in Horror, Paul Jessup tackles the the most iconic horror writer of our time, Stephen King. Paul discusses a number of King's most iconic works, as well as some of the movies based on his work. Be sure to check out Paul's new book .
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The Rainseekers with Matt Kressel
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to software developer and award nominated writer, Matthew Kressel. They discuss writing with authenticity, writing unfamiliar cultures, Dungeons and Dragons, what writers can take from RPGs, Matt's new novels Spacetrucker Jess and The Rainseekers, AI, plagiarism, and much more. You can find The Rainseekers here: You can find Spacetrucker Jess here:
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I'll Make a Spectacle of You with Beatrice Winifred Iker
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to poet, podcaster, author, and tarot reader, Beatrice Winifred Iker. They discuss religion, horror and religion, queerness, writing neurodiverse characters, Appalachia, organizing complicated plots, Mothman, perfume recommendations, and much more. You can find Beatrice and their books here:
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Castoff with Brandon Crilly
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In this episode, Alan talks to writer and educator Brandon Crilly. They discuss the challenges in con running, religion, alien gods, characters with major personality shifts, magic, historical cycles, Hopepunk, messages in fiction, and much more. You can find Brandon Crilly and his books here: .
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Speculative Whiteness Part 5: This Snowflake is an Avalanche with Dr. Jordan Caroll
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In the Fifth part of this column, we flip the script and discuss how writers can pursue equity in their writing, how to deal with problematic creators, and how Dr. Carroll deals with the toxicity of reading alt-right works, and authors who are examples of anti-fascist writing. You can purhase Speualtive Whiteness here:
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Horror Bugge with Premee Mohamed
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In this episode, Alan talks to writer Premee Mohamed. They discuss imposter syndrome, awards, being caegorized as horror, the state of the horror genre, Stephen King, the correlation between social media and sales, quicksand, Premee's favorite ink, audience questions, and much more. You can find Premee Mohamed and her books here:
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Speculative Whiteness: Part 4 Whitey In Space with Dr. Jordan Carroll
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In the fourth part of this column, Alan and Jordan pick up trying to understand what is happening in the minds of the alt-right, the ambiance of racism in the US, fascism in Fantasy and Horror, the lack of imagination in fascist thinking, and they begin to discuss how to evaluate the fiction you’re reading. You can purhase Speualtive Whiteness here:
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Uncertain Sons with Thomas Ha
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to writer Thomas Ha. They discuss the effects of covid on genre, Lit RPG, cozey fiction, writing across genres, Clarkesworld Magazine, Matt Diniman, Brian Evenson, preserving the status quo, writing villains, writing children, killing children in prose, inventing monsters, Thomas' recent collection, Uncertain Sons, and much more. You can find Uncertain Sons And Other Stories here:
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Speculative Whiteness Part 3: MFing Nazi Info Dump with Dr. Jordan Carroll
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In the third part of our column about the alt-right and Speculative Fiction fandom, Alan and Jordan break down a number of important concepts needed to understand the alt-right and how they view Speculative Fiction. Concepts include low time preferences, metapolitics, Archeofuturism, Faustianism, and mutant romances. we discuss the right wing and fandom and much more.
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Bailey's Books: Sword, Sorcery, Science, Astronauts, AIs, Horrors, & Hurricanes
If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics
In this episode Alan reviews (books linked below): published by Brackenbury Books 2024 The Walls of Shira Yulun by Dariel R.A. Quiogue Waste Flowers by Bryn Hammond by Todd Medema published by Atmosphere Press 2025 by Allen Stroud published by Flame Tree Press 2024 by Alastair Miles published by Shadow Dragon Press 2025 by Justin Holley published by Flame Tree Press 2025
info_outlineIn this episode, Alan and guest co-host, Dave Robison, talk to our own Cat Rambo about Cat's newest novel Rumor Has It, the evolution of her work, her upcoming work, the pragmatisim of necromancy, villiains, clones, humor, 2025 WorldCon, 10 book series, building romance in a story, Conan the Barbarian and Robert E Howard, and much more.
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