Texas Steampunk Connection
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Steampunk podcast on happenings in Texas. News and reviews of novels, comics, movies and anything steampunk.
Texas Steampunk Connection
2d ago
recorded Novemeber 27, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving! Last chance to run to the store before they close for a WHOLE DAY! Tonight our producer, Lex, joins us to celebrate the season of thanks. She's got topics to talk about, including the underdeveloped topic of dance in steampunk, and the mechanical reanimation of dead spiders. It's gonna be a wild hour!
Steampunk ladies dance at derelict Torrington dairy
Necrorobotics: The Ethics of Resurrecting the Dead ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
2d ago
recorded August 22, 2023
Tonight's conversation goes from stores stocking the Halloween stuff, to a sin against beer, to breaking into the the online library and how to get lost works of fogotten knowledge. Is there a Pirate Bay of educational material ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
2w ago
recorded Novemeber 13, 2024
We've just come back from the biggest, oldest steampunk event in Texas, Steampunk November. It gets just a bit bigger and more interesting every year and we had a great time. It was emotionally hard to leave our growing friends and family in steampunk at the end. Join us and special guest, Natalie McTavish, Aka Nicole, Aka Sheriff McCannon to tell you what you may have missed.
Also Texas loves HEB. It's kind of our thing ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
1M ago
recorded October 30, 2024
Happy Halloween! Kaely, admin for the World of Steampunk facebook group, joins us to talk spooky stuff, steampunk in Fall, big events, and celebrating a certain doctor with ADHD distractions into random geeky stuff.
Dr. Bluestocking's dissertation (now complete ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
1M ago
recorded October 16, 2024
Spook Season Live Stream! The darkness is upon us! Let's talk about where steampunk and horror intersect and what we're enjoying as the nights become longer. Starting with Mary Shelley and Poe, through Weird Fiction and HP Lovecraft, to modern tales that play with a steampunk aesthetic.
Crimson Peak Winchester Ghost Ship North American Lake Monsters The Mechanical Grave The Necrofessor's comic  ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
1M ago
recorded October 2, 2024
Johnny Steverson's back! We're all in high spirits for the coming Ghost Coast Festival on the 11th to 13th, and all the spooky October shenanigans. Johnny tells us some of the details of guests and experiences to expect at the festival. It should be a good time.
Ghost Coast Festival
League Kempner House  ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
2M ago
recorded September 18, 2024
We are joined by Cedric Whittaker, Co-Captain of Airship Isabella, costume and prop makers for film and theatre, and long time steampunk luminary. He's also become a paranormal investigator with a more than a few stories. We look forward to getting spooky ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
3M ago
recorded September 4, 2024
Asia has always had a rich tapestry of cultures that are often a mystery to western audiences. Add to that the embrace of the steampunk aesthetic and you may have discovered SilkPunk. Writer Ken Liu coined the term as a multicultural Steampunk label. Let's chat about it!
the Dandelion Dynasty - Ken Liu
The SEA Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia - Nghi Vo
Gunpowder Alchemy - Jeannie Lin
the Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi
Tales of the Far West - Gareth-Michael Skarka
Jani and the Greater Game - Eric Brown ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
3M ago
recorded August 21, 2024
Tonight we are joined with accomplished leatherworker and long time steampunk, Lauren Bonneau. If you've ever thought to make your own leather goods but have questions, we're here for um. Ms. Bonneau's work may inspire you to just jump in.
Free armor patterns, essays, discourse at The Armour Archive
Lauren's tiktok  ..read more
Texas Steampunk Connection
4M ago
recorded July 6, 2024
A macguffin, an object serving merely as a trigger for a plot, is a common literary device. What macguffins do we find in Steampunk stories? Are they different than other genres? Getting a little meta this time. Let's talk about it.
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