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Eating the Fantastic

Scott Edelman

I’ve been going to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic book conventions since I was 15, and I’ve found that while the con which takes place within the walls of a hotel or convention...

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Listen to Eating the Fantastic, a Arts podcast by Scott Edelman. Stream 281 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episode 281: Paul McAuley

Join Paul McAuley for a Birmingham balti as we discuss his fascination with James Joyce and how it played out (or didn't) in his own writing...

01:34:55May 7, 2026

Episode 280: Considering Farah Mendlesohn

Feast on a Full English breakfast with Farah Mendlesohn as we discuss whether their Hugo-nominated Heinlein book changed the conversation ab...

01:35:13Apr 23, 2026

Episode 279: Alan Smale Rising

Tear into tacos with Alan Smale as we discuss the three projects he'd told me in 2019 he was going to write next (and what became of them),...

01:35:01Apr 8, 2026

Episode 278: Steven H Silver

Lunch on lamb with Steven H Silver as we discuss our shared status as record-breaking losers, my morbid suggestion about what he'll need to...

02:02:41Mar 26, 2026

Episode 277: Salinee Goldenberg

Dig into Bangkok street duck with Salinee Goldenberg as we discuss what it was like having to deliver her second published novel on a deadli...

01:33:26Mar 10, 2026

Episode 276: Liz Gorinsky

Savor sweet and sour beets with Liz Gorinsky as we discuss whether either of us would have turned out as you know us without having grown up...

02:47:46Feb 26, 2026

Episode 275: Chris Kalb

Polish off pierogi with Chris Kalb as we discuss the comic book company and superheroes he and his brother created when they were just kids,...

01:58:37Feb 16, 2026

Episode 274: Emily Mitchell

Share green tea leaf salad with Emily Mitchell as we discuss why she felt the need to flip the first and last stories of her recent collecti...

01:57:31Feb 2, 2026

Episode 273: Don Simpson

Chat over calamari with Megaton Man creator Don Simpson as we discuss why he splurged on a special issue of Captain Marvel at the Baltimore...

01:50:39Jan 17, 2026

Episode 272: Andy Duncan Predicts!

Polish off cryptid pizza with Andy Duncan as we discuss how his titles are often born decades before the stories to which they're eventually...

02:20:24Jan 2, 2026

Episode 271: George Gene Gustines

Dish over dumplings with George Gene Gustines as we discuss the reason what he's pulled off would have been impossible a generation ago, why...

01:31:20Dec 21, 2025

Episode 270: Jack C. Harris

Savor shrimp — and Steve Ditko — with comics writer/editor Jack C. Harris as we discuss why he decided to abandon his original plan of becom...

01:41:26Dec 9, 2025

Episode 269: Naomi Kritzer

Sample samsa with Naomi Kritzer as we discuss why a friend stepped up to start submitting stories for her, the question she asked Madeleine...

01:31:26Nov 26, 2025

Episode 268: Alaya Dawn Johnson

Settle in for an Ethiopian feast with Alaya Dawn Johnson as we discuss what led to her "life-defining obsession" with Mexican history, the a...

02:36:18Nov 11, 2025

Episode 267: Natalia Theodoridou

Brunch on blueberry pancakes with Natalia Theodoridou as we discuss what it felt like attending Clarion the same year he was nominated for a...

01:30:02Oct 27, 2025

Episode 266: Lara Elena Donnelly

Polish off pasta with Lara Elena Donnelly as we discuss the hot tub conversation which led to the sale of her first novel, why the contradic...

02:04:30Oct 20, 2025

Episode 265: John Picacio

Tackle Texas BBQ with John Picacio as we discuss how he'd never have gotten where he is today without comics, why he initially turned down w...

01:25:47Oct 6, 2025

Episode 264: Eugenia Triantafyllou

Slurp soup dumplings with Eugenia Triantafyllou as we discuss the online prompt which caused her to write her first short story, why she end...

01:38:51Sep 25, 2025

Episode 263: Richard Butner

Tear into tacos with Richard Butner as we discuss the early influence of Harlan Ellison, the time he went through the same trapdoor as Harry...

01:43:00Sep 10, 2025

Episode 262: Karen Heuler

Bite into Cheesy Pav Bhaji with Karen Heuler as we discuss how she found herself embraced far more by the science fiction community than the...

01:20:57Aug 31, 2025

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