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What Mad Universe?!?

What Mad Universe?!?

Adam Prosser and Philip Rice

Action! Excitement! Horror! Romance! Thrills and Chills! Swords and Sorcery! Rockets and Rayguns! Hosts Adam Prosser and Philip Rice take a journey through the history of SF, Fantasy, horror, and pulp fiction. Every 2 weeks one of us, alternating back and forth, selects a book or book series from the late 18th century up to the present to look back on, discuss, and examine. Some of them have left an indelible mark on pop culture; some of them are forgotten echoes of what might have been...all of them are weird and fascinating. (If you like our work, please support us on Patreon! Adam is at https://patreon.com/user?u=404623 and Phil is at https://www.patreon.com/Spearhafoc .
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What Mad Universe?!? - Episode 66 Promo

Episode 66 Promo

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10/13/21 • -1 min

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What Mad Universe?!? - Chapter One Hundred and Seven: The Harrowing of Hell!
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12/22/23 • 57 min

'Tis darkening days, fair ones, and as we approach the end of the year of our lord 2023, What Mad Universe?!? has been, we confess, erratic of late. But take heed! We return with a look at an obscure but excellent fantasy series from the early 20th century, the Neustrian Cycle by Leslile Barringer. Is it a lost tome, or the wellspring for much later fantasy stories? Harken unto us and all shall be revealed!

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Additional Music: The Medieval Banquet by Shane Ivers

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What Mad Universe?!? - Chapter 28 Promo

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10/16/19 • 1 min

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What Mad Universe?!? - S3E78 -Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Wings Of The Warrior!
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04/20/22 • 57 min

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Today What Mad Universe?!? takes a trip to Hollywood--and to a movie that never quite existed, Merian C. Cooper's "The War Eagles". A lavish fantasy pulp adventure from the producer and special effects team of "King Kong", this movie almost got made, and might have changed fantasy adventure films forever, but for a quirk of history (well, if you consider World War II a quirk). Eventually released as a novelization much later, the script remains one of cinema's great might-have-beens.

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What Mad Universe?!? - S3E76 -Chapter Seventy-Six: The Legend Of Flint's Trove!
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03/23/22 • 51 min

EDIT: Sorry about the mix-up! The wrong audio was uploaded this morning. It's been corrected now.

In this episode we're hoisting the mizzen mast and swabbing the poop deck to take a look at that staple of adventure stories, the world of piracy--specifically through the lens of Porto Bello Gold, a largely-forgotten pirate novel that happens to be an authorized sequel to the bedrock of pirate fiction, Treasure Island. Turn back now, land lubbers, lest yer ears be assailed by a barrage of salty sea-dog speech...

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What Mad Universe?!? - S3E75 -Chapter Seventy-Five: The Darkening Lands!
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03/09/22 • 64 min

All things must die...and that includes the planet Earth. In the vastly distant future, under a swollen red sun, mankind still struggles and strives against each other in a world vastly different than ours, yet also alike. The "Dying Earth" subgenre--which is subtly different from the post-apocalyptic genre--has been around for over a century, but the books that give it its name came along in the 1950s in a series of fix-up novels by Jack Vance. This week we're peering into that dark and brutal future to examine this seminal work that joins together several eras of fantasy and SF.

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What Mad Universe?!? - Chapter 73 Promo

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02/02/22 • 1 min

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What Mad Universe?!? - S3E71 -Chapter Seventy-One: The Stars Are Not For Man!
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01/12/22 • 60 min

Say hello once again to the devil you know, on this first What Mad Universe?!? of 2022. Here we're looking at Arthur C. Clarke's book Childhood's End, one of the heavy hitters of post-WWII Sci-Fi and a massive influence on everything going forward. We're also joined by special guest Andrew Hickey of the History of Rock Music in 500 Songs podcast.

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Additional Music: Additional music: "DMTC" by HMNN

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What Mad Universe?!? - Episode 71 Promo

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01/05/22 • 1 min

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What Mad Universe?!? - S4E113 -Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen: Get a Life!
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04/03/24 • 62 min

Fandom! The word sends chills up the spine of anyone who's spent any time in Fantasy and Science Fiction spaces...for a pretty wide variety of reasons. But what if fandom turns...to murder? Actually, that seems pretty plausible. Sharyn McCrumb explored this very idea in the murder mystery Bimbos of the Death Sun (published by TSR!) and we're joined in this episode by our pal Filbi to talk about it!

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Used under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution 3.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (c) 2024 Adam Prosser and Philip Rice. Music (c) its respective creators.

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How many episodes does What Mad Universe?!? have?

What Mad Universe?!? currently has 177 episodes available.

What topics does What Mad Universe?!? cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts, Books and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on What Mad Universe?!??

The episode title 'S3E78 -Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Wings Of The Warrior!' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on What Mad Universe?!??

The average episode length on What Mad Universe?!? is 41 minutes.

How often are episodes of What Mad Universe?!? released?

Episodes of What Mad Universe?!? are typically released every 13 days, 12 hours.

When was the first episode of What Mad Universe?!??

The first episode of What Mad Universe?!? was released on Oct 1, 2018.

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