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After These Messages: Canadian Commercials with Kelly

Kelly is back with the Can Con and now our podcast contains 300% more Canadian theme parks!

Transcript for After These Messages: Canadian Commercials with Kelly

To listen to this episode and see the commercials we watched, visit the main episode page. Geoffrey Welcome to this is why we're like this: after these messages, part 2 of our country bears jamboree jamboree, or I guess since the movie was called the country bears, This is just

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The Country Bears with Kelly

This is a movie that is supposedly based on the Disney parks animatronic show, The Country Bear Jamboree. But … uh …

Transcript for The Country Bears with Kelly

For the episode and show notes, visit www.juliarios.com/the-country-bears-with-kelly/ Geoffrey Welcome to this is why we're like this the podcast where we talk about lying to children for their entire lives better head Dis track country music freestyle battles. And the movies and TV shows that probably made

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Izzy Wasserstein talks about All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From

Izzy Wasserstein joins me to talk about her new short story collection, All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From.

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After These Messages: Thingmaker with Chia and Dan

Chia and Dan talk commercials of their childhoods, including the Creepy Crawlers Thingmaker by Mattel, which Dan tells us led directly to him having a career in special effects!

Transcript for After These Messages: Thingmaker with Chia and Dan

Show notes with links to the commercials and the audio version of this episode. Julia Welcome to This Is Why We're Like This: After These Messages, where we talk about the possibility of maiming, dismembering, and otherwise hurting children. I'm your host, Julia Rios. Geoffrey I'm your other host, Geoffrey

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Bridge to Elsewhere is here for everyone!

Bridge to Elsewhere, the exciting anthology of stories set on spaceships that I co-edited with Alana Joli Abbott, is officially available for everyone today!

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The Book You Find When You Really Can't Afford to Get Pregnant: A story by Jeana Jorgensen

"The Book You Find When You Really Can't Afford to Get Pregnant" by Jeana Jorgensen, a gorgeous story about information, healthcare, and bodily autonomy.

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OMG Julia, it's a podcast!

In this episode, I discuss: How an editor collaborates with a writer when editing stories, poems, and essays. How writers collaborate with the reader when they first sit down to write with a a reader in mind...

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Maya MacGregor Talks The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester (part 2)

Part two of my discussion with Maya MacGregor about their process in writing The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester. This book is a delightful YA mystery/ghost story with an autistic and non-binary main character.

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Maya MacGregor Talks The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester (part 1)

Maya MacGregor joins me to discus their process in writing The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester. This book is a delightful YA mystery/ghost story with an autistic and non-binary main character.

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C. S. E. Cooney Talks Saint Death's Daughter (part 2)

This is part two of my interview with C. S. E. Cooney about her publishing journey for Saint Death’s Daughter.

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Child of Glass with Chia and Dan

Friends of the pod, Chia and Dan, join us to discuss a movie Chia remembered as VERY ROMANTIC! Child of Glass is an adaptation of the first Blossom Culp novel, The Ghost Belonged to Me.

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C. S. E. Cooney Talks St. Death's Daughter (part 1)

I invited the amazing C. S. E. Cooney to talk with me about her journey to publication (a journey that lasted 12 years!) for Saint Death’s Daughter.

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Story Process: A Mind Map for "Xtabay"

I'm going to talk about my own process in writing one specific story, “Xtabay” which appeared in Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas...

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After These Messages: Hobo Kelly with Gwynne Garfinkle

Gwynne Garfinkle is back with us to talk about obscure children’s shows from her youth. Specifically, we talk about Hobo Kelly, the magical hobo clown...

Transcript for After These Messages: Hobo Kelly with Gwynne Garfinkle

Listen to "After These Messages: Hobo Kelly with Gwynne Garfinkle" on Spreaker. Geoffrey Welcome to this is why we're like this after these messages. I'm your host Geoffrey Pelton, sure and Begora Tis I. Julia Oh no! I'm your other host Julia Rios Geoffrey And joining us again today is

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Zoom With Gwynne Garfinkle

Gwynne Garfinkle grew up to become a writer of novels, stories, poems, and more, and it all started with Zoom.

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heat death: a poem by Jennifer Mace

In the last poll, paid subscribers voted for a poem! Here's one from the excellent Jennifer Mace.

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Donald's Snow Fight

With a potentially historic blizzard in Boston, we present you this very on topic podcast episode about a 1942 Disney short starring Donald Duck.

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All the Creative Work I Did in 2021

Here is a recap of my 2021. You can either listen, or read the transcript below, which I have also added links to! The TL;DR version is that everything I wrote and many things I edited are awards eligible. In addition to all the individual pieces being eligible for

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The Dog Who Stopped the War/La Guerre des Tuques

It’s a new year! And we are starting it off on a super downer note with a movie about a dog dying… Uh. Sorry?

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Happy New Year!

Here’s the last issue I edited of Mermaids Monthly with cover art by Lauren Raye Snow.

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Stovetop Gods: a story by D. A. Vorobyov

Happy New Year! I've brought you a gift! It's a delightful story featuring family, a cat, and the ups and downs of trying to navigate accepting your true identity.