Pod Culture [Oz]

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Episode 12: Ghosts are NOT horror

31 October 2021 Philippa Computer Games, Movies, Podcast stuff, Roleplaying Games, Television

In this year’s Halloween episode, Dave throws out the theory that “Ghosts are NOT horror”, and challenges Nick and Flip to prove or disprove it. We discuss ghosts with...

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Episode 11: Happily Ever After

25 August 2021 Philippa Computer Games, Literature, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Television

In this fairy tale inspired episode of Pod Culture [Oz], we joined by romance novelist Renee Dahlia as we discuss how fairy tale tropes can be translated across into...

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Episode 10: Rampancy of the Artificial Mind Pt 2

20 July 2021 Philippa Article, Computer Games, Literature, Movies, Podcast stuff, Roleplaying Games

“Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?” In the second part of this long-promised Westworld-inspired episode of Pod Culture [Oz], we are once again joined by our...

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Episode 9: Rampancy of the Artificial Mind Pt 1

16 June 2021 Philippa Computer Games, Literature, Movies, Podcast stuff, Roleplaying Games, Television

“Bring yourself back online…” It is finally here! In this long-promised Westworld-inspired episode of Pod Culture [Oz], we are once again joined by our friend Fred (previously seen in...

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The MCU is terrible and you should demand better

1 May 2021 Philippa Article, Computer Games, Literature, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Television

Our co-host Nick has written an article for online journal Medium that is a companion piece to our two-part series on The Politics of Superheroes. Find out what he...

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Literature

We love genre literature – fantasy, sci fi, paranormal, romance.  We also like to look at themes and connections between books and other media.

 

Movies

Whether it’s caped crusaders, loner gumshoes, lightsabre wielding Jedi or Dorothy over the rainbow, we like to talk about movies from current blockbusters to classic movies.

TV shows

With so many genre TV shows around these days, there is a LOT to talk about. 

Gaming

Roleplaying games – tabletop, freeforms, LARPS. Board games. Computer games. We cover it all.