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What Mad Universe?!?

Adam Prosser and Philip Rice

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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...al ...
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It’s 12:30 p.m. You wake up, and at 1:30 p.m. you roll out of bed and turn on the radio, then open your local newspaper to check the HELP WANTED adverts. During breakfast, you turn on the television to catch a few minutes of the 24-hour news shows. School shootings. Higher taxes. Immigrants being treated badly. The price of milk has risen considerably. You turn it off quickly, filled with a sense of dread after seeing the latest disappointments the human race has to offer you. Shortly therea ...
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Continuing from last week's theme of "advanced mutants walk amongst us", we're looking at an entirely different take on a similar premise, one that's entirely more sympathetic to the supposedly non-human subjects. In Wilmar Shiras' "Children of the Atom", the super-intelligent kids are more benign...mostly. Though the perils of raising kids who mig…
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Drs. Philip Wietstock & Brian Gibson from Technische Universität Berlin join Cade in the lab to discuss an innovative way to get hoppy aroma into beer without the mess of dry hopping. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to of…
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Brülosophy contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on aqueous hop extracts, focusing primarily on the production of hop water. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Ye…
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They're everywhere! They're better than you! They can tinker with your brain! They'll inherit the Earth! And trying to stop them makes you into a monster! It's a common assortment of tropes from SF, with a subtext touching on everything from a Freudian fear of your children to even darker, frequently racist conspiracy theories. Slan, by A. E. Van V…
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This week, Cade is joined in the lab by Shaelyn Maloney and Jeff Dailey from John I. Haas to discuss aqueous hop extracts, focusing primarily on a new Haas product called HopKick. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer …
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Sometimes you just want to take a break from it all and find solace in some booze...and more importantly, good company. Of course, it doesn't help if your watering hole is constantly being invaded by aliens, vampires, talking dogs, and fairies...or does it? It certainly keeps things interesting. Spider Robinson's long-running Callahan's Place serie…
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Brülosophy contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on brewing brewing with thiolized yeast. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.c…
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Dr. Laura Burns, Research & Development Director at Omega Yeast, returns to the lab with New Realm Brewing's Mitch Steele to discuss their experience developing and using thiolized yeasts to accentuate hops in beer. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more abo…
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Brülosophy contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on brewing on brewing with adjuncts. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com t…
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We're back for another look at Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, this time focusing on The Watch series. It's a social satire and police procedural in a fantasy setting, which means it has dragons, dwarves, trolls, and police who actually serve the public trust...you know, a fantasy. Support us on Patreon and listen to the show a week early! Adam…
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Bernardo Pontes Guimaraes, PhD candidate at University of Arkansas, and Dr. Scott Lafontaine, Associate Professor at University of Arkansas, join Cade in the lab this week to discuss their work on brewing beer with rice malt. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Lear…
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Brülosophy contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on brewing gluten-reduced beers, and they also sample a few different commercial examples. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about w…
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It's interesting to consider which characters fall into obscurity and which remain relevant. Johnston McCulley's most famous creation, Zorro, is of course still a household word. His other creations, Thubway Tham and The Crimson Clown, have been completely forgotten, even though they were nearly as popular in their day. Both thieves, albeit of two …
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Dr. Nazarena Cela, Research Fellow at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bisaccia, Italy, joins Cade in the lab this week to discuss the work she's done on brewing gluten-reduced beers with sorghum and quinoa, as well as the impact protein rests have when using these grains. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers…
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Inspired by last week's episode focused on brewing with smoke tainted hops, Jordan joins Cade in the lab to discuss their thoughts on using various "tainted" ingredients to make beer. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to of…
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This week, Cade is joined by Colorado State University Master's student, Brandon Sandoval, to discuss the work he's done on smoke taint in hops, namely how different source materials might impact hop quality. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what…
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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…
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Brülosophy contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on improving beer stability by tracking FAN, focusing specifically on low dissolved oxygen (LODO) methods. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Le…
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Kira Feuss, analytical chemist at New Belgium Brewing Company, and Stacey Williams, QA Principal Scientist at New Belgium Brewing Company, join Cade in the lab this week to discuss their work on the impact FAN has on beer flavor stability. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on th…
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Contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on attenuation. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today.…
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Langwitch, its syurly a confuzement! Whut wud Inlish luk liek inna thousand yeers? These are the questions asked by Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, a post-apocalyptic meditation on culture, storytelling, religion, and language. It's a tricky read but a fulfilling one. Support us on Patreon and listen to the show a week early! Adam's PatreonPh…
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Brülosophy contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on climate change and its impact on hops. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.…
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This is the story of Edwardian-era European explorers traveling to the north pole in an airship, only to find a strange land unknown to mankind, and populated by an alien yet advanced race of intelligent non-human beings. The encounter holds up a mirror to western society, colonialism, and the dark side of human nature, and things go badly for the …
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Ryan Christian, VP of Research at Yakima Chief Ranches, and Jeff Dailey, Sensory Program Manager at John I Haas, join Cade in the lab this week to discuss their work on the impact climate change is having on hops. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about…
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Contributor Jordan Folks joins Cade in the lab to chat about the information discussed in last week's episode on obtaining a brewing education. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today.…
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In the best of all possible worlds, this podcast would always be on time...but we're not there yet, are we. You know what comes close, though? The Culture, the star-spanning utopia depicted in Iain M. Banks's novels such as Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games. In this episode, Philip and I take a dive into the possibilities of benevolent godli…
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