Best Painful Threshold Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 241: ANOINTING THE SICK #225 ~ Beyond The Pain Threshold 1:45:32

21d ago1:45:32

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Can you take the pain dished out by The latest Anointing The Sick Show 'Beyond The Pain Threshold' hosted by Halo of the Goat Radio. The show opens with a dose of heavy psych from Nomestomper and closes with the random pick of post sludgsters Battle of Mice. Inbetween the doom charts is featured as well as one or two albums you can buy for NYP on B…

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Episode 243: ANOINTING THE SICK #227 ~ Laid Out On The Slab 1:22:43

3d ago1:22:43

1:22:43

You can tickle your tinnitus to the deathgrind opener by Descent all the way to the random pick from Chimpgrinder. This week the filth pit has spewed forth songs by Pugnale and Napalm Raid and the showpiece track is by Forming The Void. There are several bands here whose albums you can pay what you want on Bandcamp. ~ Embrace The Sickness With ~ De…

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Why You Shouldn't Believe Strava & Does MAF Work? 28:01

5d ago28:01

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This is the next of our Q&A episodes of the Faster Beyond 50 Podcast. If you have a question you'd like answered on the podcast you can submit it here: https://coachparry.com/fbf-questionBy Coach Parry

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Episode 242: ANOINTING THE SICK#226 ~ Methamphetamine Dream 1:45:54

12d ago1:45:54

1:45:54

Embrace The Sickness with another Anointing The Sick Show hosted by Halo of the Goat Radio. Opening with the black metal sci fi sound of Imperialist and closing with a slab of Swedish post sludge from Gloson.The showpiece track is a 17 minute funeral death/doom dirge from Bereft (WI) while the Doom Charts is represented by EMBR and Warcoe This week…

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Jim Panton's 4 National Age Group Titles 40:24

12d ago40:24

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In this episode of the Faster Beyond 50 podcast, Brad Nadauld and Coach Lindsey Parry are joined by special guest Jim Panton, who has recently achieved incredible results in the UK, including four national titles in aquathlon and triathlon. They discuss Jim’s journey with Coach Parry since 2018, diving into the changes he made to achieve success in…

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Cardiac Drift & Threshold Heart Rate In Runners Over 50 24:12

26d ago24:12

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This is our first Q&A episode of the Faster Beyond 50 Podcast. If you have a question you'd like answered on the podcast you can submit it here: https://coachparry.com/fbf-questionBy Coach Parry

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Episode 240: ANOINTING THE SICK #224 ~ Stiff, Cold And Lifeless 1:41:22

30d ago1:41:22

1:41:22

The latest Anointing The Sick Show has been unearthed once more on Halo Of The Goat Radio to bring you more death, doom, thrash and sludge metal carnage. As usual there are Bandcamp nyp albums to discover by Knim, Penny Coffin and Fange plus a hark back to one of the Doom Charts 'best of' albums of 2023 from Mars Red Sky. Enbrace The Sickness Dwell…

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Gud By 5:26

30d ago5:26

5:26

Welcome to Rite Gud. The podcast that helps you write good. I’m RS Benedict. We’ve been putting out this podcast for five years now, and it has been quite a ride. I’ve been genuinely surprised by the outsized response we’ve gotten. We’ve made a lot of friends and a lot of enemies. We’ve triggered multiple tempests in multiple teapots, without even …

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Gud By 5:26

30d ago5:26

5:26

Welcome to Rite Gud. The podcast that helps you write good. I’m RS Benedict. We’ve been putting out this podcast for five years now, and it has been quite a ride. I’ve been genuinely surprised by the outsized response we’ve gotten. We’ve made a lot of friends and a lot of enemies. We’ve triggered multiple tempests in multiple teapots, without even …

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Proprioception & Why It Matters For Runners Over 50 32:36

1M ago32:36

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Faster Beyond 50 Podcast. Today host Brad Nadauld and sports scientist and Olympic marathon coach Lindsey Parry dig into proprioception & why it matters for runners over 50. If you have a question you'd like answered on the podcast you can submit it here: https://coachparry.com/fbf-question…

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Vet’s Holiday—Pitfall 1:57:50

1M ago1:57:50

1:57:50

The Ninth Episode of Infinite Danger, providing you with content that’ll make you go, “That’s Incredible!” Episode 9, Vet’s Holiday: not a sitcom but an incredible facsimile. Lion’s Gate Bridge. Beige. City Mouse and Country Mouse. The Green Goblin. Beige. The president of ACTRA BC, maybe. Saucy Boy. MS Paint Lightning Bolts. Definitely haunted chi…

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Episode 239: ANOINTING THE SICK #223 ~ Wrong Side Of The Dirt 1:58:18

1M ago1:58:18

1:58:18

* NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD * The Anointing The Sick Show 'Wrong Side Of The Dirt' is hosted once again by Halo of the Goat Radio tonight @9pm UK time. It's the usual carnage of doom, death, thrash, sludge and black metal. This week there are lots of NYP albums from Bandcamp highlighted plus a doom Doom Charts entry for June, WyndRider . The filth …

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Take Gud Care of Yourself (or: A Cure for Wellness) 1:23:37

1M ago1:23:37

1:23:37

There are many podcasts about writing, but how many are there about wellness? Approximately a million billion. And they all want you to know: you’re doing everything wrong, and you should buy my product. Tan your taint! Eat raw bull testicles! Wake up at 4am every day! In this episode, Kurt Schiller joins us to talk about the hellish wellness indus…

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Take Gud Care of Yourself (or: A Cure for Wellness) 1:23:37

1M ago1:23:37

1:23:37

There are many podcasts about writing, but how many are there about wellness? Approximately a million billion. And they all want you to know: you’re doing everything wrong, and you should buy my product. Tan your taint! Eat raw bull testicles! Wake up at 4am every day! In this episode, Kurt Schiller joins us to talk about the hellish wellness indus…

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Episode 238: ANOINTING THE SICK DIRTY 30 ~ Black Metal Volume 3 3:25:15

2M ago3:25:15

3:25:15

The Anointing The Sick Show turns to the extreme dark side of the metal spectrum once again by presenting another non curated Dirty 30 show, this time VOLUME 3 of Black Metal bands. 30 tracks from bands specializing in warping Black Metal into death, doom, sludge and thrash.Unholy vibes hosted by Halo of the Goat Radio. Embrace The Sickness Of Abig…

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Episode 237: ANOINTING THE SICK #222 ~ Xamen Rigorosum 1:13:13

2M ago1:13:13

1:13:13

Today,The Anointing The Sick Show is back on Halo Of The Goat Radio ready to ruin what remains of your weekend. I have all sorts of horrors ready to amplify your tinnitus to unbearable levels starting with some post sludge from Oro and ending with the jams of La Iglesia Atomica. Embrace The Sickness ~ Oro Walking Corpse Skiltron Hatred Reigns Swans…

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Fish n’ Chips—busy_midlevel_office_sfx_royalty_free 1:52:53

2M ago1:52:53

1:52:53

The Eighth Episode of Infinite Danger, providing you with further BIG GAMING NEWS. Episode 8, Fish n’ Chips, in which the geopolitical allegiances of the poachers are revealed: The Styrofoam Box Eels. Political Rubber Masks. The Mysterious H.G. Berns. A well-paid career of Lookin’ Like Gargamel. Gallium Arsenide. Thames Television’s “Database.” Cou…

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Episode 236: ANOINTING THE SICK #221 ~ Watching Angels Fall 1:32:39

2M ago1:32:39

1:32:39

The Anointing The Sick Show emerges from the shadow that is Halo Of The Goat Radio to tickle your tinnitus once again with an opener from the NWOBHM influenced Coven Japan, stopping by Godz ov war Productions with Morbid Sacrifice and Cultus Interitum, then the filth pit spewed forth Chief City before eventually closing with a track from a classic …

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Do the Hustle! 1:12:15

2M ago1:12:15

1:12:15

In this podcast, we tend to focus on the craft of writing: handling character, setting, theme, and so on. But there’s another side to writing, the business side. We acknowledge it but don’t talk about it a lot on this podcast, mostly because, to be perfectly honest, I’m not very good at it. I make very little money doing this. I have a day job for …

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Do the Hustle! 1:12:15

2M ago1:12:15

1:12:15

In this podcast, we tend to focus on the craft of writing: handling character, setting, theme, and so on. But there’s another side to writing, the business side. We acknowledge it but don’t talk about it a lot on this podcast, mostly because, to be perfectly honest, I’m not very good at it. I make very little money doing this. I have a day job for …

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Episode 235: ANOINTING THE SICK #220 ~ Ashes In My Mouth 1:27:11

2M ago1:27:11

1:27:11

The Anointing The Sick Show features on Halo Of The Goat Radio once again with yet more tinnitus tickling terror. Starting with the mid paced death metal crunch of Sadism, ending with the ferocious onslaught of Vulture Lord. This weeks label spotlight lands on Argonauta Records in the exalted form of Almost Honest who are also one of my Doom Charts…

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Flight of the Falcon—Big Wolf on Campus 1:38:32

3M ago1:38:32

1:38:32

The Seventh Episode of Infinite Danger, featuring Will repeatedly failing to make the distinction between “hawk” and “falcon.” Episode 7, Flight of the Falcon, in which we meet the SKY POACHERS: Winches. Lifting. Wheelchairs. A retreat to Gibraltar. Child Labour. Bubblegum Power Moves. 3D Models from Danger Bay 64. The Urban Falcon Project. Neon Ri…

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Episode 234: ANOINTING THE SICK #219 ~ Among Smoking Ruins 1:54:54

3M ago1:54:54

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The Anointing The Sick Show, hosted by Halo Of The Goat Radio is back to ruin your weekend. This week I'm opening with the doom tinged black metal of Guyođ and finishing with the Chillean thrash of Deadshot. The showpiece track is a 15 minuter by Meltem and the spotlight falls on Chinese record Label Sloomweep Productions with tracks by Demon and E…

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Escape From New York 54:40

3M ago54:40

54:40

Many writers dream of moving to one of the big cool culture cities to make it. New York. L.A. Portland. Seattle. Increasingly, Austin. But not all of us can live there, for whatever reason. Some of us live in itty bitty rural hamlets, and we’re happy there. Some of us live in cities with a terrific cultural scene, but the city gets overlooked for b…

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Escape From New York 54:40

3M ago54:40

54:40

Many writers dream of moving to one of the big cool culture cities to make it. New York. L.A. Portland. Seattle. Increasingly, Austin. But not all of us can live there, for whatever reason. Some of us live in itty bitty rural hamlets, and we’re happy there. Some of us live in cities with a terrific cultural scene, but the city gets overlooked for b…

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Episode 233: ANOINTING THE SICK #218 ~ Behind The Temple Doors 1:31:07

3M ago1:31:07

1:31:07

After last week's black metal special, Anointing The Sick is back with a 'normal' show hosted by Halo Of The Goat Radio. Starting with the industrial tinged death of Infection Code, I'm treading the usual hazardous path of thrash, doom and 3 bands I pulled wriggling from the filth pit. Yersin, Severed Arm and Crypt Jaintor. The label spotlight fall…

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Katie and the Whale—Tintin in the Congo 1:33:22

3M ago1:33:22

1:33:22

The sixth episode of Infinite Danger, plus a quick vocal warmup. Episode 6, Katie and the Whale, the lifetime fish drama episode: Cosby Mysteries. Major Briggs. Elective Mutism. Iron Deficiencies. Why we don’t know much about whales. Marineland’s Scenic Empty Field. Bjossa. Everyone knows that the captain of a ship is in charge of the ship. But did…

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The Glup Shitto Episode 1:14:24

4M ago1:14:24

1:14:24

What’s in a name? A lot, really. That’s why they’re so hard to come up with. Parents agonize over picking the right baby name for their children. We gave up on naming this podcast. And as authors, sometimes it’s hard to come up with a good name for your character or your imaginary monster, or your fake magical bullshit. So in this episode, a writer…

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The Glup Shitto Episode 1:14:24

4M ago1:14:24

1:14:24

What’s in a name? A lot, really. That’s why they’re so hard to come up with. Parents agonize over picking the right baby name for their children. We gave up on naming this podcast. And as authors, sometimes it’s hard to come up with a good name for your character or your imaginary monster, or your fake magical bullshit. So in this episode, a writer…

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Episode 232: ANOINTING THE SICK DIRTY 30 ~ Black Metal Volume II 2:48:36

4M ago2:48:36

2:48:36

Anointing The Sick sprays filth on the unhallowed walls of Halo Of The Goat Radio and spews forth thirty of the dirtiest blackened doom/death/thrash/grind bands the Black Metal scene has to offer. Be prepared to douse yourself down with industrial bleach and a wire brush afterwards. Hand picked are ~ Abhorrency / Ba'al / Carpe Noctem / Dargor / Edo…

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Episode 231: ANOINTING THE SICK #217 ~ A Propensity To Violence 1:24:45

4M ago1:24:45

1:24:45

The latest Anointing The Sick Show hosted by Halo Of The Goat Radio is upon us. Opening with the cavernous Vastum and closing with the death rock of Demoniah. As usual there's all kinds going on whether it's thrash, sludge, doom or stoner. Aural violence is provided by ~ Vastum Aglo Bazooka Troopaz Death Magick Metal Life Crisis Humulus Acid Throne…

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The Contender—The Concrete Cubes

4M ago

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The fifth episode of Infinite Danger brings you HUGE GAMING NEWS! Episode 5, The Contender, in which Jonah could have saved the starving third world if it weren’t for The Woman: Legit tennis bonafides. The Burger Shack. Space Command. Tarzan, Tarzan, Tarzan. Darwin’s Nightmare. Dad’s new breeding techniques. Why Jonah must overcome slave morality. …

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Self-Publishing with Evan Dahm

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A lot of this podcast is about the publishing industry: breaking into it, working within it, and our frustrations with it. But some writers and artists strike out on their own. Joining us in this episode is Evan Dahm, writer and artist of 3rd Voice, Rice Boy, and other online serialized fantasy-adventure comics. Links: Rice-boy.com Evan Dahm on Top…

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Episode 230: ANOINTING THE SICK #216 ~ Succumb To Void 1:14:39

4M ago1:14:39

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The Anointing The Sick Show rears it's ugly head on Halo Of The Goat Radio to play for you some of the gnarliest music known to humankind. Opening with some of the most malignant HM-2 death metal around and closing with some noisy deathrock. Plenty of filth pit music but also some killer stoner to sooth your ears among the ensuing carnage. This wee…

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Episode 229: ANOINTING THE SICK #215 ~ Amplification Addict 1:12:15

4M ago1:12:15

1:12:15

The Anointing The Sick Show feeds your addiction to extreme music on Halo Of The Goat Radio. Uk deathsludgsters Warcrab who released one of my albums of the year in 2023 open the show. Inbetween your tinnitus is tickled by thrash, death, sludge and doom bands until the final closer by retro rockers Stygian Fair. The filth pit has spewed forth a cou…

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Against Worldbuilding 1:14:36

5M ago1:14:36

1:14:36

I can show you the world. Shining, shimmering splendid. Tell me, writer, now when did you last read a worldbuilding guide? In this episode, returning champions Karlo Yeager Rodriguez and Simon McNeil join us to talk about worldbuilding. Links: “As the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood” Simon’s essay that absolutely no one is mad at Image …

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I Just Wanted a Website That Was Fucking Normal 1:09:50

6M ago1:09:50

1:09:50

In this episode, we’re talking to Matt Wolfbridge about his new online magazine, Typebar. We discuss how and why he put the magazine together, the grim state of internet-based publishing, and typewriters. Links: Typebar Magazine “Don’t hate me because I’m rich!” Wingspan and Post-Capitalist Forms of Competition Just my typewriter Abridged Thoughts …

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i Pony: Blueprint for a New America 34:51

6M ago34:51

34:51

We’re back from our brief sabbatical with an all-new episode to discuss the most important work of utopian–or dystopian, depending on your interpretation–fiction of the past decade: i Pony: Blueprint for a New America by libertarian presidential candidate and boot model Vermin Supreme. About Rite Gud: R. S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fanta…

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Based & Rhino Pilled 1:14:13

7M ago1:14:13

1:14:13

Howdy, Matt here! As you may remember from last month’s episode, Rite Gud is taking this month off. We’ve taken out one of our book club episodes from behind the paywall to share with you all. We’re looking at the Ionesco’s Rhinoceros with Simon McNeil, recorded in August of last year. If you like this and want more, the Book Club is available for …

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Shock Value, or, Don’t Cut Yourself On That Edge 53:24

7M ago53:24

53:24

In this podcast, we talk a lot about transgressive art and pushing the envelope. We rail against censors and prudes. And for that reason, we’ve gotten a little bit of a reputation as shock jocks and edgelords. And we have definitely attracted some shock jocks and edgelords. But, in this episode, we’re going to talk about the limits of shock value. …

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Putting Real Stuff in Your Fake Stuff 54:43

8M ago54:43

54:43

We all incorporate the real world into our fiction. It’s impossible not to. Maybe we base a character on someone we love–or hate. Maybe we write a story inspired by a real life event–something that happened to us, or something we heard about in the news, or in a history book. But what are the ethics of this? Are we “stealing” other people’s experie…

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Losers, Failures and Fuck-Ups 1:12:49

9M ago1:12:49

1:12:49

Everybody loves a winner–either a hyper competent alpha male who always saves the day, or maybe a relatable underdog who beats the odds and comes out on top. But in this episode of Rite Gud, we’re paying tribute to literary losers, fuck-ups, and failures. Joining us is J.R. Bolt. About Rite Gud: R. S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and…

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Writing About Disability 1:00:08

9M ago1:00:08

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In this episode, we’re talking about physical disability. How do we portray disabilities in fiction? How should we portray them? What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? James McPherson joins us to examine how disabilities are portrayed in works like Fury Road, Avatar, Game of Thrones, Evil Dead and Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. Links: …

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Toothless Vampires 1:10:23

10M ago1:10:23

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There’s a trend in contemporary SFF to soften or humanize monsters. We have nice vampires who don’t kill people, sad ghosts who don’t torment the living, succubi who don’t fuck anyone. Some people find this charming, but here at Rite Gud, we like it when monsters are monstrous. Links David Cage denies allegations of toxic workplace culture at Quant…

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Eat Gud 1:27:38

11M ago1:27:38

1:27:38

Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good. I’m RS Benedict, and I’ll be your waiter this evening. On tonight’s menu, we’re starting off with a discussion about the lack of physicality in contemporary speculative fiction. Then we’ll move on to the entree, in which we chew on why, exactly, it’s so important to consider food in your w…

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(Don’t) Gotta Go Fast 1:04:58

11M ago1:04:58

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The average American consumes 100,000 words a day. But what do we retain? What have we learned? We think that bigger is better, and more is better, but what about quality over quantity? Will reading more books make you smarter? Does writing more books mean you’re a better author? And what’s the difference between a binge and a feast? Here to talk a…

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Touch Grass 58:21

1y ago58:21

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A sense of place can ground your story, or create a mood, or give it something really unique. Unfortunately, in an era in which we are all way too online, it’s easy to neglect this, and stick our characters in a weird featureless void. So how can we escape the set design from THX-1138? One way is by engaging with nature. Here to talk about it is As…

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Fite Gud 47:54

1y ago47:54

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While you studied writing, I studied the blade. While you were having critique sessions, I mastered the parry. While you wasted your days at writing workshops in pursuit of sentence craft I cultivated grip strength. And now that you’re trying to write an epic fantasy novel and you don’t know how to handle swordplay you have the audacity to come to …

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More Bad Writing Advice 1:11:23

1y ago1:11:23

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Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of writing advice out there that doesn’t help you write good. In fact, it helps you write pretty bad. And some of this advice is from professional, published writers. Here to join us once again for another episode about bad writing advice is Mattie Lewis. We ta…

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The Way to Write the Other is Not To Make the Other Into You 1:11:24

1y ago1:11:24

1:11:24

There’s a long tradition in Western literature of exoticizing other cultures, particularly the East and the Global South. And recently, there’s been a major effort to undo all that–to de-exoticize the way we depict other cultures. And that’s a a step in the right direction, for sure. Stereotyping and dehumanizing people from other cultures is bad. …

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