Official OLS Episodes – One Last Sketch

Recording this episode cost us an arm and a leg.

We talk Fullmetal Alchemist.

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We were supposed to record an episode about Fullmetal Alchemist, but we got distracted by Cybersix, an animated Canadian TV show from 1999 that should not exist.

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We finally talk about Bone.

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Marie talks about Marie Brennan’s Memoirs of Lady Trent series, which begins with A Natural History of Dragons.

I am also present, largely to provide colour.

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We remember the internet being a lot more fun a decade ago. Why did our attitude change, and what major milestones did internet culture experience between now a…

A reflection on the life and works of Ursula K. Le Guin in light of her recent passing.

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So little of 2017 left, but just enough time to post our year in review! We discuss media we enjoyed this year, whether it was objectively good or not, including the University of Alberta mur…

In which we speak of books we never finished, or wish we had never finished. Normally, I would provide a list of the novels we talked about. But this time, I think it’s better if you go in bl…

We settle down to talk about another classic work of fantasy: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series, specifically the first three novels, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthe…

We take a break from civilized life and get our barbarian groove on with a discussion of Robert E. Howard’s character Conan, focusing on the 1936 serialized novel The Hour of the Dragon. Topics incl…

What does heaven look like? We find out by reading Steven Brust’s novel To Reign in Hell (1984).

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Japan makes lots of cartoons, so our planned cartoon episode ended up being all about anime junk: Kill la Kill, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Vision of Escaflowne, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time…

I already did my year-end blog post, but my usual podcast hosts haven’t, so here’s the podcast edition! We talk about all the movies, books, television shows, comics, anime and art gallery shows we …

The Giver by Lois Lowry is the one book on elementary/high school reading lists that Canadians our age remember fondly. Why is this, and why is the cover so darn memorable?

The internet has provided ways for artists to skirt around traditional channels to get their work out to the public; web series are one of the more ambitious examples. We chat about our favourite we…

We’re back! This time, we’re talking about adolescence, isolation and social anxiety in the anime series No Matter How I look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m not Popular! AKA, WataMote. Includes ver…

We egoize about Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1974 classic, The Dispossessed.

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A short, impromptu review of The Witches of Lublin, the holiday radio play “by Ellen Kushner and a bunch of other people in the cast.”

After suffering through TSR’s gamebooks, we decide to try one that’s actually good: Ring of Thieves by S. John Ross.

Dice will be rolled! Blood will spilled! Genies will be petulant!

The Dungeoneering Edition reaches its conclusion (Thank God) with Circus of Fear, and there is much rejoicing.