Episode 41: Role-Playing Games with Jeff Hessell

Jeff Hessell, GM of the upcoming actual-play RPG podcast The Cast Perilous, joins Carrie and K.W. for a chat on all things role-playing games!

The Cast Perilous debuts on Tuesday, August 18th. Follow the game on Twitter @thecastperilous and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 40: The Baby-Sitters Club with Rachel; The Chicks’ Gaslighter

Rachel joins Carrie and K.W. once again, this time to talk about the new Netflix adaptation of The Baby-Sitters Club! They also discuss the new album Gaslighter from The Chicks.

Episode 39: Melissa Long and Mary Mascari from The Writing Easy

Melissa Long and Mary Mascari, cohosts of The Writing Easy podcast, join Carrie and K.W. for a talk on podcasting, writing, and pop culture.

Find The Writing Easy at: www.thewritingeasypodcast.com, on Instagram @writingeasypodcast, on Facebook @writingeasypodcast, and on Twitter @writingeasypod1. Listen to it wherever you find your podcasts!

Episode 38: Nature, Jumanji, and The Handmaid’s Tale

Carrie and K.W. talk about finding inspiration and comfort in nature! Carrie's topic for the week is Jumanji: The Next Level, and K.W.'s is the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale.

Episode 37: Sports, Finding New Music, the Comfort of Mysteries, and K.W’s New Story

Topics on this episode are many and varied! They include:

- the NWSL Challenge Cup

- old baseball games on radio

- a rhizomatic approach to finding new-to-you music

- the comfort of mystery stories, featuring V. M. Burns's The Plot Is Mystery, and

- K. W.'s latest story, "Parasomnia," in the Dark Lane Anthology Volume Nine

Stay safe and healthy!

Episode 36: ’90s TV!

It's our '90s TV episode! Pop-culture guru Robin hops on the pod once again, this time for a discussion on Melrose Place, and children's/YA author A.J. Culey discusses her love of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Find Robin on Twitter and Instagram @robinhhhhh (That's 5 Hs!).

Find A.J. on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram @ajculey and online at www.ajculey.com.

Episode 35: J.L. Gribble

Fantasy author J.L. Gribble joins Carrie and K.W. to talk about her writing as well as some of the pop culture she's currently enjoying!

Find J.L. online at jlgribble.com and on Twitter and Instagram @hannaedits.

Episod 34: The Vast of Night, “The Tower of Ithadir,” The Prisoner with Guest Robin

K.W. discusses the Amazon movie The Vast of Night, and Carrie gives a sneak peek of her latest short story, "The Tower of Ithadir," in the recently released Reign of Queens anthology.

Robin also joins us once more for an enthusiastic discussion of The Prisoner TV series from 1967. Find Robin on Instagram and Twitter @robinhhhhh (that's 5 Hs!).

Episode 33: Heidi Ruby Miller

Science-fiction author Heidi Ruby Miller is back to talk about her own books in the Ambasadora-verse! Find Heidi online at on Instagram @HeidiRubyMiller and on her website, www.heidirubymiller.com.

Episode 32: Poets Erin Carlyle and Mary Soon Lee

It's a poetry episode! K.W. interviews Erin Carlyle about her writing, her inspiration, and writing during the pandemic. And Carrie interviews Mary Soon Lee about her latest poetry books, The Sign of the Dragon and Elemental Haiku, and some of her favorite pop culture.

Find Erin on Instagram @erincarlylepoetcatgirl.

Find Mary on Twitter @MarySoonLee and at her website: www.marysoonlee.com.