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Critical Friends Episode 24: On Oeuvres
Jun 1, 2026
57m 26s
'Cold Comfort' by Louis Inglis Hall read by Emmie Christie
May 27, 2026
18m 16s
Critical Friends Episode 23: On Reviewing Debuts
May 4, 2026
56m 26s
"Four Steps to Hunt a God" by Athar Fikry read by Emmie Christie
Apr 27, 2026
9m 59s
Critical Friends Episode 22: Romancing The Genre
Apr 6, 2026
55m 05s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/1/26 |  Critical Friends Episode 24: On Oeuvres✨ | SFF criticismback catalog+3 | Kate MacdonaldDuncan Lawie | The Curve of the WorldLoss Protocol | — | SFFcriticism+3 | — | 57m 26s | |
| 5/27/26 | 'Cold Comfort' by Louis Inglis Hall read by Emmie Christie✨ | animal crueltybody transformation+3 | Emmie Christie | — | — | Cold ComfortLouis Inglis Hall+5 | — | 18m 16s | |
| 5/4/26 |  Critical Friends Episode 23: On Reviewing Debuts✨ | reviewing debut booksresponsibility of reviewers+3 | Hana CarolinaAlex Kingsley | Krackle's Last MovieIsaac | — | debut booksSFF criticism+3 | — | 56m 26s | |
| 4/27/26 | "Four Steps to Hunt a God" by Athar Fikry read by Emmie Christie✨ | hunting godspersonal autonomy+4 | Athar FikryEmmie Christie | Four Steps to Hunt a God | — | huntinggods+4 | — | 9m 59s | |
| 4/6/26 |  Critical Friends Episode 22: Romancing The Genre✨ | romanceromantasy+3 | Jenny HamiltonAnushree Nande | Into The Midnight WoodThe Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains | — | romanceromantasy+5 | — | 55m 05s | |
| 3/9/26 | "I Wish You Died Laughing" by Lio Abendan read by Jenna Hanchey✨ | fictionanimal cruelty+4 | Lio Abendan | — | — | Strange Horizonsfiction podcast+5 | — | 29m 22s | |
| 3/2/26 |  Critical Friends Episode 21: On Style✨ | styleSFF criticism+5 | Paul KincaidDawn Macdonald | SyncopationInto the Sun | — | styleSFF+7 | — | 46m 17s | |
| 2/6/26 | "The Aquarium for Lost Souls" by Natasha King read by Jenna Hanchey✨ | fictionscience+4 | Jenna Hanchey | — | — | aquariumlost souls+5 | — | 1h 07m 10s | |
| 1/26/26 |  Critical Friends Episode 20: On Book Clubs✨ | book clubscriticism+4 | Tristan Beiter | Ursula K. Le Guin | — | book clubscriticism+4 | — | 44m 30s | |
| 1/5/26 |  Critical Friends Episode 19: On Cosy Horrors✨ | cosy horrorSFF criticism+3 | Shannon FayMarisa Mercurio | The MacabreSlashed Beauties | — | cosy horrorSFF criticism+3 | — | 48m 49s | |
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| 12/9/25 | "Orchard Village Catalog" by Parker Peevyhouse read by Michael Ireland✨ | fictionscience+3 | — | Orchard Village Catalog | — | Strange HorizonsParker Peevyhouse+3 | — | 24m 03s | |
| 12/2/25 |  Critical Friends Episode 18: On Fantasy and History✨ | fantasyhistory+3 | Cameron MiguelNick Hubble | Strange HorizonsMaking History+1 | — | fantasyhistory+3 | — | 51m 11s | |
| 11/24/25 |  Ageism and Ableism at Conventions (Writing While Disabled S2E5-A)✨ | ageismableism+3 | — | Strange Horizonsispeakwaves+1 | — | ageismableism+5 | — | 32m 35s | |
| 11/18/25 |  Writing the Diaspora Experience with R.B. Lemberg (SH@25 Episode 17) | In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, Podcast Editor Kat Kourbeti sits down with long-time Strange Horizons contributor RB Lemberg for a conversation about their extensive work with the magazine, using poetry as a tool to refine short and long-form fiction, writing about the diaspora experience, and the comfort one can find in stories from perspectives outside one's own. Oh, and Ursula K LeGuin, of course.Links and things:Want to leave us a happy birthday message? Click here to record an audio message, and here for video.Join our Patreon for early episode access, or donate through any other way to hear your name and message in our next episodes.Are you starting to read stories for SFF awards season? Consider our fiction and poetry archives as a good starting point, and let us know your favourite stories and poems of the year on Bluesky.Episode show notes:Read RB Lemberg's work in our archives.Visit their website, their Patreon, or follow them on Bluesky.Buy Yoke of Stars, their latest Birdverse novella, which just won the World Fantasy Award!Pre-order We Will Rise Again, the activism anthology edited by Annalee Newitz, Karen Lord, and Malka Older.Find more links to their work, plus other interesting things, scattered through the transcript on our website. | — | ||||||
| 11/11/25 | 'The Spindle of Necessity' by B.Pladek read by Arden Fitzroy | In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, editor Michael Ireland presents B. Pladek's 'The Spindle of Necessity' read by Arden Fitzroy.You can read the full text of the story, and more about B. Pladek here.Content Warning: Disregard for personal autonomyDysphoriaSexism/gender discriminationShamingTrans misgendering or other transphobic depictions | — | ||||||
| 11/7/25 |  Celebrating 25 Years - SH@25 Anniversary Issue Episode | Celebrating 25 Years with The Strange Horizons Editorial CollectiveIn this special episode of Strange Horizons at 25, Senior Podcast Editor Kat Kourbeti and Editor Michael Ireland welcome current members of the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a series of interviews to give you a glimpse behind the curtain of each department and to celebrate 25 years of this pioneering speculative fiction magazine.Read the full transcript on our website.A big thank you to Arturo Serrano, Proofreader; Dan Hartland and Aisha Subramanian, Senior Reviews Editors and hosts of Critical Friends; Hebe Stanton, Senior Fiction Editor; Romie Stott, Administrative Editor and Senior Poetry Editor; and Gautam Bhatia, Co-Ordinating Editor and Senior Articles Editor, for joining us for these interviews. Happy 25 years, one and all, and here's to many more! | — | ||||||
| 11/3/25 |  Critical Friends Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully | In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Dan Hartland is joined by the outgoing editor of Foundation, Paul March-Russell, and the founding editor of the Harare Review of Books, Jacqueline Nyathi. They discuss speculative fiction’s approach to hope and optimism. Where has it gone? How do writers express it? And what are its pitfalls?Paul's review of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. SwiftJacqui's review of The Afterlife Project by Tim WeedJacqui's essay, "Collective Dreaming: The Schrödinger's Cat Approach to Framing Futures" | — | ||||||
| 10/27/25 |  Velociraptor Space Army (Writing While Disabled S2E4) | In this special episode of Writing While Disabled's second season, hosts Kristy Anne Cox and Kate Johnston speculate about the impact of a space army made up of various species of dinosaurs, and make connections to disability and accommodations as they relate to the real life of disabled people.If you prefer, you can watch the full episode with close-caption subtitles here, or read the transcript here.Show notes:This episode was produced and hosted by Kristy Anne Cox and Kate Johnston, and edited, mixed, and transcribed by Kat Kourbeti.The theme song, "Funky - Upbeat Loop" by ispeakwaves, is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Want to send us a question? You can do so here! | — | ||||||
| 10/21/25 |  A Masterclass in Writing (and Finding Love) with Tim Melody Pratt | In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, Tim Melody Pratt walks Podcast Editor Kat Kourbeti through their extensive oeuvre in the SH archives, recounts meeting their life partner through the magazine, and explains how it all intertwined together into a life and career bursting with magic.Links and things:Want to leave us a happy birthday message? Click here to record an audio message, and here for video.Join our Patreon for early episode access, or donate through any other way to hear your name and message in our next episodes.Want to meet the team? Podcast editors Kat and Michael will be at World Fantasy Con, alongside Poetry Editor Vanessa Jae and Fiction/Articles Editor Joyce Ch'ng! Come to the first Strange Horizons Tea Party in years on Sunday at 11am, and celebrate our 25th anniversary with us.Episode show notes:Read Tim Pratt's work in our archives.Visit their website, follow them on Bluesky, and check out their Patreon to read their monthly short stories.Buy Tim's latest book, Starfinder: Era of the Eclipse, or the one before that, The Knife and the Serpent.Find further links to Tim's work and other things mentioned throughout the transcript on our website. | — | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | 'City Grown From Seed' by Diana Dima read by Emmie Christie | In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, editor Michael Ireland presents Diana Dima's 'City Grown From Seed' read by Emmie Christie.You can read the full text of the story, and more about Diana Dima here.Content Warning: Domestic violence / domestic abuse | — | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  Critical Friends Episode 16: Length and Breadth with Redfern Jon Barrett and Nileena Sunil | In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Dan Hartland is joined by the novelist and critic Redfern Jon Barrett and the reader and reviewer Nileena Sunil. They discuss those novels that feel too short or not long enough: what's behind that feeling we have that a text is lacking something, or that it's overstretched? And how can we meet works of fiction on their own ground?Redfern's review of If the Stars Are Lit by Sara K. EllisNileean's review of Orphan Planet by Madeehah Reza | — | ||||||
| 9/9/25 | 'Of Flowing Stone, of Liquid Gold, of Justice, Ash, and Battle' by Malda Marlys read by Emmie Christie | In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Malda Marlys' 'Of Flowing Stone, of Liquid Gold, of Justice, Ash, and Battle' read by Emmie Christie.You can read the full text of the story, and more about Malda Marlys here.Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: SpotifyContent Warning: Disregard for personal autonomyBloodBody transformationDeath/dyingDysphoriaMurderViolence/combat | — | ||||||
| 9/1/25 |  Critical Friends Episode 15: On Time-Pass with Sneha Pathak and Tansy Gardam | In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Dan Hartland is joined by the literary reviewer Sneha Pathak and the host of the Going Rogue podcast, Tansy Gardam. They discuss the kinds of text which many don’t find worthy of criticism at all: books or movies or TikTok reels that might be termed popular, populist, or popcorn. What are we doing when we spend time with a text which—perhaps only at first—exhibits few pretensions?Sneha Pathak's review of The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction, edited by Rakesh Khanna, translated by Vishwambhari S. ParmarTansy Gardam's review of Jurassic World: Rebirth | — | ||||||
| 8/4/25 |  Critical Friends Episode 14: Hard Times with Octavia Cade and M.L. Clark | In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Dan Hartland speaks with writers and critics Octavia Cade and M. L. Clark about writing in hard times. How and why is speculative friction written in contexts of defeat, despair, or decay? They discuss climate change and artificial intelligence, systems political, biological, and economic—and how SF might be, and yet sometimes isn't, a key tool in opening up new modes of understanding during a time that Octavia suggests might best be termed the Necrocene.M. L. Clark's review of Ray Nayler's Where The Axe is Buried.Octavia Cade's review of Vanessa Saunders's The Flat Woman. | — | ||||||
| 7/29/25 |  On Artistic Honesty with Debbie Urbanski (SH@25 Episode 15) | In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, editor Kat Kourbeti chats to author Debbie Urbanski about her 2018 Strange Horizons publication and the 13 years of submissions it took to get accepted, writing in the gray areas between genres, and what it means to be artistically honest in your work.Links and things:Want to leave us a happy birthday message? Click here to record an audio message, and here for video.Join our Patreon for early episode access, or donate through any other way to hear your name and message in our next episodes.Want to meet the team? Podcast editors Kat and Michael will be at Seattle Worldcon! Come to our Table Talk on Wednesday morning, or to our live episode recording on Friday evening, grab a ribbon, and tell us about your favourite Strange Horizons stories, poems, or special issues.Episode show notes:Read Debbie Urbanski's story, Some Personal Arguments in Support of the BetterYou (Based on Early Interactions)Visit her website, or follow her on Instagram and SubstackBuy her book, After World, or her short story collection PortalmaniaRead Andy Sawyer's Strange Horizons review of After WorldFind more links to her work and other things mentioned throughout the transcript page on our website. | — | ||||||
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