Description: In this final episode of Season 1 David gets comfortable in the boudoir with voice actor Mark Meer and explores the intricacies of chasing passions both on and off the mic.

Guest at a Glance

Mark Meer is known worldwide for his voice work in video games, especially Commander Shepard in the Massive Effect series.

Show Notes:

First comic

Marvels what if

Life before societal acceptance

Role playing and satan

The advantage of dropping out

Insane improvisation

From discovering performance to voice work

Gaming as a gaming actor

The biggest influence

TV shows to get you through lockdown

Advice to a 12 yr old then and now

Mentioned in this episode:

Fundraiser auction site for Michael Hogan of Babylon 5 - https://society6.com/fleetisfamily

https://propnomicon.blogspot.com/

Find Mark:

https://www.cameo.com/markmeer

https://twitter.com/Mark_Meer

https://instagram.com/mr.markmeer

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Tipple: Siren Red Ale - One In All In - https://www.sirencraftbrew.com/stories-and-events/blog/granadilla-vs-one-in-all-in

Inspiration:  JLA 157 Till Doom do us Part

Finally on his 3rd attempt David gets to the point he meant to when he first started talking about this Justice League comic and it's all about Empathy.

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Many thanks to Joe Rawlinson-Hunt - https://joerawlinson-hunt.com/ and Siobhan Monteith https://twitter.com/siobhanmonteith for the use of their voices in this episode

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Tipple: George T Stagg - https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/stagg/george-t-stagg.html

Inspiration:  Tiriplanetary Bk1 of The Lensman Series from E E 'Doc' Smith

David reflects on his importance, legacy and influence while trying to con you into buying him a ridiculously expensive bottle of Bourbon

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Tipple:  Interstellar Hyperdrive - https://www.liquidlightbrewco.com/

Inspiration:  JLA 157 Till Doom Do Us Part

Once again David gets distracted form his purpose by what he learns from the Justice League about Love and Foolishness

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Links:

https://www.relate.org.uk/

https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/relationships-and-family/

https://thespark.org.uk/relationship-support-for-couples-individuals/relationship-helpline/

https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

https://mensadviceline.org.uk/

https://www.mind.org.uk

https://www.safeline.org.uk

https://www.mankind.org.uk

https://www.refuge.org.uk

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David and Adam get riff on the the components of the journey that took Adam from watching films on the sofa to being a creative on Marvel Movies and more, while considering how we nurture the next generation.

Guest at a Glance

Adam Dewhirst is a lead modeller at ILM (Industrial light and magic). He has over 17 years experience in VFX spanning Games, film, TV, commercials and children’s television. Perhaps one of his most loved creations is Rocket Racoon for Guardians of the Galaxy

Show Notes:

Stuff Adam has worked on that you love!

Epiphany moments and the journey into a career

Geekdom as a companion

The changing face of Comic Conventions and geek films/tv

What Farscape teaches us about growth

The influence of Spiderman

Navigating a relationship with a civilian

The Next Generation

Charting your life

Mentioned in this episode:

Hickman X-Men - https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/jonathan-hickman-x-men-reading-order

Thor - https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/28031/thor_2020_-_present

Find Adam

https://twitter.com/dewhirstadam

https://www.instagram.com/dewhirstadam/

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Tipple: Pink Grapefruit Juice

Inspiration:  Foundation by Asimov

In this episode David use's the classic sci-fi series from Issac Asimov to reflect and project on the importance an a pointless of a good plan on his life and career

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Tipple: Method and Madness - Wild Cherry Wood

Inspiration:  Justice League 156 - The Atom

David gets derailed today by a re-read of an old comic, as he learns something he wasn't expecting to and ultimately gets relationship advice from a superhero

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Tipple: Not a tipple a bar - The Deer's head in Belfast

Inspiration - WandaVision and What If...Dr Strange...

Welcome back to the boudoir and this week, David's pays for a night of excess in Northern Ireland and explores the transformative effect of grief, reliving what it costs the grieving and those around them This is a spoiler heavy episode.

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Creativity, Depression & Getting Up Again with Barry Nugent

Description:

David welcomes one of his oldest and closest friends, author and co founder of his other podcast - Geek Syndicate -  into the boudoir.

Listen to the banter as they explore their friendship, origins, traumas and dig into how life's  mental fallout has affected Barry's creativity.

Guest at a Glance

Barry Nugent is an author of supernatural adventures and the creative force behind the Unseen Shadows Universe, which expands the world and characters from his novels across multiple platforms.

Barry is also the co-host on the Geek Syndicate podcast, that takes a humorous look at pop culture. The success of the podcast led him to co-present two documentaries for the BBC.

Barry lives in sunny Northampton (well sometimes it is) with his wife and two cats.

Show Notes:

Early  influences

Family & Geekdom

Influential Characters

Mums & Raiders - The inspiration for creativity

Falling of the bus - an origin story

Imposter syndrome  depression and hunger

Dealing with geek prejudice

The importance of music

Trail of the Cursed Cobras

The role of geekdom in your life

Music Mentioned in this episode:

Raiders March - https://youtu.be/ojZ0k9ymdU0

Victory March from Star Wars - https://youtu.be/BjDaPOWdx6s

One of Barry's favourite moments from Indy - https://youtu.be/v1VkhCF8zV4

Get

Trail of the Cursed Cobras

Find Barry:

Barry@unseenshadows.com

http://www.barrynugent.com

https://twitter.com/unseen_shadows

https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate

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Tipple: King Korvak's Saga by Stephen Aryan

Inspiration:  Blakes 7

It was just another after school sci-fi tv show on the tele box, but what what it taught us in terms of appreciating shades of grey, the importance of sharing who are you and facing your Goliaths was invaluable.

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Links:

Blakes 7 dvd - https://amzn.to/3CSloxS

Contact

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Inspiration:  The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Tipple: 1698 from Shepherd Neame Brewery

A book that spawned 11 more books plus a game, a tv series, a comic and several short stories encourages David to assess the importance of truth over his self delusions

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Links:

The Sword of Shannara - https://amzn.to/3op8G65

The original trilogy - https://amzn.to/3ilxTdD

The Shannara Chronicles TV trailer -https://youtu.be/2cbLfgM5z7M

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Tipple: Singleton of Dufftown

Inspiration:  Fantastic Four 109; The Matrix Revolutions

A 50 yr old comic, a much maligned movie and the value of self sacrifice. David explores how and what the Fantastic Four imprinted on his childhood brain. His wife also makes an appearance and it's glorious.

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Links:

The Battle for the Dock from The Matrix Revolutions - I cannot get enough of this

Fantastic Four 109

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Description:

In this episode David chats with Courtney, an incredibly creative geek and fellow parent to a dead child. There's lots of laughter while exploring grief, mental health, children ,geekdom and asking the question - "What geeky artefact would you sell to pay the rent?"

Guest at a Glance

A life long geek and founder of Mother of Mayhem UK Courtney is a friendly and highly creative London-based retoucher who has worked with  clients such as ADIDAS, ITALIA VOGUE, RED, ELLE MAGAZINE, NET-A-PORTER, and more. She's an Artist, Quad Skater & Longboarder. She loves all things 80s n Retro, is a  Mother, Film Geek and probably loves Tom Welling a little more than she should!

Subjects we talked about in this episode:

Where it began

Smallville

Geekdom and Isolation

Finding your tribe

Babyloss, anger and Batman

Naming a dead baby

Mental Health, Grief and Geekdom

Identifying with The Joker

Naming  The Next Generation

Bedtime Stories and "indoctrinating" The Next Generation

Belonging

Paying the rent!

Mentioned in this episode:

Smallville

Harley Quinn Animated Series trailer

Tron Legacy Trailer

The Mummy Returns

DC Superhero Girls

Joker

Invincible Trailer  Invincible Comic

The Boys

Find Courtney:

https://www.courtneycharlton.co.uk/

courtneyjcharlton@gmail.com

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Tipple: Prosecco

Inspiration:  Vixen, Black Canary, The Question, Hawkgirl; Valerian & Laureline; My Children

Description:

When geekdom is embedded in your soul, it's hard to resist the urge to make the Next Generation part of the picture. So meet David's daughters and discover one of the indicators of the perfect partner, how to choose geeky but meaningful names and discover the benefits of a home birth.

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Links:

Vixen - animated movie

Vixen: Return of the Lion (comic)

The Black Canary: Bird of Prey - Old school Black Canary

Birds of Prey - Any BoP title written by Gail Simone is worth reading for Black Canary goodness...maybe on kindle though

Crime Bible: The Five Lessons of Blood - The Question

Earth : The Gathering - Hawkgirl can be found all over the place but I particularly enjoyed her in this story

Valerian and Laureline - The Comic

Valerian - The Movie trailer

Contact

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Tipple: Beers52.com

Inspiration:  The Question

What does a faceless, trench-coated vigilante created by Spiderman co creator Steve Ditko and modernised by Denny O'Neil at DC comics have to teach us about mindfulness, mindset, self actualisation and the practices that make us better people.

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Who is The Question?

Investigative reporter Vic Sage strives to tell his viewers the truth - and philosophical, trenchcoated hero The Question, whose face is a featureless blank - uncovers what Sage can't. But with deadly martial artist assassins and political intrigue to contend with, will one man be able to make a difference?

Links:

The Question by Steve Ditko - read a collection the original version of The Question by Steve Ditko (1967-1968)

The Question #1 - read the 1st issue of the DC version of The Question on Kindle

The Question Omnibus - coming April 2022 collecting the late 80's run of The Question Comic and more. I cannot recommend this highly enough

Contact

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Tipple: Time Travelling Taxi from Brew York

Inspiration: [2m23s] A Wizard of Earthsea; Motherhood: Fort Salem (Freeform; BBC iPlayer)

Today David shares one of the most influential books from his young years - A Wizard of Earthsea ( in fact the whole Earthsea saga by Ursula LeGuin. Discover what set this book apart, how it relates to a tv show about modern day witches and what exactly is stealth diversity.

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Links:

The Book of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition - https://amzn.to/3BX992C ( This is the 50th anniversary edition and is beautiful)

Do me a favour:

Let me know what books were influential in your development, what books had a huge impact on you?

Contact

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Bio:

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the acclaimed Shadows of the Apt fantasy series, from the first volume, Empire In Black and Gold in 2008 to the final book, Seal of the Worm, in 2014. In civilian life he is a lawyer, gamer and amateur entomologist.

Tchaikovsky's novel Children of Time won the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award on 24 August 2016.

Show Notes:

2:00 Octopussies or Octopi?

3:15 - Adrian's Doctorate

4:20 - Adrian's journey from University to working in blood spattered offices

9:15 - Landmark geeky influences

11:42 - The significance of role play and how it relates to insect segmentation!

15:59 - Being edited and navigating his love of words

22:42 - writing methodology - for the audience vs writing for yourself

27:24 - What scares Adrian about his own writing

29:55 - Engaging with your version of the future

31:45 - Autism, Being an outcast and reactions from your 12 yr old self

33:23 - The Book that made Adrian cry

34:53 - What's next for Adrian

38:00 - My thoughts and farewell

Books written by Adrian mentioned in this episode

Walking To Aldebaran - https://amzn.to/38NPiq3

Bearhead - https://amzn.to/3tn4sfw

Doors of Eden - https://amzn.to/3zXUpA1

Children of Time - https://amzn.to/2X3o8ZW

Children of Ruin - https://amzn.to/3jQxLUK

Dogs of War - https://amzn.to/3BOXwef

The Expert Systems Brother - https://amzn.to/3nfRjnw

Shards of Earth - https://amzn.to/38PSWQp

Other books mentioned in the podcast

Becky Chambers: Wayfarers series - https://amzn.to/3nhPMgG

Wheel of Time - https://amzn.to/3he55U1

The Infinite - Patience Agbabi - https://amzn.to/3yOusla

Find Adrian:

https://shadowsoftheapt.com/

twitter - @aptshadow

facebook - https://www.facebook.com/adrian.tchaikovsky

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This podcast was produced by...]]>David talks with prolific science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky about his journey from childhood to successful author. We explore his influences, methodology, mindset and discover the book that made him cry.

Bio:

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the acclaimed Shadows of the Apt fantasy series, from the first volume, Empire In Black and Gold in 2008 to the final book, Seal of the Worm, in 2014. In civilian life he is a lawyer, gamer and amateur entomologist.

Tchaikovsky's novel Children of Time won the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award on 24 August 2016.

Show Notes:

2:00 Octopussies or Octopi?

3:15 - Adrian's Doctorate

4:20 - Adrian's journey from University to working in blood spattered offices

9:15 - Landmark geeky influences

11:42 - The significance of role play and how it relates to insect segmentation!

15:59 - Being edited and navigating his love of words

22:42 - writing methodology - for the audience vs writing for yourself

27:24 - What scares Adrian about his own writing

29:55 - Engaging with your version of the future

31:45 - Autism, Being an outcast and reactions from your 12 yr old self

33:23 - The Book that made Adrian cry

34:53 - What's next for Adrian

38:00 - My thoughts and farewell

Books written by Adrian mentioned in this episode

Walking To Aldebaran - https://amzn.to/38NPiq3

Bearhead - https://amzn.to/3tn4sfw

Doors of Eden - https://amzn.to/3zXUpA1

Children of Time - https://amzn.to/2X3o8ZW

Children of Ruin - https://amzn.to/3jQxLUK

Dogs of War - https://amzn.to/3BOXwef

The Expert Systems Brother - https://amzn.to/3nfRjnw

Shards of Earth - https://amzn.to/38PSWQp

Other books mentioned in the podcast

Becky Chambers: Wayfarers series - https://amzn.to/3nhPMgG

Wheel of Time - https://amzn.to/3he55U1

The Infinite - Patience Agbabi - https://amzn.to/3yOusla

Find Adrian:

https://shadowsoftheapt.com/

twitter - @aptshadow

facebook - https://www.facebook.com/adrian.tchaikovsky

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You can watch a brilliant documentary about the raid here - The Greatest Raid of all Time

Inspiration:  Raised by Wolves (HBO; SKY Atlantic; NOW TV)

04m:15s - In this episode David explores the Ridley Scott produced sci-fi series Raised by Wolves. When you have a dead baby in your history, it becomes important that any tv show that touches on the subject does it right. Did a story about Androids called Mother and Father, hit the mark? Why is  a song so important?

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Stillbirth Links:

If you or anyone you know has been affected by Babyloss, here are a few links that may be helpful

SANDS

Daddy's With Angels

Grace in Action

Joel The complete Package

Cruse - Bereavement Counselling

I Pause - A spoken Word piece about babyloss

Please contact info@graceinaction.org.uk if you need any specific advice or signposting

Contact

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Inspiration:  The Witcher; Siren; Ghosts

Description:

02:02 - This week David takes his inspiration from The Witcher (Netflix), Siren (freeform; Amazon) & Ghosts (BBC iPlayer). We also make mention of The Man from Uncle and my other fantastic podcast Geek Syndicate.

What links a tale of mutant monster hunters, dangerous mermaids and a comedy  of inept spirits. What is about them that leads to the growth of bitterness?

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Inspiration: Doctor Who

What is it about a being travelling around in a Police Box that could create such an enduring and loved for show for almost 60 years? How could a show that started out with shaky sets form the template for a life journey.

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