Episodes
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Welcome to the Apocalist Book Club. I’m Nella, and I know it’s been a while.
Before we get back to it with season 2, I have some other work to wrap up on our sister podcast.
See, in 2007 a supernatural horror book by Dan Simmons was published and by 2016 the story was adapted by AMC for a 10 episode season called THE TERROR.
Now, I’ll grant you, it’s not an apocalypse. But it is a fictionalized version of what might have happened to the Franklin Expedition.
And listeners, you know how this podcast feels about Doomed Polar Exploration.
I have joined my wife Joy and our friend Danielle on Binge O’Clock as guest historical enthusiast and resident Franklin Expedition obsessive. You can follow along over at Binge O’Clock on Spotify starting May 22, and new episodes will be released every 2 weeks.
Enjoy this early access to the introduction episode--fter all, it was on May 19th, 178 years ago, THAT 129 officers and crewmen under the leadership of Sir John Franklin left England. Their mission was to bridge the gap on British maps, and complete the Northwest passage.
Spoilers: they all died.
So I hope you’ll pick up a copy of the book, give the series a watch, play that Stan Rogers song on repeat, and join us as we unpack the rats nest of book vs show vs historical record.
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If you got up to use the restroom, don't worry you didn't miss anything!
Nella continues her Zombie Triple Feature Picture Show with Danielle Ngo and Joy Seldin from the podcast Binge O'Clock!
We unpack DAY OF THE DEAD, then touched on RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, the schlocky other "sequel" to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD that stole DAY's thunder. Rude.
And that wraps up our Zombie Movie Night!...or...DOES IT???
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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Hope you visited Concessions at intermission, because here's part 2!
Nella continues her Zombie Triple Feature Picture Show with Danielle Ngo and Joy Seldin from the podcast Binge O'Clock with DAWN OF THE DEAD! Send help, one actor looks so much like Jeeves and Wooster era Hugh Laurie I'm dying.
And remember kids, if you go through all the trouble of cleverly disguising the entrance to your tricked out living quarters, DON'T. LEAVE THEM. WHEN. THE BIKER GANG. COMES.
Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronismFollow the progress of the Apocalist here.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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While Raven and Nella are still prepping for Season 2: The Atomic Age for the Apocalist, Danielle Ngo and Joy Seldin from the podcast Binge O'Clock joined Nella to watch zombie movies...and not just any zombie movies, the ones that started it all!
This first episode explores the history of the zombie movie, and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Part 2 will continue with DAWN OF THE DEAD, and we'll end Part 3 with DAY OF THE DEAD (and a touch of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD for that 80s spicy brain flavor).
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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#41: Thank you to everyone that sent in questions for our Q&A! We currently don't have a hard start date for season 2 though Nella is planning a limited Zombie Movie Night series for the interim.
Stay tuned as we prepare for the Atomic Age!
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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#40: The year is...well it's a little timey wimey, but we're calling it 1939. Tom Conner was just a normal dude who was sent to the electric chair for murder...and wakes up to find himself in the FUTURE! In a world ruled by Immortals, Tom truly is the 2nd love interest of a YA dystopian novel heroine, he just doesn't know it yet. I straight up lose it over slide rulers in this one. Come for a rebellion that just really hates paying taxes, stay for the one immortal cat left alive.
And yes, Olga Romanov was a better Black Flame that Margaret of Urbs could ever DREAM of.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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#39: We're still in 1936 but we've moved out to the Scottish Highlands and taken up cave-living in the face of war! If you liked THE HATCHET or other wilderness survival books as a kid, you're probably going to like this one. This book could have been insufferable with moralizing, but MacPherson weaves a deceptively simple narrative that got under our ribs. We just wish he had ended it 2 chapters earlier...
Remember kids, the real Apocalypse is when you walk away from society.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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#38: The year is 1936 and we're back to our beloved Czech author Karel Capek. This is a much grimmer end of the world when compared to his 1922 novel THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE. While both novels address the danger of voracious human consumption, this one digs much deeper into the horrors of colonialism, and the exploitation of "the Other". There are no good guys here, but there are no mustache twirling villains either, and Capek gets to the heart of so many of the current dangers that threaten humanity. Although, who was Bondy in real life and what axe did Capek have to grind with him??? Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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#37: The year is a little of '34, a little of '35, and who gave T.H. White the right to delight us so much?! We 100% were not expecting all these hunting puns, but we are here for it. Come for Mr. Marx's sporting tour (who is a POC and NOT a villain, actually), stay for a very British farce of a Decameron.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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#36: We're back in 1934 with THE STRANGE INVADERS by Alun Llewellyn! If you can here on the promise of dinosaurs, I regret to inform you, so did we. New t-shirt idea: I survived the Apocalypse and all I got was this lousy herd of big man-eating lizards. Come for Alun's dislike of Stalin's communism, stay for the sexiest of lamps.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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Raven went back in time to 1909 to read the novella THE MACHINE STOPS with friend of the Apoc-pod, writer and virologist John Skylar!
E. M. Forster was very queer (he wrote MAURICE, after all) and we suspect he had a looking glass into the future because he nailed Zoom Fatigue. Come for a society that has forgotten how to repair the Machine that does EVERYTHING for them, stay for trying to avert an apocalypse with a Strongly Worded Complaint.
You can check out John Skylar's writing at Covid Transmissions.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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The year is 1934 and James Leslie Mitchell co-wrote a book with his own pseudonym, which LBH feels like a very Scottish thing to do.
Come for our bisexual, nudist female protagonist who is here to bash the Fash, stay for this one neat trick to help you fall asleep...with the small side effect that you end up in the F U T U R E!
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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The year is 1934 and we spent more time talking about our Tiffany instead of the book but TBH the book didn't have a declassified FBI file or a sick burn courtesy of Dorothy Parker. This book asks 'what would happen if no one could die?' and no one's the good guy here, not even the secretary.
ESPECIALLY the secretary.
Come for the zombie apocalypse no one asked for (including the author!), stay for the straights being at it again.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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The year is STILL 1933 with THE LORD OF LIFE by pseudonym of a pseudonym Neil Bell. 19 men and 1 woman are the only known survivors after a mad Bond villain scientist ends the world and it only gets worse from there because we're pretty sure this author thought he was being DROLL. Come for how fish are NOT pollinators, actually, stay for the Victory of the Incel. Where's a puke emoji when you need one...
CW: We talk about rape and coercion but we try to keep from being graphic.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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We continue our exploration of THE WOMAN ON THE BEAST! We haven't had a biblical Apocalypse since our first book and we really enjoyed this one. Come for the eve of the French Revolution, stay for Helen's OPINIONS about Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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Raven and Nella are back with your regularly scheduled Apocalist Book Club! We're still in 1933 but the exciting news is that your hosts are fully vaccinated and recorded this episode face-to-face!
That, and the fact they adored this book is probably why this episode is split into two parts. Come for Nella giving the briefest of histories about Goa and the Inquisition, stay for our new favorite Australian Hedge Witch.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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Our heroes take to the skies to give the Allens what for! Will they save the Earth from oncoming utopia? Will they ever return home? And how DO the Benevolents get their whites so white?!
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Last time, on the Battle of the Allens! Our heroes join forces with the Evel Terrarists, and leapt to Manhattan’s defense by repairing the artillery battery on Randall’s Island! But just as the shots were fired, the airship disappeared from the skies! Will our heroes get some answers back at the Evel Terrarists’ headquarters at the Central Park Arsenal? Who is the Evel Terrarists’ head scientist? Why did no one think twice about calling themselves the ‘Evel Terrarists’?
And a huge thank you to LindsayPB on Twitter for lending her voice for Olga Romanoff!
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Last time, on the Battle of the Allens! Berties Smallways, Claire Webster, and Quinton Edge are ripped from their own broken worlds to find themselves in a hot air balloon hovering over a Manhattan under attack from the skies! Can they repair the battery on Randall’s Island and save the besieged city from the Benevolents' bombardment? Who does Cerulean Blunt work for?
And where IS Claire Webster keeping all those walnuts?
Content Warning: Violence; Foley of gunfire, and a body falling from a great height.
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It was asked for, and by Jove, it begins!
THE BATTLE OF THE ALLENS: A Savage Worlds RPG (Ep. 1)
Who will win after the end of their world?
Dramatis Personae
Bertie Smallways from WAR IN THE AIR . . . as played by Nella
Quinton Edge from THE DOOMSMEN . . . as played by Raven
Claire Webster from DELUGE . . . as played by Angelina Meehan
and presenting . . .
Jeff Liu-Leyco as our GM!
4 episodes total released on Wednesdays! Regular Apocalist episodes will return in May.
A thank you again to the patrons that participated in the casting call! I hope you will be amused by your named NCPs.
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Follow the progress of the Apocalist here.
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CREDITS: Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Robare Pruyn. Sound editing by Crutch Phrase Studio.
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