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We’re fiction enthusiasts and aspiring writers. We’re doing a podcast about themes in fiction and how we can story differently with them. Each podcast, we dive into a popular theme in fiction and take a look at interesting examples of how these themes are used in media. To wrap up each episode, we work to improvise creative and alternative ways to story differently with these themes. Hosted by Devonte’ Godfrey and Bradston Henry.
Episodes
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Even when civilizations end, the stories and tales about them persist and capture the imaginations of future generations.
Devonte' and Bradston put on their anthropological hats and dig into how stories illuminate the past and have the potential to shape our future. The question remains, what stories will be written about the times we live in now?
Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Welcome to ThemeAntics
(00:00:48) - Introducing the Theme
(00:03:08) - Eternals (Comic)
(00:10:05) - Mass Effect Trilogy
(00:19:10) - Atlantis: The Lost Empire
(00:26:15) - The Lost City Z
(00:37:17) - Antics Segment
Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/
Email: ThemeAnticsPod@gmail.com
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Unlike the History Channel guy, most of us typically don't assume aliens were responsible for every mysterious, unexplained thing. But it sure is fun to think they were!
Bradston and Devonte’ examine how aliens are depicted and used in fiction stories. They then brainstorm how stories can redefine what an alien can be and how they would interact with us puny humans.
Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Welcome to ThemeAntics
(00:00:48) - Introducing the Theme
(00:02:26) - Arrival
(00:10:05) - Iron Giant
(00:16:15) - War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
(00:22:50) - Another Life
(00:32:48) - Antics Segment
Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/
Email: ThemeAnticsPod@gmail.com
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Stories that envision the end of society as we know it explore how humans adjust to their new reality.
Devonte' and Bradston explore hierarchies in post apocalyptic stories, the struggle to re-establish order among survivors, and who gets to make the rules.
Hosted by Devonte’ Godfrey and Bradston Henry.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - Welcome to ThemeAntics
(00:00:48) - Introducing the Theme
(00:02:40) - Fallout Series
(00:07:00) - Silo Series by Hugh Howey
(00:12:55) - Snowpiercer
(00:17:40) - Neon Genesis Evangelion
(00:24:28) - Antics Segment
Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/
Email: ThemeAnticsPod@gmail.com
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
In our favorite stories, monsters come in various forms of terror from our point-of-view .
Devonte' and Bradston examine what makes famous monsters so iconic and how a change of perspective challenges our definition of what a monster really is.
Hosted by Devonte’ Godfrey and Bradston Henry.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - Welcome to ThemeAntics
(00:00:48) - Introducing the Theme
(00:02:25) - Jaws
(00:08:15) - Cloverfield
(00:13:35) - Alien
(00:19:50) - Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
(00:28:30) - Antics Segment
Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/
Email: ThemeAnticsPod@gmail.com
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Stories about Artificial Intelligence examine the impact of digital sentience on our society.
Devonte' and Bradston discuss the use of sentient A.I. in stories as a cautionary tale and speculate whether or not AI could actually be beneficial.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - Welcome to ThemeAntics
(00:00:48) - Introducing the Theme
(00:02:35) - I,Robot
(00:06:50) - Ex Machina
(00:11:20) - Be Right Back from Black Mirror TV Series
(00:15:35): - AutoFab from Philip K. Dicks: Electric Dreams TV Series
(00:20:15) - 2001: A Space Odyssey
(00:29:00) - Speaker of the Dead by Orson Scott Card
(00:37:20) - Antics Segment
Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/
Email: ThemeAnticsPod@gmail.com
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Stories about time travel explore our relationship with time and our desire to manipulate it.
Devonte' and Bradston dive into common tropes in time travel stories and how they can be approached differently
TimeStamps
(00:00:00) - Welcome to ThemeAntics
(00:00:48) - Introducing the Theme
(00:04:30) - Tenet
(00:08:05) - Interstellar
(00:12:55) - Recursion by Blake Crouch
(00:16:20) - Unhappenings by Edward Aubry
(00:20:10) - Paycheck by Philip K. Dick
(00:23:50) - The Tomorrow War
(00:29:05) - Antics Intro
Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/
Email: ThemeAnticsPod@gmail.com
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
We’re fiction enthusiasts and aspiring writers. We’re doing a podcast about themes in fiction and how we can "story differently" with them.
Hosted by Devonte’ Godfrey and Bradston Henry.
Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/
Email: ThemeAnticsPod@gmail.com