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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 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