Wizards and Spaceships

An astronaut (wearing a suit) floating above earth.

Season 2, Episode 4: The Science Bros Answer Your Science Questions, Part 1, ft. Rob & Jon MoundSeason 2, Episode 4: The Science Bros Answer Your Science Questions, Part 1, ft. Rob & Jon Mound

August 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

Suspension of disbelief is a cornerstone of speculative fiction, but as writers and fans, we often find ourselves wondering just how grounded in reality our favourite stories really are. [...]

Two hands in front of an ocean, covered with mud or blood.

Season 2, Episode 3: Against Hopepunk ft. Nick MamatasSeason 2, Episode 3: Against Hopepunk ft. Nick Mamatas

July 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

In this wide-ranging conversation with multitalented author and editor Nick Mamatas, we talk about crushing your joy, corporate greed in the publishing and music production industries, and why the 80s [...]

relief sculpture from the Gilgamesh Epic, showing Gilgamesh in a protective attitude and with animals (Early Dynastic) (Ancient Seals of the Near East, No. 3) (1940)

Season 2, Episode 2: The Ur-Pisode: The Queer Heart of The Epic of Gilgamesh, ft. Julian GunnSeason 2, Episode 2: The Ur-Pisode: The Queer Heart of The Epic of Gilgamesh, ft. Julian Gunn

June 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

For 4000 years, The Epic of Gilgamesh has influenced mythology, theology, and literature, and its rediscovery in the 1850s is itself an epic tale of war, theft, and Hobby Lobby. [...]

an image of two copies of Blight by Rachel A. Rosen. There's a pink cupcake with rainbow decorations sitting on one. Tentacles are bursting out of it holding a 2 candle.

Season 2, Episode 1: Blight, ft. Rachel A. RosenSeason 2, Episode 1: Blight, ft. Rachel A. Rosen

May 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

TRANSCRIPT Break out the cake, balloons, and gigantic bone tentacles, it’s season 2 of Wizards & Spaceships! Rachel has a new book out, Blight, the sequel to her first novel, [...]

Wizards & Spaceships & Auroras, Oh My!Wizards & Spaceships & Auroras, Oh My!

April 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comments| 8:48 pm

Amazing news, space wizards! I am so excited to announce on the very same day as our season 1 finale that our little podcast has been nominated for an Aurora [...]

A robot hand and a human hand clinking wine glasses

Season 1, Episode 12: Transhumanism and AI ft. Robert J. SawyerSeason 1, Episode 12: Transhumanism and AI ft. Robert J. Sawyer

April 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

It’s been an entire year of Wizards & Spaceships! Thank you for coming along with us on this wild and magical space ride. You can’t turn on the news or [...]

a bearded white guy, surrounded in shadows, holding an orange d20

Season 1, Episode 11: TTRPG Design ft. Jesse PohlmanSeason 1, Episode 11: TTRPG Design ft. Jesse Pohlman

March 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

There’s a huge crossover between tabletop role-playing game players, genre fans, and genre writers, and many of us fell in love with genre fiction by playing D&D in the basement. [...]

A noir detective at a typewriter. Black and white.

Season 1, Episode 10: Toxic Schlock Syndrome, ft. Shawn WhitneySeason 1, Episode 10: Toxic Schlock Syndrome, ft. Shawn Whitney

February 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

Pulp fiction is a cornerstone of the genres we love. In this episode, we talk to screenwriter, ghostwriter, and author of the new zombie novel Deads Rise, Shawn Whitney, about [...]

Shirley, wearing a cool hat and a peacock shawl, and Ira, wearing a mask and a snappy vest, in front of the vendors' table at Can*Con.

Season 1 Episode 9: CanCon Can-Can ft. Ira Nayman and Shirley MeierSeason 1 Episode 9: CanCon Can-Can ft. Ira Nayman and Shirley Meier

January 15, 2025| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

Rachel and David take the show on the road to Can*Con 2024 in Ottawa. [...]

A sandcastle on a beach. Light is streaming between the towers.

Season 1, Episode 8: Worldbuilding ft. Ursula WhitcherSeason 1, Episode 8: Worldbuilding ft. Ursula Whitcher

December 15, 2024| Space Wizard| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

Worldbuilding is a critical element of speculative fiction—but how do you make an imaginary world as feel as real and vibrant as our own? We sit down with Ursula Whitcher—poet, [...]