Archives: Captivate Podcasts

So you’ve trashed the world. An EMP or a nuclear bomb or a plague of zombies have taken out civic infrastructure—now it’s your chance to show off your survival skills. [...]

Welcome to our new season! To celebrate, we’re kicking it up a notch by holding an all-star roundtable of some truly incredible writers. Vajra Chandrasekera, Samantha Mills, and Gregory A. [...]

We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Amazing Stories Magazine. It started way back in March or April, of 1926, depending on who you ask. With us to talk about [...]

Charles R. Saunders was the founder of the “sword and soul” literary genre with his Imaro novels, a Halifax journalist, and a Black Canadian literary icon. When he died in [...]

Magazines and journals have been a foundational part of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror since the very beginning and provide us with the stories, art, and critical analysis that keep the [...]

The famous introduction to Star Trek lays out the mission of the Starship Enterprise:  to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go [...]

Anyone who’s ever written fantasy has faced this problem: You have hit the point of conflict in a story where problems can no longer be worked out with witty retorts [...]

Happy Halloween! We’re talking about WITCHES! A staple of fantasy, horror, and Broadway musicals, witches can be anything from a murderous presence in the woods to the friendly neighbourhood Wiccan [...]

You guys had so many science questions that our resident scientists couldn’t answer them all in just one episode! In this episode, Rob & Jon Mound tackle important questions such [...]

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. We [...]