Episodes

  • Podcast Episode: Fantasy Worlds And Noir Futures

    Podcast Episode: Fantasy Worlds And Noir Futures
    Jun 14 2026
    Pip: James Israel Daniels — a site where the shelves go deeper than the algorithm, the genre lines get productively blurred, and somebody is clearly reading at a pace that should concern their optometrist. Mara: Blip Side covers a lot of ground here — overlooked fantasy, the worldbuilding that makes fictional cultures feel inhabited, the […]
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    7 mins
  • Podcast Episode: Epic Fantasy Worlds And Symbols

    Podcast Episode: Epic Fantasy Worlds And Symbols
    Jun 7 2026
    Pip: James Israel Daniels — a site that asks you to think seriously about why a ruined citadel on a book cover hits different than a generic cloaked figure, and then answers the question at length. Blip Side has been busy. Mara: This episode covers the craft of epic fantasy as a form, what makes […]
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    8 mins
  • Podcast Episode 2: Fantasy Releases And Definitions

    Podcast Episode 2: Fantasy Releases And Definitions
    May 31 2026
    Pip: James Israel Daniels has a site that apparently wants you to never run out of things to read — a noble and slightly dangerous ambition. Mara: That's the territory Blip Side covers across these posts: how to navigate release week, what high fantasy and epic fantasy actually mean as forms, and where Reddit's collective […]
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    7 mins