A podcast about books for people who don't like books or capitalism but who do like death metal, featuring @tallesteden.bsky.social, @garethwatkins.bsky.social and @pyramidmaster.bsky.social. https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-podhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mlnfmxefqs2r🤖Concerning New Episode! 🤖 Is Elon Musk just bad at posting and reading sci-fi, or is he at the vanguard of post-liberal consciousness? @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discuss Muskism. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nZ8Nkkqiz3acOw90Xz8C7?si=88108b92287a4298 https://on.soundcloud.com/mqlGhXo0rY0wtiBW0d https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/muskism-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff/id1330059162?i=100076725173612 May 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnfmxefqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mlnfmxefqs2r🤖Concerning New Episode! 🤖 Is Elon Musk just bad at posting and reading sci-fi, or is he at the vanguard of post-liberal consciousness? @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discuss Muskism. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nZ8Nkkqiz3acOw90Xz8C7?si=88108b92287a4298 https://on.soundcloud.com/mqlGhXo0rY0wtiBW0d https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/muskism-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff/id1330059162?i=100076725173612 May 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnfmxefqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mlmuliwunk2lYou can get this in our discord server for free, we put Langdon in the geode all the time [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmuliwunk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mkoakyll2s2mLogging in to the D//S discord [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoakyll2s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mk7gzmhvv223We tackle Event Factory, the first book from Renee Gladman's Ravicka novels. Meaning disappears, rituals empty of signal, and the malaise of our urban existence is revealed. But also, potentials are exposed, connections are made, and understanding hinted at. https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/event-factory24 Apr 2026 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7gzmhvv223https://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mjp5nr2tjs27If this book doesn't have Aquinas in it, I am going to flip. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp5nr2tjs27https://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mjkm5qm57k23💰NEW EPISODE💰 Gambling apps, crypto, predictions markets - if you think this is as bad as financial nihilism gets then you need to listen as @aminsamman.bsky.social explains his new book. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Eptw8UhBYrRUL8R916DoQ?si=74f9502defee461b https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/amin-samman-currency-of-nihilism/id1330059162?i=1000761620599 https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/currency-of-nihilism15 Apr 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkm5qm57k23https://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mhm5u3kpnc2nWe go back to the early 20th century to discuss a foundational work of British Weird - The Human Chord by Algernon Blackwood! We survey the cultural trends of the 19th century literary scene, the power of this precise novel, and the feeling of awe invoked by the weird https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/weird-awe-and-the-human-chord21 Mar 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhm5u3kpnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mfihynysj22mNew episode! It's time for a book that SHOULD have been good but is bad - PKD and Roger Zelazny's Deus Irae. Confused theology, mishmashed desert journeys, and cannibal computers (?) all blend together in a collaboration that should, and almost did, stay unpublished. https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/why-would-they-do-this23 Feb 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfihynysj22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mei3ethcs22hYou don't need a marketing department, you just need a bunch of weirdos to make a podcast about your book and recommend it to other weirdos CC @hironennes.bsky.social10 Feb 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mei3ethcs22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mc6xmbgneu2xEden launches into @hironennes.bsky.social's The Works of Vermin, using it as a platform to explore ideas around the potentials and contradictions of living in modern cities, the influence of the French Second Empire (yes) on the New Weird and much more! https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/the-works-of-vermin-the-city12 Jan 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6xmbgneu2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mc4tamy7r42xBunch of book recommendations that are good but probably won't get an episode for various reasons: Moonbound by Robin Sloan A Mourning Coat by Alex Jeffers A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism by Jairus Banaji Summer of Fire and Blood - The German Peasants' War by Lyndal Roper11 Jan 2026 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc4tamy7r42xhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3mbz2khkaqs2xLangdon and Eden meet to discuss a smörgåsbord (say it with us) of topics like mental health, the uses of online discord, and a collection of books they've been reading. https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/a-smoergasbord-of-sentences09 Jan 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz2khkaqs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3ma4iwllp2s23Eden is joined by friend of the cast Jesse Kohn (The Book of Webs) to talk about Leonora Carrington's beguiling and dense The Stone Door. Unfortunately this episode is marred by the Brown University and Bondi Beach shootings. A better world is possible. Demand utopia. https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/leona-carringtons-the-stone-door16 Dec 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4iwllp2s23https://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3m7fudsezwk2lEnter the Wizard's Castle once more, alongside @bransonreese.bsky.social (HELL WAS FULL, SWAN BOY, Rude Tales of Magic, and more). Within its sorcerous corridors we shall discuss what makes jokes funny, the morality of art, and The Simpsons (among other things). https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/branson-reese-visits-the-wizards-castle07 Dec 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7fudsezwk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3m5ozdyvprs26We've just found out that friend of the show Leslie Lee III passed away on the 10th of November. RIP brother.15 Nov 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ozdyvprs26https://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3m5kqz6bycc2aI'm going to be real with you, episodes are going to slow down a bit. But we're still recording. In lieu of more episodes right now, here's a list of cool shit we want to read UKL Searoad Natural Consequences The Works of Vermin Moonbound The Book Censor's Library Relentless Melt (episode incoming)14 Nov 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5kqz6bycc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3m47hbpocnk2cLangdon and Eden kick things off by talking about the curational uses of literary awards. Then, John M. Ford's alternate version of cyberpunk with Web of Angels, his debut novel. Galactic phone lines and weird space opera, in a rough book that brims with passion! https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/web-of-angles-and-another27 Oct 2025 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47hbpocnk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3m3prk2yqik26Massive congrats to @vajra.me! As you might know, we loved Rakesfall and had Vajra on to discuss the book, colonialism, voice, weird time structures, the complicated legacy of Arthur C. Clarke and more! https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/vajra-chandrasekera-anti-colonial-violence-scale-and-time [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3prk2yqik26https://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3m2ouuet6ec2vHey everyone, bit of a slow down in output as Eden tries not to get worked to death. It's not going well. But we have some killer books for you so stay tuned. In the meantime, let's listen to some weird metal together. https://arrovvs.bandcamp.com/album/yearning-arrows-cloven-suns08 Oct 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ouuet6ec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3lzjnny73oc2yNEW EPISODE @wormbuxx.bsky.social from @tendersubject.bsky.social joins us at the Movies! We have watched Eddington and Weapons and have the full range of opinions, from hatred to liking to not sure! Links below:23 Sep 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjnny73oc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3ly6eqpbe2s2mWe discuss the too-often bland and safe nature of science fiction and fantasy before diving in to a work that's anything but, "One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve"! Body horror and familial obsession mix in this arresting and clever novella about a man sawed in half! https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/one-hand-to-hold06 Sep 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6eqpbe2s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3lwrltbda6k23🌞 NEW EPISODE ☀️ Ishiguro season finishes with 2022's Klara and the Sun, the story of a M3gan learning what it is to love. We also talk about anime because of Satan. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/kazuo-ishiguro-klara-and-the-sun Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VmmMqRJKG7y0lHO2rIjp3?si=82bc0a395a874ef3 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/death-sentence/id133005916219 Aug 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwrltbda6k23https://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3lvqhdjm7222tLangdon and Eden peer into the world, which is actually many things and not just one (and that's good!) Then, they look at @yarntheory.bsky.social's North Continent Ribbon! Weird ships, radical politics, and interesting AI mix in this short story suite! https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/the-multitude-of-existence-and06 Aug 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqhdjm7222thttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3ltdvb4rl2s2xEden is part of this awesome initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction award to the Hugos! If you've listened to the podcast, you know how much amazing Speculative Fiction in non-English languages is out there. We should recognize them! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2025 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltdvb4rl2s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3lslyr7vvhk2bWe start by asking the important questions: which member of the Friends cast would you follow into battle? Then, we tackle Roger Zelazny's feverish Creatures of Light and Darkness, touching on myth, explosive prose, and Zelazny's unfortunate misogyny. https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/zelazny-creatures27 Jun 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslyr7vvhk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/deathsentencepod.bsky.social/post/3lrt7bwqjok2yNew episode! We explore Nisi Shawl's Everfair, a mostly successful attempt at writing less racist and more "complete" historical fiction. Nuclear dirigibles, proto-socialist societies, and lots and lots (and lots) of character PoVs mix with complex racial identities! https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/everfair-colonialism-and17 Jun 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:yythzg7rhnf4timkmnkn23ms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrt7bwqjok2y