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New Episode of HP Lovecast - Kevin Wetmore

Newest episode of the HP Lovecast Podcast is now live! In this episode we talk about 2 of Kevin Wetmore's Lovecraftian short stories. Link to stream is as follows:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1022692/4447028-episode-29-lovecraft-stories-of-kevin-wetmore

Scholar from the Edge of Time Episode

Tonight, Michele and I interviewed Dr. Kevin Wetmore Jr. on the Scholars from the Edge of Time / Voice of Olympus Podcast. The episode can be streamed/downloaded here:

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/herculesinvictus/2020/06/26/scholars-from-the-edge-of-time

New episode of HP Lovecast

Ahh! Totally forgot to post a link to the newest episode of the HP Lovecast Podcast!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1022692/episodes/4079084

In this episode, we look at Tim Waggoner's "Sorrow Road" and Cody Goodfellow's "Strangers Die Every Day".

Also of note, www.nickdiak.com doesn't point to this website anymore. I am working on getting with the times and making a Wordpress site, and a place I can actually write. So, stay tuned!

Podcast - Interview with Dino Parenti

Michele and I recorded this this month's Scholars from the Edge of Time episode for Hercules Invictus's Voice of Olympus program. On this episode we interview Dino Parenti about him and his short sotry collection, Dead Reckoning, from Crystal Lake Publishing. The podcast can be streamed/downloaded here:

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/herculesinvictus/2020/05/29/scholars-from-the-edge-of-time

Fanbase Weekly Gladiator Podcast

Last week I was a guest on Fanbase Press' podcast The Fanbase Weekly as part of a discussion on the 20 year anniversary of Gladiator. The podcast can be listened to here:

http://fanbasepress.com/index.php/audio/podcasts/the-fanbase-weekly/item/10929-fanbase-feature-20th-anniversary-retrospective-on-gladiator-2000

Exotica Moderne 7 out, New HP Lovecast, McFarland Sale, other news

Lots of news for today!

First, the new issue of Exotica Moderne is now out. This contains my review of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails.

Next, the newest episode of the H. P. Lovecast Podcast is now online. In this episode we discuss Ian Welke's  book End Times at Ridgemont High. The episode can be streamed here (and at your favourite streaming service):

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1022692/3603205-ep-27-end-times-at-ridgemont-high
Third, McFarland is having a sale on their pop culture titles from May 4th to May 17th. Use POP40 at check out to get 40% off. This includes my books such as The New Peplum:

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-new-peplum/
Fourth, I'll be on the Voice of Olympus program this Thursday talking about things and stuff - sword and sandal stuff probably. It'll be fun. I'll post the link when it becomes available. 

Kevin Wetmore Book and Podcast News

Kevin Wetmore, editor of Uncovering Stranger Things (which I have an essay in), and author of "In the Green Zone with the Ninth Legion: The ­Post-Iraq Roman Film" (which appeared in The New Peplum) had a new book come out from McFarland last week: The Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Adaption. I am not part of this book, but I am mentioned in the acknowledgments (which is awesome). Thanks Kevin!
The book can be purchased on Amazon or here: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Streaming-of-Hill-House/

Kevin will be a guest on our Scholars from the Edge of Time segment for the Voice of Olympus podcast in June. We will also be discussing his Lovecraft/Cthulhu fiction on our H. P. Lovecast Podcast afterwards.

And, since I'm spilling the beans that Kevin will appear on our podcast, should note that Dino Parenti will be our guest on Scholars from the Edge of Time in late May. Stay tuned for specific dates! (I gotta get that appearances section updated!)

Lots and lots of Podcast News

The HP Lovecast Podcast has a new home at Buzzsprout! This allows us to put the podcast on all the other major platforms: iTunes, IHeartRadio, Pandora, Stitcher, etc. etc. etc. The link to the Podcast can now be found here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1022692

Very excited to make this leap on the podcsast!

Tomorrow, Michele and I will be on the Scholars at the Edge of Time segment of the Voice of Olympus program. We will be interviewing Ian Welke. The show will be on at 6:00 pm PST and can be streamed here:

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/herculesinvictus/2020/04/24/pride-of-olympus
Following in May, our next episode of the HP Lovecast Podcast, we will be discussing Ian's book End Times at Ridgemont High. 

Synthwave mention at Love-it-Loud

Just discovered my essay, "Lost Nights and Dangerous Days: Unraveling the Relationship Between Stranger Things and Synthwave" in Kevin Wetmore's anthology Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series has been references in an article called "Arcade Summer – The Eighties Electronica Renaissance of Synthwave" over at the Love-It-Loud website. Very cool! The article (from back in July 2019 - just now learning of it!) can be read here:

http://love-it-loud.co.uk/arcade-summer-the-80s-electronica-renaissance-of-synthwave/

New episode of HP Lovecast Podcast

It's been on hiatus for over over a year, but Michele and I have resurrected the HP Lovecast Podcast. We uploaded a new episode today, a look at two stories from The Children of Gla'aki: "The Inhabitant of the Lake" by Ramsey Campbell and "Mirror Fishing" by John Langan. The .mp3 and .wavs are hosted over at Archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/ep26childrenofglaaki45203.31pm