Connect the Plots

About Connect the Plots

A podcast about the stories that connect us. Science fiction author Erik Grove and ravenous super reader Cylia (if she hasn't read your book already, she really wants to) interview authors, editors, audiobook narrators, librarians, literary agents and more about the stories that inspired them.

Publisher

Erik Grove & Cylia

Category

fiction · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

31 Mar 2026

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Bonus Episode: Chris Kluwe - A Call to Action

   In this special election season bonus episode of Connect the Plots, Erik & Cylia are joined by athlete, author, activist and candidate for California State Assembly, Chris Kluwe for a deep dive into the stories that inspire him and the better worlds we can imagine together. Plus, Chris takes Cylia & Erik for a trip down Royal Road, introducing them to new genre concepts and all-new types of stories.

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Episode 25: Cylia & Erik Connect All the Plots

   In the first season finale of Connect the Plots, Cylia surprises Erik with a meme-based craft project, and they revisit the goals and trajectory of the last 6 months worth of episodes.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Episode 24: Cylia & Erik Plot a Penultimate Episode

   IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! In the second-to-last episode of season 1, Cylia and Erik reflect on their conversation with Catherynne M. Valente, revealing more ways that Cat factored into the secret history of Connect the Plots (it involves a cabal of surly bartenders and a water bottle!), and consider the was that patient curiosity unites them.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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