Eating the Fantastic
Hosted by Scott Edelman · Scott Edelman
5.0from 47 ratings
- 294
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 47
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Eating the Fantastic
I've been going to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic book conventions since I was 15, and I've found that while the con which takes place within the walls of a hotel or convention center is always fun, the con away from the con—which takes place when I wander off-site with friends for a meal—can often be more fun. In fact, my love of tracking down good food while traveling the world attending conventions has apparently become so well known that one blogger even dubbed me "science fiction's Anthony Bourdain." So I've decided to replicate in podcast form one of my favorite parts of any convention—good conversation with good friends over good food. During each episode, I'll share a meal with someone whose opinions I think you'll want to hear, and we'll talk about science fiction, fantasy, horror, writing, comics, movies, fandom … whatever happens to come to mind. (There'll also be food talk, of course.) Please note—this will not be a pristine studio-recorded podcast, but one which will always occur in a restaurant setting, meaning that mixed in with our conversation will be the sounds of eating and drinking and reviewing of menus and slurping and background chatter and the servers popping in … in other words, it'll be as messy as life. And I hope you'll find it as entertaining, too.
- Publisher
- Scott Edelman
- Category
- arts · fiction
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Feb 2016
- Latest episode
- 28 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 294 episodes have a transcript.
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 294: John Wiswell Has No Complaints
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 293: Barbara Krasnoff
6 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 292: Worldcon Donut Divertissment
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Episode 294: John Wiswell Has No Complaints
Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I mean, are more novel-ish ideas appearing in your head than happened previously? Yeah. So I still feel like I'm cheating on each when I'm doing either. I'm definitely a very guilty writer. When I'm writing a novel, I'm like, think of all of the short stories you could be writing right now. When I'm writing a short story, I'm like, you know, you're not making as much progress on that novel as you could be. I always feel like I should be doing the other. The reason I stick with one or the other, though, is I'm in love. with a character i'm in love with their arc or with their struggle with their discovery and so i keep going to both i'd say more than ever i have too many ideas for both short stories and novels i've always been writing novels by the way somebody could build a nest in was my first published novel but i wrote I counted at one point. […]
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- John Wiswell
- Barbara Krasnoff
- Caitlin Rozakis
- Cody Goodfellow
- Nick Mamatas
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 42 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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