In a steampunk world where modern computers and cutting edge AI don't exist, how do robots work ? Is it magic? Or techno-gibberish involving cogs and springs? We'll try to break it down!

from Thax's notes: The Sandman — a story of mistaken identity resulting from the love affair between the protagonist Nathanael and an automaton. Rossum's Robots from R.U.R. — although these are artificial biological workers rather than mechanical robots, the play introduced the word "robot" to the world. 

The heat of summer is on and we have to take our hobbies indoors. Dr. BS explores a few Victorian hobbies, while Thax claims the west was full of wild west fanboys.  Jack tracks how the ceiling fan became a fixture in the new electrified century!

We've returned from the steampunk event of the season, and are catching our breath. Trinkets were traded, and teapots were raced. Now that it's over, Con-drop must not stop our inspiration for new plans! Jack has been exploring the concept of time and how industrialization, and the pocketwatch, redefined how we understand time on a new planetary scale. Your mind may get twisted.

We always get a little anxious this close to a big event, so we're playing by ear tonight. Thax just learned about 'trinket trading' that occurs at renfaires, and even at steampunk events, but undercover. Have you interacted this way? Good or no? Also from refaire, Rat Pucking! Seems like an easy adaption to our sensabilities with a bit of bad cockney and olde slang phrases tossed about. See you in Galveston!

trinket trading explained on reddit

Rat Pucking explained!

This year we've lost Wild Wild West Con, and Steampunk November is cancelled at least for 2026. Galveston Steampunk Festival is left as the only big SP event in Texas this year! Johnny Steverson finally talks about how just this spring smoking and vapes almost ended him and took half a lung.  But he pushes forward like a lunatic to give us Galveston Steampunk Festival IV this June! Y'all, Johnny is a confirmed ride-or-die steampunk. Respect.

Tonight we are venturing into the Victorian Kitchen... or so we thought. Thax discovers in Victorian London there are no kitchens, only starvation or bad bread. Bluestocking reports the pre-electricity "ice box" for the well off, and Jack discusses the value of the cast iron pan.

Note, Galveston Steampunk Festival is a month away! Make plans now!

Tax day and only a weeks until Goggles, Gears, and Springs, Steampunk Festival; a FREE Steampunk event!! Tonight we welcome Danny Watson and Kelly Bombino who started this event in beautiful Eureka Springs, AR. This is the second year of the Steampunk festival with a full list of events to attend.

find out more at https://www.steampunkinnprojects.com/

Goggles Gears and Springs on Facebook

Steampunk Inn Bed and Breakfast

Tonight we sit down with M.L. Eaden, a new writer and indie-publisher of queer urban-fantasy and monster romance. She only began building her series of books as Covid locked us down. Now she's on her sixth book as well as a novella and short stories.

mleaden.com

ML Eaden on bookshop.org

Between St. Patrick's Day yesterday, Spring Break this week, and SXSW in Austin, it's been a fine weekend. we barely have a topic, but things are happening! Wild Wild West Steampunk Festival ends it's 14th year and it's last. Big River Festival is given the side-eye by the city of Hannibal. Our own Johnny Steverson survives a rushed to ER with a life threatening condition!  And we've learned that Steam Powered Giraffe has said they do not feel safe in the trans environment in Texas. The Steampunk community suffers along with everyone when real life injustice is allowed to continue.

This week we explore steampunk inventing and some favorite inventions. Could be real, but probably imagined.  Dr. Bluestocking discovers Professor BJ Sears, a prominent film editor who was compelled to create a collection of steampunk-inspired sculptures. Jack shares inspirational prose on the steampunk outlook on inventing.

Professor BJ Sears' Technological Rarities

Last show we planned to talk about some fun patents, but we had such a good time we didn't get to it. So we're going to try again! Dr. BS is back with us, and we've found patents for things we use every day, and others that I doubt anyone ever used! Let's go!

Google Patents

A random source on the internet!

This week we bring you Johnny Steverson, the one-man event maker who produces the Galveston Steampunk, Pirate, and Ghost Coast Festivals. He's got big news to bring us that will really set off the summer! Also we planned to discuss Victorian patents, but never really get there. We'll return to it next show with double the patents!

https://galvestonsteampunk.com/ https://www.visitgalveston.com/ https://ghostcoastfestival.com/

This week we delve back into history to look at the Pinkertons. Were they detectives, or paid thugs for supervillains? I was surprised by the answers.

Pinkerton's own presentation of history

another (better) podcast on the Pinkertons

It's a new year! Time to make new plans, and build excitement for the next build, next adventure! We're going to make some resolutions, and have the best darn 2026 whether we like it or not!

It's the night before Christmas, and we're streaming our end of year wrap-up! We want to hug all our supporters and start plans for next year. Jack and the fam are back to celebrate and we look forward to a new year.

Did you ever wonder about that line about “scary ghost stories” in the Christmas carol “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”? Well, we’re gonna tell y’all all about that glorious Victorian Christmas tradition! Besides Dickens' Christmas Carol, what other stories have you heard of? Lets see if we can find any. 

Christmas Ghosts: A Victorian Tradition

Christopher Lee tells the story of a loud hotel neighbor.

In the Bleak Mid-Winter: Must-Read Ghost Stories for Christmas

Before Steampunk November, organizers were approached by Big Media asking about the "Steampunk Lifestyle." What does that mean, to Big Media or to us? How does steampunk play a part in your life on a regular or daily basis? 

Steampunk November is the longest running steampunk event in Texas. And it's in three days!! Sheriff Natalie McTavish joins us for a pre-fest hang out. What changes will there be this year? What are you looking forward to? How will we tea duel?

Frankenstein 

The Thief and the Cobbler 

Powers of Darkness (Dracula) 

It's the last show before Halloween! Let's finish off a season of cults and strange societies with Madame Blavatsky and her occult/religious movement, Theosophy. We discuss the questionable origin story, and how Theosophy has influenced modern culture.

Theosophical Society on Wikipedia

Madame Blavatsky: a seeker of truth — and a fraud

Henry Steel Olcott: Timeline of an Occult Pioneer William Quan Judge: A Biographical Sketch Annie Besant on BBC.co.uk Jiddu Krishnamurti on Wikipedia

This Mid-October we welcome researcher Bekah June back to talk about about esoteric secret societies and strange luminaries of the time. Thax reveals the secrets of the Freemason (not real super secrets, tho.) Jack picks it up as three Masons create the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn for more occultism than the Masons offered. Political intrigues and infighting commence!

Freemasons Grand Lodge of Texas

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

More work from Bekah June

Voicemails of the Unexplained Ms. June's published work on Amazon

Tonight we celebrate the coming of October, our favorite month! Also the rapture that didn't happen on Tuesday a week past. Yeah, for real. I guess. What is the rapture, anyway? Also, since we're sliding that way, horrific religious cults of the 1800's!

A warning. Some may find this episode disturbing. Listen at your own risk.

Edmund Creffield and the Brides of Christ

Frank Sandford and the Shiloh Compound

Cult of Margaretta Peter

No topic this week. Instead lets hang out and have a good old school show and tell! We haven't done one of these in months, so we're all over the place. 

Nautilus is still the greatest SP show we've seen in a long time.

Wednesday the new season has its problems, but we still think it's a good watch. 

O. Henry a turn-of-the-century author from Austin, Texas

Perfect Creature a vampire B movie with great SP setting

Steampunk Banditos: Sex Slaves of Shark Island Thax read the free first chapter, and it was better than it had any right to be. Is this an actual good read?

This week we celebrate the American laborer that keeps the wheels of industry turning. But what was it like at a time when labor drove the actual industrial revolution? TLDR, it was a horror show of course! We go from the Poor Law of 1834 to workhouses, to manufacturing fire in a locked building, to labor safety laws and the value of unions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Victorian-Workhouse/

https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire

https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/unions/history/

Tonight we begin an exploration of the tawdry underbelly of repressed Victorian society, venturing into what is not discussed in polite society. We approach Victorian drug use, medical and recreational, of opium, cocaine, and cannabis.

The Steampunk Doctor: Practicing Medicine in a Victorian Mechanical Age

Drugs in Victorian Britain

Opium in Victorian Britain

Opium Use in the 19th Century

Busted: How Cocaine went from Friend to Fiend in the 19th Century

How Marijuana Was Used In Victorian England

Cannabis Britannica: The Rise and Demise of a Victorian England Wonder-Drug

This week we are joined by Bekah June, host of cosmic horror series "Voicemails of the Unexplained." She is also a veteran steampunk, and into weird paranormal conspiracies so this should be a fun chat.

Bekah's web page, Default Theory Productions

Voicemails of the Unexplained

Bekah's TikTok

Bekah's previous project, Tales of a Broken Reality

Turning the Table: A Look at The Victorian Supernatural Obsession

Musician and steampunk presenter, Addisyn Madd joins us this week as we discuss the passing of an idol and the steampunk track at Delta H Con this last weekend. Delta H Con is a diverse fandom convention catering to Anime fans and cosplayers, tabletop and online gamers, and general geek love. This year Delta H committed a full panel room to steampunk for the whole weekend! Apologies for the sound quality. It was out of our control. That's showbiz.

Addisyn Madd

Mr. Madd at Delta H Con

Ready to add beautiful accessories to glow up your kit? Steampunk options in jewelry are vast, but some draw the eye for being so over the top ridiculous it turns you into a steampunk influencer! Let's talk about jewelry and steampunks and stuff!

I could not find the etsy listing for the Cheez Whiz Steampunk pendant, and that's a real shame. But I do have this: https://www.clippingworld.com/ugly-jewelry/

Jack is really into raccoons, so... Raccoon Ring Handcrafted by Doctor Gus 

What do you think of when you hear steampunk and animals? Is it animals in cute costumes? What about autonomous robotic creatures? Mad experiments in genetic science? We've got a lot of fun ground to cover tonight!

8 Animals That Think They're Steampunk (Plus Tips for Steampunking Your Own Pet) Automata - The Mechanical Art & Design Museum

Make Cardboard Automata | STEM Activity Strandbeest 

Save a Horse, Ride a Kawi: The Kawasaki Corleo Concept 

MechWest: action adventure set in a steampunk Wild West

What's the latest happenings around Steampunk as the temperatures keep climbing? Join us and Kitty of Faire Treasures as she tells us about the last days of Joann Fabrics, and adventure with the Ghost Airship Allegory, exploring the British Emporium and recovering at Gillespie's Irish Tavern.

Laura Meyer joins us with the release of her latest book, The Halloween Collection. It's a great book to prep for a new crafting hobby, or ten. Get half-rats and chew the fat with us!

a link to the book 

warning: site is adult oriented

The Met Gala just happened and it's theme was "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." This has started a conversation about dandyism and black history. We discuss the roots of black dandyism, how it has differed from general dandyism, how it differs across cultures, and see what it offers us from a Steampunk point of view.

Articles on Black Dandyism

• History of Black Dandyism and Its Celebration at The Met Gala biography.com 
• Black Dandyism wikipedia.org
• Flâneur wikipedia.org
• La Sape wikipedia.org

The Dandies of Congo Youtube.com

Gentleman Jack 

Thax is missing and the inmates are running the asylum! Jack and Dr. B hit on the color of the season, Apocalype Red! All the steampunks are going with red highlights for 2025. Weird new film directed by Jamin Winans, "Myth of Man" looks visually amazing! And there's a new Dune video game that Jack is about to play.

Steampunk by Ottavio Nuccio 

Myth of Man 

Galveston Steampunk Festival was last weekend and we have lots to talk about after event! A hell-ride across the state! Best restaurant in town! A new venue at the Moody Gardens, the Galveston pyramids. Improvements from last year, adjustments and growing pains. Grab a pint or a tipple and lets talk!

On Saturday afternoon April 29, just over a week ago, Wild Wild West Con, a long running steampunk convention in Arizona, was summarily shut down by the hotel under questionable circumstances. We discuss the available facts and try to understand why WWWC was taken down.

Steampunk Explorer reports on the shutdown

Last chance to get passes for Galveston Steampunk Festival! 

Steampunk is fiction informed by history, so it's good to know a thing or two about actually happened, especially when it makes such wild stories. This week we welcome hobby historian and author, Krystal Stargazer, to talk about her favorite character, her historical crush, Davey Crockett. We also discuss her book detailing her research into Austin's own Victorian serial killer, the Servant Girl Annihilator.

The Annihilation of Austin 

Austin Moon Towers 

Texas Steampunk Connection is joined by Kitty of Faire Treasures to talk about the trends we have seen at conventions. What's changed in the 35 years of attending cons? Is bigger better, or do we miss small college con vibe? Do we like it or how do we want it to change?

Also Dr. Bluestocking bought a house! Also start building your teapot racer for Galveston Steampunk Festival! 

Festival Season is a great time for Steampunk! Joining us is event host Johnny Steverson of Galveston Steampunk Festival fame! We chat with him about upcoming events, Mardi Gras Galveston style, a little men's facial grooming, and how to be ready for a good time!

Galveston Steampunk Festival 

Love or hate, the big V day is coming! Join the Steampunks to chat about Victorian Valentine's tradition of love letters, modern romance, and probably smut.

5 Minute History: Valentine's Day in the Vcitorian Era 

5 romantic Victorian Valentine's Day traditions

Costumer, game designer, teacher, author, Laura Meyer returns to the show after more than a year! She's been working on her upcoming book, The Halloween Collection: Costume and Cosplay Techniques, due out any day here, and Cogs Aplenty! A Steampunk Murder Mystery Game, for release later this year!

www.TwilightAttire.com

The Victorian Collection: Advanced costuming Techniques

This year we want more adventures, and that means making some sort of plan, so I'm told. We're looking for cool Texas events, trips, and things to look forward to. Planners don't post events so early in the year, so I like to keep a list of known organizers, and themes I hope to find. Circuses, balloon festivals, conventions.

Fredericksburg Hot Air Balloon Festival

Plano Balloon Festival Kerville RenFest World Oddities Expo Oddities & Curiosities Expo

That special time, a mysterious time between Christmas and New Years where Santa is not looking. We call this time "the Binge." Tonight we review the year and make resolutions for 2025!  More guests! More comic and book reviews! More travel! Teapot racing! Radio drama! Merch! Let's see if we can make this happen.

Robert Heinlein wrote "A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits." This week we talk to KL Forslund, winner of the Steampunk November poetry slam. He'll introduce us to some new bad habits and update us on the Texas Teapot Racing League. What fun!

Happy Thanksgiving! Last chance to run to the store before they close for a WHOLE DAY! Tonight our producer, Lex, joins us to celebrate the season of thanks. She's got topics to talk about, including the underdeveloped topic of dance in steampunk, and the mechanical reanimation of dead spiders. It's gonna be a wild hour!

Steampunk ladies dance at derelict Torrington dairy

Necrorobotics: The Ethics of Resurrecting the Dead

We've just come back from the biggest, oldest steampunk event in Texas, Steampunk November. It gets just a bit bigger and more interesting every year and we had a great time. It was emotionally hard to leave our growing friends and family in steampunk at the end. Join us and special guest, Natalie McTavish, Aka Nicole, Aka Sheriff McCannon to tell you what you may have missed.

Also Texas loves HEB. It's kind of our thing.

Happy Halloween! Kaely, admin for the World of Steampunk facebook group, joins us to talk spooky stuff, steampunk in Fall, big events, and celebrating a certain doctor with ADHD distractions into random geeky stuff.

Dr. Bluestocking's dissertation (now complete!)

Spook Season Live Stream! The darkness is upon us! Let's talk about where steampunk and horror intersect and what we're enjoying as the nights become longer. Starting with Mary Shelley and Poe, through Weird Fiction and HP Lovecraft, to modern tales that play with a steampunk aesthetic.

Crimson Peak  Winchester  Ghost Ship  North American Lake Monsters  The Mechanical Grave  The Necrofessor's comic 

Johnny Steverson's back! We're all in high spirits for the coming Ghost Coast Festival on the 11th to 13th, and all the spooky October shenanigans. Johnny tells us some of the details of guests and experiences to expect at the festival. It should be a good time.

Ghost Coast Festival 

League Kempner House 

We are joined by Cedric Whittaker, Co-Captain of Airship Isabella, costume and prop makers for film and theatre, and long time steampunk luminary. He's also become a paranormal investigator with a more than a few stories. We look forward to getting spooky!

Asia has always had a rich tapestry of cultures that are often a mystery to western audiences. Add to that the embrace of the steampunk aesthetic and you may have discovered SilkPunk. Writer Ken Liu coined the term as a multicultural Steampunk label. Let's chat about it!

the Dandelion Dynasty - Ken Liu

The SEA Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia - Nghi Vo

Gunpowder Alchemy - Jeannie Lin

the Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi

Tales of the Far West - Gareth-Michael Skarka

Jani and the Greater Game - Eric Brown

Tonight we are joined with accomplished leatherworker and long time steampunk, Lauren Bonneau. If you've ever thought to make your own leather goods but have questions, we're here for um. Ms. Bonneau's work may inspire you to just jump in.

Free armor patterns, essays, discourse at The Armour Archive 

Lauren's tiktok 

A McGuffin, an object serving merely as a trigger for a plot, is a common literary device. What macguffins do we find in Steampunk stories? Are they different than other genres?  Getting a little meta this time. Let's talk about it.

How do animals fit into your steampunk vision? What animals are the most steampunk? What animals can we see in Steampunk media? From family pets to big game, we're going to talk about animals!

Steampunk Tea Duelling Rules

Nantes Mechanical Elephant

Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland

As the forebearer of Steampunk, what place does Cyberpunk play in out collection of stories, styles, and themes? What do we think of a future without 'retro? Lets Talk about it.

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092402/

Johnny Mnemonic https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/

Rita's link: YMYW https://yourmindyourworld.com/

It started out so innocent, learning about a Victorian confection, the Penny Lick. Which apparently was a disease vector, which lead to epidemics and death due to terrible sanitation, not just despite, but because of the invention of indoor plumbing. What a wild disgusting ride.

Dangers of Victorian Penny Licks

Dubious Victorian Cures 

We've covered a lot of aspects of steampunk on this show. This week Jack asked what do we wish was included that we've not seen. What would you like to see in 'the scene' that you haven't? What could make steampunk more compelling, more interesting? Let's have a bit of a brainstorm, for fun.

Summer is a great time to build your Steampunk kit but budgets are very tight. Between Shein, Temu, and Alibaba, what are the risks ordering from China? Tonight you can learn from our mistakes, and get some advice on finding the quality stuff from overseas. 

Diverging from our punk series, tonight we discuss post-apocalyptic stories that we call steampunk, why are they SP, how are they different from more historical SP? And is there a sub genre 'punk for this?

Continuing our punk series, tonight we explore the wild west of Steampunk. What makes Steampunk in America different than in Britain? Dust Punk and Weird West have a lot to offer the Steampunk genre. Lets talk about it.

Burke’s Peerage lists U.K. nobles and titles

Native Steampunk with Michael RedTurtle: A Personal Essay

The Clockwork Century Series 

Continuing our punk series, tonight we explore how literary horror has crept and scuttled its way into the Steampunk scene.

Weird Fiction- late 19th, early 20th cent. Supernatural fiction blending sci-fi, gothic fiction, folk tales, romanticism, ghost stories, and fantasy while avoiding genre tropes, and making them... weird. Edgar Allen Poe

Cosmic Horror- Themes of Detachment and Isolation, the Unknown, the Fragility of Sanity, pointlessness of human existence, and Visceral Textures (like tentacles). HP Lovecraft

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. -HPL

Tonight we begin a series on punk genres by diving into the Dieselpunk, or Petrolpunk, theme. How is it distinguished from Steampunk? What are some examples? Where lies the 'punk'?

"What's with those goggles?" Have you been in a "Steampunk 101" lecture at any convention with a steampunk track? Near all of us have. But how would you boil down the length and breadth of our hobby(s) to a succinct message to curious normies? Tonight we will struggle over this topic while we share a drink and idle banter.

Another writer's take 

and another 

Bonus: Bluestocking's SP music essentials 

Johnny Starship has new surprises for Galveston Steampunk Fest including plans for Tx Steampunk Connection! And we have the usual brews, news, and drivel. Also Thax's birthday.

Galveston Steampunk Festival

Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus 

Galveston Pirate Museum

Tonight special guests, Janie Mitcham and Jo Gill of the League-Kempner House nonprofit tell us about restoring this victorian mansion in Galveston, Texas, into a historic museum. If you like home renovation shows like This Old House, this is the episode for you!

League-Kempner House website 

YouTube channel 

January has flown by with Texas winter weather. Tonight Jack found that movie producers insist Steampunk is dead and trying to bill something as SP is a death sentence. But is this true? Let's talk about it.

First transmission of the year! Jack has a birthday! And Johnny Steverson, producer of the Galveston Steampunk Festival, has joined us to share what's new with the fest, including some details shared here for the first time! This cold will not last, and it's time to make plans for warmer days!

Galveston Steampunk Festival 

Day after Christmas and we're a little fried. Laura Meyer's new book has reached it's goal and she celebrates with us. We just yammer for a while at the end of the year, happy that you're with us. 

Laura Meyer returns tonight with her latest book, The Halloween Collection, that gives insight into costumes and cosplay building from experts of the craft.

The Halloween Collection: Costume and Cosplay Techniques

Tonight we are joined by Teapunk Tea's tea guru, Genevieve who has promised to answer out every question about tea. It is an informative hour if you want to know more about tea, a steampunk staple.

Teapunk Tea https://teapunkteas.com/

We're back from Steampunk November this weekend, and if you missed it, that's a shame. We talk about the high points, site improvements, and what we'd like to see next year. And not of deaf ears, because the admins of SP Nov are listening. If you were at the event, make some comments. I'd love to hear your opinions!

Teapunk Tea 

Gothgloom Propworks 

Tonight we drink, and talking to author Cheryl L-g Trent. A long time Texas steampunk turned prolific writer of historic and modern fantasy. Her new-to-print novel, Daughter's Fortune leads five other titles on Kindle Vella. 

Cheryl L-g Trent's page 

the Tall Ship Elissa 

become a reader/reviewer for future releases by Cheryl L-G Trent 

Tonight we have the pleasure of meeting the organizers and some of the cast of Steampunk November, the largest steampunk event in Texas! Shane and Leslie Richmond give us some background and history of the festival, and characters Sheriff Kate McCannon and Captain Zach Flannigan introduce themselves and give us a taste of what to expect!

Cool times finally ahead! Holidays and better days. Steampunk times are here! Natalie McTavish AND Kitty from Faire Treasures are with us for some talk of spooks, beers and brass. Thax has a short rant, Bluestocking plays Lies of P and Kitty does Fallout 76. Also Kitty mentioned the murder of Sycamore Gap.

Allfather Fig Mead 

the Very Moon steampunk musical 

Gunbrella!! 

Charles Dickens in Starfield 

A tree on the wall 

It's Talk Like a Pirate Day! We're deep in the Halloween crafting time, and we're excited. Lies of P has just been released and Bluestocking has got the itch to start it. Nightingale is another steampunk game due out next Febuary which looks amazing. Jack and Thax went to a performance of reading from Edgar Allan Poe by the Archive Theater company. Thax found a company actually engineering a real airships!

Lies of P official site

Nightingale site

the Archive Theater

LTA research corp

Our friends, Rita and Lawrence, have returned from adventure across the pond, and to the Asylum Steampunk Festival in Lincoln, UK. Rita joins us to relay all the high points of their travel.

Tonight's conversation goes from stores stocking the Halloween stuff, to a sin against beer, to breaking into the the online library and how to get lost works of fogotten knowledge. Is there a Pirate Bay of educational material?

Steampunk is the August of genres. Thax, Bluestocking and Jack on an other ride through the Steampunk universe on a runaway train.

Tonight's theme is the Desert, and not the Sweet Kind! Jack, Thax and Blue Stocking talk about this summer heat and films based on the classic pulp genre, from Indiana Jones to the Jungle Cruise, to the original H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel hero, Allan Quatermain!

Middle of summer and it's time again to check in with the Texas crew.

We're elbows deep into 100+ summertime heat. So we dive into the sea of the current event de jure. The Oceangate sub has been crushed under the weight of nearly 13,000 feet of water. We discuss the event, as compared to the Titanic sinking in 1912. What are your opinions of the wealthy and "Adventure Tourism"?

Titanic's Reporting in 1912 

Media jokes about the Titanic 

Homemade personal blimp 

Never mind the 100+ weather. Stay indoors with Laura Meyer's new fashion-forward card deck. We'll also share drinks and chew the fat on new steampunk minutiae. Jack is put off by steampunk worlds where the tech doesn't make sense. Are you tired of writing pandering to Steampunk without really developing a believable story?

Antique de la Mode: Playing Cards With A Tailored Twist

Summer is hitting and we're trying to carry on. Two weeks ago Madam Misfit was robbed after a gig and our own generous patron pushed her go-fund-me over her goal. Abney Park played a private stream that became less private, and Scott Helland kicked off a kickstarter for his latest album. Bluestocking explores the steampunk options in Animal Crossing. Jack points us to Victorian medical quackery with Kaz Rowe.

Madam Misfit's fundraiser 

Abney Park's stream 

Scott Helland's kickstarter 

the Deadly World of Victorian Patent Medicine 

The month of May is flyin by, but Jack and Thax are here to gab. Thax explains the cheapest way to get into home brewing with the finer points of making ciders and bath tub hooch. Jack tells us about the Victorian arms dealer, the mysterious Basil Zaharoff. And the Time Travelers Convention in Quincy, IL is cancelling their entertainment showrunners for lack of ticket sales. Digging their own hole, as we see it.

Brewing on the cheap 

Basil Zaharoff 

Yesterday was May Day, being International Workers Day and/or Beltane! Summer is coming up on us fast! We discuss Peter Pan & Wendy and our favorite Peter Pan films. Guillermo Del Toro is putting together a new Frankenstein project so we hit on our fave Mary Shelly adaptions. Jack tells us about Lackadaisy, a web comic about 1920's cat bootleggers that has been made into an animated short. 

Peter Pan & Wendy 

Del Toro's Frankenstein 

Lackadaisy 

antique milk shaker 

H. L. Hunley (submarine) 

BRASS podcast 

Today is tax day in the US, and we are quickly running out of springtime weather. Still have RenFests to visit, but its getting hot. Kitty joins us to talk this and that. Thax just returned from adventure in the Yucatán, dipping into Cenote Santa Rosa and having a ball. He then toured the Surreal Garden event in Austin's Zilker Botanical Gardens.

The Witches' Ball: Conclave of the Kraken 

Cenote Santa Rosa 

The Surreal Garden 

The Rabbit Hole bar in Leander, Tx 

We've just returned from the first Galveston Steampunk Festival at the railroad museum and it was a HUGE success! Event organizer Johnny Steverson joins us to talk about the struggles and triumphs and plans for next year. 

Houston Chronicle story 

Galveston Railroad Museum 

Frenchy and the Punk 

Spooky Galveston ghost tours 

Happy St. Pats to all you Irish for a day! The Galveston Steampunk Festival is less than two weeks away and we are excited! We bring out our drinks and discuss dragon milking technique. Shadow and bone season two is blowing our minds. Jack wants to turn his plumbing into sculpture, and Thax wants to turn his bedframe into a tiny car!

Steampunk Home Design 

Cyclekarts! 

Steampunk trike! 

Springtime in Texas is always roulette. Don't know if we can feel safe from freezing, but warmer days begin festival season with Sherwood Forest Fair. We get our drink on and talk. There's smut in my steampunk show? Apple TV is putting out some interesting things. We slip into Russian military hacks, and collectable coins.

Hello, Tomorrow!

Time Bandits series

AETHER: The Rise of Specter - Official Trailer

steampunk coins

Adventure coins

Happy Mardi Gras! We're full steam ahead without a map tonight, swinging from topic to topic. New show seasons coming up, such as Shadow and Bone, Carnival Row, and the last episodes of the Nevers. Mad science Dani Clode from the UK brings new digits with her prosthetic third thumb!

Steampunk Mardi Gras jewelry

The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

October Daye series by Seanan McGuire

Steampunk Borg Queen

The Third Thumb interview

Dani Clode's web site

Association of Ishtar new Kickstarter, "Bound for the Styx"

Bluestocking's disertation trailer if finally out so we play it right away! A week passed the worst ice storm to hit Texas since... well... 2021. The weight of ice on trees caused them to break and fall on power lines cutting power all across the state. Some residents still wait for power to return after a week.

Anxiety in the Archives

Wild Wild West Steampunk Con

Dr. Sheffields Original Toothpaste

The Pale Blue Eye

The year is starting off at a sprint! Natalie MacTavish joins us as a tease of winter weather is hitting today with snow in north Texas that gives Bluestocking anxiety. Natalie reviews Ikkicon and the steampunk larp hosted by Mad Raven Productions at the con. Thax tells about Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday at the Glass Coffin. Bluestocking teases about her upcoming podcast about secret and restricted libraries.

IkkiCon

Mad Raven Productions

The Glass Coffin: Vampire Parlour

Welcome to the new year! We've lost a lot of shows in the last month or so through cancellations and removed IPs. We revisit Pinocchio while we can, and hit on Vox Machina for some fantasy role playing raunch. Jack brings an exciting new weird western shooter game that looks gritty and glorious. Thax reports on a traveling circus that is moving through Texas.

Faire of Champions Steampunk weekend!

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

The Legend of Vox Machina

Hunt: Showdown

Paranormal Cirque

Our last transmission of 2022! Tonight we do a little review of our more popular episodes of the year. Also self abuse through alcohol. Jack finally watched Enola Holmes, so we gush a little more. And we throw out some ideas for the coming year. We'd love to get your suggestions too! Send us your topics! 

Victorian New Years traditions

Creepy Victorian Christmas Cards

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Panic shopping, engage! We are down to the wire for getting gifts for friends and family! Tonight we get into where to find the last minute pieces that will express our love, or assuage our guilt. Where are your local artist markets? Consider making a donation to a loved one's favorite charity? Here are some more suggestions.

World Market Steam gaming gift cards Blue Genie Art Bazaar Penzey's spices Teapunk Teas Etsy gift cards

Up and coming new renfaire, Faire of Champions

Total eye candy, Steel Vintage industrial future

music provided by Zapsplat.com

The holiday season is upon us! Brace yourself for wild weather and gift shopping. All the new shows are out and we're binging them! Peeky Blinders final season is out. Wednesday is really paying off with great casting, writing and directing! Jack brings Star Wars, China, and wild surgery. And comic artist accuses Netflix 1899 of plagiarism, but did they? You decide.

Wednesday

China, pandemic, and steampunk?

1847 fastest amputation

Netflix's 1899 plagiarism accusation

Black Silence comic

music provided by Zapsplat.com

We all just returned from Steampunk November and we review the whole experience. Our good friend Kitty from Faire Treasures joins us. Highlights include Teapot Racing! How not to wear a corset! Poetry slam!

Steampunk November

Texas Splendid Teapot Racing

The Seadog Slam poetry

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Halloween is over. :( Today is Dia de los Muertos, and in just under two weeks is Steampunk November! New shows for for November include Enola Holmes II, 1899, and Wednesday Addams on Netflix, and on Disney+ Strange World. Also catch Werewolf by Night if you missed it.

Guitarmy of One new album Frenchy and the Punk new album due out shortly

Cogs Aplenty on Kickstarter

Ordinary Monsters by JM Miro

Wardenclyffe Lab Transforming into Global Science Center

Waco's Tesla Tower

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Just a few weeks until Halloween! Is your costume ready or have you started? Laura Meyer returns to help us and tell about her new murder mystery Kickstarter. She was last with us when her first book, The Victorian Collection: Advanced Costuming Techniques was kickstarting and now its in our hot little hands. Her new game certainly reveals more of Laura's weakness for puns and cheeky turn of phrase.

The Victorian Collection on Etsy

Cogs Aplenty on Kickstarter

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Spooky season is upon us! Bluestocking is back, and we're ready to chat. We revisit every Steampunk spooky or monster movie we can think of. From cheese to real Victorian spooks we rattle off as many show as we can to get your viewing list set for the season.

1899 on Netflix

Airship: Kingdoms Adrift

Arthur Conan Doyle Estate sues Netflix

music provided by Zapsplat.com

The Queen is dead! The US is threatened with a union shut down of the railroads! Our federal dollars are no match for the new internet money! We're teaching robots how to paint! JENetics talks to us about her steampunk art using AI and how she uses NFTs and Etherium to bring it to the online art market. Let's talk about it!

https://ultrasoundmerch.com/collections/jenetics

an example of AI created or assisted art

DALL-E MidJourney Dream by Wombo

Open Sea for selling your art as NFTs

music provided by Zapsplat.com

We're back to work after enjoying a Labor day Monday off, and all our internal clocks are a mess. Come talk Steampunk with us and see if we're coping. Bluestocking has found new Steampunk games coming soon. Thax sees Gilded Age unions reflected in current legislation. Jack is fooled by the latest AI generated art that he SWEARS is human created and we all sit horrified at the nightmares it promises.

Lies of P (trailer) Victoria III (trailer)

California Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act

Midjourney AI furniture (not real)

music provided by Zapsplat.com

The Texas Floods are here, but so are we! Bringing you our latest weird steampunk finds and upcoming events! Lost friends and grievous head wounds, but we persevere through solid drinking. 

Steampunk Explorer's new Youtube channel

Oamaru, Capital of Steampunk! Jack discovers Cherie Priest  Cici's Pizza is Steampunk now?

music provided by Zapsplat.com

As summer hopefully is winding down, we return to chat steampunk! Bluestocking talks about modern airships. Jack found a new retelling of the Nutcracker. And Thax jumps back to social rules as presented in Bridgerton. We catch up on other shows to catch and a couple events coming in August that you should know about

The future of airships

Steampunk Nutcracker

music provided by Zapsplat.com

This week we dive into the weird sexual views of the era where steampunk pulls so much inspiration. The strategy and rules arranging marriage, the denial of women's sexual needs, and men's as well, the expectations of the wifely role, and lack of women's rights in Victorian England and America.

the Angel in the House

Gentleman Jack HBO series

Her Majesty Mrs. Brown

music provided by Zapsplat.com

This week Thax has the Rona and looks like hell. BlueStocking is back from NOLA and had an amazing time and gives a little report.  Jack is excited about water harvesting and a new Netflix film. Tesla's birthday just passed, and kissing spreads germs. Learn all this and more this week!

desert fog catcher Warka Water Tower The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Nikola Tesla tattoos Scourge of Kissing

music provided by Zapsplat.com

This week we talk about planning your next steampunk event around all the steampunk events of the year. Its harder than it sounds, and someone is gonna be mad about it.

Victoria's Black Swan Inn Fredericksburg Balloon Fest TX Haunters Convention Steampunk Lamp building class  Wild Wild West Con online recordings best steampunk games of 2022

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Kitty sits in for Jack this week and we talk about Bluestocking's coming trip to New Orleans! We hit on some few of the places in NOLA to recommend. We get into some interesting info about absinthe, proper preparation and history from Kitty's body of knowledge.

Anne Rice's house Steamboat Natchez Olivier House Hotel Cafe Du Monde Commander's Palace Antoine's Restaurant Central Grocery Old Absinthe House Absinthe Pipe Lego motorized Steampunk Skyship Greater New Orleans Steampunk Association Baton Rouge Area Steampunk Society St. Charles Streetcar The Camellia Grill

music provided by Zapsplat.com

We discuss hats and costumes that are problematic because of historical harm done in the Victorian period. Hopefully we can find how to navigate the ugly truths of the actual Victorian era and avoid cultural offence. A bit extra awkward chuckling, but hopefully useful discussion.

Beyond Victoriana - Multicultural Steampunk

Airship Ashanti

music provided by Zapsplat.com

After 14 minutes of drunk talk, we continue our exploration of Steampunk hats. We cram studied how to make and form felt hats and tried to exchange notes. We clearly would not be able to make a hat, but maybe our flailing efforts will be funny. Be ready to slide off topic faster than a greased pig.

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Our first in a short series digging into hats as relate to your Steampunk attire. We start with the many many kinds of Victorian headwear, verses modern hats that we just think are old. We touch on men's hat etiquette and how your headwear really establishes who your character is.

1883 (prequel to Yellowstone)

music provided by Zapsplat.com

We welcome very special guest, Scott Helland, from Frenchy and the Punk! Of late he has been fighting for his own name in his solo project, Guitarmy of One. Someone has been using the same name and Spotify is refusing to accept Scott's trademark claim. Besides lawyering up, we talk about how you can help.

Frenchy and the Punk

Guitarmy of One

music provided by Zapsplat.com additional music by Scott Helland, the Guitarmy of One!

Bluestocking returns, and we welcome Travis, a writer and game designer who is in the process of building a new steampunk RPG. We talk about designing games with your kids, and games that get more complex as your kids grow. 

Build Your Own Boardgame: Adventure Game Edition

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Bluestocking is away, studying for that doctorate, so we get to hang out with Natalie MacTavish. We hit on Texas Sweet Tea, the worm in the Mescal, roleplay at the latest convention, and epic Tea Dueling. Thax digs into finding and modding a men's dress shirt into a proper steampunk style.

North Texas Tea Scouts #3297

Rachel Maksy's Nick Valentine cosplay

Rachel Maksy's teacup holster

Ukrainian medieval replicas now it’s making spiked barriers

Anti-tank hedgehogs from WW2 taken from museum used as barricade in Kyiv

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Happy Twosday! Wild Wild West Fest coming up! We talk about finding accessories for your steampunk costume. Either the perfect hand made items or the unique bargain finds that define your look. We begin a longer conversation on the Art of Thrifting.

SteamPets: https://www.facebook.com/SteamPets

the Radical Militant Librarian: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Militant-Librarian-Vertical-Painting/dp/B09DGQQHVN

music provided by Zapsplat.com

We report on the ice storm that just past. Not so bad, but utilities fail anyway. We get serious into the politics and actors saying stupid things, and move into problematic fantasy writing and racist tropes. This moves into traditional fairy tales and their social messages, of which Bluestocking is an expert. We get to drinks, and Gilded Age throws us right back to politics of the day. We'll try to get back to fun stuff next show.

Bluestocking's Folklore blog - https://steampunklibrarian.blog/author/eheadrick/

Nightmare Alley - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/

Gilded Age on HBO - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4406178/

Tom Ellis' is a Steampunk Inventor in Washington Black - https://www.cbr.com/tom-ellis-post-lucifer-washington-black/

Arthur Conan Doyle and Cottingley Fairies - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-55187973

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Jack has come down with Covid and is tweaking on DayQuil with all new symptoms. We're extra punchy tonight, and drinking a little extra. Jack dissects his attempts to understand Dune as a child as we talk about favorite books. We hit on so many books and shows that I can't list them all. Some are steampunk.

Steampunk Transformers - https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-ted-mckeever-steampunk-transformers-that-never-was/

Chinese Engineer builds Steampunk from insects - https://supchina.com/2021/09/28/chinese-steampunk-the-art-of-reviving-dead-insects/

FreakAngels coming to Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/12/16/freakangels-premieres-on-crunchyroll-january-27-2022/

Carnival Row Season 2 coming! https://collider.com/carnival-row-season-2-cast-plot-filming-amazon-prime-release/

Enola Holmes 2 finishes filming - https://gamerant.com/millie-bobby-brown-enola-holmes-2-wraps-filming-bts-video/

BBC's Around the World in 80 days is streaming! - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0012w6x/around-the-world-in-80-days

Ledo Steampunk Airship - https://www.brickfanatics.com/steampunk-airship-10k-second-time-lego-ideas

Steampunk festival at the Lincoln Cathederal in UK - https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/news/article/752/steampunk-festival-returns-to-lincoln-in-2022

Books of Babel - http://www.thebooksofbabel.com/

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Thax, Jack and Bluestocking wish you a happy new year! Time for the traditional complaints about Texas weather, and last year's winter disaster. The drinks tonight are hideously sweet. We have some new books to recommend, and a forgotten movie that Thax loves. We ramble a bit, but its always a good time.

Steampunk Fairy Tales: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54271131-steampunk-fairy-tales

The Invisible Library: https://www.goodreads.com/series/145608-the-invisible-library

The Shadow: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111143/

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Thax, Jack and Bluestocking get ready for holidays, despite ancient curses and horrid cocktails. Need last minute gifts? We've got you covered. A strange trunk that appears on the street out of nowhere? We've got one! Stupid ways to kill or maim yourself? We know a few.

The 2021 Cosmic Horror Holiday Gift Guide: https://kmalexander.com/2021/11/26/the-2021-cosmic-horror-holiday-gift-guide/

The Hounds of Tindalos streaming on youtube: https://youtu.be/cGcu_o0PT5U

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7736496/

new Abney Park new Christmas Album: http://www.abneypark.com/AbneyParkChristmasConcert2021.mp4

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Thax, Jack and Bluestocking interview Bonsart Bokel, host and creator of Radio Retrofuture youtube channels, and author of new book, The Wrench in the Machine. We talk about world building and colaborating in a multiverse for storytelling. We make some comparisons to the SCP Foundation writing colab.

Association of Ishtar: https://www.associationofishtar.com/

SCP Foundation wiki: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/

1st chapters of A Wrench in the Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozdBGjsPCAg

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Thax, Jack and Bluestocking sit down with two guests tonight! Mick Ryder, owner of Greek Gods Giggling, and regular fan of the show sits in, and tells us about one of his favorite Steampunk shows. Laura Meyer, professional historical costumer and teacher, tells us about her new book on Victorian garments and construction, and the kickstarter that is only days from closing! We learn a lot about sewing and corsetry.

Batman Ninja: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7451284/

Greek Gods Giggling: https://www.facebook.com/GreekGodsGiggling/

The Victorian Collection: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victoriancollection/the-victorian-collection

Laura's blog: https://repleatinghistory.wordpress.com/

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Thax, Jack and Bluestocking are here to talk Steampunk again! Already off topic with our experience in higher education and cost accounting? We stall for a guest, but it doesn't work out. We do get to talk about a great new book, The Kingdoms, that plays with concepts of timelines. Circque du Soleil is touring again, and can be found free on the 'tubes. Netflix has come out with Arcane, an Ay-May-Zing new show based on characters from the League of Legends video game. Jungle Cruise is now streaming on Disney+, so check that out too!

The Kingdoms: https://www.amazon.com/Kingdoms-Natasha-Pulley/dp/1635576083?

Cirque du Soleil - Kurios: https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/kurios

Arcane: League of Legends: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcane_(TV_series)

Jungle Cruise: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870154/

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Thax, Jack and Bluestocking are joined by Omar, the M0vie N1nja, to chew the fat. We discuss the dangers of buying cryptocurrency based on TV shows, and our Halloween experiences. A new children's show on Netflix that might be too scary for grownups, a steampunk comic that may have been overlooked, and some of Omar's favorite goofball films!

A Tale Dark and Grimm: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2386826/

Airborne Kingdoms: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/airborne-kingdom

Van Helsing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/

Shadow and Bone: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403776/

Legenderry: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?CAT=DF-Legenderry

Black Cat/Kuroneko: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122136/

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Thax, Jack and Erika salute the passing of our founder, Flavio, who drove this podcast for the last four (five?)  years. He was a friend, a traveling companion, a cheerleader for our victories, he was always ready to jump in with both feet to any adventure that came up. We meander through Texas Barbecue to the matrix to the latest boomer "Steampunk is dead" article. We're going to push forward with the show Flavio started and hope he approves from wherever he is watching now. Also... I should have really introduced Erika with the show. I didn't know how active she'd be in this episode. She was a real great addition that I didn't expect at the top of the show. Thank you, Erika.

https://modus.medium.com/what-ever-happened-to-steampunk-4ac936905165

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Flavio, Thax and guest host, Natalie MacTavish share drinks and talk about sour beer, scary sirens, and sweet doggos. Steampunk November has been cancelled... again, thanks to Covid. Steve Metze' Lovecraft Kickstarter is blowing up. We also talk about a comic, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty, a short apocalyptic animated series called Autodale, and how steampunk Wicked the musical really got. Also a weird horror game called Bendy and the Ink Machine. Is this for kids?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1178965847/cthulhubook3

https://gocollect.com/comics/the-ballad-of-sleeping-beauty

Autodale: The Animated Series https://youtu.be/44Vh_w_Qb1A

https://wickedthemusical.com/

Bendy and the Ink Machine https://joeydrewstudios.com/batim

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Flavio, Jack and guest host, Kitty share drinks and talk about My Octopus Teacher, and Steampunk November. We also talk about a new comic series, The Legend of Oz: the Wicked West, and Steampunk. Legend TV series is revisited.

My Octopus Teacher: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12888462/

https://www.goodreads.com/series/107585-the-legend-of-oz-the-wicked-west

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/326916.Steampunk_Volume_One

Legend TV series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112045/

music provided by Zapsplat.com

Gods of the Aether Comic: http://godsoftheaether.com/?fbclid=IwAR16BY_TKR7r53E8XXFMgWEahin7XgVz-VtlwZe-7HlbWWBLFW-NMX49nGU

Wraith: https://www.amazon.com/Wraith-Steven-Metze/dp/0984657827/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=wraith%20metze&qid=1629855637&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwAR2g9LxhAdISrs4SQ6AkrdrO_rtnnuCf4Yyd0MsfUt6u6oGfvK4qKxZgnR

Zombie Monologues: https://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Monologues-Steven-Metze/dp/0615496032/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=zombie%20monologues&qid=1629855696&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwAR12uQygEy2muwZxsJyPtgovBSDFwAfeWKQ7e9zBMYAaSo7DdZa-mgfycZs

Kickstarter for De Arcanis Tenebris: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1178965847/cthulhubook3

We have the Movie Ninja as a guest

The Bill Nye of the Steampunk wolrds.

Gel E. Bean

Life gets in the way. :)

Steampunk November is trying to come back this year

YES, another comic

Minky Woodcock - The Girl who Electrified Tesla. 

We go Steampunk!!

Enjoy all the Steampunk goodness we bring to you.

Kareem Abul-Jabbar wrote a Steampunk comic. 

Disenchanted on Netflix goes Steampunk.

online comic Impure Blood is Steampunk

Attack on Titan????? find out what we think

We are then joined by John F. Strangeway aka Steampunk Boba Fett

Join us as we talk Steampunk and introduce things we believe to be steampunk. There is more out there then you might think. 

I introduce a Kickstarter that now has 6 days left. 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/felipecagno/the-few-and-cursed-crows-of-manaolana-tpb?fbclid=IwAR1V71lx_gpBhSZ0gpL1BmK3AwIc0x97ei5GOB1B_nEUNy9lWXpGbiy6_qw&ref=awkdrj

Thax talks about a graphic novel STEAM. An all ages steampunk adventure.

https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/23-090/Steam-TPB

Agent Bluestocking talks the HBO show "His Dark Materials"

https://play.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GXYUhuQ6aq6nCVgEAAAlR?utm_id=sa%7c71700000067192071%7c58700005866954778%7cp53636735789&&msclkid=ec6e8f036a221f6b653ad0cb6dd57800&gclid=CJTopd6fsO0CFVWnxQIdsuoJfQ&gclsrc=ds

WARNING SPOILERS!!!!!!

We have some Christmas Gift suggestions.

https://holdmyticket.com/event/365918?fbclid=IwAR3Gr_zgzkKbz3DDYKWTZHNMC42-lNSVASkvQ6rCOcohtn0nY1f3WvFMC_0

Thax introduces an all ages cartoon

Jack shows us a real life Lightsaber steampunk Style

I introduce an old comic from the mind of Neil Gaiman

I point out two novels. 

Thax talks micro bars

Jack points out a source for Steampunk garb.

I talk briefly about another movie I watched. Hell on the Border: A true story about Bass Reeves.

Thax has a new Jacket.

Jack's wife started teaching Dance. :)

 an online Steampunk Convention

and more online DIY videos

Thax points you to a great website

and Jack is consulting on new Steampunk game

and one upcoming Steampunk PC game

We introduce them and talk Steampunk(of course)

Hope everyone had a good holiday season and Happy New Year

This is the final Episode of 2018

It contains the last interviews when did at Steampunk November

We talk to Burke and Hare then discuss a movie we watched about them.

We then talk to a GanAinmous member.

The upcoming events are in the past. Sorry about that.

Stay tuned for Season 4 of Texas Steampunk Connection

My Earthling and Me Episode 1 The Abduction

Find out what happens when an adolescent alien abducts a human

for a space school project.

We continue with some more interviews we had at Steampunk November.

Durian Grey Productions

The Space Corps an awesome band

Judas and Magnolia the best Escape Artist ever. :)

We talk a little about what we experienced.

We have a talk with the Captain of Airship Albertross

We have a talk with Thawind Mills

Upcoming Events for the end of 2018

We start with a talk with Jack Firebaugh Von Wolf about his monthly subscription service Steamchest.

We talk to Natalie Mactavish of the Airship Goliad: Rangers of the Sky about why she had Jack arrested. Don't worry it's a Charity Jail. 

musical intermission is Raygun by Intergalactic Space Corps

We then have a talk with Jim Trent of Mad Raven Productions about a lot of steampunk happenings.

Steamchest subscription box - https://chestofsteam.com/

Airship Goliad: Rangers of the Sky - https://www.facebook.com/AirshipGoliadRangersoftheSky/

Mad Raven Productions - https://www.madravenproductions.net/

Fascinating Stuff :)

Song at the end is 

The Muse and the Martyr - Sebben Crudele. Also known as Francis and his wife Katlynn Rose Blakely Suchomel. 

No upcoming events in this episode. Check out Facebook page for those. 

Upcoming events up to the end of September

In this episode we finish our Frankenstein discussion then move on to Dracula.

Abbny Park needs your help

You should listen to Steampunk Dollhouse

and a we toss in a Vampire song: Goodbye Happyness by Birthrite

This is Flavio from Texas Steampunk Connection.

This is not a new episode of Texas Steampunk Connection. 

As some of you may remember, I made a goal of making at least one more Podcast by the end of the year. 

To that end. I created Digital Rexfelix Productions. 

What you are about to hear is a special Sneak Peek of Episode 1 of a brand new Podcast produce by me. 

It is a Scripted Podcast.

I am Proud to Present 

My Earthling and Me

Enjoy.

We discuss Thax and Erika's adventure in Belize.

We briefly discuss our outing to Wimberly, Tx

We decided to explore the subculture of Goth. 

We discuss Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.

We are BACK!!!

I talk about 2000 Leagues Under the Sea and two book written about Captain Nemo

We discuss the scandal around the Steampunk Worlds Fair

Post Modern Juckbox Creep

Joys Cigerette ad

Steamrollers Adventure Podcast Promo

Events until the end of April.

We have two guest from the Bellydance community in Austin. 

Lisa La Mar of Unbound Dreams Productions and

Cybele from Signet Tribal troupe

Magnetic Corset ad

Tape worm ad. :)

Abney Park Scheherazade

Steampunk Cabaret podcast bummer.

Tesla's Death Ray: A Murder Declassified

We Discuss it and go over Tesla's life. 

Bumper for Steampunk Dollhouse Podcast

Arc Attack: The Final Countdown

Ambition pills

The SECRET of a good Complextion

Tesla: Man out of time- Edison's Medicine

This is our New Years Eve Episode. 

We celebrate the ringing in of the New Year

We look into the origins of some New Years traditions

We tell our goals for the New Year.

We talk about the movie The Greatest Showman A LOT.

WARNING Major Spoilers.

Live at the Wild West Victorian Fest in Kerrville, Tx. 

Boerne's event, Dickens on Main, brought new stories to tell.

Dickens on the Strand completed the fall schedule.

musical intermission with Carol of the Bells performed by Abney Park

Astra Designs - https://www.etsy.com/shop/astraeadesigns/

Midnight Breeze Design - http://www.MidnightBreezeDesigns.com/

Fairie Gleann Glass - https://www.fairiegleannglass.com/

Steampunk November - http://www.steampunknovember.com/

Dickens on Main - https://www.ci.boerne.tx.us/1721/Dickens-on-Main

Dickens on the Strand - https://www.galvestonhistory.org/events/dickens-on-the-strand

A new Goth store opens in Austin.

Thax and I went to another LARP.

Erika reads about the Satanic Origin of Camping.

Up coming events in November.

Dead Again In Tomestone

The Lost City of Z

Egypt

Up coming events for October and begining of November

We talk Nerf gun Mods

We talk Halloween Shoping

Gaming Etiquette.

Events happening in September

Steampunk your Motorcycle?

Comicpalooza correction

Geekfest report

GearWorld Board game review

Leap the new animated film review

Deadly Victorian fashion

Upcoming events in September

Steamy Tech Box of Making 

The Black Sinister Comic

Steampunked

Steampunk Cabaret Podcast and Steampunk After Dark

Ghoultown's newest album

Erika reads more from the Adventures of Ida Pfeiffer

Up coming events in August and begining of Sept.

We talk about the TV show Into the Badlands.

CALL OUT for vendors for a new Steampunk event in November.

Thax has a book review.

Erika has another book reading.

Upcoming events in July and August

Thax and Erika went to New Orleans for a Steampunk Adventure and made some new friends from Baton Rouge Area Steampunk Society or BRASS.

They talked to some of them and brought back the recordings for us to hear. 

Flavio reviews a book.

Erika reviews and reads a passage from a book.

We read from our "mail bag" and answer.

Upcoming events in the month of July 2017

Are you a writer?

Are you an artist?

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We review the TV show Richard Dean Anderson's Legend.

We review the movie Wonder Woman.

Up coming events this month of June 2017

Coming of events up to the end of June.

We went on a most excellent adventure in Houston to see Kurious, cirque du soleil. We tell you all about it. 

Erika reads us the Etiquette on Letters of introduction.

We tell you of the upcoming events that we know of up to the end of May.

Thax and Erika review a couple of books.

I review a Comic Book Series.

We watched another movie and discuss it.

Up coming events for the month of April and start of May.

I went to a show in San Antonio at the Beautiful Majestic Theatre with the Beautiful Cynthia.

Thax and Erika went on the Steampunk Naval Exposition.

I toss in a fast review of a book. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street.

A LOT of events happening this weekend. 

Events in April you don't want to miss.

Mortal Engines: A  Novel by Philip Reeve

We talk about a movie

City of Embers

Tom Petty???

Up coming events in March to the middle of April

We also tell you of the happenings in March.

Enjoy

Thax and Erika talk about their trip to Darwins Birthday event.

We review the Steampunk Saloon in Austin Texas. 

We then follow up by creating our ideal Steampunk bar.

I recommend a Steampunk Podcast. Sage and Savant.

We watched a classic movie and review it. "The Great Race'.

We have a great song from an awesome band for our break.

Three Kickstarters you should consider

Some up coming meetups

A couple of trips to consider in the next few weeks

Watch the Youtube video for that. :)

We talk about our trip on the Steamtrain.

We talk about some con-men of the late 1800's

Baron de Bastrop

Emperor Norton

Barbara Emi

Listen to Wino Vino during our break

We talk about upcoming events in Feb into begining of March

Something like a year in review.:)

One book review.

We discuss possible changes to improve in the near future.

A few events coming in Jan. 2017.

Hot Dr. Pepper??

Review of 2 novels and a comic book series.

Professor Moriarty novel The Infernal Device by Michael Kurland

List of 7 by Mark Frost

Rough Riders by Aftershock comics.

Many Steampunk events happening in December 2016

Including Dickens on the Strand in Galveston

A show about the Life of Tesla

Start the month off with a Steampunk Gathering at the Lamp Factory in San Marcus.

Enjoy!!!!

Flavio and Thax are joined by DJ Argo to have a great discussion with Frenchy and the Punk.

We then have an excellent chat with Escapologists Judas & Magnolia. They were very nice and fun to talk to. :) 

I apologize for the static that kept popping in during the Frenchy and the Punk interview. 

Frenchy and the Punk - https://frenchyandthepunk.com/

Judas & Magnolia - https://judasandmagnolia.com/

Über RPG Steampunk - https://steampunkrpg.com/

Steve Metze on Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6489149.Steven_E_Metze

Aes: Brass Revolution - https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zkjjbz/4_TSC_Episode_4.mp3

Shadows of Salus Larp - https://www.facebook.com/groups/shadows.of.salus

Tephra RPG - https://tephrarpg.com/

Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/9795166

Tales of the Far West - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13432114-tales-of-the-far-west

The Steam Man - https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/27-830/The-Steam-Man-TPB

April and the Extraordinary World - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3422078/

Lantern City vol 1 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25986926-lantern-city-vol-1