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In 2013, Alex Shaw published a small novel called The Cartographer’s Handbook, the first in a series called The New Century Multiverse. The premise is alt history, where post-Civil War America is suddenly overcome with a plague of dangerous monsters that overwhelm the Reconstruction, and bring the nation to its knees. The series is not about its fall, however, but about the heroes that help bring it back from the brink, and step into a wider world that is not the one they knew. New mysteries to unlock, magics to discover, and worlds to explore. Ten years later, the New Century Multiverse is now thirteen books strong, with more on the way. It has had 2 major story arcs, an Avengers style coming together of the heroes of its various books, and multiple worlds and genres to explore. This is its first fan podcast. Through The Wind Door is a deep dive exploration of the novels and their corresponding audiodramas, along with interviews of the cast and creators. Accessible to new readers and long time fans, join Greg and Toby as they share thoughts about this engaging series.
Episodes
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Setting Out - Part 4 (Secret Rooms)
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
"[Mayor Buck] is someone New Century doesn't have a vested interest in because he is not someone who is trying to bring that titular 'New Century' to pass."
The second half of Episode 9, where we mix the problematic with the heartwarming. Today we cover the peculiar story of Old Man McGucket Malloy, the characters of Mary Sampson and Mayor Buck, and talk about that heartwrending speech by Annie, about how fragile humans are, and what it means when everyone has lost someone, and has been in mourning for years.
The episode was originally meant to cover only Chapters 10-12, but because we get into it a bunch with Mary and Buck, in order to avoid spoilers, please have read Chapter 13 as well. We still save the bulk of that conversation for next episode, though. Because there is a lot of it.
I am no longer going to use the Black Lives Matter hashtag in my scrawl, because while I still believe it, I don't think my podcast should be considered relevant to the conversation. I am going to consider what else I can do to continue to show my support. But in the meantime, in memory of Chadwick Boseman, here is a cosplay of an alternate universe T'Challa, where he adopts the moniker King in a wild west setting. It feels fitting for our current setting in New Century.
https://twitter.com/DTJAAAAM/status/1096609295259586560?s=20
Rest in Power, King.
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "The Talons of Adventure, The Antlers of Romance" by Doctor Turtle of the Free Music Archive
Outro is "One of Us" by New Politics
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Whitescarves Team-Up! #3, Pt. 2 - Laureta Sela
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
"I get to be Lucius Malfoy cut with Judi Dench, let's do this!" - Laureta
As promised, we get fucking weird up in this joint. In addition to serious discussions of Viola, Captain Beatrix, Abuelita, and even quiet young Shall, we bring a whole lot of other silly voices to the mix.
We discuss personal and media influences on these compelling New Century characters, potential future side projects for your Wind Door podcasters, and speculate on bringing back old characters in future installments of Phase 2 and beyond.
After the banger of an outro, stick around for 11 minutes of extracted outtakes.
Spoilers for all of New Century, up to Chapter 9 of Uncivil Outlaw.
The New Century Multiverse books and audio dramas can be found on:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
Intro is "Catchy Song" by Dillon Francis
Outro is "Woman" by Kesha (NSFW)
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Whitescarves Team-Up! #3, Pt. 1 - Laureta Sela
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
"How do I put this? You start doing it before you know you're doing i-Georgie what the hell? Sorry, my cat." - Laureta
Are you ready for this one? Because it's about to get weird up in this joint.
Well. Okay, not that weird. This is actually very serious business. Yes, most serious. Today we have the first part of our interview with Laureta Sela, the voice of Annie Oakley, Harry Arlington, Viola Heartstone, and many other mainstays of the New Century cannon canon. She brings a lot of fun energy to the table, but for the most part we get deep into complex character motivations for Annie, Harry, and Aunt Cleo this time around.
There's only hints of what eventually comes down the pike in part 2. Brace yourselves, folks.
Spoilers for all of New Century, up to Chapter 9 of Uncivil Outlaw.
The New Century Multiverse books and audio dramas can be found on:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
Intro is "Catchy Song" by Dillon Francis
Outro is "Legends Never Die" by Against the Current
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Setting Out - Part 3 (Secret Rooms)
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
"Complexity isn't a vice."
Part 1 of Episode 9, hot off the presses. Today we start covering Chapters 10-12 of Secret Rooms, where we uncover some of those secrets from past and present. We talk about propaganda, the importance of always questioning, and what it means to have a father that is willing to treat you like you're an adult.
We end up going deep on these subjects, so a bunch of the other interesting things are saved for part 2. Also you may notice that we left out chapter 13... it's not because of superstition. Chapter 13 gets its own episode all to itself, and given we talked close to two hours about that, you'll get to see why in due course.
#BlackLivesMatter
#ProtestEverywhere
No Such Thing As An Alpha Male:
https://www.businessinsider.com/no-such-thing-alpha-male-2016-10
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "The Talons of Adventure, The Antlers of Romance" by Doctor Turtle of the Free Music Archive
Outro is "Believer" by Imagine Dragons
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Setting Out - Part 2 (Secret Rooms)
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
"A well crafted chapter title can prepare the reader for what comes next, while not giving too much away, instead inspiring curiosity."
The second half of our diving into chapters 6-9 of Secret Rooms. Discussion includes further exploration of our primary subjects, the introduction of Tabitha Chorley to our narrative and what that entails, as well as a deeper discussion about some more of the themes of New Century touched on in these early chapters. And there's a hell of a collection of bloopers and outtakes at the end.
#BlackLivesMatter
#PortlandProtest
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "The Talons of Adventure, The Antlers of Romance" by Doctor Turtle of the Free Music Archive
Outro is "Set Me In Motion" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Setting Out - Part 1 (Secret Rooms)
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
"It's the facial expression equivalent of kicking someone's leg from underneath the dinner table."
Now we finally take our first steps into the new world of these Reunified States, and meet some more of our growing cast of characters in New Century. Today's podcast is the first half of Episode 8, where we start to cover chapters 6-9 of Secret Rooms: The Definitive Edition. (as well as a brief dip back into Chapter 5)
While a full analysis on the differences between the first and second publication of this novel is going to be saved till our final episode on this book, it's here that we start to see how the story originally began, before the flashback chapters were added. We talk about the alternate history genre, and influences both historical and fictional. We try to keep it light on real world correlations, but it's hard not to look at our collection of protagonnists and wish we were there, in a world of heroes.
#BlackLivesMatter
#TrumpHasNoPlan
The New Century Multiverse Website:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:
https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/
Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/
Intro is "The Talons of Adventure, The Antlers of Romance" by Doctor Turtle of the Free Music Archive
Outro is "Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Whitescarves Team-Up! #2, Pt. 2 - Theo Leigh
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
"Oh, it gon' be gay."
More fun times with Theo, the Mighty Magician. We just completely go off the rails this go around. Sure, we keep talking about New Century, but we also get into America Chavez, Miss Congeniality, She-Ra... look, we're geeks. This is what we do. And you're geeks too, so stop judging us. (Also, even more clips from other media. Blame Alex.)
We also get into hopes and speculation for the future of New Century, reflections on what it means to us (particularly now), and how LGBTQ works behind the scenes and the role it will play in the future (We're Queer and we're here.)
This bonus episode contains spoilers for all of New Century, including Uncivil Outlaw (sort of).
Etinu Sevracsetihw!
#BlackLivesMatter
The New Century Multiverse books and audio dramas can be found on:
https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com
Intro is "The Avengers" by Alan Sylvestri
Outro is "Cuckoo" by Lissie