Through The Wind Door

Whitescarves Team-Up! #8, Jesse Ferguson, Part 1

This is Whitescarves Team-Up, Fireside Alliance edition.

Alex deserves full credit for this one. As mentioned recently, Through The Wind Door is part of a super community of creators, and there had already been discussion on how to do crossover episodes among the different podcasts. But given that Back in Time + Space had just come out, Alex suggested that the time was ripe to interview him for that, so everything just fits neatly together!

So if you like time travel and New Century, get you an interview that can do both. Not to mention that unlike our News of the Century on the book, both parts of this interview are spoiler free. Enjoy as we get into the history of Jesse's love of time travel, his growing relationship with Alex and his various creative works, and the birth of Recorded Tomorrow.

 

The New Century Multiverse Website:

https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com

Recorded Tomorrow:

https://recordedtomorrow.podbean.com/

Through The Wind Door is a member of the Fireside Alliance media network: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/

 

Intro is "The Avengers" by Alan Sylvestri

Outro is "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds

The Search Begins - Part 3 (Arlington)

Today's Episode is titled Dr. Sean Riley, or How We Learned To Stop Overthinking And Love Bob Chipman's Performance. (Also, Smoke Weed Responsibly)

But seriously, today we talk about:

• The reasons why we love the character and speech of Sean Riley
• Toby's specific reflections on what his speech means to him as an academic
• The feelings evoked by Eli Roach, and discussion of the etymology of his name
• Outtakes!

And most importantly,, time taken out to specifically shout out our fellow creators at the Fireside Alliance, which we had not really mentioned before now since our fanbase is already a subset of Alex's, and those folks are already in the know. But among the stuff we called out:

Leftover Army Monsters - Tremors: https://soundcloud.com/user-752223467/lom-tremors

Loki Sucks D*ck (Montressor Media): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWqO1_jJAtxlqB3Gd8PofstBBRVzZY-m7

The Chippa Made This: https://chipmanbros.libsyn.com/

Cinemaspection: https://www.cinemaspection.com/

 

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 "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA

Outro is "Take a Bow" by Muse

The Search Begins - Part 2 (Arlington)

Once more, a shorter episode than usual, but that's because an incredibly intriguing discussion had to be sequestered to it's own spot in order to avoid potentially spoiling new readers. I don't know how many of those we have, but bear ye in mind: if you have not read/listened through Uncivil Outlaw, stop listening at or before the outro music! This warn you!

In the meantime:

• Our myriad discussion on the magic of Carl and Old Ned
• Horror Stories on the Frontier: Here There Be Dragons
• The return to the political thriller in chapter 15, as we start exploring the challenges of the DC team
• Discussing the characterization of MacPherson and Fisher, and who we fear more
• And as always, more ruminations on the essential nature of Thomas

 

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 "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA

Outro is "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Lorde

Post Outro music is "Shout (Instrumental)" by Tears for Fears

The Search Begins - Part 1 (Arlington)

Holy shit, we got to act 2 of Arlington! Celebration time!

Seriously, as always seems to happen, we focus mostly on Chapter 13 in this episode, so chapters 14-16 will happen later. But there is content! Including:

• Discussion of how genre mixing, and how music is used to separate out two different moods/stories inside Arlington
• The White House Meeting
• How all the leadup and character introduction in Act 1 prepared us for this moment
• And our brand new segment: Musings on Manticores

 

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 "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA

Outro is "Manticore" by Ninja Sex Party

Allies - Part 10 (Arlington)

An unexpectedly short episode. Due to the way we weren't able to finish the topic list in one session, we had a second one to finish off. The session was long, but much of it was content that wasn't New Century related. I didn't remember this, so I assumed I had enough for a 45 minute episode plus outtakes, and ended up significantly shorter.

To make up for it, a long involved Outro, plus some stuff that would have normally ended up on the cutting room floor. Future info redacted, so you can enjoy it  even if you haven't read this far. But of the topics we do cover:

• Family gestures beyond words
• Our thoughts on the close of Act 1, and what comes next

And as for the rest? You'll see.

 

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 "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA

Outro is "Colours" by Phil Collins

Allies - Part 9 (Arlington)

The nitty gritty of Chapter 12, where we meet The Swordmaster (but really, in mighty duel fashion, we range all over.) The topics of the day:

• Frank putting his foot in it
• The Calm before suddenly, A Manticore
• The Majesty of Weapon's Lab A and its artisans
• Further reflection on our master Spy
• And how really, the title Arlington doesn't refer to Thomas, but the entire family

 

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 "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA

Outro is "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac

New’s Of The Century: Back in Time + Space - Part 3

This is going to be the last New's for a while, but I'm glad of it, because it means Alex is taking a break. 

The only thing I have to say is that if this had to be the end of Phase Two, it was a hell of a note to go out on. We talk more about why this is the best homage to Back To The Future possible, discussions on wizards, and speculations for the future.

Stay tuned for outtakes at the end!

 

Live at Grillby's: https://youtu.be/9TwwiLAk4GM

What the Internet Did To Undertale: https://youtu.be/FFIs6LsV0a4

 

The New Century Multiverse Website:

https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com

Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/

 

Intro is "Humanity" by Scott Holmes of Free Music Archive

Outro is "Closing Time" by Semisonic

Allies - Part 8 (Arlington)

Trigger Warning for discussion of both fictional and real world police violence.

Today we finish off thoughts on Chapter 9 and move well into 10 and 11. Our cast of topics:

• Speculation on the fact that Truth and Harry are twins
• Our thoughts on Agent Li as she is portrayed from Chapter 10 and 12
• Wondering about how certain choices were made to include historical characters like Annie even though the Wendigo outbreak would dramatically change her story
• Our thoughts on Raven, both his influences and his role in the story
• And a brief discussion on the police-led murder introduced in these chapters, and it's basis from the real world history taking place during writing

This means that technically, the episode(s?) to come will be primarily focused only on Chapter 12... or will they? The scope of our conversation when picking a range of chapters is often related, after all...

Spoilers for The Mummy (1999)

 

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https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com

The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:

https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/

Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/

 

Intro is "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA

Outro is "Human Beings" by Seal

New’s Of The Century: Back in Time + Space - Part 2

Took longer than I wanted to get this out. But the main show always comes first!

As always, talking about too much detail spoils the story for the audience that has not read it! But today we dive into the discussion with even more gusto. Our love of this stories heroes and the bright and dark reflections of many familiar characters the heroes meet along the way. The ideosyncracies of telling a time travel narrative, the hardship placed on someone trying to navigate it and more. Plus, a special cameo.

Also... WWKHD? Kick ass, apparently.

EDIT: Apparently I picked the wrong version of the song that was referred to in the book, so I got the right one and reuploaded. It affects my stats, but TBH, I care less about those and more about getting this stuff out there and being true to my source. That said, if you downloaded the original, no need to redownload!

Talking Heads: Once In a Lifetime (Live) https://youtu.be/3XCp3ioDjwo

 

The New Century Multiverse Website:

https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com

Fireside Alliance: https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/

 

Intro is "Humanity" by Scott Holmes of Free Music Archive

Outro is "Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads

Allies - Part 7 (Arlington)

Today we begin to cover chapters 9-12 of Arlington. I say begin, because as always, our first entry always manages to focus mostly on the first chapter (though we do briefly discuss some elements of Chapter 10 as well, so, progress!) Today's topics include:

• The exploration of Frederick's absence
• Further discussion on hamartia
• Thomas being 'the angriest man [Sarah] has ever known'
• Discussion of the Arlington family, with specific focus on Truth and Thomas

At the end, instead of outtakes, we have a sober, unexpected conversation about Toby's relationship with his father, and how it culminated with his unexpectes passing nine years ago. Trigger Warning for frank discussions of familial loss and grief. But if you can hold a space for it, it's a touching stort that we even manage to relate back to New Century, and ponder its relevance for coming up at the time it did.

 

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 "One Person, Listening Now" by Doctor Turtle of FMA

Outro 1 is "Father and Daughter" by Paul Simon

Outro 2 is "Father to Son" by Phil Collins