Octothorpe Transcripts
Octothorpe is a regular fannish podcast by
John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty

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Octothorpe 62: Do You Want to Talk About Lesbians?

John is going to brunch, Alison watched a film, and Liz is critical.

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John is in the bottom-left, sitting in a chair, wearing a blue shirt and purple trousers, holding a can, and reading an ebook. Alison is in the upper-middle, lying down upside down, wearing a purple shirt and stripy trousers, and reading an ebook. Liz is in the bottom-right, wearing a pink shirt with green trousers, holding a mug of a hot beverage, and reading a physical book. They are surrounded by floating beer bottles, books, the Moon, a mug with a moose on it, and two cats. The words “Octothorpe 62” appear in scattered letters around the artwork, against a pinky-purple background.

Octothorpe 61: That Little Voice in Your Head

John has a hat on, Alison is taking the baton, and Liz twirls.

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Three round robot vacuum cleaners on a wood panel floor in a triangle formation. The lower-left one has glasses like John’s and looks like it’s open-mouthed; the upper-centre one has glasses like Alison’s and looks like it’s smiling; the lower-right one has no glasses like Liz and looks like it’s smiling. The text “Octothorpe 61” appears above the robots.

Octothorpe 60: Different Types of Tedium

John is going to brunch, Alison watched a film, and Liz is critical.

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A three-by-three grid of images generated by DALL-E with the prompt “cover art for Octothorpe podcast”. They are quite surreal, often involve figures, and are mostly in shades of green and pink with one black and white one. They almost give an impression of Lovecraftian tutti-frutti.

Octothorpe 59: Chickens

John is roast beef, Alison is pickled onion, and Liz is flamin’ hot. We get excited about the Fanzine Lounge at Chicon 8 - Chicago Worldcon 2022 before talking Hugo Voter Packets and discussing Kevin Standlee's wisdom on NASFiC voting.

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Photo manipulation of a purple packet of crisps reminiscent of Monster Munch, with “MEGA OCTOTHORPE PODCAST episode 59” written on the centre of the packet. below that are pictures of three monsters eating monster-paw shaped snack, and beneath each of those reads “40% massive hunks of John ‘roast beef’ Coxon flavour baked corn snack,” “40% huge chunks of Alison ‘pickled onion’ Scott flavour baked corn snack,” and “20% mighty bites of Liz ‘flamin’ hot' Batty flavour baked corn snack.

Octothorpe 58: Oh No! Really? Pancakes

John has a paper cut, Alison feels seen, and Liz is cheating on her homework. We discuss Chinese translation before a deep dive into the Chicon 8 - Chicago Worldcon 2022 programme and collecting data for conrunning. Art by Brad W. Foster.

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Illustration by Brad W Foster. Three aliens cluster around an old-style radio microphone in turquoise with a red speaker grille and green text saying “ON AIR”. The aliens from left to right are green, pink, and blue and look suspiciously like the hosts of Octothorpe. The title of the podcast is atop the artwork in orange.

Octothorpe 57: Back Bacon is Best

John is a muppet bilby, Alison is actively drinking, and Liz MURDERS OWLS. We discuss Reclamation 2022 and the COVID that ensued, before talking about Horizon Forbidden West a whole bunch. Also other things. Listen here! 

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The Octothorpe cast are depicted as Australian mammals in muppet form. John is a bilby, Alison is a quokka, and Liz is an echidna. John has a glitter octothorpe on his forehead.

Last revised: 14 March, 2024

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