#second star to the left podcast

[grifff17]

Stars, Hide Your Fires is a great book

When I start reading a new book, I either become obsessed with it and spend days straight reading it, or it takes me months to get through. I finished reading Stars, Hide Your Fires by @idiopathicsmile in 2 days. It hits so many different things I like in a story. The mystery, the political intrigue, the unspoken but very relevant Shakespeare references, the queer romance, and the amazing sci-fi worldbuilding all contributed to why I liked this book so much. As a huge fan of Starship Iris, and other podcasts like Unwell, which Jessica Best also worked on, this is the second time I've absolutely loved a book that I found because it was authored by the writer of an audiodrama whose storytelling blew me away (Seriously everyone who liked this book should also check out the Alliance Trilogy and the Leagues and Legends Trilogy by @ink-splotch, creator of Second Star to the Left).

#shyf #stars hide your fires #stars hide your fires novel #the strange case of starship iris #the strange case of starship iris podcast #tscosi #tscosi podcast #second star to the left #second star to the left podcast #ssttl podcast

[conscious-naivete]

this is well done sci-fi romance

#at least i think it’s romance #there were 5 brothers raising 2 kids earlier i think our margin for variance and qprs is wide #second star to the left #second star to the left podcast

[shy-sapphic-ace]

Hi everyone! Hope you're doing good!

I'm looking for new queer fiction podcasts to obsess about! So far I've listened to:

The Adventure Zone (that was a while ago, and I'm still not caught up on Dust S2 or Steeplechase)

Welcome To Night Vale

The Penumbra Podcast (Juno Steel and Second Citadel now!)

Wolf 359 (that was supposed to be my HAPPY COMFORT PODCAST jeez)

King Falls AM (Also was supposed to be my comfort podcast)

Kaleidotrope (This one's really a comfort podcast)

Dragon Shanty (Thanks for the rec!)

Dark Ages

The Lavender Tavern

The Two Princes

Second Star To The Left

RADIO: Outcast

The Bright Sessions

Vega

The Magnus Archives

The Strange Case of Starship Iris

Stellar Firma

Me And AU

Trice Forgotten

Maxine Miles

Light Hearts

Wooden Overcoats

Faux & Stallion

So if there are any suggestions, I'd love to have new stuff to check out! (Finished podcasts would be great but if it isn't that's fine)

Edit: Wow! Thanks for all the recommendations! Now my to-watch list is much, much longer than it was before!

#the adventure zone #welcome to night vale #wtnv #the penumbra podcast #tpp #wolf 359 #king falls am #podcasts #podcast recs #the magnus archives #kfam #kaleidotrope #dragon shanty #dark ages #the lavender tavern #the two princes #second star to the left #radio: outcast #the bright sessions #vega #tma #the strange case of starship iris #tscosi #stellar firma #trice forgotten #me and au #maxine miles #light hearts

[adrie-75014]

crying at every single audio drama because queer love stories like this weren’t available to me when I was young and I’m just SO happy for the current generation and so grateful for these creators.

(also, fuck the rightwing fuckheads on your school boards!! we’ll beat ‘em back, I promise. if the adults in your life don’t support you, know that I do and every single person in my life does too)

#audio drama #audio fiction #Anita Bryant like anita hole in my head #the penumbra podcast #the pasithea powder #back again back again #baba pod #valence #scotsi #starship iris #arden pod #what will be here #where the stars fell #wtsf #love and luck #caravan #the bright sessions #kaleidotrope #second star to the left #the two princes #juno steel #all the podcasts on my to listen to list #queer

[vestaclinicpod]

Love audio drama?

Also: secrets and spreading positivity?? 

Send your favourite indie audio drama a secret confession of love this valentines! 💌

See below for an example of what I’m hoping to send out to some of the best and most beloved podcasters on 14th Feb! 

#audio drama secret admirers #audio drama #podcast #audio drama sunday #audio fiction #tma #hfth #wtnv #tpp #monstrous agonies #moonbase theta out #The Strange Case of Starship Iris #second star to the left #tell no tales pod #stellar firma #the book of constellations #starfall #sdite #lost terminal #the night post #mabel #additional postage required #civilised #alba salix #malevolent #badlands cola #fawx & stallion #the department of variance of somewhere ohio #marsfall #care and feeding of werewolves

[trashburgersblair]

trying to get people to listen to Second Star to the Left post:

You like space?

You like planets?

You hate capitalism?

Listen to Second Star to the Left!

They have all of that with bonus:

Cannon nonbinary character

Cannon disabled character

Bedtime stories

and robots!

#so ya #second star to the left #its very cool #totally recommend #audio drama #fiction podcast #fiction podcast recommendations

[bekaterrier]

Not every podcast piece I've ever made is in my shop, but most of them are! This includes some newer shows and some older shows with less active fan spaces, but that are still incredibly beloved to me. Check them out and get a 15% discount (using the link below or the code PODCASTLOVE) until the end of the year!

#based on my to-listen list I'm gling to end up with so many bracelets #tell no tales #second star to the left #stories from ylelmore #me and au #starfall podcast #roguemaker #tides podcast #the vesta clinic #bekaterrier #my jewelry #handmade jewelry #wire knitting #bracelets #audio drama #podcast piece

[skyfullofpods]

197 is @secondstartotheleftpodcast!

Gwen Hartley is a scout, one of many who has trained to be sent to uninhabited planets in order to explore and prepare them for settlement - and to do that alone for years. After she arrives on her new home, it turns out that she’s not completely alone, as her scout-minder Bell Summers has been trying to contact her.

A completed series of ten episodes.

#second star to the left #random podcast recommendations #audio fiction #audio drama #podcasts #podcast recommendations #podcast recs

[fyeahaudiodrama]

#unseen podcast #inn between #fawx & stallion #the kingmaker histories #me & au #moonbase theta out #the pasithea powder #second star to the left #the tower podcast

[specialagentartemis]

Do you have any sci fi podcast recs that really focus on the science? Like the beginning of second star to the left, among the stars and bones, and tides. Just researchers excitedly describing alien worlds, new species, that sort of thing. Like I'm just as into it for the worldbuilding as the plot, if not more.

Ohh this is a good question. Those are my go-to recs for that, and I’m having a hard time coming up with more. Micro-cosmos has some of this energy. Ars Paradoxica and woe.begone both take the time-travel mechanics of their respective worlds and run with them, delving into a fascinating number of permutations and applications, but that’s more of an engineering direction more than a natural/social-science direction.

(If fantasy and magical worldbuilding is up your alley, Unseen is an anthology show in an urban fantasy world where each episode tells a story that explores a new facet of the world; I would call it worldbuilding-focused, though absolutely not in a science direction.)

Do any of my followers have recs for science-heavy sci-fi podcasts?

#asks #moonlightcrazyphoenix #Sorry for the delayed response; I wanted to come up with a better answer than ‘sorry not really’ #Second Star to the Left #Among the Stars and Bones #Tides podcast #podcasts

[bekabloodhound]

Re-listening to Me & AU and I'm struck again by a couple things:

1. The theme song is such a jam! I am literally dancing in my seat everytime - love it so much!

2. Kate's monologue about fandom:

Okay -- sometimes you see a movie, hear a podcast, read a book and it's like finding a home you didn't know you were missing. And you want to be in that place more often . . . it's like, being seen. Like somehow, this thing you love looked inside you and went, 'oh yeah, me too.' And when you feel that way all you want to do is to create something that keeps that feeling going. Something that finds whatever is in this thing that's speaking to you and runs with it as hard as it can.

She was speaking more specifically about fanfic culture but I definitely think it applies to all types of fan art (speaking as someone who doesn't write but channels their feelings into beading instead). This just resonated with me so much tonight, and had me thinking about all the podcasts that make me feel seen and that have given me a home.

#me and au #me and au podcast #moonbase theta out #second star to the left #the pasithea powder #the vesta clinic #the far meridian #starfall podcast #among many others

[beenovel]

The podcast I’m listening to is explicitly addressing bipolar disorder. Like one of the characters has been affected by space pollen that’s affecting her dopamine production, and the main character is telling her that her (the main characters) sister has bipolar and they can talk if the one who’s affected wants help. As someone who likely* bipolar, this is incredible. They say that yes it’s something you live with your whole life and meds can help but you have to manage it but it’s possible to live a good life with it. The only time I’ve actually seen bipolar portrayed in media was Shameless and the portrayal was (to me)….. less than satisfactory to say the least.

*not diagnosed but my psychiatrist says I show a huge number of indicators

#podcast #podcasts #bipolar #bipolar disorder #bipolor #bipolar type 2 #bipolar type ii #second star to the left

[wall-e-gorl]

I'm gonna relisten to second star to the left. It's 10pm but idc I want some comfort food in the form of space long distance 'enemies' to friends to lovers with a strong side of anticapitalism, and bedtime stories, and love for the robots who came before, and the friends we made and carry with us, and the apple tree

#anyways this is YOUR sign to listen to one of my top 3 podcasts written by my favorite storyteller #god the apple tree #it was carried so far #listen to #second star to the left #you wont regret it #time to see what i remember and what i forgot #and what will hit different after knowing the ending

[spacecoffeeandcartoons]

Day 8 of Podmas!

#12daysofpodmas #audio drama #fiction podcast #podcast recommendations #second star to the left

[a-dozen-moderate-fragments]

GOT MY FRIEND HOOKED ON SSTTL YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE STARTING EP 5 TODAY

#sam speaks #ssttl #second star to the left #THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE IN FOR #audio drama podcasts my beloved

[tparadox]

I picked up a lot of podcast recs at once in the last few months, and to limit how overwhelmed my queue was getting, I decided to hold off on Second Star to the Left since I was already going through Girl In Space and We Fix Space Junk as well archive binging as three other audio dramas not as specifically similar. It's short and self-contained, I thought. I'll keep it for when I'm splitting my attention between fewer things.

I got caught up on other stuff and remembered Second Star last week. I'm two episodes in and I'm floored by the depth, poetry, and humanity of this show with a cast of two people on a radio call who can't stand each other and one pet robot that only speaks in beeps. It reminds me a lot of Becky Chambers' books. I appreciate a lot of the satire and cynicism of the other things I'm listening to but it's also a breath of fresh air to experience a story about isolation and connection that's completely earnest about how much friendship and support means even to introverted hermits.

#second star to the left #podcast recommendation