{"podcast":{"title":"Octothorpe","slug":"octothorpe-720975","podcast_index_feed_id":720975,"rss_url":"https://octothorpe.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://octothorpe.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/709677/Artwork.png","author":"John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty","episode_count":100,"summary":"A Hugo Award-winning podcast about science fiction and SF fandom from John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T00:19:13.497313+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/octothorpe-720975"},"episode":{"title":"153: Bowling Captain Kirk for a Duck","slug":"153-bowling-captain-kirk-for-a-duck","published_at":"2026-02-12T10:06:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/octothorpe-720975/153-bowling-captain-kirk-for-a-duck","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/octothorpe-720975","url":"https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/153-bowling-captain-kirk-for-a-duck/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kt8szdgr2zqt2zn8/Octothorpe_153.mp3","summary":"John is volunteering, Alison is saying “no”, and Liz read her first book! An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None Letters of comment Alexandra Lanes (Bluesky) Ali Baker Brown (Bluesky) Chris Garcia (email) Fiona Moore (Facebook) Ivan Sinha (Facebook) Kin-Ming Looi (Facebook) Kev McVeigh (Facebook) Paul Weimer (email) Roseanna Pendlebury (Bluesky) Scott Edelman (Bluesky) The convention never ends Tommy Ferguson (Facebook) We also heard from Farah Mendlesohn, Fredrik V Coulter and Mike Scott SMOFcon 2026: SMOFcon 43 in Lisbon, Portugal Worldcon 2028: Bid for Nuremberg, Germany “Nuremberg in 2028 Worldcon Bid Unveils Website” on File 770 Worldcon 2028: Bid for Kigali, Rwanda They are withdrawing from the process Join the “Worldcon in Africa” mailing list Worldcon 2029: Bid for Dublin, Ireland Fan funds Transatlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) Kat Templeton has announced her candidacy Ansible #463 reported that the ballot would be online “soon” Going Under Fan Fund (GUFF) Nominations are now open and close on 18 February! Picks John: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Alison: Anbernic RG 34XXSP Liz: There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm The SCP Foundation Antimemetics FAQ ROT13 Credits Cover art: “Alison the White” by Alison Scott Alt text: A picture of Alison with white hair, wearing a white dressing gown, and wielding a staff with a moose head. John and Liz flank her. She says “Behold! I am reborn as Alison the White!” John says “That’s a bit dramatic… it’s only a haircut” and Liz says “Pretty sure that’s a dressing gown… and are you stan…","meta_description":"John is volunteering, Alison is saying “no”, and Liz read her first book! An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3203,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/octothorpe-720975/episodes/153-bowling-captain-kirk-for-a-duck/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/octothorpe-720975/153-bowling-captain-kirk-for-a-duck.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}