(Don’t) Gotta Go Fast
The average American consumes 100,000 words a day. But what do we retain? What have we learned? We think that bigger is better, and more is better, but what about quality over quantity? Will reading...
View ArticleEat Gud
Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good. I’m RS Benedict, and I’ll be your waiter this evening. On tonight’s menu, we’re starting off with a discussion about the lack of physicality...
View ArticleEat Gud (Transcript)
Raquel: Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good. I’m R. S. Benedict, and I’ll be your waiter this evening. On tonight’s menu, we’re starting off with a discussion about the lack of...
View ArticleToothless Vampires
There’s a trend in contemporary SFF to soften or humanize monsters. We have nice vampires who don’t kill people, sad ghosts who don’t torment the living, succubi who don’t fuck anyone. Some people...
View ArticleToothless Vampires (Transcript)
Raquel: Welcome to Rite Gud, the only podcast that helps you write good. I’m R. S. Benedict. There’s a trend in contemporary speculative fiction to soften or humanize monsters. We have nice vampires...
View ArticleWriting About Disability (Transcript)
R.S. Benedict Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good. I’m R.S. Benedict. In this episode, we’re talking about physical disabilities. How do we portray them in fiction? How should...
View ArticleWriting About Disability
In this episode, we’re talking about physical disability. How do we portray disabilities in fiction? How should we portray them? What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? James McPherson joins...
View ArticleLosers, Failures and Fuck-Ups (Transcript)
R.S. Benedict Welcome to Rite Gud. The only podcast that helps you write good. I’m R.S. Benedict. You okay there? J.R. Bolt Yes, I’m okay. Hello. Hello, I’m JR bolt. This R.S. Benedict is JR...
View ArticleLosers, Failures and Fuck-Ups
Everybody loves a winner–either a hyper competent alpha male who always saves the day, or maybe a relatable underdog who beats the odds and comes out on top. But in this episode of Rite Gud, we’re...
View ArticlePutting Real Stuff in Your Fake Stuff
We all incorporate the real world into our fiction. It’s impossible not to. Maybe we base a character on someone we love–or hate. Maybe we write a story inspired by a real life event–something that...
View ArticlePutting Real Stuff in Your Fake Stuff (Transcript)
[Listen Here] R.S. Benedict Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good I’m R.S. Benedict. We all incorporate the real world into our fiction. It’s impossible not to maybe we base a...
View ArticleShock Value, or, Don’t Cut Yourself On That Edge (Transcript)
[Listen here] R.S. Benedict Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good I’m R.S. Benedict. Before we get into the episode, I have a little announcement. I would like to announce that I...
View ArticleShock Value, or, Don’t Cut Yourself On That Edge
In this podcast, we talk a lot about transgressive art and pushing the envelope. We rail against censors and prudes. And for that reason, we’ve gotten a little bit of a reputation as shock jocks and...
View ArticleANNOUNCING: Infinite Danger
Infinite Danger is a podcast chronicling the wildly successful Canadian action TV Classic, Danger Bay. All 40-plus seasons of it. Join your host Will, as he breaks down each episode of the adventures...
View ArticleThe Sea Pup: Transcript
Will Riley I’m in Vancouver by the sea wall just round science world, there’s a neon sign that in a light blue says the words should I be worried. The sign is just next to the canopy Street Bridge....
View ArticleThe Sea Pup
In the first episode of Infinite Danger: Danger Bay emerges from a miasma of Steel Cables, Sigils, Hair Dye and Nominative Determinism to shed light upon the world. Also, Will ‘s podcast career...
View ArticleBased & Rhino Pilled (Transcript)
R.S. Benedict 0:30 Welcome to this month’s bonus episode of Rite Gud. For this edition of the book club, we’re taking a look at rhinoceros and absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco. This play was inspired...
View ArticleBased & Rhino Pilled
Howdy, Matt here! As you may remember from last month’s episode, Rite Gud is taking this month off. We’ve taken out one of our book club episodes from behind the paywall to share with you all. We’re...
View Articlei Pony (Transcript)
Matt: Zombie Kong declared his conquest over the city. He had won. He once again had dominion over all that he could see. The beast towered over the man he thought was his long lost love. Kong had a...
View Articlei Pony: Blueprint for a New America
We’re back from our brief sabbatical with an all-new episode to discuss the most important work of utopian–or dystopian, depending on your interpretation–fiction of the past decade: i Pony: Blueprint...
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