Adventure Seed Podcast: Recent Episodes
Adventure Seed Podcast
A random roller podcast where every show is a different adventure through a variety of reading material and beverages.
Heather and Whitney put their quarter up on the console for their turn to talk Ready Player Two. We also giver Fangamer some geeky love for our business shoutout!
Sources: “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline https://sites.prh.com/ready-player-two Business shoutout: Fangamer https://www.fangamer.com/
Heather and Whitney go galactic with Dune: House Atreides for our single issue roll...the spice must flow y'all.
Sources:
Comic- “Dune: House Atreides” issue #1 written by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, artist Dev Pramanik, and colorist Alex Guimarães
https://www.boom-studios.com/series/dune/
Origins: https://dunenovels.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)
Business shoutout:
REALM (band) @realmknox
https://realmknox.bandcamp.com/
In then true nature of randomness and chaos, Heather and Whitney rolled up the origins and history of ramen. The dice were favorable AND flavorful!
Sources:
https://ramenhero.com/blogs/ramen-hero-blog/ramen-101-what-does-honkaku-mean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
“The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze” by George Solt
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520282353/the-untold-history-of-ramen
Tokyo Ramen recipe:
“Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts” by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3000-827/Anthony-Bourdains-Hungry-Ghosts-HC
Business shout-out:
Fin-Two Japanese Ale House
https://fin-two.com/
Single Issues
“Not All Robots” issue 1 of a 5 issue series by writer Mark Russell and artist Mike Deodato Jr
https://awastudios.net/series/not-all-robots/
“Save Yourself!” issue 1 of a 4 issue series by writer Bones Leopard, artists Kelly and Nichole Matthews, and letterer Jim Campbell
https://www.boom-studios.com/wordpress/archives/brand-new-magical-girls-series-save-yourself-from-boom-studios/
Interview quote:
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/mark-russell-not-all-robots-creator-owned-comic-toxic-masculinity
Business shout-out:
https://www.heroinitiative.org/hire-this-artist/
Heather and Whitney rolled for single issues and decided that we would pick surprise issues for each other: “not all robots” Mark Russell and and artist Mike Deodato Jr's limited run of 5 issues from AWA Studios and "Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard, Kelly and Nichole Matthews. (not all robots is mature and some trrigger warnings are needed)
Heather and Whitney kneaded to do something special for the cookbook roll, ands Frida's Fiesta was the obvious pick for us as lovers of family, friends, and social gaming!
Sources:
“Frida’s Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo” by Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle Photographs by Ignacio Urquiza
Ingredients found at Aldi (who else loves this place?!) https://www.aldi.us/
Business plug:
http://www.almosthometn.org/
Heather and Whitney rolled their first Nat 20 on air to read and discuss mortality and apprentices of death with the novel Scythe by Neal Shusterman!
Sources:
“Scythe” by Neal Shusterman
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Scythe/Neal-Shusterman/Arc-of-a-Scythe/9781442472433
Business plug:
“The Pigeon Parade Quarterly”
https://www.thepigeonparade.com/
Heather and Whitney discuss Be Gay Do Comics: Queer history, memoir, and satire from The Nib!
“Be Gay Do Comics” Compiled by the Nib and edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchansky, Sarah Mirk, and Eleri Harris with contributions from an additional 28 creatives.
Book- https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/be-gay-do-comics/
The Nib site- https://thenib.com/
Article source- “What Does ‘Be Gay Do Crime’ Mean?” by David Hudson https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/what-does-be-gay-do-crime-mean/
Artist- Artist BumLung- Twitter handle @bum_lung
https://www.etsy.com/shop/bumlung
Business plug:
South Press
https://www.facebook.com/southpressknoxville/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-south-press-open
Heather and Whitney power up the engines for a real flyer! The Millenium Falcon and the stolen/leaked/messed up tech manual for the ship we know and love. “Millennium Falcon: Owner’s Workshop Manual” by Ryder Windham, Chris Reiff, and Chris Trevas Business plug: The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Knoxville chapter of Trans Empowerment project https://www.facebook.com/TEPKnoxville/ https://www.transempowerment.org/
Heather and Whitney discuss "We Are Water Protectors" and why it is necessary to be better stewards of our Earth. There is brief discussion about the importance of preventing the "black snake" from doing further damage to our indigenous peoples and creatures of Earth.
Sources:
“We Are Water Protectors” written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade
http://www.carolelindstrom.com/
Warrior Life Podcast- “No Pipelines on Secwepemc Territory
https://pampalmater.com/
Warrior Kids Podcast- “Water is Life”
https://warriorkidspodcast.com/
Business plug:
American Indian Movement Interpretive Center
http://www.aim-ic.org/about
Tennessee Clean Water Network
https://www.tcwn.org/
Heather and Whitney reeled in a fantastic debut graphic novel "The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen.
“The Magic Fish” written and illustrated by Trung Le Nguyen
http://www.trungles.com/the-magic-fish
Sina’s Donut and Deli of Halls
https://www.facebook.com/Timeoutdelihalls
International Literacy Association reading selection of "The Magic Fish"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sHcUGdBHk
Heather and Whitney rolled up a bloody well written and researched comic mini series from local Rich Davis. Thanks y'all!
“Cult of Dracula” by writer/creator Rich Davis and pencil/ inks artist Henry Martinez
Sources:
https://cultofdracula.com/
https://medicblood.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alea_iacta_est
Heather and Whitney kept rolling nat 1s every time they recorded The Faust Act. They finally rolled a successful save! Here is The Wicked + The Divine: The Faust Act. Rest in Fierce, Amber Davis. Source material: “The Wicked + The Divine” Volume 1 The Faust Act/Issues 1-5 by writer Kieron Gillen, artist Jamie McKelvie, colourist Matthew Wilson, and letterer Clayton Cowles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicked_%2B_The_Divine Business shoutout: Crafts & Coffee https://www.facebook.com/craftsandcoffeeknox/
Heather and Whitney rolled for Cosmopolitan Magazine and discuss the white pantsuit and the weird thing about politics, women, and fashion. Let's talk and make history!
Source material:
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a34608967/kamala-harris-victory-speech-2020/
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/902345079/the-nudge-and-tie-breaker-that-took-womens-suffrage-from-nay-to-yea
Business shoutout:
www.salonmercuryknox.com
Heather and Whitney rolled up a fun session discussing Squirrel Girl!! We kick butts and eats nuts. Also, have you heard of For Fox Sake?
Edit: If you follow along with our rolls, you will think that S5 was going to be Wicked + Divine but that got lost in Techatesus Land, but it took us a couple of sessions to realize. You will hear it back on track in a couple of shows. Thanks for listening!
Source material:
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Issues 1-4 by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Rico Renzi-plus the classic debut of the character from Issue 8 of Marvel Super-Heroes(1990)
Business shoutout:
For Fox Sake Wildlife Rescue-
https://forfoxsakewildlife.com/
Heather and Whitney rolled for an HP Lovecraft short story and go over the cringe and the worthy parts of The Dunwich Horror! There are a few robotic seconds that couldn’t be edited out... but that just adds to our chaos and the horror of HPL.
Sources:
If you want to read it: https://hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx
If you prefer to listen, here’s a great YouTube link by Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. Performed by Caden Vaughn Clegg: https://youtu.be/vJK5w4ZpQKc
https://www.npr.org/2014/10/04/353737040/horror-of-horrors-is-h-p-lovecrafts-legacy-tainted
Business plug-The Oddities & Curiosities Expo: https://odditiesandcuriositiesexpo.com
We, Heather and Whitney, are (obviously) not psychologists, but we are advocates for mental health awareness and see value in talking about it regularly with our fellow geeks, nerds, normies, mental heads, and all the people in between.
Article sources:
“Pop Culture Should Teach How to Show Up for Those Who Are Struggling” by By Shabnam Mogharabi.
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/May-2019/Pop-Culture-Should-Teach-How-to-Show-Up-for-Those-Who-Are-Struggling
“Film and TV miss the mark in portraying mental health conditions” by USC Annenburg Staff
https://news.usc.edu/157768/mental-health-conditions-tv-film/
“What TV Gets Wrong About Mental Illness” by Dr. Agnes Kathrine Costello
https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/emotional-health/what-tv-gets-wrong-about-mental-illness
Business plug and mental health resource page-The Jedi Counsel Podcast:
https://jedi-counsel.com/mental-health-resources/
“Cult of Dracula” by writer/creator Rich Davis and pencil/ inks artist Henry Martinez, regular cover artist by Georges Jeanty
https://cultofdracula.com/
https://pedaljava.com
“Scourge of the Gods- Born in Darkness” Book 1 of 3 by Thomas A Farmer
https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-A-Farmer/e/B01A436HFO
https://www.patreon.com/tafarmerauthor
Whitney and Heather dine into the “Handbook For The Recently Deceased” Fictional novel from the movie Beetlejuice
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20067989-handbook-for-the-recently-deceased
https://narrowridge.org/about/natural-burial-preserve/
Whitney and Heather review “Monstress: Awakening- Volume 1” Issues 1-6 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
https://www.shopcuriosities.com/
Heather and Whitney take a trip across time and space to review “A Story of Three Lifetimes” by Ejunkiet
https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=63215
https://www.boxlunch.com/boxlunch-gives/
This episode, Whitney and Heather get a little .... Cheesy. Tune in to find out what secret reading item they review this week.
Whitney and Heather review "Sex Criminals-One Weird Trick” Volume 1-issues 1-5 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
Whitney and Heather review articles from “Fly Fishermen Magazine” issue Aug/Sept 2020 article “The Artifact” by Kelly Bastone and “Fly Fishermen Magazine” issue April/May 2020 ”The Protector” by Brian Irwin.
www.3riversangler.com
https://www.tcwn.org/
https://www.ijams.org/
Whitney and Heather read two children's books:
“Everything I need to Know I Learned from a Disney Little Golden Book” and “Everything I need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book” both by Diane Muldrow
http://www.littlegoldenbooks.com/
http://www.imaginationlibrary.com
Whitney and Heather discuss cookbooks! Our episode features:
“The Jane Austen Cookbook” by Maggie Black & Deidre Le Faye
“The Portlandia Cookbook: Cook Like a Local” by Fred Armisen & Carrie Brownstein with Jonathan Krisel
This episode, Whitney and Heather dive into Canto-If I Only had a Heart” Volume 1/Issues 1-6 by writer David M. Booher and artist Drew Zucker.
We also discuss the current Black Lives Matter rallies around the country and how we can do our part as allies.
Here are some great resources mentioned in the podcast.
https://frugalbookstore.net/
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/
bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES shared by Tara-Nicholle Nelson
This week, Whitney and Heather rolled up the New York Times!
They chose two articles to discuss and review.
Source material: New York Times article “Mother Sea Turtles Might Be Sneakier Than They Look” by By David Waldstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/science/sea-turtles-decoy-nests.html
“NASA names Dark Energy Telescope for Nancy Grace Roman” by Dennis Overbye
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/science/nancy-grace-roman-telescope.html
This week Whitney and Heather rolled up a Technical Manual. To keep things fun and nerdy, we chose the Star Trek Next Generation Enterprise Technical Manual written by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, with a forward by Gene Roddenberry himself!
Whitney and Heather dive into two articles from Dragon+ Magazine, the official Dungeons & Dragons magazine released by Wizards of the Coast.
If you would like to follow along with our discussion, check out the articles we read here:
https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2020/04/27/behind-the-screens-tactics-for-mass-combat/content.html
https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2020/04/27/playing-dd-remotely/content.html