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“PodCastle used to be a very enjoyable podcast, with most stories worth listening to, or at least fun to listen to. You would have an occasional dud, but overall it was worth your time.
But about a year ago, the new editors took it in a very different direction. Nowadays almost all of the published stories are written by women, with many stories having only the barest trappings of fantasy while sending a “message”, often involving oppression or violence against marginalized groups or women. In effect, Podcastle has morphed into a feminist/LBTGQ podcast with a social justice theme for most stories.
The big problem with this, unfortunately, is that the quality of the stories has suffered tremendously. When you deliberately exclude half of the population from publishing stories, quality will inevitably suffer. Many of the stories seem like rejects from a college creative writing class. With others, I feel like I am being beaten over the head with a very obvious social message. I also get the feeling that many of the published authors may be friends, or insiders, with the editors. I now dread the words “This is a Podcastle original”, because four out of five times I will find myself giving up after the first five or ten minutes.
What is particularly ironic is that Podcastle still promotes its “Artemis Rising” month of women authors, when in fact male authors are now quite rare in this podcast. They really need an “Apollo Rising“ month instead.
So despite what you may think by listening to this podcast, men did not quit writing fantasy a year or two ago. Quite the contrary, there is still plenty of good fantasy being written by members of both sexes. You simply won’t find it in Podcastle.”
Tim Holman via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/03/18
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“I truly enjoy Podcastle every week. No it is not traditional "Sword & Sorcery" but I can get that anywhere. It is fantasy
from a hundred different viewpoints and angles. I am frequently amazed and delighted by the content and the commentary.
Thank you for a grat podcast.”Read full review »
JasKeel via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/15/11
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“Pod castle is awsome one of the few things that gets me through my day at work if you want something that is entertaining then this is it”
zakblack via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
05/27/11
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“An Incredible podcast.”
Willystickman via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/06/12
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