{"id":10148,"date":"2021-12-18T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10148"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T19:10:06","slug":"talkcast-505-meet-the-smormans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10148","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 505 \u2013 Meet The Smormans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10149\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paulbahouwrites\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10149\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10149 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-bahou-2-146x150.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Bahou\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Bahou<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, there\u00a0 was this guy, a more eclectic guy you are never going to meet, I think. His name is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56757225-sunset-distortion\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Bahou<\/a> and , among other things , he is a writer and judging from his book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scififantasynetwork.com\/sunset-distortion-paul-bahou\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset Distortion: The Pyramid At The End Of The World<\/a>, a damn good one. He is also a musician, an ecologist, an entrepreneur and environmentalist, but this is about his writing \u2026. or is it?<\/p>\n<p>The talented and very funny Mr. Bahou brings us an intergalactic buddy comedy staring Lazer and Streek, which asks some amazing questions along the way not the least of which is \u201cHow many humans does it take to build a pyramid?\u201d This story is a wonderfully wacky convoluted cautionary tale \u00a0that begins with alien abduction and ends\u2026\u2026.Paul is a wonderfully diverse guy and this novel and our interview is kind of a mirror of that diversity. It was fun for us and we hope it will be fun for you.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the chaos!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10150\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sunset-Distortion-Pyramid-End-World\/dp\/0578804182\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10150\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10150\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-bahou-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Paul-bahou\" width=\"422\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-bahou-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-bahou.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset Distortion: The Pyramid At The End Of The World<\/p><\/div>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10148-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast505.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast505.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast505.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast505.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast505.mp3&id=10148\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10148\" data-text=\"TalkCast 505 \u2013 Meet The Smormans\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10148\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D10148&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F12%2FPaul-bahou-226x300.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20505%20%E2%80%93%20Meet%20The%20Smormans\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, there\u00a0 was this guy, a more eclectic guy you are never going to meet, I think. 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