{"id":9582,"date":"2020-03-21T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9582"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:15:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T12:15:39","slug":"talkcast-435-the-deadly-australian-quokka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9582","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 435 \u2013 The Deadly Australian Quokka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9583\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natureaustralia.org.au\/explore\/australian-animals\/meet-the-quokka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9583\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9583\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9583\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quokka_Sam-West-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Not Joseph Madden\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quokka_Sam-West-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quokka_Sam-West-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quokka_Sam-West-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quokka_Sam-West.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Joseph J. Madden At All!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We need more fun. A statement; direct, simple and to the point. At the time of this podcast, we<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9584\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuthorJJMadden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9584\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9584\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9584 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/7882996.jpg\" alt=\"Actually Joseph J. Madden\" width=\"200\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actually Joseph J. Madden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>need more fun. Due to ecological circumstance our daily lives are becoming more like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/41811.The_Caves_of_Steel\" target=\"_blank\">The Caves of Steel<\/a>\u201d, so DAMN IT, WE NEED MORE FUN!!!<\/p>\n<p>What has that got to do with the deadly, vicious Australian Quokka? Of paramount importance, what has that got to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Joseph-Madden\/e\/B00EO95A4O\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph J. Madden<\/a>? All very good questions, dear listeners, and as someone who inherited the title of The Dome, I sought to bring clarity to this and other questions.<\/p>\n<p>We got to speak with Joseph about his series The Starhawk Chronicles. This is a series of books, short stories. character and plots that have been ruminating in his head for decades and can be blamed (let&#8217;s use the term &#8220;inspired&#8221; instead) on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_EO\" target=\"_blank\">Disney<\/a>. Our conversation meandered around when this happened, why it happened, the overall influence of non-sci fi writer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_L%27Amour\" target=\"_blank\">Louis L\u2019Amoure<\/a> on the series, how it got to where it is as a series and where it is going in the coming volumes. The great thing is<em><strong> the series is well written fun<\/strong><\/em>, Joseph is fun to talk to and despite all technical and ecological boulders we had to overcome, this was a very fun show to do.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you keeping score at home, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofmhk.com\" target=\"_blank\">Manhattan, Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the chaos.<\/p>\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-9582-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast435.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast435.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast435.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast435.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast435.mp3&id=9582\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9585\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1495977293\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9585\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9585\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9585\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/519BRzX8ToL._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Starhawk Chronicles\" width=\"436\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/519BRzX8ToL._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/519BRzX8ToL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Starhawk Chronicles<\/p><\/div>\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=9582\" data-text=\"TalkCast 435 \u2013 The Deadly Australian Quokka\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9582\" 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%3D9582&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F03%2F7882996.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20435%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Deadly%20Australian%20Quokka\" 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>We need more fun. A statement; direct, simple and to the point. At the time of this podcast, we need more fun. Due to ecological circumstance our daily lives are becoming more like \u201cThe Caves of Steel\u201d, so DAMN IT, WE NEED MORE FUN!!! 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