Episode 227: Healing Halloween

Episode 231: Chris Edgerly

Chris Edgerly is a renowned voice actor who has worked extensively in film, television, and video games. His impressive resume includes The Simpsons, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. And now, to go along with his brilliant voice acting career, Chris has written his first novel, Soldier of Ages: Tettenhall. Check out Chris' links below: Official Website: ⁠chrisedgerly.com⁠ [http://chrisedgerly.com/] Twitch: ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/chrisedgerly⁠ [https://www.twitch.tv/chrisedgerly]  YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisEdgerlyakaTheEdgevoice⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisEdgerlyakaTheEdgevoice] Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/Fa6hYvmn⁠ [https://discord.gg/Fa6hYvmn]

Episode 230: m.a. Arana

m.a. Arana [https://booksbymaarana.com] is a writer, poet, and editor from the Los Angeles area. She has published many poems and short stories, and recently published her debut novel, Winged Clipped [https://www.amazon.com/Wing-Clipped-Book-One-Wings-ebook/dp/B0C3N33L2Z?ref_=ast_author_dp]. Martin and m.a. first met over a decade ago at a creative writing workshop that Martin was teaching; m.a. was in attendance as an aspiring author, and now, all these years later, she joins Martin on the podcast to chat about her new book, her writing process, and her first public event to launch Wing Clipped.

Episode 229: Martin Interviews ChatGPT

Martin interviews ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot trained to generate natural language responses to human questions. During the interview, Martin asks questions such as, "Are you an evil computer intent on taking over the world?" and "Who is Martin Lastrapes?" The answers will astound you! Martin also asks ChatGPT about its favorite movies and what kind of novel it would like to write.

Episode 228: The Future Bank Robber

Just in time for Christmas (if that sort of thing matters to you)! In this episode Martin explains the classic narrative arc…in so far a she understands it, which includes a lot of Star Wars references (good luck, listener). He also reads from his blog article "The Future Bank Robber [https://www.martinlastrapes.com/blog/2012/10/future-bank-robber]," which reflects on choices and consequences in storytelling.

Episode 227: Healing Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! In the finale of his very special three-episode Halloween eleganza podcast spectacular, Martin reflects on his month-long 2022 horror movie marathon. He also goes into the MartinLastrapes.com [//MartinLastrapes.com] vault to revisit his favorite Halloween blog post, "Healing Halloween [https://www.martinlastrapes.com/blog/2012/10/healing-halloween]."