The Tape Recorder Trilogy

Q&A Mailbag Bonus Episode: The Tape Recorder Trilogy

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2532093/fan_mail/new] Here's a Q&A Mailbag episode to bridge the gap between Seasons Two and Three!  We received questions through the Typeform link in every episode's show notes, as well as via Bluesky, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, and by email. There were so many great topic ideas and discussion prompts, in fact, that there is another ~30-minute 'bonus of the bonus' episode [https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-bonus-of-158804206] available for Patreon subscribers to enjoy as well. The first episode of Season Three will be published Monday, June 22nd, 2026. Until then, happy listening! --- The moderator for this Q&A episode is Nate Simpson, a many-times published and much celebrated Canadian poet, and a co-founder of the monthly writers group Geoff Micks has belong to for more than a decade. Born in Guelph, Ontario, and raised in the wilds of the countryside east of Fergus, Nate Simpson now writes, runs, and lives in Toronto. Nate’s poems have appeared in Words/Pauses/Noises, Juniper, the Hart House Review, and the Spadina Literary Review, amongst other publications. A number of these poems and others works are included in his chapbook, “Hard Red Berries.” Nate writes at A Transit Diary, of Sorts [https://atransitdiaryofsorts.wordpress.com/]. Purchase your copy of Hard Red Berries here [https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLHNM5R8TYZY1/checkout/ILGOZIAPCMWNYDO6SOJCCFA4]. What could be better? Well, purchase your copy of Hard Red Berries plus an online reading by Nate here [https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLHNM5R8TYZY1/checkout/JU2GJL5FSKDHFNMGDLCDVHLQ]! Proceeds from every Hard Red Berries chapbook and chapbook plus reading package sold will be donated to Story Planet!, a Toronto-based registered charity, "...devoted to amplifying the voices of children and young people in Toronto's equity-deserving communities. Our creative writing and arts programs inspire kids to imagine and write stories while building literacy, confidence, and self-worth." (Charitable # 827252057RR0001) -- Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey [https://form.typeform.com/to/JxZ03J8g]. For more, visit my podcast website [https://taperecordertrilogy.buzzsprout.com/] and personal website [https://geoffmicks.com/].  Follow me on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/faceintheblue.bsky.social].  Follow me on Substack [https://substack.com/@geoffmicks]. Join my Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/geoffmicksnovels]. Support me on Patreon. [https://patreon.com/GeoffMicks] Credits:  Contributing Voices - Geoff Micks and Nate Simpson  Editing - Geoff Micks Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/GeoffMicks]

Season Two Historical Notes and Acknowledgments: The Tape Recorder Trilogy

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2532093/fan_mail/new] An end-of-season extra episode offering some updates on the podcast, background on the history behind the content, and also some much-deserved credit to the people who helped make Season Two and the book it was based upon possible.  Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey [https://form.typeform.com/to/JxZ03J8g]. For more, visit my podcast website [https://taperecordertrilogy.buzzsprout.com/] and personal website [https://geoffmicks.com/].  Follow me on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/faceintheblue.bsky.social].  Follow me on Substack [https://substack.com/@geoffmicks]. Join my Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/geoffmicksnovels]. Support me on Patreon. [https://patreon.com/GeoffMicks] Credits:  Voice Acting - Geoff Micks Editing - Geoff Micks Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/GeoffMicks]

Buboes: The Tape Recorder Trilogy - S2E16

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2532093/fan_mail/new]  (~541 - 542 CE · Constantinople, Egypt, & the Waters Between & 2015 CE · Northern India) The Narrator is living a happy life as the dutiful husband of a devout Christian woman in Constantinople when an apocalyptic plague sweeps across the known world killing millions.  Based on Chapter 15 of Middle by Geoff Micks [https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Tape-Recorder-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B074NZKWJ2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3RRIEUXSFXI96&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ah8Rn76cUXedLthA195fGEVKiSvdb4TerHCAB_T5v0QReOdGV3__ZRDOJLNbGPNVabpOR7bSsyzmJcAojIUrRDHS_CYsrWvGwhOf-kQmi8Vuh7jDaT3xOj0P66lj4rYFc3j_de4baY2b_IhLuhlI3pZFaBeUiczmOaodsxrdKPf_r549zvu4VV6PpPnqxRVYS65bR14jPebYGfbUn-dUgFVY28OxtyPCLxdYC1Jmamg.O3NEExvAGkRtV3CBE-jtjY-KL0zPWaVFiFcis6z6Mn8&dib_tag=se&keywords=Geoff+Micks&qid=1764448245&sprefix=geoff+mick%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-3]. Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey [https://form.typeform.com/to/JxZ03J8g]. For more, visit my podcast website [https://taperecordertrilogy.buzzsprout.com/] and personal website [https://geoffmicks.com/].  Follow me on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/faceintheblue.bsky.social].  Follow me on Substack [https://substack.com/@geoffmicks]. Join my Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/geoffmicksnovels]. Support me on Patreon. [https://patreon.com/GeoffMicks] Credits:  Voice Acting - Geoff Micks, Paulette Anderson Micks, Melissa Buttrill, and Rohan Makdani Editing - Geoff Micks Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay  Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/GeoffMicks]

The Fall of a Colossus: The Tape Recorder Trilogy - S2E15

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2532093/fan_mail/new] (~79 - ~540 CE · Gades & Rome) The Narrator's great project in the heart of downtown Rome evolves and changes over time, just as the Roman Empire does too. From dizzying heights, the decline and fall happens both slowly and seemingly all at once. By the time this particular story ends, there is almost no one still living in Rome to mark the occasion.  Based on the second half of Chapter 14 of Middle by Geoff Micks [https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Tape-Recorder-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B074NZKWJ2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3RRIEUXSFXI96&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ah8Rn76cUXedLthA195fGEVKiSvdb4TerHCAB_T5v0QReOdGV3__ZRDOJLNbGPNVabpOR7bSsyzmJcAojIUrRDHS_CYsrWvGwhOf-kQmi8Vuh7jDaT3xOj0P66lj4rYFc3j_de4baY2b_IhLuhlI3pZFaBeUiczmOaodsxrdKPf_r549zvu4VV6PpPnqxRVYS65bR14jPebYGfbUn-dUgFVY28OxtyPCLxdYC1Jmamg.O3NEExvAGkRtV3CBE-jtjY-KL0zPWaVFiFcis6z6Mn8&dib_tag=se&keywords=Geoff+Micks&qid=1764448245&sprefix=geoff+mick%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-3]. Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey [https://form.typeform.com/to/JxZ03J8g]. For more, visit my podcast website [https://taperecordertrilogy.buzzsprout.com/] and personal website [https://geoffmicks.com/].  Follow me on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/faceintheblue.bsky.social].  Follow me on Substack [https://substack.com/@geoffmicks]. Join my Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/geoffmicksnovels]. Support me on Patreon. [https://patreon.com/GeoffMicks] Credits:  Voice Acting - Geoff Micks Editing - Geoff Micks Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay  Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/GeoffMicks]

The Rise of a Colossus: The Tape Recorder Trilogy - S2E14

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2532093/fan_mail/new] (~55 - ~79 CE · Gades & Rome) The Narrator has a reoccurring dream of a statue that moves and changes its face. While discussing it with a charlatan posing as a soothsayer, he decides on what his next great adventure must be. Though he hates the place, he needs to go to Rome at the peak of her Imperial power.  Based on the first half of Chapter 14 of Middle by Geoff Micks [https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Tape-Recorder-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B074NZKWJ2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3RRIEUXSFXI96&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ah8Rn76cUXedLthA195fGEVKiSvdb4TerHCAB_T5v0QReOdGV3__ZRDOJLNbGPNVabpOR7bSsyzmJcAojIUrRDHS_CYsrWvGwhOf-kQmi8Vuh7jDaT3xOj0P66lj4rYFc3j_de4baY2b_IhLuhlI3pZFaBeUiczmOaodsxrdKPf_r549zvu4VV6PpPnqxRVYS65bR14jPebYGfbUn-dUgFVY28OxtyPCLxdYC1Jmamg.O3NEExvAGkRtV3CBE-jtjY-KL0zPWaVFiFcis6z6Mn8&dib_tag=se&keywords=Geoff+Micks&qid=1764448245&sprefix=geoff+mick%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-3]. Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey [https://form.typeform.com/to/JxZ03J8g]. For more, visit my podcast website [https://taperecordertrilogy.buzzsprout.com/] and personal website [https://geoffmicks.com/].  Follow me on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/faceintheblue.bsky.social].  Follow me on Substack [https://substack.com/@geoffmicks]. Join my Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/geoffmicksnovels]. Support me on Patreon. [https://patreon.com/GeoffMicks] Credits:  Voice Acting - Geoff Micks Editing - Geoff Micks Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay  Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/GeoffMicks]