In this archival podcast Laird Barron and Justin Steele join Scott Nicolay for a roundtable discussion of the State of the Weird at the end of 2015. It originally aired on December 22, 2015. Find out more and listen here.

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the panel “Big Black Beautiful Roundtable” from the first State of Black Science Fiction Convention in Atlanta, GA. The moderator was Milton Davis, and the panelists were Jeffrey Johnson (Da’shade Moonbeam), Cerece Rennie-Murphy, Balogun Ojetade, Kevin Sipp, Jazzy Ellis, and Dawud Anyabwile. It was recorded live on Sunday June 12, 2016. The broadcast also includes an introductory interview with Milton Davis. Find out more and listen here.

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the “Varieties of the Weird” panel from BizarroCon 2016 in Portland, OR. The moderator was G. Arthur Brown, and the panelists were Kirsten Alene, Garrett Cook, Rios de la Luz, Kevin L. Donihe, and Michael Griffin. It was recorded live on Saturday November 19, 2016. The broadcast also kicks off with an all-new News from the Weird with Michael Griffin and ends with a visit from special guest Scottish Weird fiction writer/poet/journalist Paul StJohn Mackintosh. Find out more and listen here.

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the panels “Black Women in Speculative Fiction” and “Black Women in Horror” from the State of Black Science Fiction Convention in Atlanta, Ga. The moderator for both was Nicole Givens Kurtz, and the panelists were Penelope Flynn, Valjeanne Jeffers, Kyoko M, Alicia McCalla, and Cerece Rennie-Murphy. It was recorded live on Saturday June 11, 2016. The broadcast also includes an introductory interview with Nicole Givens Kurtz and an all-new News from the Weird with special guest Gabino Iglesias (Zero Saints) and the return of Justin Steele.  Find out more and listen here.

In this archival podcast Scott Nicolay interviews Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, creators of the Writing the Otherworkshop/book. It originally aired on February 17, 2016. The broadcast also includes an exclusive new review of Nisi Shawl’s novel Everfair by author/editor Milton Davis (Dieselfunk, From Here to Timbuktu) and co-founder of the State of Black Science Fiction Convention (SOBSFC). In News From the Weird, Richard Thomas provides an exclusive sneak peek at the exciting plans for his highly anticipated new neo-noir spec-lit fiction magazine Gamut. Find out more and listen here.