Yog-Sothoth.com : Cthulhu Podcast

We had a lot of fun at UK Games Expo 2008 in Birmingham back in May, including the live dungeon delve. While there we held a Yog Meet which is always a good excuse to meet up with people from the site for a good old chat, and in this case we recorded it too. We also served a number of Tunnocks Tea Cakes (too tasty to turn down)! Look out for them again at future Yog Meets... Recorded at UK Games Expo 2008, Birmingham (31st May, 2008) Run Time: 01:22:31 38 MB MP3 file.

While we were at Tentacles 2008, Trillian, MikeM and PoC hosted a seminar about running the YSDC web site, and how the internet helps or hinders tabletop roleplaying (plus related topics on player recruitment). Recorded at Tentacles, Bacharach, Germany (10th May, 2008) Run Time: 00:53:19 25 MB MP3 file.

A bit of a departure for this one (well, I guess we could really streeetch it to say it might be Cthulhu Dark Ages-related). What we have here is a video recording made at the recent UK Games Expo 2008, where members of YSDC and RPGMP3 got the opportunity to enter the 'Living Dungeon' (The Lair of the Necromancer). So here's your chance to see a little bit of what we got up to after donning quasi-medieval garb and entering the bowels of a transformed Birmingham Library. Regular listeners to various audio games may recognise a few familiar voices... Recorded at UK Games Expo 2008, Birmingham, UK (31st May, 2008) Run Time: 00:06:11 72 MB MP4 file.

May 2008. Have you missed having tentacles in your ears? Well, the Yog Radio hosts are back for another two hour show along with an interview with H.P. Lovecraft Scholar, S.T. Joshi and The Keeper's Cupboard by Jabonko. Music by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (28th May, 2008). Run Time: 02:02:00 84 MB MP3 file.

A short video compilation of scenes grabbed during the Tentacles 2008 convention in Germany. Look out for Fin, Trollball in action, and of course the annual ritual of the burning of a copy of Daughters of Darkness for RuneQuest, plus other strange & wonderful things... You should go to this convention if you possibly can. Recorded at Tentacles, Bacharach, Germany (9-12 May, 2008) Run Time: 00:03:23 40 MB MP4 file.

A short film by Joseph Nanni that premiered at the Riofan Film Festival. Casting Call of Cthulhu is a short piece that tells the story of the unusual encounters of casting for Lovecraftian films. Featuring some world-class production and music by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Produced by Bad Advice for Good Times, 2008. Run Time: 00:09:49 114 MB MP4 file.

A recording made of the Chaosium seminar (featuring Chaosium President, Charlie Krank) held at the Tentacles convention in Germany, May 9th-12, 2008. Recorded at Tentacles, Bacharach, Germany (9th May, 2008). Run Time: 01:13:42 34 MB MP3 file.

A recording made of the Chaosium seminar (featuring Chaosium President, Charlie Krank) held at the Tentacles convention in Germany, May 9th-12, 2008. Recorded at Tentacles, Bacharach, Germany (9th May, 2008). Run Time: 01:13:42 34 MB MP3 file.

Trailer for a video interview with Ramsey Campbell, conducted by YSDC. The full interview is available in 480x360p definition from Lovecraftiana. This trailer is an iPod-friendly MPEG 4 video. The full interview is provided in QuickTime H.264 format. Recorded at Rasmey Campbell's House, Merseyside, UK (22nd April, 2008). Run Time: 00:00:33 6 MB MP4 file.

Video of the Trail of Cthulhu launch party. This is an iPod-friendly MPEG 4 video, presented in (16:9) widescreen. Recorded at The Black Gardenia, Soho, London (17th March, 2008). Run Time: 00:05:00 58 MB MP4 file.

Video promo for the Yog-Sothoth.com Community Patron scheme. Another way to help keep olde Yoggie going! For more details, see: www.yog-sothoth.com/patron. This is an iPod-friendly MPEG 4 video, presented in (16:9) widescreen. Produced at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (16th March, 2008). Run Time: 00:01:17 15 MB MP4 file.

February 2008. All three hosts are back for 2008. This episode features the usual mix of banter and news, an interview with the authors of CthulhuTech and a reading of HPL's Nyarlathotep by Abel Vargas. Welcome to Yog Radio #28! Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (24th February, 2008). Run Time: 02:09:06 89 MB MP3 file.

An advert for Cthulhu ceramics made by Buckingham Pottery and sold at Lovecraftiana. UK listeners may recognise what this is parody of. ;) Recorded by Buckingham Pottery, UK (December, 2007). Run Time: 00:00:34 540 KB MP3 file.

Video chat interview with Dennis Detwiller of Arc Dream Publishing. DD talks about Call of Cthulhu, Pagan Publishing, Delta Green, Godlike and more. This is an iPod-friendly MPEG 4 video, though I suspect the Mi-Go have had a go at the audio. :) Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (30th December, 2007). Run Time: 00:37:21 95 MB MP4 file.

December 2007. Our Christmas show, featuring: audio versions of our interviews with Pelgrane Press about the Trail of Cthulhu RPG, an review of Delta Green: Eyes Only, 'The Keeper's Cupboard' by Jabonko and a selection of Yithmas music by the redoubtable H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society - just to give a sample of the audio behemoth that is Yog Radio #27! Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (20th December, 2007). Run Time: 01:33:22 64 MB MP3 file.

Sample audio recording of the Trail of Cthulhu RPG, as recorded at Dragonmeet 2007. The game is run by GBSteve. The first part details going through the character generation system, the second part - a sample of an introductory adventure. . Recorded at Dragonmeet, London, UK (1st December, 2007). Run Time: 01:34:33 65 MB MP3 file.

October 2007. It's Halloween and we recorded this edition of the show at the Furnace RPG convention in Sheffield (UK). Yog Radio #26 also features a special recording by The Scarifyers. Recorded at Furnace, Sheffield, UK (20th October, 2007). Run Time: 01:19:34 55 MB MP3 file.

September 2007 edition. Celebrating two years of the cephalopodcast from Yog-Sothoth.com, and our ENnie award for best podcast! Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (21st September, 2007). Run Time: 01:14:56 52 MB MP3 file.

July 2007 edition. ENnies 2007 Podcast Nomination and Fantastic Films Weekend Special. We pimp hard for your ENnie votes for Yog Radio! This show also features interviews with SF author, Brian Aldiss and Hammer Horror film Director, John Hough - made at FFW 2007 at the National Media Museum, Bradford - which are also available on the site in 16:9 widescreen Yog Radio Vision. Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (14th July, 2007). Run Time: 01:10:41 49 MB MP3 file.

June 2007 edition. UK Games Expo special. The Yoogie crew have lots of fun at the UK's newest games convention. This show is kindly sponsored by Gen Con LLC - "The Best Four Days in Gaming". Recorded on the A42 as well as the Clarendon Suites, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK (1st-3rd June 2007). Run Time: 00:44:04 30 MB MP3 file.

May 2007 edition. The Cthulhu chat continues! Also features a reading of HPL's 'The Evil Clergyman' read by 'FNH'. This show is kindly sponsored by Gen Con LLC - "The Best Four Days in Gaming". Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (28th May 2007). Run Time: 00:52:17 36 MB MP3 file.

This talk concludes the series exploring the relationship between Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos and contemporary occult cultures. Woodman focuses on Chaos magic and other recent movements, and considers the claim that Lovecraft was a "mythographer of modernity" whose work intimates something about the current trajectories of Western culture and consciousness. Recorded at Treadwells Bookshop, Covent Garden, London, UK (28th February 2007). Run Time: 01:26:08 59 MB MP3 file.

Many of H.P. Lovecraft's best known tales of the Cthulhu Mythos intimate that the human species is nothing but a by-product of extraterrestrial interventions in Earth?s prehistory. Lovecraft?s ideas do, in fact, predate the "Ancient Astronaut" theorists and "alternative archaeologists" by over thirty years. Drawing on the work of Jason Colavito, in this lecture Justin Woodman demonstrates that Lovecraft is a pervasive (but often unacknowledged) influence upon contemporary ufology, UFO religions and the broader 'culture of conspiracy'. Recorded at Treadwells Bookshop, Covent Garden, London, UK (14th February 2007). Run Time: 01:12:10 50 MB MP3 file.

In part two of this series, Justin Woodman explores the history of the legendary Necronomicon in fact and fiction, and ponders its continuing relevance to contemporary occult cultures. Penned by the Yemeni poet and mystic Abdul Alhazred circa 700 AD, the dreaded Necronomicon is perhaps one of the most powerful and alluring of HP Lovecraft's creations: a grimoire able to rend apart the very fabric of reality and bring forth the Great Old Ones themselves. Although a work of fiction, the Necronomicon has achieved a social and physical reality with more than twenty versions having been published since the 1960s. Recorded at Treadwells Bookshop, Covent Garden, London, UK (31st January 2007). Run Time: 01:29:17 54 MB MP3 file.

In part two of this series, Justin Woodman explores the history of the legendary Necronomicon in fact and fiction, and ponders its continuing relevance to contemporary occult cultures. Penned by the Yemeni poet and mystic Abdul Alhazred circa 700 AD, the dreaded Necronomicon is perhaps one of the most powerful and alluring of HP Lovecraft's creations: a grimoire able to rend apart the very fabric of reality and bring forth the Great Old Ones themselves. Although a work of fiction, the Necronomicon has achieved a social and physical reality with more than twenty versions having been published since the 1960s. Recorded at Treadwells Bookshop, Covent Garden, London, UK (17th January 2007). Run Time: 01:18:00 54 MB MP3 file.

April 2007 edition. Join the Yog Radio crew for a night at the Opera. This show is kindly sponsored by Gen Con LLC - "The Best Four Days in Gaming". Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (27th April 2007). Run Time: 01:59:57 83 MB MP3 file.

March 2007 edition. Welcome to the Goon Show!? This show is kindly sponsored by Gen Con LLC - "The Best Four Days in Gaming". Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (23rd March 2007). Run Time: 01:12:08 50 MB MP3 file.

February 2007 edition. A record breaking show: 1) Shortest time between two shows (10 days), 2) Shortest show ever! Yog Radio #19 is also done RAW (mostly) - unedited so you can get a behind-the-scenes look at how the show is put together before the power of editing is applied! Guest co-host Malcom Ryan. This show is kindly sponsored by Gen Con LLC - "The Best Four Days in Gaming". Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (23rd February 2007). Run Time: 00:38:48 27 MB MP3 file.

New Year 2007 edition. This particular show will sound acoustically different as it was recorded in the Games Room of Innsmouth House, the location for the Bradford Players' Game Audio recordings. Just to be a little different. Back to the usual equipment for Yog Radio #19. This show is kindly sponsored by Gen Con LLC - "The Best Four Days in Gaming". Recorded at Innsmouth House, Bradford, UK (19th January 2007). Run Time: 01:31:46 42 MB MP3 file.

In November, the KoK held its annual meeting, which it recorded and has kindly allowed us to share via Yog-Sothoth. The meeting was led by Mike Mason of The Whisperer magazine, wherein they discuss the history of the KoK, how they were introduced to Call of Cthulhu, memories of running Gatsby and the Great Race and the many attractions of attending Tentacles in Germany. Recorded at KoK HQ 2006, UK (November 2006). Run Time: 00:45:17 21 MB MP3 file.