The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast

The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast

A Hyborian Age podcast featuring the works of Robert E. Howard, his pop culture legacy, and other weird fiction.

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September 24, 2025 84 mins

Hile, Cromrades! We return with a new story, one from MARS! Herein we discuss 'The Dweller in the Gulf,' by none other than Clark Ashton Smith. You can access an open source version of the text here! Join us, won't you?

 

One Things

Jon: No Man's Sky, on a ton of gaming platforms!

Josh: Salt and Sanctuary, on a ton of gaming platforms!

Luke: Sinners, which is his fave movie of the year (so far)!

 

Also... Did you know there's an up...

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Welcome back, Cromrades! We hope you are eagerly anticipating this episode of the big show, where we discuss Clark Ashton Smith's Mother of Toads

 

One Things

Jon: Tom Scioli's Stan Lee biography "I Am Stan".

Josh: The D&D Adventure System board game, "Castle Ravenloft". 

Luke: Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields  by Charles Bowden. 

Check out the upcoming Clark Ashton Smith Conference in A...

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Behold listeners! A colossal Cromcast episode, stuffed with meat and bones and ready for your earholes. Join the crew as they dissect the Clark Ashton Smith tale, "The Colossus of Ylourgne". This tale of revenge and woe is our first foray into Smith's version of France known as Averoigne. Read it here if you dare: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne 

 

One Things

Luke: "The Last of Us" on ...

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July 19, 2025 91 mins

Hile, Cromrades! We return with another yarn from Zothique by one Clark Ashton Smith. You can access an open source version of the text here! Join us, won't you?

 

One Things

Jon: John Gwynne's 'The Shadow of the Gods'!

Josh: 'Grotten,' by Sunzenaut!

Luke: The Smith Circle, a CAS Conference coming 10 Jan 2026!

 

Questions? Comments? Curses?

Call us at (859) 429-CROM!

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Hello there, Cromrades! We hope you are hale, healthy, and well rested!  Pray, won't you join us on holiday? We are planning a visit to the island of 

 

 

One Things

Jon: Mike Mignola - Drawing Monsters documentary

Josh: Mini Mork Manual - a Mork Borg Solo Experience.

Luke: Soundtracks for Reading - Remember the Future by Nektar, or maybe you'd be more interested in some cosmic banjo?

 

Here is the March 1933 issue of Weird Tales, ...

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The Cromcast is going down deep to its roots, but this time we're digging into the literature of Clark Ashton Smith. In this first episode of our 22nd season, we discuss the man and author himself and reveal our reading list. Tune in for weird tales fun!

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April 14, 2025 96 mins

Welcome back, all! We're rounding out our 21st season with a series of Howardian film selections from the Cromrades:

 

Jon - All the President's Men (1976)

Luke - Ladyhawke (1985)

Josh - Hidalgo (2004)

 

Where do we go from here, you may ask? You'll have to listen 'til the end to find out!

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Welcome back, Cromrades! This week, we take on two combat sports movies that damage us right where it hurts - the emotions! We're talking Million Dollar Baby directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. Then, we enter the squared circle to face off against the Von Erich family in The Iron Claw, directed by Sean Durkin and starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, , Maura Tiern...

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Hile, Cromrades! Join us brave the dark solstice of the year and welcome in Old Man Winter... Herein we discuss Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans (1992) alongside Alejandro Iñárritu's The Revenant (2015)! We hope you have stoked the fire, and have a few blankets at hand. 

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Oh greatest of podcast listeners, indulge us in this friendly holiday game. Let whichever of you  is boldest of blood step forth, take up headphones and try with honor to consider new fantasy films. If you choose to engage, seek us out yonder to the Green Chapel six nights to the north. We will return your thoughts with our own, and then in trust and friendship, we shall part. Who, then, who is willing to watch "Valhalla Rising" an...

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Welcome back, Cromrades! We are currently experiencing some difficulty posting our episode in the normal way. Archive.org is where we generally host our files, and they have had some great difficulties with hackers recently. We are trying to decide what to do. But in the interim, here is our second episode of the Howardian Film Festival, which also doubles as our Cromtober 2024 episode. 

Edit 11/9/24: Here's the episode.

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 Hile, Cromrades! Join us as we embark on our 21st Season... A Howardian Film Festival! For our first episode, we start out with some 'historical' films... Specifically, we discuss 1975's The Wind and the Lion, directed by John Milius and starring a cavalcade of familiar faces that includes Sean Connery! After that, we discuss 2011's The Eagle, directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring
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Hile, Cromrades! Here we wrap up our discussion of the first Elric paperback, Elric of Melniboné (or perchance entitled The Dreaming City). This one's a banger! Join us won't you?One ThingsChristopher Rowe (The More You Know): Open Road Media for all your F&SF needs!Jon: Maus by Art SpiegelmanJosh: Mage Knight, and otherwise note that it's a hot time buying some secondhand boardgames!Luke:
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 Welcome back Cromrades! Join us for an eventful mid-section to our first foray into the tales of Elric. In this episode we can guarantee you'll see a boat you won't believe, a deal that can't possibly go wrong for Elric, and a turning of the tables that will spin your head. Join us won't you?One thingsLuke: Hijinks in Oklahoma territory with Reservation DogsJosh: Escapades in the north
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Welcome back, Cromrades! This season has been a long time in the making - we finally are diving into the world of Michael Moorcock's foundational sword and sorcery work, Elric of Melniboné. This episode focuses on the first third of the book, wherein we discuss what we know about Melniboné, Elric, Yrkoon, and Cymoril, and the greater world of the book. Join us!One ThingsJon: Dan Carlin - Boxing
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Greetings, Cromrades! We are back to put the final touches on our coverage of The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson, and transition to our next story - Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock! We set up some of the similarities and differences between these two stories, and set the stage for Elric as our next sword and sorcery protagonist. One ThingsJon: A24's Civil War movie.Josh: Victorinox
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Welcome back to The Cromcast's dive into "The Broken Sword" by Poul Anderson. We've been through heck and back with these characters, but if Odin's presence is any indication, things aren't about to get better! Join us for the final turn with this fantastic tale and learn what fate befalls Skafloc and Valgerd!One ThingsJonathan: "The Wager" by David Grann, British naval chicanery Josh: "
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Welcome back to the big show, Cromrades! This week, we discuss chapters 11 - 20 of The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson. Check back in a few weeks for the exciting finale!One ThingsJon: Love Lies Bleeding, a movie!Josh: Fargo, season 1 and 2, a television show!Luke: Nuclear War, A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen, a book! Questions? Comments? Curses?Call us at (859) 429-CROM!You know you want to follow us
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Hile, Cromrades! Here we delve into the first 10 chapters of Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword! We had a ton of fun with this discussion, and hopefully you enjoy it too! We'll return with the next discussion in the coming weeks!One ThingsJon: Devolution and other things by Max Brooks!Josh: From : Master Edition by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell!Luke: The Armies of Elfland by a certain Poul
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 An eerie mist shrouds the podcast waves, it's plain to hear that the faeries and elves must be about. They are stalking for a new podcast season to steal away before its named. Alas for them, The Cromcast knows exactly what their next season is all about. Tune in and hear about our plans to read "The Broken Sword" by sci-fi and fantasy author Poul Anderson. One ThingsJon: The
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