The Novel Traveler Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-novel-traveler Hosted by Joshua Goldfond, the Novel Traveler is your podcast passport to some of the most famous (and infamous) story settings in literature and film. Each episode, we'll visit a new world to look at its history, its characters, and its politics, as well the role it plays in the story itself. We'll parse the creator's intent in their world building, and examine the influence that this place has had on our own popular culture. Cover Art by Patrick Boyer Music by Luba Hilman @ 2026 Twilight East LLC d68bb7b7-7152-5177-a09a-677b68c42102 yes en Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:09:12 -0400 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:09:28 -0400 https://noveltravelerjg.transistor.fm/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/kb-k_5LH2Ed_Ygq1I4-Tm8euZ47A3LZUx46DsSkLB6g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZTlj/MmY1N2EyMzJiMjAy/ZWYwNjIwN2EyNzk2/YjU4Zi5qcGc.jpg The Novel Traveler https://noveltravelerjg.transistor.fm/ episodic Joshua Goldfond Hosted by Joshua Goldfond, the Novel Traveler is your podcast passport to some of the most famous (and infamous) story settings in literature and film. Each episode, we'll visit a new world to look at its history, its characters, and its politics, as well the role it plays in the story itself. We'll parse the creator's intent in their world building, and examine the influence that this place has had on our own popular culture. Cover Art by Patrick Boyer Music by Luba Hilman Hosted by Joshua Goldfond, the Novel Traveler is your podcast passport to some of the most famous (and infamous) story settings in literature and film. Fiction, Fantasy, World Building, Sci-Fi, Literature, Film, Joshua Goldfond, Tolkien Joshua Goldfond No No Innsmouth (Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth") 1 1 3 3 Innsmouth (Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth") full 8e062b86-63a2-4234-a95a-127481670615 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a8108018 "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Podcast R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." (In his house at R'lyeh dead Podcast waits dreaming) 
- H.P. Lovecraft

]]> "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Podcast R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." (In his house at R'lyeh dead Podcast waits dreaming) 
- H.P. Lovecraft

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:09:08 -0400 Joshua Goldfond Joshua Goldfond 2418 "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Podcast R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." (In his house at R'lyeh dead Podcast waits dreaming) 
- H.P. Lovecraft

]]> World-Building, Novel Traveler, Lovecraft, Fantasy, Innsmouth, Dungeons & Dragons, Widow's Bay, Deep Ones, Game of Thrones, Weird Fiction, Literature No Bonus Episode: Letters From Listeners 1 1 Bonus Episode: Letters From Listeners bonus 632cc164-cc52-45fb-8ab3-b5498bf42d01 https://share.transistor.fm/s/72a22adf We answers inquiries about the creation and production of the show. Optional episode. Non-canon.  

]]> We answers inquiries about the creation and production of the show. Optional episode. Non-canon.  

]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:05:00 -0400 Joshua Goldfond Joshua Goldfond 569 We answers inquiries about the creation and production of the show. Optional episode. Non-canon.  

]]> Fiction, Fantasy, World Building, Sci-Fi, Literature, Film, Joshua Goldfond, Tolkien No Night City (Cyberpunk 2077) 1 1 2 2 Night City (Cyberpunk 2077) full 7cd9bc8e-d480-444f-a89f-2ffd4f5af062 https://share.transistor.fm/s/09da5074 "Wrong podcast, wrong people." - Johnny Silverhand


A highly incomplete list of additional, suggested media:

Print:
"The Sprawl Trilogy" & "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson
"Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge
Accelerando & "Glasshouse" by Charles Stross
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
"Snow Crash" & "The Diamond Age"  by Neal Stephenson
Marid Audran series by George Alex Effinger
"A Scanner Darkly" and "Ubik" by Philip K. Dick
"Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis
"A Cyborg's Manifesto" by Donna Haraway

Movies & TV:
Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners (Netflix)
The Matrix tetralogy
The Bubblegum Crisis
Robocop 1 & 2 (not 3)
Tron
Strange Days
Aeon Flux (series)
Dredd
Blade Runner
Upgrade
Ghost in the Shell
Akira

]]> "Wrong podcast, wrong people." - Johnny Silverhand


A highly incomplete list of additional, suggested media:

Print:
"The Sprawl Trilogy" & "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson
"Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge
Accelerando & "Glasshouse" by Charles Stross
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
"Snow Crash" & "The Diamond Age"  by Neal Stephenson
Marid Audran series by George Alex Effinger
"A Scanner Darkly" and "Ubik" by Philip K. Dick
"Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis
"A Cyborg's Manifesto" by Donna Haraway

Movies & TV:
Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners (Netflix)
The Matrix tetralogy
The Bubblegum Crisis
Robocop 1 & 2 (not 3)
Tron
Strange Days
Aeon Flux (series)
Dredd
Blade Runner
Upgrade
Ghost in the Shell
Akira

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0400 Joshua Goldfond Joshua Goldfond 3295 "Wrong podcast, wrong people." - Johnny Silverhand


A highly incomplete list of additional, suggested media:

Print:
"The Sprawl Trilogy" & "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson
"Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge
Accelerando & "Glasshouse" by Charles Stross
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
"Snow Crash" & "The Diamond Age"  by Neal Stephenson
Marid Audran series by George Alex Effinger
"A Scanner Darkly" and "Ubik" by Philip K. Dick
"Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis
"A Cyborg's Manifesto" by Donna Haraway

Movies & TV:
Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners (Netflix)
The Matrix tetralogy
The Bubblegum Crisis
Robocop 1 & 2 (not 3)
Tron
Strange Days
Aeon Flux (series)
Dredd
Blade Runner
Upgrade
Ghost in the Shell
Akira

]]> Fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2077, world building, TTRPG, video games, literature, Pondsmith, edgerunners No Middle-earth (The Lord Of the Rings) 1 1 1 1 Middle-earth (The Lord Of the Rings) full 6adb37ff-f3bc-4826-a6d1-5cc33100ef78 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1514f50f FRODO: "I wish the podcast had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened."
GANDALF: "So too do all who live to hear such ramblings. All we have to do is decide to listen to the podcasts we are given."
- J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring


ADDITIONAL READING:
"The Secret Vice" edited by Dimitra Fima & Andrew Higgins
"The Atlas of Middle Earth" by Karen Wynn Fonstad
"The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien" edited by Humphrey Carpenter & Christopher Tolkien
"The History of Middle Earth" (12 Volumes) by Christopher Tolkien 

]]> FRODO: "I wish the podcast had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened."
GANDALF: "So too do all who live to hear such ramblings. All we have to do is decide to listen to the podcasts we are given."
- J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring


ADDITIONAL READING:
"The Secret Vice" edited by Dimitra Fima & Andrew Higgins
"The Atlas of Middle Earth" by Karen Wynn Fonstad
"The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien" edited by Humphrey Carpenter & Christopher Tolkien
"The History of Middle Earth" (12 Volumes) by Christopher Tolkien 

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:31:45 -0400 Joshua Goldfond Joshua Goldfond 3117 FRODO: "I wish the podcast had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened."
GANDALF: "So too do all who live to hear such ramblings. All we have to do is decide to listen to the podcasts we are given."
- J.R.R. Tolkien; The Fellowship of the Ring


ADDITIONAL READING:
"The Secret Vice" edited by Dimitra Fima & Andrew Higgins
"The Atlas of Middle Earth" by Karen Wynn Fonstad
"The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien" edited by Humphrey Carpenter & Christopher Tolkien
"The History of Middle Earth" (12 Volumes) by Christopher Tolkien 

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