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Alchemy

Joanna Gaskell of the Standard Action web series joins us to discuss the history and “science” of alchemy, including the philosopher’s stone and elixir of life, transmutation of elements, the universal solvent, homonculi, famous alchemists and frauds. Plus alchemy portrayed in film, comics, TV, literature, and video games.

Music: ”There’ll Be Some Changes Made” by The Boswell Sisters

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Caustic Soda Live EXPerience

Caustic Soda Live EXPerience Update

There’s only a few days left (and very few reservation slots left!) before the Caustic Soda Live EXPerience at EXP Restaurant and Bar. Here’s some updated information:

Reservations
We’ve still got a few left available at Caustic Gear as of this posting, but once they’re gone you’ll have to line up for the non-reserved space we have left.

Start Time
Doors will open at 12 noon on Sunday, May 12th at EXP Restaurant and Bar (309 W. Pender, Vancouver, BC) for those with reservations, and 12:30 for everyone else. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis, though if you haven’t got a reservation you’ll be a bit further back.

EXP’s kitchen will be operational, so grab some munchies and have a drink while mingling with the Caustic Soda crew and your fellow Soda Jerks.

The podcast will start at 1pm. There will be an intermission, and musical entertainment by Murder Dove. We should be finished around 3 pm and afterwards we’ll mingle through EXP for a meet-and-greet. Who knows, maybe there’ll be an opportunity to be on the show…

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We didn’t promote the bidding for this very well so we still have two slots available for the Spaceship Zero Roleplaying Game session after the live podcast. We’ll be doing a live auction after the show for these spots, and will be adding in a few bonuses to sweeten the prize, so stick around if you want in.

This session should go from 4pm-8pm, but we can’t guarantee exact times. We might go late!

 

Lesser of Two Evils – Live!
We’re still taking suggestions from Soda Jerks for the two horrible fates for the Live Lesser of Two Evils. Head over to the Lesser of Two Evils page and submit your idea from a previous show and we’ll let the live audience decide which two we’ll use. Is yours disturbing enough?

Note: We reserve the right to disregard submissions that don’t fit the segment! Make sure it’s a proper Lesser of Two Evils horrible fate, described in a previous episode!

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Regicide, Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Caustic "Icide Guide"

Regicide continues — surprisingly — in the news with the Nepalese royal massacre! From there we jump right into the regicide-filled world of A Song of Ice And Fire/Game of Thrones. Spoiler alerts aplenty if you haven’t been keeping up to the END of Book/Season 3! Also: Oblivion, Shakespeare’s most famous regicides, and a “King vs. Pirate” Lesser of Two Evils.

BIG Game of Thrones Spoiler Starting Times
Game of Thrones Season/Book 1: 9:00
Game of Thrones Season/Book 2: 13:15
Game of Thrones Season/Book 3: 14:28
You’re safe again at 20:00!

As of this posting we go ahead of where the current episode of Game of Thrones is in the story, so being “caught up” isn’t enough. If you don’t know what happens all the way through to the end of Season/Book 3, you’re going to get spoilers if you don’t skip ahead!

Music: ”The Kingdom of Swing” by Benny Goodman

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