{"id":38565,"date":"2026-02-10T12:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=38565"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:59:24","slug":"2026-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/10\/2026-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"For your Hugo Awards consideration: Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The L.A Worldcon<\/a> will shortly be opening nominations for the Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. If you\u2019re eligible to nominate, I hope you’ll consider my Eating the Fantastic podcast in the category of Best Fancast.<\/p>\n

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Last year, you were invited to eavesdrop on 28 conversations with creators of the fantastic. Below are links to all 2025 episodes so you can have a taste and decide whether the podcast — which launched 10 years ago today — is your kind of ear candy. I hope you enjoy your time at my tables!<\/p>\n

Split a pastrami sandwich with Martha Thomases in Episode 244 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Share shawarma with the award-winning Eric Choi in Episode 245 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Munch on pepper chicken masala with Larry Hama in Episode 246 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Chat and chew with Shannon Robinson on Episode 247 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Have a Nashville hot chicken sandwich with Robert Greenberger in Episode 248 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Mangia mussels in Baltimore\u2019s Little Italy with David Simmons in Episode 249 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Rip into roti with writer Tim Paggi in Episode 250 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Wolf down lamb with Carolyn Ives Gilman in Episode 251 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Pig out on pork belly with Jarrett Melendez in Episode 252 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Break for brunch with writer Adeena Mignogna on Episode 253 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Toast writer\/editor Craig Laurance Gidney on Episode 254 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Feast on oysters with Kemi Ashing-Giwa in Episode 255 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Bite into blueberry pancakes with Silvia Moreno-Garcia in Episode 256 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Devour a seafood tower with Samantha Mills in Episode 257 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Binge on burnt ends with Aimee Ogden in Episode 258 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Pig out on pork belly with Curtis C. Chen in Episode 259 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Rip into a lobster roll with Benjamin Rosenbaum in Episode 260 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Slurp ramen with Mur Lafferty on Episode 261 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Bite into Cheesy Pav Bhaji with Karen Heuler in Episode 262 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Tear into tacos with Richard Butner on Episode 263 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Slurp soup dumplings with Eugenia Triantafyllou on Episode 264 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Tackle Texas BBQ with John Picacio on Episode 265 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Polish off pasta with Lara Elena Donnelly in Episode 266 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Brunch on blueberry pancakes with Natalia Theodoridou in Episode 267 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Settle in for an Ethiopian feast with Alaya Dawn Johnson in Episode 268 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Sample samsa with Naomi Kritzer on Episode 269 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Savor shrimp \u2014 and Steve Ditko \u2014 with comics writer\/editor Jack C. Harris on Episode 270 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Dish over dumplings with George Gene Gustines in Episode 271 of Eating the Fantastic<\/a><\/p>\n

I thank you for your consideration!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The L.A Worldcon will shortly be opening nominations for the Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. If you\u2019re eligible to nominate, I hope you’ll consider my Eating the Fantastic podcast in the category of Best Fancast. Last year, you were invited to eavesdrop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[732,652],"class_list":["post-38565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-eating-the-fantastic","tag-hugo-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38572,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38565\/revisions\/38572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}