DEEP CUTS Episode 47: Making Fiction when Reality is on Fire

Scott Sigler Slices: SLAY

Empty Set Entertainment

Books, Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When life and the world around you are chaotic and things are feeling desperate, does a made-up tale about monster hunters do any good at all? Scott & A discuss the hows and whys of creating fiction in desperate times, and where art fits in when the world is bracing for impact. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Thinking of sharing your creations with the world? Use GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG on your new 3-year .com domain and you’ll save 99% when you do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some see democracy collapsing and totalitarianism on the American doorstep.
0:04.2	Massive changes our foot, and no matter what happens, our country will never be the same.
0:09.1	So with that dark, justalt going on, why and how do creators keep making escapist art?
0:15.7	We'll talk about it right after this.
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0:57.5	Welcome to Deepcuts, the bonus episode of the Scott Sigler's
1:00.2	Lices Fiction Podcasts.
1:01.5	We're a sci-fi author and an audiobook narrator discuss things and stuff in the world
1:05.1	of fiction and pop culture.
1:06.6	And apparently today, overall global doom.
1:09.8	I am Scott Sigler, sci-fi horror author known far and white as the future Dark Overlord.
1:13.6	And I am A.B. Sigler, publisher at Empty Set Entertainment and audiobook narrator.
1:18.0	And on this deep cuts, we're talking about how artists can keep making escapist entertainment while the world burns and why they should keep doing it.
1:31.0	A reminder, this is a bonus episode in the Scott Sigler Slices feed.
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