DEEP CUTS Episode 71: Genre Mashups that Shouldn’t Work But Do

Scott Sigler Slices

Empty Set Entertainment

Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Everyone has favorites. Some folks love horror, some folks can’t tolerate it even a little. Some people will never understand musicals, and some people relate to the world through It’s what makes the world go ‘round. Sometimes, favorites collide. This episode, Scott and A discuss several iconic genre mashups. 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 Two great tastes that taste great together? Blogging and saving money! You can save 99% off the first year of a new domain registration just by using GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you know my work, you know I love me some mashups, slamming two or more genres together
0:07.5	to create something crispy and crunchy.
0:10.0	I love consuming the multi-genre stuff as well.
0:13.4	There are some great content out there that slaps it up, flips it, and rubs it down.
0:19.2	Oh no.
0:20.2	Give me space cowboys, singing slashers or undead superheroes, and I'm all eyes and ears.
0:26.8	That's what this episode of Deep Cuts is about, mashups that should have been dumpster fires,
0:32.7	but somehow turn into cult classics and fan favorites.
0:36.2	We'll break down five of the best and weirdest
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1:06.8	Welcome to Deepcuts, the bonus episode of the Scott Sigler-Slices fiction podcast, where his sci-fi author and an audiobook narrator discuss things and stuff in the world of fiction and pop culture.
1:17.1	I am Scott Sigler, sci-fi horror, author known far and wide as the future Dark Overlord.
1:22.9	And I am A. B. Sigler, audiobook narrator and publisher at Empty Set Entertainment.
1:27.9	And tonight, we're talking about genre mashups that shouldn't work, but do.
1:34.3	A reminder, this is a bonus episode in the Scott Siggler Slices podcast feed.
1:37.9	It is not part of any particular story.
1:39.9	You don't have to listen to this episode to keep up on my current tale,
1:43.2	but we hope you will dig this peek behind the storyteller's curtain.
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