AH.com podcast #4 - topic TBA

charl · Jul 18, 2011

AH.com podcast #4 - alternate science and tech

Time and date is set for August 6, 20:00 GMT (keep in mind: most of us are going on summer time).

The topic is alternate science and tech.

As usual if you want to participate you need Skype and an account (as well as a microphone). PM me your Skype name and I'll add you to my contact list and put you in the conversation as it starts.

John Fredrick Parker · Jul 18, 2011

Why not the US Civil War? That's a popular AH subject...

Yelnoc · Jul 18, 2011

How about Saturday, July 30 for the date? As to the topic, I've been doing a lot of reading about the development of the Mediterranean from 1500 BCE at start of the international age to the collapse triggered by the migration of "Sea Peoples" (believed to be Greek and Greek-influenced areas of the Mediterranean) in 1200 BCE to the rise of the Phoenecian City states and onward, maybe even to the Rise of the Achaemenids.

charl · Jul 19, 2011

John Fredrick Parker said:
Why not the US Civil War? That's a popular AH subject...

I'm trying to move away from the narrow set of topics and instead touch upon a more general, broader "theme", so to speak, rather than have shows about specific events.

However, at some point I'm sure the ACW will show up. It's more or less inevitable.

Yelnoc said:
How about Saturday, July 30 for the date? As to the topic, I've been doing a lot of reading about the development of the Mediterranean from 1500 BCE at start of the international age to the collapse triggered by the migration of "Sea Peoples" (believed to be Greek and Greek-influenced areas of the Mediterranean) in 1200 BCE to the rise of the Phoenecian City states and onward, maybe even to the Rise of the Achaemenids.

I may be away on that day, to Finland.

How about August 6?

LSCatilina · Jul 19, 2011

Well, i would propose "Technologies", as alternate paths, earlier or later discoveries, or others.

mowque · Jul 19, 2011

LSCatilina said:
Well, i would propose "Technologies", as alternate paths, earlier or later discoveries, or others.

I vote for this.

Rule Britannia · Jul 19, 2011

I would do it on something like an Alternate Cold War.

Fenwick · Jul 19, 2011

Maybe talk about real people in AH worlds?

Iserlohn · Jul 19, 2011

LSCatilina said:
Well, i would propose "Technologies", as alternate paths, earlier or later discoveries, or others.

I vote for that, too!

Alex Richards · Jul 19, 2011

LSCatilina said:
Well, i would propose "Technologies", as alternate paths, earlier or later discoveries, or others.

Certainly we could adress issues which tend to crop up, such as Roman Steam engines and such.

Yelnoc · Jul 19, 2011

August 6 should be good.

Alternate technologies will likely devolve into steampunk, but it could still be interesting.

Arafeel · Jul 20, 2011

August 6th and alt tech sounds good to me.

Thande · Jul 23, 2011

Why not do both alternate technology and alternate terminology? The two subjects strongly overlap after all, given a lot of alternate terminology is about different names for the same technologies/inventions.

charl · Jul 23, 2011

Thande said:
Why not do both alternate technology and alternate terminology? The two subjects strongly overlap after all, given a lot of alternate terminology is about different names for the same technologies/inventions.

Indeed.

I thought maybe we could call it alternate science and tech? It would obviously include alternate terminology as a quite significant part of it, so that would be in there as well. We could then further explore the subject of terminology at a later date (I want to do an alternate linguistics episode at some point anyway).

Thande · Jul 23, 2011

charl said:
Indeed.

I thought maybe we could call it alternate science and tech? It would obviously include alternate terminology as a quite significant part of it, so that would be in there as well. We could then further explore the subject of terminology at a later date (I want to do an alternate linguistics episode at some point anyway).

That sounds fine.

charl · Jul 23, 2011

Time and date set. August 6, 20:00 GMT as before (with summer time that's 9 PM British time, 22:00 in western and central Europe, and the rest of you will have to do your own math

).

Topic decided as alternate science and tech.

I guess I need to ask a mod to change the topic of the thread.

Alex Richards · Jul 23, 2011

Well, I'm game.

Thande · Jul 23, 2011

Ah...sorry guys, should have realised earlier, but I can't do August 6th--for AH.com related reasons no less, as I'm meeting RCTFI in London that weekend. How about the week after? Otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to make this one.

mowque · Jul 23, 2011

Thande;4805854but I can't do August 6th--for AH.com related reasons no less said:
I find this statement highly amusing for some reason.

Thande · Jul 23, 2011

mowque said:
I find this statement highly amusing for some reason.

Well, it's a better excuse than something that doesn't involve AH.com. This is no mere close relative's funeral or matter of national security, this is a case where the (highly important) work of the podcast nonetheless clashes with the sacred cause of pursuing international AH.com meetups!