Soyle Podcast

What is a bottle episode?  Why are most of them awful?  What makes Breaking Bad's "Fly" episode so good?  Join Tom, Jack, and SK as they discuss these questions and more in the twenty-second episode of the Soyle Podcast!

Do superhero movies glorify violence?  Is there any depth to a movie about someone with superhuman abilities?  Join Tom, Jack, SK, and special guest, Matt as they discuss these questions and more in the twenty-first episode of the Soyle Podcast!

What stories really hit home?  Some make us cry, some make us laugh, others make us inconsolably angry.  Join Tom, Jack, SK, and special guest Matt as they talk about the stories that affect them the deepest on the twentieth episode of the Soyle Podcast.

What's the difference between critique and commentary?  Join SK as he tries to get Jack and Tom to offer usable critique of their favorite stories in the nineteenth episode of the Soyle Podcast.

Have you every been asked "Do You Like Anime?" as if they're all the same thing?  Have you ever told someone you watched an anime show and seen the judgement immediately form in their eyes?  Join Tom, Jack, and SK as they discuss these topics and more in the eighteenth episode of the Soyle Podcast.

SK observes that the hero of the story rarely does the big, dramatic thing.  Why is that?  Join Tom, Jack, and SK as they discuss why that might be, what it means for something in a story to be "cool," and why The Fast and the Furious is dumb.

Join SK, SK, and SK as he talks about embedding your own flaws into the villains of your story to help you work through them and gain a better understanding of the world in the sixteenth episode of the Soyle Podcast.

What's the difference between a hard magic system and a soft magic system?  Where does Harry Potter land on that scale?  What about Avatar: The Last Airbender?  What does a well-designed magic system look like?  Join Tom, Jack, and Matt as they discuss these questions and more in the fifteenth episode of the Soyle Podcast!

Why is it so difficult to make a good horror movie?  Why do some franchises get so many remakes?  What's really going on when a horror movie kills certain types of characters?  Tom, Jack, and SK explore these questions in the fourteenth episode of the Soyle Podcast.

What makes a good setting?  How do you design your setting to best represent what's happening?  How do you use the setting to keep your audience engaged?  Join Tom LC Shipp, Jack Gleeson, and SK while they answer these questions and more in the thirteenth episode of the Soyle Podcast.

Join Tom LC Shipp, SK, and Jack Gleeson as they discuss the differences between morality in a story and the morality in real life, why we love to watch the revenge plot, and how you can most-effectively embed your moral message into your own story.

Join SK, Jack, and, finally returning, Tom LC Shipp while they discuss the common patterns found in every story, why you should follow them, and when they become cliche.

Join SK and Jack as they discuss the behind-the-scenes operations of making a podcast and the importance of anonymity.

Join SK, Jack, and this week's special guest Sequoia while they discuss self-inserts in stories, why you might choose to do them, and what makes them bad if done incorrectly.

Join SK and Jack as they discuss ways to make a better character, a better world, and when to actually start dissecting the idea to make it better in this week's Soyle Podcast.

Join Tom LC Shipp, Jack Gleeson, and SK as they discuss the characters they hate the most.  Some are poorly acted, some poorly written, and some just hit that irrational "hate" button.  Disagree with the opinions?  Have better opinions.

Join Tom LC Shipp, Jack Gleeson, and SK as they discuss what it means to be a virtuous character, how society shapes, and is shaped by, the morality of its stories, and why video game morality systems are hot trash.

Join Tom LC Shipp, Jack Gleeson, SK, and special guest, Matt, as they discuss antagonists, villains, and why some aren't very effective.

Join Tom LC Shipp, Jack Gleeson, and SK as they discuss the differences between audio/visual mediums, written mediums, and the limitations and advantages of working with each.

Join Tom LC Shipp, Jack Gleeson, and SK as they discuss the Horror and Comedy genres, how to use audience expectation and tension to build to a climax, and how absolutely trash Pixels was.

Join Tom LC Shipp, Jack Gleeson, and SK as they discuss the various ways to start planning a story, some early decisions one should make in the writing process, and pitfalls to avoid.

Join Tom LC Shipp and Jack Gleeson as they discuss one of the primary Soyle projects: Soyle Studio (now renamed to Soyle Stories), their professional experience, and the Soyle Podcast itself on this week's Soyle Podcast!