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EnderCast Episode 18: Graff
In this week’s EnderCast, Kelly and Crystal talk to Air Force colonel Tom Ruby, who contributed the essay “Ender on Leadership” to Smart Pop Books’ anthology Ender’s World. Among other things, they discuss
- how Tom met and became friends with Orscon Scott Card
- bad movies, and how they can damage the reputation of a book
- if battle school is a real possibility, and what Tom would do if he was in Graff’s shoes
- how they might establish Ender’s exceptional leadership abilities in the movie
Listen to the episode here.

Also, check out Tom’s essay on the Smart Pop Books website and visit his site at www.bgcts.com.
June 17, 2013
EnderCast Episode 17 – Rabbit Army
In this week’s EnderCast episode, Kelly and Crystal talk to Wool author Hugh Howey. Hugh is a longtime Ender’s Game fan and came on to chat about the long wait for the movie and his hopes for his own book to film adaptation for Wool. He speaks about:
- His fan background with the book
- Other favorite science fiction books
- The parallel between him and OSC starting with a short story
- His hopes and fears for the Wool movie and his thoughts on the movie changes
He also willingly participates in Pop Quiz, Fart Eater. Listen to the episode here.
June 7, 2013
EnderCast Episode 16 – Earth Afire
In anticipation of the release of Earth Afire next week, Kelly and I talked with co-author Aaron Johnston about the book, the series, and his thoughts on book to film adaptations. Topics included:
- How collaboration works on books in general and how he and Card write these books together
- Their decision to exit Mazer so early in book 1
- Aaron’s personal take on movie Mazer’s tā moko tattoos
- The various versions of the movie script, the long road to production, and the difficulty of film adaptations
- Aaron’s thoughts on the production team for the movie
- His reaction to the trailer (he also drops a little bomb on us about the movie!)
- On why Speaker for the Dead is likely unfilmable
Listen to the episode here.
May 31, 2013
EnderCast Episode #15 – Dragon
Episode #15 of EnderCast is now available for download! Topics for the week include:
- New image of Graff and Ender in his Dragon Army flash suit + paper clip
- Discussion of the intelligence of the kids in Ender’s Game, thanks to an email from our listener Steve Peck
- Review of the IF-Sentinel.com stories that we totally forgot to discuss earlier this month
Also, EnderCast now has a new web design, so be sure to check it out!
May 25, 2013
EnderCast Episode #14 – Ender’s Shadow
Ho Launchies! Episode 14 of EnderCast is now available for listening! Topics for the week included:
- Happy Birthday Gavin Hood
- Ender’s Game trailer in theaters
- Asa’s Reddit, new projects, and time for sequels
- Autographed cards from Cryptozoic
- Moises Arias’ Bonzo
- Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci’s reaction to “The Card Question”
- Ender’s Shadow
Listen to the episode here.
May 19, 2013
EnderCast Episode #13 – Veni Vidi Vici
I sure am glad Episode 13 is over because the darned thing was jinxed. Nothing seemed to be going right with this recording, but we still managed to get out a 24 minute show, so hopefully you guys enjoy that!

Topics this week included:
- Big thank you to Summit!
- A bit about our experience doing the Google+ Meet the Fleet Hangout
- Our immediate trailer reactions and discussion about Asa’s accent, Mazer’s tattoos, and the “spoiler” ending
Thanks for listening!
May 12, 2013
EnderCast Episode 12 Ender’s Teacher Now Available
Freaking out over the 10-second teaser? Yeah, us too! In this week’s episode of EnderCast, Kelly from Ender News and I break down the teaser with Jennifer from Ender’s Game Fandom. Other topics include:
- Trailer announcement for May 7
- First look at Ben Kingsley as Mazer Rackham
- Brief recap of our sheer terror over meeting Sir Ben just like in the photo
We have a surprise clucking guest in addition to Jennifer. Be sure to tune in to see how Jennifer fared on Pop Quiz, Fart Eater!

Listen to the episode here or find us on iTunes.
May 5, 2013
EnderCast Episode #11 – The Giant’s Drink Now Available

Episode 11 of EnderCast is now available for you guys to listen to! Kelly and I discuss Asa mentioning the mind game, dismissing rumors of Ender’s Shadow being blended into the film, and what we think is a better comparison for Ender’s Game when it comes to other sci-fi phenomenons.

Listen to the episode here or find us on iTunes! (and if you do and enjoy us, kindly give us a rating!)

And before any of you start wondering, yes, I know the images are from EverQuest. I used to play a long time ago in a Norrath far, far away.

April 28, 2013
EnderCast Episode #10 – A New Weapon
This week’s episode of EnderCast is our 10th episode, woo hoo!

We titled the episode this way after hearing reports that Graff says humanity is looking for A New Weapon to defeat the buggers. We talk about the trailer again, dissecting the things we heard coming out of CinemaCon where a theater full of lucky people got to see it early.

Topics discussed:
- Happy Birthday Moises and Abigail
- Harrison Ford on Jimmy Kimmel – video here
- Lionsgate presentation, Harrison’s quote
- Harrison Ford doing a Q&A – video here
- Trailer shown at CinemaCon, reactions from the web
- Collider interview with Asa, scene with Petra
Listen to the episode here.
April 22, 2013
EnderCast Episode 9 Ender’s World Now Available
The 9th episode of EnderCast is now available on EnderCast.com!

This week we welcomed our very first author guests, interviewing David Lubar and Alison Myers, authors of Parallax Regained in the newly released Ender’s World. Topics we discussed with them included:
- Alison mentions in gender in Parallax Regained and how Scott has two well-crafted and dynamic female characters. As a female reader, it was a little disappointing that he had Petra fail on Eros. Why do you think he chose Petra for this incident?
- How can Peter/Valentine/Ender’s motivations be shown on screen, especially when we never get to see from Peter’s perspective?
- Thoughts on Anderson being changed to a woman and the effect of Asa being older on the transition of the story from book to film.
- Considering how the landscape of gaming has changed so much in the last 10 years, in a hypothetical situation that the IF needed to recruit for Battle School, could they do so in the pool of gamers out there today?
Listen to the episode here or subscribe to us on iTunes!
April 14, 2013
EnderCast Episode 8 – ALL MY LOVE, TURKEY LIPS

KNEW GUYS BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE 8 EPISODES FOR YOU LAUNCHIES TO SIKOWANALIZE?

Episode 8 of EnderCast is now available for download and is titled ALL MY LOVE, TURKEY LIPS, based off of the Valentine letter that Graff finally puts through to Ender after blocking all of her previous ones.

If you like our show, don’t forget that you can subscribe to us on iTunes!

April 5, 2013
EnderCast Episode 7 – The Enemy’s Gate Now Available
Those of you still listening to Kelly and I blabber away about all things Ender’s Game can now listen to Episode 7 titled The Enemy’s Gate. Our topics for the episode include:
- Poster breakdown
- Gavin Hood interview
- Bob Orci’s trailer tweet
- Trailer release rumor
- CinemaCon 2013
To listen to the episode, head over to EnderCast.
March 27, 2013
Episode #6 of EnderCast – Pity Party Games

With the news that a select group of people got to watch the Ender’s Game trailer yesterday at the GAMA Trade Show, Kelly from Ender News and I got together to do Episode 6 of EnderCast.

It was originally titled “Games” after a chapter in the Ender’s Game book, but it quickly became clear that all we were really doing was whining about not getting to see the trailer right now.

In any case, we had a lot of fun with it, so we hope you enjoy. You can listen to Episode 6 here.

March 20, 2013