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| Agent Z and the Zombie Slayers: Directors Cut | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:57:43 | |
Survivors' guilt isn't rational. It tears at your soul, slicing your heart with the sharpest question; "Why did I deserve to live?" Recorded during the coronavirus pandemic, Agent Z and the Zombie Slayers explores an army veteran who desperately searches for the answer as the zombie apocalypse rampages across the multi-verse. #zombies #army #multiverse | |||
| Modern Zombie Survival Course: Graduation Day | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:18:31 | |
During the graduation ruck, Sergeant Washington fights for his life as the zombies close in around them...#trending #trend #trendingvideo #video #videos #books #story #storytime #scifi #shorts #zombiesurvival #army #sergeant #4k | |||
| The Podcaster at the End of the World | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:05:16 | |
At the outbreak of the Zombie Pandemic, Kalamazoo Valley Community College student and Podcaster Greg Linton narrates the end of days. #pandemic #zombies #audiobook | |||
| The Erebus Effect | 18 Aug 2025 | 00:12:02 | |
Agent Janet Harkov's mission was to kill any unregistered artificials on Mars. It didn't always go as planned... #mars #robots #scifi | |||
| The Europa Goodbye | 11 Aug 2025 | 00:06:06 | |
In 2351, Detective Darius Maroney found a dead body on Orbital Station Alpha 1 near the icy moon of Europa. He knew one of the gangs did the job. But which one, and could he stop the consuming turf war in time before it killed them all? #scifi #noir #murder | |||
| A Novel Commentary (Buying Groceries, Like Normal People) | 19 May 2025 | 00:25:57 | |
Derwin and Marty go deep into the behind the scenes production of, "Buying Groceries, Like Normal People!" Stay tuned after the commentary for deleted scenes and outtakes! #novella #commentary #deletedscenes | |||
| Coffee (Buying Groceries, Like Normal People) | 21 Apr 2025 | 00:19:50 | |
At the end of the world, Winston decides how to die... --- Written By Derwin Lester II. Edited by Kieth Martinson. Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. #audiobook #novella #scifi | |||
| Low Fat Peanut Butter (Buying Groceries, Like Normal People) | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:10:07 | |
Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life.He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safeplace to live... --- Written By Derwin Lester II.Edited by Kieth Martinson.Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. #audiobook #novella #scifi | |||
| Gift Cards and Cigarettes (Buying Groceries, Like Normal People) | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:09:59 | |
Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life.He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safeplace to live... --- Written By Derwin Lester II.Edited by Kieth Martinson.Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. #audiobook #novella #scifi | |||
| MRE's (Buying Groceries, Like Normal People) | 20 Jan 2025 | 00:16:52 | |
Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life.He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safeplace to live... --- Written By Derwin Lester II.Edited by Kieth Martinson.Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. #audiobook #novella #scifi | |||
| Late To Formation: For the rest of my life. | 30 Dec 2024 | 00:20:04 | |
Summer camp doesn't last forever. But civilian life does.
#podcast #army #memoir
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| Late To Formation: Weekend Warrior | 23 Dec 2024 | 00:56:13 | |
I got lost on the way to college and spent years as a medic in the Army National Guard. I learned how to be a leader. I learned how to move on. #army #memoir #podcast | |||
| Late To Formation: Community College. | 16 Dec 2024 | 00:22:57 | |
Rooftop parties. Mice infestations. Heroin dealers. Sometimes it takes four years to finish a two year degree. #army #memoir #podcast #college | |||
| Late To Formation: COB Adder, Iraq. | 09 Dec 2024 | 00:33:02 | |
I didn't Save Private Ryan, but I did swab him for chlamydia. #army #memoir #podcast | |||
| Late To Formation: Al Asad, Iraq. | 25 Nov 2024 | 00:36:12 | |
Some people go to war and see combat. Others go to war and fail at salsa dancing. No part of this episode should be considered medical advice. Or dating advice. Really, take what you hear and do the opposite. #memoir #army #podcast | |||
| Late To Formation: Combat Medic Training | 18 Nov 2024 | 00:28:55 | |
I'm always better on the second try.
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| Late To Formation: Fort Gordon, Georgia | 11 Nov 2024 | 00:34:16 | |
Dinner theater. Barracks parties. Drug dealers. Life on Rear Detachment was an adventure.
#podcast #army #memoirs #america
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| Late To Formation: Fort Sam Houston, Texas. | 28 Oct 2024 | 00:17:38 | |
It doesn't matter how bad your head is bleeding, if you're on a twelve-hour pass. #podcast #army #memoir | |||
| Late To Formation: Basic Combat Training. | 21 Oct 2024 | 00:23:21 | |
Combatives. Cocaine. Mob Violence. Basic Combat Training during the Bush years was...intense. #podcast #army #memoir | |||
| Dead Presidents Society: How it all began... | 14 Oct 2024 | 00:09:06 | |
The Dead President's society reviews and discusses forgotten U.S. Presidents. Pete stops by to talk about it. #podcast #trending #history #unitedstates #president #potus
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| Dead Presidents Society: Grover Cleveland | 30 Sep 2024 | 00:28:22 | |
Season 1 Finale!President #22 and #24.Kind of a creep.
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| Dead Presidents Society: Calvin Coolidge | 23 Sep 2024 | 00:41:22 | |
President #301923-1929He didn't want to be a great man. Just a good one.
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| Dead Presidents Society: Ulysses S. Grant | 16 Sep 2024 | 00:48:12 | |
President #18 1869-1877.A better General than President.
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| Dead Presidents Society: Willam Henry Harrison | 09 Sep 2024 | 00:36:08 | |
President #9.1841-1841.Some men lead hundreds into battle. Then they forget to wear a coat and die 32 days in office.
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| Presidential Post-Mortem: Zachary Taylor | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:10:53 | |
Senior Medical Correspondent Doctor Matt stops by again to discuss if a bowl of cherries can kill, and if maybe you shouldn't drink water that has cow poo in it.#trending #podcast #history #president #whitehouse
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| Dead Presidents Society: Zachary Taylor | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:22:56 | |
Zachary Taylor.President #12.March 4, 1849–July 9, 1850.Some men spend forty years in the Army and then are killed by cherries.
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| Dead Presidents Society: Herbert Hoover | 12 Aug 2024 | 00:39:32 | |
Herbert Hoover.President #31.March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933Some men are born to be Indiana Jones. Some are born to be President. Most are not meant to be both.#podcasts #history #president #usa | |||
| Dead Presidents Society: Ben Harrison | 29 Jul 2024 | 00:27:01 | |
President #23.March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893Teddy Roosevelt without the charisma.This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com
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| Dead Presidents Society: Chester A. Arthur | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:25:34 | |
President #21.September 20, 1881 – March 4, 1885.An above average President.This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com #history #podcast #trending #unitedstates #books
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| Presidential Post-Mortem: Warren G. Harding | 15 Jul 2024 | 00:22:09 | |
Senior Medical Correspondent Doctor Matt stops by to give his professional opinion on whether President Harding got Epstein'd by the First Lady, the unsterile death of President Garfield, and his plans to save President Lincoln by drilling an additional hole in his already shot head, once the flux capacitor reaches eighty-eight miles per hour.#podcast #trending #history #president #trend #trendingvideo #video #viral #viralvideo #potus #whitehousehistory | |||
| Dead Presidents Society: Warren G. Harding | 08 Jul 2024 | 00:44:18 | |
President #29.March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923Small Town Newspaper Editor. Forgettable Senator. The Prohibition Era's Boozing, Gambling President. Warren G. Harding rose from humble beginnings, only to die the most controversial Commander of State until Nixon. Also, so much Oval Office sex.This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com#president #history
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| Trailer: Dead Presidents Society, "Failing upwards" | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:00:36 | |
Thrill as two C+ history students study the master of failing upwards!#podcast #trending #trend #trendingvideo #history #historical #president #whitehouse #viral #video #viralvideo #trailer | |||
| Dead Presidents Society: William Howard Taft | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:33:47 | |
William Howard Taft.President #27.1909-1913.Whose the Ohio Boy who wrote the Philippines Bill of Rights? Taft! Damn straight. Who slept off his Presidency, but wound up on the Supreme Court? Taft! Shut your mouth.#Taft #history #historical #shaft #presidential #USA #unitedstatesThis episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com.
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| The Dead Presidents Society | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:00:29 | |
The Dead President's Society showcases two C+ @HISTORY students discuss America's forgotten Presidents. #podcast #trending #trend #trendingvideo #history #historical #president #whitehouse #viral #video #viralvideo #trailer | |||
| Open Mic: NASA V SPACE FORCE: Dawn of Budget | 17 Jun 2024 | 00:19:46 | |
Derwin and Nick discuss the differences between NASA and the United States Space Force, how political radicalization starts from a place of utter hopelessness, and the wonderful potential of space colonization of our solar system. #NASA #Spaceforce #trend #trending #colony #podcast
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| Combat Veterans | 18 Dec 2023 | 00:21:55 | |
Most combat veterans are not John Rambo. Most combat veterans are Micheal Garibaldi from Babylon 5. Just a person trying to reconcile who they are with a world that makes very little sense. Derwin and Nick explore this archetype in Darius Maroney from, "Spacers: The Erebus Effect."
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| Hiatus! | 14 Nov 2023 | 00:15:55 | |
Derwin and Nick update the state of the podcast, the upcoming hiatus, and a new direction for next year.
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| Write a one act play. | 30 Oct 2023 | 00:41:39 | |
During a desperate descent into madness, Derwin has decided to write and star in a one act play called, "Spacers: The Ballad of Tommy Sampson!"
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| The final rewrite of chapter eight. | 23 Oct 2023 | 00:53:04 | |
Derwin and Nick talk about the many rewrites of chapter eight for Spacers: The Erebus Effect! Today they brainstorm in real time Janet Harkov's first deployment to Titan, discuss how best to kill a good man, and discover how to incorporate Derwin's GWOT experience into the Draconis Crisis!#spaceforce #titan #writing #character #novel #nasa #plot
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| Conventions build community. | 16 Oct 2023 | 00:27:03 | |
Derwin and Nick talk about going to Indy Pop Con, how nerd culture has moved mainstream, and the idea of them selling books direct to customers.#convention #writing #character #books | |||
| Write a one act play (Part II). | 27 Sep 2023 | 00:38:08 | |
Good fiction justifies its existence by asking a question relevant to the human experience. Derwin and Nick justify the existence of "Spacers: The Ballad of Tommy Sampson" by asking the question, "Who is Tommy?"Good fiction justifies its existence by asking a question relevant to the human experience. Derwin and Nick justify the existence of "Spacers: The Ballad of Tommy Sampson" by asking the question, "Who is Tommy?"
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| Music that moves us. | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:27:50 | |
Derwin and Nick dive deep into discography as they ponder the magic and mystery of William Shatner's, "Has Been," Pink Floyd's, "Dark Side of the Moon," and Blue October's, "Foiled."
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| Can cars rust on Mars? | 14 Aug 2023 | 00:53:55 | |
On the front half of the episode, Derwin and Nick discuss if cars can rust on Mars, the feasibility of massive human settlements, and where his inspiration for the Martian colonies came from for Spacers: The Erebus Effect! On the back half, Nick gives a crash course of the future as he dives deep into the Spacers Saga lore, exploring 1987 to 2258!
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| Finality is humbling. | 12 Aug 2023 | 00:59:35 | |
Finality is humbling. Derwin and Nick explore humility and discuss how the final draft of a novel is the hardest and the creative burn out that comes with it.
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| Did aliens cause climate change? | 02 Aug 2023 | 01:06:37 | |
Derwin and Nick go off topic to discuss the endless UAP sightings, how to convince people to compost, and in the tag they spend 20 minutes talking about the rewrite to chapter eight of Erebus, along with the next steps for the Spacers Saga.
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| Define your character's purpose. | 31 Jul 2023 | 01:27:29 | |
What purpose do they serve the story? Is there an action only they take that affects the plot? Characters that serve no purpose should be cut.
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| Checked out. | 28 Jul 2023 | 00:32:08 | |
Derwin and Nick discuss the future of A.I. five years from now, the terrifying idea of cannibal religions, and how sometimes four characters are better than five.
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| Heroes use action verbs | 24 Jul 2023 | 00:44:46 | |
A soldier speaks from a place of dominance. An assassin speaks from manipulation. Derwin mostly speaks from a place of confusion. Luckily, Nick speaks from a place of quiet confidence as they delve into the characters in their upcoming novel "Shadowplay!" (Now titled "Spacers: The Erebus Effect.)
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| Worldbuiling: Lore | 22 Jul 2023 | 00:40:41 | |
What is lore? How does it function in science fiction? What makes it good or bad?
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| Mythological Madness | 21 Jul 2023 | 00:30:03 | |
If false gods act the part long enough, what's the difference?
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