Join author Emma Newman for a cosy chat over a nice cup of tea. In this episode, Emma talks about childhood lunchboxes, her passion for disaster movies, in particular, Dante's Peak. She also talks about why the classic 1930s movie The Adventures of Robin Hood is her ultimate comfort movie.

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Join author Emma Newman for a cosy chat over a nice cup of tea. In this episode, Emma shares a personal story about an incredible immersive live role-playing game run by her late best friend Kate. Em also introduces her other podcast 'Imagining Tomorrow,' which focuses on climate hope and features interviews with individuals making a positive impact. She discusses her upcoming attendance at Worldcon and a potential crafting project.

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Join author Emma Newman for a cosy chat over a nice cup of tea. In this episode, Emma talks about lots of lovely bookish things: rediscovering the joy of reading for pleasure after years of being unable to do so, thoughts about Sir Patrick Stewart's Making It So, the annual re-read of two favourite books: Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan and The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury, and also recommendations for two EXCELLENT gifts for book lovers.

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Join author Emma Newman for a cosy chat over a nice cup of tea. In this episode, Emma talks about the soothing nature of a toy restorer's videos, rediscovering a beloved album from her twenties, being shy, meeting Maurice Broaddus and a question for listeners regarding some thoughts about Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Join author Emma Newman for a cosy chat over a nice cup of tea. In this episode, Emma makes a confession about a crush that resulted in a terrible photograph and talks about going to see Sir Patrick Stewart, the weirdness of parasocial relationships, that time author Gail Carriger almost killed her, aquaponics, The Banshees of Inisherin and the deliciously nerdy Met Office deep dives.

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Join author Emma Newman for a cosy chat over a nice cup of tea. In this episode, Emma talks about a little adventure with her grandmother, the Blind Boy podcast, Baileys, the TV show Sharpe and Kim Stanley Robinson's 'The Ministry For the Future'. She also mentions her short story collection 'Before, After, Alone': https://www.enewman.co.uk/books-index/before-after-alone-a-planetfall-universe-short-story-collection

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Day 25 - Merry Christmas! I got so excited when talking about today's Star Trek: The Next Generation episode that I forgot to give a summary of what happens in the episode. Ah well, you can always go and watch it (and I strongly encourage you to do so as it's one of my absolute favourites)!

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Day 24 - today's lovely feeling is one you've already given me, and today's Star Trek: The Next Generation episode is one that always makes me cry (in a good way).

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If you enjoyed the show, and want to keep the teapot full, you can become a patron at www.patreon.com/emmanewman or you can gift a cup of tea at https://ko-fi.com/emmanewman The music snippets used are taken from 'Deck The Halls A' uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Kevin MacLeod and used here in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.