A List of Past & Upcoming Topics with Transcript Links:
FEBRUARY, 2013
JANUARY, 2013
- Open Chat
- The Mainstreaming of Steampunk
- Confronting the Darkness: The Role of Evil in Steampunk
- Steampunk New Year’s Resolutions
DECEMBER, 2012
NOVEMBER, 2012
- Steampunk Technology
- Steampunking The Holidays
- Steampunk Dreams
- Character Creation For Fiction, Art, & Personas
- Fighting Creative Block
OCTOBER, 2012
- Mashup – Mixing Genres and Influences
- Nostalgia – Its Influence on Steampunk
- Neo-Victorianism vs Alternate History vs Science Fiction
- Steampunk Music
SEPTEMBER, 2012
- Building Steam: Sexy Fiction & Fashion
- Steampunk 101
- Disaster & Apocalypse in Steampunk
- Open Chat
- Halloween Inspiration
AUGUST, 2012
- Summer News Roundup
- Writing Steampunk Fiction
- Digital Resources for Steampunks
- Integrating Steampunk Into Your Daily Life
JULY, 2012
- Steampunk’s Spirit of Adventure
- Tropes, Stereotypes, & Cliches
- Steampunk’s DIY Spirit vs “The Rules”
JUNE, 2012:
- Seasonal Steampunk: Adjusting Your Costuming For The Weather
- Steampunk Conventions: What Draws Us
- Steampunk vs The Other Punks
- Personal Projects – What are you working on?
- The Pirate Edition
2012 SUMMER HIATUS for our regular hosting team: June 1st through August
MAY, 2012
- May 25: Steampunk Romance – host: @Jenny_Schwartz
- May 18: Steampunk YA – host: @jolantru
- May 11: Food, Glorious Food! – host: @jolantru
- May 4: Off to the Antipodes – host: @Jenny_Schwartz
APRIL, 2012
- Intro new hosts for May and Steampunk Short Fiction
- Tsarpunk!
- Steampunk Carnival – Rides, Sideshows, and Circus
MARCH, 2012
- Your Ideal Steampunk Museum – what would you display?
- How do you explain Steampunk to friends and family?
- Cross-dressing and Gender-bending in Steampunk
- The Suffragette Movement
- Victorian Writers
FEBRUARY, 2012
- Lovecraftian Lore
- Special Spanish-Anglo extravanganza to celebrate El Investigador’s first-year anniversary
- Steampunk Tailoring
- Steampunk Movie Wishlist
JANUARY, 2012
- Steampunk Interior Design
- What does the future hold for Steampunk in 2012?
- Supernatural Steampunk
- Steampunk Aesthetics in Web and Graphic Design
DECEMBER, 2011
- Anachronistic Sounds — evoking the past in modern music
- More and More Electricity
- Fantasy and Steampunk
NOVEMBER, 2011
- Steampunk Comics
- Steampunk on a Budget: How to Costume Without Breaking the Bank
OCTOBER, 2011
- Steampunk Music w/Special Guests: Gilded Age Records
- Steampunk Personas
- Steampunk Jewelry
- Queer Steampunk Revisited
SEPTEMBER, 2011
- Post Summer Hiatus Open Mic Catch Up
AUGUST, 2011
- Summer Break – no official chats
JULY, 2011
JUNE, 2011
- Alternatives to Brass: Steampunk Materials
- Steampunk Weaponry
- Open Topic
- Automatons and Steampunk: Not every story needs to use the same tropes
MAY, 2011
APRIL, 2011
MARCH, 2011
FEBRUARY, 2011
JANUARY, 2011
- Steampunk and Revolution
- Sustainable Steampunk
- Steampunk Celebrities
- Steampunk Books and Reading Lists
DECEMBER, 2010
- What’s With the Mad Science in Steampunk?
- General Chat/Open Mic
- Books Where Steampunk Elements Appear To Be Mere Window Dressing
- Multiculturalism in Steampunk Literature

