''Dungeon Crawlers Radio'' is a podcast, internet radio program and blog that focuses on science fiction and fantasy news, discussions, and reviews of games, movies, comics, and books. Programming frequently includes interviews with authors, game developers, actors, and media personalities. The show averaged 170,000 listeners weekly.

History

''Dungeon Crawlers Radio'' started in 2008 in Utah. As an attempt to gain on-air radio experience, Daniel Swenson, using the on-air name of Revan, and Riley Booms, going under the name Malak, started the podcast in Booms's basement. The basement had bars on its windows which Swenson and Booms felt made the space seem like a dungeon, and decided to incorporate that into the shows name. In 2009, the podcast got picked up as a weekly radio internet show by UtahFM, a local internet radio station. The show originally aired on Monday nights and continues to air weekly on Monday. The format of the show expanded to include downloads on

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and BlogTalkRadio. The program added additional personnel as its listening base and popularity grew, including additional co-hosts. Booms left the show in 2011 to pursue other projects. In 2015, Dungeon Crawlers Radio received a nomination for the

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Notable guests

The show has had numerous interviews with notable guests. Some of the notable guests are listed below. *

Larry Correia Larry Correia is an American fantasy and science fiction writer, known for his ''Monster Hunter International'', ''Grimnoir Chronicles'', and ''Saga of the Forgotten Warrior'' series. He has authored or co-authored over 20 novels, has over 50 pub ...

* Lou Ferrigno * Tracy Hickman *

R. A. Salvatore Robert Anthony Salvatore (born January 20, 1959) is an American author best known for ''The Legend of Drizzt'', a series of fantasy novels set in the Forgotten Realms and starring the popular character Drizzt Do'Urden. He has also written ''The ...

Brandon Sanderson Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy and science fiction. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the ''Mistborn'' series and ''The ...

* Kevin Sorbo

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://dungeoncrawlersradio.com/ Science fiction podcasts Fantasy podcasts Audio podcasts 2008 podcast debuts