"Big Daddy Cool" John Pyka is a showman who hosts and produces The Dieselpunk Podcast. He's an entertainer with tons of experience and he's turned his show into a book titled Tales From the Flip Side.

John shares his definition of Dieselpunk, and how it can intersect with Decopunk, Atompunk, and other genres, as well as terms like Dark Dieselpunk and Piecraftian versus Ottisian Dieselpunk. We also touch on lessons learned from community dynamics as well as John's take on being an introvert performer.