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Podcasts 2002 — 2007
Audio interviews, NPR reports, audio book reviews and more from the first five years of The Agony Column

Author Date Subject Size Format Type Genre
Alastair Reynolds 9/1/02 Redemption Ark, WorldCon 2002 3 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Chuck Palahniuk 9/21/02 Lullaby, The Horror Genre 2.7 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Glen David Gold 10/4/02 Carter Beats the Devil, McSweeney's Genre Issue 2.8 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Jonathan Carroll 11/6/02 White Apples, Women 5.6 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Robert Jordan 1/13/03 Wheel of Time, Crossroads of Twilight 6.4 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Ramsey Campbell Part 1 1/11/03 Starting writing, Vladimir Nabokov, 5.3 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Ramsey Campbell Part 2 1/11/03 Comedy, M. R. James, new novel 6.3 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Carter Scholz 3/7/03 Interview, Secret History Science Fiction 5.6 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Cory Doctorow 3/20/03 Interview, The Literary Singularity 5.5 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Alan Deutschman 4/14/03 Interview, Napa Vs. Sonoma Vs. Steve Jobs 4.0 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Jasper Fforde 4/29/03 The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book 5.3 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Jasper Fforde 4/29/03 The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book 31.5 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Ira Sher 4/29/03 Gentlemen of Space 5.2 MB Real Audio Author Interview General Fiction
Ira Sher 4/29/03 Gentlemen of Space 31.5 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
James Frey 5/2/03 A Million Little Pieces Rehab Memoir 32.5 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
James Frey 5/2/03 A Million Little Pieces Rehab Memoir 5.1 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Margaret Weis 5/21/03 Mistress of Dragons, RPG Fiction 5.3 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Margaret Weis 5/21/03 Mistress of Dragons, RPG Fiction 32.2 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Christopher Moore 6/10/03 Fluke, Lamb & Writing humor 36.4 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Christopher Moore 6/10/03 Fluke, Lamb & Writing humor 5.7 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Douglas Coupland 7/14/03 Hey Nostradamus and Spirituality 5.4 MB Real Audio Author Interview General Fiction
Douglas Coupland 7/14/03 Hey Nostradamus and Spirituality 32.6 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Dan Simmons 7/25/03 Science fiction and literature 5.6 MB Real Audio Author Interview Science Fiction
Dan Simmons 7/25/03 Science fiction and literature 33.9 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Terry Goodkind 7/26/03 Virtuous fiction, Ayn Rand 80.6 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Terry Goodkind 7/26/03 Virtuous fiction, Ayn Rand 13.4 MB Real Audio Author Interview Fantasy
David Corbett 8/20/03 Gentlemen Marijuana smugglers, Real estate development 48.8 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
David Corbett 8/20/03 Gentlemen Marijuana smugglers, Real estate development 8.1 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Mary Roach 8/22/03 Weighing the human soul, heads in rotisserie pans, human head transplants 32.5 MN MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Mary Roach 8/22/03 Weighing the human soul, heads in rotisserie pans, human head transplants 5.4 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
James Barclay 9/1/03 Killing off the cast, brutal reality and fantasy economics 48.2 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
James Barclay 9/1/03 Killing off the cast, brutal reality and fantasy economics 8 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Charles de Lint 9/4/03 Music, horror, magic realism, dark and light fiction. 48.3 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Charles de Lint 9/4/03 Music, horror, magic realism, dark and light fiction. 8 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Chuck Palahniuk 9/7/03 Writing horror, minimalism, Portland 39.4 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Chuck Palahniuk 9/7/03 Writing horror, minimalism, Portland 6.5 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Jonathan Lethem 10/3/03 The Fortress of Solitude, autobiographical fiction 29.6 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jonathan Lethem 10/3/03 The Fortress of Solitude, autobiographical fiction 9.9 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Win & Meredith Blevins 9/25/03 Married writers, historical fiction, gypsies & murder. 21.8 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Win & Meredith Blevins 9/25/03 Married writers, historical fiction, gypsies & murder. 7.2 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Terry Pratchett all 10/10/03 Fantasy, satire, language, sales, fan fiction & marketing 19 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Terry Pratchett Part 1 10/10/03 Fantasy, satire, language, sales, fan fiction & marketing 9.3 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Terry Pratchett Part 2 10/10/03 Fantasy, satire, language, sales, fan fiction & marketing 9.6 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Terry Pratchett Part 1 10/10/03 Fantasy, satire, language, sales, fan fiction & marketing 56.3 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Terry Pratchett Part 2 10/10/03 Fantasy, satire, language, sales, fan fiction & marketing 57.7 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Colson Whitehead 11/4/03 Humor, Journalism, TV, jazz writing, New York 58.3 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Colson Whitehead 11/4/03 Humor, Journalism, TV, jazz writing, New York 9.7 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
John Shirley 12/5/03 The Birth of cyberpunk, Jesus the Gnostic 37.4 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
John Shirley 12/5/03 The Birth of cyberpunk, Jesus the Gnostic 6.2 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
TC Boyle 2/11/04 Drop City, Utopia, Literature 26.9 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
TC Boyle 2/11/04 Drop City, Utopia, Literature 6.7 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Scott Phillips 2/19/04 Cottonwood, The West & Pulp Noirs 33.9 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Scott Phillips 2/19/04 Cottonwood, The West & Pulp Noirs 8.5 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Kate Christensen 2/26/04 Rot, New York and deeply held anger 25 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Kate Christensen 2/26/04 Rot, New York and deeply held anger 6.2 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
George Pelecanos 3/22/04 Positive characters and negative economics 32.25 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
George Pelecanos 3/22/04 Positive characters and negative economics 8.79 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Richard Morgan 3/22/04 Anger, violence, the future 46.6 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Richard Morgan 3/22/04 Anger, violence, the future 11.65 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Uglytown's Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender 2/22/04 Making it as publishers, writers, and outsiders. 28.3 MB MP3 Publisher Interview Mystery
Uglytown's Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe 2/22/04 Making it as publishers, writers, and outsiders. 6.8 MB RealAudio Publisher Interview Mystery
Joe R. Lansdale 4/4/04 Texas state of mind, comics, Bubba Ho Tep 38.4 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Joe R. Lansdale 4/4/04 Texas state of mind, comics, Bubba Ho Tep 2.5 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Tom Perrotta 5/13/04 America the Petty, Perversion and Amororous doings in the 'Burbs. 49.10 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Tom Perrotta 5/13/04 America the Petty, Perversion and Amororous doings in the 'Burbs. 12.27 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Kim Stanley Robinson 6/4/04 Environmental Politics and SF novels 59 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Kim Stanley Robinson 6/4/04 Environmental Politics and SF novels 15 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
China Miéville 7/29/04 Politics, Fantasy, Monsters, monsters! 46.9 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
China Miéville 7/29/04 Politics, Fantasy, Monsters, monsters! 11.71 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Catherynne M. Valente 6/4/04 Classics, language, female quest stories, Alice in Wonderland 32.71 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Catherynne M. Valente 6/4/04 Classics, language, female quest stories, Alice in Wonderland 8.17 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Kem Nunn 8/20/04 The maquiladoras, Garage-door Tijuana, Surfing 26.02 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Kem Nunn 8/20/04 The maquiladoras, Garage-door Tijuana, Surfing 6.50 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Marcia Muller and Laurie R. King 9/9/04 Women in mystery as characters and authors 45.7 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Marcia Muller and Laurie R. King 9/9/04 Women in mystery as characters and authors 11.4 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Clive Barker Part One 9/21/04 Beginnings: Books of Blood, Hellraiser 46.3 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Clive Barker Part One 9/21/04 Beginnings: Books of Blood, Hellraiser 11.6 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Clive Barker Part Two 9/21/04 Middles and Ends: Abarat, Tortured Souls, 500 Paintings in Beverly Hills 52.6 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Clive Barker Part Two 9/21/04 Middles and Ends: Abarat, Tortured Souls, 500 Paintings in Beverly Hills 13.2 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Susanna Clarke 9/27/04 Kingdoms of Faerie, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 34.6 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Susanna Clarke 9/27/04 Kingdoms of Faerie, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 8.6 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Rolling Darkness Review 10/18/04 Dennis Etchison, Peter Atkins and Glen Hirshberg discuss the dark. 51.2 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Rolling Darkness Review 10/18/04 Dennis Etchison, Peter Atkins and Glen Hirshberg discuss the dark. 12.9 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Graham Joyce 11/4/04 Hedgerow witches, midwifery, life in a coal-mining town and The Limits of Enchantment. 35.88 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Graham Joyce 11/4/04 Hedgerow witches, midwifery, life in a coal-mining town and The Limits of Enchantment. 8.97 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Jenn Ramage Interviews Daniel Ellsberg 2004 Secrets, Vietnam and Iraq 23.5 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Jenn Ramage Interviews Daniel Ellsberg 2004 Secrets, Vietnam and Iraq 5.9 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Jenn Ramage Interviews Suzan-Lori Parks 2004 Getting Mother's Body 23.5 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jenn Ramage Interviews Suzan-Lori Parks 2004 Getting Mother's Body 5.9 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Lucius Shepard 2/7/05 A Handbook of American Prayer 27.5 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Lucius Shepard 2/7/05 A Handbook of American Prayer 6.8 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Steve Erickson 3/1/05 Our Ecstatic Days, Chaos, order and apocalypse 37.7 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Steve Erickson 3/1/05 Our Ecstatic Days, Chaos, order and apocalypse 9.4 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Stephan Zielinski 3/28/05 Bad Magic and the San Diego Zombie 32.04 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Stephan Zielinski 3/28/05 Bad Magic and the San Diego Zombie 8.01 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Kazuo Ishiguro 4/25/05 Science fiction cinema, three kinds of storytelling, memory. 36.48 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Kazuo Ishiguro 4/25/05 Science fiction cinema, three kinds of storytelling, memory. 9.12 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
John Burdett 5/10/05 Hong Kong turn-over to China, Buddhism, Bangkok's black economy 34.33 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
John Burdett 5/10/05 Hong Kong turn-over to China, Buddhism, Bangkok's black economy 8.58 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Chuck Palahniuk 5/20/05 Narrative, Shock value, horror 38.68 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Chuck Palahniuk 5/20/05 Narrative, Shock value, horror 9.67 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Mitch Cullin and Laurie R. King 5/23/05 Sherlock Holmes in fact and fiction 38.24 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Mitch Cullin and Laurie R. King 5/23/05 Sherlock Holmes in fact and fiction 10.62 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Andrew Vachss 6/27/05 His journey from US Public health Testing to Child-Defending attorney and writer 53.31 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Andrew Vachss 6/27/05 His journey from US Public health Testing to Child-Defending attorney and writer 13.33 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
James Frey 2005 6/29/05 My Friend Leonard, life as a bagman and in the world of Hollowood. 23 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
James Frey 2005 6/29/05 My Friend Leonard, life as a bagman and in the world of Hollowood. 5.75 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Elizabeth Kostova 7/21/05 The Historian, history and armchair travel. 31.5 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Elizabeth Kostova 7/21/05 The Historian, history and armchair travel. 7.86 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Chris Cleave, Part One 8/11/05 Eavesdropping on the bus, Incendiary 22.4 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Chris Cleave, Part One 8/11/05 Eavesdropping on the bus, Incendiary 5.6 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Chris Cleave, Part Two 8/11/05 London bombings, terrorism 23.8 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Chris Cleave, Part Two 8/11/05 London bombings, terrorism 5.96 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Jeffrey Ford 8/8/05 Why SF & WorldCon MATTER, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass 17.91 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Jeffrey Ford 8/8/05 Why SF & WorldCon MATTER, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass 4.47 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Aimee Bender 9/18/05 Surrealism, fairy tales, minimalism 29.25 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Aimee Bender 9/18/05 Surrealism, fairy tales, minimalism 7.31 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Myla Goldberg 10/17/05 1918 Flu epidemic, the afterlife, history, memory, aging, Karl Capek 51.15 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Myla Goldberg 10/17/05 1918 Flu epidemic, the afterlife, history, memory, aging, Karl Capek 10.23 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Mary Roach 10/23/05 Spook science and the afterlife, the state of science writing. 33.98 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Mary Roach 10/23/05 Spook, science and the afterlife, the state of science writing. 8.49 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Richard Morgan 11/2/05 SF & Politics, Woken Furies, Torture, and Black Man 52.33 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Richard Morgan 11/2/05 SF & Politics, Woken Furies, Torture, and Black Man 13.08 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Tim Pratt 12/2/05 Santa Cruz, Locus,The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl 65.97 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Tim Pratt 12/2/05 Santa Cruz, Locus,The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl 10.73 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Daniel H. Wilson 11/16/05 How to Survive a Robot Uprising, deadly baby harp seal robots, Smart Houses 54.6 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Daniel H. Wilson 11/16/05 How to Survive a Robot Uprising, deadly baby harp seal robots, Smart Houses 9.40 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Bill McKibben 12/13/05 Global warming, science and science fiction 41.2 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Bill McKibben 12/13/06 Global warming, science and science fiction6.79 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Leslie Ellen Jones 10/15/05 From Witch to Wicca, the brain chemistry of fear, folklore and warning fictions57.7 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Leslie Ellen Jones 10/15/05 From Witch to Wicca, the brain chemistry of fear, folklore and warning fictions9.6 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Heather Rogers 2/1/06 The history of garbage and Keep America Beautiful70.69 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Heather Rogers 2/1/06 The history of garbage and Keep America Beautiful11.77 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Charlie Huston 2/16/06 Wussy vampires and bloodbath noir41.49 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Charlie Huston 2/16/06 Wussy vampires and bloodbath noir6.90 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Julian Barnes 2/13/06 Arthur & George, mystery fiction, fact and fiction55.75 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Julian Barnes 2/13/06 Arthur & George, mystery fiction, fact and fiction9.29 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Kim Stanley Robinson 2005 (1) 11/28/05 Global warming,State of Fear49.85 MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Kim Stanley Robinson 2005 (1) 11/28/05 Global warming,State of Fear8.30 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Kim Stanley Robinson 2005 (2) 11/28/05 Global warming,Fifty Degrees Below49.17 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Kim Stanley Robinson 2005 (2) 11/28/05 Global warming,Fifty Degrees Below8.19 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Joshua Spanogle 3/11/06 Isolation Ward, ethics soup, gene-splicing noir DNA into the Medical Thriller67.30 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Joshua Spanogle 3/11/06 Isolation Ward, ethics soup, gene-splicing noir DNA into the Medical Thriller11.03 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Christopher Moore 2006 3/23/06 A Dirty Job, Reading his work, Language Warning.62.23 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Christopher Moore 2006 3/23/06 A Dirty Job, Reading his work, Language Warning.10.23 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Verlyn Klinkenborg 2006 3/27/06 Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile, nature writing64.16 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Verlyn Klinkenborg 2006 3/27/06 Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile, nature writing10.68 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Verlyn Klinkenborg 3/27/06 A reading fromTimothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile.7.85 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Verlyn Klinkenborg 3/27/06 A reading fromTimothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile.1.30 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Gregory Maguire 11/4/03 Wicked: The Musical,Mirror Mirrror, history and fairy tales and politics -- is there a difference?53.36 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Gregory Maguire 11/4/03 Wicked: The Musical,Mirror Mirrror, history and fairy tales and politics -- is there a difference?8.83 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Franz Wright Interviewed by Kathryn Petrucelli 4/10/06 BreakingGod's Silence36.48 MB MP3 Author Interview Poetry
Franz Wright Interviewed by Kathryn Petrucelli 4/10/06 BreakingGod's Silence6.07 MB RealAudio Author Interview Poetry
Colson Whitehead 2006 4/20/06 Names, naming andApex Hides the Hurt. 52.42 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Colson Whitehead 2006 4/20/06 Names, naming andApex Hides the Hurt. 8.72 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Harvey Pekar, Part One 5/18/06 Jazz music criticism,American Splendor,Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story,The Quitter, writing comic books45.50 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Harvey Pekar, Part One 5/18/06 Jazz music criticism,American Splendor,Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story,The Quitter, writing comic books7.56 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Harvey Pekar, Part Two 5/18/06 Jazz music criticism,American Splendor,Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story,The Quitter, writing comic books48.50 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Harvey Pekar, Part Two 4/18/06 Jazz music criticism,American Splendor,Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story,The Quitter, writing comic books8.06 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
David Mitchell Part One 4/23/06 Causality,Black Swan Green, stammering, metaphor.64.84 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
David Mitchell Part One 4/23/06 Causality,Black Swan Green, stammering, metaphor.10.78 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
David Mitchell Part Two 4/23/06 Genre, science fiction, translatingCloud Atlas68.45 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
David Mitchell Part Two 4/23/06 Genre, science fiction, translatingCloud Atlas11.38 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Susan Straight Interviewed by Jenn Ramage 5/7/06 A Million Nightingales40.70 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Susan Straight Interviewed by Jenn Ramage 5/7/06 A Million Nightingales6.77 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Laurie R. King Live Radio Interview 5/19/06 The Art of Detection, Live writing43.84 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Laurie R. King Live Radio Interview 5/19/06 The Art of Detection, Live writing7.29 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Laurie R. King, Morton Marcus, James Houston 5/19/06 A panel discussion on "The Mystery of Writing" with Laurie R. King, Morton Marcus and James Houston.95.73 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Laurie R. King, Morton Marcus, James Houston 5/19/06 A panel discussion on "The Mystery of Writing" with Laurie R. King, Morton Marcus and James Houston.15.92 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Koji Suzuki, Part One 5/12/06 A translated conversation about Singularity, horror and science fiction57.91 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Koji Suzuki, Part Two 5/12/06 Japanese cultural elements in his fiction and universal philosophies.57.49 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Koji Suzuki, Part One 5/12/06 A translated conversation about Singularity, horror and science fiction9.63 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Koji Suzuki, Part Two 5/12/06 Japanese cultural elements in his fiction and universal philosophies.9.56 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Kim Newman 5/13/06 Movies, books and the importance of Michael Moorcock and Dennis Potter.79.87 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Kim Newman 5/13/06 Movies, books and the importance of Michael Moorcock and Dennis Potter.9.56 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Jenn Ramage Speaks With Peter Orner 5/23/06 Namibia at the time of its independence.38.92 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jenn Ramage Speaks With Peter Orner 5/23/06 Namibia at the time of its independence.6.45 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Gary Shteyngart 5/14/06 Absurdistan and the real 'stans.89.30 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Gary Shteyngart 5/14/06 Absurdistan and the real 'stans.14.87 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
David Sirota 5/16/06 How our government has been bought and sold, how to get it back.Hostile Takeover!49.57 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
David Sirota 5/16/06 How our government has been bought and sold, how to get it back.Hostile Takeover!8.23 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
James P.Othmer 6/19/06 Futurists real and imagined; Madison Avenue tales of woe. 71.34 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
James P.Othmer 6/19/06 Futurists real and imagined; Madison Avenue tales of woe. 11.86 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Randall Sullivan 4/6/04 'The Miracle Detective', claims of miraculous visions, and his personal investigation into the events in Medjugorge in Bosnia.77.41 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Randall Sullivan 4/6/04 'The Miracle Detective', claims of miraculous visions, and his personal investigation into the events in Medjugorge in Bosnia.12.90 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Jasper Fforde 7/30/05 Thursday Next, Jack Spratt, Front of the house and back of the house processing. 86.18 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Jasper Fforde 7/30/05 Thursday Next, Jack Spratt, Front of the house and back of the house processing. 14.33 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Steven Kotler 7/13/06 West of Jesus, Neuroscience of ecstasy, surfing.58.49 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Steven Kotler 7/13/06 West of Jesus, Neuroscience of ecstasy, surfing.9.71 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Vernor Vinge, Part 1 6/1/06 The Technological Singularity,Rainbows End. 52.17 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Vernor Vinge, Part 1 6/1/06 The Technological Singularity,Rainbows End. 8.68 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Vernor Vinge, Part 2 6/1/06 The Technological Singularity,Rainbows End. 51.95 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Vernor Vinge, Part 2 6/1/06 The Technological Singularity,Rainbows End. 8.65 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Julia Glass Interviewed by Jenn Ramage 7/7/06 The Whole World Over, The Three Junes40.05 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Julia Glass Interviewed by Jenn Ramage 7/7/06 The Whole World Over, The Three Junes6.68 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Cory Doctorow 03-20-2003, 05-13-2006 The Technological Singularity,Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom37.40 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Cory Doctorow 03-20-2003, 05-13-2006 The Technological Singularity,Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom6.20 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
TC Boyle 7/17/06 Economic horror,Talk Talk, identity theft74.98 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
TC Boyle 7/17/06 Economic horror,Talk Talk, identity theft12.49 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
WorldCon 2006 Report 8/28/06 A report from Worldcon 2006 featuring Alastair Reynolds, David Brin, Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, Vernor Vinge, James Patrick Kelly, John-Henri Holmberg, Gary K. Wolfe, Frank Beddor and a variety of other recordings of sounds and events from Worldcon 2006. And only a smattering of what was there.26.11 MB MP3 Report Science Fiction
WorldCon 2006 Report 8/28/06 A report from Worldcon 2006 featuring Alastair Reynolds, David Brin, Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, Vernor Vinge, James Patrick Kelly, John-Henri Holmberg, Gary K. Wolfe, Frank Beddor and a variety of other recordings of sounds and events from Worldcon 2006.And only a smattering of what was there.4.35 MB RealAudio Report Science Fiction
Harlan Ellison WorldCon 2006 8/27/06 Harlan Ellison's one-man panel at Worldcon 2006. Warning very strong language, contains swer words (many) and insults of all races, creeds and colors. Highly politically incorrect. Guaranteed to offend some if mot most listeners. Thanks to Charles Huff! 90.42 MB MP3 Author Speech Science Fiction
Harlan Ellison WorldCon 2006 8/27/06 Harlan Ellison's one-man panel at Worldcon 2006. Warning very strong language, contains swer words (many) and insults of all races, creeds and colors. Highly politically incorrect. Guaranteed to offend some if mot most listeners. Thanks to Charles Huff! 15.07 MB RealAudio Author Speech Science Fiction
Keith Donohue 8/14/06 A conversation with Keith Donohue abouthis novel 'The Stolen Child', changelings, children and beings stuck in time.69.02 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Keith Donohue 8/14/06 A conversation with Keith Donohue abouthis novel 'The Stolen Child', changelings, children and beings stuck in time.11.49 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
David Louis Edelman 8/23/06 InfoQuake and economic science fiction.44.78 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
David Louis Edelman 8/23/06 InfoQuake and economic science fiction.7.44 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Naomi Novik 8/24/06 TheTemeraire Series, World-building in historical fiction and science fiction, software coding and novel writing.77.03 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Naomi Novik 8/24/06 TheTemeraire Series, World-building in historical fiction and science fiction, software coding and novel writing.12.80 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Charles Stross 9/13/06 Economic influences, space opera, gender swapping, Victorian Work ethics78.20 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Charles Stross 9/13/06 Economic influences, space opera, gender swapping, Victorian Work ethics13.02 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Jeff VanderMeer 9/13/06 Ambergris, Shriek, the book and movie.63.61 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Jeff VanderMeer 9/13/06 Ambergris, Shriek, the book and movie.10.58 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Jennifer Egan 9/26/06 Image culture,The Keep, the blank slate and writing for the NYT.80.56 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jennifer Egan 9/26/06 Image culture,The Keep, the blank slate and writing for the NYT.13.40 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Amir D. Aczel 10/11/06 The Bourbaki hoax, economics and society, the New Math.80.56 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Amir D. Aczel 10/11/06 The Bourbaki hoax, economics and society, the New Math.13.40 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Scott E. Smith 9/13/06 The Ruins, Ben Stiller, movies,A Simple Plan58.85 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Scott E. Smith 9/13/06 The Ruins, Ben Stiller, movies,A Simple Plan9.80 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Mark Z. Danielewski 9/21/06 The House of Leaves, Only Revolutions, media and book layout.60.06 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Mark Z. Danielewski 9/21/06 The House of Leaves, Only Revolutions, media and book layout.9.98 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
NPR: Rolling Darkness Revue 10/22/06 My report for NPR on the Rolling Darkness Revue.2.51 MB MP3 NPR Report Horror
NPR: Rolling Darkness Revue 10/22/06 My report for NPR on the Rolling Darkness Revue. (Link to NPR Archive.)N/A RealAudio NPR Report Horror
Jenn Ramage interviews Kate Atkinson 10/26/06 Jenn Ramage of NPR affliate KUSP speaks with Kate Atkinson about her novel 'One Good Turn'.39.13 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
Jenn Ramage interviews Kate Atkinson 10/26/06 Jenn Ramage of NPR affliate KUSP speaks with Kate Atkinson about her novel 'One Good Turn'.6.51 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Erik Larson 11/2/06 The Devil in the White City,Thunderstruck, research, world-building.69.85 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Erik Larson 11/2/06 The Devil in the White City,Thunderstruck, research, world-building.11.63 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Richard Ford 11/10/06 Frank Bascombe, the suburbs, the reading experience.67.76 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Richard Ford 11/10/06 Frank Bascombe, the suburbs, the reading experience.11.29 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews Frank McCourt 11/20/06 A conversation with the best-selling author of 'Angela's Ashes' asbout his new memoir 'Teacher Man'.39.74 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews Frank McCourt 11/20/06 A conversation with the best-selling author of 'Angela's Ashes' asbout his new memoir 'Teacher Man'.6.61 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Kate Elliott and Melanie Rawn_1 10/19/06 Girly Books,The Golden Key, women in fantasy. Part 1 of 2.50.12 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Kate Elliott and Melanie Rawn_1 10/19/06 Girly Books,The Golden Key, women in fantasy. Part 1 of 2.8.34 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Kate Elliott and Melanie Rawn_2 10/19/06 Deep Genre, the Internet; part 2 of 2.58.54 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Kate Elliott and Melanie Rawn_2 10/19/06 Deep Genre, the Internet; part 2 of 2.9.7 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Heidi Julavits 11/15/06 Lies, therapy,The Believer76.15 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Heidi Julavits 11/15/06 Lies, therapy,The Believer12.68 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Anne and Todd McCaffrey 8/24/06 Why dragons can fly, Pern,The Ship Who Sang56.08 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Anne and Todd McCaffrey 8/24/06 Why dragons can fly, Pern,The Ship Who Sang9.31 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Christopher Paolini 12/21/06 Eragon, homeschooling, self-publishing, fantasy clichés, writing about coming of age while coming of age71.81 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Christopher Paolini 12/21/06 Eragon, homeschooling, self-publishing, fantasy clichés, writing about coming of age while coming of age11.96 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Charles Frazier 12/5/06 Thirteen Moons,Blue Mountain, research, the Eastern Cherokee.55.38 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Charles Frazier 12/5/06 Thirteen Moons,Blue Mountain, research, the Eastern Cherokee.9.22 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Rudy Rucker 1/11/07 Cyberpunk history, the GNARL,Mathematicians in Love, Singularity72.16 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Rudy Rucker 1/11/07 Cyberpunk history, the GNARL,Mathematicians in Love, Singularity11.99 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Economic Genre Fiction 1/6/07 A report for NPR on economic themes is genre fiction that includes TC Boyle, David Edelman, Charles Stross, Amir D. Aczel, and Jeff VanderMeer. 11.04 MB MP3 NPR Report Science Fiction
Charlie Huston 1/17/07 Hank Thompson, Joe Pitt, eye-ball biting, cat torture, gutters of blood real and imagined.90.15 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Charlie Huston 1/17/07 Hank Thompson, Joe Pitt, eye-ball biting, cat torture, gutters of blood real and imagined. 14.99 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Promo for January 29 2007 1/26/07 Follow the Leader 1.23 MB MP3 Promo General Fiction
David Lynch 1/18/07 TM, DV, DavidLynch.com, Eraserhead stop-motion. 56.48 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
David Lynch 1/18/07 TM, DV, DavidLynch.com, Eraserhead stop-motion. 9.37 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Dragons Get A Modern Image Makeover 1/27/07 A report for NPR on dragons in literature featuring Anne McCaffrey, Naomi Novik and Chris Paolini. Radio recording; HiFi MP3 file to follow. 2.71 MB MP3 NPR Report Fantasy
Dragons Get A Modern Image Makeover 1/27/07 A report for NPR on dragons in literature featuring Anne McCaffrey, Naomi Novik and Chris Paolini. Direct from NPR. 8.22 MB MP3 NPR Report Fantasy
Promo for February 5, 2007 1/31/07 A Chilling Terror 1.11 MB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Dan Simmons 1/31/07 The Terror, the future, where to find a novel. 78.30 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Dan Simmons 1/31/07 The Terror, the future, where to find a novel. 13.03 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Promo for February 12, 2007 10/4/05 "The Meat Is Not You" 3.5 MB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Cory Doctorow 2/8/07 A conversation in the backroom at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, California, covering his new collection, two new novels and all usual fun stuff; DRM, EULAs, you name it. 88.99 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Cory Doctorow 2/8/07 A conversation in the backroom at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, California, covering his new collection, two new novels and all usual fun stuff; DRM, EULAs, you name it. 14.80 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Promo for February 19, 2007 2/17/07 "Where the Dust Settles" 234K MP3 Promo General Fiction
Ann Cummins Interviewed by Kathryn Petruccelli 2/14/07 A conversation with the author of 'Yellowcake'. 42.53 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Ann Cummins Interviewed by Kathryn Petruccelli 2/14/07 A conversation with the author of 'Yellowcake'. 7.07 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Guy Gavriel Kay 2/19/07 Tolkien, Tigana, Ysabel and the courtroom fantasies. 76.60 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
Guy Gavriel Kay 2/19/07 Tolkien, Tigana, Ysabel and the courtroom fantasies. 12.74 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Ian McDonald 8/4/05 River of Gods, multi-cultural fiction andBrasyl. 19.67 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Ian McDonald 8/4/05 River of Gods, multi-cultural fiction andBrasyl. 3.26 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
China Miéville 2/28/07 Un Lun Dun,Looking for Jake, writing for comics, movies 83.54 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
China Miéville 2/28/07 Un Lun Dun,Looking for Jake, writing for comics, movies 13.90 MB RealAudio Author Interview Fantasy
Jenn Ramage Interviews Vendela Vida 2/15/07 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, traveling, the Sami,The Believer 40.00 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jenn Ramage Interviews Vendela Vida 2/15/07 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, traveling, the Sami,The Believer 6.65 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Preview for Monday March 19, 2007 3/13/07 Get Ready to go. 275 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Christopher Moore 3/13/07 Supernatural San Francisco,You Suck, movies and TV. 82.15 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Christopher Moore 3/13/07 Supernatural San Francisco,You Suck, movies and TV. 13.67 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Christopher Moore Excerpt 3/13/07 Excerpt from interview concerning movies and TV. 18.57 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Preview of Podcast for Monday, March 26, 2007 3/21/07 History andthis place. 237 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
James D. Houston 3/21/07 Bird of Another heaven, the writing process,Snow Mountain Passage. 68.09 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
James D. Houston 3/21/07 Bird of Another heaven, the writing process,Snow Mountain Passage. 11.367 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, April 02, 2007 3/13/07 "Like building a house out of raisins." 236 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Jon Clinch 3/13/07 Writing the first novel,Finn, internet communities as an aid to writing, history and literature. 74.35 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jon Clinch 3/13/07 Writing the first novel,Finn, internet communities as an aid to writing, history and literature. 12.41 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
John Shirley 4/5/07 The Other End as an alternative apocalypse, Poe and Lovecraft 96.48 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
John Shirley 4/5/07 The Other End as an alternative apocalypse, Poe and Lovecraft 16.09 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, April 16, 2007 4/10/07 The problem was much bigger than that. 236 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Scott Rosenberg 4/10/07 Dreaming in Code, developing Chandler, history of software development 82.7 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Scott Rosenberg 4/10/07 Dreaming in Code, developing Chandler, history of software development 13.74 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, April 23, 2007 4/16/07 "You have to be fake before you can be real." 264 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
Jonathan Lethem 4/16/07 Jonathan Lethem on rock and roll, vernacular art, DRM, copyright and copyfight issues, and his job editing the new American Library collection of Philip K. Dick. 73.26 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jonathan Lethem 4/16/07 Jonathan Lethem on rock and roll, vernacular art, DRM, copyright and copyfight issues, and his job editing the new American Library collection of Philip K. Dick. 12.61 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, April 30, 2007 4/17/07 Don't push the SEND button. 264 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
David Shipley and Will Schwalbe 4/17/07 Using email effectively and avoiding email disasters. 74.20 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
David Shipley and Will Schwalbe 4/17/07 Using email effectively and avoiding email disasters. 12.33 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, May 7, 2007 5/4/07 Life's a . 236 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
Chuck Palahniuk 5/4/07 Rant, Victor Turner, science fiction, embarassment. 77.06 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Chuck Palahniuk 5/4/07 Rant, Victor Turner, science fiction, embarassment. 12.68 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday May 14, 2007 4/24/07 "The murder, the atrocity, the barbarity of the race being dug up out of the ground." 1.1 MB MP3 Promo General Fiction
John Marks 4/24/07 60 Minutes, Fangland, traveling to Eastern Europe and death writ large. 79.61 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
John Marks 4/24/07 60 Minutes, Fangland, traveling to Eastern Europe and death writ large. 13.23 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Preview of Podcast for Monday May 21, 2007 5/9/07 "You can tax the dead." 747 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
Charlaine Harris 5/9/07 The Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery series in print and on screen, the agenda of the novels, violent, bloody romantic comedy. 61.71 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
Charlaine Harris 5/9/07 The Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery series in print and on screen, the agenda of the novels, violent, bloody romantic comedy. 10.25 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Preview of Podcast for Monday May 28, 2007 4/16/07 "Fail to scale." 817 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
Daniel H. Wilson 4/16/07 Science fiction futures and the disappointing present. 70.93 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Daniel H. Wilson 4/16/07 Science fiction futures and the disappointing present. 11.77 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday June 04, 2007 4/26/07 "I blow stuff up real good." 788 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
John Scalzi 4/26/07 John Scalzi talks about his blog, science fiction and writing. 89.68 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
John Scalzi 4/26/07 John Scalzi talks about his blog, science fiction and writing. 14.89 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, June 11, 2007 5/24/07 Speed of life. 856 K MP3 Promo Science Fiction
Helen Simpson Interviewed by Kathryn Petruccelli 5/24/07 In the Driver's Seat, writing short stories, women and wars. 39.33 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Helen Simpson Interviewed by Kathryn Petruccelli 5/24/07 In the Driver's Seat, writing short stories, women and wars. 6.53 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, June 18, 2007 5/18/07 Be Prepared. 820 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
Jim Crace 5/18/07 The Pesthouse as a mirror of the American empire, writing fiction. 70.16 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jim Crace 5/18/07 The Pesthouse as a mirror of the American empire, writing fiction. 11.64 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Readers Sucked In by Vampire Lit:NPR Report 6/16/07 All Things Considered, June 16, 2007. Vampires have come a long way since Bram Stoker's Dracula. Many writers are embracing the bloodsuckers, with titles such as You Suck: A Love Story, Fangland and All Together Dead. Rick Kleffel reports for member station KUSP in California. Link to NPR website RealAudio version. 8.24 MB MP3 NPR Report Horror
Preview of Podcast for Monday, June 25, 2007 5/22/07 Compelling Reading. 854 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Susanna Moore 5/22/07 The Big Girls, women's prisons, families. 77.42 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Susanna Moore 5/22/07 The Big Girls, women's prisons, families. 12.86 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Austin Grossman 6/6/07 Writing games, making comics come alive in pure prose. 64.72 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Austin Grossman 6/6/07 Writing games, making comics come alive in pure prose. 10.74 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, July 09, 2007 6/12/07 Are You doing the right thing? 763 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
John Burdett 6/12/07 Buddhist humor, Thai revolution, supernatural. 70.16 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
John Burdett 6/12/07 Buddhist humor, Thai revolution, supernatural. 11.65 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
Preview of Podcast for Monday, July 16, 2007 6/26/07 Where no lexicographer has gone before. 1.18 MB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Jeff Prucher 6/26/07 The OED SF Cite Project, Heinlein, EE "Doc" Smith, science and science fiction. 71.55 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Jeff Prucher 6/26/07 The OED SF Cite Project, Heinlein, EE "Doc" Smith, science and science fiction. 11.89 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, July 23, 2007 6/29/07 We have the future. 783 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Faith Popcorn 6/29/07 Advertising, virtual rooms, virtual closets, the heroin of the future. 62.92 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Faith Popcorn 6/29/07 Advertising, virtual rooms, virtual closets, the heroin of the future. 10.45 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, July 30, 2007 6/29/07 Wake up and smell the burning flesh. 814 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Richard Morgan 7/26/07 Feminized society, witches, outcasts and monsters, Jesusland. 88.29 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Richard Morgan 7/26/07 Feminized society, witches, outcasts and monsters, Jesusland. 14.66 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Harry Potter Release Report 7/21/07 A report from Capitola Book Cafe upon the release of the newest Harry Potter novel featuring reader interviews and Billie Harris. 16.03 MB MP3 Report Fantasy
Harry Potter Release Report 7/21/07 A report from Capitola Book Cafe upon the release of the newest Harry Potter novel featuring reader interviews and Billie Harris. 2.65 MB RealAudio Report Fantasy
Preview of Podcast for Monday, August 6, 2007 7/26/07 Watch out for falling anvils. 772 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Jean Thompson Interviewed by Kathryn Petruccelli 7/26/07 KUSP's Kathryn Petruccelli interviews Jean Thompson, author of Throw Like a Girl. 41.06 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Jean Thompson Interviewed by Kathryn Petruccelli 7/26/07 KUSP's Kathryn Petruccelli interviews Jean Thompson, author of Throw Like a Girl. 6.81 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, August 13, 2007 8/9/07 Not enough future to go around. 770 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
William Gibson 8/9/07 A 2007 conversation with William Gibson about his new novel Spook Country, the effect of 9/11 on our society, the history of cyberpunk and the Fortean Times. 91.08 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
William Gibson 8/9/07 A 2007 conversation with William Gibson about his new novel Spook Country, the effect of 9/11 on our society, the history of cyberpunk and the Fortean Times. 15.13 MB RealAudio Author Interview Science Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, August 20, 2007 8/2/07 Why to read. 936 K MP3 Promo General Fiction
Alan Cheuse 8/2/07 Writing about what you know, menopause and other things you have no business knowing. 79.5 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Alan Cheuse 8/2/07 Writing about what you know, menopause and other things you have no business knowing. 13.21 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
News Report; Gavin Grant, Karen Joy Fowler, Kelly Link 8/21/07 Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, movies, books, reading, "this is the new synthesis of everything there is." 65.0 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
News Report; Alan Cheuse at the Capitola Book Cafe 8/22/07 Report from Capitola Book Café featuring Morton Marcus and Robert Sward. 16.23 MB MP3 Report General Fiction
News Report: Mark V. Ziesing, Bookseller 8/23/07 A conversation with bookseller extraordinaire Mark V. Ziesing about the state of bookselling, YA titles that sell, and how he find the weird, oscure and interesting titles in his catalogue. 15.59 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview General Fiction
News Report: Peter F. Hamilton Interview 8/24/07 An interview with Peter F. Hamilton, author of 'The Dreaming Void' among many others. We talk about how he writes really big books, and how he writes about "religion themes" as opposed to "religious themes". 24.11 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Preview of Podcast for Monday, August 27, 2007 8/23/07 "It was too hot to rebel." 792 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Kaui Hart Hemmings 8/23/07 A conversation with Kaui Hart Hemmings about her new novel, The Descendants. Living in paradise, bringing up children, writing fast. 60.81 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Kaui Hart Hemmings 8/23/07 A conversation with Kaui Hart Hemmings about her new novel, The Descendants. Living in paradise, bringing up children, writing fast. 10.09 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
News Report: Dr. Adrianne Ahern at Gateways Books 8/28/07 Self-help author Dr. Adrianne Ahern talks about her new book 'Snap Out of It NOW'. Defeating negative habits. Be A BETTER YOU. 32.96 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
News Report: Seana Graham, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet Contributor 8/29/07 A conversation with Seana Graham, contributor to Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet about her writing and her experience finding a market for unusual literary fiction with elements of the fantastic. 18.28 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
News Report: Xiaolu Guo A Concise Chinese-English DIctionary for Lovers 8/30/07 Language, culture and humor from a Western and Eastern perspective. 30.21 MB MP3 Author Interview Fantasy
News Report: Alan Beatts, Borderlands Books 8/31/07 From law enforcement to the Litcrawl, Alan Beatts books, more books and a couple you should look out for. 22.76 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview Science Fiction
Preview of Podcast For Monday, September 3, 2007 9/3/07 "Self-censorship is profound as a Chinese author, and I don’t think anyone like to admit that." 800 KB MP3 Promo General Fiction
Guo Xiaolu 8/30/07 A conversation with Guo Xiaolu, the author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers. Language as a character, weriting a first novel in a new language and the import of poetry. 72.02 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Guo Xiaolu 8/30/07 A conversation with Guo Xiaolu, the author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers. Language as a character, writing a first novel in a new language and the import of poetry. 11.96 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
News Report: Laura Furman 9/4/07 A conversation with Laura Furman about O.Henry himself and the awards anthologies that bear his name. 61.26 MB MP3 Editor Interview General Fiction
News Report: Kim Stanley Robinson 9/5/07 Robinson discusses whether SF will ever again don its crystal ball garb and try to beat the psychics. 30.14 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
News Report: Michael DeSarno, Legends Books 9/6/07 Moving books in the real world via Internet marketing, picks for forthcoming books. 24.44 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview General Fiction
News Report: Fan Wu and Ruthanne Lum McClunn 9/7/07 A conversation with authors Ruthanne Lum McCunn ('God of Luck') and Fan Wu ('February Flowers'), conducted in the attic of the Capitola Book Café. 25.07 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
J.Storrs Hall, Singularity Summit 2007 9/8/07 A conversation with J. Storrs Hall backstage at the Singularity Summit 2007. Isaac Asimov and the line of the law. 25.09 MB MP3 Scientist Interview Non Fiction
J.Storrs Hall, Singularity Summit 2007 9/8/07 A conversation with J. Storrs Hall backstage at the Singularity Summit 2007. Isaac Asimov and the line of the law. 4.16 MB RealAudio Scientist Interview Non Fiction
News Report :Paul Saffo at Singularity Summit 9/11/07 A brief conversation with futurist Paul Saffo. 16.09 MB MP3 Scientist Interview Non Fiction
News Report: A review of Xiaolu Guo's 'A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers' 9/12/07 A review of Xiaolu Guo's 'A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers' with added material for the audio version. 7.74 MB MP3 Audio Book Review General Fiction
News Report: Ed Kaufman, M for Mystery Books 9/13/07 Selling books, buying books and the Bay Area book scene. 32.94 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview Mystery
News Report: A Conversation with Saul Landau 9/14/07 'A Bush and Botox World', and a 1968 Jeep trip through Cuba with Fidel Castro. 21.82 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
A Report from the Singularity Summit 2001: AI Ain't What It Used to Be 9/17/07 An overview with excerpts from interviews of several speakers, and even my original report for NPR on the Singularity itself. 60.38 MB MP3 Report Non Fiction
A Report from the Singularity Summit 2001: AI Ain't What It Used to Be 9/17/07 An overview with excerpts from interviews of several speakers, and even my original report for NPR on the Singularity itself. 10.01 MB RealAudio Report Non Fiction
News Report: Kathryn Petruccelli Speaks With Belle Yang: Always Come Home to Me 9/18/07 Kathryn Petruccelli has lunch with Belle Yang, author of the children's book 'Always Come Home to Me', along with the two filmmakers who created "My Name Is Belle", a documentary based on the author's life. 18.24 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
News Report: A Chat With Charlie Huston 9/19/07 A chat with Charlie Huston as he tours to support his new novel, 'The Shotgun Rule'. 30.30 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
News Report: The Women of Mystery Book Club 9/20/07 The Women of Mystery Book Club – Gayle Ortiz, Marybeth Varcados, Pat Pease, Judy Feinman, & Tomi Newman have been reading and discussing books. Five years ago, they decided to write one of their own. 23.22 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
News Report: A Conversation With Del Howison of Dark Delicacies  09-21-2007 Del Howison, the owner and operator of Dark Delicacies Books. They’re America's only all-horror bookstore.  20.96 MB  MP3 Bookseller Interview Horror
The Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Wretch Debate : Tachyon Publications Presents SF in SF 9/24/07 Scott Sigler and Howard Hendrix discuss the brave new world of publishing live in San Francisco, moderated by Terry Bisson. (Recorded 09/19/2007.) 94.40 MB MP3 SF IN SF Panel Science Fiction
The Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Wretch Debate : Tachyon Publications Presents SF in SF 9/24/07 Scott Sigler and Howard Hendrix discuss the brave new world of publishing live in San Francisco, moderated by Terry Bisson. (Recorded 09/19/2007.) 15.68 MB RealAudio SF IN SF Panel Science Fiction
News Report: A Conversation WIth Owen Egerton 9/25/07 Writing fast, writing short, writing weird stuff. Midnight movies at the Alamo Drafthouse. 22.01 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
News Report: A Conversation With Peg Kingman 9/26/07 A conversation with debut author Peg Kingman. Her novel, 'Not Yet Drown'd' combines history, mystery and romance; it's set in India and Scotland in 1821. 15.19 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
News Report: A Conversation with Jack Rems of Dark Carnival 9/27/07 A conversation with Jack Rems, who has owned Dark Carnival Books in Berkeley for 31 years and has some surprising things to say and not to say. 18.55 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview Science Fiction
News Report: James Hughes at the Singularity Summit 9/28/07 James Hughes from the Singularity Summit on the ethics of AI. Wild and fascinating Speculation about Sharia AI, and deciding when robots can kill. 18.97 MB MP3 Scientist Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Conversation with Kate Christensen 10/1/07 Kate Christensen talks about her new novel 'The Great Man'. And food. 64.48 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
A 2007 Conversation with Kate Christensen 10/1/07 Kate Christensen talks about her new novel 'The Great Man'. And food. 10.71 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
News Report: Scott Sigler Reads from Infection at SF in SF 10/2/07 Scott Sigler Reads from Infection at SF in SF. 28.60 MB MP3 SF in SF Reading Horror
News Report: Howard V. Hendrix from SF in SF 10/3/07 Howard Hendrix reads 'Flame of Branches' at SF in SF. 39.45 MB MP3 SF in SF Reading Science Fiction
News Report: A 2007 Interview WIth Dr. Barney Pell 10/4/07 The CUI development cycle and the high-school graduate replacement robot. 25.72 MB MP3 Scientist Interview Non Fiction
News Report: 2007 Interview with Kathryn Petruccelli and Nikki Giovanni 10/5/07 Kathryn Petruccelli speaks with the great American poet. 15.87 MB MP3 Author Interview Poetry
A 2007 Conversation With Michael Harvey 10/8/07 A conversation with Michael Harvey, co-creator of Cold Case files, about his new novel The Chicago Way, his work in television and journalism, and his experiences with crime and criminals including John Wayne Gacy. 71.13 MB MP3 Author Interview Mystery
A 2007 Conversation With Michael Harvey 10/8/07 A conversation with Michael Harvey, co-creator of Cold Case files, about his new novel The Chicago Way, his work in television and journalism, and his experiences with crime and criminals including John Wayne Gacy. 11.81 MB RealAudio Author Interview Mystery
News Report: An Audio Review of '2012: The War for Souls' by Whitley Strieber 10/9/07 An audio review of '2012: The War for Souls' by Whitley Strieber with musical additions. 11.01 MB MP3 Audio Book Review Science Fiction
News Report: A Conversation with Dr. Rodney Brooks at Singularity Summit 10/10/07 A conversation with Dr. Rodney Brooks, Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT. He is also Chief Technical Officer of iRobot Corp. 20.90 MB MP3 Scientist Interview Non Fiction
News Report : A Conversation With Dave Nee, The Other Change of Hobbit 10/11/07 An interview with Dave Nee, the proprietor of The Other Change of Hobbit in Berkeley, California. 23.24 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview Science Fiction
News Report: A Conversation With Gail Tsukiyama 10/12/07 Gail Tsukiyama talks about the personal and world history behind her novels, including her latest,The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. 31.89 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
A 2007 Interview with Andrew Kimbrell 10/15/07 Andrew Kimbrell talks about the secret changes made to foods via genetic engineering; science fact and science fiction. 65.95 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Interview with Andrew Kimbrell 10/15/07 Andrew Kimbrell talks about the secret changes made to foods via genetic engineering; science fact and science fiction. 10.95 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Live at the Capitola Book Café With Andrew Kimbrell 10/16/07 A report from the Capitola Book Café last Thursday, when I went to attend the reading by Andrew Kimbrell and stopped to talk with Kimbrell and a couple of very well-informed other attendees. 16.97 MB MP3 Report Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report: A Conversation With Scott & Tammie of Handee Books 10/17/07 A conversation With Scott Hamman & Tammie Stallings of Handee Books, now an Internet-only bookstore. 29.98 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview General Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR Report on Austin Grossman 10/18/07 An NPR report on Austin Grossman's unusual educational experiences that led to his first novel, 'Soon I Will Be Invincible'. 5.46 MB MP3 NPR Report First Books
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2007 Conversation With Ann Packer 10/19/07 A conversation with author Ann Packer, author of 'The Dive from Clausen's Pier' and 'Songs Without Words'. We talk about Packer's extraordinarily observant vision of suburbia. 28.58 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Steve Almond 10/22/07 A 2007 conversation with author Steve Almond about his most recent book, a collection of essays, '(Not That You Asked)', covering a variety of subjects, from his serious look at Kurt Vonnegut to the more lighthearted adventures in the Cringe Zone® of Reality Television. 80.55 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Steve Almond 10/22/07 A 2007 conversation with author Steve Almond about his most recent book, a collection of essays, '(Not That You Asked)', covering a variety of subjects, from his serious look at Kurt Vonnegut to the more lighthearted adventures in the Cringe Zone® of Reality Television. 13.39 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Eliot Fintushel at SF in SF 10/23/07 A brief conversation with Eliot Fintushel as he plays his Moog Theremin Etherwave Pro in the lobbby of the Variety Theatre before the SF in SF show for October 20, 2007. 10.83 MB MP3 SF in SF Interview Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jamais Cascio at the Singularity Summit 2007 10/24/07 A conversation with futurist Jamais Cascio from the Singularity Summit; we talk about his concept of the Metaverse Roadmap and how SF influences his work as a futurist. 32.89 MB MP3 Scientist Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Eliot Fintushel Reads "How the Little Rabbi Grew" at SF in SF 10/25/07 Eliot Fintushel reading his story "How the Little Rabbi Grew" at SF in SF on Saturday, October 20, 2007. 35.60 MB MP3 SF in SF Reading Fantasy
Agony Column Podcast News Report : 'Tastes Like Cuba' : Eduardo Machado's Memoir with Recipes and Michael Domitrovich 10/26/07 Find out what moved playwright Edward Machado, who has written over forty plays, to include the recipes in his memoir 'Tastes Like Cuba: An Exile's Hunger for Home'. 17.91 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
SF in SF Podcast : A Panel Discussion With Kage Baker and Eliot Fintushel Moderated by Terry Bisson 10/29/07 A recording of the panel discussion after the rading of Kage Baker's Eliot Fintushel's stories at SF in SF on 10/20/2007. The moderator is author Terry Bisson. Jacob Weisman also participates, as do audience members. 67.08 MB MP3 SF IN SF Panel Science Fiction
SF in SF Podcast : A Panel Discussion With Kage Baker and Eliot Fintushel Moderated by Terry Bisson 10/29/07 A recording of the panel discussion after the reading of Kage Baker's Eliot Fintushel's stories at SF in SF on 10/20/2007. The moderator is author Terry Bisson. Jacob Weisman also participates, as do audience members. 11.15 MB RealAudio SF IN SF Panel Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kage Baker Reads at SF in SF : Welcome to Sutro Park 10/30/07 Kage Baker reads a new story aT SF IN SF on Saturday, October 20, 2007. 37.4 MB MP3 SF in SF Reading Fantasy
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Janet and Chris Atwood Take 'The Passion Test' : Make a List, Check it Monthly 10/31/07 A conversation with Janet and Chris Attwood about their book, The Passion Test, conducted in Gateways Books and Gifts shortly before their appearance. How to find your passion and therefore begin to live a happy life. 13.22 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Talking Food With Mollie Katzen : Call Any Vegetable 11/1/07 A conversation with cookbook author Mollie Katzen about being a vegetarian, cooking organic versus local, and the tools to use. 26.60 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeff Ayers, Manager of Forbidden Planet, NY : Monster of the Id 11/2/07 A conversation with Jeff Ayers, the manager of New York's version of 'Forbidden Planet'. Bringing the London legend to our heathen shores. 22.73 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview Science Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Erika Mailman 11/5/07 A conversation with Erika Mailman about 'The Witch's Trinity',Malleus Maleficarum and her ancestor the acquitted witch. 38.42 MB MP3 Author Interview Horror
A 2007 Interview With Erika Mailman 11/5/07 A conversation with Erika Mailman about 'The Witch's Trinity', Malleus Maleficarum and her ancestor the acquitted witch. 9.47 MB RealAudio Author Interview Horror
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2007 Interview with Eduardo Machado and Michael Domitrovich : Ghosts of Characters Past 11/6/07 A conversation with Eduardo Machado and his partner Michael Domitrovich about Eduardo's journey back to Cuba, where he witnessed a surreal vision of his actual past conflated with this fictional spins on that past, and about their journey together. 36.89 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Ann Aurelia Lopez Undertakes 'The Farmworker's Journey' : Policy and Humanity 11/7/07 A conversation with Ann Aurelia Lopez, whose new book is 'The Farmworker's Journey'. The history of Mexican agriculture, transgenic terminator corn and 27 people in 1,000 square feet with one bathroom. 36.33 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Phone Interview with Tom Brokaw : Long-Haired Hippies Vs Ronald Reagan in Santa Cruz 11/8/07 A phone interview with Tom Brokaw about his new book, Boom! Voices of the Sixties. 16.64 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report: A Conversation with Ed Thomas, Owner of Book Carnival : Hanging Out With Dean R. Koontz 11/9/07 A conversation with Ed Thomas, owner of Book Carnival in the city of Orange, California. It's the home bookstore for Dean R. Koontz. 21.79 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview Horror
A 2007 Interview with Tom Brokaw 11/12/07 An in-person interview with Tom Brokaw in the "crying room" of the Rio Theater on the eve of his appearance in Santa Cruz, California. 24.77 KMB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Interview with Tom Brokaw 11/12/07 An in-person interview with Tom Brokaw in the "crying room" of the Rio Theater on the eve of his appearance in Santa Cruz, California. 4.08 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Live from Shakespeare Santa Cruz The Princess and the Pea "Pea Chair Tour" at Capitola Book Café : Creating a New Generation of Readers 11/13/07 The Shakespeare Santa Cruz "Princess and the Pea" chair tour arrives at the Capitola Book Café. Young readers and Billie Harris are the players of musical chairs. 14.15 MB MP3 Report General Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Bookseller Elaine Petrocelli of Book Passage : Writers Aplenty, Events Galore 11/14/07 A conversation with Bookseller Elaine Petrocelli, the owner of Book Passage in Corte Madera, California – a store that has events three times daily! 21.83 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview General Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Ralph Angel and Alta Ifland : Reaching Inward 11/15/07 Ralph Angel and Alta Ifland talk about the origins of their poetry as part of the Poetry Santa Cruz series upstairs at Capitola Booke Café. 21.42 MB MP3 Author Interview Poetry
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Phone Interview with Andrew Szasz : 'Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves' 11/16/07 A conversation with Andrew Szasz about his book 'Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves', the fallout shelter panic, and the concept of an inverted quarantine. 26.43 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Tom Brokaw at the Rio Theater : 'Boom!' 11/19/07 A recording of Tom Brokaw's performance at the Rio Theater, on November 8, 2007, taken direct from the mixer. 62.74 MB MP3 Author Speech Non Fiction
Tom Brokaw at the Rio Theater : 'Boom!' 11/19/07 A recording of Tom Brokaw's performance at the Rio Theater, on November 8, 2007, taken direct from the mixer. 10.42 MB RealAudio Author Speech Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Molly Gloss Reading at SF in SF : "Lambing Season" 11/20/07 Molly Gloss reads her short story "Lambing Season" at SF in SF on November 17, 2007. 46.94 MB MP3 SF in SF Reading Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Molly Gloss from SF in SF : Strange Lights in the Sky 11/21/07 A conversation with Molly Gloss at SF in SF, about science fiction, historical fiction, her latest novel, The Hearts of Horses, and her earlier novel, Wild Life. Plus, she talks about her story "Lambing Season" – with spoilers for that story. 23.03 MB MP3 SF in SF Interview Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade Books : Taking on NY 11/22/07 A conversation with Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade Books about their journey from specialty press to competition with the NY publishers. 29.08 MB MP3 Publisher Interview Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Bookseller Maryelizabeth Hart 11/23/07 A conversation with bookseller Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, California. We talked about their history, their relationships with publishers big and small. 20.45 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview General Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Andrew Szasz: "You're not getting the kind of protection that you think you're getting" 11/26/07 A conversation with Andrew Szasz, author of 'Shopping Our way to Safety' about the pitfalls of green packaging and the efficacy of ecologically-friendly products. 36.99 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Andrew Szasz: "You're not getting the kind of protection that you think you're getting" 11/26/07 A conversation with Andrew Szasz, author of 'Shopping Our way to Safety' about the pitfalls of green packaging and the efficacy of ecologically-friendly products. 6.14 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Karen Joy Fowler Reads at SF in SF : "The Last Worders" 11/27/07 Karen Joy Fowler reading 'The Last Worders' at SF in SF on November 17, 2007. 47.32 MB MP3 SF in SF Reading Fantasy
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Karen Joy Fowler Interviewed at SF in SF : Ambiguity is a Tool, Not a Mistake 11/28/07 A conversation with Karen Joy Fowler at SF in SF on November 17, 2007; unambiguous discussion of ambiguity. 19.31 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Molly Gloss, Karen Joy Fowler and Terry Bisson : SF in SF Discussion, November 17, 2007 11/29/07 The Panel discussion from SSF in SF on November 17, 2007, featuring Molly Gloss, Karen Joy Fowler and Terry Bisson. Nearly audible audience members as well! 81.14 MB MP3 SF IN SF Panel Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Craig Graham, Vagabond Books : On the Road to Perdition 11/30/07 A conversation with Craig Graham, the owner of Vagabond Books, about 30 years of book culture that include James Ellroy, Ray Bradbury, Forrest Ackerman and more. 32.90 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview General Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Michael Krasny 12/3/07 A conversation with Michael Krasny about his book 'Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life'. 37.44 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Michael Krasny 12/3/07 A conversation with Michael Krasny about his book 'Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life'. 6.20 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Report: Artificial Intelligence Enters Brave New World 12/4/07 Weekend Edition Sunday, December 2, 2007 · The idea of what Artificial Intelligence should be has evolved over the past 50 years — from solving puzzles and playing chess to emulating the abilities of a child: walking, recognizing objects. A recent "Singularity Summit" brought together those who imagine — and invent — the future. Rick Kleffel from member station KUSP reports. 8.69 MB MP3 NPR Report Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Dana Mackenzie 'The Big Splat' : The Moon Sees Me 12/5/07 A conversation with science writer and moon historian Dana Mackenzie about the origins of the moon and our understanding of the moon. 33.10 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News : Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews Bill Minor : Trek: Lips, Sunny, Pecker & Me 12/6/07 KUSP's Kathryn Petruccelli interviews musician, poet and novelist Bill Minor. 50.35 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen of Nightshade Books : E-Books & Free Books 12/7/07 A conversation with Night Shade Books publisher Jeremy Lassen about e-readers and online posts of novels. 25.52 MB MP3 Publisher Interview Science Fiction
Bettina Aptheker and Megan Seely : The Personal and the Political 12/10/07 A conversation with Megan Seely and Bettina Aptheker about feminism, communism and HOWTO change stuff. 37.09 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Bettina Aptheker and Megan Seely : The Personal and the Political 12/10/07 A conversation with Megan Seely and Bettina Aptheker about feminism, communism and HOWTO change stuff. 6.16 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR Story Author Writes First Book in New Language : Xiaolu Guo Film News 12/11/07 An entry in the NPR Series First Books about Xiaolu Guo and her struggle to write a book in English as she learned the language. 7.36 MB MP3 NPR Report First Books
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Felix Gilman : Thunderer and Dickens 12/12/07 A conversation with Felix Gilman about his novel 'Thunderer!' and the influence of Mervyn Peake in modern fantasy. 18.47 MB MP3 Author Interview Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Rusty Morrison : Greeting the Omnidawn 12/13/07 A conversation With Rusty Morrison about creating a small press, from the community of poetry to the stacks of book covers waiting to go on re-prints. 19.97 MB MP3 Publisher Interview Poetry
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Pete Atkins Reads The King of Outer Space 12/14/07 Pete Atkins reading his story "The King of Outer Space". 30.12 MB MP3 Author Reading Horror
A 2007 Interview with Frank Delaney 12/17/07 A conversation with Frank Delaney, author of 'Tipperary'. 74.79 MB MP3 Author Interview General Fiction
A 2007 Interview with Frank Delaney 12/17/07 A conversation with Frank Delaney, author of 'Tipperary'. 12.42 MB RealAudio Author Interview General Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report: A 2007 Interview with Ann Vileisis : Bringing Stories Back to the Kitchen 12/18/07 A conversation with Ann Vileisis about her book, Kitchen Literacy. We talk about the hisory of our perception of what we eat. 33.18 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Christmas Conversation With Jeremy Lassen : A Codex Seriphianus Holiday 12/19/07 A conversation with Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade Books wherein we discuss some Christmas gift suggestions not for the faint of finance. 26.35 MB MP3 Publisher Interview Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Tim Holman, Editor of Orbit Books : Equalizing SF&F 12/20/07 The Editor of Orbit UK and US has a surprisingly optimistic view of the future of SF publishing. 49.46 MB MP3 Publisher Interview Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Greg Ketter, Owner of DreamHaven Books : Extended Shelf Life 12/21/07 A conversation with World Fantasy Award Nominee Greg Ketter, owner and publisher of DreamHaven Books. 30.49 MB MP3 Bookseller Interview Science Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Reverend Sharon Delgado : Shaking the Gates of Hell 12/24/07 A conversation with Reverend Sharon Delgado about her book 'Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization'. 49.27 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Interview With Reverend Sharon Delgado : Shaking the Gates of Hell 12/24/07 A conversation with Reverend Sharon Delgado about her book 'Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization'. 8.17 MB RealAudio Author Interview Non Fiction
A 2007 Conversation With Eddie Fung and Judy Yung : 'The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War' 12/25/07 A conversation with Eddie Fung and Judy Yung about their oral history 'The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War'. 41.03 MB MP3 Author Interview Non Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Review of 'Halting State' by Charles Stross : Does It Always Have to Be All About You? 12/26/07 A review of 'Halting State' by Charles Stross. 8.67 MB MP3 Audio Book Review Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Lou Anders, Editor of Pyr Books : "The Future is happening faster and faster all the time" 12/27/07 An interview with Lou Anders, editor of Pyr Books. 46.38 MB MP3 Publisher Interview Science Fiction
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Isabel Allendé Remixed : Burying Freedom 12/28/07 A remix of an interview with Isabel Allendé conducted by Kathryn Petruccelli, featuring music by Billy C. Reed (guitars), Dan Ranalli (percussion and production) and Rick Kleffel (editing and programming). 6.98 MB MP3 Miscellaneous  
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