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Houston Lives 'Where Light Takes Its Color From the Sea'</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#042408</link><description>Agony Column Podcast News Report from Capitola Book Café</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042408-jhouston_cbc.mp3" length="12793956" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#042408</guid></item><item><title>363: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Patricia A. McKillip Reads at SF in SF</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042308</link><description>"The Bell at Sealey Head", Chapter 1</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042308-mckillip_rd.mp3" length="36161460" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042308</guid></item><item><title>362: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with David Lunde at SF in SF on April 23, 2008</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042208</link><description>SF Poetry</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042208-david_lunde.mp3" length="12852535" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042208</guid></item><item><title>361: A 2008 Interview With Peter F. 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Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview with Matt Bialer, Agent for Isamu Fukui</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041508</link><description>"A real, searing vision"</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041508-bialer-2008.mp3" length="11543513" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041508</guid></item><item><title>356: A 2008 Interview with Isamu Fukui</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#041408</link><description>"Nothing really directly addressed the worst parts of school"</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/isamu_fukui-2008.mp3" length="65769261" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#041408</guid></item><item><title>355: Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR, Company Sued for Potentially Ending the World</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast041108</link><description>Wagner, Rucker, Dimopoulos and CERN</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041108-cernnpr.mp3" length="7689843" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast041108</guid></item><item><title>354: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Rudy Rucker and the LHC Lawsuit</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast041008</link><description>Science Fiction Tips the Universe on Its Side</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041008-rudy_rucker.mp3" length="15706924" 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Yes</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/122607-stross_halting_state.mp3" length="9099649" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122607</guid></item><item><title>277: A 2007 Conversation With Eddie Fung and Judy Yung</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122507</link><description>'The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War'</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/122507-fung-yung.mp3" length="43027549" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122507</guid></item><item><title>276: A 2007 Interview With Reverend Sharon Delgado</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122407</link><description>Shaking the Gates of 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Lights in the Sky</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/112107-molly_gloss.mp3" length="24152246" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#podcast112107</guid></item><item><title>253: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Molly Gloss from SF in SF</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#podcast112007</link><description>"Lambing Season"</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/112007-gloss-lambing.mp3" length="49228488" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#podcast112007</guid></item><item><title>252: Tom Brokaw at the Rio Theater</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#111907</link><description>'Boom!'</description><enclosure 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Ifland</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111507</link><description>Reaching Inward</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/111507-angel_ifland.mp3" length="19368575" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111507</guid></item><item><title>249: Agony Column Podcast News Report :A Conversation With Bookseller Elaine Petrocelli of Book Passage</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111407</link><description>Writers Aplenty, Events Galore</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/111407-petrocelli_passage.mp3" length="22891480" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111407</guid></item><item><title>248: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Live 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Ed Thomas, Owner of Book Carnival</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-05-07.htm#podcast110907</link><description>Hanging Out With Dean R. 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Test'</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast103107</link><description>Make a List, Check it Monthly</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/103107-attwood_passion.mp3" length="13867753" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast103107</guid></item><item><title>238: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kage Baker Reads at SF in SF</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast10307</link><description>Welcome to Sutro Park</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/103007-sfinsf-baker.mp3" length="39256965" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast10307</guid></item><item><title>237: SF in SF Podcast : A Panel Discussion With Kage Baker and Eliot Fintushel 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"How the Little Rabbi Grew" at SF in SF</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102507</link><description>Reading to the Dark, part 2</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/102507-fintushel-rabbi.mp3" length="37334997" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102507</guid></item><item><title>234: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jamais Cascio at Singularity Summit</title><link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102407</link><description>"Science Fiction is a really nice way of uncovering the tacit desires for tomorrow...."</description><enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/102407-jamais_cascio.mp3" length="34489688" type="audio/mpeg"/><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:00:00 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