Author Topic: How did you discover escape pod? (Read 14448 times)

Brian Reilly · **on:** February 14, 2007, 07:24:27 PM

i find it interesting to know how other people discovered something I know and love.

So how did you discover EP? Podcast directory? Recommendation from friend?

For me, it was Cory Doctorow's podcast, after Craphound appeared on EP.

I was pretty much hooked after that.

Russell Nash · **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2007, 08:06:37 PM

I heard it from Scott Sigler's podcast after his first story was on EP.

scottjanssens · **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2007, 08:08:02 PM

Steve sent me an email that said, this is crazy and probably won't come to much... Wanna help?

Bdoomed · **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2007, 08:09:38 PM

Air Out My Shorts

Heradel · **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2007, 08:11:00 PM

I found it on iTunes.

FNH · **Reply #5 on:** February 14, 2007, 08:38:32 PM

Link on the side bar at Geek Foo, thanks Mur!

Swamp · **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2007, 08:39:26 PM

Quote from: Brian Reilly on February 14, 2007, 07:24:27 PM

i find it interesting to know how other people discovered something I know and love.

So how did you discover EP? Podcast directory? Recommendation from friend?

For me, it was Cory Doctorow's podcast, after Craphound appeared on EP.

I was pretty much hooked after that.

That is the exact same way I discovered EP. How funny.

Reap3r · **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2007, 10:43:56 PM

Quote from: Bdoomed on February 14, 2007, 08:09:38 PM

Air Out My Shorts

Same for me though I've stopped listening to AOMS since then(I've got alot of other stuff going on and alot of podcasts to listen to so maybe I'll get back into it again later).

sirana · **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2007, 08:41:28 AM

I only came to it once it got boingboinged *latecome*

madjo · **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2007, 08:46:57 AM

Quote from: FNH on February 14, 2007, 08:38:32 PM

Link on the side bar at Geek Foo, thanks Mur!

Yup, that's how I found EP too.

oddpod · **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2007, 09:04:53 AM

i had a job ,
it involved taking a big metal thing off a rack ,
putting it in a box,
putting the box on a different rack
repeat for 9 howers

this mental torture continued for a few days before i noticed alot of the other Epsilon semi-morons had personal radios and the like.
Right then i thort to my self.
a quick search later i found escape pod, and from escape pod the half dozen other podcasts i now listen to on a regular bases,

jeffreyrizzles · **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2007, 04:01:53 PM

I don't remember exactly, but I think it was through J.C. Hutchins's Seventh Son, which is one of the first podcasts I found after finally getting an ipod.

fiveyearwinter · **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2007, 04:12:33 PM

I have positively no idea. I can't remember for the *life* of me.

BSWeichsel · **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:28:30 PM

I started listening to EP after PP (puesdopod) which I got to form scott sigler.

Holden · **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2007, 03:58:26 PM

Yahoo's podcast directory. I believe I typed "science fiction" into the search engine. I was actually looking for podcasts of old radio shows. The first story I heard was Barnaby in Exile, which is still one of my favorites.

nebulinda · **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2007, 06:51:25 PM

I found Escape Pod just browsing through iTunes. The first story I listened to was "The Trouble with Death Traps" (Episode 7). All other podcasts I subscribed to at the same time either died or got stupid. This is the podcast I've been listening to the longest. I guess that says something about the quality.

Bdoomed · **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:43:45 PM

by the way i came in at episode 22, Don Ysidro, which i thought was more than stellar, still one of my favorites, although not top 5

Thaurismunths · **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:57:18 PM

I was clued in to EP by my brother on Christmas '06.
I got hooked then, then by the fiction contest, and with the recent gifting of an Ipod for my birthday, I'm now working my way thru the backlog.

Xenomundus · **Reply #18 on:** February 22, 2007, 01:46:08 AM

I believe it was searching for "science fiction" on iTunes.

Escape Pod and Ask A Ninja are the only two podcasts that survived the move to a new country and busier schedule. Still haven't gotten up to date with the EP I missed while I was travelling. It compels me to exercise daily.

Startrekwiki · **Reply #19 on:** February 22, 2007, 03:13:23 AM

I discovered EP when I searched the Podcast directory... At the time, it had been my first PodCast [still is. The only other one I listen to is Quirks and Quarks, by the CBC] and I thought highly of it. The first 'Pod episode that I had the privilege to listen to, was "The Alchamista".

Now, I think of Escape Pod as Asimov once stated it:

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"The Vault was furnished with considerable more than six chairs, as though a larger company was expected. Hardin noted that thoughtfully and seated himself wearily in a corner just as far from the other five as possible".

- The Foundation by Isaac Asimov, Chapter 7, P. 89

Now, I know that there are more than six people waiting for the next Escape Pod episode, but the way that anticipation builds up is amazing! But what I mean is, whenever a new episode comes out, the Vault opens, and Mr. Eley is our podcasting Hari Seldon. He predicts the future. In every way imaginable.

dokein · **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2007, 09:07:12 PM

I learned about EP from Mur's I Should Be Writing, which I heard about from The Signal, which I subscribed to because I'd just seen Serenity, which I saw because I caught the trailer before Batman Begins and it reminded me of this great series of which I saw two epidodes before Fox cancelled it. Or something like that.

Talia · **Reply #21 on:** February 28, 2007, 03:49:09 PM

I was browsing a list of short fiction podcasts when I came upon Pseudopod. I started listening to that, and when Escape Pod was mentioned, I had to check it out. I like horror, but sci fi/fantasy is my mostest favoritest genre.

Tango Alpha Delta · **Reply #22 on:** March 03, 2007, 09:24:14 PM

My friend, John, urged me to check EP out, and maybe submit some stories to it. The second Union Dues story was the first one I heard, and I've been hooked since.

And now any time science fiction comes up at work (which it does a LOT), I spread the word!

slic · **Reply #23 on:** March 04, 2007, 09:09:04 PM

I heard about EP from an NPR podcast/interview with Mr. Eley. Really don't remember much of the interview, but I was intrigued enough to write down the URL and came in around episode 20.

SFEley · **Reply #24 on:** March 04, 2007, 09:27:34 PM

Quote from: slic on March 04, 2007, 09:09:04 PM

I heard about EP from an NPR podcast/interview with Mr. Eley. Really don't remember much of the interview, but I was intrigued enough to write down the URL and came in around episode 20.

Wow! Someone heard that! Huzzah -- I'm happy to hear it. >8->

Author Topic: How did you discover escape pod? (Read 14448 times)

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