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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Podcast Pedantry => Topic started by: Brian Reilly on January 17, 2007, 01:37:51 PM
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Escape Pod is not the only SF podcast out there. So here's a thread to share and discuss podcasts on this topic you love. Hopefully we can get some discussion going, as opposed to everyone merely posting a list of what they like.
At the moment, I regularly listen to:
The Failed Cities Monologues (http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110) - a collection of monologues from different characters which gradually builds into a story set in a dystopian future world. The best thing about it is the style is uniquely suited to podcasting. I'm not a fan of full-length novels as audiobooks, but making a story out of a collection of monologues works.
Cory Doctorow's Podcast (http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110). He reads out his own short stories, sometimes as he is working on them. Unfortunately, I feel the format of posting a few minutes worth of a short story doesn't work so well. It's just not enough to satisfy. So I wait until he has finished a story and listen to all the episodes in quick succession (in one go if I can find the time).
There are other great SF podcasts out there, but not enough time to listen to them all on a regular basis. Rather than subscribe to The Dragon Page (http://www.dragonpage.com/category/show-archive-c2c/podcast_c2c/), a podcast discussing written SF, I check their site once in a while and download anything that looks interesting.
I have a similar approach to the Agony Column Podcast (http://www.trashotron.com/agony/indexes/audio_interview_index.htm), which has some interesting interviews. Browse the archive, you are bound to find someone you like. The show is hosted by a professional broadcaster and it shows. These are proper intervies, rather than just chats.
Any one have any comments on these podcasts? Anyone want to share their favourite SF podcasts?
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Well, Scott Sigler's of course!
I've listened to a lot of Podiobooks, do they count?
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I've listened to Variant Frequencies (http://variantfrequencies.libsyn.com/) which includes the Failed City Monologues but I've had trouble understanding some of the narration. My ears aren't what they used to be. If I have headphones handy I can mask ambient noise and focus so I don't miss anything but this problem has put variant frequencies on the back burner for awhile. There's something about the music track behind the voice that really gives me problems on some episodes.
Adventures in SciFi publishing (http://adventuresinscifipublishing.blogspot.com/) has gotten some of my time. The Episode 008 interview with James Van Pelt that discussed print-on-demand was an excellent cast.
I've also started working my way through Starship Sofa (http://www.starshipsofa.com/). I always feel like I should be taking notes of books I should read when I listen.
I occasionally listen to the Science Fiction and Politics lectures by Prof. Courtney Brown, Emory University which is available through iTunes. They're classroom lecture/discussions so probably not to everyones taste.
Don
When I have headphones (again a hearing issue) I like Dr Dale Luketich's Science Fiction Theater (also available through iTunes). These are old radio programs and you will hear stories by many familiar Science Fiction names.
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Dragon Page Cover to Cover
Slice of Scifi
James Patrick Kelly's Free Reads
Spaceship Radio
Oh and a few from podiobooks (7th Son Book 2 and The Plistone Revisonist for now).
I also listen to Starship Sofa. Since I live in the same part of the UK as the presenters I have no problem understanding their accents!
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Adventures in SciFi publishing (http://adventuresinscifipublishing.blogspot.com/) has gotten some of my time. The Episode 008 interview with James Van Pelt that discussed print-on-demand was an excellent cast.
When I have headphones (again a hearing issue) I like Dr Dale Luketich's Science Fiction Theater (also available through iTunes). These are old radio programs and you will hear stories by many familiar Science Fiction names.
First off, Thanks! James Van Pelt is a great guy, and deserving of big contracts from big publishers.
I also recently discovered SF Theater, and WOW, is that fun. So far I've heard old radio plays by Frederick Pohl, Robert Silverberg, and others. It's funny to see how well some of the stories still hold up, but others are so dated it's laughable. But even those are fun to listen to. And you gotta love the melodramatic presentations!
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Another one I just discovered is the MechMuse Audio Magazine: http://www.mechmuse.com/issues/fall-06/cover. You can find it in iTunes as well. Really good stuff here, from what I've heard so far. They have Kevin J. Anderson, David Farland, and many more.
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I listen to Jared Axelrod's The Voice of Free PlanetX (http://planetx.libsyn.com) which has robots and superhero's and rayguns.
I don't just listen because he's my partner in crime, I also listen to it because he is a genius.
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I listen to 43 folders (http://www.43folders.com), Dual Screen Radio (http://www.dualscreenradio.com), Escape Pod, and Pseudopod. No other SF podcasts, really, although that "Aliens you will meet" sounds really fun.
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Voice of Free Planet X (http://planetx.libsyn.com/)
Voices Of Tomorrow (http://voicesoftomorrow.libsyn.com/)
Aliens You Will Meet (http://aliensyouwillmeet.libsyn.com/)
And not just 'cause I provide the content for them, either. Well, that's most of the reasons. I listen to J.R.'s content on Voices of Tomorrow, too.
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Voice of Free Planet X (http://planetx.libsyn.com/)
Voices Of Tomorrow (http://voicesoftomorrow.libsyn.com/)
Aliens You Will Meet (http://aliensyouwillmeet.libsyn.com/)
I listen to those podcasts as well! Clearly we have the same tastes!
I think we should date.
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I listen to those podcasts as well! Clearly we have the same tastes!
I think we should date.
You two are just so cuuuute.
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I listen to those podcasts as well! Clearly we have the same tastes!
I think we should date.
You two are just so cuuuute.
I'm guessing they actually do date?
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I'm guessing they actually do date?
That is what we keep telling each other, every morning when we wake up next to one another. :D
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I'm guessing they actually do date?
That is what we keep telling each other, every morning when we wake up next to one another. :D
That explains how Jared had the larger version of J.R.'s picture. I was confused for a while.
http://forum.escapeartists.info/index.php?topic=20.msg4881#msg4881 (http://forum.escapeartists.info/index.php?topic=20.msg4881#msg4881)
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There are other sci-fi podcasts???
Man! Where has my cranial implant been all these years?
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Just stumbled on to Crescent Vignettes by Phil Rossi. (http://www.crescentstation.net/)
I'm working my way through the backlog, but number #2 is probably my favorite.
Phil also submitted a couple stories in the EP flash-fiction contest.
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Ok . . . quite the list here:
- 7th Son Podcast Novel Trilogy
- Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing
- Ancestor
- ARTC's Podcast (Not strictly speculative fiction, but they do produce a lot of sf along with their other stuff)
- Billibud Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword
- Central Audio Theatre (Again, not strictly spec fic but enough to include it here)
- Comicweb.com's Superman Old Time Radio Programs
- Crescent
- Darker Projects: Alive Inside
- Darker Projects: Dark Matter
- Darker Projects: Far Horizons
- Darker Projects: Five Minute Fears
- Darker Projects: Generation 1
- Darker Projects: Night Terrors
- Darker Projects: Sword of Windsor
- Darker Projects: The Byron Chronicles
- Darker Projects: The Falcon Banner
- Daughter of the Sun
- Decoder Ring Theatre
- Dr. Who -- Video Podcast
- Dr. Who: Time Tales
- Escape Pod
- Faster Than Light
- Heaven -- Season 1
- Infoquake Podcast by David Louis Edelman
- Midnight Radio Theater
- Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana
- Pendant Productions -- Star Trek: Defiant
- Pendant Productions -- Seminar: an Original anthology show.
- Prometheus Radio Theatre
- Pseudopod
- Ray Gun Radio
- Science Fiction Theater Podcast
- Stranger Things
- Taken Liberty
- The Dragon Page
- The Failed Cities Monologues
- The Immortals
- The Secret World Chronicle -- Book 1: Invasion
- The Silk Code
- Vintage Audio Transmitter
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Almost done with the 7th son books. Overall I'm a bit disappointed. The premise was GREAT. But it's just not working out for me. I'm probably going to jump headlong into Mur's Heaven after this. I'll proabably tune into Variant Frequencies just before or after that.
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Gotta plug Drabblecast at http://web.mac.com/normsherman
Flash Fiction Sci-fi, Fantasy, Disturbing, Wierd or Funny....You never know.
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Has anyone listened to Well Told Stories podcast? http://welltoldtales.com/content/writers/ (http://welltoldtales.com/content/writers/)
What do you think of it?
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May I suggest Quarter Share, Half Share, and Full Share. They are on Podiobooks.com they are all some of the best books I have ever read/heard.
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Has anyone listened to Well Told Stories podcast? http://welltoldtales.com/content/writers/ (http://welltoldtales.com/content/writers/)
What do you think of it?
I've just started to.
Since the earliest (ie. last year) non-music material I've taken to listening to was the various hardboiled detective OTR show ("Philip Marlowe", "Box 13" and "Broadway Is My Beat") and SF ("Dimension X", "2000 Plus" and "Planet Man") archives on archive.org , the vintage "pulp fiction" flavour of the Well Told Tales stories appeal to me. Since they do the Horror, Hardboiled, and SciFi genres, what's not to like? All that's missing is the lurid cover art.
Oh wait - these will do:
http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/pulpsff/uncannytales/
http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/pulpcrime/blackmask/
http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/pulprare/
Ah, they don't paint 'em like they used to.
(http://www.magazineart.org/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2121&g2_serialNumber=2) . (http://www.magazineart.org/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2265&g2_serialNumber=2) . (http://www.magazineart.org/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8015&g2_serialNumber=2) . (http://www.magazineart.org/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8371&g2_serialNumber=2) . (http://www.magazineart.org/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7971&g2_serialNumber=2) . (http://www.magazineart.org/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6427&g2_serialNumber=2)
Uh... Film Fun? Gee, how did that get in there. Oh yeah, I, ah, was doing research on, um, obsolete film formats and aspect ratios ... yeah, that's the ticket.
Not podcasts as such, but I've gone through all the H. Beam Piper and Andre Norton audiobooks on librivox.org .