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It is almost Balticon time again! But it isn’t too late for another Balticon 50 interview. Today I’m talking with the winner of last year’s Compton Crook Award, Alexandra Duncan. Alexandra is an author and a librarian. Her Young Adult Science … Continued

Interview time again! Next up, we have this year’s musical guests, filk artists Bill and Gretchen Roper. Bill has been active in writing, recording, performing, and publishing filk music for over 20 years. His particular sense of humor and his … Continued

Another busy week means… another reading! This time from yours truly. This episode features a reading from the first draft of my novel, The Perils of Prague, book 1 of the Adventures of Crackle and Bang. I’m sorry to say … Continued

And now, for something a little different. After so many panels, it is time for a reading! And we have a previously unreleased reading by Yoji Kondo, using a stunt reader. Mr. Kondo is an astrophysicist as well as a … Continued

This week it is time to take a look at copyrights. We’ll be joining John Taylor Williams, Thomas “Cmdline” Gideon, Suzanne Rosen, and panel draftee Randy Chirco as they look at what Copyright is, how it does and doesn’t apply to writing … Continued

Balticon 50 starts here! The first panel is over a month away, but we’re proud to get things started by brining you interviews with some of our returning guests of honor and other notables. First up in our hit parade … Continued

All has not been going smoothly over at Swimming Cat Studios, and I’m afraid that this week’s episode will be late. We apologize for the delay, and we want to assure you that the wayward episode will be out as soon as … Continued

Audience participation time! We’re going to take pieces of classic erotica, cut out the author’s carefully chosen words, and ask you to replace them with your own. Moderator: Patrick Scaffido Speakers: Starla Huchton; Doc Coleman

I mentioned several episode ago that there would eventually be changes in the podcast, and here is the first one. I’m changing the numbering convention used for the episodes. Up until now, the episodes were numbered this way: BC48.150 BC = … Continued

Home Brewing — How to get started and excel at making your own craft beer, wine, etc. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” – Benjamin Franklin Our panel of novice and master home brewers … Continued

Learn to go from novice to hero using the WordPress content management system. Moderator: Terri “Flynnstress” Vernon Speakers: Chooch Schubert; Doc Coleman; Gary Lester

Glomp and squee over all your favorite New Media personalities as we judiciously round them up into one location with a tiny bottle neck cutting off all hope of their escape (to the bar). Moderator: Grig (Punkie) Larson Speakers: Trish … Continued

Listen as the Flying Island Press pirates plan their next mutiny and perpetrate their upcoming literary larcenies. Moderator: Scott Roche Speakers: Laura Nicole Spencer; Doc Coleman

A live recording of The Shrinking Man Project discussing the ins and outs of weight loss hosted by the Shrinking Man himself. “Inspiration. Finding it, and being it.” Where do you find inspiration to make change in your life? How does that … Continued

Finding the perfect accessories is vital to having the perfect steampunk costume: Find out the best places to get these accessories and tips and tricks to making your own. Moderator: Elektra Hammond Speakers: Janine K. Spendlove; Jared Axelrod; Doc Coleman; Rebecca K. … Continued

Today’s episode is from not one, but two podcasts recorded during Balticon 46:Nathan Lowell’s Talking on my Morning Walk podcast, also known as #tommw, and my own podcast The Shrinking Man Project. Joining us on our morning walk are Veronica Giguere, and … Continued

Rule 34 of the internet, If you can imagine it, there is porn of it. In this panel we examine the year’s releases in the new media world, and see which of them are in desperate need of dirty fanfic. Moderator: Nobilis … Continued

From werewolves of property to anti-zombie airship pilots, the Empire has struck back. Meet the writers of this Brave Old World as they discuss what Steampunk is, where it is going, and what are the essential elements of Steampunk. Moderator: … Continued

The Balticon Podcast is back! We’re sorry that it took so long, but we’ve finally got enough things under control to put out a new episode. We’re back, and new episodes will be coming out soon. Stay tuned folks.

Mark Van Name, the 2008 Compton-Crook award winner, reads from his 2012 novel, “No Going Back”. One of my favorite parts of a reading can be the audience interaction and the side stories and comments by the author. This session has both. … Continued

James Knapp won the Compton-Crook award in 2011 and is back to offer a reading of his first novel, STATE OF DECAY. After hearing Mr. Knapp’s reading during editing, I’ve added his “revivor“ series to my Goodreads list. I hope … Continued

The Drunken Comic Book Monkeys’ authors, Brian and Chris, are a unique pair of friends who somehow decided that capturing their snarky banter disguised as fiction would be a satisfying and entertaining endeavor. I believe that you will find they … Continued

A mega huge thank you to Bruce Lerner for doing all the heavy lifting on this episode. These two readings are by Emilie P. Bush recorded at Balticon 46. The first reading is from her second novel The Gospel According to Verdu, which … Continued

Get it. Print it. Load it on your phone, PDA, or cerebral implant of your choice.

Sorry folks. Holiday pressures and Balticon 46 planning are too much. I need to step back and put the show on hiatus until mid to late January 2012. See you all back here then.

A reading from Paolo Bacigalupi’s upcoming novel The Drowned Cities. Find out more about Paolo at his website   [ Text Corrected on 12/7/2011] [Audio patched on 12/8/2011]

Interviews with Bonita Friedericy and Tahmoh Penikett

Lazy Show Notes The James Stoddard Sample. Excerpts from his books and a forward from James about winning the Compton Crook award in 1999. Congrats to Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine on their award.

The third and final part of this panel with Andrew Love and Dr. Tom Holtz.

Science Fan Andrew Love gives part two of a science presentation: Using Larry Niven Stories to Teach Science.

Science Fan Andrew Love gives part one of a science presentation: Using Larry Niven Stories to Teach Science.

Sorry, no episode this week. Just a “My Bad” from Paul.

Announcement: Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine tied the knot on Saturday Oct 8th. The Pitch Workshop audio recorded at Balticon 45. Special thanks to Scott Roche for sending us a copy and agreeing to let us share it. The Pitch … Continued

These are the two readings from Nathan Lowell done at Balticon 45. Nate is just an all around great guy. His books are available at his website and Podiobooks.com as well as in dead tree and eBook versions at online … Continued

The Erotic Horror panel from Balticon 45 starring Helen E.H. Madden and Jahda Addams PROMO: Heat Flash Podcast WARNING: They use some nasty words in this audio. Listener discretion is advised.  

Singer, song writer, John “George R.R. Martin is Not Your Bitch” Anealio entertains at Balticon 45. Sorry the video gets cut off after 35 minutes. Visit http://johnanealio.com/ for more great stuff like free songs and his album.

This is the audio from the Alien Sex panel from Balticon 45. More show notes to come. Panelists include: Beatrice Kondo Dr. John Cmar “Sci-Fi” Laura Burns Philippa Balantine Moderator Tim Livengood

The audio from the Balticon 45 panel on Podiobooks.com Lazy show notes. More later.

The iPad as a productivity tool is led by Helen E. H. Madden, a.k.a. Cynical Woman. Joining her on the panel are: M.A. in PA Christiana Ellis Aisling Weaver Sara Nash   Think the iPad is a toy? I did. … Continued

This is the geek parenting podcast from Balticon 45. Panelists: Helen E.H. Madden – a.k.a. Cynical Woman – podcast – web comic Nathan Lowell Marc “Grailwolf” Bailey PG Holyfield Vivid Muse Promo: Tumbler – podcast – novel Promo: Nobilis Erotica

2011 Compton Crook Award Winner James Knapp reads from his awesome debut novel State of Decay. More show notes after our air conditioner gets fixed.

This episode is an interview with Dave Slusher from Balticon 43. Dave is best know for his Evil Genius Chronicles podcast and blog. Dave and Paul talk about all sorts of things, as they usually do, but this time you … Continued

George Hrab talks about the many many many ways we know that the world is older than 6,000. In case you’re wondering why this is important, there is a minority of religious people in the USA who believe in a … Continued

Join the fun from Balticon 45 Improv panel. On panel were: Grig “Punkie” Larson Alex White Mark L. Van Name Eric “Drowemos” Kimball The panel is awesome and funny and I want to thank everyone who participated. The intro was recorded … Continued

What more is there to say. Chris Lester proposes to Dawn. Magic happens at Balticon 45.

Here’s an awesome piece for you. We’ve never done one quite like this before. This is a slide show with audio. The slides were prepared by Laura Burns and JR Blackwell. Our presenters, Jared Axelrod, Dr. John Cmar, and Arioch … Continued

The episode 100 extravaganza is original fiction by Christiana Ellis, Jared Axelrod, Steven H. Wilson, and Mur Lafferty. These are four of the original 10 podcasters from the first ever Podcasting Track at a sci-fi convention anywhere. I’m proud to … Continued

Lazy show notes. This episode is so late I just want to get it online. Pip’s website. Her books on Amazon.com. PROMO: The Last Guardians PROMO: The Shrinking Man Project MUSIC: Booty Voodoo by Lee Coulter

Greetings Listeners, This week we have another great Punkie intro as we bring you a blast from the past. This is our 2009 interview with author Mark Van Name. Mark is the author of a whole bunch of books, including … Continued

Back in April I ran into author L. Jagi Lamplighter at Ravencon. She wanted to pick my brain about the best way to enter social media and the best places to spend her time. As a mom with a passel … Continued

Punkie is back to intro this episode in which Paul interviews the award dominator himself, Paolo Bacigalupi. Paolo has won just about every award SF&F has to offer and the one’s he didn’t win he’s making room for on his … Continued