Podcast appearances and mentions of Gwyneth Jones

1. Martina Arroyo 2. Grace Bumbry 3. Montserrat Caballé 4. Anja Harteros 5. Gwyneth Jones 6. Anna Netrebko 7. Sondra Radvanovsky 8. Renata Scotto 9. Anna Tomowa-Sintow 10. Julia Varady

My friend and fellow opera podcaster Howard Hart introduces the first of this week's Listeners' Favorites episodes, my 2021 tribute to the superb zwischenfach singer Christa Ludwig, who died nearly three years ago. Ludwig was a singer whose repertoire centered around the great German composers but who also sang Verdi and French repertoire with stunning results; a mezzo-soprano who was unparalleled in Wagner, Mahler, and Brahms, but who also sang the great soprano heroines of Richard Strauss; a Lieder singer of great perception and textual acuity whose supple technique nonetheless was centered on legato singing: the greatness of this artist simply cannot be overestimated. I focus on the key composers (Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Wagner) and conductors (Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, and Leonard Bernstein) with whom she was most closely associated, while also examining some roles that might surprise you: Cenerentola, Amneris and Marie in Wozzeck. Vocal guest stars include Gloria Davy, Victoria de los Ángeles, Reri Grist, Gundula Janowitz, Gwyneth Jones, and Ludwig's one-time husband Walter Berry. Thank you, Howard, for lending your enthusiasm and passion to my podcast in your introduction of one of your (and my) favorite singers. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Eugene Holmes (1932 – 2007), baritone supreme, should be remembered as one of the most significant voices of the Twentieth Century and a Black singer on a par with the most revered and celebrated. Though he participated in the creation of some important work (including by Gian Carlo Menotti, Gunther Schuller, and Frederick Delius), and performed with San Francisco Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper, New York City Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera Regional Company, his career remained centered for more than thirty years at his home company, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. The rare recorded documents that we have of Eugene Holmes, including two self-produced LPs of spirituals and three different recordings of Delius's rare opera Koanga (two of them live), reveal a voice of rare magnitude, range, power, and sensitivity, qualities which made him one of the premier Verdi baritones of his day. But due to a number of factors, including his modesty and his unwillingness to travel far from home, he did not achieve the international recognition that he deserved. I have pulled together all of the recorded material of Eugene Holmes that I could find, and present excerpts from these varied sources. Guest vocalists appearing opposite Holmes include sopranos Claudia Lindsey, Gwyneth Jones, and Barbara Carter, and tenors János B. Nagy and Giorgio Aristo. In the production of this podcast, I was greatly aided by reminiscences provided by his colleagues Bonita Hyman, the German-based African American mezzo-soprano; Stephen Harrison, the retired musical director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein; and Heribert Klein, member of the committee of UNICEF Deutschland, an organization to which Eugene Holmes was deeply committed. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

It can be hard enough to find your "purpose" in the best of times - and it's a whole other level of challenging when you're reckoning with the prospect of ecological and societal breakdown. My interviewee for this Full Moon episode, Gwyneth Jones, describes herself as a "Deep Adaptation Coach," serving as a life coach for people who are aware of our collective predicament. She's rising to her role in the Great Turning also as a writer, a gardener, a teacher of her native language, Welsh, and a connector, having one-on-one conversations with people around the world in her interview series, "The Story Anew."Click Play to enjoy Gwyneth's company with me and hear us talk about:what "Deep Adaptation" is, and the 4 R's of Resilience, Relinquishment, Restoration, and Reconciliationthe stories we tell about what's happening in our world right now shifts in consciousness Gwyneth has noticed at home in Wales, and in conversations with people from the Philippines to the Democratic Republic of the Congohelping people tap into a feeling of calling, duty or mission (and how it's more than okay to have more than one, and have your work be hard to describe!)and teaching the Welsh language in connection with decolonization, as people reconnect with nature-loving ancestral cultures in the British Isles.I read the "Deep Adaptation" paper myself for the first time early this year, and it's had a profound effect on me. Gwyneth is someone who has integrated these considerations into her personal and professional life, and she remains so full of vitality and love. I'm very happy to be connected with her as we all meet these times together. Enjoy the conversation.Thanks for listening to Turning Season Podcast, your regular dose of Active Hope in the Great Turning, bringing you news and deep conversations about our adventure toward a life-honoring, life-sustaining way of being human on earth. This show is for every one of you who's awake to our multiple crises, feels your love for life on Earth, and chooses to participate in cultivating ways of life we can believe in, making a life-honoring present, even in the face of an uncertain future. Hosted by Leilani Navar, a facilitator of the Work that Reconnects, an acupuncturist and dreamworker, and a believer in the power of conversation.Show notes with links to connect with Gwyneth, hear the TED Talk she mentions, and learn more about Deep Adaptation and connect with community: turningseason.com/episode25Healing Season: Practical Wisdom from Chinese Medicine and the Work that Reconnects

This week is the first of a series of episodes focusing on songs with orchestral accompaniment. The genre is almost a contradiction in terms: the intimacy and textual focus of art song with the sometimes strenuous vocal demands of singing over an orchestra. The most celebrated and successful of such songs (by Berlioz, Mahler, Ravel, Barber, Strauss, and others) are heard over and over on symphonic concerts when vocal soloists are the featured guests. And rightly so, for they are among the most glorious classical music written for the human voice. Typically for Countermelody, however, today's episode, however, will focus on repertoire and composers that are less celebrated to the point of being virtually unknown. Composers heard include Frank Martin, Alexander Zemlinsky, Jean Sibelius, Giuseppe Martucci, Franz Schreker, Othmar Schoeck, Antonín Dvořák, Alberto Ginastera, Alphons Diepenbrock and the two Andrés, Jolivet and Caplet, alongside many others, performed by such favorites as Gwyneth Jones, Phyllis Curtin, Peter Schreier, Gundula Janowitz, Yi-Kwei Sze, Mirella Freni, Francisco Araiza, Elisabeth Söderström, and Bernard Kruysen. Also heard are Helen Donath and Andrzej Hiolski, singers soon to be featured on their own episodes, alongside lesser-remembered names such as Arthur Loosli, Irene Gubrud, and Colette Herzog. Conductors include Kurt Sanderling, Antal Doráti, Herbert Kegel, Bohumil Gregor, Hermann Scherchen, and Lorin Maazel. I “guarantee” that your ears will be enchanted and your musical horizons will be expanded by this episode. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

In this episode, I had the pleasure to interview Gwyneth Jones, a Welsh coach, and environmentalist, on the importance of reconnection to our deepest selves through or reconnection with nature, the challenges of shifting out of an unhealthy reality into one that benefits us all. This interview was such an insightful conversation that I am sure you will get a lot of quality. Find Gwyneth Jones at www.gwynethjones.coach www.facebook.com/gwynethjonescoaching www.instagram.com/gwynethjones.connectioncoach Learn about my coaching services and more! Please support this podcast! Free E-book! https://thisreallifebooks.com/get-a-book/#book Get EQ Parenting Coaching! https://thisreallifebooks.com/coaching/ Read more about it! https://link.medium.com/3TaiBNdnUcb Follow me! https://www.instagram.com/this_real_life_books/ Buy books! https://thisreallifebooks.com/books/ Look fly! https://thisreallifebooks.com/gentle-reminders/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eqaboveiq/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eqaboveiq/support

The great African American coloratura Reri Grist was born on leap year 1932. We celebrate her upcoming 90th birthday with a tribute featuring many of her greatest roles and recordings. After appearing as Consuelo in the 1957 Broadway premiere of West Side Story, and encouraged by Leonard Bernstein, Grist began a career in opera that took her around the world to all of the greatest opera houses. Reri Grist was the perfect exemplar of the so-called “-ina” roles: soubrette parts in Mozart and Strauss operas (Blondchen, Susanna, Despina, Zerlina, Zerbinetta, and Sophie), as well as the comic operas of Donizetti and Rossini (including Adina, Norina, and Rosina). This episode features her in most of these roles and concludes with the glorious finale of the second act of Richard Strauss's 1935 comedy Die schweigsame Frau, one of her most notable successes. Vocal guest stars today include Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Sena Jurinac, Nicolai Gedda, Gwyneth Jones, Luigi Alva, Judith Raskin, Donald Grobe, and Richard Lewis. Whether you are celebrating 90 years or 22-and-a-half leap years, we celebrate you, Frau Grist, and offer heartfelt thanks for the joys that you have offered us. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Host Brad McCallum, Agri-Commodity Management Association (ACMA), chats with Dr. Gwyneth Jones, Dr. Ted Semple, Maritime Genetics, and Holly Hines, Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, about the prevention, management and treatment of parasites within sheep. Additional Resources: · Handbook for the Control of Internal Parasites of Sheep and Goats (University of Guelph) · Using Fecal Egg Counts for Parasite Management – Holly Hines · Student Microscope – Amazon Canada · Sheep Producers Association of Nova Scotia – Parasite Control Producer: Ashley Anderson (ACMA) 7 Atlantic Central Drive East Mountain, Nova Scotia, B6L 2Z2 (902) 893-7455 Visit us: agricommodity.ca Follow us: Facebook and Twitter: @MaritimeAgCast Email us at: aanderson@agricommodity.ca or bmccallum@agricommodity.ca Host: Brad McCallum Edited by: Ashley Anderson of ACMA Music: “Neon Lights” by Matt Weidauer and "Smoke in a Box" by Micah Dahl Anderson (ArchesAudio.com)

The world of singing sustained an enormous loss a week ago: the death of the great German singer Christa Ludwig on April 24 at the age of 93. A singer whose repertoire centered around the great German composers but who also sang Verdi and French repertoire with often stunning results; a mezzo-soprano who was unparalleled in Wagner, Mahler, and Brahms, but who also sang the great soprano heroines of Richard Strauss; a Lieder singer of great perception and textual acuity whose supple technique nonetheless centered on legato singing: the greatness of this artist simply cannot be overestimated. In this, the first of several episodes that, over the next few months, I will devote to one of my favorite singers, I focus on the key composers (Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Wagner) and conductors (Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, and Leonard Bernstein) with whom she was most closely associated, while also examining some roles that might surprise you: Cenerentola, Amneris and Marie in Wozzeck. Vocal guest stars include Gloria Davy, Victoria de los Ángeles, Reri Grist, Gundula Janowitz, Gwyneth Jones, and Ludwig’s one-time husband Walter Berry. A bonus Patreon episode published concurrently with this one explores Ludwig’s mastery in the field of Lieder. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. And please head to my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available.

Today's guest has so far had a life and career that spanned the globe. Born in Wales, after graduating she left the UK to work as a language trainer in Japan assisting Japanese English teachers in elementary and junior high school.She then moved on to being a self-employed English teacher in Prague, capitol of the Czech Republic.For a while she moved back to Wales and the UK to work in — as she puts it — the ‘Happiness at Work' space.Realising that humanity needed more than ‘happiness at work' to survive this century, she left that space to become a coach trained in Six Seconds emotional intelligence work, The Work That Reconnects and more.I ‘met' her in the online space at a webinar for the Climate Coaching Alliance.Following her on LinkedIn I could tell she has a deep connection with Nature and helping people re-connect with her is an important part of Gwyneth's mission and work.Still working as a freelance language trainer, she is most passionate about her work as a coach, facilitator, teacher, writer and connector.She is the host of the podcast ‘The Way We Connect' on which she the way that we relate, date, and communicate.She also is the author of the GreenJoy travel blog where she writes about travel (obviously), healthy recipes, permaculture, the environment, positive psychology and sometimes endulges in a political rant.In 2016 she moved back to Prague again, where she's now learning all about gardening with her beautiful little allotment space.All this just to point out, she is a multi-talented person.-----You can find more extensive notes (including links to books, music and movies mentioned) on the episode page on the Dare Greatly Coaching website

Blogger, edtech speaker, and social media presence Gwyneth Jones discusses her online persona of "The Daring Librarian", how she balances her work in edtech alongside teaching responsibilities and discusses the value edtech resources can bring in keeping school communities alive remotely.

Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/3pZYGhR The BOLD AS LOVE series is a world of daring, dread and enchantment, a world that could almost be ours: a brilliant combination of myth, magic and pop culture. Ax Preston, Sage Pender and Fiorinda, charismatic leaders of the Rock-n-Roll Reich, have beaten the cascade of disasters that followed the collapse of the former United Kingdom. Now they have to find some resolution to the impossible dynamics of their own relationship, while the world keeps falling apart. There are fearsome things going on in England's rural hinterland, and in Continental Europe the green nazis are planning a final solution to desperate environmental damage. But there's nothing the Triumvirate can't handle - until Fiorinda's father, a monster of the kind the world has never before known, reaches out to reclaim his magical child, the flower-bride. And that's when darkness falls over Ax's England . . . Harrowing . . . enchanting - a dark fairy tale with an epic sweep, set in a world very like our own.

I awoke Saturday morning in Berlin to the apocalyptic news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. Once again a crisis in the United States has prompted me to quickly put together a different episode than originally planned. The late Justice Ginsburg was a particular lover of opera, and so I have decided to showcase some of her favorite operas and performers. We will hear extended scenes from La Gioconda, Le nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier, Otello, Don Giovanni, La Fanciulla del West, Fidelio, Götterdämmerung, and others in performances featuring favorite singers of hers, including Jussi Björling. Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, and Cesare Siepi. Other featured singers are Gottlob Frick, Fernando Corena, Margaret Price, Leonard Warren, Arlene Saunders, Carol Neblett, Gianpiero Mastromei, Beverly Sills, Gwyneth Jones, Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Elisabeth Söderström, Eileen Farrell, among many others. The episode also incorporates a memorial tribute to Maria Callas on the 43rd anniversary of her death, and to Jessye Norman on what would have been her 75th birthday. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available!

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. In this episode, Gary spends ten minutes with the brilliant writer and critic Gwyneth Jones, whose study of the work of Joanna Russ is nominated for a Hugo Award in the Best Related Work category. We touch upon a classic case or two in psychoanalysis, the early life of novelist George Sand, the reissue of the 'Bold as Love' books in Gollancz's Masterworks series, and of course Joanna Russ and the formative days of feminist SF. Books mentioned include: Joanna Russ by Gwyneth Jones Bold as Love by Gwyneth Jones What Is Madness by Darian Leader Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand by George Sand  

Probetas radioactivas #04 ¿Cuántas somos capaces de nombrar a una científica que no sea Marie Curie? ¿Dónde están las doctoras Frankenstein, Jekyll, Strangelove? ¿Cayeron en el mismo olvidadero que las innumerables mujeres borradas de la historia de la ciencia por sus compañeros, maridos, mentores? En este episodio indagamos en la genealogía de las científicas que habitan el género especulativo y sus diversas relaciones con el patriarcado ejercido desde la ciencia occidental, centrándonos especialmente en la novela Como la vida misma, de Gwyneth Jones. En lo audiovisual, Laura Lazcano repasará la figura de la científica en la serie B de los años 50 y su progresión en el cine actual. A lo largo de este repaso nos apoyaremos en el ensayo de S. García Dauder y Eulalia Pérez Sedeño titulado Las ‘mentiras’ científicas sobre las mujeres, y contaremos con una invitada especial: la autora mexicana Gabriela Damián Miravete, ganadora del Premio Tiptree 2018 con el relato “Soñarán en el jardín” Probeta Radioaktiboak #04   Gutako zenbat gara gai emakume zientzialari baten izena esateko, Marie Curie alde batera utzita? Non daude Frankenstein, Jekyll, Strangelove emakume doktoreak? Ahanzturan gelditu ziren, lankideek, senarrek edo mentoreek zientziaren historiatik ezabatutako ezin konta ahala emakume bezala? Atal honetan aztertuko ditugu genero espekulatiboko emakume zientzialarien genealogia eta mendebaldeko zientziaren patriarkatuarekin izandako erlazio ugariak, Gwyneth Jonesen Como la vida misma eleberria ardatz gisa hartuta. Ikus-entzunezkoen arloan, Laura Lazcanok 50eko hamarkadako B serieko emakume zientzialarien figura aztertuko du, eta nola egin duen aurrera gaur egungo zineman. Azterketa hori egiteko, S. García Dauder eta Eulalia Pérez Sedeñoren Las ‘mentiras’ científicas sobre las mujeres saiakeran oinarrituko gara, eta gonbidatu berezi bat izango dugu: Gabriela Damián Miravete egile mexikarra, Tiptree 2018 saria irabazi zuena “Soñarán en el jardín” kontakizunarekin. Lista de reproducción Dígito binario dudoso - Hidrogenesse Sally Ride - Janelle Monáe Emily - Joanna Newsom Berta multiplicada - Christina Rosenvinge Weird Science - Oingo Boingo Lista de lecturas Las “mentiras” científicas sobre las mujeres, S. García Dauder y Eulalia Pérez Sedeño Como la vida misma, Gwyneth Jones (trad. Aitor Solar y Omar El-Kashef) Aniquilación, Jeff Vandermeer (trad. Isabel Margelí) Círculo de espadas, Eleanor Arnason (trad. Elsa Mateo Blanco) “The Potter of Bones”, Eleanor Arnason “The Evening and the Morning and the Night”, Octavia Butler “Soñarán en el jardín”, Gabriela Damián Miravete

This week Jonathan and Gary are back, fitting another episode in between travel, work, and family commitments. Gary opens up with a thoroughly reasonable discussion about writers from the 1990s and 2000s who may have published major works but have fallen from sight in recent years, while Jonathan attempts to get Gary interested in a new segment. Along the way there's discussion of the history of anthologies and whether genre fiction is more likely to be the home of theme anthologies, a new Gwyneth Jones book on the work of Joanna Russ, the state of various Library of America projects, and more. All in all, a typical ramble. In coming weeks Gary will be in Seattle for the 2019 Locus Awards weekend, Jonathan will be in Seattle for Clarion West, and both of them will be in Dublin for WorldCon 2019. Hopefully more podcast episodes will be recorded before then.  

Main Fiction: "Saving Tiamaat" by Gwyneth JonesOriginally published in The New Space Opera.Gwyneth Jones is a writer and critic of genre fiction. She's won the Tiptree award, two World Fantasy awards, the Arthur C. Clarke award, the British Science Fiction Association short story award, the Dracula Society's Children of the Night award, the P.K.Dick award, and the SFRA Pilgrim award for lifetime achievement in sf criticism. She also writes for teenagers, usually as Ann Halam. She lives in Brighton, UK, with her husband and two cats called Ginger and Milo; curating assorted pondlife in season.Narrated by: Abra Staffin-WiebeAbra Staffin-Wiebe loves dark science fiction, cheerful horror, and futuristic fairy tales. Dozens of her short stories have appeared at publications including Tor.com, Escape Pod, and Odyssey Magazine. She lives in Minneapolis, where she wrangles her children, pets, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. When not writing or wrangling, she collects folk tales and photographs whatever stands still long enough to allow it See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET/WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK? Julian May died No more Writer and the Critic: announcement Feminist Poltergeist podcast, from Ellenbutnotdegeneres: Carmilla movie out OUR DISCUSSION: Leisure, freelancing/part-time hours and guilt. CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: Otherlife; Stranger Things S2; The Trauma Cleaner, Sarah Krasnostein; Pop Culture Happy Hour; Friends Like These Tansy: Podcasts: Uncanny 14b (To Budapest with Love by Theodora Goss & Some Cupids Kill with Arrows by Tansy; Kameron Hurley’s Get To Work Hurley #6 (how to write when overwhelmed by the world); Fangirl Happy Hour #100 (On Brand) & #101 (Howl’s Moving Castle); Thor Ragnarok - ABC Radio interview Alex: Nexus, Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti; Bold as Love sequence, Gwyneth Jones; Lord of the Rings, Glitch Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

Right now there’s a whole lot of buzz about sex robots. Some people are really excited about them, and think we’ll be marrying robots by 2050. Other people are really worried about them, and are organizing whole campaigns against sex robots. This week, we travel to a future where sex robots are realized, and talk about everything from warranties to ethics.     [A note: if you listen to our show with or near young kids be aware that today’s episodes discusses the future of sex, and goes into some detail about sex toys, sex work and other sexy time things. If your kiddos are ready for a calm, reasonable discussion of sex and the sex industry, carry on! If you’re not there yet, that’s cool, but maybe skip this one.]    This week we have three experts helping us think through how we get to sex robots, and what we do when we get there. A.V. Flox is journalist who covers the intersection of sex, law and technology. She is very skeptical of all the sexbot hype, and says we have a long way to go before we’ll see anything remotely like an actual sex robot. Madeline Ashby is a science fiction writer and futurist who’s been a guest on the show before. A few of her books involve sex robots, and she thinks that before we get anything human we’ll start to see cartoony looking forms. And Shelly Ronen is a sociology PhD student at NYU who studies sex and sex object production. Ronen says that it’s possible we won’t demand full-on humanoid robots, but instead be totally satisfied by less human-like machines.     Together the three of them walk us through all the things we might have to sort out before and after the rise of the sex robots. How do you keep them clean? Where do you store them? What happens if they break? What will they look like? How do you handle the uncanny valley? Who should use them, and how does their existence impact sex workers?     You can read an optimistic take on sex robots in the book Love and Sex With Robots by David Levy and you can find more on Levy’s outlook on robots here. Levy is optimistic about sex robots — not only does he think they’re coming quickly, he also thinks they could have some very positive impacts. On the other side of the table is the Campaign Against Sex Robots. You can guess how they feel about these devices, and their argument is generally summed up here. Essentially, they feel that prostitution is bad, and sex robots would be a form of prostitution and encourage it, therefore sex robots are bad. This is an argument that many people disagree with, including sex workers who point out that many of them enjoy and would like to keep their jobs.     To top everything off, here are some fun fact about our long tradition of wanting to create and love female robots:    Robots were originally assumed to be male. The 1920's science fiction play R.U.R. that gave us the word robot also gave us the term for a female robot: a robotess.  The term "gynoid" (which you don't see quite as much anymore) was coined by the writer Gwyneth Jones in her 1985 novel Divine Endurance.  The term "fembot" first shows up in 1976, in a script for the show The Bionic Woman.  Brigitte Helm played "Maschinenmensch," the female robot in the iconic 1927 movie Metropolis. Apparently her costume was extremely uncomfortable, and other actors would apparently slip coins into various openings out of pity for her. She used those coins to buy chocolate.    Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth, and is part of the Boing Boing podcast family. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Broke for Free. The illustration is by Matt Lubchansky. The music for our various sex robot commercials was by Alaclair, Strong Suit and BoxCat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa chooses the singers she loves the most illustrating with both music and experiences from her own life and career. In this episode, Gwyneth Jones.

This week something special. Following on from conversations at the London Worldcon and articles by Martin Petto * and others, Gary and Jonathan are joined by Nina Allan and Paul Kincaid to discuss the state of British science fiction. Are we having breakfast in the ruins, or is there hope to be found on the bookshelves? Mentioned during the podcast, Gwyneth Jones's first new novel in six years, The Grasshopper's Child (now available from electronic retailers). Pick up a copy (it's cheap!) and discover or rediscover this marvelous writer. As always, our thanks to our guests. We hope you enjoy the podcast. *Correction: Martin Petto's name was spelled incorrectly in this post. Apologies for the error.

Here is a selection of various fine sopranos on the Classical Evolution label.I think you will find them interesting: 1.Sumi Jo    Queen of the Night aria 2-3. Cecilia Bartoli, Figaro and Donna del Lago arias. 4.Lucia Alberti    Fille du reggiment Romance 5.Anna Tomowa-Sintow   Ritorna Vincitor 6.Ghena Dimitrova   Vissi d'arte 7-8. Alexandra Pendatchanska   Romeo and Faust arias 9.      Raina Kabaiwanska   Manon Adieu au petit table (no recitative.) 10.    Gwyneth Jones (with James King) Scene from Schmidt's "Notre Dame" 11.     Sylvia Sass   Liebestod                                                                                                            (about 65 min.)           

Our fourth piece of audio fiction for October is "Ki-anna" written by Gwyneth Jones and read by Kate Baker. First published in Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Subscribe to our podcast.

 An interesting compilation of scenes from operas of German Composers of the 20th Century. 1-2 Franz Schmidt  "Notre Dame" (w.Gwyneth Jones) 3-5  Alexander Zemlinsky  "Es War Einmal" 6.  Zemlinsky  "Der Traumgoerge" 7.  Zemlinsky   "Der Kreiderkreis." 8-9   Zemlinsky   "Der Koenig Kandaules" 10.  Franz Schreker  "Der Ferne Klang" 11. Schreker   "Der Schatzgraber" 12-14  Manfred Gurlitt  Three scenes from "Wozzeck"

Turandot from 1985, Rome with Gwyneth Jones,Diana Soviero, Nicola Martinucci, Alessandro Corbelli. Great Performance!! (72 min) Podcasts have returned!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coming Up 2012 Hugo Nominees 00:10 Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis 05:00 Main Fiction: Vicar of Mars by Gwyneth Jones 18:35 Fact: Movie Soundtracks by David Raiklen 01:22:23 First Chapters: One Way by Jeff Lane 01:37:50 Narrator: Goldeen Ogawa Eclipse Four: New Science Fiction and Fantasy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month on The Writer and the Critic, your valiant hosts, Ian Mond and Kirstyn McDermott, venture forth to the home of their special guest: Galactic Suburbian, Alex Pierce. Having been rewarded with red wine and orange cake, they discuss the origins of Galactic Suburbia as well as the future of its brand new sister podcast, Galactic Chat, then proceed to paddle about in the murky waters of genre and gender. Alex admits a literary crush on Alastair Reynolds. Ian confesses mild paranoia about his reading habits. Kirstyn warns that her inner feminist is pretty much permanently on the loose now. Oh, and Happy Birthday, Galactic Suburbia! Alex has chosen Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones as her book for this month and so begins a rollicking roundtable on rock stars, romance and revolution. For those wishing to avoid spoilers -- and there are quite a few -- the discussion of this novel begins at 22:30 of the podcast and ends around 45:30. The official podcast books for March are My Name is Will by Jess Winfield, which Ian has recommended (but has a little trouble remembering), and Under the Poppy by Kathe Koja, which Kirstyn has chosen (and may or may not squee about). For your convenience once again, the starting points are 45:30 for My Name is Will and 01:00:00 for Under the Poppy. For a final wrap-up and preview of future podcasting goodness, tune back in by 01:31:30. For next month's podcast, Ian has chosen The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and Kirstyn has picked Liar by Justine Larbalestier. Plus, there will be a third, listener-recommended title: Above/Below by Stephanie Campisi and Ben Peek. And finally, a heads-up for May when Ian and Kirstyn will be discussing the Black Out / All Clear duology by Connie Willis, as recommended by another listener. With over a thousand pages between the two books, your thoughtful hosts decided to let you know well in advance. See, they really are lovely people! *** Just a reminder that The Writer and the Critic adopts a book club approach to its discussion and will assume its listeners have either read the books in question or don't care if they find out that the plucky and generously endowed heroine comes to the realisation that she is simply an avatar trapped within a highly complex but ultimately futile online multi-player gaming system. There will almost certainly be spoilers, so you are encouraged to read the chosen titles ahead of time. It'll be much more fun that way and Ian and Kirstyn won't get near as many death threats! ***

This month's episode of The Writer and the Critic sees your intrepid hosts, Ian Mond and Kirstyn McDermott, pack up their gear and travel to the gothic Victorian mansionette of their special guest: Melbourne horror writer, Felicity Dowker. The three of them discuss the recent controversy surrounding Bitch Media's list of 100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader and the problematic removal of three books from said list. Ian mentions a blog post Kirstyn previously wrote about the issue. Talk of censorship, feminism and the complicated nature of list-making enues. Ian and Kirstyn then chat with Felicity about her own work, the flavour of horror that she writes, and why, before launching into a review of her chosen book for the month -- Death Most Definite by Brisbane author, Trent Jamieson. For those wishing to avoid spoilers -- and there are many -- the discussion of this novel begins at minute 28:00 of the podcast and ends around 49:00. You're welcome. The official podcast books for March are Last Days by Brian Evenson (recommended by Ian) and White Cat by Holly Black (Kirstyn's pick). For your convenience once again, the starting points are 49:00 for White Cat and 01:08:00 for Last Days. For a final wrap-up and some tasteless, non-book related jokes from Ian, make sure you've tuned back in by the 01:32:30 point. Note to selves: it is possibly not the best idea to imbibe wine while podcasting. Next month, The Writer and the Critic hits the road again to meet with another special guest: Alexandra Pierce from Galactic Suburbia. Alex has chosen Bold as Love by Gwyneth Jones as her recommended read. Ian has recommended My Name is Will by Jess Winfield, while Kirstyn has chosen Under the Poppy by Kathe Koja. Just a reminder that The Writer and the Critic has now adopted more of a book club approach to its discussion and will assume its listeners have either read the books in question or don't care if they find out that the protagonist falls in love with a hairless ferret only to discover in a shocking last page revelation that said ferret is actually a killer whale in disguise. There will almost certainly be spoilers, so you are encouraged to read the chosen titles ahead of time. It'll be much more fun that way and Ian and Kirstyn won't get near as many death threats!

Intro by All! Editorial: We’ve Reached 100 by Tony C Smith Fiction: End Of Oil by Gwyneth Jones 14:00 Fiction: Bob The Dinosaur Goes To Disnyland by Joe R Lansdale 24:25 Fiction: Two Dreams On Trains by Elizabeth Bear 37:00 Fiction: Thought War by Paul McAuley 01:01:00 Fiction: Feast or Famine by Naomi Novik 01:27:00 Fiction: Billy In Dinosaur City by Terry Bission 01:42:00 Fact: The Pulp Story by

Volume Two of the Siegfried Finale Compilation.Included are:   Gwyneth Jones and Manfred Jung  (Boulez)   Florence Easton and Lauritz Melchior (Various)   Astrid Varnay and Wolfgang Windgassen   (Keilberth)   Rita Hunter and Alberto Remedios  (Goodall)   Gertrude Grob-Prandl and Gunther Treptow  (Moralt)    Kirsten Flagstad and Set Svanholm  (Furtwangler)                                 (74 min.)

Aural Delights No 78 Nebula Nominee Gwyneth Jones Tomb Wife By Gwyneth Jones First Published:  F&SF Aug07 Narration: Mark Douglas Nelson Link to the Nebula Awards  site See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Highlights from this magnificent work (Charlie's second favorite opera). We feature Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek,Regina Resnik,Olivia Stapp,Martha Moedl, Inge Borkh, Gwyneth Jones,Margarete Klose, Johanna Meier, Ute Vinzing, Herman Uhde.                                (71 minutes)

Aural Delights No 21 Gwyneth Jones Main Fiction: La Cenerentola by Gwyneth Jones Narrator: Julie Davis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A comparison of several mezzos/sopranos singing the Ortrud Curse from act two of Wagner's "Lohengrin."  Included are: Astrid Varnay(in photo),Margarete Klose, Janis Martin,Mignon Dunn, Eva Randova, Nadine Denize, Gwyneth Jones,Janina Baechle, Linda Watson, Margaret Harshaw,Kerstin Thorborg, Marjorie Lawrence, Edith Walker                               (53  loud minutes) .

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Gwyneth Jones.Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: Piano with bath salts

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Gwyneth Jones. Favourite track: L'Incoronazione Di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Luxury: Piano with bath salts