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To be marked as a sex offender, a pedophile, or a child rapist is to carry a stigma that all but banishes you from society. And if that mark is literal - a permanent, inoperable face tattoo - anonymity vanishes, and all who see you know of your crime. For a man who is wrongly convicted of horrible deeds, this mark becomes his life. This story won a Parsec Award. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How about another in-depth, deep-diving, evergreen conversation about creative writing, finding success as we each define it, and staying healthy and sane in the process? In Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 093, I speak with transcendental horror author and speculative poet Darius Jones. Our conversation covers the deeper, emotionally resonant value of horror and "weird" fiction, how Darius fills the "fiction-shaped void" in his soul, why the pandemic and a pair of astronomy binoculars led to publishing fantastical epic poetry, the value of rejection, the importance of meditation and stoicism, and...yep, a whole heck of a lot more. The conversation with Darius Jones was recorded on May 24th, 2023. The rest of this episode was recorded on August 23, 2023. About Darius Jones Darius Jones writes cosmic horror, weird fiction, dark fantasy -- or, taken together and as he likes to call it, transcendental horror, as well as speculative poetry and sometimes historical fiction. His stories and poems have appeared in Strange Horizons, The No Sleep Podcast, Starline Magazine, and elsewhere. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. Learn more about Darius Jones by visiting dariusjoneswriter.com. You can also find Darius on Twitter and Instagram. Make sure you check out Darius Jones on Amazon, too. Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode My day job? I'm a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters and other creators. How can I help you? Brave Men Run, the first novel in history with a simultaneous release in paperback, several e-book formats, and free podcast edtions. A Parsec Award nominee! That Blaise Pascal quote about brevity. And that other one about a god-shaped hole. The Scholastic Book Fair (and the Bookmobile before that!) is an invaluable resource for young writers and readers. Lon Chaney, Sr. All the episodes of shows in the Escape Artists family of podcasts featuring my own writing or dramatic narration. Featuring works by Mike Resnick, Tim Pratt, Cat Rambo, Holly Black, and more! Deception by Philip Roth, a remarkable book composed entirely of dialogue. The Great Dismal Swamp. What is Trap music? What is zazen meditation? The Rejectomancy blog. The stoic philosophy of Epicurus. The works of short story master Guy de Maupassant. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his classic Flow. Maybe you would like to be a future guest on Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick? Learn more! Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, Chuck Anderson, J. C. Hutchins, Jim Lewinson, and Pearl Zare! I'm incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron! The Multiversalists patron member community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, patrons get almost forty minutes of additional content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (start with a free seven-day trial / cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too. Every month the member community has at least twenty members, I will donate 10% of net patron revenue to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let's go! Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and have the desire and means to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.

In this week's show we feature our 2015 Interview with conspiracy expert Brian Dunning. He is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism.He has hosted a weekly podcast, Skeptoid, since 2006, and he is an author of a series of books on the subject of scientific skepticism, some of which are based on the podcast. Skeptoid has been the recipient of several podcast awards such as the Parsec Award. Dunning has also created the Skeptoid.org spin-off video series, inFact, and The Feeding Tube both available on YouTube. Dunning has produced two educational films on the subject of critical thinking: Here Be Dragons in 2008, and Principles of Curiosity in 2017.His podcast is available at the following website: https://skeptoid.com

On this episode of And I Quote: Ryan talks with writer, podcaster and co-founder of Farpoint Convention, Steven H. Wilson. We'll also be taking your questions!STEVEN HOWELL WILSON created the Mark Time and Parsec Award-winning podcast series The Arbiter Chronicles, as well as authoring Taken Liberty and several other novels and novellas in the Arbiters universe. His other works include the novel Peace Lord of the Red Planet, short stories for Firebringer Press's In The Middle of Eternity series, and contributions to Sequart Press's Star Wars essay collections. He has also written for DC Comics, Starlog, and Crazy 8 Press. Most recently, Steve has branched out into historical fiction, appearing in Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories from Five Star Press and authoring the upcoming anthology V is for Victory for Lock ‘n Load Publishing. He was the founding Director of Farpoint when it was established in 1993, and still serves as Deputy Chair alongside his wife, Renee. Steve currently works as an IT contractor, having retired from Howard County Fire & Rescue after 33 years of service. Steve and Renee live in a historic home in Elkridge, Maryland, have two adult sons, Ethan and Christian, and a grandson, Matthew. Follow Steven H. Wilson on Social Media:Website: https://www.stevenhwilson.com/Farpoint Convention: https://www.farpointcon.com/Follow Ryan on Social Media: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ryanandiquoteMake Sure to LIKE, COMMENT, & SUBSCRIBE! Nerd Culture MERCH!!! www.nerdculture.threadless.comHWWS NC Merch - https://hwwswebtv.threadless.com/designDONATE to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnerdcultureFollow:Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/itsnerdculture/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsnerdcultureTwitter :https://twitter.com/itsNerdCultureFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsnerdculture.

Brian is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism. He has hosted a weekly podcast, Skeptoid, since 2006, and he is an author of a series of books on the subject of scientific skepticism, some of which are based on the podcast. Skeptoid has been the recipient of several podcast awards such as the Parsec Award. Dunning has also created the Skeptoid.org spin-off video series, inFact, and The Feeding Tube both available on YouTube. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

A group of kids on summer break use an app to hunt virtual ghosts. But, as is so often the case, when we play with the supernatural, the unexpected happens, and rules we don't understand come into play.A.C. Wise‘s fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex, Shimmer, Tor.com, and The Best Horror of the Year Volume 10, among other places. The podcast version of her story Final Girl Theory, which appeared at Pseudopod, was a finalist for the 2013 Parsec Awards. Additionally, her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, as well as twice more being a finalist for the award, and has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She has two collections published with Lethe Press, and a novella published by Broken Eye Books. Along with her fiction, she contributes the Women to Read, and Non-Binary Authors to Read columns to The Book Smugglers.You can read The Stories We Tell About Ghosts at https://www.whiteenso.com/ghost-stories-2022Follow us on twitter at: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100/Help me pay the contributors for their work. Donate to the Kaidankai through Ko-Fi. Thank you!https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - The Rats in the Walls, Part 1/2 Happy Halloween to all ... except to Adrian Ward, who is ill. It's not all bad news, however - "The Aldergate Papers" is a finalist for the 2018 Parsec Awards! Why not pay the other finalists a visit at the link below? For the moment, enjoy this timeless classic tale of terror from H.P. Lovecraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - The Rats in the Walls, Part 1/2 Happy Halloween to all ... except to Adrian Ward, who is ill. It's not all bad news, however - "The Aldergate Papers" is a finalist for the 2018 Parsec Awards! Why not pay the other finalists a visit at the link below? For the moment, enjoy this timeless classic tale of terror from H.P. Lovecraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We will be talking about the rumored casting of Sabine Wren in the Ahsoka series! Hasbro really jumping the shark with the Rancor Haslab project plus we will have a little beyond the pit session at the end where we talk about the new Ghostbusters Afterlife movie!!!! Star Wars news, rumors, toy reviews, Disney Plus shows, comic and books, canon discussion, and Star Wars theories from all around the galaxy! #starwars #starwarsnews #starwars #starwarsnews #starwarsnovels #bobafett Like, Subscribe and Share! The Parsec Awards this Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClis... If you are interested in being a Patreon we will be indebted to you... https://www.patreon.com/sarlaccdigestpodcast

We will be talking about the rumored casting of Sabine Wren in the Ahsoka series! Hasbro really jumping the shark with the Rancor Haslab project plus we will have a little beyond the pit session at the end where we talk about the new Ghostbusters Afterlife movie!!!! Star Wars news, rumors, toy reviews, Disney Plus shows, comic and books, canon discussion, and Star Wars theories from all around the galaxy! #starwars #starwarsnews #starwars #starwarsnews #starwarsnovels #bobafett Like, Subscribe and Share! The Parsec Awards this Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClis... If you are interested in being a Patreon we will be indebted to you... https://www.patreon.com/sarlaccdigestpodcast

Today's episode “The Mockingbird Effect” with our guest Brian Dunning. Brian Dunning is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism. He has hosted the podcast Skeptoid since 2006, critically analyzing beliefs, urban legends, and myths in popular culture. Skeptoid has been the recipient of several podcast awards such as the Parsec Award. He is the author of Conspiracies Declassified (2018) from Simon & Schuster which deconstructs 50 popular conspiracy theories, giving the true history and cultural context of each. Dunning has produced and presented two educational films on the subject of critical thinking: Here Be Dragons (2008) and Principles of Curiosity (2017) and is the executive producer of the feature documentary Science Friction (2021) about scientists who are misquoted and misrepresented by the media. Whether your interest is conspiracy theories, UFO claims, or Flat Earthers — Brian Dunning is your go-to source for the latest scoop. Check out Brian and his projects at www.briandunning.com Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/WorldofWalley World of Walley is nothing without YOU the listener and YOUR support. Become part of our journey find out how at the link above. Sponsor(s) Promotional Links: The Tactical Brotherhood Referral Link: https://www.thetacticalbrotherhood.com/?rfsn=5774569.66590c&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5774569.66590c Promo Code: Patriot15 at Checkout The singular place to find guns, gear and ammo. If you've got a Made In America product, shoot us a note at support@tacticalbrotherhood.com Ridgewood Recording Studios' desire to capture what God has put in your heart as an artist so that He gets the glory for the dedication, talent and commitment you've put into your music. Reach out to us at https://timothydavis.org/ridgewood-studios or email us at https://timothydavis.org/contact Publicist Steven Joiner's primary goal is to match each client with the best podcast(s) for their needs. He can be contacted at 1-816-605-4561 or via email at Stevesjnetwork@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/worldofwalley/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldofwalley/support

In this special episode of Gotham Outsiders: A Batman Bookclub, TJ is put on trial for his blasphemous statements against Superman. Parsec Award-winning podcast host & returning guest, CHRISTOPHER MORSE, joins us for this intervention. We discuss The Man of Steel by John Byrne, Son of Superman by Peter J. Tomasi, CW's Superman & Lois, & more! Christopher: @ChrisXMorse Chris: @themythofpsyche TJ: @troyfin2 Gotham Outsiders: @GothamOutsiders Music and edited by: Nick Oyler Logo: Aliza Layne

HG World presents: "The Diary of Jill Woodbine" The End. The Diary of Jill Woodbine was a finalist for a 2012 Parsec Award. The author would like to thank the cast and crew (past and present) of HG World for the inspiration and the support he's received in making this podionovel as a companion series to the Parsec-winning audio drama series. Thanks to Michael Stokes, Bryan Lincoln, Kevin MacLeod, and of course the voice of miss Jilly - Veronica Giguere. This novel is dedicated to those who inspire the love of audio theater. Bob Crawford, Arch Oboler, Orson Welles, Douglas Adams, and Dirk Maggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HG World presents: "The Diary of Jill Woodbine" The End. The Diary of Jill Woodbine was a finalist for a 2012 Parsec Award. The author would like to thank the cast and crew (past and present) of HG World for the inspiration and the support he's received in making this podionovel as a companion series to the Parsec-winning audio drama series. Thanks to Michael Stokes, Bryan Lincoln, Kevin MacLeod, and of course the voice of miss Jilly - Veronica Giguere. This novel is dedicated to those who inspire the love of audio theater. Bob Crawford, Arch Oboler, Orson Welles, Douglas Adams, and Dirk Maggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Vault of Lovecraft podcast begins with the Parsec Award-winning production of H.P. Lovecraft's novella, The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

A hotel on the outskirts of London in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. A brutal couple, Lee and Mandy, arrive in a van with two captive women. Lee and Mandy think the hotel is abandoned, a place to find food and shelter. However, Terry, a former employee who has made the hotel his own, has other ideas. After the Plague won the Parsec Award in 2016 for Best Novella.

"Mr. Death" — published in Apex Magazine, issue 121, January 2021. Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/mr-death/ Please note that this episode contains references to child death. A former academic and adjunct, Alix E. Harrow is now a full-time writer living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral kids. She is the author of Hugo-award-winning short fiction, and her debut novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Find her at @AlixEHarrow on Twitter. Chris Lester is a writer, voice actor, scientist, and podcaster. He is the creator of Metamor City, an urban fantasy series that has won three Parsec Awards for excellence in audio fiction. His books can be found on Audible, Amazon, and many other online retailers. In addition to voicing his own work, he has narrated stories for Escape Pod, Nobilis Erotica, and Erotica a la Carte, and for author Abigail Hilton. To learn more about his fiction, hire him for audio work, or subscribe to his fiction podcast The Raven and the Writing Desk visit his website at chrislester.org. This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by KT Bryski. Theme music by Alex White. Other music in this podcast includes "Bittersweet," "Grim League," "Heart of Nowhere," and "When the Wind Blows," all by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Some sounds in this podcast provided by the Free Sound Project. Find out more at www.freesound.org. Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

In the fifth episode of Gotham Outsiders: A Batman Bookclub, we discuss Detective Comics Vol. 1: Rise of the Batmen by James Tynion IV with Parsec Award-winning podcast host, CHRISTOPHER MORSE! Christopher shares his love for Clayface, TJ reveals what ship he's indifferent towards, and Chris weeps.  Christopher: @ChrisXMorse on Twitter Chris: @themythofpsyche on Twitter TJ: @troyfin2 on Twitter Gotham Outsiders: @GothamOutsiders on Twitter and Instagram Music and edited by: Nick Oyler Logo: Aliza Layne

We are all storytellers it is in our DNA. Angie Fenimore is a New York Times best-selling author. She’s landed six-figure book deals with the big five publishers and signed with top deal-making literary agents. Her inspirational nonfiction, Beyond the Darkness, was published in multiple languages with Random House, Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, and others, and has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. Her current project is in negotiation for an HBO longform TV series. But coaching writers to success is her superpower. Her students are on the USA Today best-sellers list, #1 on Walmart’s list, and #1 bestsellers on Amazon, and have signed big-budget movie deals starring Hollywood A-listers. As the CEO of Calliope Writing Coach, Angie runs the most effective pitch conference in the industry. She is also the cohost of the Parsec Award-winning Calliope Writing Coach Podcast.-- www.CalliopeWritingCoach.com To check out your deal on the Submission Possible training, click below: https://www.submissionpossible.com/spsdp?affiliate_id=2754686

It's only taken us four years but this week on Trek Geeks, we'll right a grievous error. If you recall our 100th episode, "A Journey to Future's Past, Part I: Beaming Aboard Star Trek Continues," we told the story of our trip Kingsland, Georgia and visit to sets of this legendary fan film series. We told you about the people we met and how our love for The Original Series had been rekindled. We brought you a story of family. It was the most ambitious episode we've ever done: an audio documentary in the style of National Public Radio, and it's become a favorite among Trek Geeks listeners. It was an episode we still get feedback about, and it even led to us being a finalist for the Parsec Awards.  It was our every intention to bring you part two of that story, and then CBS started making more Star Trek. They launched Discovery and we started a second podcast. Then we started a network. Now with eight Star Trek series in some form of production, we decided that we needed to bring you the conversations from Day 2 of our trip. So, in this episode, you'll hear from Grant Imahara, Wyatt Lenhart, and our dear friend Kasey Shafsky. Plus, we'll also have some audio of our final walkthrough of the sets before we said goodbye to the Starship Enterprise for the last time. Plus, find out about our charity livestream with Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek: The Next Generation coming up on June 11th! Get all the details! FIVE YEAR MISSION The music of Trek Geeks comes from none other than Five Year Mission and Episode 15 of Five Year Mission: The Podcast is available now! This week, the guys chat with the Chief Cosmetology Officer aboard the USS Enterprise, Moxie Ann Magnus! Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you download podcasts! 5YM, of course, is every note of music you hear on Rewind, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Go get yourself a copy of all their CDs: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Spock’s Brain, and The Trouble With Tribbles. It’s easy–head on over to FiveYearMission.net RIGHT NOW and get that physical media in your hands! We just KNOW you’ll become huge fans of the band and their music!

It's only taken us four years but this week on Trek Geeks, we'll right a grievous error. If you recall our 100th episode, "A Journey to Future's Past, Part I: Beaming Aboard Star Trek Continues," we told the story of our trip Kingsland, Georgia and visit to sets of this legendary fan film series. We told you about the people we met and how our love for The Original Series had been rekindled. We brought you a story of family. It was the most ambitious episode we've ever done: an audio documentary in the style of National Public Radio, and it's become a favorite among Trek Geeks listeners. It was an episode we still get feedback about, and it even led to us being a finalist for the Parsec Awards.  It was our every intention to bring you part two of that story, and then CBS started making more Star Trek. They launched Discovery and we started a second podcast. Then we started a network. Now with eight Star Trek series in some form of production, we decided that we needed to bring you the conversations from Day 2 of our trip. So, in this episode, you'll hear from Grant Imahara, Wyatt Lenhart, and our dear friend Kasey Shafsky. Plus, we'll also have some audio of our final walkthrough of the sets before we said goodbye to the Starship Enterprise for the last time. Plus, find out about our charity livestream with Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek: The Next Generation coming up on June 11th! Get all the details! FIVE YEAR MISSION The music of Trek Geeks comes from none other than Five Year Mission and Episode 15 of Five Year Mission: The Podcast is available now! This week, the guys chat with the Chief Cosmetology Officer aboard the USS Enterprise, Moxie Ann Magnus! Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you download podcasts! 5YM, of course, is every note of music you hear on Rewind, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Go get yourself a copy of all their CDs: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Spock’s Brain, and The Trouble With Tribbles. It’s easy–head on over to FiveYearMission.net RIGHT NOW and get that physical media in your hands! We just KNOW you’ll become huge fans of the band and their music!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back John Alsedek!   Suspense ran for an unprecedented 20 years and 900-plus episodes before finally going off the air on September 30th, 1962- a date that is widely considered the end of radio’s ‘Golden Age’.   Fifty years later, John C. Alsedek and Dana Perry-Hayes  revived the series, with all-new stories and a style reminiscent of the original without being a copy.   It has also been nominated three times for the Peabody Awards, as well as for the Parsec Awards, the Young Artists Awards, and the Young Entertainer Awards. And most recently they were nominated for Voice Arts Awards!    

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back John Alsedek! Suspense ran for an unprecedented 20 years and 900-plus episodes before finally going off the air on September 30th, 1962- a date that is widely considered the end of radio’s ‘Golden Age’.   Fifty years later, John C. Alsedek and Dana Perry-Hayes  revived the series, with all-new stories and a style reminiscent of the original without being a copy.   It has also been nominated three times for the Peabody Awards, as well as for the Parsec Awards, the Young Artists Awards, and the Young Entertainer Awards. And most recently they were nominated for Voice Arts Awards!    

Pregnancy Pact is a pop-rock musical which tells the story of a group of teens who make a pact to become single mothers together. The 15-year-old Maddie is devoted to her three best friends and they are to her. So, when Brynn gets pregnant, the friends all plan to have children, raising them together and living a dream. Inspired by the 2008 news story of the Gloucester pregnancy pact that took the world by storm, Pregnancy Pact provides a unique chance to examine the intense journey this kind of decision creates. www.edgeproductions.ca Twitter: @3dgeproductions Instagram: the.edge.productions Tickets to Pregnancy Pact: https://www.edgeproductions.ca/store/c3/Toronto_Tickets.htmlgangwaytheatre.com Twitter: @gangwaytheatre Instagram: gangwaytheatrecoMiriam Goldstein Miriam is a theatre director and producer based in Windsor, On. She is the founding Artistic Director of The Edge Productions, now entering its ninth season. Miriam’s work as a director focuses on underrepresented human experiences. Miriam is a graduate of the Ward Acting Studio in New York, NY where she studied the Meisner Technique, she holds a certificate in Shakespeare in Performance and Contemporary Acting from the Royal Academy of Drama in London, UK, and a Bachelor of Art in Drama from the University of Windsor. Miriam’s most recent large scale project (as of summer, 2018) was an all-female production of Henry V by William Shakespeare which focused on deconstructing gender in performance and the construct of theatre itself, putting women in roles that have historically been barred from them. This performance toured Ontario and also performed, pro-bono, in Grand Valley Institute for Women. After Pregnancy Pact (May 2nd-19th), Miriam will be directing The Clockmaker by Stephen Massicotte and 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane.www.miriamrgoldstein.com Instagram: mirigc87Blythe Haynes Blythe is a Toronto-based actor and Producer. She is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Gangway! Theatre Co. Blythe holds a BFA from the University of Alberta in Acting. Gangway! Theatre Co was co-founded with writer KT Bryski to explore female voices and develop Canadian content. Previous to the founding of Gangway! KT and Blythe jointly proposed and established the “History Actor” museum theatre program at Black Creek Pioneer Village. Their partnership culminated in the original podcast release of Six Stories Told at Night (written by KT Bryski, performed by Blythe Haynes and funded by the Ontario Arts Council), for which it won a PARSEC Award in 2017. Six Stories debuted as a theatrical production at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2018, and was short listed for the Best of Fringe. AfterPregnancy Pact (May 2nd-19th), you can see Blythe in An Atlas, A Necktie and Other Concerns at Toronto Fringe and in the next co-productions with The Edge Productions – The Clockmaker by Stephen Massicotte in 2019. Twitter: @haynesblythe

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back John Alsedek and Dana Perry-Haye of Suspense! The original SUSPENSE Featured a virtual who’s-who of Hollywood royalty, SUSPENSE ran for an unprecedented 20 years and 900-plus episodes before finally going off the air on September 30th, 1962- a date that is widely considered the end of radio’s ‘Golden Age’.  Fifty years later, John C. Alsedek and Dana Perry-Hayes revived the series, with all-new stories and a style reminiscent of the original without being a copy.   It has also been nominated three times for the Peabody Awards, as well as for the Parsec Awards, the Young Artists Awards, and the Young Entertainer Awards. They recently recorded their 129th episode, which is just about halfway through our proposed 261-episode run. They have had a bunch of new guest stars, including Keston John, Tara Erickson, and Hana Wu. Our Soundcloud/iTunes podcast is creeping up on 2 million listeners. Currently averaging about 215k listeners a month. SUSPENSE was a finalist for 'Outstanding Podcast' in the 2018 Voice Arts Awards!

Brian Dunning is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism. He has hosted a weekly podcast, Skeptoid, since 2006, and he is an author of a series of books on the subject of scientific skepticism, some of which are based on the podcast. Skeptoid has been the recipient of several podcast awards such as the Parsec Award. Dunning has also created the Skeptoid.org spin-off video series, inFact, and The Feeding Tube both available on YouTube. Brian's website: http://www.Skeptoid.com Brian's upcoming documentary Science Friction: https://www.sciencefriction.tv/ Brian on Twitter: @BrianDunning --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :07 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: Barca Talk 3:01 How you can be featured by Libsyn! 6:26 Elsie and Rob Conversation 8:42 A bit of a chat about Skype and High Sierra And goodness Spectre and Meltdown Libsyn went shopping and got themselves Pair! Who is Pair? The scoop There is a secret tool to make your input of all the new iTunes New Feed Tags waaaaay easier, and guess who gets the scoop? The Feed listeners! PROMO 1: Making it Real Audio 17:15 It seems that podcasting has gone totally mainstream on mainstream media! Rob shares when this happened and Elsie shares the latest expression Sound quality of FB video The proper way to fill out your Spotify account so that it's accepted Tips for making sure your shownotes are nicely formatted - workflow and apps included There is a Libsyn Status page, did you know? #ItsNotMeItsYou How the biggest shows optimize for SEO and optimize social media Congrats to all the finalists and winners of the Parsec Awards! PROMO 2: Paranormal Thoughts 48:19 FYI you only need to submit once to Stitcher, GPM and Apple Podcasts, etc. Seeing your Apple consumption stats when you are an OG podcaster that started your podcast way before Podcasts Connect Squarespace has added the ability to add in a redirect for just your RSS feed! Rob has made some predictions about podcasting in 2018 Does Libsyn have any safeguards to prevent third parties from skewing download stats? Legacy stats are no longer updating Yes, Libsyn DOES count download numbers from Stitcher and Overcast Will a native download app for Android really affect podcast consumption? PROMO 3: Dudes with Brews on a Porch 1:09:43 Stats! Median and mean numbers for November until the end of December 2017 Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Making It Real Paranormal Thoughts Dudes With Brews On A Porch Barca Talk Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Apple: All iPhones, iPads and Macs affected by chip flaws Podcast Host Liberated Syndication Acquires Internet Host Pair Networks (PDF of press release) Pair Networks Tutorial for the header code Apple nabs murder mystery series starring Octavia Spencer Byword Mac NValt Mac Write Pad Markdown Tutorial Status.Libsyn.com The Parsec Awards Finalists iTunes Partner Support Overview Transferring your podcast RSS feed from Squarespace Is iHeartMedia really the leader in ‘snackable' podcasts? Ep. 094: Elsie Escobar & Jessica Kupferman, Hosts and Founders of She Podcasts Elsie's Emergency Excitement, her newsletter about everything Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) Podcast Movement 2018 National Podcast Power Online Learning Conference NRB Convention: Proclaim 18 Social Media Marketing World Podfest HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for iOS and Android (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our SpeakPipe Page!  

At the turn of the last century, a group of alien refugees decided hide as servants to large British manor houses. No one noticed anything unusual about the new house staff because no one ever noticed the house staff. No one noticed, that is, until the Prince arrived.   The Voice of Free Planet X is written and produced by Jared Axelrod. This episode featured music by zero-project. The Voice of Free Planet X theme is by Russell Collins. Episode art is by Ashley Popio. This episode could not have existed without the performances of Graham Wamsley, Nick Popio, Allie Press, Jennifer Summerfield and the support of listeners like you. You can support the Voice of Free Planet X at patreon.com/axelrod.  Episode 10 "Oddfellows Local," won the Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story, Large Cast, Short Form! We're all very pleased. The Voice of Free Planet X internet commander is Katie West Keep up to date on everything Voice of Free Planet X-related by subscribing to "The Voice of Free Planet X-tra" at tinyletter.com/planetx.  The Voice of Free Planet X is distributed by Galactic Public Radio.

Every monster came from somewhere. The Major Domo of Pan-Reality Deiator is no different. She has sent a message from the future about her past, dark fairy tale of what made her who she is. How far must you fall to lose any sense of who you are?   The Voice of Free Planet X is written and produced by Jared Axelrod. This episode featured music by bensound.com and zero-project. The Voice of Free Planet X theme is by Russell Collins. This episode could not have existed without the performance of Whitney Strix Beltrán and the support of listeners like you. You can support the Voice of Free Planet X at patreon.com/axelrod. Episode 8 "Wolf Like Me," and Episode 10 "Oddfellows Local," have both been nominated for Parsec Awards in the Best Speculative Fiction Story, Large Cast, Short Form! I'll be doing a themed giveaway soon, based on those episodes. All you have do is be a Patreon backer by the end of September The Voice of Free Planet X internet commander is Katie West Keep up to date on everything Voice of Free Planet X-related by subscribing to "The Voice of Free Planet X-tra" at tinyletter.com/planetx.  The Voice of Free Planet X is distributed by Galactic Public Radio.

This episode, I visit a support group for stranded time-travelers. How can you look to the future when it's your past? How can you handle the modern world when you were born in the medival era? What do you do when you're literally out of time?   The Voice of Free Planet X is written and produced by Jared Axelrod. This episode featured music by bensound.com. The Voice of Free Planet X theme are by Russell Collins. This episode could not have existed without the performances of Rasheedah Phillips of the AfroFuturist Affair, Alasdair Stuart, host of Pseudopod, Laura Burns, president of The Parsec Awards, A. F. Grappin & Erin Kazmark of The Melting Podcast and the support of listeners like you. You can support the Voice of Free Planet X at patreon.com/axelrod. Time is running out  to get the t-shirt for September, featuring Emergent System's corporate logo. Once October starts, you will be unable to purchase it! Be sure to go to planetx.libsyn.com for links to get this fantastically snazzy shirt! The Voice of Free Planet X is distributed by Galactic Public Radio.      

Justin, Terry, and Paul discuss issues with finding and making the ending happen. What do you do if you get stuck? Also, what the hell is a Parsec Award anyway?

Download Now And here we are, Fiendlings. Episode 17 of The Black: Arrival. The book is on sale right freakin’ now from Amazon.com. After many, many years, Shadowpublications.com has finally won a Parsec Award! My newest novel Daemons of Garaaga is available over at Amazon.com. Get a little slice of ancient history mixed with supernatural creatures … Continue reading "The Black: Arrival–17"

Wow, can you believe it?  The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine won a Parsec Award!  You'll have to excuse us for getting a little exuberant and talking for a long time about it before we get to the story.  You can skip to 17:10 if you want to go straight to the start of the story.The apocalypse left Jackson's world a burned out and dismal place.  He has lived in Two-Nine with Mother for a long time, without ever dreaming that there might be more out there.  But when a stranger comes to his station with a story and some pills to trade, Jackson starts to believe that he might still be able to go up to go forward.  Afterward, Big and Rish talk about hidden meanings in the story, lay out Sonny See's drinking game rules, and spout some of their other usual B.S.  The sky's the limit no longer!Special thanks to Sonny See for producing today's story, to Desia B. and Sonny See lending their voices to today's episode, and to Caroline Parkinson for providing the art for the show.

Quick Episode Summary: Intro and housekeeping Promo: B2B Marketing Greg Elwell What's on the Libsyn blog Promo: iMake with Martine Ellis Podcasting workflow with Markus from The Omega Tau Podcast 11min Dr. Ginger Campbell Thank You Feedback Rob and Elsie Podcasting Conversation Our new Feedback number + follow up on SpeakPipe Leave your podcast name + URL when sending in your promos… David Dear Feedback on Ep 3 Can you use your city's name in your show? - what do you do if you get a cease and desist letter from the city? Feedburner Feed issues (smartcast problem) How to have two media players in one Libsyn account Libsyn4 Release and how to get access - SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Promo: Torg Stories William Torgerson Wrap-up Featured Podcast Promos + Audio B2B Marketing with Greg Elwell iMake with Martine Ellis Torg Stories with William Torgerson Markus Völter from The Omega Tau Podcast Dr. Ginger Campbell from The Brain Science Podcast Podcasting articles and media about podcasting Newest Articles on the Libsyn Blog and Podcasting Links Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: iMake Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: The Mouse Castle Lounge Get the 411 on the NFL Network and Podcasting via Rich Eisen! Markus's podcasting workflow Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Despite Being Oh-So 2005, Podcasting Is Drawing Listeners and Advertisers Alike A Great Response To A Cease and Desist Letter 2013 Parsec Awards Winners & Finalists Rob on Podcast Squared talking about Apps [Rob on A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan talking all about podcasting][link6] Rob on The Lifestyle Academy Podcast on how to market and monetize your podcast Hey all, thank you and welcome to Episode 5 of The Feed: The official Libsyn Podcast, the podcast that takes it beyond how to podcast into keeping you podcasting, with podcasting tips for the everyday podcaster + taking you inside Libsyn the largest podcast host and distribution network since 2004! First things! We have a voice feedback number! 412 573 1934 AND we have a SpeakPipe account! You can leave us audio feedback over on this page. Submit your Podcasting segment! Since we had our first listener submitted contribution to the show, I'd love to encourage you guys to join in! If you have a segment that you would like to submit to me, something that will benefit the podcasting community as a whole, either something you learned or something that has worked for you, please send it along. It can be hardware, software reviews, your podcasting workflow or possibly promotional ideas that have really helped you grow your audience that you feel would help all of us. Email your contributions to thefeed(at)libsyn(dot)com If you are a Libsyn podcaster and want to be featured in our Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts blog series all you have to do is email thefeed(at)libsyn(dot)com. I schedule those on a first come first serve basis, so when you get all the info to me that you need to get to me, I'll schedule you on the next available date. The Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts are blog posts that usually go live on Mondays. As of the writing of this post I'm scheduled up to mid November 2013. Send in your 30 second or less podcast promo! Share your message in 30 seconds or less! Not only is this a great exercise for you to distill the essence of your podcast, but it also helps the greater podcasting community get to know each other better! Send them into thefeed(at)libsyn(dot)com! Some Elsie feedback about sending in your promos Leave your podcast name and URL when sending in your promos…or any communication for that matter! Make sure when you send in your show promo, your name and your show are prominently shown in the email, as well as a link back to your website or any other social media properties that you'd like to share with us. This makes it super easy for me to connect with you and PROMOTE you. I do my best to link back to you in as many I've been getting people that have been sending me promos that have no URL anywhere, no email signature and the email address that it comes from doesn't help PLUS the name they've named the promo in no way helps to tell me what the podcast is either. It would make my life easier if you could simply offer that information Libsyn Power Tips How to get two different Media players from your one libsyn account Rob has 2 media players on Podcast411 and today in iOS. If you go to Podcast411.com right now you will see a big player top center - with the artwork for Rich Eisens Podcast (at the time of this writing) - that is his show level player - it has in the artwork and it keeps up to date whenever he publishes a new episode. He doesn't do anything to update it. If you scroll down you will see the episode level players - those stay fixed per the episode they are assigned. How you get both is the following. First you set up the player you want for the episode level. You do that by checking out this support article. Get the size and type you want - then copy the embed code and paste to your site. Next - Set up the player you want for the per episode posts. And leave it set there. Then when you publish your next episode at the end after you hit publish you will get the embed code for just that episode - per the size / type you set up. But wherever you previously embedded the Show level player - it will continue to update to show the most recent episode. URL's To Use when Direct Linking Sometime on websites or twitter we will see people linking to their files but with the wrong URL. They will be using the URL - where their file redirects to. For example it may be - http://ec.libsyn.com/…. or http://hwcdn.libsyn.com…. Those are the wrong URL's to use - they are temp URL's - and can and WILL break in the future. The URL you want to use for direct links to your media files is http://traffic.libsyn.com/YOURSLUG/FILENAME If you check your links and it is not traffic after the http:// - you are doing it wrong. It also can effect your stats - as in not getting counted. The real issue is anything other than the traffic link is a temp URL - and will in the future break - not that it may break - it WILL BREAK. Will using your city's name in your podcast episode get you in trouble? Per Rob's email below: “Hi Rob, this evening I went to a community meeting in Inglewood I go to every month. They love the concept of my radio show. But the block club president suggests I should call the councilman in the city or speak to the city legal lawyer to find out if it's OK to use Inglewood in my title. Only word I know is registered is Realtor(r) what do you suggest I do to verify its OK. thank you for your time” Read this article. The second letter in the article sums it up nicely. In other words - just use Inglewood in your show's name. And if anyone gives you grief - send them the link above. Feed not updating in iTunes This next one is an issue regarding those using Feedburner and a problem with the Podcasts App. A Libsyn user was having problems when listeners tapped to download an episode in the Podcasts App - It streamed fine - but it would not download into the app. It would give an error and time out. We figured out it was not the Libsyn feed - as putting that in direct to the Podcasts App worked fine. It wound up being the person was using Smartcast and Stats for Feedburner. When they turned those items off - Then the downloads started up fine. So if you are using Feedburner - check your show in the Podcasts App and see if you can get it to download, if not make sure to deselect all the smartcast and stats options in Feedburner - which you really don't need anyway if you have Libsyn as your source feed. That issue would be for anyone using Feedburner regardless of where you host or what your source feed is - there is something going on with the Podcasts App - that does not like smartcast and stats options in Feedburner. Parsec Awards Winners & Finalists Congrats to the Parsec Award winners! Jimmy Mac and Jason Swank at RebleForce Radio for their win in Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast - Specific Ash Farbrother Host of Nights at the Round Table - for winning the Best Speculative Fan or News Podcast - General. Mark Soloff - Host of Blastropodcast for winning the Best Speculative Fiction Comedy / Parody Podcast award. David Cumming with the NoSleep Podcast for winning the Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster / Team. Mike Bennett for his wins in the Best Speculative Fiction Story - Small Cast long Form for Underwood and Flinch Rick Kennett - from the Road to Utopia Plain for winning the Best Speculative Fiction Story - Large Cast. 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Erik of Ciohar is a mighty warrior, defender of his land, and not at all bad with the ladies.  But after his last mission to the dread city of Tetra Manna, he is not the man he used to be (literally).  Is he still a hero?  Can he serve his people as he used to, and can the dark magic of the Tetrans be overcome? Afterward, Rish and Big talk about the long and winding road in producing this story, world-building, and Comic-Con.  Plus, somewhere in there is an announcement about the Parsec Awards.Special thanks to R.E. Chambliss, Julie Hoverson, Kim Price and Joe Zieja lending their voices to today's episode, and to Lisa Wilde for today's episode art.

Paul Fischer (digital network engineer) is our featured guest. Topics: Fun, Interesting and Cool Stuff (but no future or computer security). For example: Beer (especially high-end micro-brews), BaltiCon and the BaltiCon Podcast, The one time your host accidentally visited a Brothel, the time your host's high school chemistry teacher showed the class how to make wine, and the world's simplest method for distilling wine into hard liquor.  Bonus: After you have listened to this episode you will know how to make all the wine you want at home using materials anyone can buy at any food store. You will also know how to distill any wine you make into hard liquor without effort over a period of eight hours using only devices you already own--a method which uses no heat, no fire and no evaporation.   Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the April 11, 2012 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 35 minutes]. This is the final part of an interview recorded using Skype on March 3, 2012. Paul Fischer is a digital network engineer. In his spare time (teamed with his wife, Martha Holloway) he organizes the new media track at the science fiction convention Balticon; produces the Balticon Podcast; and has several times served as judge for the annual Parsec Awards which are given for Excellence in Podcasting. News Item: Google Glasses (augmented reality glasses) are scheduled to become publicly available before the end of 2012. (As per an article in the NY Times dated Feb 21, 2012 written by Nick Bilton.) Announcement: Bones Burnt Black (the FREE audio book) took the #1 position on the list of "Today's Top Subscriptions" at Podiobooks.com on April 9, and simultaneously took the #2 position on their list of "Most Popular Books by Number of Subscriptions in the Last 30 Days."

Paul Fischer (digital network engineer) is our featured guest. Topics: Cyberwar: Several specific examples of computer hacking done by military forces around the world. How Iran's nuclear program was successfully cyber attacked. How the Chinese government successfully attacked a school in the USA (and bragged about it on their official TV news program). How a commercial airliner's onboard computer was accidentally infected with a virus which crashed the plane and killed all aboard. Also described: Why your car is now vulnerable to computer hacking, and how this can put your life in danger. And at least one incident without any hacking at all: how Fidel Castro cleverly tricked the Cubans into first giving up their ammunition, and then later (when they had no bullets) forced them to surrender all their guns. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the April 4, 2012 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 36 minutes]. This is the third part of an interview recorded using Skype on March 3, 2012. Paul Fischer is a digital network engineer. In his spare time (teamed with his wife, Martha Holloway) he organizes the new media track at the science fiction convention Balticon; produces the Balticon Podcast; and has several times served as judge for the annual Parsec Awards which are given for Excellence in Podcasting. Announcement: J.C.Hutchins (author of the popular 7th Son trilogy) said this about the new audio book version of Bones Burnt Black which is available for Free at Podiobooks.com:  "A riveting and realistic portrayal of space travel gone wrong, and of a crew who must fight for their survival. Bones Burnt Black is exciting, and expertly told. A must-listen." Don't miss out. Listen to Bones Burnt Black today.

Paul Fischer (digital network engineer) is our featured guest. Topics: Even more examples of how your smart phone is vulnerable to viruses, trojans, worms, and other hacker software; some of which attacks your phone by way of blue-tooth, Wi-Fi, attached to the apps you download, or by tricking you into thinking the attacking software is actually an update for a trusted app you installed some time ago. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the March 24, 2012 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 42 minutes]. This is the second part of an interview recorded using Skype on March 3, 2012. Paul Fischer is a digital network engineer. In his spare time (teamed with his wife, Martha Holloway) he organizes the new media track at the science fiction convention Balticon; produces the Balticon Podcast; and has several times served as judge for the annual Parsec Awards which are given for Excellence in Podcasting.

Paul Fischer (digital network engineer) is our featured guest. Topics: specific examples of why your smart phone is even more vulnerable to viruses, trojans, worms, and other hacker software than is your computer, and why you can do pretty much nothing about it; how Corpus Christie's automated water meter-reading system caught a thief who'd stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of water, as well as allowed the city to lay-off every last one of their meter readers; and why cities and towns are scrambling to build their own wireless networks for their police, firefighters and other city employees. Paul Fischer is a digital network engineer. In his spare time (teamed with his wife, Martha Holloway) he organizes the new media track at the science fiction convention Balticon; produces the Balticon Podcast; and has several times served as judge for the annual Parsec Awards which are given for Excellence in Podcasting.  Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the March 14, 2012 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 39 minutes]. This is the first part of an interview recorded using Skype on March 3, 2012. News Item: Some of you may be wondering why there has not been a final update on my TA-65 evaluation project yet. Well, it turns out we still have more pills to take. My mother read somewhere that it was good to take a break one day each week when taking TA-65. And so she did. And so we aren't out of pills yet. Although I should mention that even when we run out we will still need to have blood drawn, sent to UCLA for testing, and the results returned before I do a final explanation of all the results; so this could still take another month or two. I ask for your continued patience. Second News Item: I am pleased to announce that the audio version of my novel Bones Burnt Black will soon join the nearly 600 books available on Podiobooks.com. All of which are offered at everyone's favorite price: Free. If you haven't had a chance to listen to my novel, that opportunity will present itself beginning on March 28, 2012. And if you have heard it already, Podiobooks.com holds many other titles you can enjoy as well. (BTW: This is a new and improved version of Bones Burnt Black. The audio has been cleaned a bit more; and to give it that professional touch, music has been added at the beginning and end of each episode, as well as in the breaks between scenes.)

What would Rish Outfield give for a Parsec Award nomination?  Would he give...his soul? Also, Joshua Reynolds brings us "The Strange Affair of the Sundered Man."  Ameriquetzlan ambassador Ulrich Popoca returns, this time to investigate a baffling case involving a person still alive, despite being--quite literally--half the man he used to be. Afterward, Big and Rish talk about their separate vacations, including a San Diego Comic-Con that made Rish--almost quite literally--old.Special thanks to Rich Girardi for producing today's story and lending his voice to the episode.

Hello, and welcome to FlashCast episode thirty-one – Prepare yourself for mouthless horrors, talking fish, vacation, Black Terror, urban legends and the Parsec Awards.

Mike Resnick, king of tearjerkers, brings us a different kind of story...Catastrophe Baker.  The toughest, meanest, proudest, strongest, fastest, smoothest man in any room.  No one in the galaxy is better with a swinging fist.  Or a swinging woman.  In this week's adventure, Catastrophe is in a race against time to retrieve a priceless canticle...whatever that is.Also, Big and Rish talk about the Parsec Awards, Voluptua Von Climax, and matching wits against gurus.Special thanks Julie Hoverson and R.E. Chambliss for lending their voices to today's episode.

Brandon, Dan, and Howard accept their 2010 Parsec Award a bit late, and offer an apology for missing the ceremony.

We won a Parsec Award at Dragon*Con, and it's a darn good thing we weren't there in person to give an acceptance speech. Otherwise this podcast might have happened live, in front of hundreds of people with sharp and/or heavy things in their pockets.

Shaun Farrell (writer, actor, and award-winning podcaster) is today's featured guest. Topics: online publishing verses paper publishing; the rise in small presses; the number of new readers is increasing; fiction sales are increasing; trends in podcasting and narrow-casting; the economy and personal debt; Connor his new baby; and the closing of Realms of Fantasy Magazine. BTW: A few days after this interview was recorded, the situation at Realms of Fantasy Magazine turned around. Hearing the magazine was going to close, Tir Na Nog Press made an offer to buy it. The offer was accepted, so the magazine will be reopened this summer. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the April 1, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 42 minutes] Shaun Farrell has has interviewed more than 100 speculative fiction authors and actors; most of these interviews can be heard on his podcast: Adventures in Scifi Publishing, which (like this show) has won a Parsec Award. Based in Southern California, Shaun owns Singularity Audio, which provides podcast consultation, creates book promos, edits audio and develops new podcasts. He is also a contributing writer for Gateworld podcast; producer and content manager for The New England Fights! podcast; and an actor in the feature film Death Dress, where he plays a serial killer. Magazines he has written for include Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld and Raygun Revival.

Shaun Farrell (writer, actor, and award-winning podcaster) is today's featured guest. Topics: Shaun's interview with Ray Bradbury, and others, such as the actors from Stargate Atlantis: Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett and Jewel Staite (who also played the ship's mechanic on the TV show Firefly and in the movie Serenity). Trends in publishing: both print and electronic (such as involving the Amazon Kindle). Trends in acting, and why your look matters far more to a talent agent than your ability to act. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the March 25, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 46 minutes] Shaun Farrell has interviewed more than 100 speculative fiction authors and actors; most of these interviews can be heard on his podcast: Adventures in Scifi Publishing, which (like this show) has won a Parsec Award. Based in Southern California, Shaun owns Singularity Audio, which provides podcast consultation, creates book promos, edits audio, and develops new podcasts. He is also a contributing writer for Gateworld podcast; producer and content manager for The New England Fights! podcast; and an actor in the feature film Death Dress, where he plays a serial killer. Magazines Shaun has written for include Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld and Raygun Revival. News in this episode: H+ Magazine has redesigned its website. In addition to articles written specifically for the magazine, it now offers late breaking news and videos.  

Authors Kevin J. Anderson and Doctor Aubrey de Grey are joined by professional comedian Grant Baciocco as well as Walt (The Bananaslug) Boyes and Stoney Compton.  Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 100 minutes]Topics include:[1] Can catching a cold cause you to become obese? The explanation, which is still theoretical, is that because this particular virus reproduces in fat cells it has evolved the ability to stimulate the human body to create more fat cells.[2] Kevin J. Anderson feels that if nanotechnology and molecular manufacturing turn out to meet their potential they will change human society and the human race forever, and that this will be a bigger change than any change we have experienced in all of human history.He says Vernor Vinge's Singularity is a fascinating and scary possibility. Though a long-time Mac user and early adapter, he feels the curve of the singularity has already passed him by.One of his worries for the future is that we have lots of smart people working on scientific advances when they have no clue what the effect on society will be. As an example, he sites a US project from the sixties called Operation Plowshare in which nuclear warheads were to be used in place of earth moving equipment for construction projects such as blasting tunnels through mountains for interstate highways and creating municipal reservoirs for public drinking water.[3] Walt Boyes (The Bananaslug) and Stoney Compton give us an inside peek at what's in the latest episode of Jim Baen's Universe Magazine.[4] Cryonics is a very good bet, says Doctor Aubrey de Grey who sees resuscitation from a cryo-preserved state as a natural extension of the work he's already doing in Medical Life Extension. He is pessimistic about cancer, however, and does not expect a cure within the next few years. He feels that cancer will be one of the most difficult problems of Life Extension to overcome.He also uses empirical evidence to make a case for his notion that because Life Extension raises people's perception of the value of life, in the future wars will become less and less common.He also suggests that the reason the US medical system is so expensive compared to those of the rest of the civilized world is not that it is not socialized but that America is such a litigious society. A lot of the money goes to lawyers, rather than to medical professionals.[5] The final installment in our serialization of the novel Bones Burnt Black.[6] An interview with the professional comedian Grant Baciocco in Atlanta Georgia where he had just accepted a Parsec Award for the weekly, family-friendly podcast which he co-created with Dougg Price called The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd.A technogeek but no transhumanist, Grant Baciocco is one of the early pioneers of podcasting. He discusses trends in comedy including the recent increase in vulgarity, his use of SeatGuru to always get an aisle seat when flying, and trends in theme parks--especially the new interactive animated characters which talk with and answer questions from their audience.

Battlestar Galactica cast member Bodie Olmos (son of Edward James Olmos and grandson of Howard Keel) is joined by the authors Robert Buettner, Mike Resnick, Randal L. Schwartz and Stoney Compton, as well as by Walt (The Bananaslug) Boyes from Jim Baen's Universe magazine. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the July 1, 2007 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 118 minutes] ---Topics include: [1] A few items of News and Listener Feedback: (a) The World Death Stacks tournament now offers a trophy for artificial intelligence, (b) this show has been nominated for a 2007 Parsec Award in three categories, and (c) Listener Feedback from Bunnies of London (an expensive British escort service). [2] With the future coming at us faster and faster how can your favorite science fiction writers stay one step ahead of emerging technology and the changes it creates in our lives? The truth is, sometimes they can't. Robert Buettner describes the future inside and outside of his novels, and how he and other writers struggle with the ever accelerating speed of scientific advancement. [3] Walt Boyes and Stoney Compton provide an inside look at what's new in the latest issue of Jim Baen's Universe, the online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. [4] Mike Resnick addresses a wide variety of questions such as how his own medical conditions may someday require he use voice recognition software, and how these conditions have influenced his feelings about socialized medicine. He also tackles other tough questions: Will the worlds religions remain relevant? Is it OK for big brother to watch you if it reduces crime? Will artificial intelligence worship its creators rather than destroy them? Will the lessons of prohibition be forgotten when writing future laws concerning Marijuana? And consumerism American style: is it succeeding where fascism and communism failed? Is consumerism doing what it appears to be doing: conquering every nation on earth?[5] Another installment in our serialization of the novel Bones Burnt Black; this time the first half of chapter 16. [6] Is it time to buy beachfront property inside the virtual world called Second Life? Randal L. Schwartz, who rents an apartment inside, and is therefore a resident, describes this bizarre world which is both similar and dissimilar to our own. Randal also describes some of his ideas concerning artificial intelligence and how quantum computing and neural nets may relate to it. [7] The actor Bodie Olmos (son of Edward James Olmos and grandson of Howard Keel) describes his work on the set of the TV show Battlestar Galactica, as well as how it has affected his expectations of the future. He also talks of trends within his favorite hobbies: surfing and playing drums; and (in this interview taped June 2, 2007) reveals that Battlestar Galactica will end its run at the end of this season.

Authors Kim Stanley Robinson, Alan Dean Foster, Sarah A. Hoyt and Stephen L. Antczak are joined by Tony V. Baughman (newspaper reporter) and Peter Stampfel (longtime editor, musician and bottle cap collector). Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 1, 2006 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 130 minutes] --- Topics include: [1] News briefs: (a) the battle over passports being required in order to cross the US/Canadian boarder, (b) how you can watch television channels from around the world online for free, and (c) this show The Future And You has won the Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast. [2] While others debate whether or not the problem of global warming is real, the best selling author Kim Stanley Robinson is ready to move past all that and talk about solutions. [3] Life throughout the universe may develop most readily within oceans, but does this universe contain more planets with oceans under their crust than under an atmosphere? (In this essay your host's logic forces him to conclusions which disturb even him.) [4] Will the rise of eBooks allow authors to bypass traditional publishers and take away their piece of the pie altogether? The best selling author Alan Dean Foster has much to say on the subject. [5] Is it possible to flip today's missile defense paradigm on its head and transform it into both a defensive and offensive weapon? (Your host explains how it can be done in this brief essay.) [6] Collecting things as a hobby is a product of the rise of mass production: so explains Peter Stampfel who has been an avid bottle cap collector for 58 years. He also shares another song from his CD The Jig Is Up. This one is called The Squid Jiggin' Ground. [7] Another installment in our serialization of the novel Bones Burnt Black, in this case, the second half of chapter 11. [8] From the very beginning, our species has been radically and constantly modified by its tools. In what ways are the popularity of air travel and the Internet modifying our species now and for all time? The author, Sarah A. Hoyt--an unwilling frequent flier--draws some serious conclusions. [9] How long will the comic book and manga industries continue to be flush with movie money from Hollywood? And what other trends are developing which will alter their futures? An interview with Stephen L. Antczak, an author of science fiction and of comics. [10] Do traditional newspapers have a future? And if so, what is it? The Internet giveth, and the Internet taketh away. Tony V. Baughman, an experienced newspaper reporter, pulls no punches.