Podcasts about Westercon

Over ninety minutes of the best weirdos we can remember. Mourning Split Pea Andersen's and celebrating the fan uprising to save Our Flag Means Death (if you love us, you'll sign the petition at https://www.renewasacrew.com/ !) The nerd who played a bootleg of Phantom Menace right out in the open in a hotel lobby. Chet New Orleans and his mother. Totally Con Barbie is into fashion fun AND Buckaroo Bonzai! Deedee and her scrapbook. Miss Promdress. Mister Diskette. Betty Boooooop! The Troll Whipper. Roberta de Montrose. Memories of HavenCon (aka we fucking love furries). Mister Buttons. And throughout, the glorious Myhr!!!! #LaughWhileYouCanMonkeyBoy    Promos: Oddball Aussie Podcast https://t.co/27yVNxYHDT  and 2 Skeptical Chaps http://www.2skepticalchaps.libsyn.com/   (Want to swap show promos? Email us!)   We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us, and earn a STICKER! (Everyone loves stickers!) And please subscribe or add us to your favorites list on your favorite platform so you never miss a show! And share us with your cool friends, not the lame ones.    Questions? Comments? Complaints?   Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@gmail.com! Tweet at us at @bitchenboutique! https://twitter.com/bitchenboutique   Stay up to date by liking our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/Pitney-Amelias-Bitchen-Boutique-1082838478590821/ If you want to be supportive without a lot of stuff cluttering your feed, follow us on Instagram at @pitneyandamelia! https://www.instagram.com/pitneyandamelia/ And if you're feeling generous, buy yourself a little something at our merch shop and help to support our show! (Turn off that Content Filter to see the "uncensored" stuff!)  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/bitchen-boutique?ref_id=30433&utm_campaign=30433&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=Bitchen%2BBoutique    Who the heck are Pitney and Amelia? A gay guy and his fat friend talking about everything! We've got 40 YEARS of stories to share about stuff we love, stuff that annoys us, people we've known, places we've been, and things we've seen. Geeky, silly, and always opinionated. NAMES ARE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY!   We may be awful, but we're right! Here, queer, and in your ear. Every other Friday.   The Bitchen Boutique is all about mental health and openness and honesty and if you're in crisis and in the US, call or text 988, or go to 988lifeline.org to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.  And if you just need some friends, you've got two right here.    LGBTQIA+ | Comedy | Pop Culture | Fandom | Horror | Spirituality | Mental Health #confreaks  #LGBTQIAplus  #Comedy #PopCulture #Fandom  #Horror  #Spirituality #MentalHealth

Join Lloyd as he interviews Gail Carriger! Gail is New York Times Bestselling Author of 30 books, which have been translated into dozens of languages. Gail will also be the guest of honor at the book convention Westercon this summer in Anaheim, CA

Frank Herbert, author of Dune and other works, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, Lawrence Davidson and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded July, 1981 at Westercon in Sacramento. During the July 4th weekend of 1981, the Probabilities crew, Richard Lupoff, Lawrence Davidson and Richard Wolinsky, went to the Westercon Science fiction convention in Sacramento. One of the guests that weekend was Frank Herbert. By that point, he'd written several novels, including what had become known as the Dune trilogy – Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune. Earlier that year, a sequel to the trilogy had been published, God Emperor of Dune. The three managed to corral the author for an interview that lasted, including some socializing, to just under a half hour. Back at KPFA, it turned out that the tape had screwed up, and the final portion of the interview had speed variations that made it unlistenable. Perhaps ten minutes were aired at the time. Digitizing it in 2021, it became clear that at least some more of the interview could be manipulated sufficiently to allow listeners to follow the conversation. The final question in the interview did not survive. Here's what happened: In 1977, Ballantine Books published a novel called Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. After reading the novel, Richard Wolinsky drew up a long list of plot points the book shared with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so many in fact that the publisher, Judy-Lyn Del Rey, also the publisher of the Tolkien books, admitted with a nodthat any other publisher could have been sued for plagiarism. What turned Sword of Shannara into a best-seller, however, was a very positive review by Frank Herbert that appeared in the New York Times. Dick Lupoff became obsessed with the review, and how it ignored the similarities between the two books. In that final question, he asked Herbert about the review. At first, Herbert admitted that he overlooked the Tolkienesque prose style because most new authors copy others. When Dick pressed him further about the content, Herbert finally said that he had never read Lord of the Rings. After that answer, he said abruptly, “times up.” After 1981, Frank Herbert wrote two more Dune sequels, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune before dying at the age of 65. After his death, his son Brian Herbert along with Kevin J. Anderson used Herbert's notes for several other novels and one collection of short stories, which at this point stands at 15 additional books set in the universe of Dune. The chronological history of Dune concluded with Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007)  based on Frank Herbert's original chronology and outlines for the final books in the series. The David Lynch version of Dune came out in 1984 and is streaming on HBO Max. The story of the Dune movie that was never made, Jodorowsky's Dune, was released as a documentary in 2013 and can be rented on various streaming services. A new version of Dune, (first of two parts) directed by Denis Villeneuve, opens in theaters and on HBO Max on October 22, 2021.             The post The Probabilities Archive: Frank Herbert (1920-1986), 1981: “Dune” appeared first on KPFA.

Shopping at Torrid. Amelia's big anniversary this year. Memories of WesterCon 1996 in El Paso. The right way to poop. Indecency with an Elmo doll. And THEN things get weird.   Promos: 2 Skeptical Chaps and Reverie True Crime Podcast (Want to swap show promos? Email us!)   We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us, and earn a STICKER! (Everyone loves stickers!) And please subscribe or add us to your favorites list on your favorite platform so you never miss a show! And share us with your cool friends, not the lame ones.   Questions? Comments? Complaints? Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@gmail.com! Tweet at us at @bitchenboutique! Stay up to date by liking our Facebook page! If you want to be supportive without a lot of stuff cluttering your feed, follow us on Instagram at pitneyandamelia! (Really, we barely post over there.) And if you're feeling generous, buy yourself a little something at our Zazzle shop and help to support our show! (Turn off that Content Filter to see the "uncensored" merch!)   Who the heck are Pitney and Amelia? A gay guy and his fat friend talking about everything! We've got over 30 years of stories to share about stuff we love, stuff that annoys us, people we've known, places we've been, and things we've seen. Geeky, silly, and always opinionated. NAMES ARE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY!   We may be awful, but we're right! Here, queer, and in your ear. Every other Friday. LGBTQ+ | Comedy | Pop Culture | Fandom | Horror | Spirituality   misc tags: westercon conventions scifi fantasy cons myhr plushophilia plushies selfcare 

Meet the Guests of CoKoCon 2019   Join the gests of CoKoCon 2019: Alexander James Adams, Dee Astell, Mark Boniece, Emily Devenport, Gilead, Professor Sparks Here's a chance to meet all of CoKoCons our GoHs in one place, at one time. Alexander James Adams A professional musician of over forty years, Alec has always used magic in his performances to transform and inspire his listeners into states of being and realms of desire that leave them changed for the better. Using stories and songs of Antiquity, he creates places where the audience can find their unspoken secrets and address them with new inspiration. With twenty albums, a few spoken word stories and many collaborations with other musicians, Alexander applies transformational magic to his music in hopes of changing things that need to be changed. Heir to the music and legend of Heather Alexander, Alec performs her music and his own with a style that goes beyond reality and into the imagined.   Dee Astell Dee Astell co-founded and co-runs the Arizona Penny Dreadfuls. She’s the Fashion Manager for Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention, ran the steampunk track at Phoenix Comicon and has been Steampunk Coordinator for many others. She runs maker workshops across the southwest. She chaired Westercon 70, serves on the board at LepreCon, Inc. and is a member of CASFS and WesternSFA   Mark Boniece Mark has chaired 16 conventions in the Phoenix area and has lost count of the times he has volunteered in all areas of con running. He was Dealer Liaison and Hotel Liaison for Westercon 70. He's currently Chairman of CASFS and Vice President of WesternSFA. He has also served as a director and officer for several other fan groups in Arizona.   Emily Devenport Nine of her novels were published in the U.S. by NAL/Penguin/Roc, under three pen names. She has also been published in the U.K., Italy, and Israel. Her novels are Shade, Larissa, Scorpianne, EggHeads, The Kronos Condition, GodHeads, Broken Time (which was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award), Belarus and Enemies. Her ebooks, The Night Shifters and Spirits of Glory are available from Amazon. Her most recent novels are from Tor: Medusa Uploaded and Medusa in the Graveyard. Her short stories were published in Asimov's SF Magazine, the Full Spectrum anthology, The Mammoth Book of Kaiju, Uncanny, Cicada, Science Fiction World, Alfred Hitchcock, Clarkesworld, Longshot Island and Aboriginal SF, whose readers voted HER a Boomerang Award. She blogs at emsjoiedeweird.com.   Gilead  Growing up in the magical fairyland of Prescott, AZ—located in the Bradshaw Mountain range just west of Cimmeria, east of Barsoom and near the mines of Moria—Gilead spent his youth sketching the dragons, goblins and fairies who always surrounded him but whom, sadly, most other people couldn't see. He continues to travel between worlds to draw and paint on location in such places as Narnia, Hyborea and Central Arizona, usually after convincing the most beautiful women of those realms to take their clothes off for him. It's a tough gig. "Fantasy and science fiction are so strongly associated with the illustration of books that it confuses people to meet a fantasy artist who isn't an illustrator, but I got my fill of commercial art in the sign business. My style is realism with a heavy dose of whimsy. It's all in good fun. I don't take myself too seriously; I just like to make cool pictures." Now a retired sign painter and something of an environmentalist, Gilead likes to paint on recycled materials such as lumber, cabinet doors and old signs. "What I do take seriously is the environment and ways to make it better. My current focus is mostly on the social and environmental impact of making art with recycled materials." See more at https://www.facebook.com/GileadArt   Professor Sparks Professor Sparks presents unique and spectacular high voltage shows, demonstrating some of the rare and unique electrical artifacts and apparatus he has been collecting for decades. By day a safety expert training OSHA compliance officers all across the U.S., Professor Sparks presents spectacular visual displays of high voltage arcs, sparks and bolts of electricity with a 500,000 volt Tesla coil and equipment from Ken Strickfaden's set for the 1931 Frankenstein, including the Cosmic Ray Diffuser, the Digital Disputer and the Nebularium, not to forget the 75,000 volt lightning screen. Find out more about CoKoCon here at http://www.cokocon.org/2020/index.html See more at http://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.com/ Our other podcast https://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.podbean.com/ And please listen and support us at https://www.patreon.com/cppn Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CreativePlayandPodcastNetwork/

Continuing our discussion of happy memories, we venture into our nerdy pasts! Amelia's first convention was TimeCon '84 in San Jose, California, which was an epic event for numerous reasons, but her fondest memories of that weekend all involve Jon Pertwee, star of Doctor Who from 1970 to 1974. He was incredibly kind to dorky, fifteen year old Amelia, ad she's got stories (and a cherished photo) to prove it! WesterCon '83 may not have been Pitney's first convention, but it was the first to blow his mind. Are you ready to hear the adorable story of young Pitney seeing his first homosexual in the wild? And what would be memories of fandom without a bit of Verity and Tricia? Then there was the tragic tale of Pitney's Doctor Who autograph collection. Grab a hanky. And last but not least, a quick story about Pitney going to Target and learning about Galentine's Day. (Do you know whose TimeCon nametag that is? Be the first to identify "Theta Sigma" in an email to us and Amelia will give you a present!) Don't forget 2019 is the Year of the Vagina! Please enjoy a segment from the delightful Kim, traveling ER nurse and host of People Are Wild!  WARNING: this one might hurt a bit. Promo: 2 Skeptical Chaps  and We Watched a Thing (Want to swap show promos? Email us!) We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us, and earn a STICKER! (Everyone loves stickers!) And please subscribe or add us to your favorites list on your favorite platform so you never miss a show! And share us with your cool friends, not the lame ones. Questions? Comments? Complaints? Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@gmail.com! Tweet at us at @bitchenboutique! Stay up to date by liking our Facebook page! Join the conversation over at our Facebook group! And if you're feeling generous, buy yourself a little something at our Zazzle shop and help to support our show!  (Turn off that Content Filter to see the "uncensored" merch!) Who the heck are Pitney and Amelia? A gay guy and his fat friend talking about everything! We've got over 30 years of stories to share about stuff we love, stuff that annoys us, people we've known, places we've been, and things we've seen. Geeky, silly, and always opinionated. NAMES ARE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY! We may be awful, but we're right! New episodes every other Friday. Recorded close enough to Austin, Texas to help with their weirdness factor. LGBTQ | Comedy | Pop Culture | Nerd Culture | Horror | Spirituality

The Two Gay Geeks have a wrap up of our experience at WesterCon 70 including Evening Erotica with Gini Koch. We have our birthday segment and we catch up on feedback. In our second segment we talk about the revival of Sense8 for a finale episode and the possibility of a series based on Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels. As always we welcome your feedback, let us know what you think, good or bad we want to know. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us. TG Geeks Webcast Our YouTube channel is Two Gay Geeks (audio only):   Show Notes / Links: Evening Erotica with Gini Koch at WesterCon 70 Genesis 7 Sense8 Revived for a Finale Asimov’s Foundation to try for an adaptation again   The work of Tom Deadstuff Listening Flower This is the mask we bought www.tomdeadstuff.com   Featured Podcast Bumper of the Week Casual Mode If you have a podcast or know of a podcast we should be aware of, please use the contact form below and send us the information and we will take a look.   Phoenix Comicon Info Phoenix Comicon Fanfest is November 11 - 12, 2017 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Check out the guest lineup, tickets, and hotels at www.phoenixcomicon.com .   Come See Us and Say HiWe will be at the following Events: Comicon in San Diego for the Con and a panel on Thursday July 20th at 1:00 PM Horrible Imaginings Film Festival in San Diego on Saturday September 9th OperaCon at Arizona Opera on Saturday October 21st Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest in November 11 - 12, 2017   Thank You The Arkle Times Post Dispatch News - Social Justice Skald on Twitter @arkle Please have a look at Arkle’s other venture: Incorrect Voyager Quotes Doctor Who Fancast Guide - Dr Who: Talking Who on Twitter @TalkingWho SciFi Obsession on https:www.facebook.com/scifiob/ Thank you to The Lookie Show for their continued support on Twitter. @LookieShow Check them out on Youtube as well here We want to give a special shout out to the Facebook Group “The Gay Geek” for graciously allowing us to post our episodes to their page. Look for them at www.facebook.com/groups/thegaygeek. And a special Thank You to Jeramiah Reeves, the moderator, for being such a great guy.   Are you a writer?The Two Gay Geeks have recently been deemed “worthy” by the PR houses to attend film press screenings, but we can’t view every film that gets released. So, if you fancy yourself as a movie reviewer, and wish to write a review of a new film, get in touch with us using the contact us page and use the subject line of "Movie Review Options." We can then contact you and work out the details. Thank you.   Support Independent CreatorsAs you may know by now, we have become huge supporters of Independent Creators, not just film, but any kind of creative outlet that is of an independent nature. We know we are always pushing something, but this is what we have become passionate about. We just ask you to take a look at those independent creators that we talk about and others you may discover on your own and give a helping hand. It doesn’t always have to be much, usually as little as five dollars helps in the scheme of things. Please consider supporting Independent Creators.   Social MediaWe can now be found on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Google +, see the links on the right sidebar.   You are Important To UsWe welcome your suggestions. Let us know what you like or don’t like or if you have an opinion or comment on an article or the show. You may email us below, comment on Facebook, or call our listener line at 469.TG Geeks (469.844.3357). Let us know if there is something we should be watching and why, and we may just give you a shout-out in a future episode. We will not publish or use your email address to spam you. Please be sure to read the Privacy / Terms and Conditions Of Use.  

We have three of four mics, a special guest that talks about missing dessert, and a guard falls on one of us.

Hanging out at WesterCon 69 / GEAR Con for a few minutes of on-the-floor snooping. http://westercon69.org http://westercon69.org/gear-con

This episode is dedicated to what could be called -until recently - the right arm of the British Empire. It's the Tommy's best friend, the Lee Enfield. Show notes and links: War Thunder on Steam (steampowered.com) War Thunder - MajorGeeks (majorgeeks.com) Muzzleloading Flintlock Words Used in Everyday Language (Nature Reliance channel) A Pair of Arresting Montenegrin Gasser Revolvers (Forgotten Weapons) Gordon at Westercon 69 (westercon69.org) Lee–Enfield  James Paris Lee  M1885 Remington  Martini–Henry  The River War, by Winston Churchill (complete text at gutenberg.org) Stripper clip 

As authors we spend a lot of time trying to make our readers care about the characters we create. We have a wide variety of techniques at our disposal to accomplish this. But do we ever ask ourselves why any of this is possible in the first place? What is it about our brains that makes us care about fictional characters? Enter Cory Doctorow, who posed this question to us at Westercon 67. If you like the episodes where a guest comes in and blows our minds (and they're some of our favorites) you need to put this one on the list. Audiobook Pick of the Week: Homeland, by Cory Doctorow, narrated by Wil Wheaton, with Noah Swartz and Jacob Applebaum. (Note:  Cory Doctorow's titles aren't carried by Audible, but you can find all of them here and buy them DRM-free directly from Cory.)

We were thrilled to have Peter Beagle join us for an episode, recorded live at Westercon 67. We talked about the writer's mindset, and how to get into it. Peter schooled Brandon before the episode even began, and then proceeded to school all the rest of us. Peter is an absolute delight to listen to. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.  

We were thrilled to have Peter Beagle join us for an episode, recorded live at Westercon 67. We talked about the writer’s mindset, and how to get into it. Peter schooled Brandon before the episode even began, and then proceeded to school all the rest of us. Peter is an absolute delight to listen to. We hope you … Continue reading Writing Excuses 9.44: Getting in the Writer’s Mindset with Peter Beagle →

Live from Westercon 67 and Fantasy Con, Mette Ivie Harrison and J.R. Johannson join us to talk about writing for the mystery genre. We begin by talking about the key differences between thrillers and mysteries, and then move into how this understanding can drive our story structures. We discuss how characters with arcs and iconic characters drive different types of stories, and how each of us go about building these kinds of things.

Live from Westercon 67 and Fantasy Con, Mette Ivie Harrison and J.R. Johannson join us to talk about writing for the mystery genre. We begin by talking about the key differences between thrillers and mysteries, and then move into how this understanding can drive our story structures. We discuss how characters with arcs and iconic characters … Continue reading Writing Excuses 9.43: Writing Mysteries →

Paul Stevens, an editor at Tor, joined us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 to talk about royalties.

Paul Stevens, an editor at Tor, joined us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 to talk about royalties.

Peter Orullian joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A. The questions include: As a writer, how do you handle reviewing other people's books? How do you compartmentalize your writing to prevent that obsession from displacing everything else? (Here are the signs we talked about) How do you create frightening, unique creatures? What are the basics about networking at a convention? Is there a yield for the average story idea? What rules do you follow and what rules do you break when writing epic fantasy? What can you do in critique groups to teach craft if you're avoiding prescriptive critique? How strongly do you believe that the audience won't remember what you've told them, but will remember how you said it?  

Peter Orullian joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A. The questions include: As a writer, how do you handle reviewing other people’s books? How do you compartmentalize your writing to prevent that obsession from displacing everything else? (Here are the signs we talked about) How do you create frightening, … Continue reading Writing Excuses 9.38: Q&A at Westercon →

Kathleen Dalton Woodbury, the forum moderator at the Hatrack River writers group joined us at Westercon 67 to talk about critique groups. We cover how critiques should be offered, as well as importance of receiving critiques graciously and without defense, and we reflect on lots of the good and bad writing groups and critique groups we've been a part of. This is hard to get right, but once you do get it right your critique group can become the team that helps you turn your work into something outstanding.  

Kathleen Dalton Woodbury, the forum moderator at the Hatrack River writers group joined us at Westercon 67 to talk about critique groups. We cover how critiques should be offered, as well as importance of receiving critiques graciously and without defense, and we reflect on lots of the good and bad writing groups and critique groups we’ve … Continue reading 9.37: Training A Critique Group, with Kathleen Dalton Woodbury →

David Farland joins, along with a live audience at Westercon 67, for a discussion on writing instruction.

David Farland joins, along with a live audience at Westercon 67, for a discussion on writing instruction.

It’s the beginning of the next 400 episodes of Radio Free Skaro, and what better way to start off this new era than with talk of Star Wars, weather in Florida, hockey, Tim Hortons and other irrelevant meanderings! The Three Who Rule eventually focused their energies and relayed what little Doctor Who news eked out this week, including such gems as new guests for Gallifrey 2014 (and the lineup for our own live show on Friday, February 14th), the return of friend of the show Phil Ford to Doctor Who, and other assorted newsy morsels. All mere preamble to a commentary recorded this summer at Westercon for "Silver Nemesis". We’re not saying our commentary is good, but rest assured it is better than the story itself, so have a listen to it, won’t you? Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

The Three Who Rule went west to Westercon this week, special guests of the 66th edition of one of the longest running science fiction conventions in the world. Much fun was had, much sun was enjoyed, and all three of the RFS hosts were very active on a variety of panels throughout the weekend. One such panel devoted to the history of Radio Free Skaro is presented in this episode, in which the past seven years of RFS podcasts are recounted, the highs, the lows, from humble beginnings  to the recent triumphs of today (what other podcast has had a commentary of Delta and the Bannermen, we ask you?). We hope you enjoy our introspective look at a podcast that we truly do enjoy producing every week to hopefully entertain and distract you from your minor inconveniences. Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

And thus begins the calm before the storm for Radio Free Skaro. One week before the Three Who Rule jet off to Sacramento to participate in Westercon 66, after which weeks of blockbuster episodes from commentaries to Miniscopes will take you all the way to the 50th Anniversary Special, the Three let there hair down, invite a couple friends over, and have a bit of fun and frivolity. First, Kyle Anderson of Nerdist and Doctor Who: The Writers Room fame drops by after far too long to talk about the news of the week in Doctor Who, and Toby Hadoke also drops by to tell everyone how his fabulous Who's Round podcast is coming along, what's in store in the weeks to come, and how can help Toby in his epic quest to gather a production anecdote from every single televised Doctor Who story. So sit back with a glass of wine and enjoy yourself with us! Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

What would a 50th anniversary celebration year be without some talk of the companions? Join Deb, Erika, Liz, and Tansy as we take a break from our Classic Doctors countdown to chat about the companions who were "modern women" at the time they were on the show. Is Barbara the greatest? What's changed about contemporary companions over the years? And has such change been for the better? Are "modern" companions even necessary? Is Barbara really the greatest? We cover those questions and much more. So much more, in fact, that there's even a mention of "Doctor in Distress". (Editor's note: Click that link at your own risk. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.) ^E Also covered [links on our site]:Tansy guests on Splendid Chaps!Erika will be on panels at Westercon 66 and watched "The Mind of Evil" in color!Liz is annoyed Erika stole her happy thing!Deb orders Live at the End of the World from Traffic Experiment!

It has been one crazy week in the world of Doctor Who, with rumours of scores of missing Doctor Who episodes being found, then not found, then found again, then, finally, all of them declared not missing but destroyer. The end. Is it, though? The wait for a new Doctor will also have to wait awhile, so there is very little in the way of solid news to discuss this week, but that didn’t stop the Three Who Rule! One thing is for sure, though – Radio Free Skaro will be at Westercon 66 in Sacramento in a couple weeks, and the convention organizers Kevin Roche and Andy Tremblay are here to tell you all about it. It’s looking like it might be an interesting summer in this, the 50th anniversary year of Doctor Who! Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

And just like that, we're back to our 50th anniversary countdown of the Doctors, and it's the sixth Doctor's turn! Join Deb, Erika, Kat, and Liz as we discuss the delights (or lack thereof) of Colin Baker's reign as our favorite Time Lord. Or is the Doctor our favorite Time Lord, now that we've seen the Rani? That's right, we're talking about "The Mark of the Rani", which at least one of us thought was the most representative story of the sixth Doctor's run. Is old Colin as bad as so many folks say he is? Is Peri? Does the Rani now own Deb thoroughly? Should we have covered "Timelash" instead? We don't actually agree on most of these things, but boy howdy do we have a good time talking about them! ^E Also covered [links on our site]:Erika appears on Nerdology UK and at Westercon 66!Doctor Who playsets!Anyone can submit cool stuff to our Verity! Tumblr!The Doctor Puppet Animated Adventures in Time & Space!The Verity! cast appears on the season finale of The Oodcast! Bonus links [on our site]:The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (on Amazon)Tansy will be on Splendid ChapsDoctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - The Sixth Doctor

Kevin Roche and Andy Trembley are co-chairs of WesterCon 66, to be held July 4-7, 2013, in Sacramento, CA. We talk , amongst other things, about how a joke bid became a real one.

With the furore and fascination of Eurovision now over with (oh, the excitement! The whimsy!), the Three Who Rule turn their gaze towards one of the most prolific directors in the new series, Euros Lyn, in this week's Miniscope. Lyn was credited with directing an astonishing eleven episodes across nine stories, including some stunning work on Tooth and Claw, and some questionable decisions on the David Tennant/RTD finale The End of Time. Also discussed in this week's podcast is Radio Free Skaro's upcoming appearance at Westercon 66 in July 2013, and some exciting news on the DVD front in the months to come. All in all, this week's episode is worth more Euros than money can buy!

July 4, 2010. A talk about new ideas for SF. Role of idea in a book or story. A list of some topics that seem interesting to me. Larry Niven was there, but he fell asleep. That’s okay. Q&A. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.

July 3, 2010. A 45 minute talk on the theory and practice of Transreal SF writing in my novels. Starts with a reading of my 1983 “A Transrealist Manifesto” essay. Q&A at the end. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.