Episode 39: Barry Kirwan - Aliens, AI, and Arriving Late to the Party
In this episode, I chat with Barry Kirwan about the psychological effects of the pandemic, the experience of writing in the early hours of the morning, and predicting existential threats. We also disc...
28 Apr 20231h 18min
Episode 38: Tim Attewell - Music, Monsters, and Multi-dimensional Mayhem
In this episode, I chat with Tim Attewell about film making, working with a small press, and the importance of music. We also discuss monsters and aliens, multi-dimensional travel, and the unspoken ex...
22 Apr 20231h 38min
Episode 37: AM Scott - Air Force Space Operations, Galactic Time Keeping, and Extraterrestrial Expansion
In this episode, I chat with AM Scott about her experiences in the US Air Force Space Operations, how GPS and time-keeping satellites influenced her novels, and human expansion into space. We also dis...
31 Mar 20231h 33min
Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong - Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles
In this episode, I chat with Jinwoo Chong about his upcoming book FLUX (available March 21 this year!), published by independent press Melville House. Some themes from the book we discuss are 80s nost...
17 Mar 20231h 18min
Episode 35: N John Williams - Double-Edged Swords, the Soul in the Machine, and SciFi Realism
In this episode, I chat with N John Williams about his experience researching AI systems with DARPA, working in a tech start-up, and the person in the machine. We also discuss artificial intelligence...
3 Mar 20231h 32min
Episode 34: Susan Kaye Quinn - Hope Punk, The Singularity, and the Need for Techno-Ethics
In this episode, I chat with Susan Kaye Quinn about her engineering background, AI-generated 'art', and her passion for the new genre of hope punk. We also discuss possible versions of the singularity...
17 Feb 20231h 48min
Episode 33: Julia Huni - On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors
In this episode, I chat with Julia Huni about her military career, including working with NASA and NATO, her writing routine, and her thoughts on aliens. We also discuss cozy mysteries in space, cylin...
2 Feb 20231h 36min
Episode 32: Roy Huff - Meteorology, Cryopreservation, and Time Travel
In this episode, I chat with Roy Huff all the way from Hawaii about working with NASA on the GOES-R satellite project, his interest in cryopreservation and how he started writing. We also talk about t...
20 Jan 20231h 22min
