PKDHeads Podcast Bonus
by PKDHeads Podcast
Some of our content doesn't quite fall under the umbrella of Philip K. Dick and his works—we call this material Dick Adjacent. Here we have collected (and will continue to collect) all of these 'not so PKD' episodes. This includes everything from interviews with physicists to roundtable discussions on the future of scifi. Plus: Holiday specials. Author Spectaculars. And things we haven't even thought of yet. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pkdheadsbonus/support
Episodes
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Ben H. Winters - Benjamin
D. Harlan Wilson's interview with author Ben H. Winters. Conducted in late July, they discuss Ben's now-completed, heavily Philip K. Dick influenced comic series Benjamin. Ben began his career with the parody novel Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and is best known for mystery/sci-fi novels...
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Cody Goodfellow - New Tomorrow - with Anthony Trevino
Hello DickHeads. The Hangout interview with Cody Goodfellow somehow didn't get recorded. To make up for it, David decided to rope in our old friend and former co-host, Anthony Trevino, to do a more traditional DickHeads Podcast interview with the author. Here they discuss Cody's latest novel, New...
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Interview - Anthony Peake - A Life of Philip K. Dick
Hello, PKD & Anthony Peake fans. D. Harlan Wilson conducted this interview with the acclaimed author a while back, and finally, here it is now. Get ready to get metaphysical as they discuss everything from aliens to the true meaning of Deja Vu to mind-opening drugs—All within the framework of...
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Interview - Linda Castellani - The Dark-Haired Girl
Content warning: Linda is honest about the sexist environment at the university at the time; there are plenty of ugly moments between Phil and Linda, which are explained in this podcast. –DAOn this episode of the Dickheads podcast, The Davids welcome Linda Castellani. In the early 70s, she was an...
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Live Podcast from PKD Fest 2024 - Featuring Jonathan Lethem & Stephen Graham Jones
The 'Not a Book Club Book Club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence. We recently went live from the Philip K. Dick Festival in Fort Morgan, CO, along with fellow DickHeads Jonathan Lethem & Stephen Graham Jones. I was at home but had fun in the chat and even managed to get some technical...
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Interview - Barry Malzberg - The Second Interview
The Two Davids (Agranoff & Wilson) sit down with author Barry Malzberg to discuss his books, legacy, and what it was like ascending the ranks amongst the new wave. Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Electric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.com/channels/557458722268643329...
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Cut for Time - Frank's Story - Puttering About in a Small Land
Here is the intro slash bio slash interview with PKD collector and scholar Frank Hollander from our discussion of Puttering About in a Small Land. He asked if we wanted the long version and I'm glad we said we did. Enjoy. •Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed •Electric Larryland...
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Interview - Reggie Herbert & Victoria Stewart - 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick
800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick is a play about the last few days of Philip K. Dick's life and supposes the internal worlds he might have lived in since the VALIS incident or maybe even his whole life. All three DickHeads Podcast hosts made it to this interview with the…
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Interview - Bill Sarill - VALIS: An Opera
Back in September of last year there was a single weekend run of VALIS: An Opera at the MIT Theater Arts Performance Space in Cambridge, MA. While the Dickheads weren't lucky enough to bag tickets, one of the OG Dickheads was. And in this interview, Bill Sarill discusses said opera, his thoughts…
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Interview - Lord Running Clam - Pink Beam
Ganymedean slime mold, festival organizer, chronicler, and ultimate PKD fan Lord Running Clam, stopped by to chat with our two Davids about his history, where PKD fandom is now, and where it might lead as we look into the future. Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Electric...
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Interview - Keith Giles - The Gospel of Philip K. Dick
The two Davids chat with the exceedingly busy Keith Giles about the many projects he has going on right now, including his new book, Sola Deus: What If God Is All of Us?, his introduction to and publishing of a series of Philip K. Dick short story collections, Sci-Fi Lullabies Volumes 1-3, and…
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Interview - Aharon Varady - PKD & Judaism
With The Divine Invasion lurking in the shadows of our near future, David figured it might benefit all who those interested in a deeper understanding of the novel to speak to a religious scholar. Aharon Varady is just that person. Recommended by friend of the podcast, David Gill, Aharon is not…
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Dick Adjacent - Hugo Winners 1966 & 68 - Roger Zelazny - with Mark Conlan
Hello Zelaznuts and DickHeads alike. Here at last, after three and a half years of gathering dust on the shelf, is the final episode in David's Hugo Winners of the 1960s series. Frequent guest Mark Conlan joins him to discuss the pluses and minuses of Roger Zelazny's This Immortal (Hugo Award for...
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Interview - Walter Nelson - Ray Nelson
David chats with Walter Nelson on the legacy of his recently passed father, Ray Nelson, and how growing up the son of a famous author in the Berkeley scene was different than the typical American upbringing. Including what it was like having PKD as a babysitter. Unfortunately, this interview is a...
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Interview - Dr. Sherryl Vint - Animal Alterity/DADOES?
David sits down with professor of Media & Cultural Studies at UC Riverside, Dr. Sherryl Vint, to discuss her book Animal Alterity and the value of science fiction within the animal rights movement. The conversation is also a deep dive into some of the less discussed elements of Do Androids Dream…
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DHP Live Blade Runner 40th Anniversary from Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
On June 25th, 1982, Blade Runner was released in theaters; in the ensuing 40 years some stuff happened until finally, on June 25th, 2022, the DickHeads Podcast recorded a live episode at the amazing Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore for the 40th anniversary of the Blade Runner release. In it, we…
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Dick Adjacent - The Stars My Destination - with D. Harlan Wilson
Hello DickHeads. Here's a new Dick Adjacent for all you Alfred Bester fans. With references to Joyce, Dumas, Blake, Pound, and Shelley, along with the usual dose of PKD, this one is a literary smörgåsbord. And it's really no wonder considering professor/writer/publisher D. Harlan Wilson is back…
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DHP A Scanner Darkly - The Backstory
With special guest John Shirley. Sometimes an episode runs too long and I'm forced to cut out some small bits. Usually these tidbits end up on Patreon in one form or another. However, this particular story, while long, I considered too important to cut or keep hidden behind that $1 paywall. So...
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Dick Adjacent - The Big Jump - Leigh Brackett
In the first episode of this podcast, Solar Lottery, David said he would someday do this episode. So four years later, in January of this year, he sat down with a couple of colleagues and discussed the lesser-known novel The Big Jump by Leigh Brackett. The pair of talents he was privileged to…
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Interview - S.D. Authors Live - from the North Park Book Fair
Happy New Year, PKD fans. We have something a little different for you to start the year off. A LIVE recording. This last December, Verbatim Books & North Park Main Street got together to host the North Park Book Fair, and while not all the DickHeads could attend, David was there representing the...
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Dick Adjacent - 1974 The VALIS Incident
Well DickHeads we have made it to the VALIS incident. And in celebration, David brought together family, friends, and a PKD fan/gnostic expert to discuss Phil's path through this seriously odd time. Tessa B. Dick, William Sarill, and Ted Hand guide us through 1974 with personal insights and…
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Interview - Lavie Tidhar - Osama 10th Anniversary
David sits down with Lavie Tidhar on the 10th anniversary of his controversial novel Osama to discuss the book, PKD, and projects past & future. Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Electric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.com/channels/557458722268643329 David's YouTube...
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Interview - Cliff Jones Jr. - From PKD Fest 2019
Hello, my fellow Dickheads. Two years. I've been patiently working towards getting this pair of interviews (Cliff Jones Jr. & Nick Buchanan) into an acceptable form for two years. Only through the dedication of the fans and the support of our Patrons did I gain the wherewithal and skills to...
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Interview - Nick Buchanan - From PKD Fest 2019
Hello, my fellow Dickheads. Two years. I've been patiently working towards getting this pair of interviews (Cliff Jones Jr. & Nick Buchanan) into an acceptable form for two years. Only through the dedication of the fans and the support of our Patrons did I gain the wherewithal and skills to...
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Interview - Molly Tanzer - Vermillion/PKD Award
Molly Tanzer takes some time out of her busy day to discuss her novel Vermillion the story of "Gunslinging, chain smoking, Stetson-wearing Taoist psychopomp, Elouise “Lou” Merriwether" as she attempts to solve a missing persons (people) case in 1800s San Francisco. They, of course, also go…
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Interview - David Gill
David sits down with fellow Philip K. Dick fanatic and PKD scholar David Gill for an off-the-cuff conversation on the man, his works, and his legacy. David Gill has been a devoted DickHead for over 25 years and even wrote his master's thesis on Dick's novel Time Out of Joint. For the last fifteen...
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Interview - John Shirley - Stormland
David recently had the opportunity to interview the multitalented John Shirley. During the interview they discuss PKD's influence, John's music and recent collaboration with BOC, his writing career, and of course his latest novel Stormland. Available now. Our Patreon ►►...
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Interview - Chris Frith - Voight-Kampff Test
The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence. Hello Dickheads. This time around David spends some time with Psychologist Chris Frith discussing the many twists and turns PKD's mind took in creating his many worlds. He also takes advantage of Chris's vast knowledge of…
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Dick Adjacent - Asian Sci-fi in Translation
In this episode of the Dick Adjacent series David has invited four translators of Asian science fiction on the show to discuss how, when, and why we see more and more stories translated into english. Concentrating mostly on China and Japan, David, Nathaniel Isaacson, Nick Mamatas, Tyran Grillo…
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Dick Adjacent - Dune - with Marissa van Uden & Michael Moore
Hello everyone. Here is the twelfth episode of our Dick adjacent series and the seventh in David's Hugo's of the 60's series. Dune is up for discussion this time around. This time David is joined by editor and friend of the podcast Marissa van Uden and the Frank Herbert aficionado Michael Moore…
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Interview - Tessa B. Dick - From The Library
Here is the second part of Anthony Trevino's conversation with Tessa B. Dick from last year's PKD Festival in Fort Morgan, Colorado. This type of on-the-spot interview was new to us, as was our equipment, so you may have to bear with us through some technical difficulties. However, the content is...
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Dick Adjacent - The Sheep Look Up - with Mark Conlan, Duane Pesice, & John Skipp
Hello Dickheads. This time around David and friends discuss the in's and out's of the John Brunner classic The Sheep Look Up. A novel that has been called the most accurate prediction in science fiction of the world we currently live in. From ecological disaster to a reality star president, it…
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Interview - Tessa B. Dick - From The Pub
Last year our Patrons donated enough money to allow one Dickhead to travel out to Fort Collins, Colorado, for the PKD Festival. We drew straws, and Anthony won. While he was there, amongst all the incredible fans, there came a chance to interview PKD's ex-wife, fellow writer, and close friend…
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Dick Adjacent - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - with Mark Conlan & Dave Woken
Hello Dickheads. David brought back scholar David Woken and regular guest Mark Gabrish Conlan to discuss The Moon is a Harsh Mistress winner of the Hugo Award in 1967. This novel, often referred to as his libertarian opus, would be not only the last time Robert Heinlein would win a Hugo...
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Dick Adjacent - The Iron Dream
Hello Dickheads. Here is our latest installment of the Dick Adjacent series, and this time we are talking Norman Spinrad's controversial 1972 novel The Iron Dream. The satirical tale of a world where Hitler decided to emigrate to America and become a fiction writer instead of doing that whole…
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Dick Adjacent - Way Station - with Matthew L. Whitaker
Hello, fellow DickHeads. Here is the eighth episode of our series on material related to the works, timeline, impact, and/or any other ties to Philip K. Dick. In this episode, David continues his series within a series about the Hugo Award winners of the 1960s with Way Station (Hugo Award for…
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DHP Sci-Fi Scholars in Quarantine
Hello all. We here at Dickheads Podcast hope you are all staying safe and happy. Me and Anthony are holding up pretty well here in the lockdown, but David gets antsy if he's stuck in one place for too long. So, to stay sane during the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to start doing some Zoom...
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Dick Adjacent - Shout-Out to Tony Boucher
David sits down with SciFi luminaries Gary K. Wolfe, Gordon Van Gelder, and F. Paul Wilson to discuss writer/editor William Anthony Parker White AKA Anthony Boucher, whom you may recognize from his countless mentions in our regular podcast. He stands, along with A.E. van Vogt and Don Wollheim, as...
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Interview - Evan Lampe - The 3rd Five
Evan Lampe visits David all the way from China to discuss the next set of books. Opinions vary about the quality, but there is no doubt this time in Philip K. Dick's life was productive. Plus, everything you need is inside these books. From a classical music jug band to a Christ figure selling...
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Dick Adjacent - A Canticle for Leibowitz - with Brian Evenson & Ian Duncanson
David's back with a different set of friends to discuss the 1961 Hugo for best new novel winner, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Find A Canticle for Leibowitz: Amazon ►►...
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Interview - Betsy Wollheim - DAW Books & Donald A. Wollheim
Hello, Dickheads. Shut-in as we are against the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we were still able to get together on Google Hangouts and have a great conversation with the President, co-Publisher, and co-Editor-in-Chief of science fiction and fantasy publisher DAW Books, Betsy Wollheim. She shares...
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Dick Adjacent - Stranger in a Strange Land - with Mark Gabrish Conlan
Here in our continuing series of PKD adjacent topics, David is joined once again by superfan Mark Gabrish Conlan to discuss the winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel from 1968, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. A deep dive into the story of a human orphan raised by Martians and...
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Interview - Craig Callender - Time
Hello, Dickheads. David recently had the opportunity to interview Craig Callender professor of philosophy and co-director of the institute for practical ethics at UCSD. In this interview they discuss everything from how time is measured to why Back to the Future is terrible. Our Patreon ►►...
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Dick Adjacent - Cancel Culture Roundtable - with Lisa Yaszek & Alec Nevala-Lee
Hello, DickHeads. Finally, after a month of holidays and a month of illness, we are back. And with something a little different. This time we got a pair of authors (Lisa Yaszek/The Future is Female and Alec Nevala-Lee/Astounding) together with LJT and David to discuss Cancel Culture and its...
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Dick Adjacent - Stand on Zanzibar - with Duane Pesice
Here is the first official offering of David's 1960s Hugo Award for Best Novel series. The other two Hugo winners (Man in the High Castle, Starship Troopers) are discussed in episodes of the main podcast. The entire Dick Adjacent series is dedicated to exploring the era of sci-fi in which Philip…
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Dick Adjacent - Journals of the Plague Years - Spinrad Spectacular
This is the second episode of our series on material related to either the subject matter, time frame, or other ties to the work of Philip K. Dick. In this episode is a discussion of the Norman Spinrad novel Journal of the Plague Years with AIDS activist and journalist Mark Gabrish Conlan. Part 2...
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Interview - Norman Spinrad - Spinrad Spectacular
Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins a little contentiously but don't worry, it doesn't take them long to get into a groove. They discuss Mr. Spinrad's entire career of over 50 years creating forward-thinking and controversial material. And you are...
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Dick Adjacent - Beyond Apollo with James Reich - Malzberg Spectacular
Here in this phone recorded episode David discusses Beyond Apollo by Barry Malzbreg with guest author James Reich who wrote the introduction to a 2015 edition of the novel published by Anti-Oedipus Press in 2015. But they don't stop there; the discussion also includes everything from 2001 to...
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Interview - Barry Malzberg - Malzberg Spectacular
David must have done something right because author Barry Malzberg was willing to sit down for a lengthy phone conversation with him. In this interview, Barry leads David through his experiences with multiple authors including PKD, the in's and out's of the publishing industry of the 60s and 70s,...
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Interview - Lisa Yaszek - The Future Is Female!
Hello DickHeads. Here is David's interview with editor, author, and Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, Lisa Yaszek. She stopped by to discuss her book The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from...
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Some of our content doesn't quite fall under the umbrella of Philip K. Dick and his works—we call this material Dick Adjacent. Here we have collected (and will continue to collect) all of these 'not so PKD' episodes. This includes everything from interviews with physicists to roundtable discussions on the future of scifi. Plus: Holiday specials. Author Spectaculars. And things we haven't even thought of yet. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pkdheadsbonus/support
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