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Rudy Rucker Podcasts
by Rudy Rucker
Readings, interviews, talks, and Q&A sessions. Rudy Rucker is the author of 20 science fiction novels, plus nonfiction books on infinity and on the fourth dimension. He's a cyberpunk and a transrealist---writing SF about real life.
Episodes
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Podcast #119. Writing Cyberpunk. Rudy vs. Bruce.
September 12, 2026. At Armadillocon in Austin TX. Spirited one-on-one panel about being a cyberpunk writer. Me and Bruce Sterling. Kind of a pro wrestling vibe, even though we’re old friends and long-term collaborators. I taped this on site, and edited it down. I also have my edited text online…
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Podcast #118. Armadillocon. Spec-fic. Telepathy.
September 11, 2026. Short one. Me talking about the new speculative fiction, and about the oncoming technology of telepathy. At the opening panel on cyberpunk at Armadillocon in Austin TX. Press the arrow below to play “Armadillocon. Spec-fic. Telepathy.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy…
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Podcast #117. Writer Bots and Reality
June 19, 2026. Talk on writer bots, and rising above them by using transrealism and an awareness of reality at large. At a High Castle dinner hosted by the Point Reyes Reality Investigation Center (PRRIC), led by David Gill. Taped by Paul Shelton. Funded by Chris. Press the arrow below to play…
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Podcast #116. “The Time Ecosystem, with Isabel Rucker”
March 7, 2025. My daughter Isabel Rucker had an art show on “The Time Ecosystem“at the one-of-a-kind Larry Spring Museum in Fort Bragg, California. Larry Spring was what you might call a folk scientist and an outsider artist. For Isabel’s show, she formed fresh ideas about notions of time, and…
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Podcast #115. “Big Germs”
June 23, 2024. Reading my anti-gun “Big Germs” story at the SF in SF meeting. In memory of Terry Bisson. And huge thanks to sound wizsard Rusty Hodge. Press the arrow below to play “Big Germs.” We’re using the new and improved .m4a sound file format instead of the old .mp3. If you have a […] The...
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Podcast #114. “Who Do You Love”
May 19, 2023. This story relates to the death of my wife Sylvia. I read it an SF in SF event in January, 2023, and it was recorded by Rusty Hodge for SomaFM. The story appeared as online text in Nature Futures on Feb 15, 2023. Press the arrow below to play Rusty’s recording of […] The post…
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Podcast #113. “Logic, Gnarl, Writing, Painting.”
August 1, 2022. I was invited to give a plenary lecture at the Bridges group’s “Mathematics & Art” conference in Helsinki, Finland. Over my long career, I’ve used math, computer graphics, writing, and painting as ways to express myself, and to get clearer images of certain things that interest…
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Podcast # 112. “Fat Stream” from Space Cowboy Books
January 15, 2020.Repost of an enjoyable podcast by Space Cowboy Books in Joushua Tree, near the Mohave Desert, performing my story “Fat Stream.” Cast: Jean-Paul Garnier, Zara Kand, Patricia Thomson, Tamara Good, RedBlueBlackSilver, and music by Phog Masheeen. Great show. Thanks to all. Here’s the...
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Podcast #111. “The Future, Jellyfish, Cyberpunk and the Transreal.”
November 13, 2019. Julia Grillmayr of Vienna interviewed me for her podcast show, Superscience Me, and her episode is on her site, lightly edited, with an intro, and with some nice electronic background music. Here I repost my raw version of the interview as a Rudy Rucker Podcasts episode. The...
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Podcast #110. Million Mile Road Trip. And Memories of Michael Blumlein.
October 26, 2019. Discussing and reading from Million Mile Roadtrip. And reminiscing about the late, great, and wonderful Michael Blumlein. Press the arrow below to play “Million Mile Road Trip. And Memories of Michael Blumlein.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post…
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Podcast #109. “Juicy Ghost 2019.”
June 25, 2019. “Juicy Ghost 2019” is a fairly intense political SF story. For more on the story, and the full text, see my June 24 blog post, or check out my anthology Complete Stories. Press the arrow below to play “Juicy Ghost.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post...
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Podcast #108. Lifebox for Telepathy and Immortality
April 18, 2019. Talk at IOHK Summit conference in Miami Beach. 20 min. Lifebox, Natural Language, Telepathy, Immortality. Slides draft and an audio link on Rudy’s Blog at https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/04/16/lifebox-for-telepathy-and-immortality/ Press arrow below to play here. Or Subscribe...
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Podcast #107. Cyberpunk Use Cases.
April 18, 2019. Talk at the IOHK Summit conference in Miami Beach. 20 min. Topics: Cyberpunk, personal web cralwers, telepathy. Slides, draft, and audio on Rudy’s Blog https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/04/16/cyberpunk-use-cases/ Press arrow below to play here. Or Subscribe to Rudy Rucker...
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Podcast #106. Rucker & Wolfram on Computation, Reality, and the Mind
April 18, 2019. Conversation with Stephen Wolfram while at the IOHK blockchain conference in Miami Beach. Topics: AI, unpredictable computations, the nature of reality. Press the arrow below to play “Rucker & Wolfram on Computation, Reality, and the Mind.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy…
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Podcast #105. “Return to the Hollow Earth: Meeting Poe”
January 26, 2019. Reading from Return to the Hollow Earth at Borderlands Cafe in SF. I read the part about the shipwreck and Mason and Seela being saved by a flying nautilus and then meeting up with Eddie Poe. Good audience. Skipped Q&A, as I then did an “art tour” of a show of 25 […] The post...
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Podcast #103. Welcome to Your Cyberpunk Future.
October 5, 2018. Audio of my talk “Welcome to Your Cyberpunk Future.” Doesn’t include the Q&A. Big, responsive crowd. The slides are online here. I first gave this talk in Louisville, in September 27, 2017, and posted about it then. And KET TV posted a video of the talk (including the Q&A) as...
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Podcast #104. My Life as an SF Writer. Cyberpunk and Transrealism.
March 6, 2018. Talking to Tim Fitzmaurice’s class at Crown College, UC Santa Cruz. What it’s like to be an SF writer. Cyberpunk and transrealism as revolutionary art. Press the arrow below to play “Podcast #104. My Life as an SF Writer. Cyberpunk and Transrealism.” And, if you like, Subscribe to...
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Podcast #102. If Chatbots Talk, Where Will AI Go?
August 22, 2017. Audio from interview with Wilson Walker for KPIX evening news, taped August 1, 2017. Topic: If Facebook has chatbots that have developed their own language, what does this mean for AI? Should we be scared or hopeful? Press the arrow below to play “If Chatbots Talk, Where Will AI...
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Podcast #101 “Fat Stream”
August 21, 2017. Cyberpunk SF story, a draft as read at UC Santa Cruz on February 13, 2017. In this tale, an intense VR streaming show in San Francisco leads to something more. The final revised version was published today on the Mondo 2000 ezine. Press the arrow below to play “Fat Stream.” And…
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Podcast # 100: Conversation with Siobhan Roberts
May 12, 2017. In conversation with journalist Siobhan Roberts, discussing math, logic, writing, and publishing. Roberts is the author of a great book on the mathematician and cellular-automatist John Horton Conway, Genius at Play. She was out in the Bay Area researching for upcoming projects and...
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Podcast #99. Writing, Art, Photos, Computation
Feb 28, 2017. Interviewed by Christopher Nichols for his podcast, CG Garage. At Los Gatos Coffee Roasting cafe. Relaxed, hour-long discussion about writing, computers, and art. Press the arrow below to play “Podcast #99. Writing, Art, Photos, Computation.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy…
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Podcast #98. Lifebox Immortality Talk with Q&A at UC Santa Cruz
February 13, 2017. A talk on digital immortality, my novel Software, and the concept of a “lifebox.” Presented at Tim Fitzmaurice’s Core class at Crown College at UC Santa Cruz. Includes wide-ranging Q&A with the students also some remarks and quesitons by Tim. I read an as-yet unpublished story...
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Podcast #97. “Like a Sea Cucumber” at St. Luke’s
November 9, 2016. A reading of my story “Like a Sea Cumber,” as part of a literary evening at St. Luke’s church in Los Gatos. The story appeared on the Terraform website. Press the arrow below to play the reading. And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #97. “Like a...
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Podcast #96. “Totem Poles” by Rucker & Sterling
Aug 10, 2016. Rudy Rucker reads “Totem Poles,” a wild tale co-written with Bruce Sterling. Appears online on Tor.com today. Press the arrow below to play Rudy reading the story. And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #96. “Totem Poles” by Rucker & Sterling first...
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Podcast #95: Michael Blumlein Reads “Unrestrained and Indiscreet”
June 12, 2016. Michael Blumlein read this essay/memoir called “Unrestrained and Indiscreet” at the SF in SF series in San Francisco, during an event I shared with him. Blumlein’s deep and courageous piece begins with a light-hearted account of naming a minor Sierra peak after the author Henry…
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Podcast #94. “The Knobby Giraffe” at SF in SF
June 12, 2016. I read my story “The Knobby Giraffe” at the SF in SF series in San Francisco, an event I shared with with Michael Blumlein, whose piece appears in a separate podcast. “The Knobby Giraffe” appeared in print online in April, 2016, in Lightspeed magazine, and is also available as a...
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Podcast #93: Junk DNA from TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK
January 16, 2016. Rudy Rucker reads the Rucker & Sterling story “Junk DNA.” Funny, scary tale of genetic engineering run wild. Appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 2003. Press the arrow below to play “Junk DNA” right now! “Junk DNA” appears in Transreal Cyberpunk, a collection of the nine...
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Podcast #92: Big Jelly from TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK
January 16, 2016. Bruce Sterling reads the Rucker & Sterling story “Junk DNA.” Wild, whoop-it-up story where Silicon Valley meets Texas Big Oil. Result? Flying jellyfish. Appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1994 Press the arrow below to play “Big Jelly” right now! “Big Jelly” appears in...
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Podcast #91. “Storming the Cosmos” from TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK.
January 14, 2016. Bruce Sterling reads the Rucker & Sterling story “Storming the Cosmos.” Insanely funny atompunk take on early Soviet space program + Tunguska disaster + psychotomimetic Siberian mushrooms + Soviet beatniks + Laika the space dog. Appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1985.…
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Podcast #90. “Loco” from TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK
December 29, 2015. Bruce Sterling reads our joint story “Loco.” An engaging and florid performance. When the story appeared on Tor.com in 2012, Cory Doctorow termed it “the weirdest fucking thing I’ve ever read that managed to still make sense.” Press the arrow below to play “Loco” right now!...
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Podcast #89. “Kraken and Sage” A brand new Rucker & Sterling story. For TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK.
December 14, 2015. This week I recorded a reading of “Kraken and Sage,” a brand new, never-before-published story by me and Bruce Sterling. The podcast is about forty-five minutes long. It could be our best joint story ever. It’s about… well, it’s about Bruce and me, but it’s also about runaway...
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Podcast #88. “Hormiga Canyon” from TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK
December 7, 2015. This week I recorded and produced a reading of “Hormiga Canyon,” a story about giant ants, written by Bruce Sterling and me in 2007. The podcast is about an hour and a half long. It turned out to be quite a bit of work to perform, edit, and produce it—and certainly it […] The…
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Podcast #87. Interviewed by Doug Lain
August 11, 2015. Interviewed by author Doug Lain for his podcast Zero Squared. We mostly talked about what it’s like to have a career as a writer, with some mentions of my recent Journals 1990-2014. An edited version of the interview appeared as part of an episode on Lain’s podcast Zero Squared,...
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Podcast #86. Beat Con in SF with V. Vale. TURING & BURROUGHS.
June 28, 2015. At “Beatnik Shindig” event at Fort Mason in SF. I said a few words in praise of V. Vale and Marian Wallace. Then talked on TURING & BURROUGHS, and did Q&A. Sound is pretty good. 20 minutes in all. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #86. Beat Con in SF with V. Vale....
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Podcast #85. Reading from JOURNALS at Borderlands. June 13, 2015.
June 13, 2015. At Borderlands Books. I read about six passages from Journals 1990-2014, about 45 minutes, including long Q & A. Some passages read are the same as in Santa Cruz Podcast #84, but most are different. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #85. Reading from JOURNALS at...
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Podcast #84. Reading from JOURNALS, Santa Cruz
May 1, 2015. Event in Santa Cruz, sponsored by Scott Clements of LOGOS Books. The tape includes part of an introduction by Scott’s partner Andrew, the organizer of the “Santa Cruz College” lecture series. I read about six passages from my Journals 1990-2014, and then we did Q&A. Good sound…
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Podcast #83. Rudy Rucker discusses THE HOLLOW EARTH
March 24, 2015. Interviewed by Robin Ince for a BBC Channel 4 broadcast on the theme of the Hollow Earth. Tape made in my home by Mark Mollineaux. Doesn’t include Robin Ince’s prompts, just my statements about history of the Hollow Earth concept and about my novel The Hollow Earth. Subscribe to...
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Podcast #82. Reading. “The Attack of the Giant Ants”
October 18, 2014. Story read by Rucker at the Lit Crawl 2014 event Dark Lords of Cyberpunk. “The Attack of the Giant Ants” was inspired by the classic B movie THEM. Story appeared in the Motherboard webzine Terraform. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #82. Reading. “The Attack…
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Podcast #81. Reading. “Laser Shades.”
June 11, 2014. Rucker reads his short SF story, “Laser Shades,” written for Robert Shults’s photo book THE SUPERLATIVE LIGHT, which contains photos of the Austin, Texas, Petawatt Laser Lab. Taped in Rucker’s home studio, good sound. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #81.…
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Podcast #80. Song: For ALL THE VISIONS. “Rucker Songs”
This song is from Roy Whelden’s album LIKE A PASSING RIVER, which was in part inspired by my novel ALL THE VISIONS. “Rucker Songs” is an operatic oratorio featuring the playing of Roy Whelden and the American Baroque quartet, with Karen Clark singing. The words are drawn from intense closing...
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Podcast #79. Reading. From ALL THE VISIONS. “What’s the point?”
Roy Whelden’s album LIKE A PASSING RIVER includes this recording of me reading from the ending of ALL THE VISIONS, wondering what’s the point of life at all. This recording was made early in 2005. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #79. Reading. From ALL THE VISIONS. “What’s the...
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Podcast #78. Reading. From ALL THE VISIONS. “I’m going to die.”
Roy Whelden’s album LIKE A PASSING RIVER includes this recording of me reading “from the beginning of ALL THE VISIONS, talking about my realization at age 16 that eventually I have to die. This recording was made early in 2005. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #78. Reading.…
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Podcast #77. Reading. From ALL THE VISIONS
April 12, 2014. Reading the climactic rant from my Kerouac scroll novel, ALL THE VISIONS, at the Brainwash laundromat-cafe in the SOMA area of San Francisco for David Gill and his Pravic science-fiction zinesters. Plus a short Q&A on transrealism and the future of SF. About 20 mins long.…
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Podcast #76. Reading: THE BIG AHA with Q&A at Scribd.
March 27, 2014. At Scribd in San Francisco. Introductory discussion of how I wrote BIG AHA, short reading from BIG AHA, extensive Q&A discussion. Good, responsive crowd—Scribd employees. About 45 mins. Thanks to Carrie Jones for organizing the event. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post...
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Podcast #75. Talk. “Cosmic and Robotic Consciousness”.
Feb 1, 2014. A talk at the Transhuman Visions conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Thirty minutes including the Q&A. Ideas relating to my novel THE BIG AHA. Some good laughs from the crowd. The sound quality is poor, as there was an echo in the hall. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The...
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Podcast #74. Reading. THE BIG AHA, with Art Show Tour.
Jan 17, 2014. Opening party for my BIG AHA Paintings show at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, the show from Jan 17 – March 15, 2014. Tape includes my description of my novel THE BIG AHA, two short readings, some Q&A, and my “tour” of the paintings on the walls. To SEE the paintings while […]…
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Podcast #73. Talk. “Speculations on Future Computations”
Nov 14, 2013. Computer Science department Colloquium talk on future forms of computation. Given at San Jose State. The slides are here as a PDF file. Talk is about an hour long, with some Q&A. The first five minutes of my talk are missing from the recording. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The...
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Podcast #72. Interview: By V. Vale.
Aug 29, 2013. Audio of a video filmed for The Counter Culture Hour, public access TV show in San Francisco. Interviewed by V. Vale of RE/Search publications. Lasts a full hour. Rudy’s career and his NESTED SCROLLS memoir, William Burroughs and TURING & BURROUGHS, punk scenes in SF, painting and...
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Podcast #71. Interview: By LOCUS Magazine.
May 2, 2013. An interview by Liza Groen Trombi taped for Locus magazine on May 2, 2013. An edited transcript appeared in the June, 2013, issue. Topics include my autobio NESTED SCROLLS, my novel TURING & BURROUGHS, and the novel THE BIG AHA. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast…
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Podcast #70. Talk & Reading. The Fourth Dimension & “Message Found in a Copy of Flatland”.
March 19, 2013. Teaching a guest class for mathematician Thomas Banchoff at University of San Francisco, discussing concepts of the fourth dimension of space, Abbott’s FLATLAND, and ideas about portals to parallel worlds. Podcast ends with a reading of the second half of the story, “Message Found...
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