All Episodes

346 Family in The Xenophobes by production assistant Nancy Stover

345 The Xenophobes: Actor Chris Butler plays the Pilot

344 The Xenophobes: Actor Sterling Mathew Oliver

343 Svetlana Tulasi — Star of The Xenophobes

342 THE XENOPHOBES movie, streaming near YOU

341 Beliefs, Media bias, and the Tension between Society and Individual

340 Fascism of the USA versus Star Trek, Star Wars, Blade Runner, and The Man in the High Castle

339 Future Visions of Fascism

338 Fascism portrayed in Retrospective and Contemporary Science Fiction

337 Fascism portrayed in Science Fiction

336 Minute Men franchise and sequel

335 How the MINUTE MEN got their powers

334 Lawerence and Christopher Connolly and the Characters of Minute Men

333 Author Lawrence Connolly and Christopher Connolly create Minute Men

332 Author Richard Sparks talks shop about Book Projects and English Literary Giants

331 Story Structure and GOT discussion with Author Richard Sparks

330 Author Richard Sparks teases Book 3 and tells what lengths Douglas Adams would go to avoid writing

329 NEW ROCK NEW REALM deep dive with Richard Sparks

328 Richard Sparks reading of NEW ROCK NEW REALM

327 LA writing wonder Richard Sparks on being friends with Douglas Adams and writing Speculative Fiction

326 FOUNDATION 3rd season—the Psychohistory Plan and the Mule

325 FOUNDATION 3rd season, a tour of the opening episodes

324 FOUNDATION 3rd season, how close is it to the books?

323 The Chromatics—astronomically correct a cappella

322 Alan Smale reads from his novel RADIANT SKY

321 Vivian Carter, heroine of HOT MOON and RADIANT SKY

320 Alan Smale’s Apollo Rising series: HOT MOON and RADIANT SKY

319 Alan Smale, Spec Fic Author and NASA Scientist

318 Botswana Culture and Author Tlotlo Tsamaase

317 True Crime and Tlotlo Tsamaase

316 WOMB CITY, reading by author Tlotlo Tsamaase

315 How to “peel” time in Tlotlo Tsamaase short story PEELING TIME

314 Introducing Motswana author Tlotlo Tsamaase

313 How Writers Read Books

312 Fiction with a frame of Telling a Story

311 Why William Preston ends his Tales of the Old Man series

310 William Preston reads from TO MAKE AN END (Tales of the Old Man)

309 Doc Savage, The Old Man—Pulp Fiction and Personal Improvement

308 Multigenerational Story Telling

307 William Preston’s Neo-pulp Fiction

306 Comedy and Science-Fiction & Fantasy Genres

305 Dinner with William Shatner

304 Richard Sparks reads from novel NEW ROCK NEW ROLE

303 Richard Sparks’s novel NEW ROCK NEW ROLE, video games and role playing mashup

302 Friends with Douglas Adams and other True Stories of the London TV Scene

301 Author Ricard Sparks talks about Video Gaming

300 Raised by a Library

299 Afropantheology

298 How Ann Rice inspired a Nigerian to go into Speculative Fiction

297 Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s Afropantheology

296 More SpaceX Spacesuits, How to Get Involved in Space, & Makerspace

295 Testing SpaceX’s Space Suit

294 Space Suit Fundamentals

293 Defining BAD ASS for SpaceX’s Spacesuit

292 Morris Vanegas’ Spacesuits, a Latino 30 Under 30 Award Winner

291 Harry Turtledove tells about THE GUNS OF THE SOUTH and other Novels

290 Harry Turtledove on TWICE AS DEAD and other New Novels

289 Harry Turtledove discusses Influencing People and Winning Friends on Twitter

288 Author Harry Turtledove’s THE WAGES OF SIN

287 Master of Alternative History, Author Harry Turtledove

286 LARP and author David D Levine

285 Meet the Cannibal Club, Reading by author David D Levine

284 Cannibal Club, unlikely Heroes in David D Levine’s THE KUIPER BELT JOB

283 Author David D Levine, What you are is where you were when

282 InterstellarNet novel series by Edward M Lerner

281 Author Edward M Lerner introduces ON THE SHOALS OF SPACE-TIME

280 LIFE AND DEATH ON MARS—Billionaire Cabal, a Space Race with China, and a NASA Systems Engineer

279 LIFE AND DEATH ON MARS, author Edward M. Lerner’s new novel

278 Edward M. Lerner, Perpetrator of Science Fiction and Techno-thrillers

277 Netflix’s 3 Body Problem—Easter eggs, interesting word choices for translation, and DHALGREN reveal!

276 Netflix’s 3 Body Problem—Cultural differences between Chinese and the rest of Us

275 Netflix’s 3 Body Problem—Earth Mounts a Defense against Invasion (spoilers)

274 Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Season 1 Overview (spoilers)

273 Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Season 1 (spoilers)

272 How Seattle Writers Cramp Helps Writers

271 Author LM Sagas tells more about Cascade Failure and sequel Gravity Lost

270 Jal’s screwed up life in Cascade Failure

269 Factions of Cascade Failure: the Trust, the Union, and the Guild

268 How Reading Cascade Failure makes You Smile

267 Getting to know SciFi Fantasy author L.M. Sagas

266 Feeling of the Firefly Family with the Vastness of The Expanse, ∆V:Rings of Saturn

265 Polish Science Fiction Grandmaster Stanisław Lem

264 Truly Simulate Piloting and still be Fun, ∆V: Rings of Saturn

263 Concept Development of ∆V:Rings of Saturn

262 Introducing ∆V:Rings of Saturn

261 THE REINVENTED DETECTIVE, the future of justice, and editors Jennifer Brozek and Cat Rambo

260 View the future in THE REINVENTED DETECTIVE anthology

259 Introducing THE REINVENTED DETECTIVE anthology

258 Author KR Richardson & Lancer discuss Classic SciFi greats Bester, Pohl, and Kornbluth

257 Author KR Richardson talks of Science, Editing, and hinderances of when your Publisher gets Bought

256 Murder 20,000 Meters Underwater

255 How Science is always Causing Pain & Chekhov’s gun with author Kat Richardson

254 BLOOD ORBIT—Kat Richardson’s science fiction Police Procedural

253 Author Kat Richardson shares why she writes Noir Fiction

252 Foundation Season 2—The Mule, Earth, and Demerzel

251 Foundation Season 2—Is Foundation just another shirty Empire?

250 Foundation Season 2—Hari Seldon’s backstory and Trantor’s new Princess

249 Foundation Season 2—Gaal’s Betrayal

248 Avoiding the “Great Filter”—enough Wisdom to protect us from our Knowledge

247 Saving Humanity by Overcoming Great Filters

246 How Moore’s Law Projects when Humanity will be Interstellar

245 How Expanding Off-World Creates Hope for our Youth

244 JPL Scientist talks of Surviving the Great Filter

243 AI Series—Why Drown in Dystopia?

242 AI Series—When will AI get Traction? Buying Nvida, Shorting Car Insurance, and the Dead Internet Theory

241 AI Series—Even with UBI you will still Need a Job if you want a Starship

240 AI Series—UBI + AI = Stability

239 AI Series—Technological Unemployment and Universal Basic Income

238 Will AI break Capitalism?

237 Author Colin Curtis reads from The 9TH COLONY

236 Science Fiction Culture and Author Colin Curtis tells of his UFO Encounter

235 THE 9TH COLONY author Colin Curtis talks the impacts of Science Fiction on Reality

234 Colin Curtis talks about Aliens: Conspiracy or Not?

233 Colin Curtis’s novel THE 9TH COLONY

232 Solar Decision Table by SciFi Thoughts

231 12kW of Solar Power for Large Old House

230 How to get your Home Solar Power System

229 Is a Solar Powered Home Worthwhile?

228 Benifits of Owning your own Solar Power Generation

227 History of Solar Energy and Explaining PV Warranties

226 Keeping yourself Safe Online, tips from Cyber Forensics Expert Brett Shavers

225 TV, Movies, CSI, and Cyber Forensics, with Expert Brett Shavers

224 Cyber Forensics Expert Brett Shavers Tells about his Non-Fiction Book that’s in the Works

223 Cyber Forensics Expert Brett Shavers shares why he wrote PLACING THE SUSPECT BEHIND THE KEYBOARD

222 Brett Shavers has been Stabbed and has Chased Bad Guys at High Speed, and now he’s written PLACING THE SUSPECT BEHIND THE KEYBOARD

221 WattPad STAR🌟Abby Goldsmith goes Deep into Torth and Why it’s Successful

220 WattPad STAR🌟Abby Goldsmith reads from TORTH BOOK 1 : MAJORITY

219 Blocked by Traditional Publishing then Pivoted to Serializing Fiction, WattPad STAR🌟Abby Goldsmith

218 WattPad STAR✨ Abby Goldsmith and the Challenge of Writing a 1.5 MILLION WORD Story

217 WattPad STAR✨ Abby Goldsmith

216 Austin Film Festival, Mesa Segura, and Productizing Unfinished Work

215 Audio Drama Production Tips, with J. Darris Mitchell

214 J. Darris Mitchell’s INTERSTELLAR SUNRISE Audio Drama

213 J. Darris Mitchell’s INTERSTELLAR SPRING Series

212 J. Darris Mitchell’s Ecological Science Fiction

211 Who is SPIDER MAN’s Miles Morales

210 What it’s like Working at Sony PlayStation

209 How MARVEL’s SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES came to PlayStation

208 Author Robbie Sheerin Reads from TALES FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION

207 Author Robbie Sheerin talks about Novel in progress, THE ORB

206 Advice on Writing a Short Story Collection

205 Author Robbie Sheerin tells of TALES FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION

204 Novelist, Marvel Comic author David Liss talks about The Peculiarities

203 Black Panther and Mystery Men Comic Book writer David Liss talks about Marvel

202 Novelist David Liss wants Kids to Read Great Science Fiction

201 Living the NASA Dream: No Failure can be Worse than Regret

200 A talk with POTUS and Landing Day on Mars

199 Long Haul NASA Space Missions, Dr Swati Mohan

198 Profile of NASA Space Explorer Dr Swati Mohan

197 Making of a NASA Scientist

196 Rockets & Robots Authors, a young adult science fiction

195 Kid Friendly Fiction and Word Balloon Books, with editors James and Cheryl Maxey

194 James and Cheryl Maxey, the Rockets & Robots Anthology, Kid Friendly Fiction and Indy Book Selling Secrets

193 Author Marshall Ryan Maresca tells tales of Maradaine and Dieselpunk

192 Author Marshall Ryan Maresca tells of different types of Science Fiction Conventions

191 How Author Marshall Ryan Maresca made the jump from Stage Craft to Authorship, and more ArmadilloCon

190 Author Marshall Ryan Maresca and ArmadilloCon EXPOSED!

189 AG Slatter tells about Clarion South and Bad Days in the life of a Greek Woman

188 Author Angela (AG) Slatter tells of growing up in Australia

187 Author, professor Adam Roberts discusses Getting Language Correct for Foreign Settings

186 Hive Minds, Twitter, Heigel, it’s all in Adam Roberts’s THE THIS

185 Enjoy Adam Roberts company as Lancer makes him uncomfortable Marketing Adam’s novel PURGATORY MOUNT

184 Catholic SciFi with an American twist, Purgatory Mount

183 Adam Roberts’s novel THE THING ITSELF

182 Origins of Science Fiction discussed with Professor and Author Adam Roberts, Editor of CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION

181 University of London English Professor Adam Roberts on Tolkien

180 Adam Roberts, Vice President of the HG Wells Society, reveals scandalous bits about HG Wells

179 Tips from a Lunar Explorer on how you can be an Explorer too

178 Manual work for Discovering Alien Objects on the Moon

177 How Discovering Moon Debris made a Software Engineer Famous

176 Software Engineer gets the Keys to the City and State

175 Real Life Discoverer of Lost Lunar Lander—Shanmuga

174 Author David Ebenbach comes clean on why NO sex on Mars

173 HOW TO MARS: Should there be Law on Mars?

172 David Ebenbach’s HOW TO MARS novel

171 Sorry but there will be No SEX on Mars

170 The Alien Stars, a reading by its Hugo Award winning author Tim Pratt

169 Making it in the Arts, advice from Hugo Award winning author Tim Pratt

168 Hugo award winning author Tim Pratt on Growing up in Rural North Carolina

167 Learn how to Live in UNITY, as Read by Novelist Elly Bangs

166 Being part of a Collective Consciousness in the Novel UNITY

165 Elly Bangs introduces her Science Fiction Novel UNITY

164 Active Studio Displays of the Mandalorian

163 Korean Pirates, Voice Acting, and dissing Pokémon Cards

162 BlazeSky Short Story and Why no Michael Ironside

161 Characters of BlazeSky

160 The Foundation’s Psychohistory—religion or science?

159 The Foundation and Manifest Destiny

158 What is the “Foundation?”

157 Kardashev Scale, The big picture on space civilizations

156 PK Dick award nominated FAILED STATE by Christopher Brown

155 How Texas is a Stimulating Place for Writing SF, told by Christopher Brown

154 Christopher Brown loses twenty bucks to Hunter S Thompson

153 CliFi, SciFi, and Legal Thrillers, The Pillars of a Christopher Brown Novel

152 Christopher Brown’s Gonzo Lawyerly Science Fiction

151 Author M.R. Carey Reads from The Book of Kohli

150 M.R. Carey Plies his Talent between Comics and Novels

149 M.R. Carey tells us about writing The Girl with All the Gifts

148 M.R. Carey, author of The Girl With All The Gifts

147 Bill Preston’s Reading from HELPING THEM TAKE THE OLD MAN DOWN

146 How being a publishing science fiction writer affects how you teach English, plus a tip from George Saunders

145 Much ado about Genre, Ray Bradbury, and Early American Writers

144 Author and Educator Bill Preston talks Literary Science Fiction, Ray Bradbury, and Spock

143 Tiki Al’s brush with Mouse Jail

142 Props Master Al Zequeira reveals his Secrets to getting into the Props Biz

141 Tiki Al and the Goods and Bads of Shanghai

140 Tiki Al goes to Hollywood

139 From high school to Hollywood, Life of a Hollywood Props Master

138 Al Zequeira Hollywood Master of Props

137 Love is the Key Ingredient to the Survival of our Human Civilization

136 The Time and Location of Peak Civilization—Life initiated by Love then ends in Self Destruction

135 Civilization Self Destruction is the most Influential Parameter in Why there’s a Fermi Paradox

134 The Factors to Intelligent Life on Planets in the Milky Way

133 JPL scientist Jonathan Jiang Investigates the Fermi Paradox

132 Novelist Tom Doyle tells us about American Craftsman

131 Novelist Tom Doyle Reads from Space Opera BORDER CROSSER

130 Novelist Tom Doyle describes the psychological foundation of his novel Border Crosser

129 Tom Doyle talks of Eris’s Borderline Personality Disorder

128 Space Opera that JG Ballard would have wanted, authored by Tom Doyle

127 There are those who write Short Stories and then there are Garrulous Bastards who write Novels

126 Virtual Science Fiction Conventions

125 Confessions of an Analog MAFIA Hitman, Bud Sparhawk

124 Bud Sparhawk on, Life of a Short Fiction Author

123 How RZ Held feels about writing Space Opera

122 RZ Held and Dungeon Scrawlers, a D&D Livestream with Literary Friends

121 RZ Held talks of Downshifting during COVID times

120 RZ Held reading from CLEAN INSTALL, a space opera novella

119 RZ Held’s Amsterdam Institute, a Space Opera Series

118 RZ Held’s Space Opera brings back Rome and France, but not exactly

117 Tim C Taylor on Why Understanding People is as Equally Important to Writing well as Writing

116 Tim C Taylor’s Human Legion

115 How Beer inspired Tim C Taylor’s The Human Legion

114 Tim C Taylor’s Military Space Opera Fusion

113 Valence, an Audio Drama

112 Wil Williams growing up with Science Fiction

111 SciFi Audio Dramas with Wil Williams

110 More Christian Slater and Will the Thrill

109 Vic Valentine: Space Cadet, by Will the Thrill Viharo

108 Slipstream and the Tiki Movement

107 Christian Slater and Will the Thrill Viharo

106 Will Viharo and the Launch of Thrillville

105 Solarification and Tips for Pampering your EV

104 Garden of Eatin’

103 Living Sustainably with David Silvan

102 Tim McDaniel’s Guaranteed System to Getting Published in Analog, or Is It?

101 Tim McDaniel, going from Peace Corps to Good Morning Vietnam, then to Science Fiction, and finally Jedi of Long Story Titles

100 Robert Heinlein told Tim McDaniel, Don’t Stop Writing

099 Why BlazeSky is a Game instead of a Book

098 BlazeSky Role-plays “Why no Aliens?”

097 Space Opera BlazeSky from Double Robot

096 Great Fiction for Covid times—the Writing Craft of Matheson’s I AM LEGEND

095 Great Fiction for Covid times—I AM LEGEND, the Author and his Works

094 Great Fiction for Covid times—I AM LEGEND, how the book ends

093 Great Fiction for Covid times—Matheson’s I AM LEGEND

092 Necropolis PD, Steampunk Peridot Series, and Military SF from Parvus Press

091 PoliSci SciFi, IF THIS GOES ON, from Parvus Press

090 Parvus Press talks about the Book Publishing Biz

089 Parvus Press Science Fiction and Fantasy

088 RPGs, Lost in Space, and BSG

087 Katharine’s Literary SciFi Reads, Minority Cultures, and Privilege

086 Growing up Episcopalian with Star Trek The Next Generation

085 Director Guy and what it’s like to release a 15-month project

084 Creation and selling Director Guy, with Edward Gauthier

083 Star Trek Discovery, with Ian Thomas Malone

082 Growing up with Star Trek

081 Deep Space 9, Lithuania, and Serialized versus Episodic

080 Trans Novelist Talks on Equality in Star Trek and Mr. Rodgers

079 Star Trek Voyager’s doctor, AI, and Morgan Freeman with Ian Thomas Malone

078 Savvy Rotten Tomatoes (approved) Critic Discourses on Trek and Discovery

077 Best Selling author Roy Huff on Time Travel, Space Opera, and Everville

076 Best Selling Author Roy Huff’s Think Smart Not Hard

075 Best Selling Author Roy Huff’s Outlining Process

074 Inside the mind of novelist Roy Huff

073 How a Geek finds a Niche growing up in the South, Roy Huff

072 Roy Huff, Meteorologist and Author

071 The Architect who writes Literary SciFi, Chip Houser

070 Literary Science Fiction with Chip Houser

069 Fiction that Hugo Award winner Will McIntosh is cooking up in his Writer’s Room

068 Hugo Award winning author Will McIntosh talks about Tough Revisions

067 Hugo Award Winner or just a Nominee?, Will McIntosh

066 Hugo Award Winning author William McIntosh

065 Dark Mirror and Greek Tragedy Tropes with Maggie MacAlpine

064 Opining about Babylon 5 and The Expanse, with Maggie MacAlpine

063 Maggie MacAlpine loves Monsters

062 Orphan Black audio series writer Madeline Ashby

061 Orphan Black Audio Drama

060 Bob Sojka’s Cross Cultural Flair

059 The Makings of a Woowoo Science Fictionist, Bob Sojka

058 Woowoo SciFi with Bob Sojka

057 Argosy Magazine’s Pulp Past and New Future, with Daniel Bazinga

056 Orson Scott Card’s MICE, but enhanced, with Larry Hodges

055 Satirical style of Larry Hodges

054 What do the Mule, Psychohistory, the Internet waking up, and Kirinyaga have in common

053 SciFi is about the Idea, with author Larry Hodges

052 AE Canadian Science Fiction Review

051 Joel Boyce, AEScifi Feature Writer

050 Introducing AESciFi Magazine

043 RZ Held’s vision for Space Opera

042 Rhiannon Held, from Archeology to writing Science Fiction

041 Rhiannon Held, Urban Fantasy now and next…

049 PK Dick Award reading of 84K by Claire North

048 PK Dick Award reading of AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES by Vandana Singh

047 PK Dick Award reading of THE BODY LIBRARY by Jeff Noon

046 PK Dick Award reading of THEORY OF BASTARDS by Audrey Schulman

045 PK Dick Award reading of ALIEN VIRUS LOVE DISASTER–STORIES by Abby Mie Ottis

044 PK Dick Award reading of Time Was by Ian McDonald

040 What Drives Joe Stech of Compelling Science Fiction magazine

039 Compelling Science Fiction’s high-end Brain Trust

038 Compelling Science Fiction Magazine talks about Plausibility

037 Clarkesworld’s Chinese Science Fiction Translation Project

036 Amateur Detectives and the Faeries Who Love Them

035 Space Opera and Wolf Packs, with author editor Manny Frishberg

034 Twilight Zone and Short Fiction, with author editor Manny Frishberg ​

033 Miss Wisenheimer Audio Drama Idea

032 Dr. Who and Tony Jones

031 Michael Moorcock’s a book in three days, with author Tony Jones

030 Doc Savage Formula, with author Tony Jones

029 Using Structures to help your Writing, with author Tony Jones ​

027 Grim Oak Press Versus Medical Debt

026 Fusing Music and Fantasy with Patrick Swenson

025 Fairwood Press

028 SciFi Kids react to Season 2 Star Trek Discovery NYC ComicCon trailer

024 Rainforest Writers Village

023 Music Man Swenson

022 Author Patrick Swenson, the man behind the mystery

021 How a Clarkesworld Editor Moonlights

020 Clarkesworld Podcast

019 Proudest Moment for the Editor of Clarkesworld

018 What is a Clarkesworld story?

017 The Worst Thing that’s ever Happened to Neil Clarke

016 Clarkesworld Magazine

015 Progessive SciFi and how to get kicked out of a Democratic Caucus

014 Alternative Theologies with Bob Brown

013 A New Genre TRUMP PUNK is Born!

012 From D&D on an Aircraft Carrier to Published Author, with Bob Brown

011 Science fiction as a forbidden genre, with Bob Brown

010 Bob Brown, politics and scifi, and the incident of the asterisks

009 Newt Gingrich, Bob Brown, and NPR

008 From Facebook to Anthology in Ninety Days with Bob Brown

007 Star Trek Discovery Season 2 Trailer Reaction

006 The Eras of Science Fiction

005 Science Fiction becomes a Word

004 SciFi Genesis

003 Steampunk

002 Cyberpunk

001 Introduction to SciFi Thoughts