All Episodes
SciFi Thoughts — 350 episodes
357 Janet Stilson’s novel Universe of Lost Messages
356 The Charismites series: where Romance mixes with Media Power
355 Author Janet Stilson tells about Charismites
353 Author Janet Stilson’s world of The Charismites series
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