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The Wolf Of All StreetsWall Street Legend Rick Edelman: 40% of Your Portfolio Should Be Bitcoin And CryptoIn this episode of The Wolf Of All Streets, I sat down with legendary financial advisor Ric Edelman to break down why he believes crypto belongs in every portfolio. We talked about why the old 60/40 model is dead, how institutional adoption is changing everything, and why Bitcoin could be the best chance we have to close the wealth gap. If you're a financial advisor—or just want to understand how this all fits together—you need to hear this.
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2025-07-2756 min
Why Not Say What Happened?Episode 18: The Day I Should Have Defended Herb TrimpeAnother look back on my early comics career has me considering the possible reason Robert De Niro's Max Cady character cared about Captain Marvel in the 1991 movie Cape Fear, the day Jim Shooter and I parachuted out of an airplane (and why an ambulance was called), my surprise over a 1974 House of Mystery submission to editor Joe Orlando, why 2025 Scott is curious about what Crystal leaving the Fantastic Four meant to the 1970 fanboy I was, the reason Doc Savage and Scooter Pies are inextricably linked in my memory, my regret over not having defended artist Herb Trimpe from his...
2025-02-1034 min
Why Not Say What Happened?Episode 13: How Joker Co-creator Jerry Robinson Predicted I’d Work in ComicsAs I consider the way getting rejected by the Clarion Workshop in 1974 helped me break into comics and getting accepted by the Clarion Workshop in 1979 helped me break out of comics, I remember the writing schedule suggested by Harlan Ellison which proved impossible for me, the terrible comics-related advice I got from Damon Knight, Thomas M. Disch's tips for building better characters, the questions Robin Scott Wilson wanted us to ask when critiquing short stories, the night Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson predicted I'd work in comics someday, the Barbie artist who painted me with tattoos and drew my portrait...
2025-01-0536 min
Why Not Say What Happened?Episode 5: My Rooftop Dance with Larry LieberJoin me as I demonstrate the limits of my memory by telling tales of why my first Worldcon was supposed to have been my second Worldcon, the question I never got around to asking my cousin, the actor Herb Edelman, which song I sang while dancing across a Manhattan rooftop with Larry Lieber, what Fantastic Four moment motivated the first letter I ever wrote to a comic book company, the string of serendipities which led to one of my DC horror stories being adapted as an episode of Tales from the Darkside, how the Washington Post got me a...
2024-10-2926 min
Why Not Say What Happened?Episode 2: The Day Jim Starlin Painted My FaceThis time around, my upcoming Guest of Honor appearance at next year's StokerCon causes me ramble about the night in 2004 Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, George Saunders, and I were all up in the same Bram Stoker Awards category (and all lost), how I used my cousin Herb Edelman to break the ice when chatting with Hollywood stars such as John Astin and Jeff Bridges, why I dragged a fan kicking and screaming from a 1976 comic book convention while wearing face makeup painted on me by Jim Starlin, and more.
2024-10-0715 min
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Show Present Emmy & Grammy-Winning TV Comedy Writer Rob KutnerRob Kutner has won 5 Emmys, a Peabody, a TCA, and a Grammy writing for such shows as TBS’ “CONAN” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.’ He co-created the fact-based comedy TV show “Gander.” Rob’s other TV writing includes “Teen Titans Go!” “Ben10” “Angry Birds: Summer Madness” and HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live.” He has also written material for the Oscars, Emmys, Writers’ Guild Awards, MTV Movie Awards, Guys’ Choice Awards, and two White House Correspondents’ Dinners. He has developed kids’ and adult animated series for Warner Brothers and SyFy. Rob is the author of the satirical end-of-times bestseller Apocalypse How: Turn the End of Times into the B...
2024-09-221h 23
Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan#232. - Scott Edelman - returns as our guest - antisemitism in US. CollegesPlease welcome Scott Edelman back to our Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast.
Scott Edelman - we talk this time with us about antisemitism in US. Colleges. Mr. Edelman retired from the United States Foreign Service (diplomatic corps) within the U.S. Department of State in 2015 following 35 years of service largely focused on the Middle East and intelligence analysis.
Mr. Edelman entered government service in 1980 as an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. In that capacity, he followed and analyzed political developments in East Africa (1980-83) and Eastern Europe (1986-89), receiving an Exceptional Performance...
2023-11-1536 min
Dollar Bin BanditsScott EdelmanAs a writer who wore many hats, Scott Edelman has storytelling in his blood. From writing and editing at Marvel to working on various science fiction magazines and even a professional wrestling publication, his narrative skills set him apart. At Marvel, he created their Scarecrow and edited X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and more. Check out Scott's website: scottedelman.com._____________________If you like this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. And if you really like this podcast, support what we do as a member of the Do...
2023-11-101h 13Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan#227 - SCOTT EDELMAN- Foreign Service Officer (retired) U.S. Department of State - returns as our guest at Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast.SCOTT EDELMAN- Foreign Service Officer (retired) U.S. Department of State - returns as our guest at Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast.
Mr. Edelman will talk about the Hamas horrifying attack on Israel; Israel at war; the current situation, and what the future might look like.
Mr. Edelman retired from the United States Foreign Service (diplomatic corps) within the U.S. Department of State in 2015 following 35 years of service largely focused on the Middle East and intelligence analysis. Mr. Edelman entered government service in 1980 as an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. In...
2023-10-1744 min
Eating the FantasticEpisode 208: Capclave Donut CarnivalRelive Capclaves past and present during the lightning-round Capclave Donut Carnival, where you'll hear R. Z. Held and me bond over rejection, David Hacker explain his love of listening to writers read, Michael Dirda recall why Orson Scott Card once kneeled before him on an elevator, James Morrow share his fascination with Charles Darwin, how Katy Lewis found her husband through Dungeons and Dragons, Michael Walsh's favorite moment as a con chair (which involved Howard Waldrop, Gardner Dozois, and George R. R. Martin), Bill Lawhorn clarify the creation of the bronze dodo, Sarah Pinsker reveal how and why her...
2023-10-032h 14
Odyssey SF/F Writing Workshop PodcastsScott Edelman on Choosing the Best Character for Your Story IdeaAn excerpt from the lecture Scott Edelman gave at Odyssey in the summer of 1999 on choosing the best character for your story idea.
2022-11-0410 minCourageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan#92 ---Our quest - Scott Edelman - Retired U.S. Diplomat - Why Socialism is not for AmericaCourageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast - invites you to hear and watch an important message from our guest - Scott Edelman - Retired U.S. Diplomat from the Unites States Foreign Service within the U.S. Department of State .
Mr. Edelman entered government service in 1980 as an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. In that capacity, he followed and analyzed political developments in East Africa (1980-83) and Eastern Europe (1986-89).
As a political officer at the United States Embassy in Bucharest, Romania (1984-86). I had worked closely with Mr. Edelman and other diplomats at the American Emb...
2022-06-1827 minCourageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan#88--- Scott Edelman - Retired U.S. Diplomate - Why Socialism is not the solution for America
Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast - invites you to hear and watch an important message from our guest - Scott Edelman - Retired U.S. Diplomate from the Unites States Foreign Service within the U.S. Department of State .
Mr. Edelman entered government service in 1980 as an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. In that capacity, he followed and analyzed political developments in East Africa (1980-83) and Eastern Europe (1986-89).
As a political officer at the United States Embassy in Bucharest, Romania (1984-86). I had worked closely with Mr. Edelman and other diplomats at the American Embassy...
2022-05-1827 min
Scott Herrold's SOS Radio PodcastKathleen Edelman - Understanding Our Kids Wiring When Our Communication Stinks!Kathleen Edelman is a best selling author & counselor. She talks with Scott Herrold about the difference between your child's personality and natural wiring. She explains four different types of wiring that affect how children process our communication.
1. People focused extrovert
2. Task focused extrovert
3. People focused introvert
4. Task focused introvert
(A key difference between introverts & extroverts isn't how outgoing they are, it's more about how they recharge!) In addition, Kathleen discusses the difference between listening to understand and listening to respond. This discussion could be a breakthrough in the way your child processes your communication!
2022-04-0521 min
Scott Herrold's SOS Radio PodcastKathleen Edelman - Understanding Our Kids Wiring When Our Communication Stinks!Kathleen Edelman is a best selling author & counselor. She talks with Scott Herrold about the difference between your child's personality and natural wiring. She explains four different types of wiring that affect how children process our communication. 1. People focused extrovert 2. Task focused extrovert 3. People focused introvert 4. Task focused introvert (A key difference between introverts & extroverts isn't how outgoing they are, it's more about how they recharge!) In addition, Kathleen discusses the difference between listening to understand and listening to respond. This discussion could be a breakthrough in the way your child processes your communication!
2022-04-0521 min
Eating the FantasticEpisode 161: José Pablo IriarteNibble Neapolitan pizza with José Pablo Iriarte as we discuss their go-to karaoke song, why being a math teacher makes it even harder to write about math, what they learned from Speaker for the Dead, how their feelings about Orson Scott Card help them empathize with those struggling over J.K. Rowling today, why they trunked their favorite story until a friend convinced them to send it out, their method for writing successful flash fiction, why they had no problem keeping their Nebula nomination a secret, how to create a good elevator pitch, and much more.
2021-12-241h 32
Eating the FantasticEpisode 148: Joshua BilmesDig into dolmades with agent extraordinaire Joshua Bilmes as we discuss how the COVID-19 lockdown impacted the publishing industry, what he learned by visiting 238 Borders bookstores, the offer he's made to bookstore employees he's surprised has never been taken up, how writing letters to Analog led to his career as an agent, what life was like at the famed Scott Meredith literary agency, the fact which had he but known he might not have gone out on his own as an agent, why he's had to redefine what "pleasure" means, what he has to say to people who think...
2021-07-021h 52
TOGCHAT Photography PodcastScott Robert Lim - Sony Artisan and Master PhotographerJoin me for a great discussion with Sony Artisan and international master photographer Scott Robert Lim.
Sony Artisan and international master photographer Scott Robert Lim is a certified educator and has over 70 international awards to his name, including Top Ten Most Influential, Kodak Award, World's Top Wedding Photographers, and has been a judge at many international photography competitions.
His work has been published and viewed by thousands all over the world and is a popular speaker around the world. For the last decade, he has dedicated his career to developing world-class photographers and loves teaching p...
2021-01-201h 34
Eating the FantasticEpisode 126: Farah MendlesohnJoin Farah Mendlesohn for tea and scones as we discuss the reasons Robert A. Heinlein resonated with her, how her early and current readings of Heinlein differ, why the science fiction of the '30s was far more politically radical than that of the '40s and '50s, her deliberately controversial comment about Ursula K. Le Guin, the circumstances under which she's more interested in the typical rather than the groundbreaking, that period during the '20s when everyone was fascinated by glands, the one Heinlein book she wishes we'd go back and reread, our joint distaste for...
2020-08-281h 49
Eating the FantasticEpisode 125: Stephen DedmanPolish off prawn pizza with Stephen Dedman as we discuss how the Apollo 11 moon landing introduced him to science fiction, what his father told him which changed his plan to become a cartoonist, the huge difference the Internet made in the lives of Australian writers, his creative trick for getting his first poem published, what acting taught him about being funny in the midst of tragedy, his former job as a used dinosaur parts salesman, the way page one tells him whether he's got a short story or novel idea, how Harlan Ellison became the first American editor to...
2020-08-152h 01
Eating the FantasticEpisode 124: Lee MurrayJoin award-winning writer Lee Murray for lunch and dinner as we discuss how she crafted her first short story collection, the importance of mentoring our next generation of genre writers, why we're unlikely to ever go spelunking together, whether she prefers her zombies fast or slow, the unique awards club of which we're both members, the way her use of New Zealand culture might be perceived differently by readers in and out of her country, the difficulties some seem to have with stories written in the present tense, the thrill of being the first New Zealander to appear in...
2020-07-221h 57
Get Down To Business with Scott "Shalom" Klein#WeAllServe - Episode #3 with John EdelmanJohn Edelman joins Robert Lewis and Shalom Klein on the third episode of #WeAllServe.
2020-07-0440 min
Eating the FantasticEpisode 123: Sequestering with Scott EdelmanBinge on bagels while sequestering with writer, editor, and Eating the Fantastic host Scott Edelman as he answers questions about whether his early days in fandom and early writing success helped his career, which anthology he'd like to edit if given the chance, what different choices he wishes he'd made over his lifetime, what he predicts for the future of food, how the pandemic has affected his writing, if anything he's written has ever scared him, whether writer's block is a reality or a myth, which single comic book he'd want to own if he could only have one...
2020-06-141h 48
Eating the FantasticEpisode 122: Justina IrelandJoin New York Times best-selling novelist Justina Ireland as we discuss whether having written zombie novels has helped her deal with the pandemic, her biggest pet peeve when she hears other writers talk about writing, where she falls in the fast vs. slow zombies debate (and how she's managed to have the best of both worlds), our very different reasons for not having read Harry Potter, the way she avoided sequelitis in Dark Divide, what it was like playing in the Star Wars sandbox, why it's easier to lie when writing from a first person point of view, the...
2020-05-281h 52
Eating the FantasticEpisode 121: Social Distancing with Scott EdelmanPractice social distancing with Scott Edelman, host of Eating the Fantastic, as he answers listener questions about his early days in the Marvel Comics Bullpen, the many things he and legendary editor Gardner Dozois shoved up their noses, when his food and fandom interests began to overlap, what he would have said to Harlan Ellison had he been in Barry Malzberg's shoes, whether experiencing personal tragedy helps or harms a writer, the cognitive dissonance he feel about comics having taken over the world, which characters caused him to start writing (hint: it was Conan the Barbarian), what he wishes...
2020-05-141h 50
Eating the FantasticEpisode 120: A Sarah Pinsker for a New DayCatch up with the award-winning Sarah Pinsker — this podcast's first guest — as we discuss how relieved she was her pandemic novel A Song for a New Day was published in 2019 rather than 2020, why she originally wrote that book in a song format (and why that had to change), how she loves being surprised by her own characters, why neither of us can bear listening to music while we write, the extremely scientific, color-coded process she came up with for organizing her first short story collection, how one of her favorite fictional tropes led to the creation of the original stor...
2020-04-261h 41
Eating the FantasticEpisode 119: Sheltering in Place with Scott EdelmanShelter in place for lunch with Scott Edelman, host of Eating the Fantastic, as he answers questions from listeners and former guests of the podcast, revealing his love for The Twilight Zone (and the negative effect it had on him as a beginning writer), the origins of the Scarecrow character he created for Marvel in 1975, what it was like editing a professional wrestling magazine, whether the difficulties he faced in getting his Lambda Award-nominated novel The Gift published during the ‘80s still hold true today, the embarrassing things he wishes he hadn’t done as editor and publisher of Last...
2020-04-101h 38
Eating the FantasticEpisode 118: 1995 Science Forum: How Old is the Universe?Time travel to 1995 with scientist/science fiction writers Geoffrey A. Landis, Jr. and Yoji Kondo as we chew over the question of the age of the universe. We discuss how the idea of the universe even having a beginning is a relatively new concept, the way we choose between the many competing theories of its age, how the phrase "Big Bang" was a joke which stuck, the paradox of some stars appearing to be older than the universe itself, how a science fiction writer’s imagination might solve unanswered questions, whether knowing when the universe was born will help us...
2020-03-2759 min
Eating the FantasticEpisode 117: Michael DirdaChow down on crab cakes with Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Michael Dirda as we discuss the convention at which he thought he was about to be punched out by Harlan Ellison, the book he wants to write but which he realizes he could probably never publish, how discovering E. F. Bleiler's Guide to Supernatural Fiction opened a whole new world for him, whether he faced judgment from his peers for believing Georgette Heyer is as important as George Eliot, why he wants to be buried with a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo, how Beverly Cleary's Henry Huggins...
2020-03-132h 27
Eating the FantasticEpisode 116: Keith R.A. DeCandidoBrunch on biscuits and gravy with Keith R.A. DeCandido as we discuss how the kids TV show The Electric Company made him a Marvel fan, the serendipitous way he sold his first short story (and how it was all thanks to Spider-Man), what we each learned from working with Stan Lee, how he was given the chance to write his first novel in lieu of being given a raise, which of the more than 30 franchises he's written tickled his inner child the most, whether the bias against writers of tie-in work has lessened, the novel which put more...
2020-02-281h 30
Eating the FantasticEpisode 115: John Edward LawsonNibble fried noodles with John Edward Lawson as we discuss the birth of the bizarro horror subgenre (and the surprisingly democratic way in which it was named), the reason Alien both repelled and attracted him, how trying to sell screenplays led to him publishing his first short fiction instead, the story of his which was the most emotionally difficult to write, how he won a poetry award only after giving up on poetry, the unexpected gift he was given when starting his own publishing company, his initial doubts about naming his press Raw Dog Screaming, how he survived the 2008...
2020-02-152h 12
Eating the FantasticEpisode 114: Alexandra ErinJoin Alfie Award-winning writer Alexandra Erin for waffle fries (but no waffling) as we discuss the way Mark Twain gave her permission to comment satirically on science fiction, the thoughts which went through her mind the night George R. R. Martin handed her that Alfie Award, her preferred role when playing Dungeons and Dragons, how she knew her Tales of MU saga was meant to go on for several million words, the way in which she's transformed herself into a cyborg, how she knows when an idea is a poem vs. a short story vs. a serial, the one...
2020-01-302h 10
Eating the FantasticEpisode 113: L. PenelopeEavesdrop on my lunch with L. Penelope as we discuss why The Neverending Story was her favorite childhood movie, which Octavia Butler quote inspired one of her tattoos, why she decided to go the self-publishing route (and how her indie success resulted in her first novel getting picked up by a traditional publisher), the catalytic scene which sparked her Earthsinger Chronicles series, how she manages to meet the expectations of both fantasy readers and paranormal romance readers, her advice for breaking out of writers block, and much more.
2020-01-101h 55
Eating the FantasticEpisode 112: Bob ProehlChow down on cannoli with author Bob Proehl as we discuss how it really all began for him with poetry, the way giving a non-comics reader Watchmen for their first comic is like giving a non-novel reader Ulysses as their first novel, why discovering Sandman was a lifesaver, the reason the Flying Burrito Brothers 1968 debut album The Gilded Palace of Sin matters so much to him, why he had a case of Imposter Syndrome over his first book and how he survived it, the reasons he's so offended by The Big Bang Theory, what he meant when he said "...
2019-12-271h 29
Eating the FantasticEpisode 111: Elsa Sjunneson-HenryJoin Elsa Sjunneson-Henry for lunch in Little Italy as we discuss her roller coaster of emotions the night she won a Hugo Award earlier this year during the Dublin Worldcon, how that editorial gig increased her empathy, the way writing roleplaying games and being a Sherlock Holmes nerd taught her about world-building and led to her first professional fiction sales, the dinosaur-themed Twitter feed that gave birth to her most recently published short story, the novel she's working on which she describes as The Conjuring meets The Stand, her expertise in obscenity law and fascination with the history of...
2019-12-131h 28
Eating the FantasticEpisode 110: Larry LieberShare scallops with comics legend Larry Lieber, co-creator of Thor, Iron Man, and Ant-Man, as we discuss the old-time radio shows which most influenced him, what he learned about humanity from reading Margaret Mead back in the '50s, how the only reason he became a writer was because he was too slow to make a living an artist, who told him at the start of his career that comics was a "dying industry," the tips Stan Lee gave to make him a better writer, why his attempts to work for DC Comics never worked out, the warning artist...
2019-11-292h 17
Eating the FantasticEpisode 109: Paul KirchnerNibble naan with artist Paul Kirchner as we discuss how a chance encounter in art school led to him assisting cartoonist Tex Blaisdell on Little Orphan Annie, the life lessons he learned during his apprenticeship with EC Comics legend and Daredevil innovator Wally Wood, the ruse he used to convince the editor of Harpoon into commissioning more installments of his famed Dope Rider strip, how the office of Screw magazine was nothing like you thought it would be and the office of High Times was everything you thought it would be, where he learned "the only thing that'll kill...
2019-11-152h 46
Eating the FantasticEpisode 108: Ramsey CampbellDevour Cthulhu with World Horror Grandmaster Ramsey Campbell as we discuss his early relationship with Arkham House editor and publisher August Derleth, who he might have been had he never discovered H. P. Lovecraft, how this master of unease is able to keep the sense of dread going for the length of a novel (hint: he's not entirely sure himself), why he loves The Blair Witch Project, what it was like writing novels in the Universal monsters universe, how he felt when The Times listed The Doll That Ate its Mother as one of the silliest titles of 1987, how...
2019-10-312h 04
Eating the FantasticEpisode 107: Maura McHughHead to Dublin for brunch with Maura McHugh as we discuss how the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop sometimes makes people realize they shouldn't be writers (and why that can sometimes be a good thing), how having lived in both Ireland and the U.S. affected her life and her writing, whether her attraction to dark fiction was ever a choice, what it was like getting to create comics in the Judge Dredd universe, how she decides whether ideas that pop into her head get transformed into comics or prose, her recent art project inspired by the...
2019-10-171h 45
Eating the FantasticEpisode 106: Cheryl MorganShare a walnut whip with Cheryl Morgan as we discuss the only science fiction she was allowed to read in school as a kid, why she preferred American Marvel Comics over the British comics of her youth (and how she considers Jean Grey her big sister), the way Dungeons & Dragons made 10 years of her life disappear, how helping out on a Worldcon bid led to her meeting one of the most important people in her life, the reason deciding to go digital infuriated fanzine fandom, the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, how she...
2019-10-042h 15
Eating the FantasticEpisode 105: Lisa TuttleJoin Lisa Tuttle for a Javanese dinner as we discuss the amusing series of mishaps which prevented her from learning she'd won the 1974 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best New Writer as early as she should have, the first thing Harlan Ellison ever said to her, how the all-male table of contents for a major horror anthology inspired her to edit her classic female horror anthology Skin of the Soul, the way emigrating from the U.S. to the UK affected her writing, why an editor said of one of her submitted novels, "I love this book, but I...
2019-09-202h 04
Eating the FantasticEpisode 104: Jack DannChow down on chowder with the award-winning Jack Dann as we discuss the novel he and Gardner Dozois always planned to write but never did, how a botched appendectomy at age 20 which left him with only a 5% chance of survival inspired one of his most famous stories, why he quit law school the day after he sold a story to Damon Knight's Orbit series, the bad writing advice he gave Joe Haldeman early on we're glad got ignored, the secrets to successful collaborations, the time Ellen Datlow acted as referee on a story he wrote with Michael Swanwick, how...
2019-09-062h 19
Eating the FantasticEpisode 103: Lucy A. SnyderJoin award-winning horror author Lucy A. Snyder for an Indian lunch as we discuss how Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time made her want to become a writer, the rare bad advice she got from one of her Clarion instructors, the way Hunter S. Thompson and Truman Capote taught her about consensual truth, how she learned to embrace her uneasy relationship with horror, the time Tim Powers said of one of her early stories that "this is an example of everything that's wrong with modern science fiction," why if you want to write flash fiction you should learn to...
2019-08-231h 49
Eating the FantasticEpisode 102: P. Djèlí ClarkBite into a burger with P. Djèlí Clark as we discuss his upcoming first novel (the sale of which was announced only days before we spoke), the background which gave birth to his award-winning story "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington," the reason The Black God's Drums switched point-of-view character during his writing of it, what he learned about New Orleans due to an unfortunate encounter with the local police department, how he found success when he switched from writing multi-volume sagas to focusing on shorter forms, his complicated feelings about Ray Bradbury, ho...
2019-08-122h 01
Eating the FantasticEpisode 101: Rachel SwirskyNibble New York cheesecake in L.A. with Nebula Award-winning writer Rachel Swirsky as we discuss what it was like to be critiqued by Octavia Butler at the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop, how she learned there's no inherent goodness in being concise in one's writing, the generational shift in mainstream literature's acceptance of science fiction, why she's an anarchist (though she's really not), what she learned about writing as a reporter covering pinball professionally, how the things most people say are impossible actually aren't, why you shouldn't base your self-worth on your accomplishments, how to deal with writers...
2019-08-021h 40
Eating the FantasticEpisode 100: Mark EvanierSlurp matzoh ball soup with Will Eisner Award-winning writer/editor Mark Evanier as we discuss the lesson he learned watching Stan Lee write one of his famous Bullpen Bulletins pages, how his first sale to Laugh-In magazine led him to believe he could make it as a professional writer, the lunch at which Jack Kirby swore him to secrecy about quitting Marvel, the inker Kirby would have chosen if he was allowed to choose only one (and why it wouldn't be Vince Colletta), his stupefied reaction when Sergio Aragonés placed the original art for the first issue of M...
2019-07-192h 43
Eating the FantasticEpisode 99: Gerry ConwayJoin comics legend Gerry Conway for lunch in L.A. to learn how the comics business has always been dying and what keeps saving it, why if he were in charge he'd shut down Marvel Comics for six months, what it's like (and how it's different) being both the youngest and oldest writer ever to script Spider-Man, the novel mistake he made during his summer at the Clarion Writers Workshop, why he's lived a life in comics rather than science fiction, what caused Harlan Ellison to write an offensive letter to his mother, the one bad experience he ever...
2019-07-052h 07
Eating the FantasticEpisode 98: Kathe KojaHash it out with award-winning writer Kathe Koja as we discuss her love of immersive theater (and dissect her previous night's performance at StokerCon), why her groundbreaking debut novel The Cipher will always be The Funhole in her heart, what caused her to move into the YA world after her dark adult novels and why it's harder to write for a younger audience, how she accidentally wrote her Under the Poppy trilogy, the allure of writing historical novels, how being in the presence of Kate Wilhelm at Clarion changed her life, what she got out of her many collaborations...
2019-06-211h 38
Eating the FantasticEpisode 97: John R. LittleBite into what USA Today dubbed the best burger in Michigan with award-winning horror writer John R. Little as we discuss how seeing his sister's portable typewriter for the first time changed his life forever, the way he launched his career by following in Stephen King's men's magazine footsteps, why he's so fascinated by time and how he manages to come up with new ways of writing about that concept, which writer's career he wanted when he grew up and how buying a copy of Carrie changed that, the reason a science major has ended up mostly writing horror...
2019-06-071h 28
Eating the FantasticEpisode 96: Kaaron WarrenCrunch into a crab cake sandwich with award-winning horror writer Kaaron Warren as we discuss how her recent Rebecca reread totally changed her sympathies for its characters, the disturbing real-life crime related to the first time she ever saw The Shining, the catalyst that gave birth to her award-winning novel Tide of Stone, how she came up with new angles for tackling stories about such classic characters as Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein, the way flea market bric-a-brac has led to some of her best ideas, the only correct method for preparing fairy bread, her go-to karaoke song, and much...
2019-05-242h 26
Eating the FantasticEpisode 95: StokerCon Donut SpooktacularDare to eat donuts with a dozen horrific creators during the StokerCon Donut Spooktacular! Join us as Michael Bailey describes his novel inspired by a fire which turned his home to ashes in seven minutes, Geoffrey A. Landis shares about the Sherlock Holmes/Jack the Ripper horror story he published in the science fiction magazine Analog, Brian Keene explains why he chose last weekend to finally reappear at an HWA event, Wile E. Young tells why he thinks of the Road Runner whenever a story gets rejected, Anton Cancre reveals which guest that weekend earned most of his squee...
2019-05-141h 50
Eating the FantasticEpisode 94: Annalee Flower HorneFloat away with Annalee Flower Horne as we discuss the incident at their first con which was a catalyst for wanting to become a writer, the way a glare from Mary Robinette Kowal caused them to submit (and then sell) their first short story, how the intricacies of game design can teach fiction writers to write better, why writers shouldn't complain when editors reject stories too quickly, the first story they wrote while angry (and what was learned from the experience), the cuss word they wish they'd thought of in time to get into their first published story, the...
2019-05-031h 37
Eating the FantasticEpisode 93: Steve StilesEnjoy an enchilada with Steve Stiles as we discuss what it was like to work at Marvel Comics in the mid-'70s, the ironic reason he no longer owns his Silver Age Marvels, the time he thought he'd gotten the gig to draw Dr. Strange (but really hadn't), what it was like being taught by the great Burne Hogarth at the School of Visual Arts, his first professional art sale (and why it ended up hanging on Hugh Hefner's wall), how his famed comic strip The Adventures Of Professor Thintwhistle And His Incredible Aether Flier was born, why he...
2019-04-192h 10
Eating the FantasticEpisode 92: Malka OlderBond over bing bread with Hugo-nominated author Malka Older as we discuss why democracy is a radical concept which scares people (and what marriage has to say about the dramatic potential of democracy), the pachinko parlor which helped give birth to her science fictional universe, how what was intended to be a standalone novel turned into a trilogy, her secrets (and role models) when it comes to writing action scenes, which of her characters moves more merchandise, how (and why) editor Carl Engle-Laird helped her add 20,000 words to her first novel, what she learned about herself from the collaborative...
2019-04-052h 04
Eating the FantasticEpisode 91: Colin CoyleDig into dessert with Parvus Press publisher Colin Coyle as we discuss the reason we're glad we got to record the episode rather than spend the night in jail, how the tragic events of Charlottesville inspired him to hire Cat Rambo to assemble the If This Goes On anthology, why he switched over to the Kickstarter model for this book and what surprises he discovered during the process, the reason his company isn't publishing horror even though he'd like to, the surprising shared plot point slush pile writers used to indicate future American culture was failing, what an episode...
2019-03-201h 32
Eating the FantasticEpisode 90: Michael J. WalshBinge on Brisket Benedict with Michael J. Walsh as we discuss what it is about the annual World Fantasy Conventions that drew him to attend all 44 of them, how a generous teacher's gift of an Ace Double led to his first exposure to true science fiction, the big score which induced him to become a book dealer, the way Ted White was able to do so much with so little when he edited Amazing Stories in the '70s, what witnessing Anne McCaffrey and Isaac Asimov singing Gilbert and Sullivan tunes made him realize about writers, what his time in...
2019-03-082h 00
Eating the FantasticEpisode 89: Ruthanna EmrysShare spring rolls with Ruthanna Emrys, author of the H. P. Lovecraft-inspired Innsmouth Legacy series, as we discuss the ways in which her first exposure to Lovecraft was through pop culture references rather than the original texts, the reasons for the recent rise of Lovecraft recontextualisation, how tea with Jo Walton convinced her she was right to go ahead and write her first Innsmouth Legacy novel, why she ascribes to the tenets of the burgeoning Hopepunk movement, her love of writing X-Men fanfic and her hatred of gastropods, how she recovered from a college professor's unconstructive criticism, the time...
2019-02-221h 38
Eating the FantasticEpisode 88: Alan SmalePig out on pork belly tacos with Alan Smale as we discuss why an astrophysicist's chosen field of fiction is alternate history rather than hard science, how his fascination with archeology and ancient civilizations began, the reason he started off his novel-writing career with a trilogy rather than a standalone, the secrets to writing convincing battle sequences, the nuances of critiquing partial novels in a workshop setting, how his research into Roman and Native American history affected his trilogy, what steps he took to ensure he handled Native American cultures appropriately, that summer when at age 12 he read both...
2019-02-082h 32
Eating the FantasticEpisode 87: Scott H. AndrewsGobble goat cheese fritters with Beneath Ceaseless Skies publisher and editor Scott H. Andrews as we discuss the treatment he received as a writer which taught him what he wanted to do (and didn't want to do) as an editor, how his time as member of a band helped him come up with the name for his magazine, why science fiction's public perception as a literary genre is decades ahead of fantasy, what it takes for a submission to rise to the level of receiving a rewrite request, the time he made an editor cry (and why he was...
2019-01-252h 13
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Shows presents Hard Rock/Metal Band Silent SeasonHard Rock/Metal Band Silent Season will be releasing their new EP 'The War Within' (Volume !) on Friday January 25th! Silent Season came together in the spring of 2008. Collectively, the band has built a resume on radio airplay and touring with bands such as Sevendust, 10 Years, Gemini Syndrome and Twelve Foot Ninja. With support from Sirius XM Octane, Music Choice, Sixx Sense and specific FM stations such as WZBH, WOBG, WHBR, KOZE, KJML, WIIL and WXTB, the band has been able to garner an undeniable and loyal fan base. Silent Season’s single, ‘Chance,’ made it to the #1 spot on Music...
2019-01-251h 04
Eating the FantasticEpisode 86: Submersive ProductionsEavesdrop on my Thai dinner with the immersive (and totally science fictional) theatrical troupe Submersive Productions as we discuss the ways everything from Dragon Ball Z to Myst to Terry Gilliam's Brazil stoked their love of the fantastic, how the funding came together for their first mesmeric show about the women in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, the dare that made their recent durational play grow to eight hours and the half-scripted/half-improvised way they were able to keep their performance going that long, how the actors found their voices by channeling Katherine Hepburn and Roberto Benigni, the...
2019-01-111h 58
Eating the FantasticEpisode 85: Andy Duncan: An Agent of UtopiaHave hot antipasto with Andy Duncan as we celebrate the publication of his new collection An Agent of Utopia and discuss why it took a quarter of a century to bring the book's lead story from title idea to completion, how he was influenced by the research regimen of the great Frederik Pohl, the way a short story is like an exploded toolshed, why he deliberately wrote a deal with the devil story after hearing he shouldn't write deal with the devil stories, the embarrassing marketing blurb he can't stop telling people about in bars, what caused a last-minute...
2018-12-282h 53
Eating the FantasticEpisode 84: Stephen KozeniewskiSlurp down Thai Beef Noodle Soup with Stephen Kozeniewski as we discuss how it took nearly 500 submissions before his first novel was finally accepted, why he has no interest in writing sequels, his advice for winning a Turkey Award for the worst possible opening to the worst possible science fiction or fantasy novel, why his output is split between horror and science fiction (but not mysteries), the reason Brian Keene was who he wanted to be when he grew up, why almost any story would be more interesting with zombies, when you should follow and when you should break...
2018-12-141h 33
Eating the FantasticEpisode 83: Jo WaltonJoin Jo Walton for a seafood lunch as we discuss how Harlan Ellison's fandom-slamming essay "Xenogenesis" caused her to miss three conventions she would otherwise have attended, why Robert Silverberg's Dying Inside is really a book about menopause, the reason she wishes George Eliot had written science fiction, the ways in which during her younger days she was trying to write like Poul Anderson, her technique for getting unstuck when she's lost in the middle of writing a novel, why she loathes the plotter vs. pantser dichotomy, how she developed her superstition that printing out manuscripts is bad luck...
2018-11-302h 08
Eating the FantasticEpisode 82: Paul LevitzSavor a steak dinner with comics legend Paul Levitz as we discuss why even though in a 1973 fanzine he wrote he had "no desire to make a career for myself in this industry" he's spent his life there, how wild it was the suits let kids like us run the show in the '70s, the time Marv Wolfman offered him a job over at Marvel (and why he turned it down), what he learned from editor Joe Orlando about how to get the best work out of creative people, the bizarre reason Gerry Conway's first DC Comics script...
2018-11-212h 08
Eating the FantasticEpisode 81: Vina Jie-Min PrasadTaste tiramisu with Vina Jie-Min Prasad as we discuss why she didn't start writing any fiction until the release of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot, the reason food has such a prominent place in her fiction, why she might never have become a writer if the Internet hadn't existed, the lessons she took away from her fan fiction days, what she meant when she wrote in her bio that she’s "working against the world-machine,” why her multi-nominated story "A Series of Steaks" was her first submission to a speculative fiction magazine, her fascination with professional wrestling and wres...
2018-11-092h 19
Eating the FantasticEpisode 80: Steve Rasnic TemChow down on fish and chips with the award-winning Steve Rasnic Tem as we discuss the importance of writing until you get to page eight, what he did the day after Harlan Ellison died, why even though he was a fearful kid he turned to horror, the thing which if I'd known about his marriage might have caused problems with my own, how crushed we both were when comics went up to 12 cents from a dime, why his all-time favorite short story is Franz Kafka's "A Country Doctor," the way joining Ed Bryant's writing workshop taught him to become...
2018-10-312h 53
Eating the FantasticEpisode 79: Rebecca RoanhorseEat empanadas with Rebecca Roanhorse as we discuss the spark without which her award-winning short story would never have been written, the differing reactions her tale garnered from inside and outside of the Native American community, the compelling reason she chose to write it in the second person, what she learned as a lawyer that helped in writing her first novel, how she upped her game when she decided to be a writer for real, why she fell out of the reading habit and how a Laurel K. Hamilton novel drew her back in, what it was like to...
2018-10-181h 37
Eating the FantasticEpisode 78: K.Tempest BradfordNibble naan with K. Tempest Bradford as we discuss how her Egyptian Afro-retro-futurism idea grew from a short story into a series of novels, the way she used crowdfunding to complete the research she needed, why her discovery of my Science Fiction Age magazine means I bear the responsibility for all she's done since, how an online writing community gave her the confidence to be a writer, the advice from Samuel R. Delany she embraces the most, why she set aside her goal of becoming an opera singer and decided to become a writer instead, the reason there are...
2018-10-052h 09
Eating the FantasticEpisode 77: Pat CadiganBinge on sushi with award-winning author Pat Cadigan as we discuss what it was like being Robert A. Heinlein's liaison at the 1976 Kansas City Worldcon, why John Brunner hated her when they first met and what she did to eventually win him over, her secret childhood life as a member of The Beatles, what she and Isaac Asimov had in common when it came to convincing parents to accept science fiction, her original plan to grow up and script Legion of Super-Heroes comics, what she learned about writing from her 10 years at Hallmark Cards, how editor Shawna McCarthy helped...
2018-09-211h 56
Eating the FantasticEpisode 76: Don McGregorShare a steak dinner with legendary comics creator Don McGregor as we discuss how meeting Jim Steranko led to him selling his first comics story, why when he was 13 years old he wanted to be Efrem Zimbalist Jr., what he learned from Naked City creator Stirling Silliphant, how his first meeting with future Black Panther artist Billy Graham could have been disastrous, why the comics he wrote in the '70s wouldn't have been able to exist two years later, the reasons Archie Goodwin was such a great editor, how he convinced Stan Lee to allow the first interracial...
2018-09-071h 59
Eating the FantasticEpisode 75: Rachel PollackDive into Vietnamese Seafood Noodle Soup with Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning writer Rachel Pollack as we discuss why Ursula K. Le Guin was such an inspiration, the reason celebrating young writers over older ones can skew sexist, what Tarot cards and comic books have in common, how 2001: A Space Odyssey isn't a science fiction movie but an occult movie, why Captain Marvel was her favorite comic as a kid (Shazam!), the serendipitous encounter which led to her writing Doom Patrol, how she used DC's Tomahawk to comment on old Western racial stereotypes, the problems that killed her Buffy the...
2018-08-241h 57
Eating the FantasticEpisode 74: John LanganJoin Bram Stoker Award-winning writer John Langan for fish and chips as we discuss how reading Conan the Barbarian comic books as a kid made him hope he'd grow up to be a comic book artist, why his evolution as a writer owes as much to William Faulkner as it does to Peter Straub, what he learned about storytelling from watching James Bond with his father and Buffy the Vampire Slayer with his wife, the best way to deal with the problematic life and literature of H. P. Lovecraft, the reason his first story featured a battle between King K...
2018-08-152h 14
Eating the FantasticEpisode 73: JY YangEavesdrop on a Sunday brunch with JY Yang as we discuss why they consider themselves "a master of hermitry,” the catalyst that gave birth to their award-nominated Tensorate Universe, why they think of themselves as terrible at world-building, how their dislike of the Matt Damon movie The Great Wall gave them an idea for a novel, the surprising results after they polled fans on which of their works was most award-worthy, their beginnings writing Star Trek and Star Wars fan fiction, why they never played video games until their 30s, the Samuel R. Delany writing advice they hesitated to sh...
2018-08-031h 22
Eating the FantasticEpisode 72: Ellen KlagesIt's time to taste Toad in the Hole with Ellen Klages as we discuss why it took 40 years from the time she wrote the first sentence of her Nebula Award-nominated story "Passing Strange" to finish the tale, what a truck filled with zebras taught her about the difference between storytelling and real life, how cosplaying helped give birth to her characters, what she finds so fascinating about creating historical science fiction, why revising is her favorite part of writing, the reason she's the best auctioneer I've seen in my lifetime of con-going, what she teaches students is the worst...
2018-07-202h 16
Eating the FantasticEpisode 71: 1993 Science Roundtable: What SF Gets WrongTime travel to 1993 for lunch with Arlan Andrews, Sr., Gregory Benford, Geoffrey A. Landis, and Charles Sheffield as we discuss how Gilligan's Island gave TV viewers the wrong idea about scientists, the ways in which most science fiction isn't actually science fiction at all, but rather engineering fiction, what's wrong with portraying scientists as if they're any different than non-scientists, why Stephen King's The Stand gave such a negative picture of science and technology, the dangers of letting governments control science, why real science, like real art, is work, the reason scientists need to be more aggressive about the w...
2018-07-111h 06
Eating the FantasticEpisode 70: Matthew KresselShare BBQ brisket with Matthew Kressel as we discuss the story of his accepted by an editor within an hour and then praised by Joyce Carol Oates, the ways in which famed editor Alice Turner was the catalyst which helped turn him into a writer, why after publishing only short stories for 10 years he eventually published a novel, how comments from his Altered Fluid writing workshop helped make his Nebula-nominated "The Sounds of Old Earth" a better story, why a writing self-help book made him swear off those kinds of self-help books, the secrets to having a happy, heathy...
2018-06-291h 19
Eating the FantasticEpisode 69: A. M. DellamonicaEavesdrop on an Italian lunch with award-winning science fiction author A. M. Dellamonica as we discuss how a long list of random things she liked eventually grew into her first novel, the intricate magic system she created for her series, how her novel Child of a Hidden Sea taught her she was less of a plotter and more of a pantser than she'd thought, the doggerel she wrote when she was five years old (which you'll get to hear her recite), how discovering Suzy McKee Charnas at age 15 was incendiary, which run of comics made her a Marvel fan...
2018-06-151h 57
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Show presents Modern Hard Rock/Metal Band Incognito TheoryIncognito Theory is the Hard Rock/Metal project of lead vocalist Dave Incognito (Dying Eyes of Sloth), which features lead guitarist Jay Prussack (Dying Eyes of Sloth), bassist Scott 'Stanley' Pustilnick (formerly of MCA recording artist Familiar 48 aka Bonehead whose major album 'Wonderful Nothing' with the hit single 'The Question' charted on the Billboard Rock and Hot AC Charts) and drummer Jon Tropp. Guest musicians have also included Lee Richards (Dropbox) and Mike LePond (Symphony X and Silent Assassins) with Silent Assassins contributing to Incognito Theory's debut album, 'Ashes Divide.' The band's hits single off of their debut album...
2018-06-051h 09
Eating the FantasticEpisode 68: Kelly RobsonNebula Award-winning writer Kelly Robson had a little lamb (and you can eavesdrop) as we discuss how the first Connie Willis story she read changed her brain, the way a provocative photo got her a gig as a wine reviewer at a top national magazine, what she learned from the initial Taos Toolbox writers workshop, why completing Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach was like giving birth to a watermelon, how reading a Battlestar Galactica tie-in novel helped teach her how to write, where she would head if time travel were real, why she's contemplating writing a "frivolous" trilogy...
2018-06-012h 31
Eating the FantasticEpisode 67: Nebula Awards Donut JamboreeIt's time for a special lightning-round episode of Eating the Fantastic as 15 guests devour a dozen donuts while recounting their favorite Nebula Awards memories. Michael Swanwick explains how his love of Isaac Asimov impelled him to walk out on guest speaker Newt Gingrich, David D. Levine remembers catching the penultimate Space Shuttle launch, Daryl Gregory recalls the compliment which caused him to get yelled at by Harlan Ellison, Barry Goldblatt reveals what cabdrivers do when they find out he's an agent, Cat Rambo puts in a pitch for SFFWA membership, Fran Wilde confesses a moment of squee which was...
2018-05-221h 51
Eating the FantasticEpisode 66: Mary SanGiovanniChow down on chive dumplings with horror writer Mary SanGiovanni as we discuss H. P. Lovecraft's racism and sexuality (or lack thereof), how having grown up in New Jersey might have given her the toughness she needed to survive her early short story rejections, why she ended up writing horror instead of science fiction even though her father read her Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert when she was a kid, which novella she wrote that will never see the light of day, how watching The Exorcist III changed her life, why she's no longer afraid of vampires, the reason...
2018-05-131h 04
Eating the FantasticEpisode 65: T. E. D. KleinShare a pastrami sandwich with critically acclaimed horror writer/editor T. E. D. Klein as we discuss what he hated most about editing The Twilight Zone magazine, how he ended up scripting the screenplay for "the worst movie Dario Argento ever made," what eldritch action he took after buying a letter written by H. P. Lovecraft, which movie monster gave him the most nightmares, what he'll likely title his future autobiography, why he feels cheated by most horror movies, the secret origin of the T. E. D. Klein byline, his parents' friendship with (and the nickname they gave to...
2018-05-021h 53
Eating the FantasticEpisode 64: Elizabeth MassieShare spring rolls with Elizabeth Massie as we discuss why Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner is the one to thank for her Stoker Award-winning first novel Sineater, how reading Robert Bloch's Psycho at a young age was like a knife to her heart, which episode of Twilight Zone scared the crap out of her, why you'll probably never get to read her Millennium and Law & Order novels, her nearly impossible task of writing one spooky book for each of the 50 states in the U.S, why Kolchak: The Night Stalker was her favorite franchise to play in, the great-great grandfather...
2018-04-181h 50
Eating the FantasticEpisode 63: Victor LaVallePolish off Portuguese in Providence with Victor LaValle as we discuss the lunch during which his editor and publisher helped make The Changeling a better book, the graphic novel which made him fall in love with the X-Men, which magazine sent him the best rejection letter he ever received, why reading Clive Barker's "Midnight Meat Train" for the first time was glorious, the differing reactions his readers have depending on whether they come from genre or literary backgrounds, the unusual way a short story collection became his first publication, why he was so uncertain of his critically acclaimed "The...
2018-04-041h 48
Eating the FantasticEpisode 62: Paul Di FilippoChow down on calamari with Paul Di Filippo — author of more than 200 works of fiction — as we discuss why the first story he ever wrote was Man from U.N.C.L.E. fan fiction, the pact he made with a childhood friend which explains why he owns none of the Marvel Comics he read as a kid, what caused the editor who printed his debut story to make the bold claim it would be both his first and last published piece of fiction, how his life changed once he started following Ray Bradbury's rule of writing at least 1,000 word...
2018-03-231h 48
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Show presents Hard Rock Band Facing FireFacing Fire is a hard rock band from southern Ohio. Collectively, the members have been in multiple bands and played countless shows. They officially formed as Facing Fire in late 2016 when vocalist Scott Artis, guitarist Tony Phillips, and bass player Josh Quillen began writing material together. Soon they had written enough to complete an EP and headed into the studio in early 2017. After much anticipation, they released their first single, “Dying Inside.” The band released a music video to go along with the single which received over 100 thousand views in the first two weeks of release. After so much success with...
2018-03-191h 03
Eating the FantasticEpisode 61: David MackPolish off a Persian dinner with David Mack as we discuss the weird ways his life entwined with the famed comic book artist who shares his name, how worrying about the details of Star Trek canon helped him when it came time to unravel the secret history of WWII, how a near-death experience led to him working for the Syfy Channel, why it was so important for necromancers to pay a heavy price for the magic they choose to wield in his new novel The Midnight Front, how not making a pitch to a book editor resulted in him...
2018-03-092h 23
Eating the FantasticEpisode 60: Thomas F. MonteleoneGobble fried green tomatoes with Bram Stoker Award-winning writer/editor Thomas F. Monteleone as we discuss the tricks he teaches to transform writers at his famed Borderlands Bootcamp, the 200+ rejections he received before he finally made his first fiction sale, how Theodore Sturgeon helped him realize it was possible for him to become a writer, why he ended up as a horror icon after his big start in science fiction, which horror writers you'd want on your team when you're choosing sides for softball, the reason his live readings have become legendary, the way Peter Straub reacted when Tom...
2018-02-231h 39
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Show presents Rock Band MesserThe band's cutting edge modern rock sound was born through serendipitous connections in the thriving Deep Ellum music scene of Dallas, an area that has given rise to iconic Hard Rock and Metal bands like Pantera, Drowning Pool, Hell Yeah, and King's X. The band grew their fan base locally, and began to branch out regionally and nationally, opening for notable bands such as Sick Puppies, Candlebox, Hinder, Vince Neil, Black Stone Cherry, Lynch Mob, Drowning Pool, Local H, Trapt, Metallica, Dokken, Scott Stapp Of Creed, Avenged Sevenfold, and Buck Cherry. It was on one of these tours that the...
2018-02-131h 14
Eating the FantasticEpisode 59: Norman PrentissScarf down Szechuan crispy beef with two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Norman Prentiss as we discuss the day he wowed the other kids on his school playground by reading them Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," the movies a Catholic Church newsletter's warnings made him want to see even more, the supernatural superhero comic that led to a lawsuit against Harlan Ellison, the upside and (surprising) downside of having won a $35,000 college writing prize, how the freebies he got at a Horrorfind convention goosed him to start writing fiction again, why he wrote the last part of his novel...
2018-02-092h 07
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Show presents Hard Rock/Metal Band Silent SeasonHard Rock/Metal Band Silent Season will be releasing their new phenomenal single 'Stars' on Friday December 22nd! Join us as we hone in on the story behind this melodic, emotionally moving ballad from song's initial inspiraction to its final completion. Silent Season came together in the spring of 2008. Collectively, the band has built a resume on radio airplay and touring with bands such as Sevendust, 10 Years, Gemini Syndrome and Twelve Foot Ninja. With support from Sirius XM Octane, Music Choice, Sixx Sense and specific FM stations such as WZBH, WOBG, WHBR, KOZE, KJML, WIIL and WXTB, the band has...
2017-12-221h 02
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Show presents Hard Rock Band Silent SeasonHard Rock/Metal Band Silent releases their hit single 'The Negative.' Join us as we hone in on the story behind 'The Negative' from its initial inspiration to its final completion. Silent Season came together in the spring of 2008. Collectively, the band has built a resume on radio airplay and touring with bands such as Sevendust, 10 Years, Gemini Syndrome and Twelve Foot Ninja. With support from Sirius XM Octane, Music Choice, Sixx Sense and specific FM stations such as WZBH, WOBG, WHBR, KOZE, KJML, WIIL and WXTB, the band has been able to garner an undeniable and loyal fan...
2017-08-221h 06
Eating the FantasticEpisode 31: 1995 World Horror Con FlashbackTime travel back to a 1995 mall food court lunch as future Eating the Fantastic host Scott Edelman talks about his first job at Marvel Comics, how he broke into writing for Tales from the Darkside, and the beginnings of Science Fiction Age magazine, while Adam-Troy Castro reveals how he created the first story in the first issue of that magazine, as well as how a cab ride he feared he wouldn't survive turned into one of his most memorable works of fiction.
2017-03-1232 min
Eating the FantasticEpisode 29: Barry N. MalzbergSit down for deli with Barry N. Malzberg as we discuss why being able to sell his first drafts was so important at the beginning of his writing career, how his debut short story collection came to be published under the pseudonym K. M. O'Donnell, what it was like to edit both Amazing and Fantastic magazines during the late '60s, the identity of his greatest discovery during his years at the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, what's up with the long-promised movie version of Beyond Apollo, how Harry Harrison could have (but didn't) shut down the filming of Soylent G...
2017-02-171h 36
The Kerri Edelman ShowThe Kerri Edelman Show presents Hard Rock Band Sick PuppiesYou hear it again and again. When one door closes, another one opens. However, it’s true - especially in the case of Sick Puppies. In the Fall of 2014, Emma Anzai [bass, vocals] and Mark Goodwin [drums] parted ways with their guitarist and vocalist. Weathering and persevering through this potentially life-changing event, the gold-selling, chart-topping Los Angeles-based and Australian-bred hard rock outfit knew one thing. They were going to make more music as Sick Puppies. “There was no question” affirms Emma. “We had no doubt that we wanted to continue. Mark and I got together and basically said, ‘first and foremost, w...
2016-05-2642 min
Eating the FantasticEpisode 2: Bud SparhawkJoin science fiction writer Bud Sparhawk -- a three-time Nebula finalist and Analog magazine regular -- for lunch with host Scott Edelman at Washington, D.C.'s Cafe Mozart in the second episode as they chat about how Harlan Ellison’s Dangerous Visions anthology inspired him to become a writer, what it was like to write for three different Analog editors over four decades, the plotters vs. pantsers debate, and more.
2016-02-201h 21
Eating the FantasticEpisode 1: Sarah PinskerEavesdrop on host Scott Edelman and writer/musician Sarah Pinsker over lunch at Baltimore's Family Meal on the premiere episode of Eating the Fantastic as they discuss her award-winning fiction, how story titles come to be, the differences (and similarities) between writing and performing, the continuing influence of Alice Sheldon (aka James Tiptree, Jr.) and much, much more.
2016-02-101h 21
StarShipSofaStarShipSofa No 184 Ken Scholes Scott EdelmanComing UpPromo: This Paper World 01:31Fiction: A Very Private Tour of A Very Public Museum by Scott Edelman 03:40Poetry: Poetry Planet by Diane Serverson 50:22Serial: Grail-Diving in Shangrilla with the World’s Last Mime by Ken ScholesNarrators: Jeff Lane, Josh RosemanNotes for Poetry Planet:Meinhard Gerlach, lute – CD “Silence” with Diane SeversonBruce Boston – The Poetry of Science FictionLaurel Winter
2011-04-131h 37