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The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2025: Kate Maruyama, Jordan Rosenfeld and Sumiko SaulsonKATE MARUYAMA is the author of Alterations, The Collective, Bleak Houses, and Harrowgate and her novella Family Solstice was named Best Fiction Book of 2021 by Rue Morgue Magazine. Her short work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and she is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of the Uncharted Short Story Prize. She served on the working Board for Women Who Submit, and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards. She writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles. Learn more about this versatile author at https://www.katemaruyama.com/
JORDAN ROSENFELD has...
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The SF in SF PodcastSeptember 2025: Brenda Cooper, Evette Davis & Sheri T. JosephABOUT THE AUTHORS
BRENDA COOPER is a writer, a technology professional, and a futurist. Brenda writes science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and non-fiction. Two of her novels, The Silver Ship and the Sea and Edge of Dark, have won the Endeavour Award for the best science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author. Wilders was also short-listed for the P.K. Dick award. Many of her short stories have been reprinted multiple times and some have appeared in various Year’s Best anthologies. Brenda’s most recent novels include a climate fiction duology set in the Pacific Northwest (Wild...
2025-10-131h 28
The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2025: Tachyon Publications 30th anniversary with Joe R. Lansdale and Samantha MillsRecorded live at The Koret Auditorium in the San Francisco Public Library, October 5th, 2025
This is a special appearance and readings by authors Joe R. Lansdale (Hap and Leonard, Bubba Ho-Tep) and Samantha Mills (The Wings Upon Her Back), courtesy of SF in SF Events, the reading series sponsored by Tachyon Publications.
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The SF in SF PodcastJuly 2025: Helene Wecker, Julia Vee, Ken BebelleRecorded live at The Lost Church in San Francisco, July 20th, 2025
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
HELENE WECKER is a local Bay Area author, who grew up in Libertyville, Illinois, a small town north of Chicago, and received her Bachelors in English from Carleton College in Minnesota. After graduating, she worked a number of marketing and communications jobs in Minneapolis and Seattle before deciding to return to her first love, fiction writing. Accordingly, she moved to New York to pursue a Masters in fiction at Columbia University. She now lives near San Francisco with her husband and daughter. Her first novel, the...
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The SF in SF PodcastJune 2025 with Gail Carriger, Evan Leikam, and Khan WongRecorded live at The Lost Church in San Francisco, June 8, 2025
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
GAIL CARRIGER writes books that are hugs, mostly comedies of manners mixed with steampunk, urban fantasy, and sci-fi (plus cozy queer joy as G. L. Carriger). These include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, Tinkered Stars, and San Andreas Shifter series for adults, and the Finishing School and Tinkered Starsong series for young adults, as well as the nonfiction, The Heroine’s Journey. She is published in many languages, has over a million books in print, over a dozen New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, and has ga...
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The SF in SF PodcastMay 2025 with Karen Joy Fowler & Pat MurphyRecorded live at The Lost Church in San Francisco, May 4, 2025
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
PAT MURPHY is an American science writer and author of science fiction and fantasy novels. She has often used the ideas of the absurdist pseudophilosophy pataphysics in some of her writings. Along with authors Lisa Goldstein and Michaela Roessner, she formed The Brazen Hussies in 2000 to promote their work. Together with Karen Joy Fowler, Murphy co-founded the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, an award encouraging the exploration & expansion of gender, (now called the Otherwise Award) at WisCon in 1991. The award was originally named for science fiction author Alice...
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The SF in SF PodcastApril 2025: DARYL GREGORY & NGHI VO with special guest host Kimberly UngerRecorded live at The Lost Church in San Francisco, April 13th, 2025
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
DARYL GREGORY, the multiple award-winning author of critical darling SFF novel Spoonbenders, has a new book out! It’s called When We Were Real (Saga Press, April 1, 2025), set in America seven years after we all learn we are living in a simulation. It’s a madcap adventure following two friends on a cross-country bus tour through the mind-boggling glitches in their simulated world as they grapple with love, family, secrets, and a recent cancer diagnosis. When We Were Real is a tour-de-force and exploration of what real...
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The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2024: Garth NixRecorded live at The Lost Church in San Francisco, October 27, 2024
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GARTH NIX has been a full-time writer since 2001, but has also worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve.
Garth’s books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel, Goldenhand and Terciel and Elinor; SF novels Shade’s Children and A Confusion of Princes; fantasy novels Angel Mage, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, and The Sinister Booksellers of Bath; the collection Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz, and a Re...
2025-08-0444 min
The SF in SF PodcastSeptember 2024: Annalee Newitz, Andrea Stewart & Julia VeeRecorded live at The Lost Church in San Francisco, September 15, 2024
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ANNALEE NEWITZ writes science fiction and nonfiction. Their background includes being a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lecturer in American Studies at UC Berkeley, the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, and they have a Ph.D. in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley. They are the author of three novels: The Terraformers, The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won the Lambda Literary Award, and was nominated for the Nebula and Locus Awards. Their short story “When Robot an...
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The SF in SF PodcastJuly 2024: Paolo Bacigalupi and Tim PrattThis is the first SF in SF to be recorded at our new venue, The Lost Chuch, a nonprofit performance space in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.
PAOLO BACIGALUPI is an internationally bestselling author of speculative fiction. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, John W. Campbell and Locus Awards, as well as being a finalist for the National Book Award and a winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, for Shipbreaker. Paolo's work often focuses on questions of sustainability and the environment, most notably the impacts of climate change. His writing has...
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The SF in SF PodcastJune 2024: Robin Sloan, Clara Ward and Rudy RuckerROBIN SLOAN was raised and educated in Michigan, and attended Michigan State University, where he co-founded the literary magazine Oats and graduated with an economics degree in 2002. He worked for about a decade at the intersection of media and technology before publishing his first novel. In 2003, he founded the SnarkMarket blog with some friends, and then moved to the SF Bay Area in 2004 to work, first at Current TV as a media strategist/interactive producer, and then at Twitter as a media manager.
His new novel, Moonbound, has just been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He has developed a...
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The SF in SF PodcastMay 2024: Samantha Mills, Hana Lee and Caitlin ChungHANA LEE is a biracial Korean American writer who also builds software for a living. She has an undying love for fantastical stories in all their forms, especially video games, and a habit of writing to moody indie rock playlists. A graduate of Stanford University, she's always loved the dark, the gothic, and the occult, so there's usually a picturesque ruin of some kind lurking in the background of her novels.
Her short writing has appeared in Fantasy Magazine and Uncanny Magazine, and her first novel, Road to Ruin, is out now from Saga Press (debuting at SF in SF...
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The SF in SF PodcastMarch 2024: Gail Carriger, Amy Sundberg, and Izzy WassersteinGail Carriger writes books that are hugs, mostly comedies of manners mixed with steampunk, urban fantasy, and sci-fi (plus cozy queer joy as G. L. Carriger). These include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, Tinkered Stars, the San Andreas Shifter series for adults, and the Finishing School and Tinkered Starsong series for young adults. In addition, she's published the nonfiction book, The Heroine's Journey. She is published in many languages, has over a million books in print, over a dozen New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, and starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, and Romantic Times.
Amy Sundberg is...
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The SF in SF PodcastFebruary 2024: David D. Levine & David M. SandnerPlease join SF in SF for a fabulous evening of Frankenstein and his Monster, Mary Shelley, an exciting space caper story and science fiction fun with authors David D. Levine and David M. Sandner!
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
DAVID D. LEVINE is the author of the space-opera caper novel, The Kuiper Belt Job, recently published by Caezi SF & Fantasy. https://www.arcmanorbooks.com/caeziksf. The Kuiper Belt Job is a caper story in space, a mash-up of Ocean’s 11 and The Expanse with a dollop of Firefly and Leverage. It’s an ensemble piece with complex character relationships and a twisty, comp...
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The SF in SF PodcastJune 2023: Fran Wilde and Henry LienEach author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience, moderated by author Cliff Winnig.
FRAN WILDE is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and blogger. Her debut novel, Updraft, was a 2016 Nebula Award nominee, and won the 2016 Andre Norton Award and the 2016 Compton Crook Award. Her debut middle grade novel, Riverland, won the 2019 Andre Norton Award, was named an NPR Best Book of 2019 and was a Lodestar Finalist. Wilde is the first person to win two Andre Norton Awards for both Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction. Her short fiction explores themes...
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The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF February 2023: Annalee Newitz & Naseem JamniaAnnalee Newitz is a nonfiction and fiction author. The recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, they also hold a Ph.D. in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley. Previously, they founded the well-known website io9, was the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo, a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a lecturer in American Studies at UC Berkeley. Newitz is currently a freelance science journalist, a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, and a columnist at New Scientist, as well as the co-host, with Charlie Jane Anders, of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are...
2024-02-121h 14
The SF in SF PodcastJanuary 2020: Kim Stanley Robinson and Cecilia HollandKIM STANLEY ROBINSON is an American writer of science fiction. He has published 19 novels and many short stories but is best known for his Mars books. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes running through them and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award.
Robinson’s work has been labeled by The Atlantic as "the gold-standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing." According to an article in Th...
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The SF in SF PodcastMarch 2023: Mia Tsai & Becca Gomez FarrellMia Tsai is a Taiwanese American author of speculative fiction. She lives in Atlanta with her family, and, when not writing, is a hype woman for her orchids and a devoted cat gopher. Her favorite things include music of all kinds (really, truly) and taking long trips with nothing but the open road and a saucy rhythm section. She has been quoted in Glamour magazine once. In her other lives, she is a professional editor, photographer, and musician.
Becca Gomez Farrell is a professional writer, creating works in the genres of fantasy, romance, horror, and science fiction, with side trips...
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The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF February 2020: Tiffany Trent, Juliette Wade and Mike ChenSF IN SF, in partnership with Tachyon Publications and the American Bookbinders Museum, welcomes the acclaimed Juliette Wade, Mike Chen, and Tiffany Trent. Hosted by Terry Bisson
Juliette Wade's first novel, Mazes of Power, is just out from Daw; a work of sociological science fiction, it follows a deadly battle for succession in a world where brother is pitted against brother in a singular chance to win power and influence. Wade's short fiction has been published in Analog, Clarkesworld, and Fantasy & Science Fiction magazines, and she runs the popular Dive into Worldbuilding video series and blog. With a B.A...
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The SF in SF PodcastJuly 2023: Charlie Jane Anders and Kate MaruyamaCHARLIE JANE ANDERS is currently hard at work on a new adult novel, tentatively called The Prodigal Mother. Most recently, she wrote the young adult Unstoppable trilogy: Victories Greater Than Death, Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, and Promises Stronger Than Darkness. She’s also the author of the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes, and Never Say You Can’t Survive (August 2021), a book about how to use creative writing to get through hard times. Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. She’s won the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, Lambda...
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The SF in SF PodcastNov 2022: Adam Savage and Mary Robinette KowalADAM SAVAGE has worked as a projectionist, animator, graphic designer, carpenter, interior and stage designer, toy designer, welder, and scenic painter, and has built everything from giant Buddhas and futuristic weapons to fine-art sculptures and dancing vegetables. He created special effects for more than 100 television commercials and a dozen feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Galaxy Quest, and the Matrix sequels. With Jamie Hyneman, Adam produced and hosted MythBusters from 2003 to 2016, for a total of 279 episodes, 1,015 myths, 2,950 experiments, eight Emmy nominations and 83 miles of duct tape. Adam also hosted and...
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The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2022: Meg Elison and Laura Anne GilmanMeg Elison and Laura Anne Gilman
Laura Anne Gilman's literary achievements include more than twenty novels, such as the Nebula award-nominated The Vineart War trilogy, and the award-winning Devil’s West series with Saga Press/Simon & Schuster. She'll be discussing her forthcoming works, including the Gilded Age historical fantasy, UNCANNY TIMES, coming in October 2022, and a new series of paranormal romance novellas focusing on non-traditional partners, starting with SOMETHING PERFECT.
Meg Elison is a prolific author and essayist hailing from the DC area. Meg's writing spans across genres, including science fiction, horror, as well as feminist essays and cultural criticism. He...
2024-02-1156 min
The SF in SF PodcastAugust 2023: Marie Brennan (aka M.A. Carrick) and Brenda CloughM. A. Carrick is the joint pen name of Marie Brennan (author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent) and Alyc Helms (author of the Adventures of Mr. Mystic). The two met in 2000 on an archaeological dig in Wales and Ireland — including a stint in the town of Carrickmacross — and have built their friendship through two decades of anthropology, writing, and gaming. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Brenda W. Clough is the first female Asian-American SF writer, first appearing in print in 1984. Her historical novel A Door In His Head won the 2023 Diverse Voices Award. Her novella ‘May Be Som...
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The SF in SF PodcastSeptember 2023: John Scalzi and Kimberly UngerJOHN SCALZI is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2008 based predominantly on that blog, which he has also used for several charity drives. His novel Redshirts won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. He has written non-fiction books and columns on diverse topics...
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The SF in SF PodcastJanuary 2023: Kim Stanley Robinson, Cecilia Holland, Rudy RuckerRecorded live at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco on Sunday, January 15, 2023. There are three author readings followed by a discussion session. Hosted by Terry Bisson.
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is an American writer of science fiction. He has published 19 novels and many short stories but is best known for his Mars books. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes running through them and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the...
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The SF in SF PodcastSeptember 2022: Anya Martin and Scott NicolaySF in SF welcomes the co-hosts of The Outer Dark podcast: World Fantasy Award winner Scott Nicolay, author of And at My Back I Always Hear and the acclaimed Anya Martin, author of Sleeping with the Monster.
In our fist even since the pandemic, join host Terry Bisson with a lively Q&A session in front of a live audience.
Scott Nicolay, winner of the 2015 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, author of the collections Ana Kai Tangata: Tales of the Outer the Other the Damned and the Doomed and And At My Back I Always Hear (Word Horde...
2023-06-291h 40
Unpopular People PodcastUP Podcast: Rusty Hodge - Radio Broadcaster & General Manager of SomaFMMore Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Community: www.unpopularpeople.com/community UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode:Rusty is the General Manager of SomaFM, an independent and donation-based radio station from California in the US. He’s been managing the playlists of several stations on there for more than 20 years. His music collection seems endless, and he always finds the right sound for the right moment. SomaFM feels like it magically adapts to the setting you’re listening to it. How he selects and finds the music on his stati...
2022-03-011h 21
The SF in SF PodcastNovember 2019: Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee NewitzThis episode features two of the Bay Area’s most fascinating and entertaining authors, Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz, in conversation and Q&A with the audience, moderated by author and editor Terry Bisson.
CHARLIE JANE ANDERS has written several novels. In 2005, she received the Lambda Literary Award for work in the transgender category, and in 2009, the Emperor Norton Award. Her 2011 novelette “Six Months, Three Days” won the 2012 Hugo and was a finalist for the Nebula and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. Her 2016 novel All the Birds in the Sky was listed No. 5 on Time magazine’s “Top 10 Novels” of 2016, won the 2017 Neb...
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The SF in SF PodcastNovember 2019: Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee NewitzThis episode features two of the Bay Area's most fascinating and entertaining authors, Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz, in conversation and Q&A with the audience, moderated by author and editor Terry Bisson.
CHARLIE JANE ANDERS has written several novels. In 2005, she received the Lambda Literary Award for work in the transgender category, and in 2009, the Emperor Norton Award. Her 2011 novelette "Six Months, Three Days" won the 2012 Hugo and was a finalist for the Nebula and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. Her 2016 novel All the Birds in the Sky was listed No. 5 on Time magazine's "Top 10 Novels" of 2016, won the 2017 Nebula...
2020-01-131h 00
The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2019: Garth NixAn Evening with Garth Nix, with readings from his new book, "Angle Mage," with Q&A moderated by Terry Bisson
Recorded Wednesday, October 2nd at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.
Garths Brooks is one of the most popular young adult novelists in the genre field. His books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series, comprising Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel and Goldenhand; SF novels Shade’s Children and A Confusion of Princes; and a Regency romance with magic, Newt’s Emerald. His novels for children include The Ragwitch; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the King...
2019-11-111h 22
The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2019: Garth NixAn Evening with Garth Nix, with readings from his new book, "Angle Mage," with Q&A moderated by Terry Bisson
Recorded Wednesday, October 2nd at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.
Garths Brooks is one of the most popular young adult novelists in the genre field. His books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series, comprising Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel and Goldenhand; SF novels Shade's Children and A Confusion of Princes; and a Regency romance with magic, Newt's Emerald. His novels for children include The Ragwitch; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series...
2019-11-111h 22
The SF in SF PodcastSeptember 2019: Hannu Rajaniemi & Christopher BrownWe're back after skipping August for Worldcon!
HANNU RAJANIEMI is a Finnish author of science fiction and fantasy, who writes in both English and Finnish. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Oulu, a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh.
Early works included his first published short story "Shibuya no Love" in 2003 and his short story "Deus Ex Homine" in Nova Scotia, a 2005 anthology of Scottish science fiction and fantasy. His debut novel, The Quantum Thief, was published in September 2010 by...
2019-11-031h 27
The SF in SF PodcastJuly 2019: Vylar Kaftan & Megan O'KeefeVYLAR KAFTAN writes speculative fiction of all genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and slipstream. She won a 2013 Nebula Award for her novella The Weight of the Sunrise, and a 2013 Sidewise Award for Short-Form Alternate History. She was also nominated for a 2010 Nebula Award for her short story, "I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno". Her stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Asimov's, and Clarkesworld.
MEGAN O'KEEFE was raised amongst journalists, and as soon as she was able joined them by crafting a newsletter which chronicled the daily adventures of the local cat population. She has...
2019-07-301h 00
The SF in SF PodcastJune 2019: Loren Rhoads, Nancy Etchemendy and E. M. Markoff: Tales for the Camp FireIn November 2018, fire broke out on Camp Creek Road and soon raced through Butte County, California. By the time the fire was finally extinguished, the town of Paradise had been scoured from the map. Nearly 100 people were dead. Damage ran to an estimated $16 billion. The disaster has been named the Camp Fire, in memory of its place of origin.
The horror writers of Northern California rallied to raise money for the survivors. Tales for the Camp Fire ranges from fairy tale to science fiction, from psychological terror to magical realism, from splatterpunk to black humor, all rounded out by a...
2019-07-201h 18
The SF in SF PodcastApril 2019: Peter Beagle and Jaymee GohPETER S. BEAGLE is the internationally bestselling and beloved, author of numerous classic fantasy novels and collections, including The Last Unicorn, Tamsin, The Line Between, Sleight of Hand, Summerlong, In Calabria, and most recently, The Overneath. He is the editor of The Secret History of Fantasy and the co-editor of The Urban Fantasy Anthology. His newest release is The Unicorn Anthology, released this month.
JAYMEE GOH is a writer, reviewer, editor, and essayist of science fiction and fantasy. Her work has been published in a number of science fiction and fantasy magazines and anthologies. She wrote the blog Silver Goggles...
2019-05-161h 39
The SF in SF PodcastMarch 2019: Nancy Kress and Jack SkillingsteadNancy Kress is the author of 27 novels, three books on writing, four short story collections, and over 100 works of short fiction. While she never planned on becoming a writer, she started writing fiction in 1973, while pregnant with her second child; staying at home full-time with infants left her time to experiment! Her first story, "The Earth Dwellers," appeared in Galaxy in 1976. Her first novel, The Prince of Morning Bells, appeared in 1981 from Pocket Books. Her fiction has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and a John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her work has been translated into Swedish, French, Italian...
2019-04-271h 31
The SF in SF PodcastFebruary 2019: Anya Martin and Nick MamatasReadings and Q&A with the authors:
Anya Martin
Anya is a fiction writer based in Atlanta. Sleeping with the Monster, her debut short story collection, was published by Lethe Press in autumn 2018. She is a storyteller in prose, comics and journalism whose passion is delving into the whimsical and bitter truths of reality through the lens of the Weird, horror, magical realism and spec-lit.
Nick Mamatas
Nick is the author of "six and a half novels" in the genres of American horror, science fiction and fantasy. His fiction has been nominated for a number of awards, including several Bram...
2019-03-241h 14
The SF in SF PodcastJanuary 2019: Kim Stanley Robinson, Howard Hendrix, Cecelia HollandRecorded live at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco on Sunday, January 20, 2019. There are three author readings followed by a discussion session. Hosted by Terry Bisson.
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is an American writer of science fiction. He has published 19 novels and many short stories but is best known for his Mars books. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes running through them and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the...
2019-02-131h 54
The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2018: Rudy Rucker and Greg BossertReadings and discussions with Rudy Rucker and Greg Bossert.
Rudy Rucker is a writer and a mathematician who worked for twenty years as a Silicon Valley computer science professor. He received the Philip K. Dick award for his early cyberpunk novel Software, and again for his Wetware. Software (1982) was perhaps the first SF novel where a human's personality (the "software") is transferred into a robot. His forty published books include novels, collections, and non-fiction books on the fourth dimension, infinity, and the meaning of computation. Rucker's ground-breaking cyberpunk Ware series was republished in 2010 as The Ware Tetralogy, which can also...
2018-11-151h 41
The SF in SF PodcastSeptember 2018: Sheila Finch & David D. LevineSheila Finch is best known for her sequence of stories about the Guild of Xenolinguists. She won a Nebula novella award for "Reading the Bones" in 1998. Her most recent book is Villa Far From Rome.
David D. Levine is the author of Andre Norton Award winning novel Arabella of Mars (Tor 2016), sequels Arabella and the Battle of Venus (Tor 2017) and Arabella the Traitor of Mars (Tor 2018), and over fifty SF and fantasy stories.
2018-10-201h 19
The SF in SF PodcastAugust 2018: George R.R. Martin Special EventAn evening with George R.R. Martin, creator of Game of Thrones, in conversation with Hugo Award-winning artist John Picacio recorded at the landmark Fox Theatre in Redwood City on August 14, 2018. A lively audience Q&A follows the discussion.
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The SF in SF PodcastJuly 2018: Paul Park and Terry BissonPAUL PARK is the author of All Those Vanished Engines, A Princess of Roumania, and numerous other novels. He has published short stories in Omni Magazine, Interzone and other magazines and teaches a course in reading and writing science fiction at Williams College.
TERRY BISSON is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His books include Voyage to the Red Planet (1990), Pirates of the Universe (1996), and The Pickup Artist (2001). His 1990 short story "Bears Discover Fire" won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, and his all-dialogue story "They're Made Out of Meat" is one of the most widely-reprinted SF stories...
2018-08-231h 56
The SF in SF PodcastJune 2018: Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Meg Elison, Ellen KlagesReadings and conversation with Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Meg Elison, Ellen Klages
Lucy Jane Bledsoe, most recent novel, The Evolution of Love, came out in May. She's the author of a collection of short stories, a collection of narrative nonfiction, and four other novels, including A Thin Bright Line and The Big Bang Symphony. Her fiction has won a Yaddo Fellowship, the 2013 Saturday Evening Post Fiction Award, the Arts & Letters Fiction Prize, the Sherwood Anderson Prize for Fiction, a Pushcart nomination, a California Arts Council Fellowship, an American Library Association Stonewall Award, and two National Science Foundation Artists & Writers Fellowships.
Meg...
2018-07-2953 min
The SF in SF PodcastApril 2018: A Conversation with Michael MoorcockMichael Moorcock in conversation with Terry Bisson, along with questions from the audience.
2018-05-251h 25
The SF in SF PodcastMarch 2018: Silvia Moreno Garcia, Jack Skillingstead and Nancy KressSILVIA MORENO GARCIA is Mexican by birth and Canadian by inclination. She has edited several anthologies, including She Walks in Shadows (World Fantasy Award winner, published in the USA as Cthulhu's Daughters), Sword & Mythos, Fungi, Dead North, and Fractured. Her debut novel, Signal to Noise, won the Members Choice Copper Cylinder Award in Canada in 2016, and was nominated for the British Fantasy, Locus, Sunburst and Aurora awards. Her second novel, Certain Dark Things, was selected as one of NPR's best books of 2016 and was a finalist for the Locus and Sunburst awards. Her recent novel, The Beautiful Ones, is a...
2018-04-041h 48
The SF in SF PodcastJanuary 2018: Cecilia Holland and Kim Stanley Robinson"Our Big Show of the Year" -- Terry Bisson
Dedicated to Ursula K. Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American writer of science fiction. He has published nineteen novels and numerous short stories but is best known for his Mars trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes running through them and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. Robinson's work has been labeled by The Atlantic...
2018-03-021h 44
The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2017: Women in Horror: Erika Mailman, Loren Rhoads, Dana FredstiOur Halloween special: Women in Horror: with Erika Mailman, Loren Rhoads, Dana Fredsti
ERIKA MAILMAN is an American author and journalist. Born in Vermont, she is the descendant of a woman who twice stood trial for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials in 1692. Mailman attended both Colby College and the University of Arizona, Tucson, later writing a column for the Montclarion edition of the Contra Costa Times. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has taught at Chabot College, in Hayward. Her debut novel The Witch's Trinity, is set in a medieval German town in 1487 and examines the...
2018-02-031h 19
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF December 2017: KEN SCHOLES and BEN LOORYSF in SF moderator TERRY BISSON will host authors KEN SCHOLES and BEN LOORY.
KEN SCHOLES, with Hymn — the final book in the Psalms of Isaak series
BEN LOORY, with Tales Of Falling And Flying — his new story collection
Recorded live at the American Book Binders Museum in San Francisco.
Music by Haaj https://soundcloud.com/thehaaj
2018-01-101h 16
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF November 2017: Annalee Newitz and Robin SloanReadings and a lively discussion with Annalee Newitz & Robin Sloan
Annalee Newitz(founding editor of io9) reads from her debut novel, "Autonomous"
Robin Sloan, bestselling author of "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore", reading from his new book, "Sourdough".
Recorded live on 11/19/2017 at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.
2017-11-211h 19
The SF in SF PodcastSeptember 2017: DARYL GREGORY and REBECCA GOMEZ FARRELLTERRY BISSON will host authors DARYL GREGORY and REBECCA GOMEZ FARRELL. Tonights discussion theme is: Genre: the restrictions and possibilities that it brings to an author.
DARYL GREGORY is a science fiction, fantasy and comic book author, His new literary speculative novel Spoonbenders was published by Knopf in June
REBECCA GOMEZ FARRELL writes all the speculative fiction genres she can conjure up. Her debut fantasy novel, Wings Unseen, was published by Meerkat Press in August 2017.
Music in this episode performed by Haaj https://soundcloud.com/thehaaj
(Used with permission)
2017-10-031h 53
EarFuel059: Rusty Hodge (SomaFM)SomaFM founder Rusty Hodge and I discuss the evolution of streaming music over the past 30 years, being an independent broadcaster, space and much more. I also dig deep into the new album from Lionize.
2017-09-2000 min
The SF in SF PodcastJune 2017: Steven Boyett and Ken Mitchroney and "Fata Morgana"Recorded live on Sunday, June 11: An extremely entertaining evening of readings and discussion with Steven Boyett and Ken Mitchroney about their new book, "Fata Morgana", with guest moderator Bay Area author Cliff Winnig.
Steven R. Boyett‘s novels include the fantasy classic Ariel, The Architect of Sleep, Elegy Beach, and Mortality Bridge. He has been a professional martial arts instructor, paper marbler, advertising copywriter, proofreader, writing teacher, website designer & editor, chapbook publisher, and DJ who has played in major cities and Burning Man. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area. His latest book, Fata Morgana, was written with Ken Mitc...
2017-06-211h 28
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF April 2017: Pat Murphy & Madeleine RobinsA lively reading and discussion with Pat Murphy and Madeleine Robins, moderated by Bay Area author and editor Terry Bisson.
Pat Murphy writes fiction that has "a hint of the strange," from the Nebula Award-winning The Falling Woman to the World Fantasy Award winner Bones. Her novelette "Rachel in Love" won the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, the Locus Award, and the Asimov Readers Award. When not writing fiction she has written about science for the Exploratorium and Klutz Press, as well as a column with physicist Paul Doherty for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She...
2017-06-071h 32
The SF in SF PodcastSF In SF March 2017: Effie SeibergEFFIE SEIBERG is an up-and-coming young science fiction and fantasy writer, based in San Francisco with the requisite San-Francisco-based tech job. With a slew of promising short fiction to her credit, at any one time she is either working on 1) baking a spaceship-shaped cake, 2) a YA novel 3) walking her dog YoYo, and/or making everything in the tech sector just a little bit better. Follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/effies, or check out her other stories online, at http://www.freesfonline.de/authors/Effie_Seiberg.html
2017-04-2318 min
The SF in SF PodcastJanuary 2017: Kim Stanley Robinson and Cecelia HollandAn evening with authors Kim Stanley Robinson and Cecelia Holland, reading and in conversation with Terry Bisson.
Kim Stanley Robinson has published nineteen novels and numerous short stories but is best known for his Mars trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural and political themes running through them and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. Robinson's work has been labeled by The Atlantic as "the gold-standard of realistic, and...
2017-02-151h 21
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF November 2016: Rick Wilber and Nick MamatasAn evening with authors Rick Wilber and Nick Mamatas, reading, and in conversation with Terry Bisson.
Rick Wilber is an author, poet, editor, and teacher whose latest book is Alien Morning (Tor Books). He has published short stories in magazines such as Aboriginal SF, Analog, Asimov's Science Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Pulphouse, and SF Age; and in anthologies such as Alien Sex and Chrysalis. In addition to his short stories, he has written the novels Rum Point and The Cold Road, and a memoir, My Father's Game: Life, Death, Baseball.
Nick Mamatas is the author of 11 novels, as well as...
2016-12-121h 25
The SF in SF PodcastAugust 2016: Cecil Castellucci and Ben LooryScience Fiction in San Francisco: SF in SF for August 2016.
Cecil Castellucci is the author of books and graphic novels for young adults including Boy Proof, The Plain Janes, First Day on Earth, The Year of the Beasts, Tin Star, Stone in the Sky and the Eisner nominated Odd Duck, as well as Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure. Her picture book, Grandma's Gloves, won the California Book Award Gold Medal. Her short stories have been published in Strange Horizons, YARN, Tor.com, and various anthologies including, Teeth, After and Interfictions 2. She is the Children's Correspondence Coordinator for The Rumpus...
2016-11-131h 33
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF October 2016: Helene Wecker & Garth NixGarth Nix and Helene Wecker reading and in conversation with Terry Bisson at the American Bookbinder's Museum in San Francisco.
Garth Nix is an Australian author, beloved for his award-winning young adult fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, and Clariel; the dystopian novel Shades Children; the space opera A Confusion of Princes; and a Regency romance with magic, Newts Emerald.
Helene Wecker's first novel, the highly acclaimed The Golem and the Jinni, was published in April 2013 by HarperCollins. Its sequel, The Iron Season, will be released in 2018.
2016-10-261h 39
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF September 2016: ROBERT SILVERBERGROBERT SILVERBERG in conversation with Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and Daryl Gregory at SF in SF, September 2016. Recorded in San Francsico at the American Bookbinders Museum.
2016-09-271h 11
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF July 2016: Richard Kadrey & Thomas Olde HeuveltRichard Kadrey is the author of dozens of stories, plus ten novels, including Sandman Slim, Kill the Dead, Aloha from Hell, Devil Said Bang, Kill City Blues, Metrophage and Butcher Bird.
Thomas Olde Heuvelt is the Dutch author of five novels and many short stories. His work has appeared in many languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and French. In 2015, his story, "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" was the first ever translated work to win a Hugo Award.
2016-08-021h 36
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF May 2016: Marie Brennan & M. Thomas GammarinoSF in SF May 2016 Podcast, featuring:
MARIE BRENNAN reading from her new novel in the Lady Trent series, In the Labyrinth of Drakes. Brennan is the author of Midnight Never Come, and the other volumes in the Lady Trent series: A Natural History of Dragons, The Tropic of Serpents, and Voyage of the Basilisk
M. THOMAS GAMMARINO reading from his new novel, King of the Worlds. He is the author of Jellyfish Dreams and Big in Japan, and is the winner of the 2013 Elliot Cades Award for Literature in Hawaii.
With your moderator will be Terry Bisson.
2016-06-241h 32
The SF in SF PodcastSF in SF June 2016: with Rudy Rucker and Michael BlumleinThe SF in SF Podcast for June 2016, featuring:
Rudolf "Rudy" von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, artist, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. Best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards.
Michael Blumlein is the author of The Movement of Mountain, X Y (made into a film), The Healer, Ageless, The Roberts and more. Twice nominated for the World Fantasy Award and twice for the Bram Stoker Award, Blumlein received the ReaderCon Award. In addition...
2016-06-241h 53
The SF in SF PodcastApril 2016: Peter S. Beagle & Carter ScholzPETER S. BEAGLE is the best-selling author of the beloved classic, The Last Unicorn. Published in 1968, when the author was 29, it was made into a Rankin/Bass animated film in 1982. His other novels include A Fine & Private Place, The Innkeeper’s Song, and Tamsin. His short fiction has been collected in four volumes by Tachyon Publications, including The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche, The Line Between, We Never Talk About My Brother, and Sleight of Hand. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Mythopoeic, and Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire awards and the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. His recent books are...
2016-05-301h 13
The SF in SF PodcastMarch 2016: Hannu Rajaniemi & Daryl GregoryHANNU RAJANIEMI was born in Finland, obtained his PhD in string theory at the University of Edinburgh and now works as a co-founder and CTO of HelixNano, a synthetic biology startup based in the Bay Area. He is the author of four novels including The Quantum Thief trilogy and the forthcoming Summerland, and several short stories.
DARYL GREGORY is an award-winning writer of genre-mixing novels, stories, and comics. His novels include Harrison Squared, Afterparty, Pandemonium, Raising Stony Mayhall, The Devil’s Alphabet, and the World Fantasy Award-winning novella We Are All Completely Fine, in development at the SyFy channel. His st...
2016-05-301h 28
SomaFM PodcastsSF in SF, April 2016 Reading – Peter S. Beagle & Carter ScholzA monthly series of author readings from science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Guests:
Peter S. Beagle (The Last Unicorn and the forthcoming Summerlong)
Carter Scholz (Palimpsests, Radiance)
2016-05-1200 minSomaFM PodcastsSF in SF, March 2016 Reading – Hannu Rajaniemi & Daryl GregoryA monthly series of author readings from science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Guests:
HANNU RAJANIEMI, author of The Quantum Thief trilogy and the forthcoming Summerland
DARYL GREGORY, author of Afterparty, Pandemonium and We Are All Completely Fine.
2016-03-101h 28SomaFM PodcastsAn interview with AscendantRusty talks with ambient artists Don Tyler and Chris Bryant, together known as Ascendant.
2016-02-0223 minSomaFM PodcastsCoppé visits the SomaFM StudioExperimental electronic musician / performance artist Coppé visits the SomaFM Studio for an interview with Rusty Hodge.
2015-11-0233 minSomaFM PodcastsSomaFM: Steve Roach InterviewWe talk with ambient music pioneer Steve Roach following his live performance on SomaFM's Drone Zone on May 7th, 2013.
2013-05-1034 minSomaFM PodcastsMusic Biz: Streaming Financial Models, Part 2Record producer Count (clients: DJ Shadow, Radiohead, New Order, No Doubt, Zoe Keating) and Corey Denis (Toolshed Digital) talk about the new financial realities of the music business and how to improve the business situation for indie artists. Part 2
2013-02-2759 minSomaFM PodcastsMusic Biz: Streaming Financial Models, Part 1Record producer Count (clients: DJ Shadow, Radiohead, New Order, No Doubt, Zoe Keating) and Corey Denis (Toolshed Digital) talk about the new financial realities of the music business and how to improve the business situation for indie artists. Part 1
2013-02-271h 12SomaFM PodcastsBehind the Scenes: Folk Forward, our latest channel on SomaFMRusty talks with Sean Sullivan, Music Director of SomaFM's new Folk Forward channel; plus guest Kevin Sullivan who leads indie folk band Rin Tin Tiger. hear how we decided to launch this new channel and what kind of music is going to be featured on it.
2013-01-2200 minSomaFM PodcastsBehind the Scenes at SomaFM: January 2013Rusty and Ted talk about things happening behind the scenes at SomaFM, along with details on our planned SXSW coverage and an update to the South by Soma channel.
2013-01-1800 minSomaFM PodcastsNetwork Radio Royalties: Internet Radio Fairness Act discussionSomaFM's Rusty Hodge and digital music strategist Corey Denis talk about the Internet Radio Fairness Act; radio royalties and the promotional value of radio. This is the first of a new series about the business of music and internet radio.
2012-11-291h 05SomaFM PodcastsSXSW 2011 RecapSomaFM's Elise Nordling (Indie Pop Rocks!) recaps a coulpe of her favorite shows at SXSW 2011.
2011-03-2901 minSomaFM PodcastsSXSW: Spin PartyElise does a quick recap of the Spin Magazine day party at Stubb's BBQ, Friday at SXSW.
2011-03-2900 minSomaFM PodcastsSounds of the Launch of Space Shuttle STS-133This is what it sounds like to be at the launch of a Space Shuttle. Sounds of the people at the viewing area, the PA announcements, the sounds of the wildlife, the countdown, and 15 seconds later the sounds of the engines.
2011-03-0810 minSomaFM PodcastsMist and Mast interview at Noisepop 2010One of the members of Mist and Mast skis shirtless. Can you guess which one?
2010-03-1006 minSomaFM PodcastsLove is Chemicals interview at NoisepopLove is Chemicals tell us about the ups and downs of being in a band with your significant other.
2010-03-0200 minSomaFM PodcastsInterview with "Ian Fays" at Noise Pop 2010Sarah, Liz and Lena of the Ian Fays give us their thoughts on the music scenes in Idaho, Humboldt and the Bay Area.
2010-02-2804 minSomaFM PodcastsSan Francisco Electronic Music Festival 2009 part 2We continue our talk with Pamela Z about the tenth annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, which took place in September 2009. This interview is filled with information about artists from the experimental electronic music scene in San Francisco.
2009-11-1914 minSomaFM PodcastsAn interview with Lukas Lugeti, electronic music performerDuring the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, we sat down with Lukas Ligeti to discuss his wide range of influences, his African musical collaborations, his travels and the legacy of his father, classical composer György Ligeti.
2009-10-1211 minSomaFM PodcastsSan Francisco Electronic Music Festival 2009 PreviewWe talk with Pamela Z about the tenth annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, which take place Wednesday, September 16th through Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Brava Theater.
2009-08-3120 minSomaFM PodcastsNatalie Portman's Shaved Head in San FranciscoMeghan Logue (host of SomaFM's Poptron) has a fun talk with the band after their first San Francisco show at Bottom of the Hill. Get the scoop behind some of their best songs, what it's like to tour with CSS and surviving on tour. Edited by Ian Penovich.
2009-08-2619 minSomaFM PodcastsYeasayer interview at Download Festival 2008Meghan and Merin sneak backstage at the Download Festival to get an interview with Yeasayer. They really are big in Norway. Produced and Edited by Ian Penovich. And thanks to the nice security guard who didn't kick them out.
2009-08-2007 minSomaFM PodcastsFoals Interview on SomaFMNot "The Foals". Just Foals. Meghan talks with singer/guitarist Yannis about the oblivion of touring and getting to play to so many different people.
2009-08-0710 minSomaFM PodcastsStarf*cker, the SomaFM InterviewBand members Ryan and Josh tell us about the origins and drawbacks of their unique name.
2009-08-0700 min2009-08-0708 minSomaFM PodcastsMaus Haus Interview on SomaFMWe break the news to Maus Haus that they are indie radio darlings. And that's just fine with them.
2009-08-0706 minSomaFM PodcastsThe Broken West Interview on SomaFMRoss and Brian from The Broken West answer Meghan's questions on doing covers of Tegan & Sara, touring during a recesion, and listening to too much Grateful Dead.
2009-08-0710 minSomaFM PodcastsHere Here Interview on SomaFMMeghan from SomaFM speaks with every single member (there are 7) of Here Here.
2009-08-0708 minSomaFM PodcastsPicture Atlantic InterviewNick and Rico from Picture Atlantic tell Meghan from SomaFM about the time they opened for Coldplay.
2009-08-0706 minSomaFM PodcastsOkkervil River InterviewMeghan from SomaFM learns when Travis first met the rest of Okkervil River, he hated them. Then he got over it. Here's the story.
2009-08-0705 minSomaFM PodcastsThe Dodos InterviewReporting from the Treasure Island Music Festival, Meghan from SomaFM talks with Meric and Logan from The Dodos, along their newest member Joe, about bad attitudes, marriage, playing in Montana and taking naps for being bad.
2009-08-0710 minSomaFM PodcastsSugar and Gold InterviewMeghan from SomaFM interviews Phil and Nick from Sugar and Gold, who talks about their track Neighborhood.
2009-08-0710 minSomaFM PodcastsThe Union Trade interview (Part 3)Rusty Hodge from SomaFM talks with Don and Nate from The Union Trade, a San Francisco-based "cinematic post rock" band that was part of the Bay Area Takeover at SXSW. The final part of a three-part interview.
2009-08-0710 minSomaFM PodcastsThe Union Trade interview (Part 2)Rusty Hodge from SomaFM talks with Don and Nate from The Union Trade, a San Francisco-based "cinematic post rock" band that was part of the Bay Area Takeover at SXSW. Part two of a three-part interview.
2009-08-0720 minSomaFM PodcastsThe Union Trade interview (Part 1)Rusty Hodge from SomaFM talks with Don and Nate from The Union Trade, a San Francisco-based "cinematic post rock" band that was part of the Bay Area Takeover at SXSW. Part one of a three-part interview.
2009-08-0710 minSomaFM PodcastsLoquat - The SomaFM InterviewWe talk with Loquat a the Treasure Island music festival in San Francisco.
2009-07-2815 minSomaFM PodcastsScissors for Lefty Interview on SomaFMMeghan talks with Scissors for Lefty at the SomaFM Indie Pop Rocks Noisepop Happy Hour.
2009-07-2210 min