Category Archives: Podcasts

Karen & Karen: Back in the Saddle

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Cheryl

I have joyous news. One of my favorite podcasts is back in action. Yes, there is a new episode of SF Crossing the Gulf. And in this Karen Burnham and Karen Lord talk about Gene Wolfe. Well, to be precise, … Continue reading →

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The Galactic Suburbs Listen

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Cheryl

Talking of Australia, the latest episode of Small Blue Planet gets some love in the latest episode of Galactic Suburbia. I’m acutely aware of the fact that the show is very much a minority interest, but Alex, Alisa & Tansy … Continue reading →

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Small Blue Planet: Israel

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Cheryl

I may be in Canada, but Small Blue Planet is in Israel. Thanks to the hard work of our wonderful producer, Karen Burnham, the latest episode is now available to listen to at the Locus website. My guests for May … Continue reading →

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I Get Podcast

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Cheryl

I am so behind on podcast listening. There are episodes of Coode Street, Galactic Suburbia, The Writer & The Critic, Shout Out and For Books Sake that I need to listen to. I have, however, managed to catch the latest … Continue reading →

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Small Blue Planet: France

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Cheryl

C’est animé? C’est vivant? Je ne sais pas. La traduction, elle est difficile. Especially when you are as bad at languages as I am. Thankfully my guests on Small Blue Planet are very good at English. Many thanks to Mélanie … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon – La France

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Cheryl

Today I recorded episode #4 of Small Blue Planet, which takes us to France. My guests are two very fine French writers: Mélanie Fazi and Lionel Davoust. We talked about a whole range of subjects from Dumas and Verne to … Continue reading →

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A Small Blue Planet Page

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Cheryl

It occurred to me (while putting together a bio for an article on another website) that I need a page here on which I collect links to all of the episodes of Small Blue Planet. So now this site has … Continue reading →

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Podcast Recommendation

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Cheryl

One of the things I discovered at the Bristol Women’s Literary Festival was a website called For Books’ Sake. It is a general literary blog run by women, and the people at the festival sounded interesting. When I got home … Continue reading →

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Karen Lord on ABC

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Cheryl

Karen Lord was a guest at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival earlier this month. While she was there, she recorded an interview with Richard Fidler of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a great interview, and you can listen to it … Continue reading →

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Small Blue Planet, Episode 3: Brazil

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Cheryl

It lives! Karen Burnham has just posted the latest episode of Small Blue Planet to the Locus Roundtable blog. You can find it here. Many thanks to Fábio Fernandes and Jacques Barcia for being such great guests. I particularly enjoyed … Continue reading →

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India and Brazil

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Cheryl

Today I spotted an academic paper on this history of science fiction written in Hindi. You can read it here. It is great to know that people were writing SF in Hindi at the end of the 19th Century. And … Continue reading →

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Got Radio (with added Tim Maughan)

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Cheryl

As I said yesterday, there’s a problem with the Ujima website, as a result of which the Women’s Outlook shows do not appear in the Listen Again section. However, the shows are online, so with the application of a little … Continue reading →

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Karen, Karen & Karin

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Cheryl

More podcast catchup here. I have just listened to episode #10 of the superb SF Crossing the Gulf, which features Karin Tidbeck’s award-winning debut collection, Jagannath. Unsurprisingly they loved it. But, this being Ms. Burnham and Ms. Lord, they also … Continue reading →

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Jack Wolf On ShoutOut

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Cheryl

I have been catching up with all sorts of things since I got back from Exeter. Included in that is the Shout Out Bristol LGBT radio show. Part of that is ego boo, of course. I get mentioned a couple … Continue reading →

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Small Blue Planet #2 – China

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Cheryl

The second episode of Small Blue Planet is now available from the Locus Roundtable blog. in this one Karen Burnham and I make a virtual trip to China with the help of the multiple-award-winning Ken Liu and one of China’s … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Radio

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Cheryl

Yesterday was Ujima Radio day. I very nearly didn’t make it, as the train I was planning to catch was cancelled. Fortunately I don’t trust FGW and there was a later train that, with the help of a taxi, got … Continue reading →

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Small Blue Planet Reviewed

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Cheryl

In the new episode of Galactic Suburbia, Tansy Rayner Roberts reviews the first episode of Small Blue Planet. Her comments begin about 58 minutes in (though of course you should listen to the whole thing). On the subject of Small … Continue reading →

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Tolkien Lecture Online

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Cheryl

The lecture on fantasy literature that Kij Johnson gave in Oxford last month is now available online, both as a PDF (complete with Kij’s scribble where she ad-libed on the day), and as a podcast. You can find both here.

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New Feminist SF Study

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Cheryl

Last night I got email from Lyda Morehouse drawing my attention to Cyberpunk Women, Feminism and Science Fiction: A Critical Study by Carlen Lavigne. It sounds very interesting, and Lyda understands that it mentions the AngeLINK series quite a bit. … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Radio

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Cheryl

My appearances on local radio yesterday are now available as podcasts. The Ujima Radio show was all about China, in honor of the Chinese New Year. In this segment, around 23 minutes in, you can hear me enthusing about Ken … Continue reading →

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