Category Archives: Podcasting

Pod-fiction listening as therapy

Posted on 7 February 2008 by Michael Spence

You can imagine many uses for podcasts if you try: company during commutes (my own favorite), occupation of the mind during chiefly physical tasks such as washing dishes, even (apologies to many authors) insomnia treatments. Here’s one I hadn’t considered. … Continue reading →

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Welcome, SCI PHI SHOW and 7TH SON listeners!

Posted on 13 November 2007 by Michael Spence

If you’re here because you heard Jason Rennie’s interview with me in “Sci Phi Show Outcast #59,”1 (thank you, Jason) or my “7th Son Episode 17: The Story So Far” reading (thanks, Hutch!), you might still be wondering what’s going … Continue reading →

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“Just wait ’til NEXT year!”

Posted on 25 August 2007 by Michael Spence

It wasn’t to be, alas. As I noted earlier, the quality of the other nominees is superb, and I’m not surprised to have been blown out of the water by such excellent pieces as Matt Wallace’s thoughtful “No World for … Continue reading →

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A Parsec nominee I, a thing of shreds and patches…

Posted on 23 July 2007 by Michael Spence

It’s time for the second annual Parsec Awards for excellence in podcasting, which will be given out at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia (31 August–3 September 2007). Two of my short pieces have been nominated and will be considered by the … Continue reading →

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Scott Sigler, a Strauss waltz, and Super Bowl XLI

Posted on 10 June 2007 by Michael Spence

Clerk’s log, MJDate 54262.0: Scott’s gracious comment on a previous article reminded me of something remarkable that happened this past February. Let me tell you about it. Every so often someone comes along and completely changes your perspective on a … Continue reading →

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Podcast novelists in the NEW YORK TIMES

Posted on 2 March 2007 by Michael Spence

Two worlds have collided, and storytelling may not be the same again. In case you haven’t yet seen this, the august New York Times (”all the news that’s fit to print”) recently ran an article on podcast fiction, featuring Scott … Continue reading →

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Podcasters take on Clement Clark Moore

Posted on 29 December 2006 by Michael Spence

On the fifth day of Christmas, P. Dilly gave to me … Actually, this was up on Friday the 22nd as part of the Pickle Tales Holiday Show #2, but, with the proprietors’ permission, I’m posting it here for those … Continue reading →

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Pickle Tale postscript

Posted on 19 November 2006 by Michael Spence

The results are in … and I’m out. Not a problem; hey, out of the initial 26 submissions (and you’ll get to hear all of them during the various Pickle Tales podcasts), I was chosen to be one of the … Continue reading →

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For mine is a Pickle tale …

Posted on 6 November 2006 by Michael Spence

You — yes, you — can encourage an aspiring podcaster! Namely, me.

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The advantage of podcast radio: Freberg’s dream lives!

Posted on 14 June 2006 by Michael Spence

nybody here remember radio?” That was the question satirist Stan Freberg asked the audience in an auditorium one night in 1966.

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