an impressionistic rendering of irises, painted by Vincen van Goh

Episodes

  • Episode 59: Soul Twin Messiah

    Joe and Mark are joined by Evan Gary Hirsch and Kip Baldwin, who make up the duo Soul Twin Messiah (STM), who have an inspiring message of love and unity for the human family.

  • Episode 58: Yellowface

    View on Zencastr Editor and writer Robert Runte joins Mark and Joe on the podcast to encourage everyone to read R. F. Kuang’s satire of the publishing industry, Yellowface. Robert is a long-term science fiction reader and for many years a reviewer and critic. That turned into a new role when one of the small…

  • Episode 57: The Wire

    View on Zencastr Joe and Mark invite Tony Schwartz, a veteran freelance first assistant director and line producer for film and television, to make the case for why everyone should watch The Wire. Tony is currently producing his own projects. He’s also on the faculty of the New York Film Academy, in Burbank. Because Joe…

  • Episode 56: The Gates

    Mark and Joe are joined by the writer and broadcaster, Lisa Brandt, to discuss massive environmental art installation by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude, known jointly as Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

  • Episode 55: War of the Worlds

    Canadian science fiction writer Hugh Spencer joins the lads to talk about one of his favorite bits of audio – the original radio play of The War of the Worlds.

  • Episode 54: Nick Patterson

    Joe and Mark are joined by the writer Tom Bradley. 3:AM magazine described Tom as “… one of the most criminally underrated authors on the planet.”

  • Episode 53: Little Shop of Horrors

    Actor and university friend of Mark, Blair Young joins the podcast to talk about life as a thespian. He also discusses the play that inspired him to become an actor and keeps him enthused about the profession.

  • Episode 52: The Versifier

    Joe and Mark are joined by the famed cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling, from his studio in Torino (Turin), Italy. The discuss Primo Levi’s prophetic AI, The Versifier.

  • Episode 51: Fahrenheit 451

    The lads are joined by writer and poet, Abigail Grimes, so they can discuss the classic Ray Bradbury novel, Fahrenheit 451.

  • Episode 49: Alice in Wonderland

    Mark and Joe are joined by author Jenn Thorson, who has written humor, humorous science fiction and two novels set in wonderland. They talk about the original Alice in Wonderland books by Lewis Carroll.