The podcast: Tales From the Bridge: All Things Sci-fi is worth checking out.
I listen to a lot of podcasts. They’re handy for keeping the mind occupied on daily walks. Most of these are science and philosophy shows. But as an aspiring writer, I also listen to writing podcasts.
Among them are Writing Excuses, a group of sci-fi and fantasy authors talking about the craft of speculative writing in fairly short episodes (they aim for fifteen minutes but twenty to thirty isn’t unusual), The Writer Files with Kelton Reid interviewing authors on how they write, Odyssey SF/F Writing Workshop, and a few others that are more sporadic.
I also like listening to shows about science fiction, including Wired’s Geeks Guide to the Galaxy, Imaginary Worlds, SFF Yeah!, and a hodgepodge of others with varying quality. They cover a mix of literary and media sci-fi.
Tales From the Bridge is kind of a hybrid between these. It’s really more in the science fiction category, but it focuses on the literary side. A lot of their episodes are book reviews, but a substantial portion are interviews of sci-fi authors, including people like Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cory Doctorow, Greg Bear, David Brin, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, Kevin J. Anderson, Martha Wells, Andy Weir, and Dennis Taylor. The interviews focus on the sci-fi aspects of their work, but often veer into writing methods.
So if like me you’re a podcast listener, and like hearing about science fiction books with insights on how they’re written, it’s worth checking out. I’ve been going through their back episodes for the last couple of weeks and enjoying them.
I’m always on the lookout for other podcasts along these lines. If you know of any worth looking at, I’d be grateful to hear about them. Or any thoughts you have on any of these.
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Thanks for the recommendation! I know it may seem odd for someone who records audiobooks, but I don’t listen to podcasts or even audiobooks too often, though I get why they’re becoming more and more popular. It’s a great way to pass the time in traffic or while exercising, which is how I imagine most people use them.
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Thanks. I’m not sure how much I’d listen to them if I didn’t walk. I do make use of the bluetooth connection to my car though and listen while driving, which isn’t that much these days.
Podcasts are kind of like customized talk radio, where you get to pick much more interesting topics than the stuff that comes in over the air. But the quality varies a lot. Some are slick disciplined productions, while others are just one or a few people goofing around. But you do get a lot of options.
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Yeah, I imagine there is quite a lot of variety and variance in quality since anyone can make a podcast these days. Like everything else, there’s so much out there that it becomes important to find people you trust to sift through it and find the gems.
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Excellent. Will check it out. My daughter purchased a 2 for 1 MasterClass lesson set, gave me one and I’ve been debating which writing class to take. I’ll let you know how whichever one goes.
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I occasionally look at those, but have just never been sure it’d be any better than reading a book on the topic. I’ll be interested to know how effective you think it is. Good luck!
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Sounds interesting. I’ll check it out. I sometimes listen to podcasts while I work on art.
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Hope you enjoy it!
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