Podcasts by The Coode Street Podcast

Episode 638: Books that were off our radar from 2023-12-12T06:46:40

The end of the year may be fast approaching, but this episode isn’t quite our usual year-in-review discussion (which will come up later), or our books-we’re-looking-forward-to episode. Instead, ...

Episode 637: A Quick One, While We Wait from 2023-11-26T19:11:09

With plans for are promised chat with Elizabeth Hand and Alix E. Harrow on temporary hold, Jonathan and Gary share some pleasant memories of the World Fantasy Convention, muse about whether the ...

Episode 636: Jeffrey Ford, Kij Johnson and the Art of Narrative from 2023-11-11T12:34:04

The 2023 World Fantasy Convention was held in Kansas City, Missouri over the weekend of October 26-29 2023. The convention was incredibly kind and generous and featured Jonathan as a gue...

Episode 635: On the nature of purpose in science fiction from 2023-10-01T11:31:58

Responding in part to some issues raised by ...

Episode 634: Jack Dann and the Fiction Writer’s Guide to Alternate History from 2023-09-10T10:17:53

For this episode, Jonathan and Gary are joined by the distinguished novelist, editor...

Episode 633: A classic ramble from 2023-09-04T07:19:29

In a return to classic rambling form, Jonathan and Gary begin thinking about the waning months of the year, and the inevitable recommended reading discussions.

Jonathan starts off by aski...

Episode 632: Wole Talabi and Shagidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon from 2023-08-13T17:02:06

This week Hugo and Nebula nominee Wole Talab...

Episode 631: Awards, debut novels, and science fiction at the moment from 2023-07-23T15:38:46

After Gary enjoyed a weekend at Readercon, we’re back with another one-on-one ramble that covers topics from the proliferation of SF awards (and what they really might be for), to some recent an...

Episode 630: Kij Johnson and the Nature of Story from 2023-07-09T11:53:54

After an unplanned hiatus, we’re back with the wonderful In this episode, Jonathan and Gary have a long overdue extended discussion with the wonderful Sarah Pinsker, whose new collection

This week, Jonathan and Gary talk with Kelly Link, whose new collection This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by World Fantasy and Newbery Award winner Kelly Barnhill, whose

We are always casting around for inspiration. After getting ChatGPT to provide a new introdu...

Episode 623: The 2022 Locus Recommended Reading List from 2023-02-05T11:32:39

This week, in our more-or-less annual discussion of the Listen

Episode 621: Coode Street’s Books for Look Forward to in 2023 from 2023-01-08T13:59:19

To kick off 2023, Jonathan and Gary share their lists of the books that they’re looking forward to reading in 2023.

They mention a lot of forthcoming titles, ranging books from old master...

Episode 620: A Very Coode Street Advent Bonus: M. Rickert from 2022-12-24T11:21:05

There's Christmas and then there's Krampus. Here at Coode Street, there's nothing quite like a little bit more, and as a very...

Episode 619: And Happy Holidays to all! from 2022-12-24T06:12:15

And that's a wrap. Time to hang up the headphones and take a short break. The Coode Street Podcast is going on hiatus for the remainder of 2022 and will return early in 2023.

Just before ...

Episode 618: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Elizabeth Hand from 2022-12-24T06:00:43

And so we come to the final episode of the 2022 Coode Street Advent Calendar. Gary sits down to ch...

Episode 617: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: N K Jemisin from 2022-12-23T06:23:50

Way back in March 2020 we

We spoke with Tochi Onyebuchi back in 2020 as part of "Although Nghi Vo published her first short story all the way back in 2007, it's only been ...

Episode 614: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: John Clute from 2022-12-20T07:01

There are friends of the Podcast, and then the...

Episode 613: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Naseem Jamnia from 2022-12-19T09:04:41

Depending on where you are in the world the weather is either turning chilly or it's becoming warm and sunny,...

Episode 612: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: John Kessel from 2022-12-18T06:24:16

John Kessel has long been a favourite of the podcast. We With a week left to go in the Advent Calendar, Jonathan sits down with Neon Yang...

Episode 610: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Richard Butner from 2022-12-16T08:20:21

The Coode Street Advent Calendar rolls on through December and today Gary sits down with Shirley Jackson and Locus Awa...

Episode 609: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Lavie Tidhar from 2022-12-15T06:42:56

We're halfway through December and more than halfway through our Advent Calendar. Today Gary sits down with one of the most interestin...

Episode 608: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Sarah Tolmie from 2022-12-14T06:35:36

Aurora award winner Sarah Tolmie chats with Gary about what she's been readi...

Episode 607: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Christopher Rowe from 2022-12-13T06:54:16

As we move closer and closer to the end of the Advent Calendar, Jonathan sits down with good friend of the podcast ...

Episode 606: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: C S E Cooney from 2022-12-12T06:04:11

And for the sixteenth day of the Advent Calendar, something a lit...

Episode 605: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Alix E. Harrow from 2022-12-11T06:25:26

The Advent Calendar rolls on  as we move through the holidays towards year's end. Today Jonathan calls up good friend of the podcast and all-round wonderful person Charlie Jane Anders joins Gary for the 14th instalment of the Advent Calendar to discuss what she's been rea...

Episode 603: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Stephanie Feldman from 2022-12-09T05:35:56

With the Coode Street Advent Calendar now in its second half, Gary sits down with the terrific As we get towards day 12 and the halfway mark of the Advent Calendar, Jonathan calls up Canada and talks to the always fab...

Episode 601: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Liz Williams from 2022-12-07T07:24:17

The holidays are in full swing. Hopefully, everyone is on top of their seasonal shopping and ready to r...

Episode 600: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Guy Gavriel Kay from 2022-12-06T05:51:35

It's fitting that the tenth day of the Advent Calendar, which is also the 600th (!!) o...

Episode 599: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Rachel Swirsky from 2022-12-05T06:12:14

As we move through the first week of December and into day nine of the Advent Calendar series, Gary spends som...

Episode 598: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Tamsyn Muir from 2022-12-04T07:43:23

For the eighth day of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Jonathan called Tamsyn Mu...

Episode 597: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Kate Heartfield from 2022-12-03T06:24:01

Earlier this year we talked to the fabulous Kate Heartfield about her novel,...

Episode 596: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Sequoia Nagamatsu from 2022-12-02T05:26:52

Day six of the Coode Street Advent Calendar sees Jonathan chattin...

Episode 595: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Sam J. Miller from 2022-12-01T05:39:32

The Coode Street Advent Calendar rolls into the fifth day, and this time Gary takes a little time to chat with the ...

Episode 594: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Alex Jennings from 2022-11-30T05:38:09

For the fourth instalment of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Jonathan ...

Episode 593: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Aliette de Bodard from 2022-11-29T05:28:11

The third day of the Coode Street Advent Calendar sees Gary talking to long-time podcast favourite Aliette de Bodard about their year in re...

Episode 592: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Kelly Barnhill from 2022-11-28T06:57:46

For the second day of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Jonathan sits down to cha...

Episode 591: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Nicola Griffith from 2022-11-27T11:08:28

The end of the year is fast approaching, and this year the Coode Street Podcast is doing something a little different. We've invited 24 cr...

Episode 590: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2022 from 2022-11-27T11:04:43

With the end of the year almost upon us, Coode Street was looking for a way to celebrate the books we read and loved during 2022. We also wanted to help you find something great to read for your...

Episode 589: Announcing a Coode Street Advent Calendar from 2022-11-13T13:13:56

The end of the year is nigh. Jonathan and Gary are working on their year-end recommended reading, and many of us are working on our holiday shopping lists. It's that magical time of the year, fo...

Episode 588: Let’s Talk About Space (Opera), Baybee... from 2022-10-30T12:00:17

With Gary about to leave for the World Fantasy Convention to be held in New Orleans next week, and with Jonathan in the process of assembling anthologies on the most recent iterations of space o...

Episode 587: Eileen Gunn and the Night Shift from 2022-10-22T11:13:57

This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the wonderful Eileen Gunn, whose With the fall season of Coode Street underway, Jonathan and Gary sit down with the brilliant

This week we’re joined by the distinguished, multiple award-winning John Kessel, whose collection For the first week in July, we’re joined by Nebula Award winner Rachel Swirsky...

Episode 581: Kate Heartfield and The Embroidered Book from 2022-06-19T11:19:49

This week, Jonathan and Gary are delighted to chat with Kate Heartfield, whose thoroughly...

Episode 580: Christopher Rowe and the Instrumentality of Influence from 2022-05-22T15:39:35

This week, Jonathan and Gary are joined by the brilliant Chr...

Episode 579: Remembering Patricia A. McKillip from 2022-05-16T10:59:25

Earlier this week, we were all stunned by the news of the tragic death of World Fantasy Life Achievement Award winner Patricia McKillip, whose ...

Episode 578: Kind of dull, but it’s something from 2022-05-01T12:33:48

This week’s discussion begins with Gary wondering about what he tentatively calls the use of absurdism in some recent novels, mentioning Kelly Barnhill’s When Women Were Dragons and Sunyi Dean's...

Episode 577: Books, classics, and collecting from 2022-04-15T19:00:52

It's only been a week since Jonathan and Gary sat down to chat with Nicola Griffith about her new book,...

Episode 576: Nicola Griffith and Spear from 2022-04-03T13:18:29

This time out, Jonathan and Gary are joined by the brilliant Nicola Griffith, whose Listen

Episode 575: New books, old readers, and such from 2022-03-27T13:24:41

With Gary just back from ICFA in Florida, he discussed whether this will really be the year of re-emergence, with both the World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago and World Fantasy Conventio...

Episode 574: Kickstarters, communities, and more from 2022-03-06T17:42:51

After reminding listeners that the ...

Episode 573: The 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List from 2022-02-20T14:06:26

This week, in our more-or-less annual discussion of the Locus Reco...

Episode 572: Genre, change, and the passage of time from 2022-02-13T15:10:40

This week (episode 3 of season 13) we return to our tradition of almost entirely unstructured rambling. Jonathan and Gary consider such questions as to whether a novel can be good SF, but not mu...

Episode 571: The New Year and New Books from 2022-01-24T09:36

This week Jonathan and Gary are back, a little early, to talk about the annual science fiction calendar, the awards season, how there are so many awards, what books they’re reading, and what boo...

Episode 570: Coode Street’s Books to Look for in 2022 from 2022-01-15T14:35:12

Welcome to The Coode Street Podcast. With 2021 barely in the rearview mirror, it's time to kick off season 13 with a brand new episode. A little over a month ago we sat down with James Bradley, ...

Episode 569: A Thank You for Supporting Us for So Long from 2021-12-24T13:41:19

The Coode Street Podcast kicked off in May 2010.  Over the next 568 episodes Jonathan and Gary, and far too many friends of the podcast to be named here individually, talked about a shared love ...

Episode 568: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide Roundtable from 2021-12-05T10:56:07

The holiday season is upon us, another strange, unforgettable year is almost done, and here at Coode Street it's time for our annual gift guide/year in review, where we recommend some books we l...

Episode 567: Sheree Renée Thomas and science fiction from 2021-11-21T12:56:39

Welcome to episode 25 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary sit down with the very talented and extremely busy Sheree ...

Episode 566: On life achievement, awards, and more from 2021-11-08T10:14:35

Welcome to episode 24 of Season 12 of the Coode Street Podcast. As the year draws to a close and winter comes to Chicago and summer to Perth, Gary and Jonathan sit down for an unexpected and unp...

Episode 565: On work published after the author‘s death from 2021-10-24T10:35:15

Welcome to episode 23 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, after a brief and mostly irrelevant discussion of whether the proposition that Ray Bradbury as the quintessential Octob...

Episode 564: Oghenechovwe Ekpeki and African Speculative Fiction from 2021-10-10T06:47:13

Welcome to episode 22 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. In this episode, Gary and Jonathan talk to Oghenechovwe Ekpeki, author of the Otherwise Award-winning and Theodore Sturgeon Memori...

Episode 563: A Ramble in the Wilderness from 2021-09-19T13:57:33

Welcome to episode 21 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast.Once again, it's just Jonathan and Gary, talking about the various roles anthologies have played in the history of science fiction ...

Episode 562: Reading, reviewing, and an old question answered from 2021-08-29T13:07:49

Welcome to episode 20 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. It's just Jonathan and Gary again, eventually circling around an interesting question raised by Andrew Liptak in Welcome to episode 18 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan ...

Episode 559: Partway through the pandemic, a ramble from 2021-08-01T10:38:18

Welcome to episode 17 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. For those very few of you who might be wondering what Jonathan and Gary ramble on about when they’re not recording or talking to g...

Episode 558: M. Rickert and The Shipbuilder of Bellfaerie from 2021-07-25T10:43:27

Welcome to episode 16 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, Jonathan and Gary chat with...

Episode 557: All This and Dystopia Too from 2021-07-18T12:58:54

Welcome to episode 15 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast.

For the first time in more than two months, it’s just Jonathan and Gary again, talking about science fiction of the anthrop...

Episode 556: Lavie Tidhar and a World of Science Fiction from 2021-07-02T22:05:56

Welcome to episode 14 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by multiple award-winning author and editor Welcome to episode 13 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the wonderful Welcome to episode 12 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined...

Episode 553: Daryl Gregory and The Album of Doctor Moreau from 2021-06-05T10:16:03

Welcome to episode 11 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by ...

Episode 552: Nghi Vo and The Chosen and the Beautiful from 2021-05-23T16:29:50

Welcome to episode 10 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary have a delightful conversation with Listen

Episode 551: Sarah Pinsker and We Are Satellites from 2021-05-08T17:42:04

Welcome to episode 9 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are j...

Episode 550: P. Djèlí Clark and A Master of Djinn from 2021-05-02T11:33:06

Welcome to episode 8 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan and Gary are jo...

Episode 549: Lockdown, science fiction, and more from 2021-04-25T11:51:05

Welcome to episode 7 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary return to form with a classic ramble through a jumble of topics ranging from the postponement of Listen

Episode 548: Kelly Robson and Alias Space from 2021-04-18T10:11:04

Welcome to episode 6 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the delightful ...

Episode 547: Nominating for the World Fantasy Awards from 2021-04-05T13:13:39

Welcome to episode 5 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. After three weeks of unexcused absences, Jonathan and Gary return, just as the world starts re-emerging with the announcement that ...

Episode 546:Veronica Schanoes and Burning Girls and Other Stories from 2021-03-07T16:34:20

Welcome to episode 4 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. Despite an unexpected ...

Episode 545: Aliette de Bodard and Fireheart Tiger from 2021-02-20T10:03:41

Welcome to episode 3 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week the brilliant A...

Episode 544: Ten Minutes with Max Gladstone from 2021-02-07T07:43:09

Last year Coode Street sat down with people from all over the world to talk about what they were reading, what they were up to, and how they were coping with strange times. We did it every day, ...

Episode 543: The Year in Review and Other Digressions from 2021-01-31T12:11:31

Welcome to episode 2 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, in the second of our main season of twenty-six hour-long episodes, our hosts Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan talk to ...

Episode 542: Ten Minutes with Jason Sizemore from 2021-01-20T08:00:48

Last year Coode Street sat down with people from all over the world to talk about what they were reading, what they were up to, and how they were coping with strange times. We did it every day, ...

Episode 541: John Clute and Science Fiction Repeating the Future from 2021-01-16T07:19:04

Welcome to Season 12 of the Coode Street Podcast. This year we're repeating our commitment to bring you at least twenty-six hour-long episodes where our hosts, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan...

Episode 540: The Last Official One for 2020 from 2020-12-13T21:10:44

Since we’re as anxious as everyone else to finally escape 2020, this one is likely to be Jonathan and Gary’s final episode of the year, unless we think of something irresistible.

We start...

Episode 539: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide from 2020-11-29T18:49:50

We're getting to the end of an extraordinary year and it's almost time to shutter the podcast before a well-earned holiday break.

But, before Gary and Jonathan close the door on the Gersh...

Episode 538: Sheree Renée Thomas, Charles Coleman Finlay and F&SF from 2020-11-15T13:47:16

Jonathan and Gary continue their irregular 2020 schedule with a conversation with Charles Coleman Finlay, who for more than five years has carried on the ...

Episode 537: Ten Minutes with Charlie Jane Anders from 2020-11-03T16:10:51

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Episode 536: Time for another list from 2020-10-18T11:07:33

After spending a few minutes chatting about what it’s like to live in a relatively safe but relatively sealed-off environment—something Jonathan can experience in Western Australia, but somethin...

Episode 535: Ten Minutes with Rebecca Roanhorse from 2020-10-12T18:37:40

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Episode 534: Ten Minutes with Sheila Williams from 2020-10-11T12:12:22

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Episode 533: Ten Minutes with Paul Park from 2020-10-07T05:56:59

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Episode 532: Ten Minutes with S. Qiouyi Lu from 2020-10-06T15:59:50

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Episode 531: On reading and re-reading speculative fiction from 2020-10-04T14:21:42

Jonathan and Gary are back with their usual laser-like focus on a single important topic--or maybe not. Starting at the recent release of the trailer for Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune, w...

Episode 530: Ten Minutes with Julie Phillips from 2020-10-01T15:45:15

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Episode 529: Ten Minutes with Ruoxi Chen from 2020-09-28T07:25:36

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Episode 528: Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future from 2020-09-27T06:24:30

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Episode 526: Ten Minutes with Linda Nagata from 2020-09-25T07:20:53

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Episode 525: Ten Minutes with Benjamin Rosenbaum from 2020-09-24T04:40:07

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Episode 524: Ten Minutes with Delia Sherman from 2020-09-23T05:22:20

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Episode 523: Ten Minutes with Mary Anne Mohanraj from 2020-09-22T05:36:33

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Episode 522: Ten Minutes with Andrea Hairston from 2020-09-21T06:15:54

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Episode 521: Ten Minutes with Lisa Goldstein from 2020-09-20T06:49:24

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Episode 520: Ten Minutes with Jeannette Ng from 2020-09-19T05:51:47

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Episode 519: Ten Minutes with Stephanie Feldman from 2020-09-18T05:34:05

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Episode 518: Ten Minutes with Andrea Stewart from 2020-09-17T05:39:23

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Episode 517: Ten Minutes with Jane Routley from 2020-09-16T05:42:25

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Episode 516: Ten Minutes with Annalee Newitz from 2020-09-15T05:31:31

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Episode 515: Ten Minutes with Ellen Kushner from 2020-09-14T07:18:38

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Episode 514: Alix E. Harrow and The Once and Future Witches from 2020-09-13T12:22:28

For the first time since way back in March when they chatted with N.K. Jemisin, Jonat...

Episode 513: Ten Minutes with Candas Jane Dorsey from 2020-09-12T07:48:47

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Episode 512: Ten Minutes with Micaiah Johnson from 2020-09-11T05:40:57

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Episode 511: Ten Minutes with Cecelia Holland from 2020-09-10T05:43:30

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Episode 510: Ten Minutes with Chaz Brenchley from 2020-09-09T05:44:25

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Episode 509: Ten Minutes with Lev Grossman (redux) from 2020-09-08T20:05:33

A reissue, with apologies.

Episode 509: Ten Minutes with Lev Grossman from 2020-09-08T05:38:21

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Episode 508: Ten Minutes with Terri Windling from 2020-09-07T05:41:22

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Episode 507: Ten Minutes with Sheree Renée Thomas from 2020-09-06T06:33:12

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Episode 506: Ten Minutes with CSE Cooney from 2020-09-05T06:11:43

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Episode 505: Ten Minutes with Mimi Mondal from 2020-09-04T05:19:36

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Episode 504: Ten Minutes with Veronica Schanoes from 2020-09-03T05:35:41

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Episode 503: Ten Minutes with Suzy McKee Charnas from 2020-09-02T05:19:46

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Episode 502: Ten Minutes with Tim Pratt from 2020-09-01T04:59:04

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Episode 501: Ten Minutes with Chen Qiufan from 2020-08-31T05:32:16

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Episode 500: Second verse... from 2020-08-30T11:54:58

For their 500th episode (if you count the shorter “10 Minutes With” episodes they’ve been doing since March), Jonathan and Gary characteristically fail to achieve any sort of clear structure for...

Episode 499: Ten Minutes with Vandana Singh from 2020-08-29T06:43:05

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Episode 498: Ten Minutes with Elizabeth Knox from 2020-08-28T05:15:01

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Episode 497: Ten Minutes with Karin Tidbeck from 2020-08-27T05:11:05

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Episode 496: Ten Minutes with John Crowley from 2020-08-26T05:15:57

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Episode 495: Ten Minutes with Charles de Lint from 2020-08-25T05:30:19

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Episode 494: Ten Minutes with Christopher Priest from 2020-08-24T07:28:26

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Episode 493: Ten Minutes with Nina Allan from 2020-08-23T08:22:41

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Episode 492: Ten Minutes with Charles Vess from 2020-08-23T08:22:29

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Episode 491: Ten Minutes with Sarah Gailey from 2020-08-21T04:32:56

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Episode 487: Ten Minutes with Maureen McHugh from 2020-08-20T17:28:53

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Episode 490: Ten Minutes with Amal El-Mohtar from 2020-08-20T05:11:24

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Episode 489: Ten Minutes with Daniel Abraham from 2020-08-19T05:35:20

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Episode 488: Ten Minutes with Brooke Bolander from 2020-08-18T05:38:05

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Episode 486: Firing the canon from 2020-08-16T14:05:53

Flying in the face of both good judgment and common sense, Jonathan and Gary return once again to the question of canons in science fiction and fantasy—a discussion which has widely re-emerged i...

Episode 485: Ten Minutes with A.T. Greenblatt from 2020-08-15T07:36:25

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Episode 484: Ten Minutes with Cheryl Morgan from 2020-08-14T06:56:07

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Episode 483: Ten Minutes with Alec Nevala-Lee from 2020-08-13T07:35:03

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Episode 482: Ten Minutes with Arkady Martine from 2020-08-12T07:04:03

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Episode 481: Ten Minutes with Molly Gloss from 2020-08-11T07:27:02

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Episode 480: Ten Minutes with K.M. Szpara from 2020-08-10T08:40

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Episode 479: What Comes Next? from 2020-08-02T11:50:41

Well, without really planning it, we had a bit of a hiatus. It seems like recording over a hundred episodes in a row left us - or at least Jonathan - with the need for a little break, but we're ...

Episode 478: Ten Minutes with Sarah Monette and Katherine Addison from 2020-07-16T08:56:58

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Episode 477: Ten Minutes with James P. Blaylock from 2020-07-14T07:10:56

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Episode 476: Twenty One Minutes with Peter Watts from 2020-07-12T07:16:05

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Episode 475: Ten Minutes with M. John Harrison from 2020-07-11T08:26:02

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Episode 474: Ten Minutes with Jane Yolen from 2020-07-10T05:19:40

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Episode 473: Ten Minutes with Nancy Kress and Jack Skillingstead from 2020-07-09T05:20:53

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Episode 472: Ten Minutes with Kij Johnson from 2020-07-08T05:08:39

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Episode 471: Ten Minutes with Alaya Dawn Johnson from 2020-07-07T05:20:41

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Episode 470: Ten Minutes with Premee Mohamed from 2020-07-06T05:31:07

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Episode 469: SF, 2020, and the Anxiety of Influence from 2020-07-05T14:48:34

Well, it's time to head back to the socially distanced Gershwin Rooms in the geographically distanced Coode Street Motels Six for Gary and Jonathan to spend an hour or so talking about science f...

Episode 468: Ten Minutes with Tad Williams from 2020-07-04T09:59:13

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Episode 467: Ten Minutes with Stefen Brazulaitis and Tim Thomas from 2020-07-03T05:14:56

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Episode 466: Ten Minutes with Ursula Vernon from 2020-07-02T05:17:03

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Episode 465: Ten Minutes with Walter Jon Williams from 2020-07-01T04:54:23

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Episode 464: Ten Minutes with Derek Künsken from 2020-06-30T05:44:39

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Episode 463: Ten Minutes with Sam J. Miller from 2020-06-29T06:43:16

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Episode 462: Ten Minutes with Catherynne M. Valente from 2020-06-28T07:47:23

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Episode 461: Ten Minutes with G. Willow Wilson from 2020-06-27T07:44:03

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Episode 460: Ten Minutes with F. Brett Cox from 2020-06-26T05:12:23

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Episode 459 Ten Minutes with P. Djèlí Clark from 2020-06-25T05:34:58

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Episode 458: Ten Minutes with Raymond E. Feist from 2020-06-24T04:31:35

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Episode 457: Ten Minutes with Sean Williams from 2020-06-23T05:36:18

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Episode 456: Ten Minutes with Isobelle Carmody from 2020-06-22T07:08:34

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Episode 455: Almost Outta Gas, But We Can See The Golden Age... from 2020-06-21T10:41:29

Left once again to their own devices, Jonathan and Gary turn to the question of what was science fiction’s real golden age—not in terms of overall literary history or the old cliché that “the go...

Episode 454: Ten Minutes with Adam Roberts from 2020-06-20T06:53:02

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Episode 453: Ten Minutes with Gregory Norman Bossert from 2020-06-19T04:33:03

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Episode 452: Ten Minutes with Usman T. Malik from 2020-06-18T05:39:15

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Episode 451: Ten Minutes with Aliette de Bodard from 2020-06-17T05:59

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Episode 450: Ten Minutes with Zen Cho from 2020-06-16T05:40:32

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Episode 449: Ten Minutes with Tobias S. Buckell from 2020-06-15T06:04

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Episode 448: Ten Minutes with Dave Hutchinson from 2020-06-14T16:36:31

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Episode 447: Ten Minutes with Kathleen Jennings from 2020-06-13T06:25:24

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Episode 446: Ten Minutes with Ellen Datlow from 2020-06-12T05:39:31

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Episode 445: Ten Minutes with Saad Z. Hossain from 2020-06-11T05:54:18

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Episode 444: Ten Minutes with DongWon Song from 2020-06-10T05:28:42

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Episode 443: Ten Minutes with Indrapramit Das from 2020-06-09T05:33:26

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Episode 442: Ten Minutes with Nicola Griffith from 2020-06-08T05:51:07

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Episode 441: Ten Minutes with Lisa L. Hannett from 2020-06-07T07:51:15

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Episode 440: Ten Minutes with Terry Bisson from 2020-06-06T07:45:49

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Episode 439: Ten Minutes with Daryl Gregory from 2020-06-05T07:50:24

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Episode 438: Ten Minutes with Adrienne Martini from 2020-06-04T05:35:59

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Episode 437: Ten Minutes with Karen Lord from 2020-06-03T07:21:50

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Episode 436: Ten Minutes with Simon Ings from 2020-06-02T05:58:19

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Episode 435: Ten Minutes with Claire McKenna (corrected audio) from 2020-06-01T08:09:47

ETA: Due to an technical error, only one track on the audio was released earlier. We apologise for that and are providing an updated/corrected podcast now. 

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Episode 435: Ten Minutes with Claire McKenna from 2020-06-01T06:53:07

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Episode 434: Occasionally Enlightening - Three Stars from 2020-05-31T15:54:43

Jonathan and Gary are back with a socially-distanced full-hour podcast. Since last time, Jonathan actually went and read the reviews for the podcast on the iTunes Podcast app where one listener ...

Episode 433: Ten Minutes with Jack Dann from 2020-05-30T07:43:07

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Episode 432: Ten Minutes with John Berlyne from 2020-05-29T06:28:07

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Episode 431: Ten Minutes with Cat Sparks from 2020-05-28T07:12:43

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Episode 430: Ten Minutes with Karen Burnham from 2020-05-27T07:15:25

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Episode 429: Ten Minutes with Fonda Lee from 2020-05-26T06:34:29

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Episode 428: Ten Minutes with Corey J. White from 2020-05-25T05:43:37

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Episode 427: Ten Minutes with Lois McMaster Bujold from 2020-05-24T08:04:57

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Episode 426: Ten Minutes with Ann VanderMeer from 2020-05-23T21:48:03

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Episode 425: Ten Minutes with Jeremy Szal from 2020-05-22T04:41:53

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Episode 424: Ten Minutes with Eileen Gunn from 2020-05-21T05:33:49

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Episode 423: Ten Minutes with Theodora Goss from 2020-05-20T05:27:07

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Episode 422: Ten Minutes with Robert Shearman from 2020-05-19T04:43:43

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Episode 421: Ten Minutes with David Thomas Moore from 2020-05-18T04:37

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Episode 420: Not Locked Down, Locked Up from 2020-05-17T16:36:54

It’s been two weeks since Jonathan and Gary sat down to chat for the podcast. In the interests of social distancing, they’ve had a replica of the Gershwin Room built a socially responsible dista...

Episode 419: Ten Minutes with Kelly Robson from 2020-05-16T06:40:55

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Episode 418: Ten Minutes with Joe Monti from 2020-05-15T05:12:11

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Episode 417: Ten Minutes with Alyx Dellamonica from 2020-05-14T05:00:38

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Episode 416: Ten Minutes with Brian Evenson from 2020-05-13T05:46:20

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Episode 415: Ten Minutes with Rick Wilber from 2020-05-12T05:42:25

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Episode 414: Ten Minutes with Elizabeth Hand from 2020-05-11T05:20:45

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Episode 413: Ten Minutes with Joe Abercrombie from 2020-05-10T06:41:50

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Episode 412: Ten Minutes with Michael Swanwick from 2020-05-09T09:39:52

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Episode 411: Ten Minutes with E Lily Yu from 2020-05-08T06:33:52

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Episode 410: Ten Minutes with Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch from 2020-05-07T05:45:13

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Episode 409: Ten Minutes with Kelly Barnhill from 2020-05-06T05:45:42

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Episode 408: Ten Minutes with David Pomerico from 2020-05-05T06:38:29

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Episode 407: Thirty Minutes with Nnedi Okorafor from 2020-05-04T05:37:30

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Episode 406: On the Ten Minutes With Experience and more [REPOST] from 2020-05-03T19:35:15

This week, returning to our customary format of rambling aimlessly for an hour or so, Jonathan and Gary share observations on what we are learning from our series of Listen

Episode 405: Ten Minutes with James Patrick Kelly from 2020-05-03T08:28:29

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Episode 404: Ten Minutes with Nalo Hopkinson from 2020-05-02T08:00:58

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Episode 403: Ten Minutes with Kim Stanley Robinson from 2020-05-01T06:46:46

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Episode 402: Ten Minutes with Kate Elliott from 2020-04-30T05:44:57

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Episode 401: Ten Minutes with M. Rickert from 2020-04-29T04:59:46

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Episode 400: In which we turn 400... from 2020-04-28T05:54:08

Well, that was unexpected, wasn't it? After kicking off the Coode Street Podcast in May 2010 with no plans, no skills, and no technical knowledge, Gary and Jonathan race towards their 10th anniv...

Episode 399: Ten Minutes with Karen Joy Fowler from 2020-04-27T08:37:32

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Episode 398: Ten Minutes with Paul McAuley from 2020-04-26T06:42

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Episode 397: Ten Minutes with Joe Haldeman from 2020-04-25T06:25:03

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Episode 396: Ten Minutes with Gillian Redfearn and Joe Hill from 2020-04-24T05:15:34

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Episode 395: Ten Minutes with Christopher Rowe from 2020-04-23T04:24:46

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Episode 394: Ten Minutes with Sofia Samatar from 2020-04-22T05:29:46

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Episode 393: Ten Minutes with Charles Stross from 2020-04-21T05:12:46

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Episode 392: Ten Minutes with Cory Doctorow from 2020-04-20T04:55:37

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Episode 391: Ten Minutes with Martha Wells from 2020-04-19T06:37:01

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Episode 390: Ten Minutes with Alastair Reynolds from 2020-04-18T06:04:50

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Episode 389: Ten Minutes with Gwyneth Jones from 2020-04-17T05:40:29

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Episode 388: Ten Minutes with Ian McDonald from 2020-04-16T06:56:07

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Episode 387: Ten Minutes with Fran Wilde from 2020-04-15T06:09:52

Ten minutes with... sees Coode Street presenters Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe talk to readers and book lovers from around the world about what they're reading and what's getting them throu...

Episode 386: Ten Minutes with Tade Thompson from 2020-04-14T07:04:45

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Episode 385: Ten Minutes with Liz Williams from 2020-04-13T07:52:36

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Episode 384: Ten Minutes with Lavie Tidhar from 2020-04-12T07:46:50

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Episode 383: Ten Minutes with Angela Slatter from 2020-04-11T07:27:15

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Episode 382: Ten Minutes with Alex Irvine from 2020-04-10T06:14:32

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Episode 381: Ten Minutes with Tamsyn Muir from 2020-04-09T07:18:34

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Episode 380: Ten Minutes with Andy Duncan from 2020-04-08T04:50:47

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Episode 379: Ten Minutes with Ellen Klages from 2020-04-07T04:54:05

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Episode 378: Ten Minutes with Garth Nix from 2020-04-06T05:09:01

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Episode 377: Books in the Time of Coronavirus from 2020-04-05T14:36:21

This week, Jonathan and Gary are back together (with no guests) for the first time in several weeks, and we discuss the inevitable: the current pandemic, and the various ways in which it was and...

Episode 376: Ten Minutes with Naomi Kritzer from 2020-04-05T06:47:44

Today Gary spends Ten Minutes with Naomi Kritzer, whose wonderful YA novel Jeffrey Ford who, despite...

Episode 374: Ten Minutes with Tochi Onyebuchi from 2020-04-03T05:51

Today Jonathan spends ten minutes talking to the fabulous Tochi Onyebuchi about reading for pleasure, writing in a time of crisis, what he's been re...

Episode 373: Ten Minutes with Alix E. Harrow from 2020-04-02T06:09:31

Last year saw the publication of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, the ench...

Episode 372: Ten Minutes with James Bradley from 2020-04-01T05:12:09

And now for something a little different. Jonathan spends ten minutes with James Bradley, author of the fabulous new novel Nisi Shawl, who is currently preparing her introduction to the Library of America edition of Octavia Butler's wor...

Episode 370: Ten Minutes with Ian Mond from 2020-03-30T08:01:09

In the second of our all-new "Ten Minutes with..." series, Jonathan spends ten minutes (well, nearly twenty) with critic and reviewer Ian Mond talking about the book he's reading right now and t...

Episode 369: Ten Minutes with Sarah Pinsker from 2020-03-29T10:09:22

And now for something a little different. With all of us staying indoors, the team at Coode Street thought it might be fun to get in touch with some of our favourite people - writers, artists, a...

Episode 368: NK Jemisin and The City We Became from 2020-03-22T10:40:17

This week Jonathan and Gary have a lively discussion with the wonderful N.K. Jemisin, mostly about her new novel This week Gary and Jonathan are joined by a long time friend of the podcast, Listen

Episode 366: Apocalypse, awards, and others from 2020-02-23T07:22:32

As usual on this week’s Coode Street, Jonathan and Gary discuss what they’ve been reading lately, with a particular focus on how apocalyptic fiction has evolved over the decades, and how...

Episode 365: On talking about SF (or chatting under the influence) from 2020-02-09T16:39:19

In the second (or maybe third) episode in our new bi-weekly schedule, Jonathan and Gary eventually get around to the question of what b...

Episode 364: On being a fan from 2020-01-27T14:20:48

This week, after more or less inadvertently falling into a discussion of Simon Jimenez’s new novel ...

Episode 363: Books We're Looking Forward to in 2020 from 2020-01-19T14:16:42

After last week’s episode where Jonathan and Gary discussed their favourite books from 2019, this time they talk about books they're looking forward to in 2020 (a few of which, in fairness, they...

Episode 362: The Year in Review 2019 from 2020-01-12T16:02:20

It's been a long time! Jonathan and Gary are together again for the first new episode of Coode Street since October!

There's a lot to catch up on, ranging from the current climate...

Episode 361: Jack Zipes at WFC 2019 from 2019-11-14T16:40:23

It's been quiet here at Coode Street, of late. Jonathan has been working on books and recommended reading lists, and Gary has been travelling. Just two weeks ago Gary travelled to sunny ...

Episode 360: Margo Lanagan, Ellen Klages and Eileen Gunn at WFC 2019 from 2019-11-14T16:36:58

It's been quiet here at Coode Street, of late. Jonathan has been working on books and recommended reading lists, and Gary has been travelling. Just two weeks ago Gary travelled to sunny ...

Episode 359: That Old Literary Divide from 2019-10-20T11:33:17

We're on a roll! Two episodes in two weeks. Surely it can't last! Gary has been reading Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize-winning novel The Testaments and it's sparked off all sorts of thou...

Episode 358: Science fiction, open borders, and porous boundaries from 2019-10-13T11:33:04

This week, with Jonathan hard at work compiling his year’s best anthology, we revisit one of the oldest questions about science fiction—namely, what is it and how do you decide what to include o...

Episode 357: Library of America and the year's end... from 2019-09-29T13:46:26

As we approach the October Country, Jonathan and Gary start this week’s podcast discussing Gary...

Coode Street Roundtable 2.1: Annalee Newitz’s The Future of Another Timeline from 2019-09-22T14:35:13

Welcome to the first episode of the second season of The Coode Street Roundtable, a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panellists James Bradley, Ian Mond, Gary K. Wolfe, and Jon...

Episode 356: Space opera, WorldCon, Campbell, and other unicorns from 2019-08-31T14:52:44

After acknowledging that we failed to record a single podcast during the Dublin Worldcon, Jonathan and Gary compare notes about the con and the general wonderfulness of being in Ireland, than di...

Episode 355: A short one from 2019-08-25T07:38:55

Just before Gary K Wolfe and I went to Dublin for the WorldCon we recorded a short episode. We've been too busy to publish until now. And we do have new plans for new episodes. We will be back!!...

Episode 354: Influence, impact, the sense of wonder, and other critical missions from 2019-07-10T12:06:50

This week marks the publication of Jonathan’s new hard-SF anthology about to be announced, we took a look this week at the question of whether science fiction has demonstrated much contin...

Episode 351: A Quick One from 2019-05-12T17:51:36

After a much longer than expected hiatus, we're back (sort of)! Gary's been working and travelling and Jonathan's been working and planning to travel and it's made it very difficult to squeeze r...

Episode 350: Hey, well how about that? from 2019-03-31T15:23:09

For our 350th(!) episode, Jonathan and Gary basically just ramble on. We begin with the question of how long to stick with a novel which seems to be going off the rails, and comment a bit on wha...

Episode 349: Sarah Pinsker on the road from 2019-03-09T16:57:32

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Episode 347: Charlie Jane Anders and The City in the Middle of the Night from 2019-02-03T15:33:04

Charlie Jane Anders joins Jonathan and Gary to discuss her second novel, Listen

Episode 346: Neil Clarke and the State of Short Fiction in 2018 from 2019-02-03T15:31:35

This week, as part of Coode Street's experimental trio of shorter episodes, Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke joins Jonathan and Gary to d...

Episode 345: Liza Trombi, Locus, and the Year in Review from 2019-02-03T15:29:47

This episode is our more-or-less annual discussion with Locus magazine’s editor-in-chief Liza Groen Trombi, w...

Episode 344: Time, Cities and Moving to the Poles from 2019-01-27T11:53:08

And we're back with our 344th episode, which one of us incorrectly thought was our 343rd because we counted 342 twice. Ugh. Apologies for the confusion! This week:

Episode 343: Grand Masters and other Awards... from 2019-01-13T16:55:58

Every episode starts with a blank slate, even when perhaps it should not. This week we start with the recent announcement that William Gibson has been named as this year’s 

Episode 339: The Road to Baltimore from 2018-10-13T12:33:46

With the 2018 World Fantasy Convention just weeks away, Gary and Jonathan sit down to discuss the upcoming convention, the life achievement recipients, nomin...

Episode 338: Alec Nevala-Lee, Andy Duncan, and the Astounding Legacy from 2018-09-29T12:21:27

Worldcon 76 in San Jose, California this past August was a busy time. Thousands of science fiction and fantasy writers, readers, artists, publis...

Episode 337: Rich Larson and the Future of Science Fiction (sort of) from 2018-09-20T16:08:28

Worldcon 76 in San Jose, California this past August was a busy time. Thousands of science fiction and fantasy writers, readers, artists, publis...

Episode 336: 2018 Novels to Read... from 2018-09-15T14:33:52

Readers talk to other readers. They share information about the books and stories they love. They recommend. It's as natural as breathing. Those recommendations lead to a broader commentary, to ...

REISSUE - Episode 335: Karen Joy Fowler, James Patrick Kelly, and the Workshop Experience from 2018-09-12T20:07:02

A re-release of episode 335. This should be 53 minutes long.

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Episode 335: Karen Joy Fowler, James Patrick Kelly, and the Workshop Experience from 2018-09-09T18:17:07

Worldcon 76 in San Jose, California this past August was a busy time. Thousands of science fiction and fantasy writers, readers, artists, publishers, an...

Episode 334: After San Jose from 2018-09-02T14:23:19

We (Gary and Jonathan) went to WorldCon 76 in San Jose a week or so ago, or at least we were around while the convention was on and engaged in activities that overlapped with the convention. It ...

Episode 333: Jo Walton Goes to the Hugos from 2018-08-24T16:25:27

We've been away for a long time. A very long time. We're sorry and we'll try not to do that again. While we were away, we went to San Jose, California for the 76th World Science Fiction Conventi...

Episode 332: Frankly, this one's a grab bag from 2018-06-17T20:20:38

With our customary meticulous planning, we manage this week to veer from the topic of what causes you to bounce off a particular book—or to keep reading—to the Clarke Awards, which will be annou...

Episode 331: On missing Gardner Dozois from 2018-06-10T14:41:58

This week Gary and Jonathan spend some time discussing the work and legacy of Gardner Dozois (1947-2018), who died recently. A friend and colleague, Gardner was also a brilliant writer, ...

Episode 330: Books, reading and wolves... from 2018-05-06T13:48:41

This week’s episode ranges from a discussion about the growing importance of novellas and their advantages both for readers and writers, the difficult question of which story you might pick to i...

Episode 329: Sam Miller and the Art of Living in the World from 2018-04-22T14:31:02

This week, the always bustling Coode Street Motel battles technical difficulties, sound dropouts, and other gremlins of the Skypesphere to welcome Sam J....

Episode 328: Re-reading, reprinting and the classics from 2018-04-07T11:31:56

Gary was looking through the books that seem to tumble endlessly through his front door for review and came acro...

Episode 327: Awards, climate fiction and more from 2018-04-02T11:39:31

This week, Jonathan and Gary discuss the parameters of climate-influenced SF, the usefulness or not of the term 'cli-fi' (with increasing numbers of SF works set all or partly in the Arctic or A...

Episode 326: After ICFA from 2018-03-25T12:39:39

Gary is back from the International Conference on the Fantastic in Orlando, where he chatted quite a bit with guests of honour John Kessel and Nike Sulway while managing to not attend some very ...

Episode 325: World Fantasy Awards, Kate Wilhelm and more from 2018-03-11T13:00

With nominations for the 2018 Hugo Awards closing shortly, Jonathan and Gary headed to the Gershwin Room to discuss nominating for the Hugos, the recent proposal to change the name of the young ...

Episode 324: Carmen Maria Machado from 2018-02-25T11:57:20

When Carmen Maria Machado's debut short story collection, Her Body and Othe...

Episode 323: Awards season begins...Hugo time! from 2018-02-18T16:51:07

Every year Gary and Jonathan sit down and start talking about "awards season", a short period in the science fiction year that runs from February to November where we take time out to recognise ...

Episode 322: Theodora Goss, John Kessel and Monstrous Stories from 2018-01-27T19:42:14

This week, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, we are joined by two authors whose own recent works celebrate that classic wor...

REPOST: Episode 71: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin! from 2018-01-24T16:36:40

Six years ago Gary Wolfe and I were privileged enough to get to chat with Ursula K. Le Guin about science fiction. The reason for the discussion was Margaret Atwood's book of essays,  last week's chat with Jane Yolen. Having decided...

Episode 320: Jane Yolen and a Life in Story from 2018-01-14T12:18:03

The Coode Street Podcast returns for 2018 with a very special opening episode. Today Gary and Jonathan sat down to talk with SFWA Grand Master, World Fantasy Award Lifetime Achievement recipient...

Episode 319: The Books of 2018 from 2017-12-29T22:50:04

In the brief hiatus between Christmas and New Year, a final episode for 2018. Jonathan and Gary take a moment to sit down in the Gershwin Room and discuss the books they're looking forward to in...

Episode 318: The End of the Year from 2017-12-17T11:38:45

After our longest break ever, the Coode Street Podcast returns to regular programming with a discussion of the year in review. Gary and Jonathan discuss their favourite novels, collectio...

Episode 317: Irene Gallo and the Art of Science Fiction from 2017-10-29T17:33:27

This week we are joined by Chesley and World Fantasy Award-winning designer, art director, editor and publisher Irene Gallo to discuss how she came to join Tor Books back in the 1990s, her caree...

Episode 316: Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior, Binti, and Beyond from 2017-09-30T11:56:47

This week we’re joined by the fabulous Nnedi Okorafor, whose Akata Warrior (sequel to Akata Witch) will be published next week, and whose Binti: The Night Masquer...

Episode 315: Liz Bourke, Niall Harrison and Debut Novels of 2017 from 2017-09-24T10:18:30

This week, we are joined by distinguished critics Niall Harrison, late of Strange Horizons, and Annalee Newitz, who writes on the cultural impact of science and technology for Ars Technica and who founded...

Episode 313: Jeffrey Ford and The Twilight Pariah from 2017-09-10T11:45:36

This week Gary and Jonathan are joined by long-time friend of the podcast, Jeffrey Ford. Jeff is the winner of the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Shirley...

Episode 312: Fantasy 101, Helsinki and more from 2017-09-02T16:03:51

After a long and mostly unplanned hiatus, we're back! We travelled to Helsinki, Finland to attend WorldCon75, and then spent time travelling and not thinking about podcasting very much at all. S...

Episode 311: Walter Jon Williams, Kelly Robson and Helsinki! from 2017-09-02T08:11:09

And now for something special! During the recent WorldCon, held in Helsinki, Finland, Gary and Jonathan took to the stage to talk to WorldCon guest of honor Walter Jon Williams and Campb...

Episode 310: The Years Best Books So Far, the XPrize and more from 2017-07-01T15:03:14

We were away! We came back! We missed you! After an unexpected four week hiatus, and with another four week hiatus coming up, Gary and Jonathan took some time to catch up with one another, discu...

Episode 309: Epic fantasy, Campbell Awards and more from 2017-06-05T11:35:22

Gary and Jonathan are back with a rambling conversation that touches on epic fantasy and its relationship to privilege, the recently announced Campb...

Episode 308: Paul Kincaid, Ken Macleod, and the works of Iain (M) Banks from 2017-05-21T12:08:24

Any time the Coode Street Podcast connects with the United Kingdom it's a special occasion. Jonathan stays up until the dead of night (often with a whisky in hand), while Gary is driven ...

Episode 307: Theodora Goss and the Alchemist's Daughter from 2017-05-07T13:50:19

This week we talk with the multi-talented Theodora Goss, whose forthcoming novel, Listen

Episode 305: Kim Stanley Robinson and the Drowning of New York from 2017-04-17T19:05:37

This week we're joined by the delightful and provocative Kim Stanley Robinson, to discuss his new novel Listen

Episode 303: John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly at ICFA from 2017-03-24T07:53:05

This week Gary is in Orlanda, Florida for the International Conference on the Fantastic Arts. Despite being thousands of miles away...

Episode 302: The State of Short Fiction from 2017-03-19T12:22:12

This week we welcome a record number of guests for a lively discussion of the state of short fiction. We discuss whether or not we’re currently in a “golden age” of short fiction; the welcome gr...

Episode 301: On Literary fiction and genre, the moon and more from 2017-03-12T12:48:18

This week, after an unintended break because of deadlines and workload, Gary and Jonathan return to the Gershwin Room to discuss the burning question of literary fiction vs genre fiction...

Episode 300: Kij Johnson Exploring Old Worlds from 2017-02-26T13:23:57

This week Gary and Jonathan are joined by Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winning writer Kij Johnson to discuss her Nebula Award nominated novella <...

REPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 4: Paul McAuley's Into Everywhere from 2017-02-19T08:39:07

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With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The fourth 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was P...

REPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 3: Patricia A. McKillip's Kingfisher from 2017-02-14T15:42:10

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With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The first 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was Ch...

REPOST: Episode 299: Liza Groen Trombi and the Locus Year in Review from 2017-02-13T16:52:07

For our 299th episode, we are joined once again by Locus edi...

Episode 299: Liza Groen Trombi and the Locus Year in Review from 2017-02-12T11:31:10

For our 299th episode, we are joined once again by Locus edi...

REPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 2: Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky from 2017-02-09T07:43

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With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The first 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was Ch...

Episode 298: Lisa Yaszek, Kathleen Ann Goonan and Sisters of Tomorrow from 2017-02-04T11:05:30

This week we are joined in our luxurious Coode Street studio by Lisa Yaszek, co-editor (with Patrick B. Sharp) of Sisters of Tomorrow: The F...

Episode 297: Politics and science fiction from 2017-01-29T12:18:14

This week we return to the Gershwin Room to discuss what we’ve been reading lately, what we’re anticipating, what do you when you encounter a story by an idol or a good friend which isn’...

Episode 296: A Return to Normal Programming from 2017-01-21T15:43:54

It's a brand new day. A dark, scary depressing day, maybe, but a brand new one. With the 45th president of the United States of America sworn in, Gary and Jonathan turned their attention to more...

Episode 295a: Ellen Klages reads from Passing Strange from 2017-01-17T17:05:19

As promised, the wonderful Ellen Klages reads from her forthcoming book Passing Strange. The short reading starts about halfway into a story about two women living in San Francisco in 1940 and w...

Episode 295: Ellen Klages and Passing Strange from 2017-01-15T10:03:29

And we're back! The bar has been re-stocked, the carpets have been steam cleaned, and we're ready to go. For the first podcast of 2017, long time friend of the podcast Ellen Klages joins us to d...

Episode 294: Just a Song Before We Go (on hiatus) from 2016-12-11T17:54:56

The end of the year is upon us, and plans are subject to change. Our intention to do a bunch of end-of-the year episodes has been set aside because of deadlines and other commitments. Instead he...

Episode 293: James Bradley, Ian Mond and Coode Street's Year in Review from 2016-12-04T18:40:24

It’s the end of the year and time to talk about how it went, what’s worth reading, what could end up on your holiday gift lists, and what could be avoided. To kick off Coode Street’s end of year...

Episode 292: Short fiction, defining fantasy and more from 2016-11-20T14:17:48

This week we find ourselves talking about the resurgence of the novella in fantasy and SF, the possible reasons behind it, the changes in recent print magazines Asimov’s and Analog, the question...

Episode 291: Radio Free America from 2016-11-13T10:46:09

After a week off, we return to discuss just how science fictional the recent American elections are, whether political science fiction has ever had much impact on social attitudes or public poli...

Episode 290: David Levine and Fran Wilde from 2016-10-30T18:32

This week, from the World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio, Gary is joined by Hugo-winning David Levine (Arabella of Mars) and Andre Norton-winning...

Episode 289: Baseball, Bob and more from 2016-10-23T20:33:07

The Coode Street Podcast stumbles towards its three hundredth episode with another discursive chat between co-hosts Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe. Topics this week include Bob Dylan, the No...

Episode 288: Kai Ashante Wilson and A Taste of Honey from 2016-10-16T07:43:42

This week we sit down with Crawford Award winning author Kai Ashante Wilson to discuss his fiction, his career and the pros and cons of being a late starter. We focus on his multiple-award nomin...

Episode 287: The Series Hugo and more from 2016-10-08T18:24:19

After last week's experiments with audio ended up in a lost recording, this week we turned to more traditional methods to make sure we'd be bringing you a new episode this week.  For about an hour...

Episode 286: Eugene Fischer and Jo Walton from 2016-09-24T12:26:07

In the final of our conversations recorded during MidAmericon 2, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, in Kansas City, we sit down with Hugo and Nebula winner Connie Willis to discuss her new novel, Alastair Reynolds, celebrating the publication of his new space-pirate adventure tale 

When Gary and I were in Kansas City for MidAmericon 2, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention last month, we we...

Coode Street Roundtable 7: Lavie Tidhar’s Central Station from 2016-08-28T14:40:52

Welcome to the seventh episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mon...

Episode 282: Michael Swanwick, Kij Johnson and the Craft of Short Fiction from 2016-08-25T10:49:57

Over the past several years we've been fortunate to record episodes of the Coode Street Podcast in front of a live audience. One of the highlights of MidAmer...

Episode 281: Liza Trombi, books we're looking forward to, and more from 2016-08-03T19:23:19

This week, in a quick episode recorded between hiatuses, we are joined by Locus Editor-in Chief Liza Groen Trombi to discuss the upcoming WorldCon, how Locus approaches covering the event, and book...

Episode 280: The Project of SF from 2016-07-24T12:31:44

After our longest hiatus so far, Jonathan is back from Italy and Gary is back from Readercon, and we ramble on about such questions as whether modern SF can be characterized as optimistic or pessim...

Coode Street Roundtable 6: Madeline Ashby's Company Town from 2016-06-26T13:39:12

Welcome to the sixth episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, join...

Episode 279: Tom Reamy, posterity and the death of the midlist from 2016-06-19T14:39:49

Before Coode Street goes on hiatus for a few weeks when each of us travel to various exotic realms, we address a question which Jonathan raised about new editions of work by Clifford Simak and T...

Episode 278: Life achievement and such from 2016-06-13T08:22:12

This weekend Gary and Jonathan found time amongst their growing commitments to grab an hour or so and sit down over a microphone and discuss the World Fantasy Awards life achievement award, its rul...

Coode Street Roundtable 5: Guy Gavriel Kay’s Children of Earth and Sky from 2016-06-04T14:09:21

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, join...

Episode 277: Books we're looking forward to... from 2016-05-29T13:10:15

We nearly did it. We nearly stayed on topic… This week, we reminisce briefly about six years of the Coode Street Podcast (an anniversary we overlooked a few weeks ago), and then segue, after a f...

Episode 276: Storms, outages and awards from 2016-05-22T15:50:12

Winter is coming. Well, in Perth. An early storm huffed and puffed and knocked the power out part way through a ramble on awards and longevity (or something). We persevered. The power came back up ...

Episode 275: Jack Dann and PS Australia from 2016-05-07T12:53:26

This week writer, editor and now publisher Jack Dann, a long-time friend of the podcast, joins Jonathan and Gary to ...

Coode Street Roundtable 4: Paul McAuley's Into Everywhere from 2016-05-01T18:49:02

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists Listen

Episode 273: Here we go again from 2016-04-18T11:38:33

This week’s ramble touches upon a bunch of issues, from Hugo nominations and awards (of course) to what it takes to be called a major science fiction writer, the need for more translations of non-E...

Episode 272: Awards, anthologies and all the usual stuff from 2016-04-11T07:21:35

Following last week's announcement of DragonCon's new Dragon Awards, we once again return to the topic of awards proliferation; begin our discussion of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's massive new Big ...

Episode 271: Lavie Tidhar and pushing at boundaries from 2016-04-03T09:34:31

This week we are delighted to be joined by Lavie Tidhar, whose Jerwood Fiction Underwood Prize Award winning novel A Man Lies Dreami...

Coode Street Roundtable 3: Patricia A. McKillip's Kingfisher from 2016-03-27T09:25:33

Welcome to the third episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley Listen

Episode 270: Spinoffs, copyright, awards and such from 2016-03-05T12:08:08

On our 270th episode, we immediately distracted ourselves from our planned topic of catching up on news, awards nominations, etc., and instead rambled on about various matters of literary influence...

Coode Street Roundtable 2: Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky from 2016-02-27T15:52:49

Welcome to the second episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley Listen

Episode 269: Creating the Fantasy Canon from 2016-02-26T20:52

Last year, at the World Fantasy Convention held in Saratoga Springs, a panel was presented on 'Creating the Fantasy Canon'.  The panel description was: There are some books we all agree on as funda...

Episode 268: Peter Straub and Interior Darkness from 2016-02-21T15:44:55

This week we are joined by World Fantasy Award Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and long-time friend of the podcast Peter Straub, to discuss his brand new short story collection Clarkesworld magazine, discussing his provocative  from 2016-01-30T16:00:21

Welcome to the first episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a new monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley<...

Episode 265: David Hartwell and the beginning of 2016 from 2016-01-24T13:37:07

For our first podcast recorded in 2016, beginning our sixth year, we discuss the remarkable career of David G. Hartwell, the role of editors in shaping ...

Episode 264: Glen Cook and Steven Erikson from 2016-01-15T09:16:09

Continuing the series of podcasts we recorded in Saratoga Springs at the World Fantasy Convention, we sat down with distinguished fantasy writers Glen Cook and Steven Erikson, discussing the genesi...

Episode 263: Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch from 2016-01-10T08:16:39

Two of the powerhouse writers of their generation, bestselling fantasy novelist Scott Lynch and award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Elizabeth Bear, sat down with us in a noisy hotel ro...

Episode 262: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Charlie Jane Anders in Saratoga from 2016-01-02T08:08:33

One of the highlights of the 2015 World Fantasy Convention in November was when Gary and Jonathan got to sit down with Guest of Honor Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and io9 editor-in-chief Charlie Jane Ander...

Episode 261: Gene Wolfe, John Clute and A Borrowed Man from 2015-12-27T09:44:03

Welcome to the first of Coode Street’s seasonal hiatus episodes. This November Gary and Jonathan were in Saratoga Springs for the World Fantasy Convention. Over the weekend they recorded several co...

Episode 260: The Best of the Year with Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl from 2015-12-22T15:44:28

Welcome to the final episode of the Coode Street Podcast to be recorded for 2015. This week  Gary and Jonathan are joined by award-winning writers and critics Charlie Jane Anders and ...

Episode 259: The Best of the Year with Paul Kincaid and Adam Roberts from 2015-12-12T23:43:16

The year is fast running out, but with the holiday season approaching Gary and Jonathan invited award-winning writers and critics Paul Kincaid and Adam Roberts to join them in the Gershwin Room to ...

Episode 258: Jim Minz and Baen Books from 2015-11-28T18:11:16

With the year coming all too quickly to a close, this week we are joined by distinguished veteran editor Jim Minz, who discusses his career from his University of Wisconsin days to working for Tor ...

Episode 257: The end of the year approaches from 2015-11-24T17:32:06

This year isn't over yet, but we can just see the end of it over the horizon. Back in Chicago and Perth after their visit to Saratoga Springs, Gary and Jonathan sit down to deliver a classic rambli...

Episode 256: Suzy McKee Charnas and Pamela Sargent from 2015-11-12T08:26:50

And we're back with a new episode!  This week, from the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, we are joined by the genuinely iconic Pamela Sargent, author of many novels including The Shore...

Episode 255: Eleanor Arnason, Linda Nagata and Women in Science Fiction from 2015-10-24T19:12:13

This week, in our continuing series of discussions about the experiences of women writers in the science fiction field, we are fortunate to be joined by Eleanor Arnason and Linda Nagata.   Linda, w...

Episode 254: Meeting Infinity and Losing the Alien from 2015-10-18T15:17:40

This week Gary and Jonathan are back in the Gershwin Room, killing time and talking about Jonathan's new anthology Meeting Infinity, which we disc...

Episode 253: SF Lectures, The Martian and more from 2015-10-11T11:56:40

This week Gary returns from the wilds of Virginia or Washington DC or somewhere or other on the US Eastern seaboard. We discuss his experience writing and performing a series of lectures on science...

Episode 252: Cecelia Holland and Dragon Heart from 2015-10-02T12:10:37

This week we welcome distinguished historical novelist Cecelia Holland back to the podcast to discuss her new fantasy novel Kristine Kathryn Rusch who discusses her long and diverse career in science fi...

Stories by Waldrop, Klages and Shepard from 2015-09-08T20:59:15

The glory days of 2003 when I was going to review every short story that I read and publish it at The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction. Sanity prevailed, but reviews did appear.  During 2003 ...

Episode 250: Forthcoming books with Liza Trombi from 2015-09-06T17:08:18

Every three months Locus publishes a long list of forthcoming science fiction, fantasy, and horror books that are being published in the US and the UK. As we have be...

Jonathan on Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Crown from 2015-08-31T21:23:54

Following on from yesterday's podcast discussion with Zen Cho about her new novel, Jonathan delivers a short audio review of Sorcerer to the Crown.  If you've read the book, or have anything you'd ...

Episode 249: Zen Cho and Sorcerer to the Crown from 2015-08-31T05:50:10

This week Coode Street welcomes Zen Cho, who received the Crawford Award earlier this year for her story collection  Listen

Jonathan on Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora from 2015-08-28T22:39:13

In keeping with yesterday's quick squib about Limekiller, here's another short piece of review/commentary, this time about Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora. With all of the conversation about Hugo Awa...

Limekiller by Avram Davidson from 2015-08-27T20:49:09

Between 1997 and 2003 I was a reviewer for Locus. Growing demands on my time from my work as reviews editor for the magazine and as an anthologist eventually led to me giving that up. But during my...

Episode 248: Spokane, Hugo Awards and the Future from 2015-08-24T11:44:36

With Gary only just returned from Spokane and the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, we sit down to discuss the success of Sasquan, the successful site selecti...

Episode 247: Talking about inclusion and fandom from 2015-08-24T09:36:47

Two weeks ago we were fortunate enough to have Nina Allan and Renay as guests on the Coode Street Podcast (Aliette de Bodard’s  powerful and engaging fourth novel, The House of Shattered Wings.  Aliette...

Episode 245: Ian McDonald and Luna from 2015-08-15T08:08:12

In a recent interview with Locus, Hugo and Campbell Award-winning author Ian McDonald discussed his new hard SF novel, ...

Episode 244: Renay, Nina Allan&the Weight of Fannish History from 2015-08-09T00:26:31

This week we are joined by reviewer, critic, podcaster and one half of the Ladybusiness team, Renay, and British Science Fiction Award winning auth...

Episode 243: Michael Swanwick and his two rogues from 2015-07-31T16:31:41

This week we welcome very special guest Michael Swanwick, discussing his new 'Darger and Surplus' novel Chasing t...

Episode 242: Time runs out for the Hugos and more from 2015-07-25T16:50:40

As time slowly runs out to vote for the most controversial Hugo Awards in recent times, our intrepid commentators sit down to discuss the joy of attending a great convention like Arch...

Episode 241: Samuel R. Delany from 2015-07-19T00:35:18

This week we have a very special episode of the Coode Street Podcast indeed. During his recent appearance as Guest of Honor at Readercon 26 in Burlington, Massac...

Episode 240: Karin Tidbeck, Cheryl Morgan and Archipelacon from 2015-07-11T21:05:47

Over the weekend of June 25-28 Gary travelled to distant and beautiful Mariehamn in the land of the midnight sun where he was to appear as a guest of honor at Archipelacon: The Nordic SF & Fa...

Episode 239: Archipelacon, World Fantasy and more from 2015-07-05T12:32:45

This week, with Gary returned from Archipelacon in Finland, we touch once again upon the problems of translation, the Locus publishes a list of forthcom...

Episode 235: Elizabeth Hand and Building the Mystery from 2015-05-23T14:01:27

This week we pay a return visit to World Fantasy Award winning author Elizabeth Hand, discussing her new short novel Wylding Hall, the British folk rev...

Episode 234: On World Fantasy Awards, Life Achievement and other rambles from 2015-05-17T09:22:17

This week we sit down and discuss the World Fantasy Awards, the Life Achievement Award, and quite a lot more. Another old-fashioned ramble for the Coode Street Archives. We would mention that membe...

Episode 233: Paolo Bacigalupi and The Water Knife from 2015-05-08T21:05:38

This week we are joined by the Hugo and Nebula Award winning Paolo Bacigalupi, who is just about to publish his first science fiction novel for adults since ...

Episode 232: On canon formation (again) from 2015-05-03T17:50:55

This week we return, without guests, to a topic with which we have annoyed listeners in podcasts for years—the idea of SF canon formation: who gets dropped from the canon, who gets added, and wheth...

Episode 231: Ian Mond, James Bradley and the 2015 Hugo Novel Shortlist from 2015-04-26T14:09:37

This week James Bradley and Ian Mond join Jonathan to discuss the five novels that have made the The Two of Swords begins serializ...

Episode 229: On books, history, awards and such from 2015-04-12T13:45:04

This has been a busy year for the Coode Street Podcast, talking to interesting guests, covering a wide-range of issues, and being syndicated by our friends at Tor.com. For a bit of change, Gary and...

Episode 228: John Scalzi and Alisa Krasnostein from 2015-04-05T14:23:40

With Swancon 40, the 2015 Australian National Science Fiction Convention, in full swing Jonathan sat down with convention guest of honour Silvia Moreno-Garcia joins us to talk about her debut fantasy novel, Deborah Biancotti, Margo Lanagan, and Scott Westerfeld join Gary and Jonat...

Episode 224: Kelly Link Gets in Trouble from 2015-03-08T15:29:43

This week we welcome the remarkable Kelly Link, celebrating her new collection Get In Trouble, her recent anthology...

Episode 223: Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Wright, Tehani Wessely and the Aurealis Awards from 2015-03-01T19:25:24

As the Aurealis Awards reach their twentieth anniversary, Jonathan sits down with Aurealis Awards judging co-ordinator Tehani Wessely, publisher Alisa Krasnostein, and critic Sean Wright to discuss...

Episode 222: Forthcoming Books with Liza Trombi from 2015-03-01T12:01:46

We are always on the look-out for new and exciting books to read, and always want to know what we should keep an eye out for.  For years we've relied on Locus'...

Episode 221: Joe Abercrombie and Sean Williams at the Perth Writers Festival from 2015-02-21T08:51:54

Is there a difference to writing for younger readers? Do they want or need different kinds of stories? Do they have different expectations from older readers? How do you structure a series? What ma...

Episode 220: William Gibson, Eileen Gunn, and Chris Brown from 2015-02-08T14:45:10

Welcome to The Coode Street Podcast, an informal weekly discussion about science fiction and fantasy featuring award-winning critics and editors Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe.  The Coode Stree...

Episode 219: On Short Story Collections and such from 2015-02-01T12:22

Jonathan returns and our heroes spend some time discussing the history and nature of short story collections in science fiction and fantasy. Warning: Contains some facts and a lot of wild speculati...

Episode 218: Harlan Ellison, Bill Schafer and the Volcano from 2015-01-26T09:04:55

This week, in honor of the new Subterranean Press volume The Top of...

Episode 217: James Morrow, SF, Satire, Religion, and Other Matters from 2015-01-18T12:44:42

This week we welcome James Morrow, one of SF’s premier satirists, whose new novel Galapagos Regained is just out, taking on Darwi...

Episode 216: Guy Gavriel Kay and the Legend of the Lost Podcast from 2015-01-10T11:52:19

More than two years ago, at the 2012 World Fantasy Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Gary and Jonathan sat down with Guy Gavriel Kay to discuss his then new novel River of Stars.  A now legendary dis...

Episode 215: On Short Stories, the Possibility of Ruts and other matters from 2015-01-04T08:04:07

Suddenly our intrepid heroes, still mostly living on vacation time,realised that they needed to put out another episode of the podcast. Plans for a leisurely hiatus were abandoned and, somewhat the...

Episode 214: Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Live in DC! from 2014-12-26T22:08:45

The third of our short series of podcasts recorded at the World Fantasy Convention in Washington DC, this one features a particularly laughter-filled conversation with award-winning writers and edi...

Episode 213: Helen Marshall and Robert Shearman from 2014-12-21T17:33:21

This week the first of our series of World Fantasy Convention 2014 podcasts.  Award-winning writers Helen Marshall and Robert Shearman sit down with Gary and Jonathan to discuss writing, their care...

Episode 212: James Bradley and the Year in Review from 2014-12-14T14:22:41

For the final episode before our Christmas hiatus, Jonathan and Gary are joined by award-winning writer and critic James Bradley to discuss the best books of 2014. Any lists are going to be incompl...

Episode 211b: Kij Johnson and Reimagining Genre’s Past from 2014-12-08T07:06:22

The Coode Street Podcast is fortunate to have a small group of guests who have appeared on the show more than once. This week we welcome back our most regular visitor, the wonderful Kij Johnson, wh...

Episode 210: Genevieve Valentine and all the things from 2014-11-30T12:36:45

This week Gary and Jonathan are joined by the wonderful Genevieve Valentine who talks intelligently, coherently and very interestingly about televis...

Episode 209: The Beginning of the End of 2014 from 2014-11-23T18:22:55

We went to Washington DC to celebrate the 40th World Fantasy Convention and came back to the first books and stories of 2014. As long-time listeners know, this is the time when the season turns, wh...

Episode 208: Caitlin R Kiernan, Peter Straub and the literary uses of fantasy from 2014-11-15T11:16:37

This past weekend the World Fantasy Convention was held in Arlington, Virginia.  As part of the festivities, the Coode Street Podcast team produced the second ever "live" Coode Street Podcast. This...

Episode 207: Kameron Hurley and The Mirror Empire from 2014-11-02T22:02:09

This week Hugo Award winning author of the God's War Trilogy Kameron Hurley joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss her new novel  Listen

Episode 204: Books we're looking forward to, or the shopping list episode from 2014-10-05T13:24:53

This week Gary and Jonathan, aware that the Festive Season and more are in front of us all, sit down with the most recent 'Forthcoming Books' issue of Locus an...

Episode 203: Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Williams and the State of Australian SF from 2014-09-29T15:36:11

Sure that we were on to something, we decided to follow up last week's d...

Episode 202: Nina Allan, Paul Kincaid and the State of British Science Fiction from 2014-09-21T00:23:44

This week something special. Following on from conversations at the London Worldcon and articles ...

Episode 201: Moving on... from 2014-09-13T16:06:18

Time to get back to the conversation and put the wonderful LonCon experience behind us. With episode 201, Jonathan and Gary sit down to continue their ongoing discussion of science fiction, fantasy...

Episode 200: Robinson, Silverberg, Walton and Loncon! from 2014-09-05T14:30:26

The first episode of the three time Hugo Award nominated Coode Street Podcast went out to ...

Episode 199: Loncon, Hugos and the future of SF from 2014-09-02T08:18:30

And we're back!  After traveling for far too long and having had a wonderful time in London at what may have been the biggest and best WorldCon ever, our intrepid commentators are back on Coode St ...

Episode 198: John Clute, science fiction and Loncon from 2014-08-20T15:41:04

With Loncon3, the largest WorldCon in history disappearing into the rear-view mirror, convention guest of honour John Clute joins Gary and Jonathan on the podcast to discuss fantastika, the mission...

Episode 197: Readercon, the World Fantasy Awards and more from 2014-07-20T09:48:47

With our intrepid hosts preparing to head off to Europe for a sojourn in France before attending WorldCon in London (the biggest Worldcon ever!!), it seems like everything is happening in the gap b...

Episode 196: Bill Shafer and Subterranean Press from 2014-07-05T22:57:37

This week our intrepid podcasters are joined by Subterranean Press publisher and founder Bill Schafer to discuss science fiction, publishing and the e...

Episode 195: Joe Monti and Saga Press from 2014-07-01T13:38:16

This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Joe Monti, executive editor of the newly formed Saga Press. We discuss bookselling, the curre...

Episode 194: Daniel Keyes and Questions from the audience from 2014-06-23T09:03:48

Our intrepid podcasters discuss the sad news about the recent passing of Flowers for Algernon author Daniel Keyes and answer questions from the audience.  Not quite the usual ramble, but pretty clo...

Episode 193: Academic Exercises, genre and pants from 2014-06-15T18:27:34

This week Gary is back from Florida and our brief hiatus is at an end. We discuss K J Parker's Academic Exercises, some movies seen by Gary, and genre nerdiness. We also answer some questions from ...

Episode 192: Anne Leckie, gender and Ancillary Justice from 2014-06-01T23:00:52

Fresh from winning the Kitschie, the BSFA, the Clarke, and the  Nebula Award, Ann Leckie joins us on the podcast to discuss Ancillary Justice, writing the Im...

Episode 191: Jeff VanderMeer and the Southern Reach from 2014-05-24T10:14:37

An exciting week at Coode Street as New York Times bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer joins us in the Gershwin Room to discuss his new "Southern Reach" ...

Episode 190: James Bradley, science fiction, awards and more from 2014-05-18T19:40:48

With Gary busy with other commitments. long-time friend of the podcast James Bradley drops by to talk about his new upcoming novel Clade, the value of science fiction, awards, and more.  Our sincer...

Episode 189: Joe Abercrombie, Half a King and dark fantasy from 2014-05-11T08:06:29

This week we are joined by Joe Abercrombie, internationally best-selling author of the 'First Law' novels. His latest book The Memory Garden...

Episode 187: On the perception of SF today and some rambling from 2014-04-28T07:31:46

It's been a while since our two intrepid podcasters journeyed together to the Gershwin Room high above the Coode Street Motel Six to ramble over an early morning cup of coffee and late evening glas...

Episode 186: Hugo Awards 2014 with John DeNardo and Tansy Rayner Roberts repost from 2014-04-20T12:24:17

Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the nominees for the 2014 Hugo and Campbell Awards. As is our practice, this week we have a special episode of the podcast devoted...

Episode 185: Heinlein, Awards and such from 2014-04-13T11:51:36

With awards season picking up, we try to avoid talking about them and pretty much fail. There is other stuff: on reading Heinlein today and the new bio that's coming out, who would make the Big 5 i...

Episode 184: Nnedi Okorafor and Lagoon from 2014-04-06T10:10:39

On the eve of the publication of her new adult science fiction novel, Steven Erikson, author of the bestselling 'Malazan Empire' ...

Episode 181: Eileen Gunn, questionable practices and the purposes of science fiction from 2014-03-09T13:56:22

This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Nebula Award winning writer Eileen Gunn to discuss her new short story collection...

Episode 180: Kelley Eskridge, Nicola Griffith, Hild, historicity and genre... from 2014-03-03T11:21:33

Battling the fickle beast that is Skype, this week Jonathan and Gary talk to Kelley Eskridge and Nicola Griffith ab...

Episode 179: James Bradley, Garth Nix, Sean Williams and Australian SF from 2014-02-23T11:48:52

Faced with another relentless summer's day in Perth and icy Chicago winter evening, Jonathan and Gary turn to long-time friends of the podcast James Bradley, Garth Nix, and Sean Williams, luxuriati...

Episode 178: On importance and important science fiction from 2014-02-17T06:46:30

With a new season of the Coode Street Podcast well under way, Gary and Jonathan connected up between the icy wilds of Chicago and the sunny streets of Melbourne, to discuss "importance" in science ...

Episode 177: Kij Johnson, science fiction and the Booker Prize from 2014-02-09T14:45:51

As snow and ice freeze the North American heartlands, long-time friend of the podcast Kij Johnson agreed to travel across a frozen K...

Episode 176: Liza Groen Trombi and the Locus Recommended Reading List. from 2014-02-02T12:51:20

Every February US science fiction and fantasy industry trade journal Locus  publishes an annual 'Year in Review" issue that includes overviews, summaries, rep...

Episode 175: We return and talk about new books in 2014 from 2014-01-25T15:56:07

It's been a long time since the last episode. In late November Jonathan and Gary sat down to record a final episode before commencing a lengthy hiatus.  After nearly two months, though, normal serv...

Episode 174: Rachel Swirsky Redux from 2014-01-13T16:38:02

The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time listener Cat Sparks to select some classic episodes that we could send out to enterta...

Episode 173: Ellen Datlow Redux from 2014-01-06T16:10:59

The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are...

Episode 172: Robert Shearman and Howard Waldrop Redux from 2013-12-29T18:59:11

The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time listener Cat Sparks to select some classic episodes that we could send out to enterta...

Episode 171: Graham Joyce redux from 2013-12-23T08:31:20

The Coode Street Podcast is a full service podcast. While Gary and Jonathan are on vacation, we asked long-time listener Cat Sparks to select some classic episodes that we could send out to enterta...

Episode 170: Live with Neil Gaiman from 2013-12-14T10:42:15

Neil Gaiman is always wonderful to sit down and talk to about how great stories are created, and is always ready to discuss how the great writers of the past...

Episode 169: Live with Paul McAuley from 2013-12-07T10:55:57

This October the Coode Street commentary team travelled to Brighton, England for the 2013 World Fantasy Convention. In amongst too much drinking and late night conversation, they managed to record ...

Episode 168: Terminology, hard SF and other inexactiudes from 2013-11-30T14:37:32

After an unexpected break the Coode Street Podcast returns to discuss the use of terminology in genre, Linda Nagata’sHow the World Became Quiet, ...

Episode 161: On the toxicity of literary canon from 2013-09-28T12:50:20

After a long sequence of discussions with wonderful guests, it's just Gary and Jonathan alone in the Waldorf Room once more. This week, after a brief chat about the forthcoming World Fantasy Conven...

Episode 160: Live with Paolo Bacigalupi from 2013-09-20T22:03:02

With WorldCon a dwindling memory, Jonathan and Gary are joined by passionate, articulate and always fun to talk to special guest Printz, Hugo, Nebula, Campbe...

Episode 159: Live with Kij Johnson and John Kessel from 2013-09-14T09:41:23

At the recent San Antonio WorldCon, Gary was joined by special guest co-host Kij Johnson and award-winning author John Kessel (both long time friends of the podcast) to discuss the works of the lat...

Episode 158: Live with Malcolm Edwards and David G. Hartwell from 2013-09-06T22:18:47

Recorded live in San Antonio, Texas at LoneStarCon 3, this week's episode sees our intrepid podcasters once again depending on the vagaries of hotel inter...

Episode 157: Live with Ellen Datlow from 2013-08-30T22:56:50

This weekend in San Antonio, Texas the 71st World Science Fiction Convention is in full swing. Parties are being held, discussions had, panels attended an...

Episode 156: Live with Sofia Samatar from 2013-08-23T05:53:54

This week Jonathan and Gary are joined in the Gershwin Room by Sofia Samatar<...

Episode 155: Live with Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages from 2013-08-19T07:55:53

A little late due to technical issues, but here is Episode 155 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week we asked master storytellers Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages to join us in the Gershwin Room to di...

Episode 154: Live with James Bradley from 2013-08-11T18:38:52

With WorldCon looming in the near future and ne...

Episode 153: On Sharknado, politics, and international SF from 2013-07-28T19:18:53

It was another typical day in the office for the Coode Street team. Having taken the time and made the effort to ascend to the Gershwin Room (there are a LOT of stairs), having avoided the temptati...

Episode 152: The discussion continues from 2013-07-27T08:53:06

After all of the excitement of broadcasting from ReaderCon with Rob Shearman and Howard Waldrop, Gary and Jonathan turn back to more typical discussion of matters science fictional in an all new po...

Episode 151: Live with Robert Shearman and Howard Waldrop from 2013-07-14T09:54:46

The great Lost Podcasts of 2012 are a part of Coode Street Podcast lore. A sad and painful memory of four ...

Episode 150: Live with John Crowley and Peter Straub! from 2013-07-13T16:27:09

This week the Coode Street Podcast, or part of it, is on the move! With Readercon 24 in full swing, Gary ha...

Episode 149: Awards, Matheson and the Year to Date from 2013-07-07T15:12:42

In what is definitely the latest official instalment of the Coode Street Podcast, Gary and Jonathan sneak past the Jerome Kern Memorial Habachi Stand and settle down just near the Richard Rogers Ha...

Episode 148: Playing for time from 2013-06-29T09:42:49

As any regular listener knows all too well, hotel wifi is an unreliable friend.  With Gary away in Seattle at the Locus Awards weekend, we recorded this "safety" episode to make sure you'd have you...

Episode 147: Live with M. John Harrison! from 2013-06-22T23:52:10

This week M. John Harrison, award-winning author of Listen

Episode 145: Live with Christopher Barzak and Mary Rickert from 2013-06-03T12:09:34

This week, following a failed attempt at Wiscon, the incredible M. Rickert an...

Episode 144: On bookstores and lifetime achievement from 2013-05-27T11:19:16

With Gary just returned from Madiscon, Wisconsin, the glorious Concourse Hotel and the fun of Wiscon 37, where hotel wi-fi frustrated plans for live podcasting,...

Episode 143: A journey from new SF to politicised editing from 2013-05-18T21:19:35

Once again our hardy commentators, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, climbed the stairs to the Waldorf Room, high above the Coode Street Motel Six, took in the breathtaking views of the science f...

Episode 142: After an unexpectedly long hiatus, a return! from 2013-05-11T17:31:35

After an extended break caused by travel and illness, our intrepid science fictioneers return to the Waldorf Room to continue their ongoing discussion of the science fiction field. There's every ch...

Episode 141: Oh, no! Another awards discussion from 2013-04-13T14:39:02

There really wasn't much excuse, except that our two heroes found themselves in the Gershwin Room with no idea at all about what they would discuss and so, with apologies, they ended up discussing ...

Episode 140: Live with Nalo Hopkinson from 2013-04-07T17:25:55

This week we invited award-winning writer and anthologist Nalo Hopkinson to join us in the Waldorf Room to discuss her writing career, science fiction an...

Episode 139: Live with Kij Johnson from 2013-03-31T13:45:36

This morning Lonestarcon, the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, released the 2013 Hugo Awards Ballots.  The Coode Street Podcast was nominated for Best Fancast, and we would like to thank ever...

Episode 138: Live with Joe and Gay Haldeman from 2013-03-24T07:51:06

Returning from a brief hiatus, this week the Coode Street team avoided the Gershwin Room, instead heading ...

Episode 137: The rambling continues from 2013-03-11T07:06:41

Back from Gotham and certain celebrations, Gary joins Jonathan in the Gershwin Room to discuss the newly released Tiptree shortlist, Hugo nominations, and to start what will be a continuing discuss...

Episode 136: On Benchmarks, Budrys and awards from 2013-02-25T07:57:30

In amongst life's many demands, the intrepid Coode Street team, madly humming the theme to the Muppet Show, once again ascended to the Waldorf Room to take in the view and to discuss science fictio...

Episode 135: Cecelia Holland on River of Stars from 2013-02-18T17:00:37

This week Gary and Jonathan are...

Episode 134: On digital texts from 2013-02-10T17:16:26

Once again, with almost no preparation, we head up to the Gershwin Room and end up discussing reviewing, digital texts, and other related issues. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast.

Episode 133: On Locus, recommended reading, Neptune's Brood and more from 2013-02-03T15:06:57

This week the Coode Street team headed back to the Waldorf Room high in the Coode Street Motel Six to discuss the annual Back to the Waldorf Room w...

Episode 131: Live with Nancy Kress! from 2013-01-19T12:24:35

With Gary's commitments fulfilled, we once again headed to the Gershwin Room, where we were joined by award-winning writer Nancy Kress to discuss w...

Episode 130: Contemporary fantasy, lists and other things from 2013-01-06T17:03:42

The quiet days after the New Year, when Coode Street scribes spend their days slowly summarising the moments of the  year just gone and contemplating what the year ahead might bring, pass slowly in...

Episode 129: In which the year ends.... from 2012-12-29T17:59:53

This week we headed up to the Gershwin Room to discuss the recently announced Locus All Time Poll results, writing for the end of the year and other similarly pre-New Year's Eve kinds of things. As...

Episode 128: Live with Gene Wolfe from 2012-12-22T11:00:33

This week we're joined in the Gershwin Room by newly annointed SFWA Grand Master Gene Wolfe to discuss writing, his work, his new novel, and much more.  We had hoped to feature listener questions, ...

Episode 127: Live with Maureen McHugh from 2012-12-17T06:55:13

This week we return to the Gershwin Room to chat with Maureen McHugh, award-winning author of novels China Mountain Zang, Half the Day is Night, Mission Child, and Nekropolis, and the short story c...

Episode 126: In which rambling continues... from 2012-12-11T20:29:24

After a long delay due to technical issues with our hosting service, Podbean, we are now able to bring you the latest episode of The Coode Street Podcast. Episode 126 was recorded on Sunday, 9 De...

Episode 125: Of lists and rambling from 2012-12-01T13:17:45

In one of our most problem-free podcasts of recent times, Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan return to the Waldorf Room high atop the corporate tower that is the Coode Street Motel Six to discuss list...

Episode 124: Live with Graham Joyce from 2012-11-26T16:45:30

And now the podcast that technology did not want you to hear! When the Coode Street team traveled to Toronto, Canada for the 2012 World Fantasy Convention we planned and recorded a series of pod...

Episode 123: Getting back in the groove from 2012-11-17T10:40:23

With jetlag slowly disappearing into the haze of memory, we once again ascended to the Waldorf Room high above the Coode St Motel 6 to discuss science fiction, list making, new writers, C.J. Cherry...

Episode 122: And we're back! from 2012-11-10T13:40:26

And just like that, World Fantasy Convention is a thing of the past. Awards were won, podcasts lost, and good times had by all.  This week, suffering from terrible jetlag, we muddle through a rambl...

Episode 121: A Quick One While We're Away from 2012-10-27T16:31

Suffering a little from lack of sleep prior to heading off to Toronto for World Fantasy Convention, Gary and I headed up to the Waldorf Room and recorded a short podcast to keep you going till we g...

Episode 120: Live with James Bradley from 2012-10-21T13:19:51

With the days flying by as we race towards the official appearance of The Coode St Podcast team at the World Fantasy Convention in Toronto in two weeks, award-winning author and criticGary's Library of America s...

Episode 118: Live with Kij Johnson! from 2012-10-06T13:56:12

Not so long ago we were lucky enough to have the wonderful This week we were joined in the Waldorf Room by Campell Award winning author Episode 115 of the Podcast we discussed Paul Kincaid's review essay, "This week award-winning authors and celebrated anthologists James Patric...

Episode 112: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Genevieve Valentine! from 2012-08-11T18:41:02

And this week the wonderful Genevieve Valentine joins us in the Waldorf Room to discuss Readercon and harrassment at conventions, steampunk, dystopi...

Episode 111: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2012-08-05T17:16:03

Once again Gary and Jonathan ascend to the Waldorf Room high above the Coode St Motel Six, to find there's not all that much happening in SF right now (where IS that World Fantasy Awards ballot?), ...

Episode 110: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2012-07-29T12:24:05

After a final July hiatus we're back! This weekend Gary and I headed to the Waldorf Room to discuss thoughts on Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 and SF set within our Solar System, World Fantasy Award L...

Episode 109: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Caitlin R. Kiernan&Peter Straub!! from 2012-07-14T14:13:01

After a short break, we're back! Gary travelled to Massachusetts to attend Readercon 23 and managed to persuade convention guests of honor Caitlin R. Kiernan an...

Episode 108: Live with Gary K. Wolfe&Amelia Beamer!! from 2012-07-01T18:14:54

At the risk of repeating ourselves, we invited new Perth resident and fabulous writer Amelia Beamer, our very first guest, to join us to chat about taking time away from the field, reading science ...

Episode 107: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Gavin Grant&Kelly Link! from 2012-06-24T18:47:26

After much re-scheduling, this weekend authors, editors, and Small Beer supremos Gavin Grant and Kelly Link join Gary and I  in the Waldorf Room to discuss publish...

Episode 106: Live with Gary K. Wolfe&Kij Johnson! from 2012-06-16T14:39:07

With the Locus Awards weekend in full swing in Seattle, Kij Johnson joined Gary in the official Coode St Suite and Jonathan in his office at home via the magic of Skype to discuss her amazing new S...

Episode 105: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-06-12T13:58:24

Episode 105, in which Jonathan joins Gary in achieving ConventionFail by failing to record a single podcast at Continuum 8 (the Australian National Science Fiction Convention), but instead gets t...

Mobile test from 2012-06-06T07:19:05

This is a small test to see if the mobile gear is working. Our apologies for tsking up your bandwidth with this hopefully tiny file, but with a little luck it will confirm that everything is workin...

Episode 104: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-06-01T15:27:38

And with the Waldorf Room closed, Gary and I retired to the wine bar high atop the Coode Street Motel 6 to chat about stuff. These notes might be more clear, were I not rushing for a plane, but I c...

Episode 103: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-05-29T05:35:42

The Coode Street Productions Multinational World Domination Unit sent Gary to Madison, Wisconsin with the idea that, perhaps, we might do a Wiscon-related podcast. Time and circumstance meant that ...

Episode 102: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-05-20T15:59:13

With the sun slowly setting over the Coode Street Motel 6, Gary and I headed for the Waldorf Room to record episode 102 of the podcast. For the first time in two years we had show notes, we had pla...

Episode 101: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-05-12T16:34:46

From high atop the Coode Street Motel Six, deep in the Waldorf Room,  Gary and I fired up the podcasting equipment to bring you episode 101 where, finally, we come to an appreciation of which conve...

And a little bit of fun... from 2012-05-05T22:23:37

In response to a modest Twitter proposal, some v.quick audio work, with apologies....this one goes out to Gary K. Wolfe.

Episode 100: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-05-05T11:42:38

It's our 100th episode and our 2nd Anniversary! Bereft of even so much as a good champagne-cork-popping sound effect we discuss the podcast, the recently announced Locus Awards ballot, consensus in...

Episode 99: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-04-28T14:17:30

On the cusp of our 100th episode Gary and I fire up Skype to talk about year's bests, awards, genre and other stuff. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!

Episode 98: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Nnedi Okorafor! from 2012-04-22T10:21:29

After taking time off last week, Gary and I are back with Nnedi Okorafor,  award winning author of Who Fears Death, Akata Witch and many other wonderful books...

Episode 97: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Liza Groen Trombi! from 2012-04-08T09:00:45

Chicon 7, the 70th Annual World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the nominees for the 2012 Hugo Awards (see list here). This morning, just ...

Episode 96: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-04-05T06:08:09

With Gary now safely home from Florida and all of that ICFA craziness, we sat down to discuss recent events. Most prominent on our minds was Christopher Priest's Listen

Episode 93: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Peter Straub! from 2012-03-17T10:24:10

With the Gene Wolfe event about to hit full swing in sunny Chicago, all sorts of fun things are happening in the windy city. This morning (Perth time) our good friend Peter Straub was visiting Gary...

Episode 92: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Michael Dirda! from 2012-03-12T05:51:17

This week we're joined by Pulitzer Prize award winning critic Michael Dirda to discuss his new book on Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gene Wolfe and the golden age of story. As always, we hope ...

Episode 91: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-03-03T16:48:38

Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda recently reviewed Keith Roberts' magestic novel, Pavane, in The Washington Post, describing it as a fix-up novel, a term coined by the late A.E. van Vogt. The re...

Episode 90: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-02-26T15:42:18

And then we rambled... After several weeks hosting some wonderful guests, this week Gary and I just fired up Skype and rambled away about stuff: the Nebulas, some old Hugos, whether having a Golden...

Episode 89: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Barry Malzberg! from 2012-02-18T16:05:29

This week Gary and I are joined by Campbell Memorial Award winning author Barry Malzberg to discuss the Library of America's Listen

Episode 88: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Ellen Kushner! from 2012-02-11T15:20:29

This week we invited award-winning actor, broadcaster, editor and writer Ellen Kushner to join us to discuss the excellent audiobook adaptation of her novel Swordspoint, which was recently released...

Episode 87: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2012-02-04T13:55:09

This weekend Gary and I discussed the Locus Recommended Reading list (very briefly), Gwenda Bond's wonderful news, Saladin Ahmed's new novel, subgenre's and answered a lot of reader questions from ...

Episode 86: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! (and Sophie!) from 2012-01-29T12:23:39

This week Gary and I start off discussing aspects of compiling 'best of the year' anthology, touch on genre drift and blur, move on to a few recent stories we've greatly admired, and then invite So...

Episode 85: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Cheryl Morgan from 2012-01-21T09:48:18

This week we're delighted to welcome Cheryl Morgan back to the podcast after too long an absence to discuss the Listen

Episode 82: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-12-31T10:34:08

With New Year's Eve beckoning, but just out of reach, Gary and I fired up the pod one last time for 2011 to discuss Rusty Hevelin, the memory of the field, the year we had, and all sorts of other t...

Episode 81: The Second Annual Boxing Day Super Mega Podcast from 2011-12-27T10:34:25

As we observed last year, the day after Christmas is a special one, dedicated to winding down after a day of feasting and gift giving, laughter and merriment. Things slow down – unless you have a...

Episode 80: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-12-18T15:03:15

This week Gary and I discuss, among a handful of select boutique subjects influence, copyright, and the current discussion over the World Fantasy Awards.  As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast. ...

Episode 79: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Paul Cornell! from 2011-12-11T09:25:55

With the holiday season upon us, Gary and I invited novelist, comics and TV writer (notably for Doctor Who and Action Comics) and long time podcast listener Pau...

Episode 78: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-12-04T17:24:40

With many thanks to young Sophie for joining us last week, Gary and I fired up our microphones and chatted about a veritable miscellany of SFnal stuff, including audiobooks, recommended reading, an...

Episode 77: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Sophie Strahan! from 2011-11-26T13:05:33

This week Gary and I decided to vary things a little, inviting my ten-year-old daughter Sophie to join us to discuss a younger reader's view on story, character and such. It makes for a very differ...

Episode 76: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-11-19T11:53:44

Things are still a little wobbly because jetlag and such, but Gary and I fired up Skype this morning and spent some time talking about the ways information gets used online, the SF Encyclopedia, wh...

Episode 75: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-11-14T11:06:03

Having spent the past three weeks traveling (where his microphone disappeared in-transit), a heavily jetlagged Jonathan contacted Gary in Chicago to discuss the San Diego World Fantasy Convention, ...

Episode 74: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Kim Stanley Robinson from 2011-11-06T00:00:27

At the recent World Science Fiction Convention held in Reno, Nevada we sat down with Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss his new novel 2312.

Episode 73: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Alastair Reynolds from 2011-10-30T00:00:48

At the recent World Science Fiction Convention held in Reno, Nevada we sat down with Alastair Reynolds to discuss his new novel In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination<...

Episode 70: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-10-09T17:51:46

After a lot of discussion about buzz and best of the year matters, Gary and I wrench our attention away from such matters and move on to discuss the one true mission of science fiction, the matter ...

Episode 69: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-10-01T14:40:18

As a continuation of our discussion on finding the best books of the year and understanding how buzz is generated, this week Gary and I turned to our reader's comments (both here and over at Listen

Episode 68: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Ian Mond!! from 2011-09-25T08:32:16

This week Gary and I invited Ian Mond from The Writer and the Critic to join us to discuss recommending books and how buzz is generated arou...

Episode 67: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-09-17T17:57:15

It doesn't feel like it, but the end of the science fiction year is not too far away, so Gary and I thought, in response to Ian Mond's of Writer and the Critic, that we'd discuss possible award-lik...

Episode 66: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-09-11T11:07:51

After a sojourn due to Father's Day, when we ran the very well received Jo Walton episode, Gary and I are are back on deck to discuss young adult science fiction, Ian McDonald, his new novel Planes...

Episode 65: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Jo Walton from 2011-09-03T07:40:36

Gary and I travelled to Reno, Nevada to attend Renovation, the World Science Fiction Convention for 2011.  Over the weekend we recorded a handful of podcasts with friends, old and new, that we see ...

Episode 64: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-08-27T17:16:29

Last weekend Gary and I were in the slightly surreal space station environment of the Atlantis Casino in Reno, Nevada for the World Science Fiction Convention, where we recorded upcoming podcasts w...

Episode 63: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-08-12T16:40:49

It looked, for a moment, that technical difficulties would prevent us getting this final pre-WorldCon podcast out to you, but we persevered, recording this one twice.  We discussed many things, inc...

Episode 62: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-08-06T22:30:05

With WorldCon bearing down on us like a freight train, there is packing to be done, panel preparation to be considered, and travel details to be finalised. Despite all of that, Gary and I found a m...

Episode 61: Republish from 2011-07-30T20:32:01

We've experienced some difficulties with episode 61, so we're republishing it. Our apologies for the problem.

Episode 60: Live with John Clute and Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-07-22T07:35:06

In 1975 Peter Nichols, John Clute and Brian Stableford launched a project that would ultimately last for more than thirty six years, exceed four million words of careful scholarship, occupy at leas...

Episode 59: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-07-09T17:00:59

As the weather in Perth turns cooler, and presumably as Spring prepares to give way to Summer in Chicago, Gary Wolfe and I once again take the chance to ramble on all subjects SFnal. This morning G...

Episode 58: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-07-02T11:50:06

After a long week, and a flight home from Seattle for Gary we were back in the pod this morning where we discussed what people feel awards are for and how we react to them, how the year in science ...

Episode 57: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Terry Bisson, and Greg Bear from 2011-06-26T09:45:23

Roving reporter Gary K. Wolfe checked in live from Seattle, where he and many of SF's glitterati are gathered for the annual Locus Awards and the SF Hall of Fame, to discuss the Hall of Fame, the d...

Episode 56: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Ellen Datlow and Peter Straub from 2011-06-18T17:49:43

This week Gary's on the road again, traveling to the East Coast to attend the HWA's Stoker Awards weekend. He persuaded Ellen Datlow and Peter Straub to join us on the podcast to discuss horror, ge...

Episode 55: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-06-11T12:26:26

With Gary home from his ICFA board meeting in Florida and Wiscon, we sat down to discuss cyberpunk, the 'movement and radical hard SF, Steampunk!, first novels and a few other things. No awards wer...

Episode 54: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Eileen Gunn, Ellen Klages, and Geoff Ryman! from 2011-06-04T05:54:57

Last weekend Gary traveled to Madison, Wisconsin - home of Wiscon - where in amongst fine dinners and even finer conversation he managed to find time to ask Eileen Gunn, Ellen Klages and Geoff Ryma...

Episode 53: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Karen Lord! from 2011-05-27T00:42

Last weekend Crawford Award-winning novelist Karen Lord joined Gary and I live from an undisclosed location in the Caribbean (well, when we say 'undisclosed' a LOT of frogs and just a few motorcycl...

Episode 52: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Liza Groen Trombi! from 2011-05-22T11:25:35

This morning (Perth time) the Science Fiction Writers of America gathered in Washington DC to present the Nebula Awards.  The ceremony was videocast ( Listen

Episode 50: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! Birthday! from 2011-05-07T12:09:45

It's our birthday!!  This is the real, official birthday podcast from Coode Street. There's laughter, some silliness, and much rambling. Enjoy!

Episode 49: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2011-04-30T11:55:24

I'm back from Swancon, Gary's grading papers in Chicago, and it's a typical Friday evening/Saturday morning at Coode Street.  This weekend we talk (for a long time!!!) about the sad news that Joann...

Episode 48: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-04-23T05:00:13

With Swancon upon us, Gary and I pre-recorded (!) a chat about epic fantasy and such. Enjoy!

Episode 47: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-04-17T10:58:24

Fighting the flu, and with Swancon just around the corner, I got Gary on the line to discuss small presses, Geoff Ryman and The Child Garden, new Joan Aiken, Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch, and some ...

Episode 46: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Farah Mendlesohn, and Tansy Rayner Roberts from 2011-04-09T20:50:01

In last week's episode Gary and I discussed the work of the late Diana Wynne Jones.  Our discussion raised comments from several people that we'd not done justice to Jones, and so we invited Listen

Episode 45: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-04-03T08:19:12

Well, the world turned upside down. For scheduling reasons we recorded at a new time, so it was morning in Chicago and late in the evening in Perth. We barely knew what to do, but we did discuss Di...

Episode 44: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-03-26T12:43:17

And we're back to normal. Gary returned to Chicago from ICFA to dine with China Mieville and write his column, while Jonathan was struck down by an unpleasant bug. Nontheless, climbing from his sic...

Episode 43: Live with Gary K. Wolfe, Karen Burnham, Jeffrey Ford, and Liza Groen Trombi from 2011-03-19T11:40:07

Convention season is upon us and, on the eve of his birthday, Gary K. Wolfe has ventured out into aligator-infested Florida in search of conversation, con-buddies and, above all else, boat drinks! ...

Episode 42: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-03-12T11:14:29

With the Galactic Suburbanites celebrating their birthday just a couple of days ago, Gary and I once again jumped into the pod to record episode 42 (w...

Episode 41: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-03-05T18:58:02

Amongst audio chaos and another mumble about the weather, Gary and I jumped into the Pod to discuss the recently released Clarke and Stoker ballots, Shaun Tan's Oscar win, community and other bits ...

Episode 16: Live with Gary K. Wolfe (redux) from 2011-03-05T09:09:27

On 21 August 2010 Gary and I recorded and published Episode 16 of the podcast. There have been historic problems with the upload and so, in attempt to fix this, I'm republishing it here at the new ...

Episode 40: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2011-02-26T17:22:18

It was a bright and sunny morning - the annual excoriation of the masses here in Perth, and a particularly vicious one - so Gary and I fired up Skype and had a long chat about the Nebula Awards, ho...

Episode 39: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Garth Nix! (redux) from 2011-02-20T11:55:55

And it's another weekend. This morning Garth Nix, bestselling author of the 'Keys to the Kingdom' and 'Old Kingdom' series, among many wonderful novels, joi...

? Older posts Episode 38:The Coode Street Hour from 2011-02-12T16:48:57

That’s better! Technical difficulties behind us, Gary and a slightly hungover I jumped into the pod to discuss Carol Emshwiller, the right time to publish a book, optimistic SF, the death of SF and...

Episode 36: Coode Street from 2011-01-30T15:53:21

Welcome to the new backup location and possible new home for the podcast that Gary K. Wolfe and I record every week. This is Episode 36.

Episode 7: Live with Gary K. Wolfe and Amelia Beamer from 2010-06-19T18:31

Author, critic, photographer, and Locus editor Amelia Beamer joins Gary and I for a new podcast as our first ever guest. Amelia was only just home from Listen

Episode 6: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2010-06-13T18:30

Every Saturday morning now Gary and I fire up Skype to record the latest in our series of chats. Gary's usually not that long home from his office in Chicago, while I'm mostly still pottering ar...

Episode 5: Live with Gary K. Wolfe from 2010-06-06T18:28

Gary calls in from Florida and we talk about all sorts of stuff in our latest chatfest.

Episode 4: Live with Gary K. Wolfe. from 2010-05-30T18:13:14

On May 30, 2010 Episode 4 of the Coode Street Podcast was first published. At the time, it was described like this: And we do it again! Our fourth ramble, this time touching on all sorts of things,...

Episode 3: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! from 2010-05-23T18:24

The third episode in our new (but still continuing!) series of conversations is now live. There are still a few audio hitches that I’m trying to iron out, but all in all, it’s ok. I did the ster...

Episode2: Live with Gary Wolfe! from 2010-05-15T13:21

In the second of our regular series of weekly podcasts Gary Wolfe and I discuss canon formation, Joanna Russ, ...

Episode 1: Live with Gary K. Wolfe! [REPOST] from 2010-05-08T08:03

In case you were wondering where the Coode Street Podcast began, here's episode 1 from way back in May 2010.

Here is the first full-length Coode Street podcast. Recorded just m...