We’ve just got the official word from CBC Insider …

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We’ve just got the official word from CBC Insider Joe Mahoney…

BETWEEN THE COVERS, CBC Radio One’s book-reading program will definitely be doing the Spring 2005 Speculative Fiction Series!

Joe says:

‘Starting May 16th 2005 and weekdays through to May 27th 2005 CBC Radio’s Between
the Covers will feature a special series of short speculative fiction, hosted and curated by Nalo Hopkinson. The series, entitled “Six Impossible Things,” will include fiction by Marcie Tentchoff, Penn Kemp, Nancy Kilpatrick, Pam MacLean, Wade Bell, Terence M. Green, Nalo Hopkinson, Phyllis Gotlieb, Rhea Rose-Fleming, Sandra Kasturi, Dora Knez, Edward Willett, Ashok Mathur, Dan Rubin, Larissa Lai, Wilma
Kenny, Yves Meynard, Nega Mezlekia, Candas Jane Dorsey, and Ven Begamudre.

You’ll have an opportunity to hear Six Impossible Things weekday afternoons in the second half hour of The Roundup (2:30pm) and weeknights on Between The Covers at 10:40 on CBC Radio One.’

Be sure to tune in via the internet around the world or via old fashioned RF radio in Canada.

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NPR (National Public Radio) asked writer/director …

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NPR (National Public Radio) asked writer/director Kevin Smith to speak with with the creators of SIN CITY….nope this aint an April Fool’s joke it’s true! Smith interviews director Robert Rodriguez and comic book kingpin Frank Miller about their collaboration on the film version of Miller’s comic book classic. The 56 minute interview is an an extended version of the segment that aired April 1st 2005 can be found here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4569989

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This is slightly late (because the episode already…

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This is slightly late (because the episode already aired), but cool nonetheless…

An interesting new spin on the phenomenon of Podcasting… The Sci-Fi Channel website is offering a podcast of a commentary track for the Season Finale of Stargate: Atlantis. It can be found here:
http://www.scifi.com/atlantis/downloads/podcast/

Ron Moore started the trend with his podcast commentary on Battlestar Galactica episodes.

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Robert J. Sawyer dropped a few more hints about th…

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Science Fiction Audio Drama - CBC EmanationsRobert J. Sawyer dropped a few more hints about the new CBC Radio One Science Fiction anothology radio drama series Emanations:

“Michael Lennick and I had a meeting at the CBC Broadcasting Centre to go over the second draft of our SF radio-drama pilot with the people Michael likes to refer to as “the boys downtown.” The script will be produced on March 17; our series is an anthology of standalone SF radio dramas with the overall title Emanations. The pilot script, “Birth,” deals with the accidental emergence of sentience among exploratory robots on Mars.”

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Exciting post-apocalyptic news everyone. This one …

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Exciting post-apocalyptic news everyone. This one sounds like it’ll be a real winner!

CBC Radio One is launching a brand new four-part limited comedy series to begin airing this Saturday, February 5th, 2005. Entitled STEVE, THE FIRST, written by and starring Matt Watts, the program boasts an exceptional cast including actor, writer and director Don McKellar of films as eXistenZ and Last Night. And Kids In The Hall alumnus Mark McKinney. Writer Matt Watts (The Newsroom) attributes his inspiration for writing the show to a recent viewing of The Omega Man. Matt says he thought that it’d be “…funny if someone had to save the world after an apocalypse, despite being rather lazy and useless”. Matt says he “Came up with the character Steve, who’s pretty useless, like me. Sad, but true.”

Starring:

Matt Watts as “Steve the First”

Mark McKinney as “Phil Green”

Don McKellar as “Tim the Melty”

PART I – (Airing February 5th 2005)

Steve wakes up to realize he’s slept through the apocalypse! Listeners follow him through a bizarre series of events as he discovers that human survivors are melting to death (melties) and dogs are randomly exploding. He meets Colleen, who takes him into her home after she realizes he may hold the cure to the strange melting disease. Phil Green, the evil mayoral candidate, continues to work on his post-nuclear campaign.

PART II – (Airing February 12th 2005)

Steve treks across the forbidden zone in search of water, while Colleen discovers Steve’s cure actually works and she has recovered! Hundreds of melties begin to arrive at Colleen’s house in search of Steve’s cure, while the evil Phil Green works toward capturing Colleen’s heart.

PART III – (Airing February 19th 2005)

After successfully curing several melties, Steve is kidnapped by Phil Green, who wants the cure for himself. Colleen, with the help of a telepathic dog, treks across the nuclear wasteland to rescue Steve.

PART IV – (Airing February 26th 2005)

Phil Green and Steve have a public debate to see who’s more qualified to lead the citizens of post-nuclear Toronto to safety. When things don’t go to Phil’s liking, he reveals his deadly plan. (Yes, it involves a bomb!)

If any of these above situations sound familiar to you, chances are you can relate to the life of STEVE, THE FIRST. He may sound like a typical hero, but in reality he’s a lazy, incompetent whiner, who through strange circumstances happens to be the saviour of humankind. Tune in as the fate of the world unfolds beginning Saturday, February 5th 2005 at 11:30 am.

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