Category: Podcasts

Philosophy Bites podcast talks The Philosophy of Film using Blade Runner

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Philosophy Bites podcastPhilosophy Bites is a podcast about philosophy. Recently they talked to Oxford’s Stephen Mulhall who’s authored a book titled On Film. Fans of SF and philosophy rarely mix (which is a damn shame) but the connections between the two are legion. Good SF is always a “thought experiment”, but Mulhall thinks philosophers should also consider film itself as philosophy. His illustration for this comes from a few scenes in Blade Runner. I don’t see quite the connections Mulhall makes in the movie myself (Voight-Kampff machine as camera and Deckard as Director) but I agree it is a deeply philosophical film. Have a listen |MP3|, judge for yourself. You can subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/rss

Posted by Jesse Willis

StarShip Sofa talks Olaf Stapledon

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Star Ship SofaIs it that time again?

Boy… the StarShipSofa is busy of late. This week I pilot the SOFA towards Olaf Stapledon. A writer who in the beginning never realized just how cutting edge his SF ideas were.

This mild mannered Englishman tackled subjects and themes that even today are fresh and bursting with possibilities. In the 1930’s Olaf Stapledon gave us some classic works, including Last and First Men and Star Maker. Join me on the good-ship StarShipSofa and find all about this great SF writer.

Blast Off!

Subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

www.starshipsofa.com/rss

Posted by Tony C. Smith

Radio Drama Revival: The Salmon Of Blackpool Spawning Greatness

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Radio Drama RevivalRadio Drama Revival, has now completed podcasting another Crazy Dog Audio Theatre program in its entirety. This program aired on RTE Radio back in August.

The absolutely flooring The Salmon Of Blackpool is a four episode tale of a Hollywood screenwriter and his self-destructive subject. It is a magical achievement – on par with Infidel. The artistry and artists that created Salmon worked together to conjure what can only be described as transformative audio. Absent are any trappings of the fantastic – but what the program reveals is an unfettered drama capped by an unrelenting moral horror. Salmon explores that noir interzone between life’s meaning and life itself. In a final irony Salmon turns its own harsh gaze upon itself, there are no laughs, no remittances, no washing away of the melancholy – simply, the tale, and its central figures, grab ahold of what little ethic they can in an uncaring sea of human selfishness. Salmon won’t make you happy, it will instead shatter illusions and drain you and with its honesty. The Salmon Of Blackpool is what makes radio drama truly a great art form.

The Salmon Of Blackpool
By Roger Gregg; Performed by a full cast
4 MP3s -Approx. 100 Minutes [RADIO DRAMA]
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3|

And be sure to listen for next week’s show, which will include an interview with Roger Gregg.

Subscribe to the Radio Drama Revival feed via this url:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/RadioDramaRevival

Posted by Jesse Willis

StarShip Sofa has a Pat Murphy tale

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Star Ship SofaThe StarShipSofa this week puts out a cracking tale from SF writer Pat Murphy. The story is called Going Through Changes and was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1992.

When I asked Pat Murphy if she would allow me to get this story narrated… she agreed straight away, saying she was more than happy to donate a story to the StarShipSofa Audio collection. She also went on to say this was one of her favorite tales and… it’s one of mine.

It is narrated by Summer, a SF podcaster herself over at Slice Of SciFi and what a narration she does – it’s first class. And… what is really nice, Summer has offered to narrate another tale for The Sofa! Can’t get better than that?
All our stories will be delivered free through our feed and will always be available through our Sofa Audio part of the site.

So… kick off your shoes… put you feet up and listen to the best in science fiction audio tales… from your friendly StarShipSofa.

Blast Off!

Subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

www.starshipsofa.com/rss

Posted by Tony C. Smith

Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy podcast

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Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy podcastDoc from the Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy podcast sez he’ll be at Wondercon (Feb 22nd-24th 2008) in San Francisco at “small press table #39.”

Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy covers “science fiction and fantasy heroes of movies, television, novels, and comics.” This is an iTunes only podcast. Doc’s show is an ecclectic mix of books, movies and TV SFF.

Posted by Jesse Willis