The slicker than ever audio drama, Silent Universe, is out now with “Episode 6.” J. Marcus Xavier’s podcast series is tight and the show is flowing super-smoothly. This time around there’s a free upgrade to the “64kbps stereo” edition in the feed too. Normally you’d have to pay to get the premium sound edition like this. Download direct |MP3| or plug this URL into your podcatcher to have a listen:
http://www.silentuniverse.com/silentuniverse.xml
Mike O’Brien, of the CBC Radio Comedy Factory podcast has a funny series of six audio skitlettes right at the beginning of the latest show. All of them are inspired by the ending of the final Harry Potter novel – they’ve got some alternate endings for us (and don’t worry there are no spoilers for the real deal):
-the “funny misunderstanding” ending
-the Scooby Doo ending
-the Conrad Black ending
-the M. Night Shyamalan ending
-the Star Wars ending
Download the |MP3| direct, or subscribe to the podcast and stay funny weekly:
http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/cf.xml
An SFFaudio Exclusive!
We got the scoop! Before anybody else! Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!
From the people who brought you “Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine” and “Psuedopod: The World’s Premier Horror Fiction Podcast” now comes…
PodCastle: The Fantasy Fiction Podcast
“PodCastle is the world’s first fantasy audio magazine. Each week we’ll bring you short stories across the spectrum of fantasy from leading authors and new discoveries. Like our sister podcasts, Escape Pod and Pseudopod, PodCastle is entirely free to listen and share.“
The new podcast is still in development, but the main website for it can be found at PodCastle.org. On the site you’ll find a notation saying that the podcast will launch in August (though it may actually be in September).
Like Escape Pod and PseudoPod this will be a paying market for authors and a free podcast for listeners. Flash fiction (short short little stories) will net authors just $20. But $100.00 will be paid for full fledged short stories. If you, like us plan on subscribing to PodCastle, we urge you to send them a few bucks as a show of support. SFFaudio has dug deep into its coffers and made a donation of exactly $100.00 USD through PayPal – so we’re buying the whole world and you that first fantasy tale.
Oh and one last thing. Hey you Fantasy fiction authors, take note, the submission guidelines are already up on the site. So get submitting. The future is sounding FANTASTIC!
The below the radar variety show podcast Jack Mangan’s Deadpan has the most devoted audience in the known universe. Where else can you find a podcast with regular 1000+ comments per post? I think 99.9% of that credit should go to the man himself. Honestly, I tend to fast forward through a lot of the show’s regular segments, skipping over bits like “the contents of one’s fridge” and such – but there’s something about the timing, wit and genuine good nature of the guy with the deadpan delivery that keeps me coming back again and again and again. Jack’s latest show (#66) |MP3| is a short 26 minute “diary podcast” (AKA monologue) talking about Star Wars and community, and the impact those first three movies had on a certain generation’s psychological ethos. Jack once again proves that humor is a dish best served dry:
“Like for example if you’re in a rough place and somebody starts fucking with you – just kill them – hack off their arm with your lightsaber – shoot them first – whatever you got to do.”
Subscribe, DEADPAN is the way, with this feed:
http://www.jackmangan.com/podcast.xml
The Forgotten Classics podcast offers readings from the neglected books of yesterdecade. The latest episode |MP3| is right up our alley, as it features a short reading from Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Scout’s Progress, which is a feisty Space Opera set in Lee and Miller’s “Liaden Universe.” Also on tap for this particular show is a mini-review of SFFaudio itself – thanks Julie! – though we should point out that despite being the “featured podcast” on this particular show, we don’t actually have a podcast feed. Go check out the excerpt, and bask in all our glory.
To subscribe, get the podcast feed here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/forgottenclassics
Adventures in Scifi Publishing has an informative interview with SF author Walter H. Hunt. Walter has a vocal readership that is asking for audiobook versions of his Dark Wing series. No Hunt audiobooks exist yet though. Hopefully that’ll be rectified soon.
To subscribe via podcast feed:
http://scifipublishing.libsyn.com/rss