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Ron Clement hosts Colin Bailey, community lawyer, Constance Slider Pierre, anti-gas organizer, and Jermain Gill, anti-gas organizer.

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Autumn Labbe-Renault hosts Don Saylor, Yolo County Supervisor District 2, Kevin Sanchez, Executive Director, Yolo County Food Bank, and Gail Feenstra, Food Systems Analyst.

Jon Li interviews Davis City Council Member Lucas Frerichs.

Episode 236 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction (originally shown in July of 2010) features an interview with author Dom Testa. Mr. Testa is a long time radio host and "closet writer" who has written and published a highly successful young adult science fiction series of books, the Galahad series.
In the interview, host Tom Schaad and Mr. Testa talk about writing, characters, the publishing business, and getting young people to think that being smart is cool.

Episode #235 is a Special Edition of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction. The program features highlights from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Nebula Awards ceremony. The ceremony was held on May 15, 2010, in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
The Nebula Awards are among the most prestigious in science fiction literature. For a list of winners, you can visit www.nebulaawards.com.

This episode of Fast Forward: Contemporary SF (which originally ran in April 2010) features a new interview with author Mindy Klasky. Ms. Klasky discusses her latest book, When Good Wishes Go Bad, the second novel in her As You Wish series. She also talks with host Mike Zipser about the challenges of a series that changes main characters with each book, and tells us exactly what a dramaturg does.

This episode of Fast Forward:CSF features an interview with author David J. Williams. Mr. Williams talks about The Machinery of Light, the soon-to-be-released final book in his Autumn Rain trilogy. He also discusses aspects of his approach to building his future world and a large "ensemble" cast of characters.

This episode of Fast Forward: Contemporary SF is a little different - the entire show consists of author Jasper Fforde talking about his latest novel, Shades of Grey. Mr. Fforde was in the US for the release of the new book, and gave a very entertaining speech and signed books at Politics and Prose, a bookstore in Washington, DC.

The speech was recorded at Politics and Prose on January 16, 2010, and this episode of Fast Forward was first shown in February 2010.

In this episode of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction, host Mike Zipser has a wide ranging discussion with author and editor Scott Edelman about Mr. Edelman's eclectic career - years working in the Marvel Comics bullpen, editing both print and online magazines, writing science fiction and horror - and zombies. Lots and lots of zombies.

Episode 230 of Fast Forward features an interview with author Harry Turtledove, the "Master of Alternate History". Mr Turtledove talks about how he started writing alternate history novels, and how writing alternate history compares to other forms of speculative fiction. This interview was recorded on October 17th, 2009, at the Capclave 2009 science fiction convention.