Arts & Culture

This episode of Fast Forward originally ran in September of 2009. It features an interview with author Tom Doyle, who talks about his award winning short fiction, as well as his experience at the acclaimed Clarion Writers' Workshop.
Also in this episode:
Marianne Petrino reviews the Anime series The Galaxy Railways.
Reporting from this year's World Science Fiction Convention, John Pomeranz interviews editor and publisher David Hartwell - revealing Mr. Hartwell's "brighter" side...

This episode, originally shown in July, 2009, features an interview with award winning (and highly entertaining) author Michael Swanwick. He discusses his new non-fiction work, a biography of the fascinating but under-appreciated author Hope Mirrlees. He also talks about recently receiving the Alex Award for his novel, The Dragons of Babel, and his Hugo nominated short story, "From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled".
Also in this episode:
Colleen Cahill reviews the novel Ending an Ending, by Danny Birt.
Marianne Petrino reviews the anime series Kurau: Phantom Memory.

This is episode #224 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction. The episode was originally shown in June, 2009. It features an interview with author Maria V. Snyder, who talks about her latest book, Storm Glass. This novel is the first in a new series set in the same universe as her very popular Study Book series. Also in this episode:
Colleen Cahill reviews the L. E. Modesitt, Jr. novel, Imager
Marianne Petrino reviews the anime series Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

This is episode #223 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction. The episode was originally shown in May 2009. It differs slightly from our regular format, because we have three separate interviews - one with award winning author (and musician) Catherine Asaro, one with members of the rock band she is collaborating with, and one with a keyboardist who is helping Catherine take her book-related music on tour to science fiction conventions and book events. There is also a live performance of one of the musical numbers. All of this ties into Catherine's latest book, Diamond Star.

This is episode #222 of Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction. The episode was originally shown in April 2009. It features an interview with best selling author David Weber, talking about his latest novel, Storm from the Shadows. The book is the latest installment in Weber's "Honorverse" military science fiction series.
Episode 222 also includes Colleen Cahill's review of the Scholastic book series The 39 Clues, and Marianne Petrino's review of the anime series Mushi-Shi.

Episode #221 features an interview with author Jennifer Allison, who writes the popular Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator series of books. This episode was originally shown in March 2009.

Sci-Fi Journal for August 2012 from ConnectiCon in Hartford, CT with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. Jay starts off Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Robot and Frank", "Skyfall", "The Apparition", "V/H/S", and "Wreck-it Ralph". Calvin does Game Over with DVD/Blu-ray releases and video game news and a trailer for "LEGO: The Lord of the Rings". James does Anime Daisuki with Anime, Harry Potter, and Muggle Quidditch news.

This is the San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV Show hosted by me, John Rhodes.
Today we are having on Jack and Adelle Foley, and Lenore Weiss.

Jack Foley is an innovative, widely-published poet and critic who, with his wife, Adelle, performs poetry frequently in the San Francisco Bay Area: together, they perform choral pieces, duets. Jack has published a number of books of both poetry and criticism. For more than twenty years, he has hosted a show of interviews and poetry presentations on Berkeley radio station KPFA. His show, Cover to Cover airs Wednesdays at 3.

This is John Rhodes and Clara Hsu's San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV Show. In this show only Clara will read. I won't. Jesse Glass is a friend of Jack Foley who lives in Japan. Jack Foley has been on before. He works on a literary show on Berkeley KPFA, his also works with Poetry Flash in Berkeley, and the Alsop review. Jack had been kind enough here to let Clara do a choral piece with him which is usually done by Adelle Foley.

This is the San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV Show Hosted by John Rhodes and Clara Hsu. In John Rhodes' segment poet Jack Foley reads. There is included a clip with Jack Foley reading one of his famed poet choruses with his wife Adelle. Jack Foley has a literary show on KPFA in Berkeley on Wednesdays. Jack also works for the online Alsop Review and is contributing editor for Poetry Flash Magazine. Cesar Love reads in Clara Hsu's segment. Cesar Love edits for the Haight Ashbury Literary Magazine.