Recorded another episode of our podcast this morning with Benjamin Rosenbaum — mostly posting this so I can show off how much more vibrant my Zoom background looks, with Kavi’s painting hanging on the office wall. Today was sort of a grab bag episode — Ben and I haven’t talked in a while, so we …
Quick question re: reviewers — Benjamin Rosenbaum and I were thinking of recording an episode or two in the second season of our podcast about reviewing. I was going to do dramatic readings of my one-star reviews. But we thought it would be great to also have as guests some professional reviewers. Recommendations? Do I …
I woke up at 5:30 with a cold, or rather, I’ve had the beginnings of a cold for a few days, but today it was clearly a full-on cold, so I had a super-slow morning — I went back to sleep until 7:30, then lay in bed playing video games on my phone (Polytopia), then …
Hey, we’ve just dropped a special bonus episode of the podcast about the Portolan Project – here’s a little 2 minute audiogram, so you can taste a bit. Link to the full podcast & more in comments! Please like / comment / share for visibility.
Hey, folks — I think I haven’t been good about telling you about weekly podcast drops! Let me catch you up on the last few weeks: Ep. 19: “Ellen and Delia, Pt. 1″ is out now!” Mary Anne and Ben catch up with old friends Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner. In the first half of …
I’m listening to the new episode of our podcast that just dropped, episode 11, where we interview the fabulous Liz Gorinsky, editor at Erewhon Books. Writers, this particular episode of the podcast is chock-full of nitty-gritty details from someone who edited books for many years at Tor, and now runs a brand-new boutique small press …
I’m re-listening to the episodes we’ve released of the podcast recently (great company for weeding & mulching!), and I have to say, it’s just so intellectually stimulating talking to Cory Doctorow. I mean, his mind moves a mile-a-minute, and he’s deeply read in his areas of expertise, so I honestly was struggling a little to …
Have you ever been frustrated by trying to get a word in edgewise in a conversation, with everyone else talking over you? Have you ever been frustrated by people who expect you to read their minds, instead of just telling you what they want? I’m listening to episode 6 of the podcast while gardening; this …
Are people tired of pandemic processing? I actually found it kind of fascinating listening to episode 5 of our podcast, recorded when we were two months into the pandemic (in May 2021). On the one hand, as Benjamin Rosenbaum notes in his intro, he was way more optimistic about Switzerland’s response than ended up warranted, …
I kind of want to retitle episode 4 of our podcast: When Good Podcasts Go Wrong. Gah. I spent a fair bit of time this weekend (while pruning trees) listening to the last few episodes of our podcast. It’s a little surreal, listening to myself argue with Benjamin Rosenbaum for an hour or two at …
