Salon Futura (Talking Books)
Afrofuturism on Ujima

This is an edit of a show about Afrofuturism that I did in November 2013. The studio guest is Tade Thompson and there are pre-recorded interviews with Bill Campbell, Tobias Buckell and Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, which were done at World Fantasy. For copyright reasons the music that I played during the show cannot be included in this podcast.

 

Direct download: Ujima_-_AfroFuturism_-_salon.mp3
Category:Talking Books -- posted at: 5:05am PDT

Nene Ormes on Ujima

This is a podcast of an interview that Cheryl did with Stephanie Saulter as part of the Women's Outlook show on Ujima Radio. Nene is a Swedish writer whose work is not yet available in English. Topics addressed include:

  • Getting published in English
  • Urban fantasy in Sweden
  • Swedish crime novels
  • Marriage equality in Sweden
  • Vikings
  • Egyptology (Nene is an archaeologist by training)
  • The World SF Travel Grant
  • Working in a bookstore
  • Wedding tattoos

Nene asked me to add that after the show she remembered that Swedes do call some Danish pastries Viennese.

The interview was originally broadcast on July 24th.

Direct download: Ujima_-_Nene_Ormes.mp3
Category:Talking Books -- posted at: 12:35pm PDT

Stephanie Saulter on Ujima

This is a podcast of an interview that Cheryl did with Stephanie Saulter as part of the Women's Outlook show on Ujima Radio. Topics addressed include:

  • Why non-white people might want to write science fiction (because Stephanie gets asked that);
  • Diversity in SF&F (with mentions for the Writers of Color twitter account, Nikesh Shukla and Hal Duncan);
  • The Nine Worlds convention (with a mention for Rochita Loenen-Ruiz);
  • Stephanie's life and remarkable family; and
  • The Scriptopus website

The interview was originally broadcast on August 14th.

Direct download: Ujima_-_Stephanie_Saulter.mp3
Category:Talking Books -- posted at: 3:13pm PDT

Joanne Hall on Ujima

This is a podcast of an interview that Cheryl did with Joanne Hall as part of the Women's Outlook show on Ujima Radio. Topics addressed include Jo's book, The Art of Forgetting: Rider; QUITLTBAG characters in fiction; the Bechdel Test; and Bristolcon. The interview was originally broadcast on June 26th.

Direct download: Ujima_-_Jo_Hall.mp3
Category:Talking Books -- posted at: 1:02am PDT

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