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Rudy's Podcasts

Rudy's Podcasts
Rudy's Podcasts contains readings from Rudy Rucker's SF tales, his talks about the philosophical implications of computers, and interviews with him about writing, art, science, and literature.

A full single-page listing of the items (going back to 2005) can be found  on the Rudy's Podcasts web page,  http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/rudys-podcasts/


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Created by: Rudy Rucker
Created on: 27 Sep 2005
Language: English


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Add this to another station Tracks for ALL THE VISIONS. "I was at the new year's eve dance, Or, I'm going to die." (1.44MB; download) -- I'm posting three tracks from Roy Whelden's album LIKE A PASSING RIVER, which was in part inspired by my novel ALL THE VISIONS, which reappears in July, 2014. "I'm going to die" is a recording of me reading from the beginning of ALL THE VISIONS, talking about my realization at age 16 that eventually I have to die. 1 min 30 seconds.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Tue, 13 May 2014 21:14:50 UTC
Add this to another station ALL THE VISIONS Reading, April 12, 2014 (18.59MB; download) -- Reading the climactic rant from my Kerouac scroll novel, ALL THE VISIONS, at the Brainwash laundromat-cafe in the SOMA area of San Francisco for David Gill and his Pravic science-fiction zinesters. Plus a short Q & A on transrealism and the future of SF. About 20 mins long.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:31:14 UTC
Add this to another station BIG AHA Reading with Q & A, March 27, 2013 (52.38MB; download) -- At Scribd in San Francisco. Introductory discission of how I wrote BIG AHA, short reading from BIG AHA, extensive Q&A discussion. Good, responsive crowd. About 45 mins. Thanks to Carrie Jones for organizing the event.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Fri, 28 Mar 2014 05:16:12 UTC
Add this to another station "Cosmic and Robotic Consciousness". Feb 1, 2014. (35.75MB; download) -- A talk at the Transhuman Visions conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Thirty minutes including the Q&A. Ideas relating to my novel THE BIG AHA. Some good laughs from the crowd. The sound quality isn't great, as there was an echo in the hall.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Sun, 02 Feb 2014 07:00:50 UTC
Add this to another station BIG AHA Reading & Art Show. Jan 17, 2014. (59.26MB; download) -- Opening party for my BIG AHA Paintings show at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, the show from Jan 17 - March 15, 2014. Tape includes my description of my novel THE BIG AHA, two short readings, some Q&A, and my "tour" of the paintings on the walls (to SEE the paintings while listening to this part, you might go to http://www.rudyrucker.com/paintings). About 45 mins.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:10:20 UTC
Add this to another station Rucker interviewed by V. Vale. Aug 29, 2013. (101.49MB; download) -- Audio of a video filmed for The Counter Culture Hour, public access TV show in San Francisco. Interviewed by V. Vale of RE/Search publications. Lasts a full hour. Rudy's career and his NESTED SCROLLS memoir, William Burroughs and TURING & BURROUGHS, punk scenes in SF, painting and Peter Bruegel, R's new novel THE BIG AHA. Sound engineered by Marian Wallace.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Thu, 19 Dec 2013 04:45:59 UTC
Add this to another station LOCUS Interview. May, 2013. (64.65MB; download) -- An interview by Liza Groen Trombi taped for Locus magazine on May 2, 2013. An edited transcript appeared in the June, 2013, issue. Topics include my autobio NESTED SCROLLS, my novel TURING & BURROUGHS, and the novel THE BIG AHA.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Sat, 16 Nov 2013 04:30:14 UTC
Add this to another station "Speculations on Future Computations" Nov 14, 2013 (64.62MB; download) -- Colloquim talk on future forms of computation. Given at San Jose State. Slides are here: http://www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/sanjose_cs_colloq_nov_24_2013.pdf Talk is about an hour long, with some Q & A. First five minutes are missing.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:21:31 UTC
Add this to another station Talk on 4D & Reading a Story. March 19, 2013. (73.44MB; download) -- Teaching a guest class for Thomas Banchoff at University of San Francisco, discussing concepts of the fourth dimension of space, Abbott's FLATLAND, and ideas about portals to parallel worlds. Podcast ends with a reading of the second half of the story, "Message Found In A Copy of Flatland."
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Sat, 30 Mar 2013 03:58:54 UTC
Add this to another station Discussion & Reading from TURING & BURROUGHS. Jan 12, 2013 (Truncated) (21.81MB; download) -- Talking and reading at Borderlands Books in San Francisco the day of my art show opening there. I discuss my novel "Turing & Burroughs," and then begin reading a section of it. Due to a technical glitch, the tape cuts off after twenty minutes, but it has some interest in any case.
Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:05:19 UTC
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