On the show this week:
- History Repeats (Until It Doesn’t)
- Electric Slides
- Body Tweaking
CQ: It was once believed that you needed a university degree to get a really good job, but with artificial intelligence eventually replacing menial jobs *and* being a better data-shuffler than people, will it be the ‘creative economy’ where the future jobs are? And if so, will we be recommending improv classes rather than university degrees?
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On the show this week:
- Political Space
- Fixing Things Today
- Hidden Reality
- Not What You Think
- In The Wild
- Extras
CQ: If you could live life as someone else — from any time period in any place — for one day only, who would it be?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Your Brain On Thugs
- Extras
CQ: Will we ever eliminate the need for sleep? And should we?
This is the last planned, regular episode for this year, but there may be some bonus content in the next couple of weeks.
I’m planning another Redictions episode!
(Redictions = Ridiculous Predictions)
I’d love to have your Redictions for 2015 — and beyond!
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Thrill or Be Killed
- Things Done For Love or Money
- Season’s Creepings
- Science Diction
- Extras
CQ: Does so-called “empty entertainment” have value?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Not of this Earth
- Grounded
- Extras
CQ: Do you worry about the small bundles of time getting away from you — 5 minutes here, 3 minutes over there — or only about wasting time all at once, say a half-hour at a time?
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NOTE: This is the full version of the show, which contains at least 20 minutes that didn’t make it on the radio! 🙂
On the show this week:
- Front Page
- No Closure for Disclosure
- Sensory Deception
- If You Build It
- Extras
PROMO: Walk The Fire Volume 2: Kickstarter – A shared-world SF anthology! Go listen to the entire first volume, then support the second being made!
PROMO: Nutty Bites – A fun podcast filled with awesome — including the ever-popular Nutty Debates! Nutty tells me there is going to be a live debate at Balticon this year, as well!
CQ: Name a single fiction — whether a novel, a TV series, a movie, a play, whatever — which has made a profound change and inspiration in your life — and tell us why it should inspire others.
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On the show this week:
- In Between
- Front Page
- Life
- Death
CQ: Is a world in which “equal pay for equal work” is a _universal_, world-wide right a possibility or a pipe-dream?
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TWS213: Shameless, Blameless and Lameness
CQ: Having recently read “The Wealthy Barber”, and noting its lamentations about basic financial education, I started to think about other areas which could use some basic education. For example, where is the equivalent book for health and diet issues (“The Healthy Barber”)? What areas of basic education do we either do poorly or not at all?
Voting has begun for the 2012 CHSR Barry Awards! While it would be appreciated if you voted for me, I’d really just like you to vote for *someone*. Support campus/community radio!
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- All Creatures (Fake and Small)
- Say It Ain’t So
- Antigovernmentarianism
- Extras
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TWS212: Balancing On The Laser’s Edge
CQ: Okay, so Star Trek’s communicator and cyberpunk’s wearable computer because the modern cell phone. Pick another science fiction (or fantasy) genre invention and project what it will become, practically speaking. Will jetpacks become personal ski-lifts? Will robots become uplifted dogs with speech?
Bumper: Zzipp ‘n’ co Podcast Show (zzipp.podomatic.com)
On the show this week:
- Front Page
- It’s The Fuzz!
- Life Until Death
- Liminal Criminals
- Extras
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TWS176: Turn the Other Other Cheek
CQ: It could be said that science fiction not only attempts to predict the future, but perhaps even to create it. What is the most amazing science fiction concept or object that you think we should try to make into a reality — even if it is impossible?
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Promo: Harmonics by Collin Earl
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On the show this week:
- Turning to the Front Page
- Turning Cheeky
- Cheeky Turning
- Extra Cheeky
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