Rudy Rucker Podcasts

Mar 10 2025 99 ep. 36 mins 198
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Readings, interviews, talks, and Q&A sessions. Rudy Rucker is the author of 20 science fiction novels, plus nonfiction books on infinity and on the fourth dimension. He's a cyberpunk and a transrealist---writing SF about real life.

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Podcast #116. “The Time Ecosystem, with Isabel Rucker”

Mar 10 2025 34 mins  
March 7, 2025. My daughter Isabel Rucker had an art show on “The Time Ecosystem“at the one-of-a-kind Larry Spring Museum in Fort Bragg, California. Larry Spring was what you might call a folk scientist and an outsider artist. For Isabel’s show, she formed fresh ideas about notions of time, and how they mix together. She and I presented a conversation about her i

Podcast #115. “Big Germs”

Jul 10 2024 24 mins  
June 23, 2024. Reading my anti-gun “Big Germs” story at the SF in SF meeting. In memory of Terry Bisson. And huge thanks to sound wizsard Rusty Hodge. Press the arrow below to play “Big Germs.” We’re using the new and improved .m4a sound file format instead of the old .mp3. If you have a prob you mignt need to update your player. And, if you like, Subscribe to Ru

Podcast #114. “Who Do You Love”

May 19 2023 9 mins  
May 19, 2023. This story relates to the death of my wife Sylvia. I read it an SF in SF event in January, 2023, and it was recorded by Rusty Hodge for SomaFM. The story appeared as online text in Nature Futures on Feb 15, 2023. Press the arrow below to play Rusty’s recording of “Who Do You Love”. And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.

Podcast #113. “Logic, Gnarl, Writing, Painting.”

Aug 03 2022 46 mins  
August 1, 2022. I was invited to give a plenary lecture at the Bridges group’s “Mathematics & Art” conference in Helsinki, Finland. Over my long career, I’ve used math, computer graphics, writing, and painting as ways to express myself, and to get clearer images of certain things that interest me. Four channels, all looking at the same thing. Mathematic

Podcast # 112. “Fat Stream” from Space Cowboy Books

Jan 16 2020 17 mins  
January 15, 2020.Repost of an enjoyable podcast by Space Cowboy Books in Joushua Tree, near the Mohave Desert, performing my story “Fat Stream.” Cast: Jean-Paul Garnier, Zara Kand, Patricia Thomson, Tamara Good, RedBlueBlackSilver, and music by Phog Masheeen. Great show. Thanks to all. Here’s the Space Cowboy “Simultaneous Times” podcast site. And the

Podcast #111. “The Future, Jellyfish, Cyberpunk and the Transreal.”

Jan 14 2020 54 mins  
November 13, 2019. Julia Grillmayr of Vienna interviewed me for her podcast show, Superscience Me, and her episode is on her site, lightly edited, with an intro, and with some nice electronic background music. Here I repost my raw version of the interview as a Rudy Rucker Podcasts episode. The sound quality is great; Julia is a pro. Press the arrow below to play “The Future,

Podcast #110. Million Mile Road Trip. And Memories of Michael Blumlein.

Oct 28 2019 41 mins  
October 26, 2019. Discussing and reading from Million Mile Roadtrip. And reminiscing about the late, great, and wonderful Michael Blumlein. Press the arrow below to play “Million Mile Road Trip. And Memories of Michael Blumlein.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.

Podcast #109. “Juicy Ghost 2019.”

Jun 25 2019 29 mins  
June 25, 2019. “Juicy Ghost 2019” is a fairly intense political SF story. For more on the story, and the full text, see my June 24 blog post, or check out my anthology Complete Stories. Press the arrow below to play “Juicy Ghost.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.

Podcast #108. Lifebox for Telepathy and Immortality

Apr 25 2019 13 mins  
April 18, 2019. Talk at IOHK Summit conference in Miami Beach. 20 min. Lifebox, Natural Language, Telepathy, Immortality. Slides draft and an audio link on Rudy’s Blog at https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/04/16/lifebox-for-telepathy-and-immortality/ Press arrow below to play here. Or Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.

Podcast #107. Cyberpunk Use Cases.

Apr 24 2019 19 mins  
April 18, 2019. Talk at the IOHK Summit conference in Miami Beach. 20 min. Topics: Cyberpunk, personal web cralwers, telepathy. Slides, draft, and audio on Rudy’s Blog https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/04/16/cyberpunk-use-cases/ Press arrow below to play here. Or Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.