The Silent Universe Podcast

Memetherapy recently posted another bit of an interview I did with them, about Science Fiction’s Ethical Dilemmas. In it, I bring up the ugly specter of Racism in a . . . shall we say creative context. Here's a bit:

"The point is that people are very averse to discussing issues revolving around race, because it almost always turns into a 'blame game' or a powder keg. Science Fiction allows writers to bypass a lot of the automatic dismissals that are wired into people’s minds, by turning into aliens from another planet. Nobody is going to call the NAACP if you complain about those 'damn green-blooded Vulcans' or generalize that all Wookies are a bunch of angry 'walking carpets.' Nobody cares. But the fact that we don’t question why Wookies and Vulcans are not offended should speak to our own political ultra-sensitivity on the topic."

Read the full piece, and other commentary by Mindy Klasky of The Glasswright Series and Juliet McKenna of The Write Fantastic.

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Hey folks, recently I was graced enough to be able to appear on Tim 'Gonzo' Gordon's Podcast Show. Gordon maintains and writes for DigitalAudioWorld.com, and is a former radio broadcaster who "finally escaped radio in the early part of the millennium, but never completely got it out of my system!" In the interview, we chat a little bit about the Silent Universe, production behind the scenes, and podcasting in general. Be sure to drop by the site and give his 'cast some love!

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Tim Byatt at Podcast Reviews was kind enough do a write up about the Silent Universe on Podcastrev.com. He gives us props for good production quality and solid voice acting, but pulls no punches about areas where we've fallen short, such as lagging episode frequency (we're working on it!). The article is balanced, pointing out both what we do well and what we could do better, but overall gives us a positive once-over. Check out the full write up here.

Also, the folks over at Decoder Ring Theater also did short blurb about us, too. Thanks, guys!

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The old iTunes logo we had setup for Silent Universe was looking kind of bland, so I decided to spice things up a little. The image to the right is the result, Earth in a shiny blue "eclipse" of sorts, with a white-lettered (IE, easier-to-read) "Silent Universe" in the middle. Check out Design by Chris to see where the eclipse effect came from. Also, our new iTunes blurb helps better describe the series than the shameless references to Battlestar Galactica and 24:

The future changes ... but mankind stays the same. There were those who thought that the dawn of the Second Space Age would unite humanity in a common cause. Dreams of grand utopia's fevered the minds of visionaries and futurists, who proclaimed that the stars would save us from ourselves ... they couldn't have been more wrong. An edgy scifi audio drama that draws you into a future where "Star Trek" style utopia has fallen flat on it's face.

In other news, we've been working feverishly on the script for Episode 4, tentatively named "Eternity" for reasons which should become clear over the course of the next two episodes. Expect to learn more about Isaac Walker's background during this short adventure, and perhaps see a glimpse or two of the character's possible future...

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