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Alternate Futures

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The Alternate Futures podcast features interviews with indie science fiction creators where we discuss their work, the world, and anything in-between.
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Episode 18: Doug J Cooper - The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent AI

Alternate FuturesMar 18, 2022

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50. Jessie Kwak - Imaginary Worlds, Cybernetic Implants, and Space Heists
Mar 22, 202401:22:35
Episode 49: Greg Dragon - Studying Martial Arts, Piers Anthony, and a Spacefaring Future for Humanity
Feb 16, 202401:47:50
Episode 48: Clayton Rumley - Game Development, Star Trek, and Envisioning Pre-recorded History
Sep 15, 202301:32:57
Episode 47: Sophie McKeand (Part 2) - CopyLeft Publishing, Generative AI, and the Importance of Poetic Vision to Society
Aug 25, 202301:04:07
Episode 46: Sophie McKeand - Living Out of a Van, the Social Schizm of 2016, and Sensitivity Editors
Aug 11, 202301:07:21
Episode 45: K. Gorman - Asian History, Dictating a Story, and the Darkness Within
Aug 04, 202301:33:34
Episode 44: Kate Sheeran Swed - Plastic Dinosaurs, Kickstarter revisited, and Space Westerns
Jul 21, 202301:44:51
Episode 43: M.G. Herron - Story Planning, Kickstarter for Authors, and The Aliens Among Us
Jul 07, 202301:28:38
Episode 42: Audrey Sharpe - Editing her Mother, being inspired by Star Trek, and Galactic Civilizations
Jun 23, 202301:43:00
Episode 41: Zachry Wheeler - English Football, Marketing for Authors, the Challenges of Immortality
Jun 09, 202301:41:42
Episode 40: J.J. Green - Aliens, Colonies, and Magic in Space
May 26, 202301:48:16
Episode 39: Barry Kirwan - Aliens, AI, and Arriving Late to the Party
Apr 28, 202301:18:32
Episode 38: Tim Attewell - Music, Monsters, and Multi-dimensional Mayhem
Apr 22, 202301:38:10
Episode 37: AM Scott - Air Force Space Operations, Galactic Time Keeping, and Extraterrestrial Expansion
Mar 31, 202301:33:36
Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong - Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles
Mar 17, 202301:18:08
Episode 35: N John Williams - Double-Edged Swords, the Soul in the Machine, and SciFi Realism
Mar 03, 202301:32:55
Episode 34: Susan Kaye Quinn - Hope Punk, The Singularity, and the Need for Techno-Ethics
Feb 17, 202301:48:20
Episode 33: Julia Huni - On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors
Feb 02, 202301:36:58
Episode 32: Roy Huff - Meteorology, Cryopreservation, and Time Travel
Jan 20, 202301:22:57
Episode 31: Tony Bertauski - Into the Claus-verse
Dec 22, 202201:11:49
Episode 30: Peter J Aldin - Mental Health in Fiction, Villians, and the Line Between Good and Evil
Nov 11, 202201:18:15
Episode 29: Jim Keen - Architecture, Machine Intelligence, and The Future Job Market
Oct 21, 202201:32:44
Episode 28: Claire McCague - Instruments, Aliens, and Decolonizing SF
Sep 23, 202201:19:54
Episode 27: Rachel Aukes - Getting Known while being an Introvert, The Future of AI, Extraterrestrial Evolution
Aug 19, 202201:34:49
Episode 26: Louisa Locke - The Evolution of the Indie Author, History of Working Women in San Francisco, and the Paradisi Chronicles
Aug 05, 202201:26:33
Episode 25: Sarah Woodbury - Alternate Welsh History, Dimensional Travel and The Paradisi Chronicles
Jul 22, 202201:42:01
Episode 24: Misty Zaugg - Hobby Survivalist, Writing LitRPG, and Organizing Co-writing Projects
Jun 10, 202201:21:54
Episode 23: Ken Lozito - The Business of Being an Indie Author, Challenges for Human Expansion and How Much Do We Really Know?
May 27, 202201:41:24
Episode 22: Jaxon Reed - Serial Fiction, Space Opera, and the Development of Space
May 13, 202201:33:37
Episode 21: Baileigh Higgins - Zombies, Dinosaurs, and The Apocalypse
Apr 29, 202255:37
Episode 20: Milo James Fowler - The Speculative Fictioneer
Apr 14, 202201:20:37
Episode 19: Kathleen McClure - Outrageous Fiction!
Mar 31, 202201:10:14
Episode 18: Doug J Cooper - The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent AI
Mar 18, 202201:12:19
Episode 17: T.W. Piperbrook - on Zombies and Werewolves and plagues. Oh My!
Mar 04, 202201:20:45
Episode 16: J.W. Elliot - Anticipating the Future by Studying the Past
Feb 18, 202201:21:60
Episode 15: Devon C Ford - The Apocalypse isn't as Fun to Live as it is to Write.
Feb 04, 202201:05:46
Episode 14: M.D. Cooper on writing far future sci-fi, considerations on the pathway to interstellar colonization, and how raising children is like uplifting a civilization.
Jan 21, 202201:23:19
Episode 13: The nature of writing sci-fi, the challenging speed of technological development, and the goal of 'plausible' not 'perfect' predictions with Gerald M. Kilby
Jan 07, 202201:18:19
Episode 12: 2021 Wrap-up episode + Giveaway
Dec 31, 202116:32
Episode 11: Christmas in the Claus-verse with Tony Bertauski
Dec 22, 202101:16:25
Episode 10: Terraforming, alien life, and the ghost in the machine with A.R.K. Watson
Nov 05, 202101:14:44
Episode 9: Being an Indie Author, a Strange Satellite, and the Wonders and Dangers of AI with Dietmar Wehr
Oct 23, 202101:27:27
Episode 8: Cybersecurity, Cyborgs, and Alternate Reality with D.B. Goodin
Oct 07, 202101:20:09
Episode 7: The Hidden World and The Symbolism of The Matrix with Kerry Boytzun
Sep 24, 202101:16:30
Episode 6: Working around Grandchildren, The Indie Spirit, and Existensial Disasters with Jacqueline M. Druga
Sep 11, 202145:25
Episode 5: Theology, Free Will, and the Challenges of the Future with W.L. Patenaude
Aug 27, 202101:02:01
Episode 4: Modern Dystopias and the Thought-Provoking Horror of Mark Gillespie
Aug 25, 202101:02:12
Episode 3: Hopeful Apocalypses with Christopher Coates
Aug 21, 202139:42
Episode 2: The Science Fantasy of Ned Marcus
Aug 21, 202139:32
Episode 1: Welcome to Alternate Futures
Aug 21, 202116:16