Audio posted by Michele White for her Galactica Quorum Podcast.

Quoting the original show notes:

This is our live panel discussion at Balticon 2009. We’re joined by best-selling horror/scifi author Scott Sigler to discuss the BSG finale and gauge people’s reactions to the show’s ending.

We had several participants from the audience give their opinions, and we also polled them about whether they had interest in “Caprica” or “The Plan.” The results were surprising!

Thanks for all who came out and attended! It was great meeting you.

Visit Scott’s website at www.scottsigler.com.

The live Quorum consisted of Brian, Michele, and guest Scott Sigler.

Audio posted by George Hrab for his Geologic Podcast.

Quoting the original show notes:

The Show itself:

L.Ron is in my sack

Intro

Dr. Manhattan’s Dick

Mortimer calls in again once more again and also once more

This Week’s Horror Scopes

Geo’s Mom reads Jay-Z Lyrics

– I Did it My Way from The Blueprint 2

The Misinformed Science Podcast (featuring Alex Press)

– What Is Sleep? from Brent W.

– What if a person goes through a black hole? from Morse Code

– How do plants grow? from Mistress Jett

– How do erectile dysfunction drugs work? from Scott Hurst

– What is the evolutionary origin of the female orgasm?

from the Noisy Astronomer

CAR by Paul Fisher, Dave Cantor,  performed by Geordie Kitt

Ask George

Michael Bay Smurfs, Why?, Ray Kurzweil, H.L. Mencken, Bullshit, Lex Luthor, Le Sackbut, Strangest thing that ever happened, Joke, Will You Go Out With Me, Scott Sigler, Geo Logic?, Desert Isle, Hairdo, Science Zealotry, Cool Drum, Jill Sobule

Show Close

Ms. Information sez: Awesome job, Geordie! And huge thanks as always to the Dad of Balticon, Paul Fischer. Love you, dude! [Also, Fans of the cast—please do check back at this site to see links to images from the live show.]

One of our own recently passed. We remember Hal Haag: father, gamer, former Balticon chair, and a great friend.

Rest in peace.

One of the last time's I saw Hal, he presented me with a microphone signed by all the guests of honor.

The members of GCOM, BSFS, Alphabet Soup, and the RAH&FGP remember Hal.

Hal, we all miss you. Wherever you are, I hope there’s a seat at the table for you.

Audio posted by Stephen Eley for his Escape Pod Podcast.

Quoting the original show notes:

By Charles StrossRecorded at Balticon 43, May 23, 2009Read by:Joe –Jared Axelrod (of The Voice of Free Planet X)Maddie – J.R. Blackwell (of Voices of Tomorrow)The Farm – Evo Terra and Sheila Dee (of Evo at 11, et al.)Maddie – J.R. Blackwell (of Voices of Tomorrow)Brenda the Barkeep – Dee Reed (of Nobilis Erotica)Wendy the Rat – Laura BurnsArt the Boy Toy – John CmarBob the Dog – Earl Newton (of Stranger Things)Narrator – Stephen Eley

Special Thanks To:Paul Fischer (of The Balticon Podcast) for instigating and organizingNobilis Reed (of Nobilis Erotica) for engineering

First appeared in Live Without a Net, ed. Lou AndersNow available in Wireless, by Charles Stross

“Buggerit, I don’t have time for this,” Joe muttered. The stable waiting for the small herd of cloned spidercows cluttering up the north paddock was still knee-deep in manure, and the tractor seat wasn’t getting any warmer while he shivered out here waiting for Maddie to come and sort this thing out. It wasn’t a big herd, but it was as big as his land and his labour could manage – the big biofabricator in the shed could assemble mammalian livestock faster than he could feed them up and sell them with an honest HAND-RAISED NOT VAT-GROWN label.

“What do you want with us?” he yelled up at the gently buzzing farm.

“Brains, fresh brains for baby Jesus,” crooned the farm in a warm contralto, startling Joe half out of his skin. “Buy my brains!” Half a dozen disturbing cauliflower shapes poked suggestively out of the farms’ back then retracted again, coyly.

“Don’t want no brains around here,” Joe said stubbornly, his fingers whitening on the stock of the shotgun. “Don’t want your kind round here, neither. Go away.”

Rated PG for strong language, chemical violence, and drug-abusing dogs.

Audio posted by Evo Terra for his Evo@11 Podcast.

Quoting the original show notes:

Recorded live at Balticon! With Patrick E. McLean, a bottle of Macallan 12-year-old scotch, Bill DeSmedt, Sheila Dee and P.G. Holyfield. It’s long. It’s wild. Kinda like me.

Choice Bits

Apologies for last week’s show

But there will be no fellatio

I jotted down show notes, but I’m not too sure I can read them

Ding

Evo ate a baby on the plane

What strange shit can you say right now?

Is there a chemist in the room?

You may put your mouth all over my scotch

Now I’m just the fucking errand boy

Tommy Chong’s Waffle House

I’m a dick

Phil Rossi was banned from this show two years ago

It means “nice ass” in Lat

“How are you living a little”

I wanna fuck you like a chemist

I can’t deal with anything that ends in “Z”. Like the alphabet?

The opposite of ding sounds racist, so I’m not gonna say it

Shut up, it’s my show

I’m sorry, four and five didn’t make it

The good news is; I don’t care

Holy shit I need some more field scotch

Science Thriction?

Just looking for a reason to hate

But now the bitch cleans

Has anyone in the audience done an alcohol enema?

Ding.

Audio posted by Chris Lester for his Metamor City Podcast.

Quoting the original show notes:

On Memorial Day Weekend 2009, it was my privilege to present an all-new Metamor City audio drama to a live audience at Balticon 43. With a full cast, music and sound effects, and a script explicitly written for audio play, this was one of the most ambitious things I’ve done to date — and one of the most fun. Listen as Janus Starson interrogates Ms Fallon about her apparent murder of a celestial child … and Kathryn Kitaen tries to decide whether to defend her friend’s actions.

The Cast:

Janus Starson – Chris LesterIsri Fallon – Kim FortunerKathryn Kitaen – Heather WelliverDavid Silverleaf – Chooch SchubertBreialyn – Sara LloydHotel Manager #1 – Marc “Grailwolf” BaileyHotel Manager #2 – Steve EleyHotel Manager #3 – Viv Schubertand featuring Rob the Sound Engineer as Himself

The audio has been balanced, within the limits of the recording equipment, but it otherwise has not been edited; you’ll hear it as it happened, right down to the snarky comments from the audience.  A question-and-answer period follows the drama, though sadly some of the information contained therein is now out-of-date.

Some music was provided through agreement with Mevio’s Music Alley. Other music courtesy of David Beard and Digital Juice.

Audio posted by Thomas “Cmdln” Gideon from the Copyright panel.

Quoting the original show notes:

This is a feature cast.

In the intro a heart felt thank you to my good friend, Chris Miller, for his support and advice without which my recent experience at Balticon would not have been anywhere near as phenomenal.

There is no listener feedback this week.  There is also no hacker word of the week due to the length of the feature.

The feature this week is the recording of the Peer Media vs. Broadcast Media panel at Balticon 43.  I was joined by Earl Newton, Dave Slusher and Patrick McLean all of whom I owe a debt of gratitude for this great discussion.  For clarification, the book Patrick mentions is “Against Intellectual Monopoly” by Michele Boldrin and David Levine.  Patrick also sent me a link to an interview with Boldrin which led me to the web site, Against Monopoly, which furthers the discussion with contributions from several other scholars.

Audio posted by Thomas “Cmdln” Gideon from the Copyright panel.

Quoting the original show notes:

This is a feature cast.

In the intro a reminder that the 4th anniversary episode of the show is coming up, June 24th.  Please send me any recollections, thoughts, or well wishes you’d like me to share on that show.

There is no listener feedback this week.  There is also no hacker word of the week due to the length of the feature.

The feature this week is the recording of the Technology: Podcasting’s Rocket Fuel panel at Balticon 43.  I was joined by Steve Eley, Jim Van Verth and Chooch Schubert.

Audio posted by Thomas “Cmdln” Gideon from the Copyright panel.

Quoting the original show notes:

This is a feature cast.

In the intro a correction and a reminder about my upcoming 4th anniversary show.

There is no listener feedback this week. There is also no hacker word of the week due to the length of the feature.

The feature this week is the recording of the Copyright panel at Balticon 43. I was joined by Thomas Vincent, a former congressional staffer and known amongst podcasters for his work on the upcoming Parsec Awards for this year.

Part two of our sit down with Balticon 43 Special Guest of Honor, Scott Sigler. We talk about writing, new media, science, and so much more.

PROMO: The Commandline Podcast

PROMO: Nobilis Erotica

PROMO: Tumbler, a podcast novel by Brand Gamblin

MUSIC: Heaven’s a Lie by Lacuna Coil