Rocket Talk Podcast - Reactor

Rocket Talk Podcast - Reactor episodes:

• 08.08.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 81: Drew Magary and Jared Shurin

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Deadspin superstar Drew Magary joins Justin to talk about his new novel, The Hike. Jumping into the conversation is Drew Magary superfan, Jared Shurin of Pornokitsch. The trio discuss the intersection of sports...

  
• 07.06.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 80: Alasdair Stuart

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Justin invites podcasting guru Alasdair Stuart, of PseudoPod fame to the show. They talk about fiction podcasting, surviving as an upcoming writer, the importance of networking, and other fun stuff. Alasdair Stuart is...

  
• 06.20.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 79: “Emo Kylo Ren” Creator Alexandra Petri

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Emo Kylo Ren pays Justin a visit this week, in the form of the woman behind it all—Alexanda Petri! Together they discuss Star Wars, Jeopardy, internet culture, politics, and Petri’s book, A Field Guide to...

  
• 06.10.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 78: Netflix’s Voltron Remake

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! We’ve got an exciting episode this week as we’re joined by Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim dos Santos—the co-showrunners of the new Netflix show Voltron Legendary Defender! Together we discusses the new show, what attracted...

  
• 05.27.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 77: Does Hamilton Count as Genre?

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! We’ve got some tremendous shows coming in the weeks ahead. So stay tuned! This week’s show features Rocket Talk regular, Amal El-Mohtar. She joins Justin Landon to talk about Hamilton, the musical cultural...

  
• 04.01.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 76: Myke Cole and Isaac Fitzgerald

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! We apologize for a few weeks delay, but two recordings had to be discarded due to bad audio. Nevertheless, we return in fine fashion! This episode brings fantasy writing standout Myke Cole back to...

  
• 03.07.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 75: ESPN’s Keith Law

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! This episode brings ESPN baseball writer Keith Law to the show. Keith is a dedicated fiction reader, who is slowly working his way through all of the Hugo Award-winning novels. The pair discuss...

  
• 02.26.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 74: Charlie Jane Anders

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Charlie Jane Anders visits the show this week, talking about her new novel All the Birds in the Sky. The conversation covers her ideas about the intersection of literary and genre fiction, her...

  
• 02.19.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 73: V.E. Schwab and Miriam Weinberg

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! This week, Justin is joined by V.E. Schwab and Miriam Weinberg, the author and editor team behind  A Darker Shade of Magic and its forthcoming sequel A Gathering of Shadows. They talk about their...

  
• 02.04.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 72: Robert Jackson Bennett

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! This week, Robert Jackson Bennett invites Justin to his favorite restaurant. They share a sumptuous meal together, with wine and fine conversation. Their waiter, Giuseppe, comes by the table from time to time....

  
• 01.29.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 71: Mur Lafferty

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Mur Lafferty pays Rocket Talk a visit this week to talk about her new magazine, Mothership Zeta. The pair discuss the editorial direction of the magazine, Lafferty’s forthcoming new novel Six Wakes, and...

  
• 01.25.2016

  Rocket Talk Episode 70: Megan O’Keefe

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! The podcast took some time off off to recharge the batteries, but we’re back and ready to go. This week, Justin is joined by Angry Robot author Megan O’Keefe, whose debut novel Steal...

  
• 11.23.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 69: Kate Elliott and Emma Newman

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! This week’s episode features fantasy and science fiction authors Kate Elliott and Emma Newman. Having read both of their most recent novels, Justin asks them about what it’s like to write aged characters...

  
• 11.11.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 68: Patrick S. Tomlinson

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! This week’s episode features Patrick S. Tomlinson, the author of The Ark from Angry Robot Books. The pair discuss the current status of Milwaukee as a cultural hot bed, the dearth of humor...

  
• 11.02.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 67: Matt Wallace and Kameron Hurley

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Justin is visited by authors Matt Wallace and Kameron Hurley. The trio discuss the current status of Southern California, professional wrestling, reality television, and Playboy‘s decision to nix nudity. They even manage to...

  
• 10.14.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 66: Sam Sykes on Formative Fiction

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Sam Sykes loves what he calls “formative fiction”. Join Justin and Sam as they discuss what formative fiction means to them, and why it played an important role in their reading life. Be...

  
• 09.30.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 65: Amal El-Mohtar and Kameron Hurley

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Recently released from Tor, Seth Dickinson’s The Traitor Baru Cormorant has spawned a multitude of reactions across the genre community. Amal El-Mohtar and Kameron Hurley join Justin on Rocket Talk to discuss how...

  
• 09.16.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 64: Fran Wilde

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! Fran Wilde, author of Updraft, joins the show this week. Of course, Justin asks her about feast scenes. They also talk about Nature magazine, her editorial process, and debut novel. There’s even a...

  
• 09.09.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 63: Bradley P. Beaulieu

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! This week’s episode brings Bradley P. Beaulieu back to the show for his third appearance. Justin and Brad dig into what makes an epic fantasy a commercial success and how his new novel,...

  
• 08.26.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 62: David Liss

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! This week’s episode features first time science fiction and middle grade author, David Liss. Justin asks Liss about what led him to write middle grade science fiction after a decade of publishing historical...

  
• 08.12.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 61: Ken from Neth Space and Growing as a Person Through Blogging

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! In this week’s podcast episode, Justin’s originally scheduled guests got bumped due his daughter breaking her arm. Thankfully, the day is saved by a last minute guest, Ken of the genre blog Neth...

  
• 08.05.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 60: Sam Sykes and Tiffany Reisz

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! In this week’s podcast episode, Justin is visited by regular guest, Sam Sykes and first time guest, Tiffany Reisz. The trio discuss sex scenes, including a live reading of one of Joe Abercrombie’s...

  
• 07.27.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 59: Diana Rowland and Kameron Hurley

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! In this week’s podcast episode, Justin is graced with the presence of the exceptional Diana Rowland and Kameron Hurley. The trio jump into a discussion about the intersectional challenges of the modern workplace, with...

  
• 07.08.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 58: Robert Brockway

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! In this week’s podcast episode, Justin is joined by Robert Brockway, the author of the just released new novel The Unnoticeables. The discussion covers who Robert is personally, delving deep into the naming...

  
• 06.10.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 57: Linda Nagata and Marko Kloos

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! In this week’s podcast episode, Justin invites military science fiction authors Linda Nagata and Marko Kloos to the show. The conversation talks about their shared, non-traditional roads to publication, military science fiction as...

  
• 06.10.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 57: Linda Nagata and Marko Kloos

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk podcast! In this week’s podcast episode, Justin invites military science fiction authors Linda Nagata and Marko Kloos to the show. The conversation talks about their shared, non-traditional roads to publication, military science fiction as...

  
• 06.03.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 56: Jonah Sutton-Morse and Mieneke van der Salm

  This week’s episode is all about reader response. Justin is joined by podcaster Jonah Sutton-Morse and blogger Mieneke van der Salm to discuss The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Mieneke van der...

  
• 05.29.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 55: Aidan Moher

  Welcome back to the Rocket Talk Podcast! This week, Justin invites blogger and author Aidan Moher on to discuss his new self-published book, Tide of Shadows and Other Stories. The two discuss the state of self-publishing and why Moher chose...

  
• 05.21.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 54: Uprooted

  Welcome back to Rocket Talk! In this week’s podcast episode, Justin invites fellow blogger Amal El-Mohtar to talk about what makes Naomi Novik’s newest novel, Uprooted, so wonderful. Fair warning, mild spoilers ahead! Namoi Novik’s Uprooted is available now in...

  
• 05.06.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 53: Renee Williams and Shaun Duke

  In this week’s podcast episode, Justin talks with Renee Williams and Shaun Duke, editors of Speculative Fiction 2014. Available now from Book Smugglers Publishing, SpecFic ’14 is a survey of the years best online reviews, essays, and commentary. The conversation...

  
• 04.29.2015

  Rocket Talk Episode 52: Andrea Phillips

  In this week’s podcast episode, Justin talks with Andrea Phillips about her new novel, Revision. They discuss how technology has changed the way we perceive reality, and how that same technology is impacting our fiction. Andrea Phillips is a transmedia...