Rudy's Podcasts
Rudy's Podcasts
Rudy's Podcasts contains readings from Rudy Rucker's SF tales, his talks about the philosophical implications of computers, and interviews with him about writing, art, science, and literature.
A full single-page listing of the items (going back to 2005) can be found on the Rudy's Podcasts web page, http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/rudys-podcasts/
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Created on: 27 Sep 2005 Language: English |
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Q&A on writing, San Francisco, Booksmith, January 16, 2007 (20.83MB; download) -- The question and answer segment of my MATHEMATICIANS IN LOVE reading at Booksmith on Haight St., SF, CA, Jan 16, 2007. Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:54:21 UTC
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Interview #8: Rick Kleffel Interviews Rudy in Santa Cruz, Jan 11, 2007 (72.16MB; download) -- Rick Kleffel interviews Rudy for his "Agony Column" webzine/podcast. Interview was done in the KUSP studios near the beach in Santa Cruz, January 11, 2007. We talked about cyberpunk, transrealism, Mathematicians in Love, and Mad Professor. See http://www.trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/01-15-07.htm#011507 Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:16:59 UTC
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Interview #7: Boing Boing "Get Illuminated" Interview (19.59MB; download) -- Boing Boing editors Mark Frauenfelder and David Pescowitz interview author and mathematician Rudy Rucker about his two upcoming books: Mad Professor and Mathematicians in Love. Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:09:25 UTC
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Interview 4: World Talk Radio, Science and Society, March 29, 2006 (5.56MB; download) -- Discussion of The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul, focusing on the concept of the "lifebox" model of a mind as compared to a blog, on the notion that everything might be a deterministic computation, and discussion of how we would then still think we have free will, due to the unpredictability of gnarly computations like ourselves. Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Thu, 25 May 2006 14:54:41 UTC
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Interview 6: Digital Village Show, May 16, 2006 (3.54MB; download) -- Rudy interviewd on the Digital Village radio show, KPFK, Los Angeles. Discussion of Mathematicians in Love and of The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul. Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Thu, 25 May 2006 14:48:44 UTC
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Lifebox Talk #4: At LucasFilm, San Francisco, May 18, 2006 (63.33MB; download) -- A "Gnarly Computation" talk on The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul at LucasFilm in the Presidio in San Francisco. See slides at http://www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/ilm_may_18_2006.pdf, see photos on the May 19, 2006 entry of my blog at http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Fri, 19 May 2006 01:05:34 UTC
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Lifebox Talk #3: Fresno State U., April 20, 2006 (16.47MB; download) -- A "Gnarly Computation" talk on The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul at Fresno State. See slides at http://www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/fresno_april_20_2006.pdf. Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:51:04 UTC
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Reading 1: "Chu and the Nants", April 18, 2006 (31.45MB; download) -- Reading of my story "Chu and the Nants." This story will be in the June, 2006, edition of ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF magazine. It also serves as part of the first chapter of my novel in progress POSTSINGULAR. The reading was at The New College on Valencia St. in San Francisco, under the aegis of the "SF in SF" series of monthly readings organized by Terry Bisson and Adam Cornford. Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:54:26 UTC
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Interview 5: "Science and Society" Show, April 10, 2006 (4.97MB; download) -- A short interview of me on "Science and Society" -- www.scienceandsociety.net -- an Internet talk radio focusing on the intersection between science and art. Discussion was mostly about "The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul," with a bit about "Mathematicians in Love," cyberpunk, and "Postsingular." Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:19:50 UTC
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Philosophy and Computers 9: Panpsychism, Undecidability, and How to be Happy, Dec 9, 2005 (56.46MB; download) -- My final lecture in Philosophy 115 at SJSU in Fall, 2005. Based on Chapter 6 of my tome, www.rudyrucker.com/lifebox. Includes discussion of my ambivalence about how to end the book, panpsychism, ontolgies, unsolvability, computational equivalence, unpredictability, undecidability, and my six principles on how to be happy. Selected by: Rudy Rucker [ stations ], Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:23:27 UTC
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