In the spring of 2020, while stuck in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I began experimenting with streaming live audio to Twitch. I wanted to mix, chop, and screw with Creative Commons-licensed music live while reading weird fiction no longer restricted by copyright. My elderly Mac Pro from 2008, connected to even older audio interfaces and …

I made this recording with my Olympus LS-10. The quality is not terrific since the gathering was in an outdoor tent, the recorder was simply sitting on the table where the panelists were seated, and some of speakers from the audience did not use the microphones, but it does have a "you are there" quality that you might enjoy, especially if you list…

Gift Cyclist Ried Stewart Waring Meyer visited us here in Saginaw, Michigan and we took a few minutes to interview him about the project. We were not able to record this in the studio, so the audio quality is not quite as good as I would have liked, but I hope you will enjoy the discussion anyway.By Paul R. Potts

Fair warning - this one is quite long (almost two hours). Also, the audio from Rich's side came from his laptop microphone so it doesn't sound great.By Paul R. Potts

After some casting about for topics we talk about a few books including Haruki Murakami's _1Q84_, Terry Pratchett's _Snuff_, and Barry Hughart's _The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox_. Technical note: I'm having some trouble with my audio recorder. In the previous recording, there was distortion on both channels. On this recording, it seem…

The shortest day is here! Technical note: I'm having some trouble with my audio recorder, which just started with today's recording. There is some distortion happening. My apologies; it was a complete surprise, and I haven't yet been able to figure out what is wrong or what it might take to get it repaired.…

An early drive down to Ann Arbor for some follow-up medical care for Grace, and then a long chat on the drive back.By Paul R. Potts

An ordinary walk with no topic planned turns into an extended discussion about our respective positions on abortion.By Paul R. Potts

We're almost there! Joshua accompanies us for another walk around the neighborhood, to our regret.By Paul R. Potts

In which we host a pre- and post-caroling party, and I take the recorder with me with a group from the Adams Boulevard Neighborhood Association.By Paul R. Potts

In which we take you around our neighborhood for a sort of audio tour of some homes.By Paul R. Potts

Cookies, Christmas ornaments, a new song in progress, and Christopher Hitchens. Also, the sadly crippled Kwanzebra, Kweezna.By Paul R. Potts

Paul blathers about rarity schemes and the psychology of collecting collectible card games, and Grace expounds about invasive species such as the Emerald Ash Borer.By Paul R. Potts

Driving with Veronica, back down to pick up Grace and the new baby.By Paul R. Potts

Another long night begins in the Family Birthing Center.By Paul R. Potts

Crawling along on a spare tire with a very pregnant wife, and then a flat spare with a very pregnant wife whose water is broken, and a bleeding gash on my scalp. Fun times.By Paul R. Potts

Paul fires his psychiatrist and drives home in a rainstorm.By Paul R. Potts

Paul plays a Jonathan Coulton cover live in the family room.By Paul R. Potts

Marching triumphantly under overcast skies, stopping only to contemplate the problems with vinyl siding.By Paul R. Potts

Love will keep us together.By Paul R. Potts

Paul talking to himself on April 20th of this past year, a few days before the birth of baby 5.By Paul R. Potts

Paul in full Seasonal Affective Disorder Anxiety Depression Freak-out, because he loves to over-share.By Paul R. Potts

Three years ago I had an interview with Veronica (episode 3) that was just delightful. This was an attempt to follow up with that chat with some unfortunately all-too-rare "just Dad and daughter" time. We'll have to try again in a setting where she can express herself a little more -- perhaps another walk, although County Farm Park in Ann Arbor is …

Grace and I talk in our bedroom about her health issues. I also wind up on a digression about a recent musical collaboration with JoAnn Abbott, our cover of Paul and Storm's song "More than Two."By Paul R. Potts

I was imagining that the Gallbladder Season chats would be done with part 4, but Grace's medical issues continue to linger, so we're in gallbladder overtime, and will not soon be completely resolved.By Paul R. Potts

I've been wanting for a long time to get Grace engaged in a talk about race. This is a sort of opener, in which we talk about segregation, schools, and a bit about being a bi-racial couple. I'm calling this "Part 1 of N" because I'm hoping to have some related follow-on conversations, perhaps with other people in the mix, and I have no idea how man…

I caught up with storyteller Sean Hurley for a slightly meandering chat. OK, an extremely meandering chat.By Paul R. Potts

I first became aware of Denise and her work via the Song Fu and SpinTunes songwriting competitions.By Paul R. Potts

Phillip Blond is an English political thinker, Anglican and theologian, and director of the think tank ResPublica. ResPublica's ideas are shaping David Cameron's "big society" program in the UK.By Paul R. Potts

Phillip Blond is an English political thinker, Anglican and theologian, and director of the think tank ResPublica. ResPublica's ideas are shaping David Cameron's "big society" program in the UK.By Paul R. Potts

Phillip Blond is an English political thinker, Anglican and theologian, and director of the think tank ResPublica. ResPublica's ideas are shaping David Cameron's "big society" program in the UK.By Paul R. Potts

Phillip Blond is an English political thinker, Anglican and theologian, and director of the think tank ResPublica. ResPublica's ideas are shaping David Cameron's "big society" program in the UK.By Paul R. Potts

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay, you're okay.By Paul R. Potts

It seems to finally be all over but for the rest of the fall Grace will need to spend recuperating.By Paul R. Potts

Includes Paul's complete "Gallbladder Season" essay.By Paul R. Potts

Ten days in the hospital and one near-death experience later, Grace is receiving a blood transfusion.By Paul R. Potts

Grace has been experiencing gallbladder problems and things are starting to get complicated.By Paul R. Potts

Note that there are a number of show notes and related links on the web site to accompany this episode.By Paul R. Potts

Isaac and I continue to cook and talk, wandering into topics like the last Harry Potter movie, Godel's Incompleteness Theorem andBy Paul R. Potts

In this episode he and I work on preparing this epic meal and talk about his summer job, mathematics, The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks, Hare Krishna cuisine, and the joys of clarified butter.By Paul R. Potts

Fried eggs and fried brains come together on a slow morning.By Paul R. Potts

In which I talk about Gene Wolfe's enigmatic long novel The Book of the New Sun, and why it is one of the few science fiction novels worth studying in depth.By Paul R. Potts

Paul is still sick of winter and it's really windy.By Paul R. Potts

Paul is sick of winter.By Paul R. Potts

Paul and Grace wander around wintry Saginaw talking about the Patisserie bakery and other contentious topics.By Paul R. Potts

This is a long series of chats Grace and I recorded on a snowy day last December. Grace and I talk about health care, President Lieberman, Protector Maximus Petraeus, Mr. Horton's dining establishment, fingerpicking, and brussels sprouts. The audio unfortunately ends rather abruptly as my recorder runs out of battery power. Or perhaps by that point…

Recorded the day after our minivan transmission melted down, Paul rants for a while about the car situation (edited down) and Isaac's school options before settling down to talk briefly about some of his favorite contemporary science fiction writers.By Paul R. Potts

An audio collage made of bits and pieces recorded over the past year or so. Listen on headphones for maximum immersion.By Paul R. Potts

Over the plaintive cries of the wild haggis and the occasional cell phone and tornado warning siren, I chat with Joe about his life in performing, Genesis, Disco Duck, songwriting, writing, Song Fu, Duality, and the joys and frustrations of time-shifted online collaboration between musicians who have never met in person.…

Our Honda Odyssey just blew its second transmission at 140,000 miles. We're a little ticked off.By Paul R. Potts