Podcasts

[vc_row][vc_column][vcex_heading text=”Podcasts” tag=”h1″ text_align=”left” font_size=”24px” font_family=”Lato” font_weight=”700″ color=”#333b3e” text_transform=”uppercase”][vcex_spacing size=”20px”][vcex_divider color=”#31b9e8″ height=”3px”][vcex_spacing size=”20px”][vc_column_text font_size=”17″ line_height=”normal” letter_spacing=”tight” font_weight=”normal” color=”#333b3e”]We’re delighted to bring you Asimov’s Podcasts for your listening pleasure. Enjoy your favorite stories narrated by a pantheon of up-and-coming Asimov’s authors and editors.[/vc_column_text][vcex_icon_box heading=”Pax Mongolica” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2020-05-20T11_28_49-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052497505{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Evan Marcroft
In this May/June installment of our podcast, we have a fascinating alternate history where gods are very much real and being held captive in zoos. Please enjoy Evan Marcroft’s “Pax Mongolica,” read by the author himself.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Happy National Poetry Month 2020″ icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2020-04-14T09_28_02-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052512038{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Asimov’s Science Fiction
Happy National Poetry Month! We have a dozen poems here pulled from past and current issues to celebrate our poets this year. Each of these poems is striking in its own way, and I hope you enjoy the many voices and styles to come. First up is “All Saints Day” by Lisa Bellamy, read by Diana Marie Delgado, followed by “All the Weight” by Holly Day read by Emily Hockaday,  “The Celestial Body” read and written by Leslie J. Anderson, “The Destroyer is in Doubt about Net Neutrality” read and written by Martin Ott, “Unlooping” read and written by Marie Vibbert, “Attack of the 50 foot Woman” read and written by Ron Koertge, “The Language of Water,” by Jane Yolen read by Monica Wendel, “Archaeologists Uncover Bones, Bifocals, a Tricycle” read and written by Steven Withrow, “Objects in Space” by Josh Pearce read by R.J. Carey, “Small Certainties” by Sara Polsky, read by Emily Hockaday, “Palate of the Babel Fish” read and written by Todd Dillard, and finally “After a Year of Solitude” by Lora Gray, read by Jackie Sherbow.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Go. Now. Fix. & The Refraction of White Lies” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2020-01-08T10_10_38-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052584719{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]“Go. Now. Fix.” by Timons Esaias, “The Refraction of White Lies” by Meredith Lozaga
Narrated by: Emily Hockaday
To start off the new decade, we have a special double feature. Our first story—”Go. Now. Fix.” by Timons Esaias—features an unlikely narrator who exhibits great pluck in the face of disaster. Our second story by Meredith Lozaga, “The Refraction of White Lies,” examines love and forgiveness from a unique perspective. Enjoy our special January/February episode![/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Selfless” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2019-10-22T06_59_25-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052607964{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by James Patrick Kelly
Narrated by: James Patrick Kelly
Joseph Jirasek doesn’t exist. Not since he was a boy and was taken from himself. Now he struggles to hold the personalities within him that are vying for dominance in check while keeping his family safe. At all costs, the Hunter must not come out…. Hear author James Patrick Kelly read his own superb and tense tale “Selfless” from our November/December 2019 issue.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”All in Green Went My Love Riding” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2019-08-21T12_13_14-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052623960{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Megan Arkenberg
Narrated by: Danielle Daly
Enjoy Danielle Daly’s beautiful read of Megan Arkenberg’s enchanting thriller, “All in Green Went My Love Riding,” where we discover some very unique young girls, a tragic mystery, and the danger of being different.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”The Ocean Between the Leaves” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2019-06-18T11_22_21-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052638195{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Ray Nayler
Narrated by: Ray Nayler
Our newest podcast showcases author Ray Nayler’s lyrical tale of social, economic, and medical injustice in a distant future and the impact of yet-to-come technology in navigating these. Nayler weaves an intricate mystery that will pull you in and keep you guessing to the last. Please enjoy “The Ocean Between the Leaves” read and written by Ray Nayler.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Sacrificial Iron” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2019-04-30T08_26_46-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052651336{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Ted Kosmatka
Narrated by: R. J. Carey
In Ted Kosmatka’s “Sacrificial Iron,” all of Earth looks on as two astronauts clash during their life-spanning mission. Please enjoy this tale about the human psyche as it is tested by the vast vacuum of space. “Sacrificial Iron” is read by R.J. Carey and written by Ted Kosmatka.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Asimov’s Poetry Podcast for National Poetry Month 2019″ icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2019-04-05T08_08_43-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052699490{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Asimov’s Science Fiction
Enjoy a curated selection of poems from recent Asimov’s issues including: “Wobble” read & written by Richard Schiffman, “Room with a View” written by G.O. Clark & read by R.J. Carey, “First Contact” read & written by Stuart Greenhouse, “Crane Wife” written by Jane Yolen & read by Jackie Sherbow, “Synesthesia,” read & written by Bruce Boston, “Almost Certainly a Time Traveler,” read & written by Jarod K. Anderson, “Black Box Sonnet #13,041” written by Garrison Kammer & read by John E. Allis, “Leaving” read & written by Bruce McAllister, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” written by Suzanne Palmer & read by Sheila Williams, “Terra Incognita,” written by Fred D. White & read by Trevor Quachri, and “Avocation” read & written by F. J. Bergmann.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Tourists” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2019-02-19T10_04_42-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052717500{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Rammel Chan
Narrated by: Rammel Chan
In Rammel Chan’s “Tourists,” we meet some unusual travelers who follow strict rules for their sojourns. We learn, along with our protagonist, the risks and rewards of this nomadic lifestyle, and the loneliness and joy of exploration innate to it.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”The Gorgon” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2019-01-14T12_27_55-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052972043{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Jay O’Connell
In Jay O’Connell’s “The Gorgon,” a job-obsessed businessman accidentally wanders into an online realm of horror and intrigue. Enjoy this tale from our January/February 2019 issue, narrated and written by Jay O’Connell.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Rules of Biology” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2018-06-27T09_13_23-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052984408{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Dale Bailey
Narrated by: Dale Bailey, edited & introduced by Deanna McLafferty
Esterman faces the challenges of fatherhood as we discover the alternate and unusual “Rules of Biology” at play in this new tale written and read by Dale Bailey. Edited and introduced by Deanna McLafferty.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Riverboats, Robots, and Ransom in the Regular Way” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2018-04-24T08_34_49-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052732477{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Pete Wood
Narrated by: Seth Blum, Rebecca Blum, and Lucinda Gainey
Maggie’s boring work retreat turns around when pirates board their vessel. This may not be the most ideal form of entertainment, but it is sure to make things interesting! Story by Peter Wood, read by Seth Blum, Rebecca Blum, and Lucinda Gainey.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”In Event of Moon Disaster” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2018-03-02T12_32_17-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052755801{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Rich Larson
Narrated by: R.J. Carey
In Rich Larson’s chilling new tale—pulled from the pages of our current March/April 2018 issue on sale now—a routine mission goes deeply wrong “In Event of Moon Disaster.” Join Sol in facing this impossible mystery.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Our Lady of the Open Road” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”http://asimovs.podomatic.com/entry/2016-03-08T08_01_19-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052792018{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by: Sarah Pinsker
Narrated by: Sarah Pinsker
A good tour van is the glue that holds a band together. In “Our Lady of the Open Road” Sarah Pinsker takes a look at one band’s journey through a near future where music fans seem more interested in holographic concerts than the real deal. Join our protagonists as they struggle to make ends meet gig to gig, all while keeping their beloved wheels running.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”To Live and Die in Gibbontown” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”http://asimovs.podomatic.com/entry/2016-03-08T07_45_35-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052806902{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Derek Künsken
Narrated by: Derek Künsken
Derek Künsken’s “To Live and Die in Gibbontown” is a tongue-in-cheek satire listeners are sure to enjoy: Follow our macaque protagonist as he races to complete a tricky assassination, or else will face deportation from Gibbontown.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”http://asimovs.podomatic.com/entry/2016-03-08T08_12_31-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662053010371{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Henry Lien
Narrated by: Henry Lien
Boredom and a keen thirst for one-upsmanship are a destructive combination in Henry Lien’s “The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society.” Join us in this farcical alternate-history where Newport society women with outrageous competitive streaks grapple for power with their wits and their gardening prowess—no matter the consequences.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Bloom” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”http://asimovs.podomatic.com/entry/2016-01-14T11_48_25-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052823611{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Gregory Norman Bossert
Narrated by: Gregory Norman Bossert
In the thrillingly tense “Bloom,” Gregory Norman Bossert takes us to an alien world where the study of the indigenous lifeforms must be done with extreme caution. See if you can unravel the mystery behind these “blooms” in a story where survival is on the line.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters, Part 1″ icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”http://asimovs.podomatic.com/entry/2015-05-21T12_55_59-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052856902{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Henry Lien
Narrated by: Henry Lien
In “Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters” Henry Lien brings us into the irreverent and complex mind of the teenage girl. But these girls are dangerous—and dangerously competitive when it comes to the ancient and celebrated Kung-Fu art of Wu-Liu. Get caught up in the drama and politics of the rehabilitative colony in this podcast, aired in two parts.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters, Part 2″ icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asimovs/episodes/2015-05-21T12_59_14-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052905711{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Henry Lien
Narrated by: Henry Lien
In “Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters” Henry Lien brings us into the irreverent and complex mind of the teenage girl. But these girls are dangerous—and dangerously competitive when it comes to the ancient and celebrated Kung-Fu art of Wu-Liu. Get caught up in the drama and politics of the rehabilitative colony in this podcast (the second of two parts).[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”What Changes You, What Takes You Away” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”http://asimovs.podomatic.com/entry/2015-05-21T13_27_59-07_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052898186{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Dominica Phetteplace
Narrated by: Emily Hockaday
In the face of a mystery, it often takes the unlikely but extraordinary individual to get to the bottom of what’s really going on. Listen to the immersive, touching, and playful “What Changes You, What Takes You Away” for a glimpse from just such a perspective.[/vcex_icon_box][vcex_icon_box heading=”The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society” icon_spacing=”10px” onclick=”custom_link” onclick_target=”_blank” image=”557″ onclick_url=”http://asimovs.podomatic.com/entry/2016-03-08T08_12_31-08_00″ image_width=”40px” image_height=”40px” heading_size=”17px” heading_font_family=”Lato” heading_color=”#0070a8″ heading_weight=”bold” font_size=”14″ font_color=”#333b3e” heading_bottom_margin=”0px” heading_line_height=”normal” image_border_radius=”rounded-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1662052885925{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”]by Henry Lien
Narrated by: Henry Lien
Boredom and a keen thirst for one-upsmanship are a destructive combination in Henry Lien’s “The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society.” Join us in this farcical alternate-history where Newport society women with outrageous competitive streaks grapple for power with their wits and their gardening prowess—no matter the consequences.[/vcex_icon_box][/vc_column][/vc_row]