Alternate Futures

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Episodes: 72

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Fun, interesting, unusual, and always thought-provoking, The Alternate Futures podcast features interviews with indie science fiction creators where we discuss their work, the world, and anything in-between.

Episode Date
72. Detectives, Magpies, and Metaphors: Stefan Mohamed and 'The House on Utopia Way'
Aug 13, 2025
71. Music, Mind, and Metaphysics: In Conversation with M. Laszlo
Jul 23, 2025
70. LG Jenkins: Merit Hunters and Dystopian Dreams
Jul 17, 2025
69. Brent Golembiewski - The Boy, The Cube and The Elf: Electronic Warfare, Fantasy in Space, and the Future of Freedom
Jul 04, 2025
68. Ben Parris - Mars: Armor Forged: Colonizing Mars, Synethesia, The Future of Humanity
Jun 13, 2025
67. Frederic S Durbin - The Country Under Heaven: Underground Worlds, The Nature of The Western, and Analog Typewriters
May 08, 2025
66. Alexander Boldizar - The Man Who Saw Seconds: Laplace's Demon, Asimov's Mule, and the Trolly Problem (2/2)
Apr 09, 2025
65. Alexander Boldizar - The Man Who Saw Seconds: Is There a Price too Great to Save Your Family? (1/2)
Mar 27, 2025
64. Sean Robins - Echoes of Extinction: Existential Threats and Pop Culture References Galore
Mar 14, 2025
63. Zack Samo - Exodus 2065: Facing Your Demons
Feb 27, 2025
62. Mori Grant - Deadliner: Generation ships, mothers in space, and AI
Feb 12, 2025
61. Zombies, Cycles of Renewal, and The Fall of Empires with Shawn Whitney
Jan 21, 2025
60. Navigating Hyperspace, Writing Sci-Fi vs Fantasy, and Using AI in Creative Work with Peter J Aldin and AJ Gordon
Jan 03, 2025
59. Being a Digital Nomad, Mythology, and LitRPG with Matt Larkin
Dec 13, 2024
58. Politics, AI, and the Business of Writing with Michael Fedor
Nov 29, 2024
57. Whisky, Superheroes, and Ancient History with Mark P Smith - Theo Newton:Destiny
Nov 15, 2024
56. Anthony J Melchiorri - Deadman's War
Nov 01, 2024
55. Joe Canzano - Suzi Spitfire and The Dream Prison
Oct 19, 2024
54. Alan 'Doc' Hansen - Orion's Spur
Oct 04, 2024
53. Becoming Glitch - Daniel Sayre
Jul 12, 2024
52. Kickstarter for Authors: Gunn Files - M.G. Herron
Jun 28, 2024
51. Shattered Time - Christopher Coates
Jun 21, 2024
50. Jessie Kwak - Imaginary Worlds, Cybernetic Implants, and Space Heists
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 49: Greg Dragon - Studying Martial Arts, Piers Anthony, and a Spacefaring Future for Humanity
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 48: Clayton Rumley - Game Development, Star Trek, and Envisioning Pre-recorded History
Sep 15, 2023
Episode 47: Sophie McKeand (Part 2) - CopyLeft Publishing, Generative AI, and the Importance of Poetic Vision to Society
Aug 25, 2023
Episode 46: Sophie McKeand - Living Out of a Van, the Social Schizm of 2016, and Sensitivity Editors
Aug 11, 2023
Episode 45: K. Gorman - Asian History, Dictating a Story, and the Darkness Within
Aug 04, 2023
Episode 44: Kate Sheeran Swed - Plastic Dinosaurs, Kickstarter revisited, and Space Westerns
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 43: M.G. Herron - Story Planning, Kickstarter for Authors, and The Aliens Among Us
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 42: Audrey Sharpe - Editing her Mother, being inspired by Star Trek, and Galactic Civilizations
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 41: Zachry Wheeler - English Football, Marketing for Authors, the Challenges of Immortality
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 40: J.J. Green - Aliens, Colonies, and Magic in Space
May 26, 2023
Episode 39: Barry Kirwan - Aliens, AI, and Arriving Late to the Party
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 38: Tim Attewell - Music, Monsters, and Multi-dimensional Mayhem
Apr 22, 2023
Episode 37: AM Scott - Air Force Space Operations, Galactic Time Keeping, and Extraterrestrial Expansion
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 36: Jinwoo Chong - Book Launch of FLUX, 80s nostalgia, and Silicon Valley Bubbles
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 35: N John Williams - Double-Edged Swords, the Soul in the Machine, and SciFi Realism
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 34: Susan Kaye Quinn - Hope Punk, The Singularity, and the Need for Techno-Ethics
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 33: Julia Huni - On NASA, Aliens, and Space Janitors
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 32: Roy Huff - Meteorology, Cryopreservation, and Time Travel
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 31: Tony Bertauski - Into the Claus-verse
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 30: Peter J Aldin - Mental Health in Fiction, Villians, and the Line Between Good and Evil
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 29: Jim Keen - Architecture, Machine Intelligence, and The Future Job Market
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 28: Claire McCague - Instruments, Aliens, and Decolonizing SF
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 27: Rachel Aukes - Getting Known while being an Introvert, The Future of AI, Extraterrestrial Evolution
Aug 19, 2022
Episode 26: Louisa Locke - The Evolution of the Indie Author, History of Working Women in San Francisco, and the Paradisi Chronicles
Aug 05, 2022
Episode 25: Sarah Woodbury - Alternate Welsh History, Dimensional Travel and The Paradisi Chronicles
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 24: Misty Zaugg - Hobby Survivalist, Writing LitRPG, and Organizing Co-writing Projects
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 23: Ken Lozito - The Business of Being an Indie Author, Challenges for Human Expansion and How Much Do We Really Know?
May 27, 2022
Episode 22: Jaxon Reed - Serial Fiction, Space Opera, and the Development of Space
May 13, 2022
Episode 21: Baileigh Higgins - Zombies, Dinosaurs, and The Apocalypse
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 20: Milo James Fowler - The Speculative Fictioneer
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 19: Kathleen McClure - Outrageous Fiction!
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 18: Doug J Cooper - The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent AI
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 17: T.W. Piperbrook - on Zombies and Werewolves and plagues. Oh My!
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 16: J.W. Elliot - Anticipating the Future by Studying the Past
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 15: Devon C Ford - The Apocalypse isn't as Fun to Live as it is to Write.
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 14: M.D. Cooper on writing far future sci-fi, considerations on the pathway to interstellar colonization, and how raising children is like uplifting a civilization.
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 13: The nature of writing sci-fi, the challenging speed of technological development, and the goal of 'plausible' not 'perfect' predictions with Gerald M. Kilby
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 12: 2021 Wrap-up episode + Giveaway
Dec 31, 2021
Episode 11: Christmas in the Claus-verse with Tony Bertauski
Dec 22, 2021
Episode 10: Terraforming, alien life, and the ghost in the machine with A.R.K. Watson
Nov 05, 2021
Episode 9: Being an Indie Author, a Strange Satellite, and the Wonders and Dangers of AI with Dietmar Wehr
Oct 23, 2021
Episode 8: Cybersecurity, Cyborgs, and Alternate Reality with D.B. Goodin
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 7: The Hidden World and The Symbolism of The Matrix with Kerry Boytzun
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 6: Working around Grandchildren, The Indie Spirit, and Existensial Disasters with Jacqueline M. Druga
Sep 11, 2021
Episode 5: Theology, Free Will, and the Challenges of the Future with W.L. Patenaude
Aug 27, 2021
Episode 4: Modern Dystopias and the Thought-Provoking Horror of Mark Gillespie
Aug 25, 2021
Episode 3: Hopeful Apocalypses with Christopher Coates
Aug 21, 2021
Episode 2: The Science Fantasy of Ned Marcus
Aug 21, 2021
Episode 1: Welcome to Alternate Futures
Aug 21, 2021