Escape Pod (podcast)
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Escape Pod is a magazine-style podcast launched on 12 May, 2005 which presents stories in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. It is edited by Steve Eley, who also provides a short introduction and closing comments for each story. Escape Pod is produced by Escape Artists Inc., a company started by Steve Eley for the purpose of supporting and continuing the podcast.
Escape Pod features several different types of content. The magazine offers a weekly story, usually between 2000 and 6000 words in length. It also releases flash fiction pieces less than 2000 words in length on an irregular schedule. Occasionally, the podcast airs reviews of mainstream science fiction and fantasy media, most of which are presented by Jonathon Sullivan, Escape Pod's reviews editor. From 11 May to 8 June, 2006 Escape Pod published audio presentations of the 2006 Hugo Award nominees in the short story category. On rare occasions, other types of content have been made available on Escape Pod, such as metacasts (episodes discussing the achievements and future plans of the show itself), an interview, and a poem.
Escape Pod has a policy against allowing authors to read their own works. Many stories are read by people associated with Escape Pod (Steve Eley, Mur Lafferty, Jonathon Sullivan, and Anna Eley) as well as other members of the podcasting community.
Escape Pod's music is provided by surf rock band Daikaiju with the band's permission. The opening theme is the instrumental song "The Final Phase," and the closing theme is "Choujikuu Mitsukai" ("Super-Dimensional Angels"). Both are from the album The Phasing Spider Menace, which will be brought back into print as a joint venture between Daikaiju and Escape Pod in late 2006.
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[edit] Distribution and rights
Escape Pod is distributed under the Creative Commons attribution non-commercial no-derivatives license. This means that Escape Pod episodes are available at no cost and can be redistributed but not sold or modified. Any of the show's episodes may be downloaded individually from Escape Pod's website or received via a podcatcher.
The fiction itself remains copyrighted by its respective authors. Escape Pod contracts with the authors for non-exclusive audio rights, paying semi-professional rates.
Escapepod now sells collections of their podcasts at poddisc [1]. There are currently three dics available. Disc one contains episodes 1 through 26. Disc two contains contains 27 through 52. Disc three contains episodes 53 through 78.
[edit] Comment Line
Escapepod has a phone line for anybody to leave a message, some of which are broadcast at the end of episodes. 1-206-666-EPOD (3763)
[edit] Sister Podcast
Pseudopod is Escape Pod's younger sibling podcast dedicated to horror fiction.
[edit] Editors
- Stephen Eley, 2005-present
[edit] External links
- Escape Pod - official web site
- Pseudopod - sister podcast focused on horror stories
- Interview with Steve Eley, host of Escape Pod - small WORLD Podcast 2007
[edit] Releases
| Episode | Title | Author | Read by | Rating | Release Date |
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| EP001 | "Imperial" | Jonathon Sullivan | Stephen Eley | R | 16 May 2005 at 9:45 am |
| EP002 | "Feng Burger" | John Aegard | Stephen Eley | PG | 19 May 2005 at 1:09 am |
| Bonus | Serenity Spoiler Review | Stephen Eley | Stephen Eley | G | 26 May 2005 at 12:22 am |
| EP003 | "Three Wish Habit" | Janni Lee Simner | Jonathon Sullivan | PG | 26 May 2005 at 2:06 am |
| EP004 | "In His Footsteps" | Paul E. Martens | Stephen Eley | PG | 2 Jun 2005 at 1:27 am |
| EPFlash001 | "Oasis" | Greg van Eekhout | Stephen Eley | PG | 6 Jun 2005 |
| EP005 | "Snow Day" | Jennifer Pelland | Deborah Green | R | 9 June 2005 |
| Bonus | Escape Pod Promo | Stephen Eley | Stephen Eley | G | 10 Jun 2005 |
| EPFlash002 | "Strange Girlfriend" | Scott Janssens | Stephen Eley | PG | 14 Jun 2005 |
| EP006 | "Jenny Nettles" | Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald | Stephen Eley | PG | 16 Jun 2005 |
| EPReview001 | Primer | Stephen Eley | Stephen Eley | G | 20 Jun 2005 |
| EPFlash003 | "Airedale" | Greg van Eekhout | Anna Eley | R | 20 Jun 2005 |
| EP007 | "The Trouble With Death Traps" | Daisy James | Stephen Eley | PG | 23 Jun 2005 |
| EPFlash004 | "Ubiquitous" | Douglas Triggs | Stephen Eley | R | 28 Jun 2005 |
| EP008 | "Lacyhrymose and the Golden Egg" | Tim Pratt | Stephen Eley | PG | 30 Jun 2005 |
| EPReview002 | The Lego Moonbase Project | David Lukens | David Lukens | G | 4 Jul 2005 |
| EP009 | "Jack" | Justin Stanchfield | Deborah Green | G | 7 Jul 2005 |
| EPFlash005 | "Slicing" | Greg van Eekhout | Stephen Eley | G | 11 Jul 2005 |
| EP010 | "The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray" | Gregory Frost | Stephen Eley | R | 14 Jul 2005 |
| EPFlash006 | "Paradox" | Scott Janssens | Paul S. Jenkins | G | 18 Jul 2005 |
| EP011 | "Herd Mentality" | Jay Caselberg | Stephen Eley. | G | 21 Jul 2005 |
| EPFlash007 | "Virus" | Greg van Eekhout | Deborah Green | PG | 24 Jul 2005 |
| EP012 | "Clean Up Your Room" | Laura Anne Gilman. | Mur Lafferty | G | 28 Jul 2005 |
| EPReview003 | The Island | Jonathon Sullivan | Jonathon Sullivan | R | 31 Jul 2005 |
| EPFlash008 | "Friday Night Gods" | Josh Rountree | Stephen Eley. | R | 1 Aug 2005 |
| EP013 | "The Once and Future Dentist" | D. Richard Pearce | Stephen Eley | PG | 4 Aug 2005 |
| EP014 | "Tis the Season" | K.D. Wentworth | Jonathon Sullivan | R | 11 Aug 2005 |
| EPReview004 | "Katamari Damacy" | Stephen Eley | Stephen Eley | G | 16 Aug 2005 |
| EP015 | "Hell Notes" | M.K. Hobson | Stephen Eley | PG | 18 Aug 2005 |
| EP016 | "Seamstress" | Sarah Prineas | Anna Eley | PG | 25 Aug 2005 |
| EPFlash009 | "Pennywhistle" | Greg van Eekhout | Anna Eley | R | 30 Aug 2005 |
| EP017 | "The Life and Times of Penguin" | Eugie Foster | Mur Lafferty | PG | 1 Sep 2005 |
| EP018 | "Some Girlfriends Can" | Stephanie Burgis | Swoopy | PG | 8 Sep 2005 |
| EPFlash010 | "The God of the Goblins" | Eric Marin | Stephen Eley | PG | 11 Sep 2005 |
| EP019 | "Implications" | James C. Bassett | Stephen Eley | G | 15 Sep 2005 |
| EP020 | "The Burning Bush" | Jennifer Pelland | Deborah Green | X | 22 Sep 2005 |
| EP021 | "Platypus Girl" | Jonathon Sullivan | Stephen Eley | R | 29 Sep 2005 |
| EPFlash011 | "Troy Trooper" | Alex Holden | Stephen Eley | G | 5 Oct 2005 |
| EP022 | "Don Ysidro" | Bruce Holland Rogers | Evo Terra | PG | 6 Oct 2005 |
| EP023 | "The Dream Factory" | Jenn Reese | Scott Fletcher | R | 13 Oct 2005 |
| EPFlash012 | "Wetting the Bed" | Heather Shaw | Anna Eley | G | 17 Oct 2005 |
| EP024 | "The Death Trap of Dr. Nefario" | Benjamin Rosenbaum | Chris Miller and Stephen Eley | PG | 20 Oct 2005 |
| EP025 | "The Great Old Pumpkin" | John Aegard | Stephen Eley | PG | 27 Oct 2005 |
| EPFlash013 | "Mount Dragon" | Vera Nazarian | Stephen Eley | PG | 31 Oct 2005 |
| EP026 | "The Ludes" | Lisa M. Bradley | Stephen Eley | R | 3 Nov 2005 |
| EPInt001 | Interview with Greg van Eekhout | Scott Janssens | PG | 8 Nov 2005 | |
| EP027 | "Union Dues - Iron Bars and the Glass Jaw" | Jeffrey R. DeRego | Jonathon Sullivan | PG | 10 Nov 2005 |
| EPFlash014 | "Making Monsters" | Tim Pratt | Stephen Eley | PG | 15 Nov 2005 |
| EP028 | "Your Corporate Network and the Forces of Darkness" | Lucy A. Snyder | Rob Walch and Mur Lafferty | R | 17 Nov 2005 |
| EP029 | "Crystal Balls" | Susie Hawes | Evo Terra | PG | 24 Nov 2005 |
| EP030 | "Aliens Love Oranges" | Sue Burke | |||
| EP031 | "Robots and Falling Hearts" | Tim Pratt and Greg van Eekhout | |||
| EP032 | "Alien Animal Encounters" | John Scalzi | |||
| EP033 | "Santa in My Pocket" | Mur Lafferty | |||
| EPFlash015 | "Night Off" | Jason Erik Lundberg | |||
| EP034 | "Free Will, Baby" | Janni Lee Simner | |||
| EPReview005 | ]] | Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EP035 | "Hero" | Scott Sigler | |||
| EP036 | "Connie, Maybe" | Paul E. Martens | |||
| EP037 | "Craphound" | Cory Doctorow | |||
| EPFlash016 | "Hibernation" | Madge E. Miller | |||
| EP038 | "L'Alchimista" | N.K. Jemisin | |||
| EP039 | "My Friend is a Lesbian Zombie" | Eugie Foster | |||
| EPFlash017 | "The Teammate Reference Problem in Final-Stage Demon Confrontation" | Constance Cooper | |||
| EP040 | "Even Vadsø Thaws" | Bruce Holland Rogers | |||
| EPFlash018 | "One Million Years B.F.E." | Merrie Haskell | |||
| EP041 | "Ambient Sleaze" | Jeffrey R. DeRego | |||
| EPFlash019 | "Fools Seldom Differ" | Jeff Noyle | |||
| EP042 | "Practical Villainy" | Janni Lee Simner | |||
| EP043 | "Little Worker" | Paul Di Filippo | |||
| EP044 | "Show and Tell" | Greg van Eekhout | |||
| EP045 | "Are You Ready for the End of the World?" | Danny Adams | |||
| EPReview006 | Night Watch | Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EP046 | "Natural Order" | Michael Jasper | |||
| EP047 | "Poet for Hire" | Sue Burke | |||
| EPReview007 | Ultraviolet | Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EP048 | "Soul Food" | Paul E. Martens | |||
| EP049 | "Union Dues - Off White Lies" | Jeffrey R. DeRego | |||
| EP050 | "The Malcontent" | Stephen Eley | |||
| EP051 | "Is You Is / Is You Ain't?" | Michael Canfield | |||
| EP052 | "Single White Farmhouse" | Heather Shaw | |||
| EP053 | "Seventy-Five Years" | Michael A. Burstein | |||
| EP054 | "Tk'tk'tk" | David D. Levine | |||
| EP055 | "Down Memory Lane" | Mike Resnick | |||
| EP056 | "The Clockwork Atom Bomb" | Dominic Green | |||
| EP057 | "Chuckles Mulrooney, Attorney for the Damned" | Scott Sigler | |||
| EP058 | "Shadowboxer" | Paul Di Filippo | |||
| EP059 | "Anyone Can Whistle" | David Walton | |||
| EPFlash020 | "Paul Bunyan and the Photocopier" | Larry Hammer | |||
| EPReview008 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EP060 | "Creature for Hire" | Paul E. Martens | |||
| EPFlash021 | "Stuck in an Elevator With Mandy Patinkin" | Kitty Myers | |||
| EP061 | "I Look Forward to Remembering You" | Mur Lafferty | |||
| EP062 | "Union Dues - The Baby and the Bathwater" | Jeffrey R. DeRego | |||
| EP063 | "Observations from the City of Angels" | William Shunn | |||
| EPReview009 | Superman Returns | Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EP064 | "Head of State" | Ed W. Marsh | |||
| EP065 | "A Green Thumb" | Tobias S. Buckell | |||
| EPReview010 | Phillip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly and the 2006 film adaptation of the novel. | Paul R. Potts and Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EP066 | "The King's Tail" | Constance Cooper | |||
| EPFlash022 | "The Uncanny Valley" | Jared Axelrod | |||
| EP067 | "Life in Stone" | Tim Pratt | |||
| EPReview011 | Snakes on a Plane | Chris Miller and K.J. Johnson | |||
| EPReview012 | Full Metal Yakuza, Robocop and Other Frankensteins | Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EP068 | "Depth of Field" | Stephen Dedman | |||
| EPInt002 | Worldcon Survey | Stephen Eley | |||
| EP069 | "Her" | Tobias S. Buckell | |||
| EP070 | "Squonk the Dragon" | Pete Butler | |||
| EP071 | "Capo of Darkness" | Laura Resnick | |||
| EP072 | "Joe Steele" | Harry Turtledove | |||
| EP073 | "Barnaby in Exile" | Mike Resnick | |||
| EP074 | "Paradox & Greenblatt, Attorneys at Law" | Kevin J. Anderson | |||
| EP075 | "Nano Comes to Clifford Falls" | Nancy Kress | |||
| EP076 | "The Dinner Game" | Stephen Eley | |||
| EP077 | "A Single Shadow" | Stephen Dedman | |||
| EPReview013 | "Renaissance" | Jonathon Sullivan | |||
| EPFlash023 | "Act of Devil" | Paul S. Jenkins | |||
| EP078 | "The Shoulders of Giants" | Robert J. Sawyer | |||
| EP079 | "Mountain, Man" | Heather Shaw | Stephen Eley | PG | 9 Nov 2006 at 4:03 pm |
| EP080 | "Union Dues - Cleanup in Aisle Five" | Jeffrey R. DeRego. | Rich Sigfrit | R | 16 Nov 2006 at 4:50 am |
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