Another Free Lunch© 2013 by Spider RobinsonReading: Chapters 3 & 4, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Tim Minchin, The Creber Family, Michelle Creber, Gina Sposto, Doug Cox, Marcus Eaton with James Raymond, Dori Rubbicco Legge.

Spider on the Web 91 - The Voyage South

Sep 15th, 2012 1h 18m

The Voyage South© 2012 by Spider RobinsonReading: Prologue of Book I of the Astreya Trilogy, THE VOYAGE SOUTH, by Seymour Hamilton. Music: Kathleen Rubbicco, Strung, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ella Fitzgerald with the Ray Brown Quintet, Tony

Spider on the Web 92 - A Free Lunch

Sep 15th, 2012 1h 30m

A Free Lunch© 2012 by Spider RobinsonReading: "The Littlest Dragon" by Seymour Hamilton; Chapters 1 & 2, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Mose Scarlett; Folk Uke; John Boutte; Gale Mead; Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley.

Spider on the Web 90 - It's Time Now...

Oct 26th, 2011 1h 41m

It's Time Now...© 2011 by Spider RobinsonReading: "Chronic Offender." Music: The Lovin' Spoonful, Spider singing Tim Minchin, Ann Earthling & The Planets, Nils Landgren & Michael Wollny, Joshua Penman and Akara, David Crosby, Graham Nash, M

Spider on the Web 1 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #1

Aug 24th, 2011 6m 5s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #1: Space Tourism© 2007 by Spider RobinsonI’ve spent several decades rebutting silly complaints about “money wasted in space.” Dollars have been spent getting there—but every single buck stopped here, on the ground,

Spider on the Web 3 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #2

Aug 24th, 2011 10m 40s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #2: Sustaining the Planet© 2007 by Spider RobinsonSustaining the planet means widely different things to all of us—so let’s try and define our aim. The phrase surely isn’t meant literally. Terra was sustaining herse

Spider on the Web 5 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #3

Aug 24th, 2011 7m 46s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #3: Spirituality of Space© 2007 by Spider RobinsonThe spiritual impulse can be a dangerous thing when it goes public. Ask anyone who was in New York five years ago, or anyone still alive in Baghdad today...It’s hard

Spider on the Web 7 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #4

Aug 24th, 2011 9m 21s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #4: Militarization of Space© 2007 by Spider RobinsonTo my surprise, not even the wonderful Wizard Of Google can pin down exactly when the militarization of space became unstoppable. In the first place, China’s final

Spider on the Web 9 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #5

Aug 24th, 2011 17m 8s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #5: Space Art© 2007 by Spider RobinsonIt’s probably apocryphal—the best ones usually are—but one of my favorite quotations is what Mahatma Ghandi is supposed to have responded when asked what he thought of Western C

Spider on the Web 11 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #6

Aug 24th, 2011 13m 21s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #6: Space Law© 2007 by Spider RobinsonAsk Elliot Ness. The power of a law—its meaning—depends on who’s committed to enforcing it, and how far they’re prepared to go. In David Milch’s HBO series Deadwood, nobody seem

Spider on the Web 13 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #7

Aug 24th, 2011 13m 19s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #7: Space Society© 2007 by Spider Robinson“Space Society” is an ambiguous topic, just as “Space Art” was. There’s more than one way to interpret it. The easy way out would be to discuss some of the largest of the m

Spider on the Web 15 - Thrillin' at the MacMillan #8

Aug 24th, 2011 12m 11s

Thrillin' at the MacMillan #8: Space Generation© 2007 by Spider RobinsonThe first thing “space generation” makes me think of is the quantum ramjet, a hypothetical star drive I chose as the motive force for the starship Charles Sheffield in VA

Spider on the Web 89 - Life Goes On

Aug 13th, 2011 1h

Spider on the Web 87 - Live at Tottering-On-The-Brink

Mar 11th, 2011 1h 11m

Spider on the Web 88 - Bianca's Hands

Mar 11th, 2011 1h 7m

Spider on the Web 86 - VPL Podshop #3 (of 3)

Jan 7th, 2011 1h 37m

VPL Podshop #3 (of 3)© 2011 by Spider RobinsonPodshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.00:01 "Magic," by Greg Stephens4:22 "Clearly," by Steve Robson15: 30 "Legacy of Ariast," by Jeffrey Stephens20:00 "The Pin

Spider on the Web 85 - VPL Podshop #2 (of 3)

Jan 1st, 2011 1h 43m

VPL Podshop #2 (of 3)© 2010 by Spider RobinsonPodshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence."Domestic Disturbance": :48"The Raising": 8:52"The Navigators": 22:40"The Samhain Murders": 37:20

Spider on the Web 84 - VPL Podshop #1 (of 3)

Dec 25th, 2010 1h 5m

VPL Podshop #1 (of 3)© 2010 by Spider RobinsonPodshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.Kristi Charish's 'Transfections' begins @ 4:00.Stephanie Cruz's 'Perihelion': 18:12.Pat Dobie's 'The Liquid World': 33:21.Mic

Spider on the Web 83 - Merry Crozmas & Son!

Dec 20th, 2010 1h 2m

Spider on the Web 82 - Back on the Air

Sep 7th, 2010 1h 11m

Back on the Air© 2010 by Spider RobinsonMusic: Shari Ulrich, Pauline Le Bel, Christie Grace, Tony Dominelli, Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Colin MacDonald w/ Vancouver Saxophone Ensemble, Doug Cox w/ John Boutté & Salil Bhatt, Matt & Wendy Maxwell,

Spider on the Web 81 - Meditations on Mortality

Apr 9th, 2010 1h 16m

Spider on the Web 80 - Satan's Children II

Mar 20th, 2010 1h 1m

Satan's Children II© 2010 by Spider RobinsonReading: Conclusion of "Satan's Children" by Spider Robinson. Music: Doug Cox w/ Salil Bhatt, Ramkumesh Kumar & John Boutte; James Taylor; Big Joe Williams w/ Lambert Hendricks & Ross and Count Basi

Spider on the Web 79 - Satan's Children

Mar 5th, 2010 1h 12m

Spider on the Web 78 - Music with a Wooden Leg

Feb 5th, 2010 1h 16m

Music with a Wooden Leg© 2010 by Spider RobinsonMusic: David Crosby, Steve Morse, Jonathan Edwards & Orphan, Cyril Pahinui, Oscar Peterson Trio, Lhasa de Sela, Kenny Barron with Trio Da Paz & Anne Drummond.