Last year I talked with Tex Thompson and Dan Koboldt about dragons. Now, in celebration of the publication of PETROLEA, my novella about dragons, here’s that podcast again 😉 Dan Koboldt’s in-the-works short story which he describes as Jurass

89 Authorial self-Indulgence with Tex Thompson and Daniel Koboldt

Oct 23rd, 2016

Last year I talked with fellow novelists Tex Thompson and Dan Koboldt about going off the rails in writing and getting too involved with world-building. Now I’m dusting off that conversation in celebration of the publication of my deisle-punk d

99 Speculative Philosophy with Eric Schwitzgebel

Oct 23rd, 2016

A year ago I talked with Eric Schwitzgebel about his new story Momentary Sage, his Philosophers’ Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction Recommendations, and the next moral frontier. Now it’s time to dust off that conversation in celebration of

20 Making plot with Simon Roy and C.M. Kosemen

Oct 9th, 2016

LISTEN to podcast Simon Roy, Memo Kosemen, and I have ganged up to construct “The Lords of the World” available now from Alternate History Fiction magazine. We’ve discussed the worldbuilding and characters, now let’s look at the plot. Also: The

19 Making Characters with Simon Roy and C. M. Kosemen

Oct 9th, 2016

LISTEN to podcast The second part of the conversation Simon Roy, Memo Kosemen, and I had about the idea that eventually became “The Lords of the Earth” (now available from Alternate History Magazine). Having discussed the worldbuilding of the s

18 Worldbuilding with Simon Roy and C.M. Kosemen

Oct 9th, 2016

LISTEN to podcast To celebrate the publishing of my Martian Sherlock Holmes short story, “The Lords of the World,” this is a re-release of a conversation I had with Simon Roy and Memo Kosemen back in 2013. Today we’ve ganged up to talk … Contin

102 Dinosaurs! with Emily Willoughby

Jan 25th, 2016

I’m talking with scientific illustrator Emily Willoughby about Dinosaurs! Creationism! and Evolutionary Psychology! EDIT: The book we talk about, GOD’S WORD OR HUMAN REASON, is available now for preorder! Dinosaurs are cool! Yi qi, the very biz

The End of all Podcasts

Nov 22nd, 2015

So you may have noticed that I’m not doing podcasts any more. I made the decision back in the spring, where getting up before my baby daughter to record yet another conversation with someone in...Daniel M. Bensen's conversations with crea

Genre with Mike Underwood

Nov 8th, 2015

So have you heard about Genrenauts by Mike Underwood, available now from Amazon? If you haven’t, how about Geekomancy, and the Hugo-nominated Skiffy and Fanty Show, or even his previous appearance on my podcast? Anyway, now it’s time to tal

Geekiness with Micah Joel

Oct 18th, 2015

I’m talking with Micah Joel, the author of several short stories about famous computer programmers and a new story about time travel. The topic of our conversation is geekiness and the autism spectrum. The spectrum of “normal” is broad Neurotyp

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