Rudy Rucker Podcasts

June 19, 2026. Talk on writer bots, and rising above them by using transrealism and an awareness of reality at large. At a High Castle dinner hosted by the Point Reyes Reality Investigation Center (PRRIC), led by David Gill. Taped by Paul Shelton. Funded by Chris. Press the arrow below to play “The New AI, Writer […] The post Podcast #117. Writer Bots and Reality first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

March 7, 2025. My daughter  Isabel Rucker had an art show on “The Time Ecosystem“at the one-of-a-kind Larry Spring Museum in Fort Bragg, California. Larry Spring was what you might call a folk scientist and an outsider artist. For Isabel’s show, she formed fresh ideas about  notions of time, and how they mix together.  She […] The post Podcast #116. “The Time Ecosystem, with Isabel Rucker” first a...

June 23, 2024. Reading my anti-gun “Big Germs” story at the SF in SF meeting. In memory of Terry Bisson. And huge thanks to sound wizsard Rusty Hodge. Press the arrow below to play “Big Germs.” We’re using the new and improved .m4a sound file format instead of the old .mp3. If you have a […] The post Podcast #115. “Big Germs” first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

May 19, 2023. This story relates to the death of my wife Sylvia. I read it an SF in SF event in January, 2023, and it was recorded by Rusty Hodge for SomaFM. The story appeared as online text in Nature Futures on Feb 15, 2023. Press the arrow below to play Rusty’s recording of  […] The post Podcast #114. “Who Do You Love” first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

August 1, 2022. I was invited to give a plenary lecture at the Bridges group’s “Mathematics & Art” conference in Helsinki, Finland. Over my long career, I’ve used math, computer graphics, writing, and painting as ways to express myself, and to get clearer images of certain things that interest me.  Four channels, all looking at […] The post Podcast #113. “Logic, Gnarl, Writing, Painting.” first ap...

January 15, 2020.Repost of an enjoyable podcast by Space Cowboy Books in Joushua Tree, near the Mohave Desert, performing my story “Fat Stream.” Cast: Jean-Paul Garnier, Zara Kand, Patricia Thomson, Tamara Good, RedBlueBlackSilver, and music by Phog Masheeen. Great show. Thanks to all. Here’s the Space Cowboy “Simultaneous Times” podcast site. And they’re on Bandcamp […] The post Podcast # 112. “F...

November 13, 2019. Julia Grillmayr of Vienna interviewed me for her podcast show, Superscience Me, and her episode is on her site, lightly edited, with an intro, and with some nice electronic background music. Here I repost my raw version of the interview as a Rudy Rucker Podcasts episode. The sound quality is great; Julia […] The post Podcast #111. “The Future, Jellyfish, Cyberpunk and the Transr...

October 26, 2019. Discussing and reading from Million Mile Roadtrip. And reminiscing about the late, great, and wonderful Michael Blumlein. Press the arrow below to play “Million Mile Road Trip. And Memories of Michael Blumlein.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #110. Million Mile Road Trip. And Memories of Michael Blumlein. first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

June 25, 2019. “Juicy Ghost 2019” is a fairly intense political SF story. For more on the story, and the full text, see my June 24 blog post, or check out my anthology Complete Stories. Press the arrow below to play “Juicy Ghost.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #109. “Juicy Ghost 2019.” first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

April 18, 2019. Talk at IOHK Summit conference in Miami Beach. 20 min. Lifebox, Natural Language, Telepathy, Immortality. Slides draft and an audio link on Rudy’s Blog at https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/04/16/lifebox-for-telepathy-and-immortality/ Press arrow below to play here. Or Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #108. Lifebox for Telepathy and Immortality first appeared o...

April 18, 2019. Talk at the IOHK Summit conference in Miami Beach. 20 min. Topics: Cyberpunk, personal web cralwers, telepathy. Slides, draft, and audio on Rudy’s Blog https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/04/16/cyberpunk-use-cases/ Press arrow below to play here. Or Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #107. Cyberpunk Use Cases. first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

April 18, 2019. Conversation with Stephen Wolfram while at the IOHK blockchain conference in Miami Beach. Topics: AI, unpredictable computations, the nature of reality. Press the arrow below to play “Rucker & Wolfram on Computation, Reality, and the Mind.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #106. Rucker & Wolfram on Computation, Reality, and the Mind first appear...

January 26, 2019. Reading from Return to the Hollow Earth at Borderlands Cafe in SF. I read the part about the shipwreck and Mason and Seela being saved by a flying nautilus and then meeting up with Eddie Poe. Good audience. Skipped Q&A, as I then did an “art tour” of a show of 25 […] The post Podcast #105. “Return to the Hollow Earth: Meeting Poe” first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

October 5, 2018. Audio of my talk “Welcome to Your Cyberpunk Future.” Doesn’t include the Q&A. Big, responsive crowd. The slides are online here. I first gave this talk in Louisville, in September 27, 2017, and posted about it then. And KET TV posted a video of the talk (including the Q&A) as well. Thanks […] The post Podcast #103. Welcome to Your Cyberpunk Future. first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

March 6, 2018. Talking to Tim Fitzmaurice’s class at Crown College, UC Santa Cruz. What it’s like to be an SF writer. Cyberpunk and transrealism as revolutionary art. Press the arrow below to play “Podcast #104. My Life as an SF Writer. Cyberpunk and Transrealism.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #104. My Life as an SF Writer. Cyberpunk and Transrealism. first...

August 22, 2017. Audio from interview with Wilson Walker for KPIX evening news, taped August 1, 2017. Topic: If Facebook has chatbots that have developed their own language, what does this mean for AI? Should we be scared or hopeful? Press the arrow below to play “If Chatbots Talk, Where Will AI Go?” And, if […] The post Podcast #102. If Chatbots Talk, Where Will AI Go? first appeared on Rudy's Bl...

August 21, 2017. Cyberpunk SF story, a draft as read at UC Santa Cruz on February 13, 2017. In this tale, an intense VR streaming show in San Francisco leads to something more. The final revised version was published today on the Mondo 2000 ezine. Press the arrow below to play “Fat Stream.” And, if […] The post Podcast #101 “Fat Stream” first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

May 12, 2017. In conversation with journalist Siobhan Roberts, discussing math, logic, writing, and publishing. Roberts is the author of a great book on the mathematician and cellular-automatist John Horton Conway, Genius at Play. She was out in the Bay Area researching for upcoming projects and came by for a casual chat. Press the arrow […] The post Podcast # 100: Conversation with Siobhan Robert...

Feb 28, 2017. Interviewed by Christopher Nichols for his podcast, CG Garage. At Los Gatos Coffee Roasting cafe. Relaxed, hour-long discussion about writing, computers, and art. Press the arrow below to play “Podcast #99. Writing, Art, Photos, Computation.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #99. Writing, Art, Photos, Computation first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

February 13, 2017. A talk on digital immortality, my novel Software, and the concept of a “lifebox.” Presented at Tim Fitzmaurice’s Core class at Crown College at UC Santa Cruz. Includes wide-ranging Q&A with the students also some remarks and quesitons by Tim. I read an as-yet unpublished story called “Fat Stream,” but I’m not […] The post Podcast #98. Lifebox Immortality Talk with Q&A at UC San...

November 9, 2016. A reading of my story “Like a Sea Cumber,” as part of a literary evening at St. Luke’s church in Los Gatos. The story appeared on the Terraform website. Press the arrow below to play the reading. And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #97. “Like a Sea Cucumber” at St. Luke’s first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

Aug 10, 2016. Rudy Rucker reads “Totem Poles,” a wild tale co-written with Bruce Sterling. Appears online on Tor.com today. Press the arrow below to play Rudy reading the story. And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #96. “Totem Poles” by Rucker & Sterling first appeared on Rudy's Blog .

June 12, 2016. Michael Blumlein read this essay/memoir called “Unrestrained and Indiscreet” at the SF in SF series in San Francisco, during an event I shared with him. Blumlein’s deep and courageous piece begins with a light-hearted account of naming a minor Sierra peak after the author Henry David Thoreau. The talk progresses to an […] The post Podcast #95: Michael Blumlein Reads “Unrestrained an...

June 12, 2016. I read my story “The Knobby Giraffe” at the SF in SF series in San Francisco, an event I shared with with Michael Blumlein, whose piece appears in a separate podcast. “The Knobby Giraffe” appeared in print online in April, 2016, in Lightspeed magazine, and is also available as a Lightspeed podcast, […] The post Podcast #94. “The Knobby Giraffe” at SF in SF first appeared on Rudy's...

January 16, 2016. Rudy Rucker reads the Rucker & Sterling story “Junk DNA.” Funny, scary tale of genetic engineering run wild. Appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 2003. Press the arrow below to play “Junk DNA” right now! “Junk DNA” appears in Transreal Cyberpunk, a collection of the nine stories that Rudy & Bruce have […] The post Podcast #93: Junk DNA from TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK first appeared...