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<title>677: SF in SF Panel from June 20, 2009 – Pat Murphy, Lisa Goldstein, and Michaela Roessner Hosted by Rick Kleffel</title>
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<title>676: Agony Column Podcast New Report : Michaela Roessner Interviewed at SF in SF on June 20, 2009</title>
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<title>674: A 2009 Interview with China Mieville</title>
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<title>673: A Podcast Frankenstein : Pat Murphy Reads "Clap If You Believe" in 2008 and 2009</title>
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<title>672: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Michaela Roessner Reads at SF in SF</title>
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<description>Fish Story</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>671: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Pat Murphy Reads at SF in SF</title>
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<title>670: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Lisa Goldstein Reads at SF in SF</title>
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<description>A Family</description>
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<title>669: A 2009 Interview with Amy Stewart</title>
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<description>"A very poisonous plant, and that is not to say that you should not grow it in your yard"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>668: Agony Column Exclusive -- (Around) Three Books With Alan Cheuse</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>667: Agony Column Podcast News Report – Jeff VanderMeer at Shared Worlds</title>
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<title>666: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show, March 1, 2009</title>
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<description>Deborah Grabien, Michael Boatman and Janis Bell</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>665: A 2009 Interview with Jedediah Berry, Part 2</title>
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<description>"It is those characters who are shown to have a real power to change things"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>664: A 2009 Interview with Jedediah Berry, Part 1</title>
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<description>"It also has an interest that goes beyond solving mysteries"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>663: Alan Cheuse and 'Single Scene Short Stories'</title>
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<description>One Book, Many Lessons</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>662: Jeremy Lassen And Night Shade Books</title>
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<description>Bringing Back Night Shade from the Undead</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>661: Anne Ishii Speaks to Her Museyon</title>
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<description>Curating the Travel Guide</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>660: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Agony Column Broadcast Show from February 22, 2009</title>
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<description>Michael Katakis and Xinran</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>659: A 2009 Interview with Guillermo Del Toro</title>
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<description>"They are essentially vermin"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>658: Agony Column Podcast News Report - The BEA with Alan Cheuse</title>
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<description>The Death of the Book and Other Bodily Parts</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>657: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Richard Kadrey Interviewed at SF in SF on May 16, 2009</title>
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<description>"What I realized I had to do for this character is throw out everything"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>656: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Look at Ramayana from Mount Madonna School</title>
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<description>Epics and Students</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>655: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Heather Shaw Interviewed at SF in SF on May 16, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/06-01-09-podcast.htm#podcast060209</link>
<description>Flytrap</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>654: A 2009 Interview with Colson Whitehead</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/06-01-09-podcast.htm#podcast060109</link>
<description>Live at KUSP</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>653: Agony Column Podcast News Report – Three Books With Alan Cheuse</title>
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<description>A Moveable Feast, Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway; American Rust by Philip Meyer; The Strain, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>652: Agony Column Podcast News Report - UCSC Students Protest Budget Cuts</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-25-09-podcast.htm#podcast052809</link>
<description>Hunger Strike</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>651: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Robert Scheer On Obama and the War</title>
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<description>"Who's gonna win the war?"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>650: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Terry Bisson, Richard Kadrey and Heather Shaw at SF in SF, May 16, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-25-09-podcast.htm#podcast052609</link>
<description>Panel Discussion</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>649: A 2009 Interview with Logan and Noah Miller</title>
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<description>"We put our laptop on this greasy dumpster"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>648: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Books with Alan Cheuse</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-18-09-podcast.htm#podcast052209</link>
<description>Flood by Stephen Baxter, Do Not Deny Me by Jean Thompson, Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>647: Agony Column Podcast News Report - Will Schwalbe and Cookstr</title>
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<description>Smart and Simple</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>646: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Heather Shaw Reads at SF in SF on May 16, 2009</title>
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<description>Little M@tch Girl</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>645: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Richard Kadrey Reads at SF in SF on May 16, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-18-09-podcast.htm#podcast051909</link>
<description>Sandman Slim</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>644: A 2009 Interview With Mark Arax</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-18-09-podcast.htm#podcast051809</link>
<description>"The process of objectivity is becoming subjective"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>643: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Books With Alan Cheuse</title>
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<description>Rita Dove, 'Sonata Mulatica,' Campbell McGrath 'Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition' and Arthur Phillips, 'The Song is You'</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>642: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Neal Coonerty on the Live Oak Redevelopment Project</title>
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<description>He's not just a legend, he's a local legend.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>641: Agony Column Podcast News Report : The Mountain Community Theater Serves 'Breakfast of Champions'</title>
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<description>The Author's Voice</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>640: A 2009 Interview With Ginjer Buchanan</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-11-09-podcast.htm#podcast051209</link>
<description>Ace Editor</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/ginjer_buchanan-2009.mp3" length="35345355" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-11-09-podcast.htm#podcast051209</guid>
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<title>639: A 2009 Interview with Sarah Waters</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-11-09-podcast.htm#podcast051109</link>
<description>"Something very malign"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/sarah_waters-2009.mp3" length="65751840" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-11-09-podcast.htm#podcast051109</guid>
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<title>638: Agony Column Exclusive Podcast : Alan Cheuse, Three Books : Three Books by James D. Houston</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050809</link>
<description>'Snow Mountain Passage', 'Bird of Another Heaven' and 'Where the Light Takes Its Color from the Sea'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/050809-alan_cheuse_three_books4.mp3" length="20557069" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050809</guid>
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<title>637: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Peter Beagle Interviewed at SF in SF, Saturday, April 18, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050709</link>
<description>"The more fantastic a story is, the more I try to ground it."</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/peter_beagle_sfinsf_041809.mp3" length="15630401" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050709</guid>
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<title>636: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Dick Lupoff Interviewed at SF in SF, Saturday, April 18, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050609</link>
<description>"The manuscript even disappeared"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/dick_lupoff_sfinsf_041809.mp3" length="15202669" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050609</guid>
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<title>635: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Panel Discussion with Terry Bisson, Richard Lupoff and Peter Beagle, April 18, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050509</link>
<description>"Would you call these stories fantasy or science fiction?"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/050509-041809-sfinsf-panel.mp3" length="82253931" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050509</guid>
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<title>634: A 2009 Interview With Andrea N. Richesin, Karen Joy Fowler and Ann Marie Feld</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050409</link>
<description>"She has just said to me the words, I think, every mother in her wildest dreams or most terrified nightmares does not wish to hear, which is, 'I've decided to write a memoir...'"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/richesin_fowler_feld-2009.mp3" length="56204227" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-04-09-podcast.htm#podcast050409</guid>
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<title>633: Agony Column Exclusive Podcast : Alan Cheuse, Three Books</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast050109</link>
<description>Amos Oz, 'Rhyming Life and Death,' Elmore Leonard, 'Road Dogs' and Rory Clements 'Martyr'</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/050109-alan_cheuse_three_books3.mp3" length="16207808" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast050109</guid>
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<title>632: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Richard Lupoff Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast043009</link>
<description>"T-Shirts"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/042909-mark_rudd_lecture_pt2.mp3" length="45439742" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast043009</guid>
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<title>631: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Mark Rudd at Cal State East Bay, Part 2</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast042909</link>
<description>"You don't dehumanize the enemy."</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/042909-mark_rudd_lecture_pt2.mp3" length="81713148" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast042909</guid>
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<title>630: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Mark Rudd at Cal State East Bay, Part 1</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast042809</link>
<description>"I was kind of on my way down"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/042809-mark_rudd_lecture_pt1.mp3" length="69015756" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast042809</guid>
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<title>629: A 2009 Interview with Mark Rudd</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast042709</link>
<description>"It was a moment in which people felt a terrible need to do something"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/mark_rudd-2009.mp3" length="51371811" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-27-09-podcast.htm#podcast042709</guid>
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<title>628: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Books With Alan Cheuse</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042409</link>
<description>Three Thrillers</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/042409-alan_cheuse_three_books2.mp3" length="18067649" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042409</guid>
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<title>627: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Peter Beagle Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042309</link>
<description>"Oakland Dragon Blues"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/042309-041809-sfinsf-beagler.mp3" length="53618038" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042309</guid>
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<title>626: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Catching Up with Jeremy Lassen</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042209</link>
<description>Why We Love the End of the World</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/042209-jeremy_lassen_041709.mp3" length="39932182" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast0422709</guid>
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<title>625: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Brew Your Own Beer with the Zymurgeeks</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042109</link>
<description>"You can get started for a hundred dollars worth of equipment"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/042109-zymurgeeks.mp3" length="22817377" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042109</guid>
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<title>624: A 2009  Interview with Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042009</link>
<description>"We can't rely upon the non-scavengers to tell us how to behave, we have to tell ourselves how to behave"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/rufus-lawson-2009.mp3" length="67225571" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-20-09-podcast.htm#podcast042009</guid>
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<title>623: Agony Column Exclusive: Alan Cheuse Book Reviews</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041709</link>
<description>Alan Cheuse : Three Books</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/041709-alan_cheuse_3_books.mp3" length="17663836" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041709</guid>
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<title>622:'Private Midnight' Soundtrack CD</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041609</link>
<description>Kris Saknussemm and Clamon</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/041609-privatemidnight.mp3" length="74271261" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041609</guid>
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<title>621: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Lou Anders</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041509</link>
<description>On Steampunk, Victoriana and Elizabethan SF</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/041509-louanders.mp3" length="29336996" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041509</guid>
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<title>620: Agony Column Radio Broadcast from February 8, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041409</link>
<description>Nancy Chen and Sarah Powers</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/041409-020809tackusp.mp3" length="74494342" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041409</guid>
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<title>619: A 2009 interview with Phil Austin and Nick Danger</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041309</link>
<description>"That third eye is real"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/phil_austin-2009.mp3" length="73693780" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-13-09-podcast.htm#podcast041309</guid>
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<title>618: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Laurie R. King on Fifteen Years of Bees</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast041009</link>
<description>Bees in the Bonnet</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/041009-laurierking.mp3" length="35120855" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast041009</guid>
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<title>617: Agony Column Radio Broadcast Show of February 1, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040909</link>
<description>Mardi Horowitz and Aimee Bender Reading</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/040909-tackusp020109.mp3" length="81930429" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040909</guid>
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<title>616: Heather Hudson Joins 'The Women and the Waves'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040809</link>
<description>From Surfer to Director</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/heather_hudson-2009.mp3" length="26863093" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040809</guid>
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<title>615: Chris Markowski, Past, Present, Future</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040709</link>
<description>Economic Crisis and Opportunity</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/chris_markowski-2009.mp3" length="33952209" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040709</guid>
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<title>614: A 2009 Interview With Hannah Holmes</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040609</link>
<description>"The human has to fret and agonize over this..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/hannah_holmes-2009.mp3" length="68852107" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/04-06-09-podcast.htm#podcast040609</guid>
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<title>613: A 2009 Tax-Time Interview with Roni Deutch</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast040309</link>
<description>"The Tax Lady"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/roni_deutch-2009.mp3" length="29908824" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast040309</guid>
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<title>612: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show from January 25, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast040209</link>
<description>Kirsten Menger-Anderson, Sean Stewart and Aimee Bender</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/040209-tackusp012509.mp3" length="92174511" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast040209</guid>
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<title>611: A 2009 Interview with Jerry Mander</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast040109</link>
<description>Un-Making History</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/jerry_mander-2009.mp3" length="57210724" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast040109</guid>
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<title>610: A 2009 Interview with John Bargetto</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast033109</link>
<description>2 Acres of Pinot Grigiot</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/john_barghetto-2009.mp3" length="13273792" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast033109</guid>
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<title>609: A 2009 Interview with Keith Donohue</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast033009</link>
<description>The Invisible Spectrum</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/keith_donohue-2009.mp3" length="77191241" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-30-09-podcast.htm#podcast033009</guid>
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<title>608: A 2009 Phone Interview with Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032709</link>
<description>Nearly Engulfed</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/firesign_theater-ossman_proctor_bergman.mp3" length="29768574" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032709</guid>
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<title>607: SF in SF Panel Discussion with Terry Bisson, James Rollins and Frank M. Robinson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032609</link>
<description>Thrillers!</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/032609-sf031409-panel.mp3" length="98171656" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032609</guid>
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<title>606: An Interview with James Rollins at SF in SF, March 14, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032509</link>
<description>Fiction or Science Fiction</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/032509-sf031409-rollinsi.mp3" length="23691567" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032509</guid>
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<title>605: An Interview with Frank M. Robinson at SF in SF, March 14, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032409</link>
<description>From the Pulps to the Castro</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/032409-sf031409-robinsoni.mp3" length="36216594" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032409</guid>
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<title>604: A 2009 Interview with Christopher Moore</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032309</link>
<description>More Fool Me</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/christopher_moore-2009.mp3" length="63184962" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast032309</guid>
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<title>603: SF in SF, March 14, 2009 – Frank M. Robinson Reads</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast032009</link>
<description>'The Errand Boy'</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/032009-sf031409-robinsonr.mp3" length="48502702" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast032009</guid>
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<title>602: SF in SF, March 14, 2009 – James Rollins Reads James Clemens</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031909</link>
<description>Underground Marsupials</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/031909-sf031409-rollinsr.mp3" length="27357196" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031909</guid>
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<title>601: A 2009 Interview with Donald Hall by Kathryn Petruccelli</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031809</link>
<description>Fifteen Minutes</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>600: A 2009 Interview with James Morrow</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031709</link>
<description>Choose to Disagree</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/james_morrow-2009.mp3" length="23491192" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031709</guid>
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<title>599: A 2009 Interview with Xinran</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031609</link>
<description>Hearing Voices</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/xinran-2009.mp3" length="81588701" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031609</guid>
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<item>
<title>598: A 2009 Phone Interview with David Eagleman</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031309</link>
<description>"I'm a possibilian"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/david_eagleman-2009.mp3" length="25744036" type="audio/mpeg"/><guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031309</guid>
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<item>
<title>597: A 2009 Interview with Molly Wizenberg</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031209</link>
<description>Choosing the Salad</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/molly_wizenberg-2009.mp3" length="32772710" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031209</guid>
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<item>
<title>596: A 2009 Interview With Daniel Pinchbeck</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031109</link>
<description>"It scares the mainstream"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/daniel_pinchbeck-2009.mp3" length="55967830" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031109</guid>
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<title>595: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Bat-Manga!</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031009</link>
<description>For Day to Day</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/031009-batmanga_day_to_day.mp3" length="9593062" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast031009</guid>
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<item>
<title>594: A 2009 Interview with David Grann</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast030909</link>
<description>Actually Lost</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/david_grann-2009.mp3" length="74362889" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast030909</guid>
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<item>
<title>593: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show : Chris Cleave</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030609</link>
<description>Little Bee Now on Tour</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/030609-tackusp011109.mp3" length="88692733" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030609</guid>
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<title>592: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Deborah Grabien Interviewed at SF in SF on February 21, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030509</link>
<description>Child Ballads</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/030509-sf022109-grabieni.mp3" length="21974441" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030509</guid>
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<title>591: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Michael Boatman Interviewed at SF in SF on February 21, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030409</link>
<description>The Good Swearer</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/030409-sf022109-boatmani.mp3" length="16074343" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030409</guid>
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<title>590: A 2009 Interview with Dan Simmons  (Part 2)</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast0303209</link>
<description>"Many are optioned, few are made" (Part 2)</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/dan_simmons-2009-2.mp3" length="47147247" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030309</guid>
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<item>
<title>589: A 2009 Interview with Dan Simmons  (Part 1)</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030209</link>
<description>'Drood' (Part 1)</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/dan_simmons-2009-1.mp3" length="48955339" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast030209</guid>
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<title>588: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Agony Column Podcast News Report : Deborah Grabien, Michael Boatman and Terry Bisson Talk at SF in SF on February 21, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022709</link>
<description>Panel Discussion</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/022709-sf-022109-panel.mp3" length="89571052" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022709</guid>
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<title>587: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Deborah Gradien Reads at SF in SF on February 21, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022609</link>
<description>'Still Life With Devils'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/022609-sf022109-grabienr.mp3" length="25434406" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022609</guid>
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<title>586: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Michael Boatman Reads at SF in SF on February 21, 2009</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022509</link>
<description>'The Revenant Road'</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/022509-sf022109-boatmanr.mp3" length="27402379" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022509</guid>
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<item>
<title>585: A 2009 Phone Interview With Xinran</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022409</link>
<description>Looking for a new God</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/xinran_phone-2009.mp3" length="23486018" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022409</guid>
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<item>
<title>584: A 2008 Interview With Sarah Powers</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022309</link>
<description>'Insight Yoga'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/sarah_powers-2009.mp3" length="85337938" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-23-09-podcast.htm#podcast022309</guid>
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<title>583: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Excerpts from 'Shriek' CD</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast022009</link>
<description>Original Music by The Church</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/022009-shriek_the_church.mp3" length="9141323" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast022009</guid>
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<item>
<title>582: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show : Saul Ferris, Anne Ishii and Bat-Manga!</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021909</link>
<description>Agony Column Broadcast from KUSP Sunday, January 4, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/021909-tackusp010409.mp3" length="91142438" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021909</guid>
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<item>
<title>581: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show : Re-Inventing the Local Bookstore, Part 2</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021809</link>
<description>Agony Column Broadcast from KUSP Sunday, February 15, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/021809-021509-bookstores-2.mp3" length="48195718" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021809</guid>
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<item>
<title>580: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show : Re-Inventing the Local Bookstore, Part 1</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021709</link>
<description>Agony Column Broadcast from KUSP Sunday, February 15, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/021709-021509-bookstores-1.mp3" length="43060538" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021709</guid>
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<item>
<title>579: A 2009 Interview with Michael Katakis</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021609</link>
<description>'Traveller'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/michael_katakis-2009.mp3" length="54380998" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast021609</guid>
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<item>
<title>578: A 2009 Interview With Lalo Fiorelli Part 2</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021309</link>
<description>Behind 'Secret Splendors of the Desert : Anza-Borrego Desert State Park', Part 2</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/lalo_fiorelli-2009-2.mp3" length="48552462" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021309</guid>
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<item>
<title>577:A 2009 Interview With Lalo Fiorelli Part 1</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021209</link>
<description>Behind 'Secret Splendors of the Desert : Anza-Borrego Desert State Park', Part 1</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/lalo_fiorelli-2009-1.mp3" length="43534444" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021209</guid>
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<item>
<title>576: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show from 12-28-2008</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021109</link>
<description>Brian Yaeger and Jimmy Santiago Baca</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/021109-tac_kusp-122808.mp3" length="87669220" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021109</guid>
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<item>
<title>575: Agony Column Broadcast Radio Show from 12-21-2008</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021009</link>
<description>Joe R. Lansdale and Cecilia Holland</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/021009-tac_kusp-122108.mp3" length="88217821" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast021009</guid>
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<item>
<title>574: A 2008 Interview with Nancy N. Chen</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast020909</link>
<description>Clearing the Foodway</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/nancy_chen-2009.mp3" length="65362061" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-09-09-podcast.htm#podcast020909</guid>
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<title>573: Agony Column Podcast News Report : An Audio Review of 'UFO in Her Eyes' by Xiaolu Guo</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020609</link>
<description>A Fantastic Second Novel</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/020609-guo-ufo_review.mp3" length="7067055" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020609</guid>
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<title>572: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Agony Column Broadcast Show, Bea Basso and Burton Raffel</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020509</link>
<description>December 14, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/020509-tac_kusp-121408.mp3" length="87930684" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020509</guid>
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<title>571: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Agony Column Broadcast Show, Jonathan Carroll and Nina Matsumoto</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020409</link>
<description>December 7, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/020409-tac_kusp-120708.mp3" length="90064277" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020409</guid>
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<item>
<title>570: A 2008 Interview with Saul Ferris</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020309</link>
<description>The Collector</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
	<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/saul_ferris-2008.mp3" length="78736394" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020309</guid>
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<item>
<title>569: A 2009 Interview with Mardi Horowitz, MD</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020209</link>
<description>A Hundred Years of Happiness</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/mardi_horowitz-2009.mp3" length="51277638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/02-02-09-podcast.htm#podcast020209</guid>
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<title>568: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Stephen Blackmer, Proprietor of Chanticleer Books, Sonoma California</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast013009</link>
<description>Antiquarian Bookseller</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/013009-steve_blackmer-chanicleer.mp3" length="39600247" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast013009</guid>
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<title>567: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Aimee Bender, Sean Stewart and Terry Bisson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast012909</link>
<description>SF in SF Panel Discussion, January 17, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/012809-sf_in_sf_panel-011709.mp3" length="94615322" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast012909</guid>
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<title>566: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Sean Stewart Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast012809</link>
<description>January 17, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/012709-sf-sean-stewarti.mp3" length="20124489" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast012709</guid>
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<title>565: Literary Pursuits in Hard Economic Times</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast012609</link>
<description>A Round Table Discussion</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/tac_kusp-lit_hard_times_panel-011809.mp3" length="86584972" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-26-09-podcast.htm#podcast012609</guid>
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<title>564: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Aimee Bender Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012309</link>
<description>January 17, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/012309-sf-aimee_benderi.mp3" length="17542793" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012309</guid>
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<title>563: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Aimee Bender Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012209</link>
<description>January 17, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/012209-aimee_bender_sfr.mp3" length="34173599" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012209</guid>
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<title>562: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Sean Stewart Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012109</link>
<description>January 17, 2009</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/012109-sean_stewart_sfr.mp3" length="34036747" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012109</guid>
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<title>561: A 2009 Interview with Kirsten Menger-Anderson, Part 2</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012009</link>
<description>Writing "Reading Grandpa's Head"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>560: A 2009 Interview with Kirsten Menger-Anderson, Part 1</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast011909</link>
<description>Writing "Reading Grandpa's Head"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast011909</guid>
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<title>559: Agony Column Podcast Fiction : Billie Harris Reads Jeff VanderMeer</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011509</link>
<description>The Finding</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011509</guid>
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<title>558: NPR Report on The Wovel</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011409</link>
<description>Not Wheelie Snow Shovel</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/011409-wovel_npr.mp3" length="7199279" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011409</guid>
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<title>557: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Phone Interview with Amber Ney, Wovel Reader</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011309</link>
<description>Unexpected Audience</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/011309-wovel-amber_ney.mp3" length="12571312" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011309</guid>
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<title>556: A 2008 Interview with Victoria Blake, Jemiah Jefferson, Rachel Miller and Jesse Pollack</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011209</link>
<description>The Wovel</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/wovel.mp3" length="68618097" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast011209</guid>
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<title>555: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Lou Anders Takes on The New Fantasy</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010909</link>
<description>Gritty, Real and Entertaining</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/010909-anders.mp3" length="45663856" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010909</guid>
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<title>554: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Kathryn Petruccelli Vs. Garland Thompson, Jr.</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010809</link>
<description>Kathryn Petruccelli Poetry Recordings</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/010809-garland_thompson.mp3" length="13715015" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010809</guid>
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<title>553: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Marc Cabrera Performs Live at the Jimmy Santiago Baca Event</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010709</link>
<description>Kathryn Petruccelli Poetry Recordings</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/010709-marc_cabrera.mp3" length="9870003" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010709</guid>
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<title>552: A (Late) 2008 Interview with Chris Cleave (2)</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010609</link>
<description>'Little Bee' Part 2</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/chris_cleave-2008_2.mp3" length="52999579" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010609</guid>
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<title>551: A (Late) 2008 Interview with Chris Cleave (1)</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010509</link>
<description>'Little Bee' Part 1</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/chris_cleave-2008_1.mp3" length="47748968" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-05-09-podcast.htm#podcast010509</guid>
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<title>550: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Oscar Bermeo Reads at Caesar Chavez Library</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast010209</link>
<description>"I could be a poet."</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 2009 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/010209-oscar_bermeo_cc_lib.mp3" length="9310125" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast010209</guid>
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<title>549: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jimmy Santiago Baca Reads at Caesar Chavez Library</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast010109</link>
<description>More Than Full House</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/010109-baca_chavez_lib.mp3" length="68475314" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast010109</guid>
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<title>548: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview with Jimmy Santiago Baca Conducted by Kathryn Petruccelli</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast123108</link>
<description>Right Life</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/jimmy_santiago_baca-2008.mp3" length="56167864" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast123108</guid>
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<title>547: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen About Eclipse Two</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast123008</link>
<description>Signing Up SF</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/123008-lassen-eclipse.mp3" length="33452832" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast123008</guid>
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<title>546: A 2008 Interview with Anne Ishii</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast122908</link>
<description>Bat Manga Translated</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/anne_ishii-2008.mp3" length="42277763" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-29-08-podcast.htm#podcast122908</guid>
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<title>545: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Taelen Thomas Reads Robertson Jeffers</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122608</link>
<description>He takes the stage...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/122608-thomas_r_jeffers.mp3" length="97451709" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122608</guid>
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<title>544: Agony Column Podcast News Report: George Lober on Robertson Jeffers</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122508</link>
<description>The Big Read: A Class to Attend</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/122508-lober_jeffers.mp3" length="91734256" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122508</guid>
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<title>543: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Taelen Thomas Interviewed at The Big Read</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122408</link>
<description>The Big Read: The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/122408-taelen.mp3" length="11505297" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122408</guid>
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<title>542: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122308</link>
<description>The Big Read: The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/122308-ruchowitz.mp3" length="28703495" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122308</guid>
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<title>541: A 2008 Interview with Brian Yaeger</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122208</link>
<description>Deciphering Field Notes</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/brian_yaeger-2008.mp3" length="63943616" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-22-08-podcast.htm#podcast122208</guid>
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<title>540: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Leon Panetta and Jane Harmon at the Panetta Institute Lincoln – Jefferson Awards Dinner</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121908</link>
<description>Bi-Partisan</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/121908-panetta_harman.mp3" length="13633679" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121908</guid>
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<title>539: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Nalo Hopkinson Interviewed At SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121808</link>
<description>November 15, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/121808-sf-nhopkinsoni.mp3" length="14469481" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121808</guid>
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<title>538: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Geoff Ryman Interviewed At SF in SF</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121708</link>
<description>November 15, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/121708-sf-geoffrymani.mp3" length="13302789" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121708</guid>
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<title>537: A 2008 Interview with Janis Bell</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121608</link>
<description>"Rick, the periods belong inside the quotes."</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/janis_bell-2008.mp3" length="95999297" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121608</guid>
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<title>536: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Steampunk Panel, Borderlands Books</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121508</link>
<description>November 4, 2008 – A Night To Remember</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/121508-steampunk-110408.mp3" length="79671182" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-15-08-podcast.htm#podcast121508</guid>
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<title>535: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Panel Discussion with Nalo Hopkinson, Ellen Klages, Geoff Ryman and Terry Bisson</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast121208</link>
<description>SF in SF, November 15, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/121208-sf-panel111508.mp3" length="85285484" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast121208</guid>
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<title>534: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Geoff Ryman "Reads" more</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast121108</link>
<description>SF in SF November 15, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/121008-sf-rymanr2.mp3" length="15036041" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast121108</guid>
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<title>532: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Nalo Hopkinson Reads from 'Blackheart Man'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast120908</link>
<description>SF in SF November 15, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/120908-sf-hopkinsonr2.mp3" length="14754562" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast120908</guid>
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<title>531: A 2008 Interview with Burton Raffel</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast120808</link>
<description>43 Words</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/burton_raffel-2008.mp3" length="60499419" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-08-08-podcast.htm#podcast120808</guid>
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<title>530: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Ellen Klages Reads from 'White Sands, Red Menace'</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-news.htm#podcast120508</link>
<description>SF in SF, November 15, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/120508-sf-klagesr.mp3" length="37425409" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-news.htm#podcast120508</guid>
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<title>529: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Bad Moon Books' Roy Robbins</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-news.htm#podcast120408</link>
<description> E-Bay Bookseller to Small Press Book Publisher</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/120408-roy_robbins-stntac.mp3" length="38585227" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-news.htm#podcast120408</guid>
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<title>528: A 2008 Phone Interview with Nina Matsumoto</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-podcast.htm#podcast120308</link>
<description>Girls, Earn Big Money Doing Webcomics!</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-podcast.htm#podcast120308</guid>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/nina_matsumoto-2008.mp3" length="46217829" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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<title>526: A 2008 Interview with Jonathan Carroll</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-podcast.htm#podcast120108</link>
<description>"All of us have within us cemeteries of old lovers"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/12-01-08-podcast.htm#podcast120108</guid>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/jonathan_carroll-2008.mp3" length="79512628" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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<title>525: A 2008 Interview with Elizabeth Bear</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112808</link>
<description>The Windwracked Stars</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112808</guid>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/elizabeth_bear-2008.mp3" length="38821171" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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<title>524: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Andrew Davidson First Books Report</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112708</link>
<description>'The Gargoyle'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/112708-gargoyle.mp3" length="6545203" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112708</guid>
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<title>523: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Seana Graham on the MUSE Online Writer's Conference</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112608</link>
<description>Free E-Conference</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/112608-sgraham.mp3" length="16888130" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112608</guid>
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<title>522: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Agony Column Podcast News Report : Nathaniel Rich First Book For NPR</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast1125108</link>
<description>'The Mayor's Tongue'</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/112508-kleffrich.mp3" length="7910834" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112508</guid>
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<title>521: A 2008 Interview with Stewart O'Nan</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112408</link>
<description>"This is what I think is important."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/stewart_onan-2008.mp3" length="83914933" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-24-08-podcast.htm#podcast112408</guid>
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<title>520: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Greg Staples</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast112108</link>
<description>Illustrating Robert E. Howard</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/112108-greg_staples.mp3" length="2646358" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast112108</guid>
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<title>519: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Panel Discussion From SF in SF, October 18, 2008</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast112008</link>
<description>Kim Stanley Robinson, Cecilia Holland, and Barry N. Malzberg</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>518: A 2008 Interview With Chip Kidd"</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast111908</link>
<description>"Whether it was comics or toys or whatever, I was a saver."</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>517: A 2008 Interview with Dan Simmons</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast111808</link>
<description>Prepping for 'Drood'</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>516: A 2008 Interview With Ken Silverstein</title>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast111708</link>
<description>"We wouldn’t call it Turkmenistan Day, because that's too obvious."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast111708</guid>
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<title>515: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Barry N. Malzberg Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-03-08.htm#podcast110608</link>
<description>Weddings and Divorces</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>514: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kim Stanley Robinson Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-03-08.htm#podcast110508</link>
<description>Comedy and Eco-Tragedy</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-03-08.htm#podcast110508</guid>
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<title>513: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Cecilia Holland Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-03-08.htm#podcast110408</link>
<description>Fantasy and History</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-03-08.htm#podcast110408</guid>
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<title>512: A 2008 Interview with Danny Goldberg</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-03-08.htm#110308</link>
<description>'Bumping Into Geniuses'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/danny_goldberg-2008.mp3" length="48643350" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-03-08.htm#110308</guid>
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<title>511: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kim Stanley Robinson Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#podcast103108</link>
<description>'Sixty  Days and Counting'</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#podcast103108</guid>
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<title>510: A 2008 Interview with Amity Shlaes</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#103008</link>
<description>'The Forgotten Man : A New History of the Great Depression'</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#103008</guid>
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<title>509: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Cecilia Holland Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#podcast102908</link>
<description>Varanger</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#podcast102908</guid>
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<title>508: Barry N. Malzberg has Breakfast at the Ruins'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#102808</link>
<description>Agony Column Podcast News Report : Barry N. Malzberg Reads at SF in SF : Exercise for Students</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/102808-sfi-malzbergr.mp3" length="16852808" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#102808</guid>
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<title>507: A 2008 Interview With Alan Cheuse</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#102708</link>
<description>"...the big books from the old days..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/alan_cheuse-2008.mp3" length="74364529" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-27-08.htm#102708</guid>
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<title>506: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF / LitQuake Event ; Rudy Rucker</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102408</link>
<description>Rudy Rucker Reads from 'The Hollow Earth</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102408</guid>
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<title>505: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF / LitQuake Event</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102308</link>
<description>Joe R. Lansdale Reads from 'Flaming London'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102308</guid>
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<title>504: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF IN SF / Litquake Steampunk Event</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102208</link>
<description> Joe R. Lansdale Interviewed</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102208</guid>
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<title>503: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF IN SF / Litquake Steampunk Event</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102108</link>
<description>Richard Bottoms Interviewed</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#podcast102108</guid>
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<title>502: A 2008 Interview With Billy Collins</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#102008</link>
<description>"The dog that runs away when you call its name"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/billy_collins-2008.mp3" length="78968422" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-20-08.htm#102008</guid>
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<title>501: Agony Column Podcast News Report : LitQuake / SF in SF Kage Baker Brings on the Brass</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-13-08.htm#podcast101708</link>
<description>Sub-Mariners</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>500: Agony Column Podcast News Report : LitQuake SF in SF Richard Bottoms Speaks to the power of Steampunk</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-13-08.htm#podcast101608</link>
<description>A Positive Vision</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>499: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kage Baker, Terry Bisson, Richard Bottoms, Joe R. Lansdale and Rudy Rucker on Steampunk</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-13-08.htm#podcast101508</link>
<description>The Future Past</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>498: A 2008 Interview with Charlie Huston</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-13-08.htm#101408</link>
<description>From 'Every Last Drop' to Everyone's Last Gasp</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-13-08.htm#101408</guid>
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<title>497: A 2008 Interview with Naomi Klein Explores 'The Shock Doctrine'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-13-08.htm#101308</link>
<description>"One of the really dangerous parts of an economic shock like this is just the complexity of it"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-13-08.htm#101308</guid>
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<title>496: Agony Column Podcast News Report : The Agony Column Digest Radio Broadcast: September 28, 2008 : Mark Richardson, 'The Necklace' and Robert Scheer Redux</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#101008</link>
<description>"Who Nobody Wants to Be"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/100908-tacnew-1005.mp3" length="8616546" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#101008</guid>
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<title>495: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Agony Column Original Radio Broadcast</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#podcast109808</link>
<description>Laurie R. King and Karen Joy Fowler on Politics and Literature</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#podcast100908</guid>
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<title>494: A 2008 Interview with Mark Richardson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#podcast100808</link>
<description> : 'Zen and Now'</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/mark_richardson-2008.mp3" length="41781730" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#podcast100808</guid>
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<title>493: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews William Gilly and Susan Shillinglaw</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#podcast100708</link>
<description>More Than Four Levels of Steinbeck and Ricketts</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#podcast100708</guid>
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<title>492: Agony Column Podcast Feature Interview : Laurie R. King on Revising a Novel</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#100608</link>
<description>Writing 101, Lesson 1</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>491: Agony Column Podcast News Report : The Agony Column Digest Radio Broadcast</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#podcast100308</link>
<description>: September 21, 2008 : Robert Scheer and Julie Rose</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#podcast100308</guid>
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<title>490: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Stella Rimington and Ping Pong Release Party</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#podcast100208</link>
<description>The Agony Column Digest Radio Broadcast: September 14, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#podcast100208</guid>
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<title>489: Agony Column Podcast News Report : The Agony Column Radio Digest Broadcast</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#podcast100108</link>
<description>September 6, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>488: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Robert Scheer on the Economic Bailout of Wall Street Investment Banks</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#podcast093008</link>
<description>Pornography Redux</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#podcast093008</guid>
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<title>487: Bill Tancer's 'Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why It Matters'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#092908</link>
<description>Live GeekSpeak Interview With Bill Tancer</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-29-08.htm#092908</guid>
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<title>486: 'The Necklace' by Cheryl Jarvis</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#092608</link>
<description>"What we get back when we put it on someone else's neck, that's what's meaningful to us"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#092608</guid>
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<title>485: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF, Featuring Nick Mamatas, David Levine and Terry Bisson (3)</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#podcast092508</link>
<description>Panel Discussion</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#podcast092508</guid>
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<title>484: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF, Featuring Nick Mamatas, David Levine and Terry Bisson (2)</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#podcast092408</link>
<description>David Levine Reads</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#podcast092408</guid>
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<title>483: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF, Featuring Nick Mamatas, David Levine and Terry Bisson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#podcast092308</link>
<description>Nick Mamatas Reads</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#podcast092308</guid>
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<title>482: A 2008 Interview With Beatrice Basso</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#092208</link>
<description>"It's like the soul of America is in the artists, and why not share that?"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-22-08.htm#092208</guid>
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<title>481: Jeremy Lassen on Zombies and 'The Living Dead'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#091908</link>
<description>"A liberal nightmare"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#091908</guid>
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<title>480: Kathryn Petruccelli Reviews 'Fidelity' by Grace Paley</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#091808</link>
<description>All Our Grandmothers</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>479: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Victoria Blake</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#podcast091708</link>
<description>From Dark Horse to Underland</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>478: John Shirley Looks Through 'Black Glass'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#091608</link>
<description>"We're slipping into a lower-common denominator state of mind"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#091608</guid>
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<title>477: Terry Brooks on Geekspeak</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#091508</link>
<description>"You can play around with what that means"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/terry_brooks_gs-2008.mp3" length="60773377" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-15-08.htm#091508</guid>
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<title>476: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kathryn Petruccelli at Ping Pong Release Party</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast091208</link>
<description>Magnus Toren Sings for His Supper</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/091208-magnustoren.mp3" length="10890854" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast091208</guid>
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<title>475: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Seana Graham Reports on Ping Pong and Speculative Literature</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast091108</link>
<description>Book Store Writers</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/091108-sgraham.mp3" length="11761186" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast091108</guid>
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<title>474: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kathryn Petruccelli at Ping Pong Release Party</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast091008</link>
<description>Christine Hamm and Children Who Have Trouble With Meat</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/091008-hamm.mp3" length="12833426" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast091008</guid>
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<title>473: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Gayle Shanks, President of the ABA and Bookseller for Changing Hands</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast090908</link>
<description>"Amazon is killing us"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/090908-gshanks.mp3" length="51242790" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#podcast090908</guid>
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<title>472: A 2008 Interview With Kathleen Ann Goonan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#090808</link>
<description>"...just before Hiroshima..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/k_a_goonan-2008.mp3" length="49735435" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-08-08.htm#090808</guid>
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<title>471: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kathryn Petruccelli Reports from the Ping Pong Literary Magazine Party</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#podcast090508</link>
<description>Interview With Ping Pong Fiction Editor Jessica Breheny: Speculative Fiction</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/090508-pp-breheny.mp3" length="8529691" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#podcast090508</guid>
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<title>470: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kathryn Petruccelli Reports from the Ping Pong Literary Magazine Party</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#podcast090408</link>
<description>Interview With Ping Pong Poetry Editor James Maughn</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/090408-pp-maughan.mp3" length="10933370" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#podcast090408</guid>
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<title>469: Kathryn Petruccelli Reports from the Ping Pong Literary Magazine Party</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#podcast090308</link>
<description>Interview With Editor-in-chief Maria Garcia Teusch</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/090308-pingpong_teusch.mp3" length="10589787" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#podcast090308</guid>
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<title>468: A 2008 Interview With Clive Barker Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#090208</link>
<description>"You can't do things by halves"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/clive_barker-2008_2.mp3" length="55189615" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#090208</guid>
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<title>467: A 2008 Interview With Clive Barker Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#090108</link>
<description>"It was a bit like a dam breaking"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/clive_barker-2008_1.mp3" length="63378690" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/09-01-08.htm#090108</guid>
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<title>466: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Talking About Space Opera With Lou Anders</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082908</link>
<description>To Trek or Not to Trek</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/082908-anders.mp3" length="30184498" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082908</guid>
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<title>465: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews Patrice Vecchione</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082808</link>
<description>"Poems are My Enemy"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/082808-vecchione.mp3" length="49040073" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082808</guid>
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<title>464: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Panel Discussion With Michael Blumlein, Michael Shea and Terry Bisson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082708</link>
<description>Novella</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/082708-shea_blumleinp.mp3" length="63375393" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082708</guid>
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<title>463: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Michael Blumlein Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082608</link>
<description>Doctor in the House</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/082608-blumleini.mp3" length="23084315" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#podcast082608</guid>
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<title>462: A 2008 Interview With Joe R. Lansdale</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#082508</link>
<description>East Texas Westerns</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/lansdale-2008.mp3" length="74269520" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-25-08.htm#082508</guid>
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<title>461: Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR Report for Day to Day in High-Quality MP3 of Two Stories of Santa Cruz</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast082208</link>
<description>One Year of Podcasting</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/082208-litplace.mp3" length="8285380" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast082208</guid>
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<title>460: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Michael Shea Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast082108</link>
<description>Speaking of Demiurges</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/082108-shea_i.mp3" length="12589239" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast082108</guid>
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<title>459: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Michael Shea Reads at SF IN SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast082008</link>
<description>The Demiurge : God Wakes Up</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/082008-shea_r.mp3" length="19153349" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast082008</guid>
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<title>458: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Michael Blumlein Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast081908</link>
<description>Drama in Three Voices</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/081908-blumleinr.mp3" length="56915233" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#podcast081908</guid>
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<title>457: A 2008 Interview With Thomas Frank</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#081808</link>
<description>"I've got some bad news for you"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/thomas_frank-2008.mp3" length="78859709" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-18-08.htm#081808</guid>
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<title>456: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Lou Anders</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#podcast081508</link>
<description>Post Denvention Hugo Chat</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/081508-anders.mp3" length="29562680" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#podcast081508</guid>
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<title>455: Agony Column Podcast News Report : An Interview With "Mysty W. Moonfree"</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#podcast081408</link>
<description>Five Authors of a Second Novel</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/081408-moonfree.mp3" length="49770010" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#podcast081408</guid>
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<title>454: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Andrea Avantaggio of Maria's Bookshop</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#podcast081308</link>
<description>"How to celebrate the best of what our community has to offer"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/081308-avantaggio.mp3" length="36380288" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#podcast081308</guid>
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<title>453: A 2008 Interview With Andrew Davidson, Part Two</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#081208</link>
<description>"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/andrew_davidson-2008-2.mp3" length="51330756" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#081208</guid>
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<title>452: A 2008 Interview With Andrew Davidson, Part One</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#081108</link>
<description>"How could I write a story that starts with a burn..."</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/andrew_davidson-2008-1.mp3" length="49194149" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-11-08.htm#081108</guid>
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<title>451: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Mitchell Kaplan of Books and Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#podcast080808</link>
<description>From Bookseller to Movie Producer</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/080808-kaplan.mp3" length="39341089" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#podcast080808</guid>
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<title>450: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Translator Julie Rose</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#podcast080708</link>
<description>Unpacking 'Les Miserables'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/julie_rose-2008.mp3" length="67638195" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#podcast080708</guid>
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<title>449: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Bookseller Mark V. Ziesing </title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#podcast080608</link>
<description>Signing</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/080608-ziesing.mp3" length="30897498" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#podcast080608</guid>
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<title>448: Agony Column Podcast News Report : David Weber vs Geekspeak</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#080508</link>
<description>'By Schism Rent Asunder'</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/080508-weber_gs.mp3" length="65614424" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#080508</guid>
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<title>447: A 2008 Interview with Charles Bamforth</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#080408</link>
<description>Grape vs Grain</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/charles_bamforth-2008.mp3" length="73738155" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/08-04-08.htm#080408</guid>
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<title>446: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Barbara Ehrenreich Knows 'This Land is Their Land'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#080108</link>
<description>Reports From a Divided Nation</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/ehrenreich-2008.mp3" length="59823427" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#080108</guid>
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<title>445: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Charles Stross Vs Geekspeak </title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#073108</link>
<description>'Saturn's (Sexless) Children'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/073108-gs-stross.mp3" length="72291829" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#073108</guid>
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<title>444: A 2008 Interview with Nathaniel Rich, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#073008</link>
<description>Reality Frayed at the Edges</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/nathaniel_rich-2008-2.mp3" length="50119048" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#073008</guid>
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<title>433: A 2008 Interview with Nathaniel Rich, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#072908</link>
<description>San Francisco Noirs</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/nathaniel_rich-2008-1.mp3" length="53184151" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#072908</guid>
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<title>432: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jeremy Lassen at Comicon 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#072808</link>
<description>Fifteen Years</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/072808-lassencc.mp3" length="34861467" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-28-08.htm#072808</guid>
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<title>431: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Comicon</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072508</link>
<description>Tor Books Sets Up Shop</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/072508-haydencc.mp3" length="21189942" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072508</guid>
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<title>430: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Nancy Rutland of BookWorks in Albuquerque, New Mexico</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072408</link>
<description>Handselling Books</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/072408-nancy_rutland.mp3" length="33821087" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072408</guid>
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<title>429: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jay Lake and Susan Palwick Moderated by Terry Bisson at SF in SF, July 12, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072308</link>
<description>SF Confessional</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/072308-palwick_lake.mp3" length="79317420" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072308</guid>
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<title>428: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jay Lake Reads at SF in SF, July 12, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072208</link>
<description>The Goat Cutter</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/072208-jlaker.mp3" length="35185178" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#podcast072208</guid>
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<title>427: A 2008 Interview With Stella Rimington</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#072108</link>
<description>"There's much, much more technology around now, but still, the best intelligence comes from people"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>426: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Susan Palwick Reads at SF in SF on July 12, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071808</link>
<description>Sorrel's Heart</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/071808-palwickr.mp3" length="58375210" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071808</guid>
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<title>425: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jay Lake Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071708</link>
<description>5,000 Words A Day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/071708-jay_lakei.mp3" length="13568239" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071708</guid>
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<title>424: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Susan Palwick Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071608</link>
<description> : Outlawing Compassion</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/071608-susan_palwicki.mp3" length="12012385" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071608</guid>
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<title>423: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jay Lake Live on GeekSpeak</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071508</link>
<description>Promise of the E-Book</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/071508-jlake_gs.mp3" length="79158971" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#podcast071508</guid>
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<title>422: A 2008 Interview with Dorothy Hearst</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#071408</link>
<description>'Promise of the Wolves'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/dorothy_hearst-2008.mp3" length="56855602" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-14-08.htm#071408</guid>
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<title>421: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jim Malusa Races to the Bottom</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast071108</link>
<description>'Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents'</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/jim_malusa-2008.mp3" length="64455715" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast071108</guid>
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<title>420: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Cindy Dach, Changing Hands Bookstore</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast071008</link>
<description>Chain / Library / Independent</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/071008-dach.mp3" length="33598940" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast071008</guid>
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<title>419: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Douglas Abrams</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast070908</link>
<description>Brave Yellow Books</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/doug_abrams-2008.mp3" length="49624510" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast070908</guid>
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<title>418: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Carol Emshwiller, Pat Murphy and Terry Bisson  at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast070808</link>
<description>Panel Discussion</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/070808-sfinsf061608.mp3" length="67490066" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#podcast070808</guid>
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<title>417: A 2008 Interview with Benjamin Wallace</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#070708</link>
<description>'The Billionaire's Vinegar'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/benjamin_wallace-2008.mp3" length="55326254" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-07-08.htm#070708</guid>
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<title>416: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Carol Emshwiller Reads  at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast070408</link>
<description>Whoever</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/070408-emshwillerr.mp3" length="35424612" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast070408</guid>
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<title>415: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Pat Murphy Reads (and throws cards)  at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast070308</link>
<description>Fantasy in SF</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/070308-pat_murphyr.mp3" length="42932123" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast070308</guid>
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<title>414: Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR Report on Paolo Bacigalupi</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast070208</link>
<description>Green Sci-Fi from Bacigalupi's Pump Six</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/070208-bacigalupinpr.mp3" length="7199081" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast070208</guid>
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<title>413: A 2008 Interview with Robert Scheer, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#070108</link>
<description>"An imperial government is incompatible with democracy"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/robert_scheer-2008-2.mp3" length="54308643" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#070108</guid>
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<title>412: A 2008 Interview with Robert Scheer, All</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#063008</link>
<description>Entire interview</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/robert_scheer-2008.mp3" length="109843497" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#063008</guid>
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<title>411: A 2008 Interview with Robert Scheer, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast063008</link>
<description>"This is a scam of unbelievable proportions"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/robert_scheer-2008-1.mp3" length="57879060" type="