Tales From The Bridge

Science fiction and fantasy author Kate Elliott joins us on the bridge in this episode. Kate has been publishing award-winning books for over 30 years, and you may know her from the New York Times be…

Have you had a chance to check out Silo on Apple TV? We sit down with the author behind the series, Hugh Howey. We discuss the process he went through to bring his books to the streaming service. We …

We start things off with chatting about suburban delivery drones and the likelihood of your icy mocha frappuccino dropping right on your doorstep from above. We discuss the other books we've been rea…

Martha Wells joins us to talk about a big year of book releases. Witch King is a return to fantasy for Martha and will be published in May 2023.  System Collapse, the latest book in The Murderbot Dia…

Robert Duncan McNeill teleported to the bridge to play a quiz game that has us talking a lot about Star Trek and how it all started. We hear about his podcast, The Delta Flyers, and his directing car…

We start this episode by discussing the implications of simulation theory and the possible ways in which we could escape. Then we take the time to chat about the books we've been reading aside from t…

 Fonda Lee is the author of the epic fantasy Green Bone Saga, beginning with Jade City, continuing in Jade War, and concluding in Jade Legacy. She is also the author of the science fiction novels Zer…

Gareth L. Powell stopped by the bridge to talk about his latest book, Descendant Machine (Available April 11). We discuss his experience writing alongside Peter Hamilton, moving to California, ChatGP…

We are super delighted to have Sean Gunn join us on TFTB. He is most well known for portraying Kraglin from the Guardians of the Galaxy films, Weasel from Suicide Squad, and Kirk from The Gilmore Gir…

David Zindell returns to speak with us about the launch of his new book, The Remembrancer's Tale - the first new installation in the Neverness universe in 25 years, since his Requiem for Homo Sapiens…

Join us as we discuss a possible hack in the universe, we chat about Dennis Taylor's Bobiverse books, we find out what book we're reading next, and end things, as usual, with some trivia.

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We are thrilled to have Kim Stanley Robinson join us on the bridge to discuss the impact of his latest novel, The Ministry for the Future.  Stan's writing career has spanned almost 50 years, and he h…

Matt and James from Monster Party Podcast join us for a fun trivia session that tests your knowledge of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films.

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Ness Brown stopped by the bridge to chat about their new book, The Scourge Between Stars. We discuss many topics from microbiology and astrophysics to pandemic inspiration and the writing process.

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We had the pleasure of meeting with Eric Choi recently. Eric has recently published a collection of hard sci-fi shortstories called Just Like Being There, and is also an engineer and business develop…

We are still only 20 years away from mastering fusion - why?  Peter F. Hamilton's Salvation was liked by us all!  This weeks trivia is based on the new series, Andor - how well do you know it?


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Dominic Monaghan goes up against TFTB co-host Marty Kurylowicz in this pop quiz episode of Trivia from the Bridge.

Listen to The Friendship Onion, Dom and Billy's podcast, here, or anywhere you get yo…

We are thrilled to have author, journalist and podcast host, Charlie Jane Anders on the show. Charlie is the author of Victories Greater Than Death and Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, the first two bo…

Greg Bear passed away on Nov. 19 2022, and this is our tribute to a great man and a great writer.  We interviewed Greg in November 2021 (Ep.21), and here we've gathered some highlights from that conv…

Seanan and Cory visit the bridge to play a fun and non-competitive quiz game in which they both outwit the hosts.

Cory and Seanan  have new books out now and more on the way in the new year. Please f…