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<title>678: One Book With Alan Cheuse</title>
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<description>Writing the Textbook</description>
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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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<description>Transformative Literature</description>
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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>675: Agony Column Podcast New Report : Pat Murphy Interviewed at SF in SF</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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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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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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<description>Clap If You Believe</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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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>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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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>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/06-01-09-podcast.htm#podcast060309</link>
<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>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-25-09-podcast.htm#podcast052709</link>
<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>
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<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>
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<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>
<link>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-11-09-podcast.htm#podcast051309</link>
<description>The Author's Voice</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-news/051309-mct-vonnegut.mp3" length="44287713" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/05-11-09-podcast.htm#podcast051309</guid>
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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"/>
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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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<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/03-16-09-podcast.htm#podcast031809</guid>
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<item>
<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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<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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<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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<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>
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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>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/kirsten_menger-anderson-2009-2.mp3" length="49349717" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/01-19-09-podcast.htm#podcast012009</guid>
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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>
<enclosure url="http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-interviews/kirsten_menger-anderson-2009-1.mp3" length="45677736" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<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>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2009/2009-fiction/011509-vandermeer-harris.mp3" length="14856201" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<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>
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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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<guid>http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2008/11-17-08-podcast.htm#podcast111808</guid>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/10-06-08.htm#100608</guid>
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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>
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<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>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/stella_rimington-2008.mp3" length="74886814" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/07-21-08.htm#072108</guid>
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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="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-30-08.htm#podcast063008</guid>
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<title>410: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Carol Emshwiller Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-23-08.htm#podcast062708</link>
<description>"That stuff doesn't interest me"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/062708-emshwilleri.mp3" length="10528150" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#podcast062708</guid>
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<title>409:Agony Column Podcast News Report : Pat Murphy at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-23-08.htm#podcast062608</link>
<description>"It really trains you to see amazing things in the everyday world"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/062608-pat_murphyi.mp3" length="10318081" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#podcast062608</guid>
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<title>408: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Geekspeak Interview and SF Discussion with Kathleen Ann Goonan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-23-08.htm#podcast062508</link>
<description>In All Times</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/062508-gs_goonan.mp3" length="60790594" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#podcast062508</guid>
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<title>407: Salman Rushdie Interview at Rio Theater, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-23-08.htm#062408</link>
<description>Enchanting Q AND A</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/salman_rushdie-2008-2.mp3" length="61884532" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#062408</guid>
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<item>
<title>406: Salman Rushdie Interview at Rio Theater, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-23-08.htm#062308</link>
<description>Advertising Days</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/salman_rushdie-2008-1.mp3" length="61082678" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#062308</guid>
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<title>405: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Bookseller Interview With Praveen Madan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#podcast062008</link>
<description>The Booksmith</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/062008-booksmith.mp3" length="35434619" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#podcast062008</guid>
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<title>404: Three Juvies : Adolescent Science Fiction Worthy of Adult Consideration</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#061908</link>
<description>Agony Column Podcast News Report : Three Juvies Audio </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/061808-3juvies.mp3" length="8427679" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#061908</guid>
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<title>403: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jeremy Lassen on Local Literary Events and Genre Fiction Readers</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#podcast061808</link>
<description> : Pros and Con-Ventions</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/061808-lassen.mp3" length="27032196" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#podcast061808</guid>
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<title>402: A 2008 Interview With Whitley Strieber, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#061708</link>
<description>"There were two people standing at the foot of the bed"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/whitley_strieber-2008-2.mp3" length="49863552" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#061708</guid>
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<title>401: A 2008 Interview With Whitley Strieber, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#061608</link>
<description>"I have a tendency to get into trouble"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/whitley_strieber-2008-1.mp3" length="51798912" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-16-08.htm#061608</guid>
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<title>400: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Chuck Palahniuk Reads "Loser" at the Sundance Kabuki Theater on May 22, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#podcast061308</link>
<description>"Maybe it's the Hello Kitty."</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/palahniuk_live_rdq.mp3" length="59925696" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#podcast061308</guid>
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<title>399: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Chuck Palahniuk Interviewed Live at the Sundance Kabuki Theater, May 22, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#podcast061208</link>
<description>The Origins of 'Fight Club'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/palahniuk_live_int.mp3" length="62138785" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#podcast061208</guid>
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<title>398: Agony Column Podcast News Report : William Gibson Phone-In Interview on KUSP</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#podcast061108</link>
<description>Dialing In the Future</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/061108-gibson.mp3" length="71422148" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#podcast061108</guid>
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<title>397: A 2008 Interview with Chuck Palahniuk</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#061008</link>
<description>"It's shameful and dirty and disgusting"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/chuck_palahniuk_2008.mp3" length="83954203" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#061008</guid>
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<title>396: A 2008 Interview with Karen Joy Fowler</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#060908</link>
<description>"I wanted a book about survivors"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/karen_joy_fowler-2008.mp3" length="75740476" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-09-08.htm#060908</guid>
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<title>395: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Betsy Burton of King's English</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060608</link>
<description>Local Area Networking</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/060608-betsy_burton.mp3" length="35626856" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060608</guid>
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<title>394: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Lou Anders on SF Video</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060508</link>
<description>Battle Beyond the Stardust</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/060508-lou_anders.mp3" length="32984473" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060508</guid>
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<title>393: Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR Story on Neuroscientists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060408</link>
<description>Welcome to Your Brain</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/060408-aamodt_wang.mp3" length="6911797" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060408</guid>
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<title>392: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Lyn Roberts of Square Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060308</link>
<description>Three Stores Are Better Than One</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/060408-lyn_roberts.mp3" length="28800034" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#podcast060308</guid>
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<title>391: A 2008 Interview With Cory Doctorow</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#060208</link>
<description>Big Changes and Little Brother</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/cory_doctorow-2008.mp3" length="75741243" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/06-02-08.htm#060208</guid>
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<title>390: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Panel Discussion 05-17-08</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast053008</link>
<description>John Shirley, Daniel Marcus and Terry Bisson Mix It Up</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/053008-shirley-marcus.mp3" length="58083509" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast053008</guid>
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<title>389: Agony Column Podcast News Report : John Shirley Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast052908</link>
<description>"You Blundering Idiot, You Fucking Failed to Kill Me Again"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/052908-john_shirley_rd.mp3" length="38661000" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast052908</guid>
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<title>388: Agony Column Podcast News Report : John Shirley Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast052808</link>
<description>From the "Podcast" to the "Web-O-Net"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast052808</guid>
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<title>387: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Daniel Marcus Reads 'Binding Energy' at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast052708</link>
<description>The Teller View</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/052708-marcus_rd.mp3" length="46427474" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#podcast052708</guid>
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<title>386: A 2008 Interview with Jeffrey Alford</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#052608</link>
<description>Twenty Years of Culture and Cuisine in the Unseen China</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/jeffrey_alford-2008.mp3" length="44331614" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-26-08.htm#052608</guid>
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<title>385: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Daniel Marcus at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052308</link>
<description>Binding Energies</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/052308-marcus_i.mp3" length="14109400" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052308</guid>
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<title>384: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Johnny Strike at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052208</link>
<description>A Loud Humming Noise</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/052208-johnny_strike.mp3" length="13793523" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052208</guid>
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<title>383: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jerad Walters of Centipede Press</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052108</link>
<description> Bringing Back the Best</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/052108-jwalters.mp3" length="29714051" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052108</guid>
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<title>382:  Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR First Books Series, Isamu Fukui</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052008</link>
<description>Truancy</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/052008-fukuinpr.mp3" length="7996221" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#podcast052008</guid>
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<title>381: A 2008 Interview with James D. Houston and Tom Killion</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#051908</link>
<description>'Where Light Takes Its Color From the Sea'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/houston_killion-2008.mp3" length="65214265" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-19-08.htm#051908</guid>
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<title>380: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Seana Graham</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#podcast051608</link>
<description>Script Frenzy</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/051608-sgraham.mp3" length="18896666" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#podcast051608</guid>
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<title>379: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Bookseller Arsen Kashkashian</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#podcast051508</link>
<description>Boulder Book Store</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/051508-kashkashian.mp3" length="28579535" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#podcast051508</guid>
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<title>378: Justin Peacock Finds 'A Cure for Night'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#051408</link>
<description>Agony Column Podcast News Report : Legally Informed, A 2008 Interview With Justin Peacock</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/051408-peacock.mp3" length="22526676" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#051408</guid>
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<title>377: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview With Rene Hicks</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#podcast051308</link>
<description> "I'm Just One Blade of Grass"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/051308-rene_hicks.mp3" length="13335727" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#podcast051308</guid>
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<title>376: A 2008 Interview with Eleanor Coppola</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#051208</link>
<description>"It's a struggle - but the struggle enriches both aspects"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/eleanor_coppola-2008-n.mp3" length="52606916" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-12-08.htm#051208</guid>
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<title>375: Agony Column Podcast News Report : An Interview with Marga Gomez</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050908</link>
<description>Comedy Vs. Tragedy</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/050908-gomez.mp3" length="21645642" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050908</guid>
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<title>374: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050808</link>
<description>Agony Column Regular</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/050808-lassen.mp3" length="26410855" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050808</guid>
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<title>373: Agony Column Podcast News Report : An Interview With Bookseller Steve Bercu</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050708</link>
<description>Book People</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/050708-steve_bercu.mp3" length="27424527" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050708</guid>
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<title>372: A 2008 Interview with Jessica Queller,Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050608</link>
<description>"I took the test a second time"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/jessica_queller-2008-2.mp3" length="54964886" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#podcast050608</guid>
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<title>371: A 2008 Interview with Jessica Queller (Part 1)</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#050508</link>
<description>'Pretty Is What Changes' (Part 1)</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/jessica_queller-2008-1.mp3" length="56307789" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/05-05-08.htm#050508</guid>
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<title>370: Laurie Gough Travels to 'Kiss the Sunset Pig'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#050208</link>
<description>Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview With Laurie Gough at Capitola Book Cafe</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/050208-gough.mp3" length="24014441" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#050208</guid>
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<title>369: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Patricia A. McKillip Interviewed at SF in SF, April 20, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#podcast050108</link>
<description>A Good Take</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/050108-mckillip.mp3" length="11351412" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#podcast050108</guid>
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<title>368: Agony Column Podcast News Report : David Lunde, Patricia A. McKillip and Terry Bisson at SF in SF, April 20, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#podcast043008</link>
<description>"Seems like we have a theme here"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/043008-lunde_mckillip.mp3" length="60342922" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#podcast043008</guid>
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<title>367: Agony Column Podcast News Report : David Lunde Reads at SF in SF, April 20, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#podcast042908</link>
<description>Instead</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042908-lunde_rd.mp3" length="44169776" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#podcast042908</guid>
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<title>366: A 2008 Interview with Pico Iyer</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#042808</link>
<description>Pico Iyer Takes to 'The Open Road'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/pico_iyer-2008.mp3" length="47468959" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-28-08.htm#042808</guid>
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<title>365: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston at Capitola Book Café</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042508</link>
<description>The Hip Pocket</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042508-jwakatsukih.mp3" length="8474347" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042508</guid>
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<title>364: James D. Houston Lives 'Where Light Takes Its Color From the Sea'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#042408</link>
<description>Agony Column Podcast News Report from Capitola Book Café</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042408-jhouston_cbc.mp3" length="12793956" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#042408</guid>
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<title>363: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Patricia A. McKillip Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042308</link>
<description>"The Bell at Sealey Head", Chapter 1</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042308-mckillip_rd.mp3" length="36161460" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042308</guid>
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<title>362: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with David Lunde at SF in SF on April 23, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042208</link>
<description>SF Poetry</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/042208-david_lunde.mp3" length="12852535" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#podcast042208</guid>
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<title>361: A 2008 Interview With Peter F. Hamilton</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#042108</link>
<description>"There is no specific, set way to write"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/peter_f_hamilton-2008.mp3" length="70842946" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-21-08.htm#042108</guid>
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<title>360: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Joseph Ribeiro Knows 'The Importance of Being Earnest'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041808</link>
<description>Cabrillo College Spring Theater Art Production</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041808-ribeiro-lutl.mp3" length="21656108" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041808</guid>
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<title>359: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview with Tim Palmer</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#041708</link>
<description>'Luminous Mountains'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041708-palmer.mp3" length="29217176" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#041708</guid>
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<title>358: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview with Susan Chang, Editor for Isamu Fukui</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041608</link>
<description>"The first time I'd ever seen anything like that"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041608-chang-2008.mp3" length="11543513" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041608</guid>
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<title>357: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview with Matt Bialer, Agent for Isamu Fukui</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041508</link>
<description>"A real, searing vision"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041508-bialer-2008.mp3" length="11543513" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#podcast041508</guid>
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<title>356: A 2008 Interview with Isamu Fukui</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#041408</link>
<description>"Nothing really directly addressed the worst parts of school"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/isamu_fukui-2008.mp3" length="65769261" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-14-08.htm#041408</guid>
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<title>355: Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR, Company Sued for Potentially Ending the World</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast041108</link>
<description>Wagner, Rucker, Dimopoulos and CERN</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041108-cernnpr.mp3" length="7689843" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast041108</guid>
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<title>354: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Rudy Rucker and the LHC Lawsuit</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast041008</link>
<description>Science Fiction Tips the Universe on Its Side</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041008-rudy_rucker.mp3" length="15706924" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast041008</guid>
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<title>353: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview With Savas Dimopoulos</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#040908</link>
<description>Other Universes</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/040908-dimolpoulos.mp3" length="45203662" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#040908</guid>
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<title>352: Agony Column Podcast News Report: Walter Wagner of LHCDefense.org </title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast040808</link>
<description>"Almost a religious zeal on the part of physicists"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/040808-walter_wagner.mp3" length="37266166" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#podcast040808</guid>
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<title>351: A 2008 Interview with Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D. and Sam Wang, Ph.D.</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#040708</link>
<description>'Welcome to Your Brain : Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/aamodt-wang-2008.mp3" length="68176996" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/04-07-08.htm#040708</guid>
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<title>350: NPR First Books Toby Barlow Podcast</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#podcast040408</link>
<description>Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR First Books Toby Barlow : 'Sharp Teeth' Gives Werewolves an Epic Treatment</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/040408-barlow-npr.mp3" length="8639541" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#podcast040408</guid>
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<title>349: "Machiavelli, Not Such a Bad Guy?"</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#podcast040308</link>
<description>Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR All Things Considered Report</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/040308-machiavelli-npr.mp3" length="6557201" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#podcast040308</guid>
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<title>348: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Oxford English Dictionary Etymologist Dr. Katrin Thier</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#podcast040208</link>
<description>"Match-Villain"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/040208-katrin_thier-2008.mp3" length="36761976" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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<title>347: A 2008 Interview with Peter Constantine</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#040108</link>
<description>"The slangy, with-it expression at the time for somebody who is evil"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#040108</guid>
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<title>346: A 2008 Interview with Albert Russell Ascoli</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#033108</link>
<description>"Machiavelli himself wasn't Machiavellian"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/albert_ascoli_2008.mp3" length="47359659" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-31-08.htm#033108</guid>
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<title>345: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Terry Bisson, Jeffrey Ford and Tim Pratt</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032808</link>
<description>Panel Discussion at SF in SF, March 16, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/032808-sfinsf-panel.mp3" length="47049293" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032808</guid>
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<title>344: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jeffrey Ford Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032708</link>
<description>'The Drowned Life'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/032708-sfinsf-ford.mp3" length="66803321" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032708</guid>
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<title>343: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Brief Interview With Jeffrey Ford</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032608</link>
<description>SF in SF, March 16, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/032608-sfinsf-ford_i.mp3" length="10331810" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032608</guid>
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<title>342: Agony Column Podcast News Report: A 2008 Interview with HarperCollins Editor Jennifer Barth</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032508</link>
<description>Return to Sender</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/jennifer_barth-2008.mp3" length="47390036" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#podcast032508</guid>
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<title>341: A 2008 Interview with Toby Barlow</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#032408</link>
<description>Not Crying Wolf</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/toby_barlow-2008.mp3" length="56890080" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-24-08.htm#032408</guid>
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<title>340: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Nancy Bass Wyden of Strand Books, NY</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#podcast032108</link>
<description>23 Miles of Books</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/032108-nancy_bass_wyden.mp3" length="35389062" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#podcast032108</guid>
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<title>339: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Tim Pratt at SF in SF, March 16, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#podcast032008</link>
<description>Briefly Interviewed</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/031908-sfinsf-pratt_i.mp3" length="10236606" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#podcast032008</guid>
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<title>338: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Tim Pratt Reads Artifice and Intelligence</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#podcast031908</link>
<description>SF in SF March 16, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/031908-sfinsf-pratt_2.mp3" length="22816148" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#podcast031908</guid>
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<title>337: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Tim Pratt Reads The River Boy</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#031808</link>
<description>SF in SF March 16, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/031808-sfinsf-pratt_1.mp3" length="19766706" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#031808</guid>
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<title>336: A 2008 Interview with Paolo Bacigalupi and Jeremy Lassen</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#031708</link>
<description>"Crossovers and Melding Points"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/bacigalupi-lassen-2008.mp3" length="65480092" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-17-08.htm#031708</guid>
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<title>335: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Stephen Youll</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#podcast031408</link>
<description>Portrait of the Artist as Pixels</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/031408-stephen_youll.mp3" length="75285222" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#podcast031408</guid>
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<title>334: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Thomas McNamee</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#podcast031308</link>
<description>Alice Waters and Chez Panisse</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/031308-thomas_mcnamee.mp3" length="43450497" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#podcast031308</guid>
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<title>333: Agony Column Podcast News : A 2006 Interview with Dr. Bruce Ames</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#podcast031208</link>
<description>"Fear is easy to sell"</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/031208-bruce_ames.mp3" length="40302396" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#podcast031208</guid>
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<title>332: A 2008 Interview with Alan Drew</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#031108</link>
<description>Gardens of Water</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/alan_drew_2008.mp3" length="75691301" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#031108</guid>
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<title>331: A 2008 Interview with Alan Katz</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#031008</link>
<description>Oops</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/alan_katz_2008.mp3" length="63126065" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-10-08.htm#031008</guid>
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<title>330: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Toby Barlow's 'Sharp Teeth' Book Review </title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030708</link>
<description>Let's Sing</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/030708-barlow_rvw.mp3" length="9552288" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030708</guid>
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<title>329: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Seana Graham</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030608</link>
<description>Report from the Writing Life</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/030608-seana_graham.mp3" length="17811225" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030608</guid>
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<title>328: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Paolo Bacigalupi Reads 'The People of Sand and Slag' at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030508</link>
<description>Table-Turning the Upside-Down Classics</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/030508-bacigalupi_rd.mp3" length="64129854" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030508</guid>
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<title>327: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Brief Conversation With Paolo Bacigalupi At SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030408</link>
<description>"A Bit Like A Homecoming"</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/030408-bacigalupi_int.mp3" length="8316003" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#podcast030408</guid>
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<title>326: SF in SF Panel Discussion from February 23, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#030308</link>
<description>"Science fiction is for real"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/sfinsf_022308_panel.mp3" length="70794219" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/03-03-08.htm#030308</guid>
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<title>325: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Bookseller Joyce Meskis</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022908</link>
<description>Tattered Cover</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/022908-meskis-tattered.mp3" length="24024908" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022908</guid>
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<title>324: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Carter Scholz at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022808</link>
<description>"The Flight to San Francisco"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/022808-scholz_sfinsf.mp3" length="9476204" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022808</guid>
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<title>323: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Terry Bisson at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022708</link>
<description>Novels are hard</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/022708-bisson_sfinsf.mp3" length="11253714" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022708</guid>
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<title>322: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Carter Scholz Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022608</link>
<description>'Radiance'</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/022608-scholz_sfinsf.mp3" length="30281990" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#podcast022608</guid>
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<title>321: A 2008 Capitola Book Café Interview with Debra Klein</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#022508</link>
<description>'Yoruba Bata Goes Global'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/debra_klein_cbc_2008.mp3" length="33968544" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-25-08.htm#022508</guid>
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<title>320: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Publisher Jack Estes</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#podcast022208</link>
<description>Pleasure Boat Studio</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/022208-jack_estes.mp3" length="31422599" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#podcast022208</guid>
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<title>319: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Charles Bock First Book for NPR</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#podcast022108</link>
<description>'Beautiful Children'</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/022108-bock_1stbook_npr.mp3" length="7312663" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#podcast022108</guid>
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<title>318: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Catching Up With Erika Mailman</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#podcast022008</link>
<description>The HWA and the Stokers</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/022008-erika_mailman.mp3" length="18859626" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#podcast022008</guid>
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<title>317: Agony Column Podcast News Report: 'Mysterious California'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#021908</link>
<description>A Criminal Environment</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/021908-mystcal_panel.mp3" length="70774304" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#021908</guid>
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<title>316: A 2008 Interview with John Burnham Schwartz</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#021808</link>
<description>'The Commoner'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/john_burnham_schwarz-2008.mp3" length="37900794" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-18-08.htm#021808</guid>
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<title>315: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Bob Eggleton</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#podcast021508</link>
<description>Words Without Pictures</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/021508-bob_eggleton.mp3" length="40079299" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#podcast021508</guid>
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<title>314: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Christopher Phillips Chats Up 'Socrates in Love: Philosophy for a Die-Hard Romantic'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#021408</link>
<description>Oddly On-Topic</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/021408-chris_phillips.mp3" length="42623697" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#021408</guid>
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<title>313: Agony Column Podcast News Report Shannon McGinnis 'The 10 Minute Tidy'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#021308</link>
<description>Clear the Clutter</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/021308-shannon_mcginnis.mp3" length="25559782" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#021308</guid>
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<title>312: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Chatting With Christopher Moore at Capitola Book Cafe</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#podcast021208</link>
<description>The Bible According to Lamb</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/021208-chris_moore.mp3" length="26429780" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#podcast021208</guid>
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<title>311: A 2008 Interview With Charles Bock</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#021108</link>
<description>'Beautiful Children' Review</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/charles_bock_2008.mp3" length="104177888" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-11-08.htm#021108</guid>
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<title>310: Agony Column Podcast News Report With Jeremy Lassen : Nuts and Bolts of Book Distribution</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#podcast020808</link>
<description>"It's not a completely corrupt process"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/020808-lassen_pub.mp3" length="52367368" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#podcast020808</guid>
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<title>309: Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR First Book Series 5  Michael Harvey</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#podcast020708</link>
<description>The Deadline Effect</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/020708-nprfb5-harvey.mp3" length="7629607" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#podcast020708</guid>
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<title>308: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Laurie R. King Live at KUSP, January 25, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#podcast020608</link>
<description>Your Questions, Answered</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/020608-laurie_king.mp3" length="68689515" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#podcast020608</guid>
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<title>307: Agony Column Podcast News Report : SF in SF Panel</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#podcast020508</link>
<description>Terry Bisson, Peter S. Beagle, Mark Ferrari Discuss Fantasy</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>306: A 2008 Interview With Beth Lisick</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/02-04-08.htm#020408</link>
<description> 'helping me help myself'</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>305: Neil Shubin Unveils 'Your Inner Fish'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-28-08.htm#020108</link>
<description>A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>304: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Paul Kennedy, Bookseller</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-28-08.htm#podcast013108</link>
<description>"It does not pay for a living"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>303: Peter S. Beagle Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-28-08.htm#013008</link>
<description>An Essay on Author Robert Nathan</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>302: Mark J. Ferrari Reads from 'The Book of Joby' at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-28-08.htm#012908</link>
<description>Actual, Real Fantasy</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>301: A 2008 Interview with Laurie R. King</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-28-08.htm#012808</link>
<description>"A thousand years of established history"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-28-08.htm#012808</guid>
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<title>300: Jeff and Ann VanderMeer Meet 'The New Weird'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#012508</link>
<description>Not the Same As the Old Weird</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/012508-vandermeers.mp3" length="44517257" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#012508</guid>
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<title>299: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Peter S. Beagle Interviewed at SF in SF January 19, 2008</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#podcast012408</link>
<description>Fantasy occurs, really, in the corner of the eye</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>298: Agony Column Podcast News Report: A Conversation With Mark J. Ferrari</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#podcast012308</link>
<description>SF IN SF for January 19, 2008 : A Conversation With Mark J. Ferrari : Words and Pictures</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#podcast012308</guid>
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<title>297: Miceal Ledwith and Klaus Heinemann Unveil 'The Orb Project'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#012208</link>
<description>A Conversation With Miceal Ledwith at Gateways Books and Gifts</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#012208</guid>
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<title>296: A 2008 Interview With Michael Pollan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#012108</link>
<description>"This a food that's left the realm of food"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-21-08.htm#012108</guid>
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<title>295: Sylvia Sellers-Garcia Knows 'When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#011808</link>
<description>"It's inevitable that we edit"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#011808</guid>
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<title>294: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Hugo Chat With Jeremy Lassen</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#podcast011708</link>
<description>Probably the first of many</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>293: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With John Picacio</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#podcast011608</link>
<description>Cover Story</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>292: Eric Weiner Explores 'The Geography of Bliss'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#011508</link>
<description>Database of Happiness</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#011508</guid>
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<title>291: A 2007 Interview with Vikram Chandra</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#011408</link>
<description>"Deeply felt and loudly expressed"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-interviews/vikram_chandra_2008.mp3" length="84868642" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-14-08.htm#011408</guid>
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<title>290: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Malcolm Bell of Bookfellows Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#podcast011108</link>
<description>Mystery, Imagination and Bookselling</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/011108-mbell_bookfellows.mp3" length="23183562" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#podcast011108</guid>
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<title>289: Charlie Huston Spills 'Half the Blood of Brooklyn'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#011008</link>
<description>And He Swears A Lot As Well</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/011008-charlie_huston.mp3" length="41103020" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#011008</guid>
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<title>288: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Champagne Toast for 'Touchstone'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#podcast010908</link>
<description>Email Your Questions for Laurie R. King</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>287: A Panel Discussion with Mollie Katzen, Michael Pollan and Ann Vileisis 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#podcast010808</link>
<description>The New American Meal</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#podcast010808</guid>
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<title>286: A Panel Discussion with Mollie Katzen, Michael Pollan and Ann Vileisis 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#010708</link>
<description>The New American Meal</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2008/01-07-08.htm#010708</guid>
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<title>285: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2008 Interview With Ann Vileisis [Part 2]</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#010408</link>
<description>Stories From Food</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#010408</guid>
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<title>284: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen : Best Books of 2007, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#podcast010308</link>
<description>Email me your suggestions</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>283: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen : Best Books of 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#podcast010208</link>
<description>Email me your suggestions</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/010208-lassen_best_2007.mp3" length="30280196" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#podcast010208</guid>
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<title>282: A 2007 Interview With Charles Stross, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#010108</link>
<description>A Dolphin for President</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/010108-charles_stross_2.mp3" length="45009129" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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<title>281: A 2007 Interview With Charles Stross, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#123107</link>
<description>"Walking through a Hollywood movie"</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/123107-charles_stross_1.mp3" length="48276743" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-31-07.htm#123107</guid>
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<title>280: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Isabel Allende Remixed</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#podcast122807</link>
<description>Burying Freedom</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>279: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Lou Anders, Editor of Pyr Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#podcast122707</link>
<description>"The Future is happening faster and faster all the time"</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#podcast122707</guid>
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<title>278: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Review of 'Halting State' by Charles Stross</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122607</link>
<description>Does It Always Have to Be All About You Yes</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122607</guid>
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<title>277: A 2007 Conversation With Eddie Fung and Judy Yung</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122507</link>
<description>'The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War'</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122507</guid>
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<title>276: A 2007 Interview With Reverend Sharon Delgado</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122407</link>
<description>Shaking the Gates of Hell</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-24-07.htm#122407</guid>
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<title>275: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Tim Holman, Editor of Orbit Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-17-07.htm#podcast122007</link>
<description>Equalizing SF and F</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-17-07.htm#podcast122007</guid>
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<title>274: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Christmas Conversation With Jeremy Lassen</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-17-07.htm#podcast121907</link>
<description>A Codex Seriphianus Holiday</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>273: Agony Column Podcast News Report: A 2007 Interview with Ann Vileisis</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-17-07.htm#podcast121807</link>
<description>Bringing Stories Back to the Kitchen</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>272: A 2007 Interview with Frank Delaney</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-17-07.htm#121707</link>
<description>Everything You Need to Aunt</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-17-07.htm#121707</guid>
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<title>271: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Pete Atkins Reads The King of Outer Space</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#podcast121407</link>
<description>Fiction Reading</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#podcast121407</guid>
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<title>270:Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Rusty Morrison</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#podcast121307</link>
<description>Greeting the Omnidawn</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>269:Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Felix Gilman</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#podcast121207</link>
<description>Thunderer and Dickens</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#podcast121207</guid>
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<title>268: Agony Column Podcast News Report : NPR Story Author Writes First Book in New Language</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#podcast121107</link>
<description>Xiaolu Guo Film News</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>267: A 2007 Interview With Bettina Aptheker and Megan Seely</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#121007</link>
<description>The Personal and the Political</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-10-07.htm#121007</guid>
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<title>266: Agony Column Podcast News : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen of Nightshade Books : E-Books and Free Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-03-07.htm#podcast120707</link>
<description>Speaking With Jeremey Lassen Episode 2</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>265: Agony Column Podcast News : Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews Bill Minor</title>
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<description>Trek: Lips, Sunny, Pecker and Me</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>264:Agony Column Podcast News Report : Dana Mackenzie 'The Big Splat'</title>
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<description>The Moon Sees Me</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>263: Agony Column Podcast News Report :  NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Report</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-03-07.htm#podcast120407</link>
<description>Artificial Intelligence Enters Brave New World</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>262: Michael Krasny is 'Off Mike'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/12-03-07.htm#120307</link>
<description>A 2007 Interview With Michael Krasny and Review of 'Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life'</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>261: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Vagabond Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-26-07.htm#podcast113007</link>
<description>On the Road to Perdition</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-26-07.htm#podcast113007</guid>
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<title>260: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Molly Gloss, Karen Joy Fowler and Terry Bisson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-26-07.htm#podcast112907</link>
<description>SF in SF Discussion, November 17, 2007</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>259: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Karen Joy Fowler Interviewed at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-26-07.htm#podcast112807</link>
<description>Ambiguity is a Tool, Not a Mistake</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>258: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Karen Joy Fowler Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-26-07.htm#podcast112707</link>
<description>"The Last Worders"</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>257: A 2007 Interview With Andrew Szasz</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-26-07.htm#112607</link>
<description>"You're not getting the kind of protection that you think you're getting"</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-26-07.htm#112607</guid>
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<title>256: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Bookseller Maryelizabeth Hart</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#112307</link>
<description>Mysterious Galaxy</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#112307</guid>
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<title>255: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#podcast112207</link>
<description>Taking on NY</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#podcast112207</guid>
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<title>254: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Molly Gloss from SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#podcast112107</link>
<description>Strange Lights in the Sky</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>253: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Molly Gloss from SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#podcast112007</link>
<description>"Lambing Season"</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>252: Tom Brokaw at the Rio Theater</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#111907</link>
<description>'Boom!'</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-19-07.htm#111907</guid>
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<title>251: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Phone Interview with Andrew Szasz</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111607</link>
<description>'Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves'</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>250: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Ralph Angel and Alta Ifland</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111507</link>
<description>Reaching Inward</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111507</guid>
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<title>249: Agony Column Podcast News Report :A Conversation With Bookseller Elaine Petrocelli of Book Passage</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111407</link>
<description>Writers Aplenty, Events Galore</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111407</guid>
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<title>248: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Live from Shakespeare Santa Cruz The Princess and the Pea "Pea Chair Tour" at Capitola Book Cafe</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111307</link>
<description>Creating a New Generation of Readers</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#podcast111307</guid>
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<title>247: A 2007 Interview with Tom Brokaw</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#111207</link>
<description>"It troubles me..."</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-12-07.htm#111207</guid>
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<title>246: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Ed Thomas, Owner of Book Carnival</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-05-07.htm#podcast110907</link>
<description>Hanging Out With Dean R. Koontz</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>245: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Phone Interview with Tom Brokaw : Long-Haired Hippies Vs Ronald Reagan in Santa Cruz</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-05-07.htm#podcast110807</link>
<description>Tom Brokaw's 'Boom! Voices of the Sixties' : History Speaks</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>244: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Ann Aurelia Lopez Undertakes 'The Farmworker's Journey'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-05-07.htm#podcast110707</link>
<description>Policy and Humanity</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>243: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2007 Interview with Eduardo Machado and Michael Domitrovich</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-05-07.htm#podcast110607</link>
<description>Ghosts of Characters Past</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>242: A 2007 Interview With Erika Mailman</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-05-07.htm#110507</link>
<description>"When to use torture, how to use torture..."</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/11-05-07.htm#110507</guid>
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<title>241: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation With Jeff Ayers, Manager of Forbidden Planet, NY</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast110207</link>
<description>This Side of the Pond</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>240: Agony Column Podcast News Report :  Talking Food With Mollie Katzen</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast110107</link>
<description>Call Any Vegetable</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast110107</guid>
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<title>239: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Janet and Chris Atwood Take 'The Passion Test'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast103107</link>
<description>Make a List, Check it Monthly</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast103107</guid>
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<title>238: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Kage Baker Reads at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#podcast10307</link>
<description>Welcome to Sutro Park</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>237: SF in SF Podcast : A Panel Discussion With Kage Baker and Eliot Fintushel Moderated by Terry Bisson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#102907</link>
<description>Next time, be there</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-29-07.htm#102907</guid>
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<title>236: Agony Column Podcast News Report : 'Tastes Like Cuba'</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102607</link>
<description>Eduardo Machado's Memoir with Recipes and Michael Domitrovich</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102607</guid>
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<title>235: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Eliot Fintushel Reads "How the Little Rabbi Grew" at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102507</link>
<description>Reading to the Dark, part 2</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102507</guid>
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<title>234: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Jamais Cascio at Singularity Summit</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102407</link>
<description>"Science Fiction is a really nice way of uncovering the tacit desires for tomorrow...."</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102407</guid>
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<title>233: Agony Column Podcast News ; Eliot Fintushel at SF in SF</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#podcast102307</link>
<description>The Mime Speaks</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>232: A 2007 Interview With Steve Almond</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#102207</link>
<description>"The path to the truth runs through shame"</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-22-07.htm#102207</guid>
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<title>231: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2007 Conversation With Ann Packer</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-15-07.htm#podcast101907</link>
<description>Everyday Horrors</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>230: Agony Column Podcast News Report :  NPR Report on Austin Grossman</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-15-07.htm#podcast101807</link>
<description>"Unconventional Education Fuels Author's First Novel"</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-15-07.htm#podcast101807</guid>
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<title>229: Agony Column Podcast News Report:  A Conversation With Scott Hamman and Tammie Stallings of Handee Books</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-15-07.htm#podcast101707</link>
<description>Internet Only, Actually Real</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-15-07.htm#podcast101707</guid>
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<title>228: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Live at the Capitola Book Cafe With Andrew Kimbrell</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-15-07.htm#podcast101607</link>
<description>"A fundamentally ethical crisis"</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>227: A 2007 Interview with Andrew Kimbrell</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-15-07.htm#101507</link>
<description>"Drought resistant plants, plants that taste better, plants that reduce fat...Complete.  Science.  Fiction."</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>226: Agony Column Podcast News : A Conversation With Gail Tsukiyama</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/10-08-07.htm#podcast101207</link>
<description>On 'The Street of a Thousand Blossoms'</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>225: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Dave Nee from The Other Change of Hobbit</title>
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<title>224: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A Conversation with Dr. Rodney Brooks at Singularity Summit</title>
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<title>223: Agony Column Podcast News : An Audio Review of Whitley Strieber's '2012: The War for Souls'</title>
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<title>222: A 2007 Interview With Michael Harvey</title>
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<title>221: Agony Column Podcast News : A 2007 Interview with Kathryn Petruccelli and Nikki Giovanni</title>
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<title>220: Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2007 Interview With Doctor Barney Pell</title>
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<title>219: Howard V. Hendrix Reads at SF in SF</title>
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<title>218: Scott Sigler Reads from 'Infection'</title>
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<title>217: A 2007 Interview With Kate Christensen</title>
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<title>216: James Hughes, At Singularity Summit</title>
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<title>215: A Conversation With Bookseller Jack Rems</title>
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<title>214: A Conversation With Peg Kingman</title>
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<title>213: Avoiding Death With Owen Egerton</title>
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<title>212: The Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Wretch Debate</title>
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<title>211: Sampling Dark Delicacies with Del Howison</title>
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<title>210: The Women of Mystery Book Club</title>
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<title>209: A Chat with Charlie Huston [Spoilers]</title>
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<title>208: Kathryn Petruccelli Speaks With Belle Yang</title>
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<title>207: A Report from the Singularity Summit 2007</title>
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<title>206: A Conversation With Saul Landau: 'A Bush and Botox World'</title>
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<title>205: Interview with Ed Kaufman, M for Mystery Books</title>
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<title>204: An Audio Book Review of Xiaolu Guo's 'A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers'</title>
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<title>203: Paul Saffo at the Singularity Summit</title>
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<title>202: Dr. J. Storrs Hall: IA and AI</title>
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<title>201: A Conversation With Ruthanne Lum McCunn and Fan Wu</title>
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<title>200: Talking Books with Michael DeSarno</title>
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<description>Agony Column Podcast News : Legends in the Making</description>
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<title>199: A Conversation With Kim Stanley Robinson</title>
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<title>198: Agony Column Podcast News: A Conversation With Laura Furman, Editor of 'The O. Henry Prize Stories'</title>
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<title>197: A 2007 Interview With Guo Xiaolu</title>
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<title>196: Preview for Podcast of Monday, September 3, 2007</title>
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<title>195: Agony Column Podcast News : Alan Beatts, Borderlands Books</title>
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<title>194: Agony Column Podcast News: A Short Interview with Xiaolu Guo</title>
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<title>193: Pirate Women, Bookshop Santa Cruz and Seana Graham, Contributor to Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet</title>
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<title>192: Adrianne Ahern Wants You to 'Snap Out of It NOW'</title>
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<title>191: A 2007 Interview with Kaui Hart Hemmings</title>
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<title>190: Preview for Podcast of August 20, 2007</title>
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<title>189: A 2007 Interview With Peter F. Hamilton, 18 minutes</title>
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<title>188: Mark V. Ziesing, Bookseller, 11 minutes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>187: Alan Cheuse at the Capitola Book Cafe, 11 minutes</title>
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<title>186: Launching a New Podcast:Agony Column Audio News</title>
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<title>185: A 2007 Conversation With Alan Cheuse</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>184: Preview for Podcast of August 20, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-13-07.htm#081907</link>
<description>Why to read.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-13-07.htm#081907</guid>
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<title>183: A 2007 Interview With William Gibson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-13-07.htm#081307</link>
<description>"Writing a novel like this is like inviting the zeitgeist in for tea."</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-13-07.htm#081307</guid>
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<title>182: Preview for Podcast of Monday, August 13, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-06-07.htm#081107</link>
<description>Not enough future to go around.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_081307.mp3" length="788297" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-06-07.htm#081107</guid>
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<title>181: A 2007 Interview of Jean Thompson by KUSP's Kathryn Petruccelli</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-06-07.htm#080607</link>
<description>"She was not at all religious but she did believe in guilt."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/petruccelli-thompson-2007.mp3" length="43059741" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/08-06-07.htm#080607</guid>
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<title>180: Preview for Podcast of Monday, August 6, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-30-07.htm#080406</link>
<description>Watch out for falling anvils.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-30-07.htm#080406</guid>
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<title>179: A 2007 Interview With Richard Morgan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-30-07.htm#MorganRichard</link>
<description>They drink it and piss it up against a wall, or buy an expensive truck.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-30-07.htm#MorganRichard</guid>
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<title>178: Harry Potter Release Report</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-30-07.htm#hp</link>
<description>Talking to readers of the Harry Potter series about how they have grown.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-30-07.htm#hp</guid>
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<title>177: Preview for Podcast of July 30, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-23-07.htm#072807</link>
<description>"Wake up and smell the burning flesh."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_073007.mp3" length="833427" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-23-07.htm#072807</guid>
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<title>176: A 2007 Conversation with Faith Popcorn</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-23-07.htm#072307</link>
<description>"I think people should be a lot more worried about what seems to be the obvious projection."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/faith_popcorn_2007.mp3" length="65979660" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-23-07.htm#072307</guid>
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<title>175: Preview for Podcast of Monday, July 23, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-16-07.htm#072107</link>
<description>We have the future.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_072307.mp3" length="801698" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-16-07.htm#072107</guid>
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<title>174: A 2007 Interview With Jeff Prucher</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-16-07.htm#071607</link>
<description>"It's hard to trace the lines of influence because the boundaries are so loose."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/jeff_prucher_2007.mp3" length="75032084" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-16-07.htm#071607</guid>
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<title>173: Preview for Podcast of Monday, July 16, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-09-07.htm#071407</link>
<description>Where no lexicographer has gone before.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-09-07.htm#071407</guid>
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<title>172:A 2007 Conversation with John Burdett</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-09-07.htm#070907</link>
<description>Original sin, no thanks.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/john_burdett_2007.mp3" length="73576925" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-09-07.htm#070907</guid>
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<title>171: Preview for Podcast of Monday, July 09, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-02-07.htm#070707</link>
<description>"Are you doing the right thing."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_070907.mp3" length="780961" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-02-07.htm#070707</guid>
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<title>170: A 2007 Interview with Austin Grossman</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-02-07.htm#070207</link>
<description>"I wanted to savor how really cool it is to hang out with superheroes"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/austin_grossman_2007.mp3" length="67844327" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/07-02-07.htm#070207</guid>
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<title>169: A 2007 Interview with Susanna Moore</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-25-07.htm#062507</link>
<description>"There's something about it that bothers you"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/susanna_moore_2007.mp3" length="81182858" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-25-07.htm#062507</guid>
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<title>168: Preview for Podcast of Monday, June 25, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-18-07.htm#moore</link>
<description>Compelling reading.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_062507.mp3" length="873732" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-18-07.htm#moore</guid>
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<title>167: From NPR All Things Considered: Readers Sucked in By Vampire Fiction</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-18-07.htm#vampire_npr</link>
<description>Post Mortem. Original Air Date 06-16-2007.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/vampire_npr_061607.mp3" length="8645004" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-18-07.htm#vampire_npr</guid>
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<title>166: A 2007 Interview with Jim Crace</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-18-07.htm#061807</link>
<description>"That's an optimism which is made from granite."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/jim_crace_2007.mp3" length="73575830" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-18-07.htm#061807</guid>
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<title>165:  Preview for Podcast of Monday, June 18, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-11-07.htm#061707</link>
<description>Be prepared.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-11-07.htm#061707</guid>
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<title>164: A 2007 Interview of Helen Simpson by Kathryn Petruccelli </title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-11-07.htm#061107</link>
<description>"Farce, it's just tragedy speeded up"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/petruccelli_simpson_2007.mp3" length="41250303" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-11-07.htm#061107</guid>
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<title>163: Preview for Podcast of Monday, June 11, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-04-07.htm#SimpsonHelen</link>
<description>Speed of Life</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_061107.mp3" length="873499" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-04-07.htm#SimpsonHelen</guid>
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<title>162: A 2007 Interview with John Scalzi</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-04-07.htm#060407</link>
<description>"I blow stuff up real good."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/john_scalzi_2007.mp3" length="94036802" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/06-04-07.htm#060407</guid>
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<title>161:Preview for Podcast of Monday, June 4, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-28-07.htm#060207</link>
<description>"I blow stuff up real good."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_060407.mp3" length="806506" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-28-07.htm#060207</guid>
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<title>160:A 2007 Interview With Daniel Wilson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-28-07.htm#052807</link>
<description>"A lot of these technologies seem like magic."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/daniel_wilson_2007.mp3" length="74380785" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-28-07.htm#052807</guid>
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<title>159:Preview for Podcast of Monday, May 28, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-21-07.htm#052607</link>
<description>Fail to scale.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_052807.mp3" length="835732" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-21-07.htm#052607</guid>
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<title>158: A 2007 Interview With Charlaine Harris</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-21-07.htm#052107</link>
<description>Death and taxes.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/charlaine_harris_2007.mp3" length="64712038" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-21-07.htm#052107</guid>
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<title>157: Preview for Podcast of Monday, May 21, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-14-07.htm#051807-2</link>
<description>Death and taxes.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_052107.mp3" length="764213" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-14-07.htm#051807-2</guid>
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<title>156: A 2007 Interview With John Marks</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-14-07.htm#051407</link>
<description>"Satirizing a world that is satirizing itself every single day is a very difficult prospect."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/john_marks_2007.mp3" length="83484461" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-14-07.htm#051407</guid>
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<title>155: Preview for Podcast of Monday, May 14, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-07-07.htm#051307</link>
<description>"The murder, the atrocity, the barbarity of the race being dug up out of the ground."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_051407.mp3" length="1180441" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-07-07.htm#051307</guid>
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<title>154: A 2007 Interview With Chuck Palahniuk</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-07-07.htm#050707</link>
<description>"Show it that you are not its bitch."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/chuck_palahniuk_2007.mp3" length="80807457" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/05-07-07.htm#050707</guid>
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<title>153: Preview for Podcast of Monday, May 7, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-30-07.htm#050607</link>
<description>Life's a. </description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_050707.mp3" length="240662" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-30-07.htm#050607</guid>
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<title>152: A 2007 Interview with David Shipley and Will Schwalbe</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-30-07.htm#043007</link>
<description>Reply without regret.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/shipley_schwalbe_2007.mp3" length="77813396" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007//04-30-07.htm#043007</guid>
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<title>151: Preview for Podcast of Monday, April 30, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-23-07.htm#042807</link>
<description>Don't press that send button.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_043007.mp3" length="256544" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-23-07.htm#0428107</guid>
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<title>150: A 2007 Interview With Jonathan Lethem</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-23-07.htm#042307</link>
<description>"You have to be a fake before you can be real"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/jonathan_lethem_2007.mp3" length="269501" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-23-07.htm#042307</guid>
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<title>149: Preview for Podcast of Monday, April 23, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-16-07.htm#042107</link>
<description>"You have to be a fake before you can be real"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_042307.mp3" length="269501" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-16-07.htm#042107</guid>
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<title>148: A 2007 Interview With Scott Rosenberg</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-16-07.htm#041607</link>
<description>"It Was a Big Train Wreck"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/scott_rosenberg_2007.mp3" length="86726741" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-16-07.htm#041607</guid>
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<title>147: Preview for Podcast of Monday, April 16, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-09-07.htm#041407</link>
<description>The problem was much bigger than that.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_041607.mp3" length="240662" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-09-07.htm#041407</guid>
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<title>146: A 2007 Interview with John Shirley</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-09-07.htm#040907</link>
<description>"It's Dangerous To Be Aware"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/john_shirley_2007.mp3" length="101176167" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-09-07.htm#040907</guid>
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<title>145: A 2007 Interview with Jon Clinch</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-02-07.htm#040207</link>
<description> Raisins d'etre.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/jon_clinch_2007.mp3" length="77970973" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/04-02-07.htm#040207</guid>
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<title>144: Preview for Podcast of Monday, April 2, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/03-26-07.htm#033107</link>
<description> Raisins d'etre.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_040207.mp3" length="240662" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/03-26-07.htm#033107</guid>
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<title>143: A 2007 Interview With James D. Houston</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/03-26-07.htm#032607</link>
<description>Every Family is a Conspiracy.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/james_d_houston_2007.mp3" length="71404131" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/03-26-07.htm#032607</guid>
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<title>142: Preview for Podcast of Monday, March 26, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/03-19-07.htm#032607promo</link>
<description>History and this place.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tac_podcast_promo_032607.mp3" length="242125" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/03-19-07.htm#032607promo</guid>
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<title>141: Moore and the movies, an excerpt from a 2007 Interview with Christopher Moore</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/03-19-07.htm#031907mov</link>
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<title>139: Preview for Podcast of Monday, March 19, 2007</title>
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<title>138: A 2007 Interview with Jenn Ramage and Vendela Vida</title>
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<title>138: A Preview of The Agony Column Podcast for Monday, March 12, 2007</title>
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<title>137: A 2007 Interview with China Mieville</title>
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<title>136: The Consequences of Fantasy</title>
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<title>135: A 2005 Interview With Ian McDonald</title>
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<title>134: A 2007 Interview With Guy Gavriel Kay</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>133: A Conqueror's Fantasy: Preview For Podcast of Monday February 26, 2007</title>
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<description>Preview For Podcast of Monday February 26, 2007</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>132: A 2007 Interview with Ann Cummins by Kathryn Petruccelli</title>
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<title>131: Where the Dust Settles Promo For Podcast of Monday February 19, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/02-12-07.htm#021707</link>
<description>Thanks out to KUSP.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>130: A 2007 Interview With Cory Doctorow</title>
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<title>129: Preview for Podcast Monday, February 12, 2007</title>
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<title>128:A 2007 Interview With Dan Simmons</title>
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<title>127: Preview for Podcast Monday, February 5, 2007</title>
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<title>126: Podcast of Dragons Get a Modern Image Makeover</title>
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<title>126: A 2007 Interview With David Lynch</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>125: Preview for Monday, January 29, 2007</title>
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<description>Follow the Leader</description>
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<title>124: A 2007 Interview With Charlie Huston</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>123: Economic Genre Fiction: A Report for NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, January 6, 2007</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/01-15-07.htm#nprreport010607</link>
<description>Balance Your Checkbook</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>122: A 2007 Interview With Rudy Rucker</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>121: A 2006 Interview With Charles Frazier</title>
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<description>History As An Alien World</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>120: A 2006 Interview With Christopher Paolini</title>
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<description>We've Got Five Years</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>119: A 2006 Interview with Anne and Todd McCaffrey</title>
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<description>Speaking With Legend</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>118: A 2006 Interview with Heidi Julavits</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>117: A 2006 Interview With Kate Elliott and Melanie Rawn, Part 2</title>
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<description>Idea Soup</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>116: A 2006 Interview With Kate Elliott and Melanie Rawn, Part 1</title>
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<description>Idea Soup</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>115: Kathryn Petruccelli Interviews Frank McCourt</title>
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<description>Teacher Man</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>114: A 2006 Interview with Richard Ford</title>
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<description>The Lay of the Land </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>113: A 2006 Interview with Erik Larson</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>112: Jenn Ramage Interviews Kate Atkinson 2006</title>
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<description>'One Good Turn'</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 5 Nov 2006 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>111: NPR Rolling Darkness Revue Podcast</title>
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<description>MP3 Format of NPR Report</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>110: A 2006 Interview with Mark Z. Danielewski</title>
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<description>Turning the Literary World Upside-Down</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>109: A 2006 Interview with Scott E. Smith</title>
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<description>Spoilers, Movies and More</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>108: A 2006 Interview with Amir D. Aczel</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/10-16-06.htm#101606</link>
<description>The Bourbaki New Math Hoax Exposed</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>107: A 2006 Interview with Jennifer Egan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/10-09-06.htm#100906</link>
<description>Unlocking the Depths of 'The Keep'</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>106: A 2006 Interview with Jeff VanderMeer</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/10-02-06.htm#100206</link>
<description>Man Behind the Squid and Fungus</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/10-02-06.htm#100206</guid>
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<title>105: A 2006 Interview with Charles Stross</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/09-25-06.htm#092506</link>
<description>Genre Ducking</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/09-25-06.htm#0925106</guid>
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<title>104: A 2006 Interview With Naomi Novik</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/09-18-06.htm#091806</link>
<description>Shortly Before Dragons Conquered the World</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>103: A 2006 Interview With David Louis Edelman</title>
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<description>Preparing for the 'InfoQuake'</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>102: A 2006 Interview With Keith Donohue</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/09-04-06.htm#090406</link>
<description>Pulling the Wings From Disney's Fairies</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>101: Harlan Ellison Worldcon 200</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-28-06.htm#EllisonHarlan</link>
<description>WARNING Potentially VERY offensive and very entertaining.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>100: A Worldcon 2006 Report</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-28-06.htm#wc2006</link>
<description>A collection of sounds.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>099:  A 2006 Interview With TC Boyle</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-21-06.htm#082106</link>
<description>Balance and Flow</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-21-06.htm#082106</guid>
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<title>098:  A 2003 and 2006 Conversation with Cory Doctorow</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-14-06.htm#081406</link>
<description>Singularities Real and Imagined</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/cory_doctorow_2003_2006.mp3" length="39221914" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-14-06.htm#081406</guid>
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<item>
<title>097: A 2006 Conversation With Jenn Ramage and Julia Glass</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-07-06.htm#080706</link>
<description>'The Whole World Over'</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/ramage-glass_2006.mp3" length="42001632" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/08-07-06.htm#080706</guid>
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<item>
<title>096: A 2006 Conversation With Vernor Vinge, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-31-06.htm#VingeVernor</link>
<description>Vernor Vinge Informs Us That 'Rainbows End'</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/vernor_vinge_2006_2.mp3" length="54480327" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-31-06.htm#VingeVernor</guid>
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<item>
<title>095: A 2006 Conversation With Vernor Vinge, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-24-06.htm#VingeVernor</link>
<description>If It Comes to Pass.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/vernor_vinge_2006_1.mp3" length="54711110" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-24-06.htm#VingeVernor</guid>
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<item>
<title>094: A 2006 Conversation With Steven Kotler</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-17-06.htm#KotlerSteven</link>
<description>Wave Theory</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/steven_kotler_2006.mp3" length="61332214" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-17-06.htm#KotlerSteven</guid>
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<item>
<title>093: A 2005 Conversation with Jasper Fforde</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-10-06.htm#FfordeJasper</link>
<description>Fast Rewind.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/jasper_fforde_2005.mp3" length="90367134" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-10-06.htm#FfordeJasper</guid>
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<item>
<title>092: A 2004 Conversation with Randall Sullivan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-03-06.htm#SullivanRandall</link>
<description>The Miracle Detective.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/randall_sullivan_2004.mp3" length="81174486" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/07-03-06.htm#SullivanRandall</guid>
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<item>
<title>091: A 2006 Conversation with James P. Othmer</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-26-06.htm#OthmerJamesP</link>
<description>Talking to 'The (real) Futurist'.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/james_p_othmer_2006.mp3" length="74810145" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-26-06.htm#OthmerJamesP</guid>
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<title>090: A 2006 Conversation with David Sirota</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-19-06.htm#SirotaDavid</link>
<description>How the corporations took over the government, how we can get it back.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/david_sirota_2006.mp3" length="51982961" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-19-06.htm#SirotaDavid</guid>
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<item>
<title>089: A 2006 Conversation with Gary Shteyngart</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-12-06.htm#ShteyngartGary</link>
<description>Hilarious and definitely explicit.  Be warned!</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/gary_shteyngart_2006.mp3" length="93640578" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-12-06.htm#ShteyngartGary</guid>
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<item>
<title>088: A 2006 Conversation between Jenn Ramage and Peter Orner</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-05-06.htm#OrnerPeter</link>
<description>Namibia at the time of its independence.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/ramage-orner_2006.mp3" length="40815442" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-05-06.htm#OrnerPeter</guid>
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<title>087: A 2006 Conversation with Kim Newman</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-05-06.htm#NewmanKim</link>
<description>"Any kind of horror film that played on television, I watched."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/kim_newman_2006.mp3" length="83755834" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-05-06.htm#NewmanKim</guid>
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<item>
<title>086: A 2006 Conversation With Koji Suzuki, Part Two</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-29-06.htm#052906</link>
<description>Japanese Culture and horror</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/koji_suzuki_2.mp3" length="60284718" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-29-06.htm#052906</guid>
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<item>
<title>085: A 2006 Conversation With Koji Suzuki, Part One</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-29-06.htm#052906</link>
<description>Edge City, Singularity and Beyond</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/koji_suzuki_1.mp3" length="60731098" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-29-06.htm#SuzukiKoji</guid>
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<item>
<title>084: A 2006 Conversation With Laurie R. King, Morton Marcus and James Houston</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-22-06.htm#052506</link>
<description>The Mystery of Writing</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/king_panel_2006.mp3" length="100389884" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-22-06.htm#052506</guid>
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<item>
<title>083: A 2006 Conversation With Laurie R. King</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-22-06.htm#KingLaurieR</link>
<description>A Mystery Fantasy Begins</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/laurie_r_king_2006.mp3" length="45973265" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-22-06.htm#KingLaurieR</guid>
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<item>
<title>082: A 2006 Conversation with Susan Straight and Jenn Ramage</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-15-06.htm#StraightSusan</link>
<description>'A Million Nightingales'</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/ramage-susan_straight.mp3" length="42683754" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-15-06.htm#StraightSusan</guid>
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<item>
<title>081: Report Number Three from WHC Opening Ceremonies</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#whc3</link>
<description>Kim Newman Brings down the opening house.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2006/2006-news/whc_2006-3.mp3" length="6135853" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>11 May 2006 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#whc3</guid>
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<item>
<title>080: Report Number Two from WHC The Perfect Pitch Per Pelan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#whc2</link>
<description>The best of the John Pelan Perfect Pitch Panel.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2006/2006-news/whc_2006-2.mp3" length="4438316" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>11 May 2006 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#whc2</guid>
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<item>
<title>079: Report Number One from WHC Kim Newman and Jeremy Lassen, Dealers Room</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#whc1</link>
<description>New Newman story, Hugo noms, setting up WHC.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/2006/2006-news/newman_lassen_whc_1.mp3" length="8787868" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#whc1</guid>
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<item>
<title>078: A 2006 Conversation with David Mitchell Part Two</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#MitchellDavid2</link>
<description>Genre, humor and translating Cloud Atlas.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/david_mitchell_2006_2.mp3" length="71777299" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#MitchellDavid2</guid>
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<item>
<title>077: A 2006 Conversation with David Mitchell Part One</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#MitchellDavid1</link>
<description>Causality, Cloud Atlas, Music.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/david_mitchell_2006_1.mp3" length="67991843" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-08-06.htm#MitchellDavid1</guid>
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<item>
<title>076: A 2006 Conversation with Harvey Pekar Part Two</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-01-06.htm#PekarHarvey2</link>
<description>Letterman, celebrity and American Splendor.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/harvey_pekar_2006_2.mp3" length="50859697" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-01-06.htm#PekarHarvey2</guid>
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<item>
<title>075: A 2006 Conversation with Harvey Pekar Part One</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-01-06.htm#PekarHarvey</link>
<description>Jazz music and criticism, self-publishing.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/harvey_pekar_2006_1.mp3" length="47711838" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/05-01-06.htm#PekarHarvey</guid>
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<item>
<title>074: A 2006 Conversation with Colson Whitehead</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-24-06.htm#WhiteheadColson</link>
<description>Naming Names, Dropping Names, Picking them Out</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/colson_whitehead_2006.mp3" length="54974510" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-24-06.htm#WhiteheadColson</guid>
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<item>
<title>073: A 2006 Conversation with Franz Wright and Kathryn Petrucelli</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-17-06.htm#041706</link>
<description>"Literature Will Lose"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/petrucelli-franz_wright.mp3" length="38260464" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-17-06.htm#041706</guid>
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<item>
<title>072: A 2003 Conversation With Gregory Maguire</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-10-06.htm#MaguireGregory</link>
<description>"There's Magic Still Afoot"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/gregory_maguire.mp3" length="55953559" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-10-06.htm#MaguireGregory</guid>
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<title>071: A Reading From 'Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile' by Verlyn Klinkenborg</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2006/klinkenborg-timothy.htm</link>
<description>A Reading From 'Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile'</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/verlyn_klinkenborg-timothy.mp3" length="8234004" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2006/klinkenborg-timothy.htm</guid>
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<item>
<title>070: A 2006 Conversation With Verlyn Klinkenborg</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-03-06.htm#KlinkenborgVerlyn</link>
<description>The Natural History of Selborne Re-Imagined</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/verlyn_klinkenborg_2006.mp3" length="67283653" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/04-03-06.htm#KlinkenborgVerlyn</guid>
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<item>
<title>069: A 2006 Interview With Christopher Moore</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-27-06.htm#MooreChristopher</link>
<description>"The world is so twisted that my stuff looks normal"</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/chris_moore_2006.mp3" length="65260178" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-27-06.htm#MooreChristopher</guid>
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<item>
<title>068: A 2006 Interview With Joshua Spanogle</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-20-06.htm#SpanogleJoshua</link>
<description>A conversation with the author of 'Isolation Ward'.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/joshua_spanogle_2006.mp3" length="70571923" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-20-06.htm#SpanogleJoshua</guid>
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<item>
<title>067: A 2006 Interview With Kim Stanley Robinson, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-13-06.htm#RobinsonKimStanley</link>
<description>A conversation with the author of 'Fifty Degrees Below'.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/ks_robinson_2006_part_2.mp3" length="51564162" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-13-06.htm#RobinsonKimStanley</guid>
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<item>
<title>066: A 2006 Interview With Kim Stanley Robinson, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-06-06.htm#RobinsonKimStanley</link>
<description>A conversation with the author of 'Fifty Degrees Below'.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/ks_robinson_2006_part_1.mp3" length="52278871" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/03-06-06.htm#RobinsonKimStanley</guid>
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<item>
<title>065: A 2006 Interview With Julian Barnes</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-27-06.htm#BarnesJulian</link>
<description>A conversation with the elegant and eloquent author of 'Arthur &amp; George'.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/julian_barnes_2006.mp3" length="58460234" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-20-06.htm#BarnesJulian</guid>
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<item>
<title>064: A 2006 Interview With Charlie Huston</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-20-06.htm#HustonCharlie</link>
<description>Hopefully this will offend someone.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/charlie_huston.mp3" length="43511370" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-20-06.htm#HustonCharlie</guid>
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<item>
<title>063: An Audio Review of 'Already Dead' by Charlie Huston.</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2006/huston-already_dead.htm</link>
<description>Hopefully this will offend someone.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/charlie_huston.mp3" length="9647419" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2006/huston-already_dead.htm</guid>
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<item>
<title>062: A 2006 Interview With Heather Rogers</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-13-06.htm#RogersHeather</link>
<description>The history of recent civilization as seen through our garbage and economic habits.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/heather_rogers.mp3" length="74133371" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-13-06.htm#RogersHeather</guid>
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<item>
<title>061: A 2005 Interview With Doctor Leslie Ellen Jones</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-06-06.htm#JonesLeslieELlen</link>
<description>Warning Fictions and the chemistry of fear.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/leslie_ellen_jones.mp3" length="60503668" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/02-06-06.htm#JonesLeslieELlen</guid>
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<item>
<title>060: A 2005 Interview With Bill McKibben</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/01-30-06.htm#McKibbenBill</link>
<description>Science, science fiction, politics and global warming.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/bill_mckibben.mp3" length="43302362" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/01-30-06.htm#McKibbenBill</guid>
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<item>
<title>059: A 2005 Interview With Daniel H. Wilson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/01-22-06.htm#WilsonDanielH</link>
<description>"Unfortunately for the hammer, it doesn't look like a cute little baby harp seal."</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/daniel_h_wilson.mp3" length="59211414" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/01-22-06.htm#WilsonDanielH</guid>
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<item>
<title>058: Mary Roach 'Spook' Reviewed by Rick Kleffel</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2005/roach-spook.htm</link>
<description>An audio review of Mary Roach 'Spook' with comments from the author interview.</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/mary_roach_spook.mp3" length="3423212" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2005/roach-spook.htm</guid>
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<item>
<title>057: A 2005 Conversation with Tim Pratt: Keeping Santa Cruz Weird</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/index.htm</link>
<description>A conversation with Tim Pratt author of 'Little Gods' and 'The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl'</description>
<enclosure url="http://www.trashotron.com/agony/audio/tim_pratt.mp3" length="69181104" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/01-16-06.htm#011606</guid>
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<item>
<title>056: Burying Freedom: A Remix of a 2003 Interview of Isabel Allende</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/index.htm</link>
<description>Interview of Isabel Allende by KUSP interviewer Kathryn Petrucelli Guitars by Billy C Reed and drums and production by Dan Ranalli</description>
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<pubDate>13 Jan 2006 05:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>055: A 2005 Conversation With Richard Morgan</title>
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<description>"The Haves Do Rather Well"</description>
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<title>054: A 2005 Conversation With Mary Roach</title>
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<description>Spook, science and the afterlife, the state of science writing</description>
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<item>
<title>053: A 2005 Conversation With Myla Goldberg</title>
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<description>1918 Flu epidemic, the afterlife, history, memory, aging, Karl Capek</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>052: A 2005 Conversation With Aimee Bender</title>
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<description>Surrealism, fairy tales, minimalism</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>051: A 2005 Conversation With Jeffrey Ford</title>
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<description>Why SF and WorldCon MATTER, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>050: A 2005 Conversation With Chris Cleave, Part Two</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/chris_cleave-2.mp3</link>
<description>London bombings, terrorism</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>049: A 2005 Conversation With Chris Cleave, Part One</title>
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<description>Eavesdropping on the bus, Incendiary</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>048: A 2005 Conversation With Elizabeth Kostova</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/elizabeth_kostova.mp3</link>
<description>The Historian, history and armchair travel.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>047: A 2005 Conversation With James Frey</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/james_frey_2005.mp3</link>
<description>My Friend Leonard, life as a bagman and in the world of Hollowood.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>046: A 2005 Conversation With Andrew Vachss</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/andrew_vachss.mp3</link>
<description>His journey from US Public health Testing to Child-Defending attorney and writer</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>045: A 2005 Conversation With Mitch Cullin and Laurie R. King</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/cullin_king.mp3</link>
<description>Sherlock Holmes in fact and fiction</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>044: A 2005 Conversation With Chuck Palahniuk</title>
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<description>Narrative, Shock value, horror</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>043: A 2005 Conversation With John Burdett</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/john_burdett.mp3</link>
<description>Hong Kong turn-over to China, Buddhism, Bangkok's black economy</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>042: A 2005 Conversation With Kazuo Ishiguro</title>
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<description>Science fiction cinema, three kinds of storytelling, memory.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/kazuo_ishiguro.mp3</guid>
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<item>
<title>041: A 2005 Conversation With Stephan Zielinski</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/stephan_zielinski.mp3</link>
<description>Bad Magic and the San Diego Zombie</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>040: A 2005 Conversation With Steve Erickson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/steve_erickson.mp3</link>
<description>Our Ecstatic Days, Chaos, order and apocalypse</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>039: A 2005 Conversation With Lucius Shepard</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/lucius_shepard.mp3</link>
<description>A Handbook of American Prayer</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>038: A 2004 Conversation With Graham Joyce</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/graham_joyce.mp3</link>
<description>Hedgerow witches, midwifery, life in a coal-mining town and The Limits of Enchantment.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>037: A 2004 Conversation With the Rolling Darkness Review</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/rolling_darkness_review.mp3</link>
<description>Dennis Etchison, Peter Atkins and Glen Hirshberg discuss the dark.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>036: A 2004 Conversation With Susanna Clarke</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/susanna_clarke.mp3</link>
<description>Kingdoms of Faerie, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>035: A 2004 Conversation With Clive Barker Part Two</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/clive_barker_part_2.mp3</link>
<description>Middles and Ends, Abarat, Tortured Souls, 500 Paintings in Beverly Hills</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>034: A 2004 Conversation With Clive Barker Part One</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/clive_barker_part_1.mp3</link>
<description>Beginnings, Books of Blood, Hellraiser</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>033: A 2004 Conversation With Marcia Muller and Laurie R. King</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/muller_king.mp3</link>
<description>Women in mystery as characters and authors</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>032: A 2004 Conversation With Kem Nunn</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/kem_nunn.mp3</link>
<description>The maquiladoras, Garage-door Tijuana, Surfing</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>031: A 2004 Conversation With Catherynne M. Valente</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/cat_valente.mp3</link>
<description>Classics, language, female quest stories, Alice in Wonderland</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>030: A 2004 Conversation With China Mieville</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/china_mieville.mp3</link>
<description>Politics, Fantasy, Monsters, monsters.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>029: A 2004 Conversation With Kim Stanley Robinson</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/ks_robinson.mp3</link>
<description>Environmental Politics and SF novels</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>028: A 2004 Conversation With Tom Perrotta</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/tom_perrotta.mp3</link>
<description>America the Petty, Perversion and Amororous doings in the 'Burbs.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>027: A 2004 Conversation With Joe R. Lansdale</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/joe_r_lansdale.mp3</link>
<description>Texas state of mind, comics, Bubba Ho Tep</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>026: A 2004 Conversation With Uglytown's Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/uglytown.mp3</link>
<description>Making it as publishers, writers, and outsiders.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>025: A 2004 Conversation With  Richard Morgan</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/richard_morgan.mp3</link>
<description>Anger, violence, the future</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>024: A 2004 Conversation With George Pelecanos</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/george_pelecanos.mp3</link>
<description>Positive characters and negative economics</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>023: A 2004 Conversation With Kate Christensen</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/kate_christensen.mp3</link>
<description>Rot, New York and deeply held anger</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>022: A 2004 Conversation With Scott Phillips</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/scott_phillips.mp3</link>
<description>Cottonwood, The West and Pulp Noirs</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>021: A 2004 Conversation With TC Boyle</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/tc_boyle.mp3</link>
<description>Drop City, utopia and literature</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<item>
<title>020: A 2003 Conversation With John Shirley</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/john_shirley.mp3</link>
<description>The birth of cyberpunk and Jesus the Gnostic</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>019: A 2003 Conversation With Colson Whitehead</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/colson_whitehead.mp3</link>
<description>Humor, journalism, TV, jazz writing New York</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>018: A 2003 Conversation With Terry Pratchett, Part 2</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/terry_pratchett_2.mp3</link>
<description>Fantasy, Satire, sales Fanfic and marketing</description>
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<item>
<title>017: A 2003 Conversation With Terry Pratchett, Part 1</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/terry_pratchett_1.mp3</link>
<description>Fantasy, Satire, sales Fanfic and marketing</description>
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<title>016: A 2003 Conversation With Win and Meredith Blevins</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/blevins.mp3</link>
<description>Married writers, historical fiction</description>
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<title>015: A 2003 Conversation With Jonathan Lethem</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/jonathan_lethem.mp3</link>
<description>The Fortress of Solitude and autobiographical fiction</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>014: A 2003 Conversation With Chuck Palahniuk</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/chuck_palahniuk_2003.mp3</link>
<description>Deciding to write horror, minimalism and Portland</description>
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<title>013: A 2003 Conversation With Charles de Lint</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/charles_de_lint.mp3</link>
<description>Music, horror, magic realism dark and light fiction</description>
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<title>012: A 2003 Conversation With James Barclay</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/james_barclay.mp3</link>
<description>Killing off the cast, brutal reality and fantasy economics</description>
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<title>011: A 2003 Conversation With Mary Roach</title>
<link>http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/mary_roach.mp3</link>
<description>Weighing the human soul, heads in rotisserie pans</description>
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<title>001: A 2003 Conversation With Jasper Fforde</title>
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