Arthur C. Clarke talks about Stanley Kubrick

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Undesirable Propagation UnitBack when websites were websites (in the late 1990s), somebody in Australia started collecting oddnesses. Taking its name from a term in a 1993 article in Wired magazine, Undesirable Propagation Unit is a collection of assorted weirdness – probably there’s some other stuff of interest on the site too (for somebody) but for our purposes there is an old ABC Radio National interview with Arthur C. Clarke. Curiously the program is mostly about the film of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Stanley Kubrick. Check it out:
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3|

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BBC Radio 4 Documentary on Arthur C. Clarke

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BBC Radio 4 ScienceIn October 2005 BBC Radio 4 visited Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka to celebrate the 60th anniversary of an article’s publication in a magazine called Wireless World. “Extra-Terrestrial Relays: Can Rocket Stations Give World Wide Radio Coverage?” was the first place artifical geostationary satellites were described. The entire documentary, featuring such Clarke knowledgeables as Stephen Baxter, Isaac Asimov and even Clarke’s younger brother, is thankfully still archived on the BBC Radio 4 website and is available for listening in the RealAudio format! I thought this was a very refreshing take documenting his “futurology” vs. his Science Fiction. This documentary doesn’t dwell on Clarke’s futurology as much as most documentaries on the man do.

Sir Arthur in his library, with Heather Couper and friend.Arthur C. Clarke: The Science And The Fiction
Heather Couper meets the man behind the ideas
1 Broadcast |REALAUDIO| – 28 Minutes 59 Seconds [DOCUMENTARY]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: Wendesday 5 October 2005 11.00-11.30am
In this programme, Heather Couper hears Sir Arthur’s own story and meets with family, fans and fiction writers he has influenced. His younger brother Fred remembers their childhood on a Somerset farm: Arthur was building telescopes and launching home-made rockets. Did the other children join in their brother’s activities? “No!”, recalls Fred with a shudder. “We kept away from the dangerous blighter”.

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The Time Traveler Show has the ULTIMATE Sir Arthur C. Clarke Podcast

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Podcast - The Time Traveler ShowThe latest Time Traveler Show podcast is a MUST LISTEN.

The whole show is a tribute to the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke. This is a podcast to beat all podcasts, with the prime attraction being an unabridged reading of “The Hammer of God” by Arthur C. Clarke!

This story appeared in the Audio Literature collection The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke. On top of that there’s an interview with the narrator, Scott Brick, who has also written the screenplay for the upcoming Rendezvous with Rama movie. Likewise interviewed is Dean McCreary, the production designer for the film. Also on board, audiobook narrator and producer, Stefan Rudnicki, Vernor Vinge and a rare recording of the man himself! Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s 1965 Hugo ceremonies speech entitles “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Learned to Love Stanley Kubrick.”

The Time Traveler Show #26 - The Hammer Of God by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Hammer Of God
By Arthur C. Clarke; Read by Scott Brick and Gabrielle de Cuir
1 |MP3| – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: The Time Traveler show
Podcast: April 25th 2008
Kali is the asteroid that will hit earth. Captain Robert Singh is commanding Goliath, the spaceship that will be fitted to Kali to deflect it from earth impact course.

Subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

http://www.timetravelershow.com/shows/feed.xml

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New Hour of the Wolf Episodes

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Hour of the Wolf, a radio program on WBAI 99.5, features some new SF&F personalities. As usual, these can only be streamed.

30th Anniversary Tribute to “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” |Stream|

Marly Youmans |Stream|

Sir Arthur C. Clarke |Part 1| |Part 2|

Dan Braum |Stream|

Ellen Datlow |Stream|

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ABC RN’s Late Night Live talks to Arthur C. Clarke

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Late Night LiveThe ABC Radio National show Late Night Live recorded a show with the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke Originally on 3/5/2001. Here’s the official description: “In this program-length conversation, the philosopher, inventor and futurist talks about his life and his work.” – Pfffttt! You’d think calling him a Science Fiction writer was an insult. That’s how the man made his living, that’s how he wanted to be remembered, that’s what he will be remembered for – at least by me. Anyway, here’s the show… |MP3|

[via Ear Ideas]

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