Best Gary Liu Podcasts (2025)

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Jade Fighter by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (audio) 1:12:16

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This episode features "Jade Fighter" written by D.A. Xiaolin Spires. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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The Stone Played at Tengen by R.H. Wesley (audio) 46:21

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This episode features "The Stone Played at Tengen" written by R.H. Wesley. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wesley_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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In Luck's Panoply Clad, I Stand by Phoebe Barton (audio) 27:25

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This episode features "In Luck's Panoply Clad, I Stand" written by Phoebe Barton. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/barton_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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The Job Interview by Carrie Vaughn (audio) 43:38

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This episode features "The Job Interview" written by Carrie Vaughn. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vaughn_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Giant Grandmother by Liu Maijia (audio) 48:44

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This episode features "Giant Grandmother" written by Liu Maijia and translated by Blake Stone-Banks. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Understudies by Greg Egan (audio) 1:46:39

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This episode features "Understudies" written by Greg Egan. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/egan_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Episode 686: Kemi Ashing-Giwa and The King Must Die 54:33

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Our guest this week is the remarkable Kemi Ashing-Giwa, whose new novel The King Must Die is out in November. We talk about science fantasy—or whether genre labels mean much at all to the new generation of writers—her own influences, her well-received first novel, the space opera The Splinter in the Sky, and even her current scientific work on mass…

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Crabs Don't Scream by H.H. Pak (audio) 54:31

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This episode features "Crabs Don't Scream" written by H.H. Pak. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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The Cancer Wolves by Fiona Moore (audio) 39:05

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This episode features "The Cancer Wolves" written by Fiona Moore. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Episode 686: Ken Liu, Technothrillers and AI Dreaming 59:04

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This week we have a lively conversation with the remarkable Ken Liu, whose new thriller All That We See or Seem introduces a new protagonist, the gifted hacker Julia Z, in a tale that explores the growing role of AI, the possibility of a technology of shared dreams, a variety of near-future surveillance tech, and some pretty fearful players with ev…

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Wire Mother by Isabel J. Kim (audio) 22:57

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This episode features "Wire Mother" written by Isabel J. Kim. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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A World of Their Own by Robert Falco (audio) 18:01

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This episode features "A World of Their Own" written by Robert Falco. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/falco_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Five Impossible Things by Koji A. Dae (audio) 27:09

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This episode features "Five Impossible Things" written by Koji A. Dae. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dae_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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The Fury of the Glowmen by David McGillveray (audio) 38:39

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This episode features "The Fury of the Glowmen" written by David McGillveray. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/mcgillveray_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Aperture by Alexander Jablokov (audio) 52:59

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This episode features "Aperture" written by Alexander Jablokov. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jablokov_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins by Louis Inglis Hall (audio) 1:23:14

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This episode features "Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins" written by Louis Inglis Hall. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/…

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Wireworks by Sheri Singerling (audio) 51:00

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This episode features "Wireworks" written by Sheri Singerling. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/singerling_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Episode 685: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and the Anthropic AI case 32:40

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In a rare shorter episode, we chat about the late and much missed Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, with whom Jonathan and Gary had strangely similar encounters some years ago, and her early career as an SF writer before her decades-long success with her Saint-Germain series of vampire novels. That leads, briefly, to considering midlist vs. niche authors, befo…

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Abstraction Is When I Design Giant Death Creatures and Attraction Is When I Do It for You by Claire Jia-Wen (audio) 36:15

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This episode features "Abstraction Is When I Design Giant Death Creatures and Attraction Is When I Do It for You" written by Claire Jia-Wen. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25 Support us on Patreon at ht…

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Vwooom! by Uchechukwu Nwaka (audio) 11:10

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This episode features "Vwooom!" written by Uchechukwu Nwaka. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/nwaka_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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A Dream of Twin Sunsets by Ryan Cole (audio) 31:34

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This episode features "A Dream of Twin Sunsets" written by Ryan Cole. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cole_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Heart of Thunder by Raahem Alvi (audio) 53:09

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This episode features "Heart of Thunder" written by Raahem Alvi. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Sea of Fertility by Bella Han (audio) 1:47:26

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This episode features "Sea of Fertility" written and translated by by Bella Han. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/han_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Memories Are Only Valuable if They Can Be Lost by Ai Jiang (audio) 33:02

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This episode features "Memories Are Only Valuable if They Can Be Lost" written by Ai Jiang. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jiang_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Episode 684: On stories, awards, and reading 1:13:57

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With Gary recently returned from Worldcon in Seattle, we chat a bit about the Hugos (mostly avoiding second-guessing the results), which leads to some discussion of the differences between Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. Jonathan raises an intriguing question about the novella category, with its rather reductive word-length definition of th…

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Sleeper by R.T. Ester (audio) 30:46

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This episode features "Sleeper" written by R.T. Ester. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ester_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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And The Planet Loved Him by L Chan (audio) 22:07

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This episode features "And The Planet Loved Him" written by L Chan. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chan_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Episode 683: China Mieville and 25 Years of Bas Lag 1:10:51

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Twenty five years ago China Mieville's second novel, Perdido Street Station, introduced the world to the fantastical city of Bas Lag. It went on to win the Arthur C Clarke and British Fantasy awards, and be nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Tiptree, and Locus awards among others. Perdido Street Station was followed by two further novel…

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A Shaky Bridge by Marissa Lingen (audio) 19:47

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This episode features "A Shaky Bridge" written by Marissa Lingen. Published in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_08_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Hunter Harvester by Bam Bruin (audio) 23:33

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This episode features "Hunter Harvester" written by Bam Bruin. Published in the July 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/bruin_07_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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A Land Called Folly by Amal Singh (audio) 24:17

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This episode features "A Land Called Folly" written by Amal Singh. Published in the July 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/singh_07_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Bits and Pieces on This Floor by Eric Del Carlo (audio) 26:56

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This episode features "Bits and Pieces on This Floor" written by Eric Del Carlo. Published in the July 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/delcarlo_07_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Episode 682: Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz 58:59

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In this week’s episode, we’re joined by two of our most exciting writers, each of whom has a new book out in August. Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster offers a wonderful combination of witchcraft, academia, and generational family tensions, while Annalee Newitz’s Automatic Noodle features a team of robots trying to establish a nood…

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Serpent Carriers by K.A. Teryna (audio) 1:34:11

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This episode features "Serpent Carriers" written by K.A. Teryna and read by Alex Shvartsman. Published in the July 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/teryna_07_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Welcome to Kearney by Gary Kloster (audio) 56:01

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This episode features "Welcome to Kearney" written by Gary Kloster. Published in the July 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kloster_07_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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The Walled Garden by Fiona Moore (audio) 40:32

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This episode features "The Walled Garden" written by Fiona Moore. Published in the July 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_07_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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142: Building A Multi-Million Singapore Skincare Brand on Tiktok and Shopee: Why Live E-commerce is more than just a digital sales gimmick 11:11

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In an age where attention is currency and authenticity drives conversion, one platform is rewriting the rules of engagement: live-streaming. From TikTok Shop to Shopee Live, live commerce is no longer just a trend — it’s becoming one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing sales channels. But beyond flashy product demos and influencer cameos, what does…

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141: Growing Skincare Brand On Online Retail Platforms with Co-Founder of Alluora, Genecia. (An Interview With Channel News Asia) 28:44

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In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro from Channel News Asia speaks with two Singaporean entrepreneurs running skincare and health supplement businesses via online retail platform Shopee. Genecia Alluora will talk about how she co-founded ALLUORA, a multi-award-winning Singaporean skincare brand. Nurul Husna Osman talks about how she operates as a seco…

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Episode 681: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and The Bewitching 55:43

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We're almost embarrassed to admit it, but it’s been ten years since we last chatted with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, shortly after her first novel Signal to Noise had been published. Now she’s back, talking about an excellent new novel The Bewitching. Along the way, we touch upon several of her other novels, including the bestselling Mexican Gothic, Silv…

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Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro (audio) 37:54

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This episode features "Missing Helen" written by Tia Tashiro. Published in the July 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership…

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Outlier by R.L. Meza (audio) 21:11

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This episode features "Outlier" written by R.L. Meza. Published in the June 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/meza_06_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?By Clarkesworld Magazine

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The Last to Survive by Rita Chang-Eppig (audio) 36:40

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This episode features "The Last to Survive" written by Rita Chang-Eppig. Published in the June 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chang-eppig_06_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…

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The Last Lunar New Year by Derek Künsken (audio) 38:44

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This episode features "The Last Lunar New Year" written by Derek Künsken. Published in the June 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kunsken_06_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…