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Episode publication activity over the past year

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Ben H. Winters - Benjamin

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

D. Harlan Wilson's interview with author Ben H. Winters. Conducted in late July, they discuss Ben's now-completed, heavily Philip K. Dick infl...

Cody Goodfellow - New Tomorrow - with Anthony Trevino

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hello DickHeads. The Hangout interview with Cody Goodfellow somehow didn't get recorded. To make up for it, David decided to rope in our old frien...

Interview - Anthony Peake - A Life of Philip K. Dick

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, PKD & Anthony Peake fans. D. Harlan Wilson conducted this interview with the acclaimed author a while back, and finally, here it is now. Ge...

Interview - Linda Castellani - The Dark-Haired Girl

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Content warning: Linda is honest about the sexist environment at the university at the time; there are plenty of ugly moments between Phil and Linda, ...

Live Podcast from PKD Fest 2024 - Featuring Jonathan Lethem & Stephen Graham Jones

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 'Not a Book Club Book Club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence. We recently went live from the Philip K. Dick Festival in Fort Mor...

Interview - Barry Malzberg - The Second Interview

09 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Two Davids (Agranoff & Wilson) sit down with author Barry Malzberg to discuss his books, legacy, and what it was like ascending the ranks amon...

Cut for Time - Frank's Story - Puttering About in a Small Land

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here is the intro slash bio slash interview with PKD collector and scholar Frank Hollander from our discussion of Puttering About in a Small Land. He ...

Interview - Reggie Herbert & Victoria Stewart - 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick is a play about the last few days of Philip K. Dick's life and supposes the internal worlds he mig...

Interview - Bill Sarill - VALIS: An Opera

20 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back in September of last year there was a single weekend run of VALIS: An Opera at the MIT Theater Arts Performance Space in Cambridge, MA. While the...

Interview - Lord Running Clam - Pink Beam

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ganymedean slime mold, festival organizer, chronicler, and ultimate PKD fan Lord Running Clam, stopped by to chat with our two Davids about his histor...

Interview - Keith Giles - The Gospel of Philip K. Dick

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The two Davids chat with the exceedingly busy Keith Giles about the many projects he has going on right now, including his new book, Sola Deus: What I...

Interview - Aharon Varady - PKD & Judaism

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With The Divine Invasion lurking in the shadows of our near future, David figured it might benefit all who those interested in a deeper understanding ...

Dick Adjacent - Hugo Winners 1966 & 68 - Roger Zelazny - with Mark Conlan

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hello Zelaznuts and DickHeads alike. Here at last, after three and a half years of gathering dust on the shelf, is the final episode in David's Hu...

Interview - Walter Nelson - Ray Nelson

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David chats with Walter Nelson on the legacy of his recently passed father, Ray Nelson, and how growing up the son of a famous author in the Berkeley ...

Interview - Dr. Sherryl Vint - Animal Alterity/DADOES?

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David sits down with professor of Media & Cultural Studies at UC Riverside, Dr. Sherryl Vint, to discuss her book Animal Alterity and the value of...

DHP Live Blade Runner 40th Anniversary from Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On June 25th, 1982, Blade Runner was released in theaters; in the ensuing 40 years some stuff happened until finally, on June 25th, 2022, the DickHead...

Dick Adjacent - The Stars My Destination - with D. Harlan Wilson

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hello DickHeads. Here's a new Dick Adjacent for all you Alfred Bester fans. With references to Joyce, Dumas, Blake, Pound, and Shelley, along with the...

DHP A Scanner Darkly - The Backstory

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With special guest John Shirley. Sometimes an episode runs too long and I'm forced to cut out some small bits. Usually these tidbits end up on Patreo...

Dick Adjacent - The Big Jump - Leigh Brackett

30 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of this podcast, Solar Lottery, David said he would someday do this episode. So four years later, in January of this year, he sat...

Interview - S.D. Authors Live - from the North Park Book Fair

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year, PKD fans. We have something a little different for you to start the year off. A LIVE recording. This last December, Verbatim Books &am...

Dick Adjacent - 1974 The VALIS Incident

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well DickHeads we have made it to the VALIS incident. And in celebration, David brought together family, friends, and a PKD fan/gnostic expert to disc...

Interview - Lavie Tidhar - Osama 10th Anniversary

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David sits down with Lavie Tidhar on the 10th anniversary of his controversial novel Osama to discuss the book, PKD, and projects past & future. O...

Interview - Cliff Jones Jr. - From PKD Fest 2019

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, my fellow Dickheads. Two years. I've been patiently working towards getting this pair of interviews (Cliff Jones Jr. & Nick Buchanan) into ...

Interview - Nick Buchanan - From PKD Fest 2019

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, my fellow Dickheads. Two years. I've been patiently working towards getting this pair of interviews (Cliff Jones Jr. & Nick Buchanan) into ...

Interview - Molly Tanzer - Vermillion/PKD Award

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Molly Tanzer takes some time out of her busy day to discuss her novel Vermillion the story of "Gunslinging, chain smoking, Stetson-wearing Taoist psyc...

Interview - David Gill

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David sits down with fellow Philip K. Dick fanatic and PKD scholar David Gill for an off-the-cuff conversation on the man, his works, and his legacy.&...

Interview - John Shirley - Stormland

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David recently had the opportunity to interview the multitalented John Shirley. During the interview they discuss PKD's influence, John's music and re...

Interview - Chris Frith - Voight-Kampff Test

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence. Hello Dickheads. This time around David spends some time with Psychologist C...

Dick Adjacent - Asian Sci-fi in Translation

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Dick Adjacent series David has invited four translators of Asian science fiction on the show to discuss how, when, and why we s...

Dick Adjacent - Dune - with Marissa van Uden & Michael Moore

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello everyone. Here is the twelfth episode of our Dick adjacent series and the seventh in David's Hugo's of the 60's series. Dune is up for discussio...

Interview - Tessa B. Dick - From The Library

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here is the second part of Anthony Trevino's conversation with Tessa B. Dick from last year's PKD Festival in Fort Morgan, Colorado. This type of on-t...

Dick Adjacent - The Sheep Look Up - with Mark Conlan, Duane Pesice, & John Skipp

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello Dickheads. This time around David and friends discuss the in's and out's of the John Brunner classic The Sheep Look Up. A novel that has been ca...

Interview - Tessa B. Dick - From The Pub

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last year our Patrons donated enough money to allow one Dickhead to travel out to Fort Collins, Colorado, for the PKD Festival. We drew straws, and An...

Dick Adjacent - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - with Mark Conlan & Dave Woken

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello Dickheads. David brought back scholar David Woken and regular guest Mark Gabrish Conlan to discuss The Moon is a Harsh Mistress winner of the Hu...

Dick Adjacent - The Iron Dream

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello Dickheads. Here is our latest installment of the Dick Adjacent series, and this time we are talking Norman Spinrad's controversial 1972 novel Th...

Dick Adjacent - Way Station - with Matthew L. Whitaker

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, fellow DickHeads. Here is the eighth episode of our series on material related to the works, timeline, impact, and/or any other ties to Philip ...

DHP Sci-Fi Scholars in Quarantine

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello all. We here at Dickheads Podcast hope you are all staying safe and happy. Me and Anthony are holding up pretty well here in the lockdown, but D...

Dick Adjacent - Shout-Out to Tony Boucher

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David sits down with SciFi luminaries Gary K. Wolfe, Gordon Van Gelder, and F. Paul Wilson to discuss writer/editor William Anthony Parker White AKA A...

Interview - Evan Lampe - The 3rd Five

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Evan Lampe visits David all the way from China to discuss the next set of books. Opinions vary about the quality, but there is no doubt this time in P...

Dick Adjacent - A Canticle for Leibowitz - with Brian Evenson & Ian Duncanson

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David's back with a different set of friends to discuss the 1961 Hugo for best new novel winner, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.&nbsp...

Interview - Betsy Wollheim - DAW Books & Donald A. Wollheim

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, Dickheads. Shut-in as we are against the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we were still able to get together on Google Hangouts and have a great c...

Dick Adjacent - Stranger in a Strange Land - with Mark Gabrish Conlan

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here in our continuing series of PKD adjacent topics, David is joined once again by superfan Mark Gabrish Conlan to discuss the winner of the Hugo Awa...

Interview - Craig Callender - Time

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, Dickheads. David recently had the opportunity to interview Craig Callender professor of philosophy and co-director of the institute for practic...

Dick Adjacent - Cancel Culture Roundtable - with Lisa Yaszek & Alec Nevala-Lee

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, DickHeads. Finally, after a month of holidays and a month of illness, we are back. And with something a little different. This time we got a pa...

Dick Adjacent - Stand on Zanzibar - with Duane Pesice

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here is the first official offering of David's 1960s Hugo Award for Best Novel series. The other two Hugo winners (Man in the High Castle, Starship Tr...

Dick Adjacent - Journals of the Plague Years - Spinrad Spectacular

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second episode of our series on material related to either the subject matter, time frame, or other ties to the work of Philip K. Dick. In...

Interview - Norman Spinrad - Spinrad Spectacular

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins a little contentiously but don't worry, it doesn't take them long...

Dick Adjacent - Beyond Apollo with James Reich - Malzberg Spectacular

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here in this phone recorded episode David discusses Beyond Apollo by Barry Malzbreg with guest author James Reich who wrote the introduction to a 2015...

Interview - Barry Malzberg - Malzberg Spectacular

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David must have done something right because author Barry Malzberg was willing to sit down for a lengthy phone conversation with him. In this intervie...

Interview - Lisa Yaszek - The Future Is Female!

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello DickHeads. Here is David's interview with editor, author, and Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Commu...

Interview - Cody Goodfellow - Unamerica/Scum of the Earth

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The long-awaited Cody Goodfellow interview is here. David does his best to keep up with his longtime friend as Cody riffs on PKD, drugs, and the ameri...

Interview - Sam J. Miller - Blackfish City

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here we have David's in-depth interview with multiple award-winning author Sam J. Miller. They discuss Sam's Nebula Award-nominated novel Blackfish Ci...

Interview - Evan Lampe - The 2nd Five

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David's second interview with author, podcaster, blogger, and Philip K. Dick scholar Evan Lampe. Here they discuss PKD's second five novels and the id...

Interview - PKD Festivals 2019 Round Table

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David and Anthony host a round table discussion with coordinators of upcoming PKD festivals across the country. 2019 PKD Film Festival ►► http://t...

Interview - Gavriel Rosenfeld & Bruce Krajewski - The Man in the High Castle

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This time around David has a conversation with two professors, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, and Bruce Krajewski, on the continued relevance to our modern wor...

Holiday Special: Alas, All Thinking by Harry Bates

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At last, we give you Alas, All Thinking, the Harry Bates story PKD said compelled him to begin writing. Enjoy. But beware of SPOILERS if you haven't r...

Interview - Brian Evenson - The Warren

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony and David interview the extraordinary writer and PKD fan Brian Evenson. They pick his brain on everything from his novella The Warren to where...

Interview - Evan Lampe - The 1st 5 Novels

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David interviews author, podcaster, blogger, and Philip K. Dick enthusiast Evan Lampe. This is number one in a series of in-depth chats Here they disc...

Interview - Weston Ochse - Burning Sky

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David interviews the Bram Stoker Award-winning author Weston Ochse about his upcoming military horror novel Burning Sky available on Sept. 25th. SPOIL...

Interview - Brian Keating - Losing The Nobel Prize

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is a really cool interview. -LJT Professor Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with UC San Diego’s Department of Physics. He and his team develo...

Dick Adjacent - Judith Merril Roundtable

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dick Adjacent is back. And it's a good one too. The story goes that after David finished reading some of Judith Merril's stories, he found a scathing ...

Interview - Carrie Vaughn - Bannerless

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David's interview with the New York Times Bestselling author Carrie Vaughn on her 2017 Philip K. Dick Award-winning post-apocalyptic novel BANNERLESS....