The Coode Street Podcast

Episode 625: Kelly Barnhill and the Mind of a Writer

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by World Fantasy and Newbery Award winner Kelly Barnhill, whose When Women Were Dragons was one of last year’...

Coode Street 624: On short fiction

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are always casting around for inspiration. After getting ChatGPT to provide a new introduction for the podcast, Gary and Jonathan kick off a discu...

Episode 623: The 2022 Locus Recommended Reading List

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, in our more-or-less annual discussion of the Locus Recommended Reading List, we are delighted to be joined by Locus Editor-in-Chief Liza G...

Episode 622: More about space opera

22 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's not been that long since they last discussed it, but this week Jonathan and Gary return to the question of space opera, new space opera, and what...

Episode 621: Coode Street’s Books for Look Forward to in 2023

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To kick off 2023, Jonathan and Gary share their lists of the books that they’re looking forward to reading in 2023. They mention a lot of forthcomin...

Episode 620: A Very Coode Street Advent Bonus: M. Rickert

24 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's Christmas and then there's Krampus. Here at Coode Street, there's nothing quite like a little bit more, and as a very special holiday bonus Ga...

Episode 619: And Happy Holidays to all!

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And that's a wrap. Time to hang up the headphones and take a short break. The Coode Street Podcast is going on hiatus for the remainder of 2022 and wi...

Episode 618: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Elizabeth Hand

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And so we come to the final episode of the 2022 Coode Street Advent Calendar. Gary sits down to chat with a dear friend of the podcast, Elizabeth Hand...

Episode 617: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: N K Jemisin

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Way back in March 2020 we sat down with N.K. Jemisin to talk about her then-new fantasy novel, The City We Became. It was great. Then we had a whole ...

Episode 616: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Tochi Onyebuchi

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We spoke with Tochi Onyebuchi back in 2020 as part of "Ten Minutes with...", when his award-winning novella Riot Baby was still new in the world. Sin...

Episode 615: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Nghi Vo

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Although Nghi Vo published her first short story all the way back in 2007, it's only been in the last five years that she's really grabbed everyone's ...

Episode 614: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: John Clute

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There are friends of the Podcast, and then there's family. We've been talking to the great and glorious John Clute -- writer, critic, encyclopedist, ...

Episode 613: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Naseem Jamnia

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Depending on where you are in the world the weather is either turning chilly or it's becoming warm and sunny, but either way, it's not long till the ...

Episode 612: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: John Kessel

17 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

John Kessel has long been a favourite of the podcast. We spoke to him in July about his major new retrospective short story collection, The Best S...

Episode 611: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Neon Yang

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With a week left to go in the Advent Calendar, Jonathan sits down with Neon Yang to discuss what they've been reading, what they've read that they'd r...

Episode 610: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Richard Butner

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Coode Street Advent Calendar rolls on through December and today Gary sits down with Shirley Jackson and Locus Award nominee Richard Butner to dis...

Episode 609: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Lavie Tidhar

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're halfway through December and more than halfway through our Advent Calendar. Today Gary sits down with one of the most interesting and diversely ...

Episode 608: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Sarah Tolmie

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aurora award winner Sarah Tolmie chats with Gary about what she's been reading, what she'd recommend, her holiday recommendations, and her fabulous ne...

Episode 607: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Christopher Rowe

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we move closer and closer to the end of the Advent Calendar, Jonathan sits down with good friend of the podcast Christopher Rowe to discuss what h...

Episode 606: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: C S E Cooney

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And for the sixteenth day of the Advent Calendar, something a little special. Today Jonathan talks to the delightful C.S.E Cooney about what she's be...

Episode 605: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Alix E. Harrow

10 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Advent Calendar rolls on  as we move through the holidays towards year's end. Today Jonathan calls up good friend of the podcast and all-round wo...

Episode 604: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Charlie Jane Anders

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hugo and Nebula Award winner Charlie Jane Anders joins Gary for the 14th instalment of the Advent Calendar to discuss what she's been reading, what ...

Episode 603: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Stephanie Feldman

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the Coode Street Advent Calendar now in its second half, Gary sits down with the terrific Stephanie Feldman, the author of Who Will Speak for A...

Episode 602: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Kelly Robson

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we get towards day 12 and the halfway mark of the Advent Calendar, Jonathan calls up Canada and talks to the always fabulous Kelly Robson about wha...

Episode 601: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Liz Williams

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The holidays are in full swing. Hopefully, everyone is on top of their seasonal shopping and ready to relax and have fun. But if not, we can help. ...

Episode 600: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Guy Gavriel Kay

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's fitting that the tenth day of the Advent Calendar, which is also the 600th (!!) official episode of The Coode Street Podcast, should feature a de...

Episode 599: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Rachel Swirsky

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we move through the first week of December and into day nine of the Advent Calendar series, Gary spends some time chatting with the incredible Rac...

Episode 598: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Tamsyn Muir

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the eighth day of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Jonathan called Tamsyn Muir, author of the New York Time Bestselling 'Locked Tomb' series, to ...

Episode 597: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Kate Heartfield

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year we talked to the fabulous Kate Heartfield about her novel, The Embroidered Book. Now, for day seven of the Coode Street Advent Cale...

Episode 596: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Sequoia Nagamatsu

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Day six of the Coode Street Advent Calendar sees Jonathan chatting with the incredible Sequoia Nagamatsu about what he's been reading, what he'd reco...

Episode 595: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Sam J. Miller

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Coode Street Advent Calendar rolls into the fifth day, and this time Gary takes a little time to chat with the wonderful Sam J. Miller about his ...

Episode 594: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Alex Jennings

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the fourth instalment of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Jonathan called New Orleans to talk to exciting debut author Alex Jennings about how h...

Episode 593: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Aliette de Bodard

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The third day of the Coode Street Advent Calendar sees Gary talking to long-time podcast favourite Aliette de Bodard about their year in reading and ...

Episode 592: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Kelly Barnhill

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the second day of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Jonathan sits down to chat with the delightful Kelly Barnhill, whose novels When Women Were D...

Episode 591: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Nicola Griffith

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The end of the year is fast approaching, and this year the Coode Street Podcast is doing something a little different. We've invited 24 creators of s...

Episode 590: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2022

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the end of the year almost upon us, Coode Street was looking for a way to celebrate the books we read and loved during 2022. We also wanted to he...

Episode 589: Announcing a Coode Street Advent Calendar

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The end of the year is nigh. Jonathan and Gary are working on their year-end recommended reading, and many of us are working on our holiday shopping l...

Episode 588: Let’s Talk About Space (Opera), Baybee...

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With Gary about to leave for the World Fantasy Convention to be held in New Orleans next week, and with Jonathan in the process of assembling antholog...

Episode 587: Eileen Gunn and the Night Shift

22 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the wonderful Eileen Gunn, whose Night Shift Plus... is the latest volume in PM Press’s ongoing series of ...

Episode 586: Ray Nayler and Breaking Down Communicating

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the fall season of Coode Street underway, Jonathan and Gary sit down with the brilliant Ray Nayler, whose first novel The Mountain in the Sea has...

Episode 585: Caution - May Contain Traces of Kitten

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After far too many weeks of an unscheduled summer hiatus, Jonathan and Gary are back with a discussion of the recent Worldcon, which felt in many ways...

Episode 584: Back on the ramble

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the handful of listeners who might be nostalgic for those earlier Coode Streets which were mostly just disorganized rambles, this week we return t...

Episode 583: John Kessel and a Life in Science Fiction

17 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re joined by the distinguished, multiple award-winning John Kessel, whose collection The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kes...

Episode 582: Rachel Swirsky and the Universality of Caring

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the first week in July, we’re joined by Nebula Award winner Rachel Swirsky, whose novella January Fifteenth ( just out from Tordotcom) is a pro...

Episode 581: Kate Heartfield and The Embroidered Book

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jonathan and Gary are delighted to chat with Kate Heartfield, whose thoroughly engrossing historical fantasy The Embroidered Book, already ...

Episode 580: Christopher Rowe and the Instrumentality of Influence

22 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jonathan and Gary are joined by the brilliant Christopher Rowe, whose novella These Prisoning Hills appears next week from Tordotcom, revi...

Episode 579: Remembering Patricia A. McKillip

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this week, we were all stunned by the news of the tragic death of World Fantasy Life Achievement Award winner Patricia McKillip, whose lumino...

Episode 578: Kind of dull, but it’s something

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s discussion begins with Gary wondering about what he tentatively calls the use of absurdism in some recent novels, mentioning Kelly Barnh...

Episode 577: Books, classics, and collecting

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's only been a week since Jonathan and Gary sat down to chat with Nicola Griffith about her new book, Spear, but in a bid to get back on schedule, t...

Episode 576: Nicola Griffith and Spear

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This time out, Jonathan and Gary are joined by the brilliant Nicola Griffith, whose Spear, out this month, revisits Arthurian tales from an entirely n...

Episode 575: New books, old readers, and such

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With Gary just back from ICFA in Florida, he discussed whether this will really be the year of re-emergence, with both the World Science Fiction Conve...

Episode 574: Kickstarters, communities, and more

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After reminding listeners that the deadline for Hugo nominations is fast approaching on March 15 (and reminding them once again of the eligibility of ...

Episode 573: The 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List

20 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, in our more-or-less annual discussion of the Locus Recommended Reading List, we are delighted to be joined by Locus Editor-in-Chief Liza Gr...

Episode 572: Genre, change, and the passage of time

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week (episode 3 of season 13) we return to our tradition of almost entirely unstructured rambling. Jonathan and Gary consider such questions as t...

Episode 571: The New Year and New Books

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jonathan and Gary are back, a little early, to talk about the annual science fiction calendar, the awards season, how there are so many awar...

Episode 570: Coode Street’s Books to Look for in 2022

15 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to The Coode Street Podcast. With 2021 barely in the rearview mirror, it's time to kick off season 13 with a brand new episode. A little over ...

Episode 569: A Thank You for Supporting Us for So Long

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Coode Street Podcast kicked off in May 2010.  Over the next 568 episodes Jonathan and Gary, and far too many friends of the podcast to be named h...

Episode 568: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide Roundtable

05 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The holiday season is upon us, another strange, unforgettable year is almost done, and here at Coode Street it's time for our annual gift guide/year i...

Episode 567: Sheree Renée Thomas and science fiction

21 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 25 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary sit down with the very talented and extremely busy Sheree ...

Episode 566: On life achievement, awards, and more

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 24 of Season 12 of the Coode Street Podcast. As the year draws to a close and winter comes to Chicago and summer to Perth, Gary and...

Episode 565: On work published after the author‘s death

24 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 23 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, after a brief and mostly irrelevant discussion of whether the proposition t...

Episode 564: Oghenechovwe Ekpeki and African Speculative Fiction

09 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 22 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. In this episode, Gary and Jonathan talk to Oghenechovwe Ekpeki, author of the Otherwis...

Episode 563: A Ramble in the Wilderness

19 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 21 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast.Once again, it's just Jonathan and Gary, talking about the various roles anthologies ha...

Episode 562: Reading, reviewing, and an old question answered

29 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 20 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. It's just Jonathan and Gary again, eventually circling around an interesting question ...

Episode 561: Science fiction, influence, and more

22 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 19 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan and Gary return, sans guests or much of a plan. They do manage...

Episode 560: Arkady Martine and Memories of Empire

08 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 18 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan and Gary are joined by the wonderful Arkady Martine, author of...

Episode 559: Partway through the pandemic, a ramble

01 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 17 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. For those very few of you who might be wondering what Jonathan and Gary ramble on abou...

Episode 558: M. Rickert and The Shipbuilder of Bellfaerie

25 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 16 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, Jonathan and Gary chat with the marvellous M. Rickert, whose new novel The ...

Episode 557: All This and Dystopia Too

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 15 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. For the first time in more than two months, it’s just Jonathan and Gary again, talki...

Episode 556: Lavie Tidhar and a World of Science Fiction

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 14 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by multiple award-winning author and editor La...

Episode 555: Catherynne M. Valente and Telling Tales

26 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 13 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the wonderful Catherynne M. Valente to talk ...

Episode 554: Zen Cho and Finding Black Water Sister

20 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 12 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the remarkable Zen Cho, whose new novel Blac...

Episode 553: Daryl Gregory and The Album of Doctor Moreau

05 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 11 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Daryl Gregory, whose new novella The Album o...

Episode 552: Nghi Vo and The Chosen and the Beautiful

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 10 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary have a delightful conversation with Nghi Vo, whose The E...

Episode 551: Sarah Pinsker and We Are Satellites

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 9 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by Nebula and Philip K. Dick award-winning autho...

Episode 550: P. Djèlí Clark and A Master of Djinn

02 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 8 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This time out, Jonathan and Gary are joined by P. Djèlí Clark, whose novella Ring Sh...

Episode 549: Lockdown, science fiction, and more

25 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 7 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary return to form with a classic ramble through a jumble of to...

Episode 548: Kelly Robson and Alias Space

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 6 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary are joined by the delightful Nebula and Aurora winning auth...

Episode 547: Nominating for the World Fantasy Awards

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 5 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. After three weeks of unexcused absences, Jonathan and Gary return, just as the world st...

Episode 546:Veronica Schanoes and Burning Girls and Other Stories

07 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 4 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. Despite an unexpected glitch that caused Jonathan to disappear partway through, he and...

Episode 545: Aliette de Bodard and Fireheart Tiger

20 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 3 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week the brilliant Aliette de Bodard joins us from Paris to discuss her new Fire...

Episode 544: Ten Minutes with Max Gladstone

06 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last year Coode Street sat down with people from all over the world to talk about what they were reading, what they were up to, and how they were copi...

Episode 543: The Year in Review and Other Digressions

31 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 2 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week, in the second of our main season of twenty-six hour-long episodes, our hosts...

Episode 542: Ten Minutes with Jason Sizemore

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last year Coode Street sat down with people from all over the world to talk about what they were reading, what they were up to, and how they were copi...

Episode 541: John Clute and Science Fiction Repeating the Future

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 12 of the Coode Street Podcast. This year we're repeating our commitment to bring you at least twenty-six hour-long episodes where o...

Episode 540: The Last Official One for 2020

13 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Since we’re as anxious as everyone else to finally escape 2020, this one is likely to be Jonathan and Gary’s final episode of the year, unless we ...

Episode 539: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're getting to the end of an extraordinary year and it's almost time to shutter the podcast before a well-earned holiday break. But, before Gary and...

Episode 538: Sheree Renée Thomas, Charles Coleman Finlay and F&SF

15 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan and Gary continue their irregular 2020 schedule with a conversation with Charles Coleman Finlay, who for more than five years has carried on ...

Episode 537: Ten Minutes with Charlie Jane Anders

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and book lovers from around the world talk about what they're read...

Episode 536: Time for another list

18 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After spending a few minutes chatting about what it’s like to live in a relatively safe but relatively sealed-off environment—something Jonathan c...

Episode 535: Ten Minutes with Rebecca Roanhorse

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...

Episode 534: Ten Minutes with Sheila Williams

11 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...

Episode 533: Ten Minutes with Paul Park

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...

Episode 532: Ten Minutes with S. Qiouyi Lu

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...

Episode 531: On reading and re-reading speculative fiction

04 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan and Gary are back with their usual laser-like focus on a single important topic--or maybe not. Starting at the recent release of the trailer ...

Episode 530: Ten Minutes with Julie Phillips

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...

Episode 529: Ten Minutes with Ruoxi Chen

27 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...

Episode 528: Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future

26 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Coode Street has a long history of talking to Kim Stanley Robinson about the world and his work, starting back in 2011, continuing in our 200th episod...

Episode 527: Ten Minutes with Madeleine E. Robins

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...

Episode 526: Ten Minutes with Linda Nagata

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're readi...