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Show 34 is now available!

15-January-2010 - Cult Pop 34, Cult Pop and Jim Hall took December off and are starting off the new year with two new interviews. First, is friend of the show and Hugo winner John Scalzi interviewed at the 2009 Penguicon. John discusses his newest novel, "Zoe's Tale", which was nominated for Best Novel Hugo and "METAtropolis" also nominated for a Hugo in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form catagory. As the creative consultant for "Stargate Universe" he tells Jim what that entails. Also is a phone interview with Jim Hines whom we missed at Penguicon. Find out about his newest offerings in the Princess series, "The Stepsister Scheme", and "The Mermaid's Madness", and coming out in July "Redhood's Revenge". Also, there is some information about his short story work.

Show 33 is now available!

13-November-2009-Cult Pop 33, Cult Pop's offering this Friday the 13th is Jim Hall's interview with Brom about his illustrated book "The Child Thief", which is a somewhat darker re-telling of the Peter Pan story. He also discusses his other books, "The Devil's Rose" and "The Plucker". Brom tells Jim about his background and what influences his writing and art.

Show 32 is now available!

29-September-2009 Cult Pop 32, Jim Hall catches up with Marcus Sakey for a third time. Marcus discusses his fourth novel - "The Amateurs". Marcus also talks about what it means to have his novels optioned for movies. He tells Jim about the The Outfit a site where authors of crime fiction discuss writing, ideas, and current events.

Show 31 is now available!

20-August-2009 Cult Pop 31, Jeff Carlson chats via phone to Jim Hall of Cult Pop. Jeff follows up his novel "Plague Year" with the second of three installments - "Plague War". A novel set in the near future which tells the story of Cam and Ruth as they struggle to reverse the plague that has been unleashed upon the earth. This one hits close to home! Don't miss it!

Show 30 is now available!

6-July-2009 Cult Pop 30, Jim Hall gets a dream interview with Elmore Leonard author of western and crime novels including "Hombre", "the Big Bounce", "Valdez is Coming", "Mr. Majestyk", "Fifty-Two Pickup", "Stick", "Glitz", "Kill Shot", Get Shorty", and "Out of Sight" just to name a few. They talk about his latest Jack Foley novel, "Road Dogs". Mr. Leonard tells about his creative process and which of his 43 novels are his favorites. If you like crime novels Elmore Leonard books are the place to start!

Show 29 is now available!

26-MAY-2009 Cult Pop 29, The Cult Pop crew visits the 2009 Penguicon and interviews author Cherie Priest (see show #18) who talks about her novels "Fathom" and "Those Who Went Remain There Still" along with her "Eden Moore" series. She also gives a quick synopsis of her brand new novel "Boneshaker" to be available around Halloween. She is truly a Cut Pop favorite!

Show 28 is now available!

16-Apr-2009 Cult Pop 28, Reprising and earlier show, Jim Hall interviews Jeff VanderMeer about his new book "Predator: South China Sea". Jeff talks about what it takes to write a story that has to fit into a known universe. He also discusses his earlier work "Shriek: An Afterward" that has been re-released as a special edition. Then Jim brings Jeff's wife Ann on the show to talk about the fantasy fiction magazine "Weird Tales" where she is the fiction editor. The show finishes with both Ann and Jeff discussing the short story anthologies that they have co-edited.

Show 27 is now available!

9-Mar-2009 -Cult Pop 27, Cult Pop gets back to science fiction. Jim Hall interviews J. P. Frantz and John DeNardo, the duo behind SFSignal a web site devoted to all things science fiction (and a Cult Pop supporter). They discuss details of how the site is maintained and opinions about current science fiction movies and television shows. Be sure to give their web site a look.

Show 26 is now available!

2-Febuary-2009 Cult Pop 26, Jim Hall interviews Marcus Sakey and Sean Chercover two great crime novel authors. Marcus returns (Cult Pop #9) and talks about his new novel, "Good People", the third novel after "The Blade Itself", and "At The City's Edge". He discusses the story, and the plans for a future movie based on "The Blade Itself". Sean in his first Cult Pop interview discusses his second novel "Trigger City" which is the second time Ray Dudgeon, a Chicago PI, appears. He tells Jim about this novel, and his background as a private investigator and how it influences his writing. His first novel "Big City, Bad Blood" has won numerous awards, including the Shamus and the Gumshoe. Look for both of them on The Outfit Blog. Don't miss this episode!

Show 25 is now available!

13-January-2009 Cult Pop 25, Cult Pop starts the new year with part 2 of the 2008 Comicon. This starts off with Gregory Itzin, President Charles Logan from the TV show "24", This is the first one where Jim interviews Tom Sullivan, special effects artist noted for the films "Evil Dead"and "Army of Darkness", actor Ami Dolenz star of the movies "Witchboard 2", "Pumpkinhead", "Can't Buy Me Love", David Petersen, creator of "Mouse Guard", Al Feldstein, artist and editor of EC Comics' "Tales From the Crypt" and "Mad Magazine", and artist/painter Arthur Suydam, of "Marvel Zombies" fame. Also, for those with high speed DSL or cable modems view this show in Hi Def!

Show 24 is now available!

19-December-2008 Cult Pop 24, Earlier this year Cult Pop and Jim Hall visited the 2008 Comicon. He interviewed so many interesting people that we will have two shows. This is the first one where Jim interviews Erik Estrada, Ponch, from "CHIPs", Lou Ferrigno, the Hulk from the TV show of the same name, Cliff Simon, "Ba'al" from "Stargate SG1", The Ghoul, one of our favorite guests, and finally, Walter Koenig, "Checkov" from the original "Star Trek" TV series. Also, for those with high speed DSL or cable modems view this show in Hi Def!

Show 23 is now available!

13-November-2008 Cult Pop 23, Author Tobias Buckell talks to Jim Hall about his latest novel "Sly Mongoose" the third in the "Crystal Rain" series. He also tells how he came to write "The Cole Protocol" a novel set in the Halo game universe. Also featured is his short story collection "Tides From The New Worlds" available from Wyrm Publishing Lastly Tobias tells about the original audio anthology METAtropolis that came out last month. This is a must see interview!

Show 22 is now available!

20-October-2008 - Cult Pop 22, Bram Stoker award winning horror author Sarah Langan is interviewed over the phone by Jim Hall. She discusses her new novel "The Missing" and what it meant to her to win the Stoker. Brad Meltzer then talks about his comic book work.

Show 21 is now available!

15-September-2008 - Cult Pop 21, New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer talks to Jim Hall about his new novel "The Book of Lies". He also discusses his Eisner award winning comic offerings and his efforts to save the home where the Superman comic was originated in this revealing interview.

Show 20 is now available!

The last interview from the 2008 Penguicon. John Scalzi author of the new novel "Zoe's Tale". He discusses his past novels and his non-fiction offerings. This is the last of the interviews from the 2008 Penguicon.

Show 19 is now available!

15-July-2008 -Cult Pop 19, more from the 2008 Penguicon. In the second of three shows Jim Hall interviews Matt Arnold 2008 Penguicon's Minister of Communication and next year's convention chairman. He discusses the activities that were there this year and what is coming up next year during Penguicon 7.0. A big thank you to Matt from Cult Pop for all his help this year and in years past. Also interviewed is science fiction legend and multiple Hugo Award winning author Vernor Vinge". Author of "True Names", and Hugo Award winning novels "A Fire Upon the Deep", "A Deepness in the Sky", and "Rainbows End". A must see interview.

Show 18 is now available!

19-Jun-2008 -Cult Pop 18, the Cult Pop crew visits the 2008 Penguicon and got to chat with some of our favorite authors. In the first of three shows Jim Hall interviews Jim Hines author of the Goblin series of books. He next talks to gothic horror/fantasy author Cherie Priest" and they discuss her Eden Moore book series.

Show 17 is now available!

30-May-2008 - Cult Pop 17, Jim Hall calls The Consortium of Genius in New Orleans and nearly gets more than he asked for. He talks to Dr. Milo T. Pinkerton III,Dr. Harry A. Rachnid" and Dr. Z, three mad scientists that are bent on taking over the world. Bow to the COG! Long may the COG rule!........

Show 16 is now available!

10-May-2008 - Cult Pop 16, Jim Hall is still on the phone. He calls Ben Tanzer in Chicago, author of "Lucky Man" a coming of age novel that Jim compares to Stephen King's Stand by Me. Next he calls author/artist Stefan Bucher author of "100 Days of Monsters" an unusual book that contains his drawings of monsters along with stories submitted by people who viewed them on his web site.

Show 15 is now available!

16-April-2008 - Cult Pop 15, something to take your mind of income taxes! Jim Hall is on the phone again! He calls Lauren Groff in Florida, author of "Monsters of Templeton" a novel set in Cooperstown New York. Being a man of the world he then calls Corey Redekop in Manitoba, Canada, author of "Shelf Monkey" a witty story that any book lover would enjoy.

Show 14 is now available!

7-March-2008 - Jim Hall interviews artist Nina Friday at River's Edge Gallery , Cult Pop's own Mike Wooley at A to Z Comics in Garden City, Michigan, and visits with George McVey and Michael Marcus the Hamtramck Idea Men in Hamtramck, Michigan.

Jim and Jerry interviewed by HiSciFi!

27-February-2008 - Listen to Jim and Jerry interviewed live by Jevon Ryan and Irma Arkus of HiSciFi on Friday, February 29 at 5:30 PST (8:30 EST). Just click here to listen live (may need to install additional software) or here (IE 7 or FireFox required) to listen if you miss the live broadcast.

Show 13 is now available!

7-February-2008 - More from this year's Confusion. Jim gets to talk to husband and wife authors Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier. They discuss the emergence of young adult science fiction and their contributions to this new genre.

Show 12 is now available!

24-January-2008 - Jim visits Confusion and interviews author Tobias Buckell and artist Carl Lundgren. Tobias discusses his upcoming novel "Sly Mongoose" and the video he made about it. (Cult Pop's own Mike Wooley composed the music!) He also tells about his short stories and more. Artist Carl Lundgren describes his creative process and his career as a rock and science fiction artist.

Show 11 is now available!

21-November-2007 Jim goes to Hell (Michigan that is) and becomes mayor for a day. Artist Audrey Pongracz is interviewed along with the author of "Brigadoom", Susan Goodwill

Show 10 is now available!

8-November-2007 Cult Pop 10, Jim interviews Jeff VanderMeer, author of "City of Saints and Madmen", "Shriek: An Afterword", and "Veniss Underground". He has also edited the anthologies "Best American Fantasy 2007", "The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases" and "Leviathan 3". Jeff is located in Florida, and we interviewed him via phone.