John S. Drew announces the revival of The Chronic Rift as a podcast. TCR had been a fairly long-running public access television show about the realms of speculative fiction, airing in New York City in the early 1990s. This writer was a guest on the program several times, in their round-table discussions.
The new, monthly podcast version will reunite several of the people from the television program, including Keith R.A. DeCandido, Judith Furnari, Orenthal V. Hawkins, and Andrea Lipinski. New faces (voices) in the mix will include Derrick Ferguson and David Alexander McDonald.
The new show will “open with the gang ‘Bringing Something to the Table’.” Rather than a news segment, which will quickly date the show, they’ll “comment on things in the genre we’ve found interesting in the past month. We’ll follow this up with the reviews and commentary our fans came to love from comic art to video games. This will then be followed by the Roundtable, our discussion on a particular aspect of the genre with both fans and pros in attendance.”
The podcast will be available on iTunes and Podmatic, as well as on the show’s web site, which already notes that the first installment will be available on 22 September. That first show will be a “preview episode, showing our listeners what we have in store for the show.” The second show (premiering 20 October) will feature a Roundtable discussion on the evolution of horror, with guests Joseph D’Lacey and Paul K. Bisson. The 17 November episode will focus on the 45th anniversary of Doctor Who, with writer James Moran.
They’re still looking for a video games reviewer, and for musicians interested in participating in the December holiday-themed episode. To apply, see the web site, chronicrift.com.