Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (724)

Interview with Mike Zipser and Tom Shaad from Fast Forward TV. Interviewed by Paul Fischer and Martha Holloway.

• In studio in fabulous Vienna, VA
• Fast Forward TV is on cable TV originating at Arlington, VA
• also available in Baltimore, MD, Fairfax county, VA, and Loudon County, VA.
• The produce one show a month.
• Scheduling information is available at www.fast-forward.tv
• The show has been running since 1989.
  
• Mike & Tom’s first show was with Robert Jordan.
• Mike is just a talented amateur.
• They have produced and shown 187 interviews.
• Feb 2006 episode
• Stan Robinson talked about his book, “4 below” on a freaky weather day.
• At the 2005 National Book Festival they did 5 interviews in 2 days.
• They’ve interviewed Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman.
• They’re working on an hour long special with Pat Murphy, Terry Pratchet, and Keith DeCandido.
• They worry about over exposing their author friends.
• Paul can’t remember John Wright’s name.
• We’ve already started drooling over Neil Gaiman.
• Neil is a genuinely nice person.
• We’re all fan-boys.
• So many of the author stars of Sci-Fi and Fantasy are very accessible.
• Authors near the end of their tour are generally on automatic, and need a little push before they will get into a conversation.
• Good writing is a magical ability.
• PROMO: Brave Men Run.
• PROMO: Dragon Page: Cover to Cover, Winging It, and Slice of Sci-Fi.
• How hard is it for them to be the interviewee, when you’re normally the interviewer.
• Mike talks about interviewing Larry Niven.
• Most of the time they really want to go longer than the 18 minutes they need for TV.
• Let the interviewee go where they want to go.
• Differences between TV, Fast Forward TV, and podcast interview formats.
• 30 minute show with interview, book review, and anime review.
• Many authors are very different then their publishers and publicists portray them.
• Reminiscing about interviewing Robert Jordan, Connie Willis, Ed Kemmer, Howard Waldrip, Garth Nix, Jane Yoland, and Frederick Pohl.
• The Fast Forward TV archive is slowly being built on their website. You can currently stream the video and download the MP3 audio.
• Best and worst interviews.
• Die Hard at Cape Canaveral.
• Prepare for Fast Forward TV
• The Video Podcast!
• Some of the best fiction is classified as Juv-Fic, Juvenile Fiction.
• We will be working together at Balticon 40.
• The Balticon main hotel is sold out. However there are hotels across the street. Don’t keep trying to get a room.
• BBQ at Corner Stable. Mike loves the ribs. Paul is looking for a crab shack nearby.
• We are the media of the people.
• Join our Frappr map!
• Creative Commons 2.5, non-commercial, attribution required

Opening music by Bottomland.

Music by Jonathan Coulton, The Future Soon.