The Baen Free Radio Hour

Editor and author Michael Z. Williamson and authors Kevin Ikenberry, Jaime and Christopher DiNote, and Phillip Wohlrab discuss military science fiction anthology Freehold Defiance, a collection of stories set in the world of Williamson's Freehold series during the time of the war between the libertarian-leaning planet of Graine and a oligarchical and venal Earth run by the United Nations. Part 1 of a 2-part roundtable; And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 66. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-05-14-Williamson-Defiance-1-Uncompromising-Honor-66.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

James L. Cambias discusses new novel The Godel Operation. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-05-07-Cambias-The-Godel-Operation-Uncompromising-Honor-65.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Eric Flint and Griffin Barber discuss 1637: The Peacock Throne, a Ring of Fire alternate history novel set in India during the time of the Mughal dynasties; And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 64. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-04-30-Flint-Barber-Uncompromising-Honor-64.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Two-time Spur Award winner and Pulitzer semifinalist Clay Reynolds discusses his Western novels, both historical and contemporary. Most of Reynolds's fiction is now available in Baen Ebooks editions with an all-new introduction. Reynolds is known for the historical accuracy, wry humor, pathos, and beauty found in his novels, which are often set in Texas; And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 63. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-04-23-Reynolds-Uncompromising-Honor-63-Video.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Artist David Mattingly, artist and illustrator of many Baen Books covers including most Honor Harrington and Liaden Universe series cover, discusses his work and taking a cover illustration from conception to completion; And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 62. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-04-09-Gannon-Waters-1636-Calabars-War-Uncompromising-Honor-61.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Charles E. Gannon and Robert E. Waters discuss their new Ring of Fire series entry 1636: Calabar's War. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-04-09-Gannon-Waters-1636-Calabars-War-Uncompromising-Honor-61.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

David Weber talks about his science fiction novel The Apocalypse Troll, now available in a new trade paperback edition. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, part 60. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-04-02-Weber-Apocalypse-Troll-Uncompromising-Honor-60.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Wil McCarthy discusses near-future science fiction novel Rich Man's Sky. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 58. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-03-26-Video-Mccarthy-Uncompromising-Honor-58.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Tim Powers (Alternate Routes, Forced Perspectives), D.J. Butler (Serpent Daughter, The Jupiter Knife), and Christopher Ruocchio (Empire of Silence, Demon in White) discuss their influences—literary and otherwise. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-03-19-Powers-Butler-Ruocchio-Influences-Uncompromising-Honor-57.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Charles E. Gannon discusses The End of the Journey, a novel set in John Ringo's Black Tide Rising zombie apocalypse series universe, and a follow-up to At the End of the World. Gannon talks about how saving science and technology goes hand in hand with saving civilization. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 56. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-03-12-Gannon-Uncompromising-Honor-56.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

A.C Haskin's discusses his novel Blood and Whispers, an urban fantasy with a mystery element and deep world-building setting up the magical elements and the society of sorcerers who keep the peace. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 55. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-03-5-Haskins-Uncompromising-Honor-55-Sd480p-1.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Author and engineer Jim Beall discusses "Recycling from Stars to Starships," his article on Baen.com; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 54. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-baen-free-radio-hour-recycling-Uncompromising-Honor-54.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

T.C. McCarthy discusses science fiction military adventure novel Tyger Bright. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 53. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-baen-free-radio-hour-2021-02-19-McCarthy-Tyger-Uncompromising-Honor-53.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

D.J. Butler discusses the new Hiram Wooley novel The Jupiter Knife (cowritten with Aaron Michael Ritchey). An ancient evil haunts dustbowl-era Utah, and it is up to cunning man Hiram Wooley and his adopted son Michael to defeat the darkness. Part 2 of 2. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 52. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-02-05-Butler-Jupiter-Knife-part-2-Uncompromising-Honor-52.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

D.J. Butler discusses the new Hiram Wooley novel The Jupiter Knife (cowritten with Aaron Michael Ritchey). An ancient evil haunts dustbowl-era Utah, and it is up to cunning man Hiram Wooley and his adopted son Michael to defeat the darkness. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 51. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2021-02-05-Butler-Jupiter-Knife-part-1-Uncompromising-Honor-51.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Larry Correia and John D. Brown on science fiction novel Gun Runner, an idea-filled action-adventure tale about a interstellar piracy, giant battle mechs, and more; And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 50. Video version here: https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/video-baen-free-radio-hour-2021-01-29-Correia-Brown-Uncompromising-Honor-50.mp4 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Author Dan Koboldt talk about his new novel Domesticating Dragons, a near-future science fiction technothriller that combines cutting edge genetic engineering speculation with an action-driven plot. Dragons are real, and we are their creators. And David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 49. Video version here: https://www.baen.com/podcast/index/view/id/444 and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, and Paula Goodlett discuss The Macedonian Hazard, a new Ring of Fire universe alternate history science fiction novel, and the follow-up to The Alexander Inheritance; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 48. The Baen Free Radio Hour is available in audio and video formats. To find the video version visit Baen.com/podcast.

Editors Robert E. Hampson and Sandra L. Medlock, and authors David Weber, Mark H. Wandrey, Catherine L. Smith, and Brent R. Roeder discuss science fiction anthology The Founder Effect, which takes as its theme the crystal-seed-like influence of first settlers on a new world, as legends and myths grow from what are very human stories. This is Part Two of a two-part roundtable discussion; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 47.

Editors Robert E. Hampson and Sandra L. Medlock, and authors David Weber, Mark H. Wandrey, Catherine L. Smith, and Brent R. Roeder discuss science fiction anthology The Founder Effect, which takes as its theme the crystal-seed-like influence of first settlers on a new world, as legends and myths grow from what are very human stories. This is Part Two of a two-part roundtable discussion; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 47.

Editors Robert E. Hampson and Sandra L. Medlock, and authors David Weber, Mark H. Wandrey, Catherine L. Smith, and Brent R. Roeder discuss science fiction anthology The Founder Effect, which takes as its theme the crystal-seed-like influence of first settlers on a new world, as legends and myths grow from what are very human stories. This is Part One of a two-part roundtable discussion; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 46.

Editors Robert E. Hampson and Sandra L. Medlock, and authors David Weber, Mark H. Wandrey, Catherine L. Smith, and Brent R. Roeder discuss science fiction anthology The Founder Effect, which takes as its theme the crystal-seed-like influence of first settlers on a new world, as legends and myths grow from what are very human stories. This is Part One of a two-part roundtable discussion; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 46.

Orson Scott Card and Les Johnson discuss the late Ben Bova, legend of science fiction writing and editing, in a special retrospective interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 45.

Orson Scott Card and Les Johnson discuss the late Ben Bova, legend of science fiction writing and editing, in a special retrospective interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 45.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller discuss Trader's Leap, the latest entry in the Liaden Universe® science fiction series; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 44.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller discuss Trader's Leap, the latest entry in the Liaden Universe® science fiction series; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 44.

Legendary game designer Marc Miller discusses Agent of the Imperium. The novel is set in the universe of the genre-defining RPG Traveller, which Miller created. It follows an Agent of the Quarantine through centuries as he is dispatched to solve the problems of a vast galactic empire; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 43.

Legendary game designer Marc Miller discusses Agent of the Imperium. The novel is set in the universe of the genre-defining RPG Traveller, which Miller created. It follows an Agent of the Quarantine through centuries as he is dispatched to solve the problems of a vast galactic empire; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 43.

D.J. Butler discusses Serpent Daughter, a new entry in the Witchy Wars alternate history/flintlock fantasy series. The book features a complex magical system and a 1830s North America divided into kingdoms and empires contended over by necromancers, primitive gods, and mere mortals who become their avatars and allies. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 42.

D.J. Butler discusses Serpent Daughter, a new entry in the Witchy Wars alternate history/flintlock fantasy series. The book features a complex magical system and a 1830s North America divided into kingdoms and empires contended over by necromancers, primitive gods, and mere mortals who become their avatars and allies. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 42.

D.J. Butler discusses Serpent Daughter, a new entry in the Witchy Wars alternate history/flintlock fantasy series. The book features a complex magical system and a 1830s North America divided into kingdoms and empires contended over by necromancers, primitive gods, and mere mortals who become their avatars and allies. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 41.

D.J. Butler discusses Serpent Daughter, a new entry in the Witchy Wars alternate history/flintlock fantasy series. The book features a complex magical system and a 1830s North America divided into kingdoms and empires contended over by necromancers, primitive gods, and mere mortals who become their avatars and allies. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 41.

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon on 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line, an entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series. The novel is set in the Caribbean, and is a follow-up to 1636: Captain Cantrell in the West Indies. Here uptimer Captain Eddie Cantrell and resident downtimer Maarten van Tromp take on the Spanish in a big to change the history of the Caribbean settlement and development for the better, and avoid the wholesale introduction of slavery if possible. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 40.

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon on 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line, an entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series. The novel is set in the Caribbean, and is a follow-up to 1636: Captain Cantrell in the West Indies. Here uptimer Captain Eddie Cantrell and resident downtimer Maarten van Tromp take on the Spanish in a big to change the history of the Caribbean settlement and development for the better, and avoid the wholesale introduction of slavery if possible. This is Part Two of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 40.

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon on 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line, an entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series. The novel is set in the Caribbean, and is a follow-up to 1636: Captain Cantrell in the West Indies. Here uptimer Captain Eddie Cantrell and resident downtimer Maarten van Tromp take on the Spanish in a bid to change the history of the Caribbean settlement and development for the better, and avoid the wholesale introduction of slavery if possible. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 39.

Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon on 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line, an entry in the Ring of Fire alternate history series. The novel is set in the Caribbean, and is a follow-up to 1636: Captain Cantrell in the West Indies. Here uptimer Captain Eddie Cantrell and resident downtimer Maarten van Tromp take on the Spanish in a bid to change the history of the Caribbean settlement and development for the better, and avoid the wholesale introduction of slavery if possible. This is Part One of a two-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 39.

Tim Akers discusses Knight Watch, a contemporary fantasy novel in which a medieval fight reenactor becomes a fighter of real dragons and other fantastic beast when he joins a secret organization; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 38.

Tim Akers discusses Knight Watch, a contemporary fantasy novel in which a medieval fight reenactor becomes a fighter of real dragons and other fantastic beast when he joins a secret organization; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 38.

Editor Sean Patrick Hazlett and authors Erica L. Satifka, T.C. McCarthy, and John Langan discuss Weird World War III, a short story anthology featuring tales of the Cold War if magic, weird science, or other strangeness had led to very different, shudder-inducing, or fascinating possible outcomes; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 37.

Editor Sean Patrick Hazlett and authors Erica L. Satifka, T.C. McCarthy, and John Langan discuss Weird World War III, a short story anthology featuring tales of the Cold War if magic, weird science, or other strangeness had led to very different, shudder-inducing, or fascinating possible outcomes; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 37.

David Weber and Jacob Holo discuss The Valkyrie Protocol, the second entry in the Gordian Division science fiction series involving time travel, multiverses, and space warfare. This is part three of a three-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 36.

David Weber and Jacob Holo discuss The Valkyrie Protocol, the second entry in the Gordian Division science fiction series involving time travel, multiverses, and space warfare. This is part three of a three-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 36.

David Weber and Jacob Holo discuss The Valkyrie Protocol, the second entry in the Gordian Division science fiction series involving time travel, multiverses, and space warfare. This is Part Two of a three-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 35

David Weber and Jacob Holo discuss The Valkyrie Protocol, the second entry in the Gordian Division science fiction series involving time travel, multiverses, and space warfare. This is Part Two of a three-part interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 35

David Weber and Jacob Holo discuss The Valkyrie Protocol, the second entry in the Gordian Division science fiction series involving time travel, multiverses, and space warfare. This is Part One of a multipart interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 34

David Weber and Jacob Holo discuss The Valkyrie Protocol, the second entry in the Gordian Division science fiction series involving time travel, multiverses, and space warfare. This is Part One of a multipart interview; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 34

Roundtable featuring Les Johnson, Robert E. Hampson, Todd McCaffrey, Sarah A. Hoyt, Philip Wohlrab, and Daniel M. Hoyt, editors and authors of Stellars: People of the Stars, a combination science fact-science fiction anthology specializing in stories about how taking to space and the stars might change humans themselves physically and mentally into a new species of sorts, Homo stellaris, as humanity adapts; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 33

Roundtable featuring Les Johnson, Robert E. Hampson, Todd McCaffrey, Sarah A. Hoyt, Philip Wohlrab, and Daniel M. Hoyt, editors and authors of Stellars: People of the Stars, a combination science fact-science fiction anthology specializing in stories about how taking to space and the stars might change humans themselves physically and mentally into a new species of sorts, Homo stellaris, as humanity adapts; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 33

Editor David Boop, and authors Charlaine Harris, D.J. Butler, Betsy Dornbusch, and Travis Heermann discuss their short stories in Straight Outta Deadwood, a weird western anthology; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 32

Editor David Boop, and authors Charlaine Harris, D.J. Butler, Betsy Dornbusch, and Travis Heermann discuss their short stories in Straight Outta Deadwood, a weird western anthology; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor Part 32