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Bill Simmon
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Poli-Sci-Fi Radio
Show called on account of…
…sports? Yes, Emily and I are canceling this week’s show so we can watch the US face off against Brazil in the Confederations Cup final in South Africa on Sunday afternoon. We’d TiVo the game but match results keep getting spoiled for us so we’re going to watch it live. We’ll be back next week [...]Episode 73: Speaking Klingon to Power
My pre-show notes got nuked in a computer crash this week so I can’t copy them here, but we talked about Iran (of course) and conservative (or rather, neo-conservative) complaints about how the President is handling the situation here in the US. We discussed the recent SCOTUS decision regarding DNA testing for prisoners, and Steve [...]Episode 72: Iran: So Far Away
The Iranian elections lead the week and an all-star Stupid People Saying Stupid Things ends it. In between we talk about all sorts of stuff. Here are my pre-show notes… Tron Kings True Blood back tonight top 10 ways to provoke a geek argument top 10 science films top 10 existential films of all time Moon! boy hit my meteorite - what suerpowers [...]Episode 71: Stupid People Saying Stupid Things
This episode marks the inaugural edition of a new regular feature on PSFR: Stupid People Saying Stupid Things (featuring an intro jingle by PSFR resident maestro, XJ3!). See if you can guess who Steve and Bill will vote for in this week’s 4-way race for stupidest thing uttered by a stupid person. It was also our [...]Episode 70: Black to the Future
This week the PSFR crew welcomed blogger Danielle Belton from The Black Snob on the air to discuss her recent piece in The American Prospect called Blacks in Space. Danielle’s interview takes place in the 2nd half hour of the show. SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor was the big story this week. The rest of my show [...]It's a bigger fish.
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- Planet
- Earth Prime
- Species
- carbon based
- Skill testing question: what number are you thinking of?
- 3
- Star Trek or Star Wars?
- Both
Bill is...
Bill Simmon is a filmmaker, teacher, writer and new media evangelist living in northern Vermont.
Bill works at VCAM, a non-profit community media and technology center located in Burlington, Vermont. He is the Production Manager there.
Bill Films his own award-winning short films, music videos and documentaries. He also maintains an active freelance film & video production business.
Bill blogs at Candleblog, which was the recipient of the Seven Days “Daysie” Award for Best Vermont Blog in 2005. Candleblog also received the Best Vermont (non-political) Blog Daysie in 2007 and 2008.
Bill podcasts his weekly two-hour political/science fiction radio show, Poli-Sci-Fi Radio, which he hosts with political writer and blogger Steve Benen.
Bill teaches filmmaking at Burlington-area colleges.
Bill writes magazine articles occasionally on the side.
Bill evangelizes new media and is an enthusiastic advocate for the democratization of media & technology. He is also a tireless defender of free speech.
Bill works at VCAM, a non-profit community media and technology center located in Burlington, Vermont. He is the Production Manager there.
Bill Films his own award-winning short films, music videos and documentaries. He also maintains an active freelance film & video production business.
Bill blogs at Candleblog, which was the recipient of the Seven Days “Daysie” Award for Best Vermont Blog in 2005. Candleblog also received the Best Vermont (non-political) Blog Daysie in 2007 and 2008.
Bill podcasts his weekly two-hour political/science fiction radio show, Poli-Sci-Fi Radio, which he hosts with political writer and blogger Steve Benen.
Bill teaches filmmaking at Burlington-area colleges.
Bill writes magazine articles occasionally on the side.
Bill evangelizes new media and is an enthusiastic advocate for the democratization of media & technology. He is also a tireless defender of free speech.
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