{"id":8987,"date":"2018-04-21T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=8987"},"modified":"2018-04-20T16:59:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T20:59:01","slug":"talkcast-379-the-wit-and-wisdom-of-alexander-jablokov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=8987","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 379 &#8211; The Wit and Wisdom of Alexander Jablokov"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8988\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8988\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8988\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Alexander-Jablokov-300x222.png\" alt=\"Alexander Jablokov\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Alexander-Jablokov-300x222.png 300w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Alexander-Jablokov.png 646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Jablokov<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we spend time talking with science futurist and science fiction writer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajablokov.com\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Jablokov<\/a>. We spent the show talking about various facets of his life; how and why he found his love for science fiction, when he began writing, why he stopped writing and why he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alexander-Jablokov\/e\/B000APQFKE\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\" target=\"_blank\">restarted his writing career<\/a>. It\u2019s a fascinating hour of articulate conversation about the craft and the passion and why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajablokov.com\/short-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s important to him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Enjoy the chaos.<\/p>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8987-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast379.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast379.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast379.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast379.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast379.mp3&id=8987\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=8987\" data-text=\"TalkCast 379 - The Wit and Wisdom of Alexander Jablokov\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=8987\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D8987&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F04%2FAlexander-Jablokov-300x222.png&#038;description=TalkCast%20379%20-%20The%20Wit%20and%20Wisdom%20of%20Alexander%20Jablokov\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In this episode we spend time talking with science futurist and science fiction writer Alex Jablokov. 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