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The Baen Free Radio Hour
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The Baen Free Radio Hour offers a weekly dose of Baen news, contests, suggestions for developing writers and readers, and, above all, lively discussion with a galaxy of authors, artists, and scientists all around the Baen Books universe. Plus: great audio adaptations of Baen author works, and professional readings of the science fiction and fantasy you love.
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Jeremy Comeaux sits down with Jason Cordova and Melissa Olthoff for part two of his interview of them for their amazing novel, To Tread Obsidian Shores and we continue with One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 45. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/xTTiC9j4x24 and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Jeremy Comeaux sits down with Jason Cordova and Melissa Olthoff for part one of his interview of them for To Tread Obsidian Shores and we continue with One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 44. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/TU1Z0jRQekw and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf recaps the last year of amazing works Baen has published and gives us a sneak preview of Spring, 2026 and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 43. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lf2j4O8jCIg and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Sean Hazlett interviews the incredibly prolific Sharon Lee, co-creator of the beloved Liaden Universe on I Dare and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 42. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yc4oAmK8i4c and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Griffin Barber interviews Dan Koboldt on his most recent Build a Dragon Sequence novel, Dragons Gone Wild and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 41. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZV7eVe2DKJk and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Jeremy Comeaux interviews the inestimable Tim Powers on his most recent Baen offering, the historical fantasy The Mills of the Gods and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 40. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/_WRrFyKQCyI and the Baen YouTube Channel.
This week, Griffin Barber interviews Baen cover artists Sam Kennedy, Dan Dos Santos, and Pierluigi Abbondanza about their work and inspiration. Plus, Part 39 of the One Jump Ahead serialization by Mark L. Van Name.. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/nLuHzNI3Shs and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Hailey HY Gregor interviews Joelle Presby on Ringer and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 38. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/MXqnV9IudeY and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Griffin Barber interviews Brian Trent on his Black Tide Rising novel, Perdition’s Storm and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 37. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/0yhk47qp2Lo and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Baen Publisher Toni Weisskopf talks with our Fall Hard for Science Fiction Authors, many of whom are also scientists or engineers about hard science fiction and their work. Join Catherine Asaro, Les Johnson, Dan Koboldt, The Presbys, and David Weber as they discuss Falling Hard for Science Fiction and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 36. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/xKaf2cgpMwU and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Toni Weisskopf talks with our Fall Hard for Science Fiction Authors, Catherine Asaro, Les Johnson, Dan Koboldt, Joelle Presby, and David Weber and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 35. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/ybHUnqbawbM and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Part two of Sean Hazlett’s interview of David Weber, Marisa Wolf, Jane Linskold, Dan Butler, Jacob Holo on Challenges & One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 34. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/qrS05FuhtIQ and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Sean Hazlett interviews David Weber, Marisa Wolf, Jacob Holo, Dan Butler, Thomas Pope, and Jane Lindskold on Challenges and we continue listening to One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 33. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/tEmn0xisu_o and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Hailey H.Y. Gregor interviews Catherine Asaro on Gold Dust; and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 32. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/AySgHJQLehM and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Jeremy Comeaux interviews DJ Butler and Aaron Michael Ritchie on The Familiar Spirit; and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 31. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/iijPSIe-sEg and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Sean Hazlett interviews John Ringo and Casey Moores on Welcome to the Jungle; and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 30. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/fXsDDgHFLbM and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Part two of Jeremy Comeaux’s editors David Afsharirad and Mark Finn as well as a line-up of some of the amazing authors of Swords & Larceny including Wen Spencer, Tim Akers, A. Lee Martinez, Bill Willingham, Stephen Aryan, Tracy S. Morris, and Edward M. Erdelac; and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name, Part 29. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/CIYmycC_RKY and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Jeremy Comeaux interviews editors David Afsharirad and Mark Finn as well as a line-up of some of the amazing authors of Swords & Larceny including Wen Spencer, Tim Akers, A. Lee Martinez, Bill Willingham, Stephen Aryan, Tracy S. Morris, and Edward M. Erdelac; and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name, Part 28. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/GAaVqrv0dFY and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Griffin Barber interviews Marisa Wolf on A Plague of Magic; and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name, Part 27. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/ymHwPNQxTZw and the Baen YouTube Channel.
Hailey Gregor interviews Wen Spencer on Black Tie and Tails; and One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name, Part 26. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/ykNo7ztolJw and the Baen YouTube Channel.



