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IZ Pod

Hosted by Interzone · fiction · EN-GB

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About this Podcast:

IZ Pod is the new show for Interzone, the magazine // Support Interzone at Patreon to get issues packed with mind- and genre-bending fiction and non-fiction and early access to episodes of the IZ show https://interzone.press/patreon // The cover art is adapted from Radiostacja Gliwicka by Edgar Jiménez (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Contact path

Public web form

Booking probability

28%

Guest openness

Selective

80/100
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Questions about IZ Pod

What is IZ Pod about?

IZ Pod is the new show for Interzone, the magazine // Support Interzone at Patreon to get issues packed with mind- and genre-bending fiction and non-fiction and early access to episodes of the IZ show // The cover art is adapted from Radiostacja Gliwicka by Edgar Jiménez (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Who hosts IZ Pod?

IZ Pod is hosted by Interzone. The show has published 37 episodes to date.

What has IZ Pod covered recently?

Recent episodes include "A chat with Frederic S. Durbin" (25 June 2025, 50 minutes), "A chat with Izzy Wasserstein" (15 May 2025, 58 minutes), and "A chat with Abi Curtis" (6 May 2025, 73 minutes).

How often does IZ Pod publish?

IZ Pod publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 37 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on IZ Pod?

Booking probability for IZ Pod is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. IZ Pod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. IZ Pod's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch IZ Pod?

The strongest fits for IZ Pod are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. IZ Pod has a fiction audience.

About the host

Interzone hosts IZ Pod, a fiction podcast with 37 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Jun 25, 202550 minS0

    <p>Author Frederic S. Durbin came on the show today and talked with me about having fun writing, characters that speak to you, and his fantastic new novel, The Country Under Heaven.</p> <p >● ● ●</p> <p >IZ Pod is the...

  • May 15, 202558 minS0

    <p >Author Izzy Wasserstein came on the show and talked with me about community, tenacity, having fun in secondary worlds, finding joy in this world, and her novella, These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart.</p> <p >●...

  • May 6, 20251h 13mS0

    <p >Author Abi Curtis came on the show and talked with me about the magic of the ordinary, the power of place, writing about early parenthood, and her novel The Headland.</p> <p >● ● ●</p> <p >IZ Pod is the new show for...

  • Apr 24, 202554 minS0

    <p>Author Chris Farnell came on the show and talked about about indie publishing, optimism and science fiction, and writing his stories about Fermi, a spaceship with an Alcubierre drive that vaporises entire star...

  • Apr 7, 20252 minS0

    <p>News about who’s coming on the show and the next issue of Interzone…</p> <p>● ● ●</p> <p>IZ Pod is the new show for Interzone, the magazine. Add IZ Pod to your RSS reader of choice, find the show on whichever podcast...

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  • Mar 2, 20251h 29mS0

    <p>IZ’s Mutant Popcorn film critic Nick Lowe joined me on the show to look back at the sff films of 2024, to talk about some fantastic screenplays (including Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow and Coralie Fargeat’s The...

  • Feb 3, 202555 minS0

    <p>Author R.T. Ester came on this special episode of the show to read his fabulous story ‘The Building Across the Street’ (first published in IZ 294) and to talk about his forthcoming novel The Ganymedan.</p> <p>Read...

  • Jan 20, 202535 minS0

    <p>Author Deborah Tomkins, came on the show and talked about about how climate change made her a writer, the power of flash, and her new novella Aerth.</p> <p>● ● ●</p> <p>IZ Pod is the new show for Interzone, the...

  • Aug 27, 202452 minS0

    <p>Author Bruce Omar Yates, came on the show and talked about writing a Middle Eastern Western, getting lost in Nashville, why oscillation is key to understanding, and his debut novel The Muslim Cowboy. IZ Pod is the...

  • Aug 18, 202453 minS0

    <p>Gerardo Sámano Córdova came on the show and talked about living with the fantastical; paying attention to the edges (and the spaces inbetween); being okay with things not making sense; having the courage to take...

  • Aug 2, 20241h 13mS0

    <p>Author Adam S. Leslie came on the show and talked about growing up in a place where nothing ever happens, the films that influenced him (sometimes before he’d even seen them), writing himself paranoid, colour-coded...

  • Jul 22, 202434 minS0

    <p>Author Tobi Ogundiran came on the show and talked about hiding Stephen King in the school library, living and writing in Moscow, why gods are important to us all, and more.</p> <p>● ● ●</p> <p>IZ Pod is the new show...

  • Jul 9, 202438 minS0

    <p>Author Erin E. Adams came on the show and talked about growing up in the Rust Belt, writing stories that pull up the carpets and reveal the truth beneath, and how writing screenplays changed the way she writes...

  • Jul 4, 20241h 8mS0

    <p>Film critic and awesome human Nick Lowe joined me on the show today (4 July) to talk about a whole lot: a new Telugu science fiction epic out in cinemas now; some of the highs and lows of the year in film so far; and...

  • Jul 3, 20241h 7mS0

    <p>The altogether awesome author and Interzone columnist Aliya Whiteley came on the show and talked with me about her tremendous, description-defying, century-spanning story-in-a-story THREE EIGHT ONE; about how...

  • Jul 2, 202453 minS0

    <p>Author Gerardo Sámano Córdova came on the show and talked about living with the fantastical; paying attention to the edges (and the spaces inbetween); being okay with things not making sense; having the courage to...

  • Jun 4, 20241h 7mS0

    <p>Author and Interzone columnist Aliya Whiteley came on the show and talked with me about her tremendous, description-defying, century-spanning story-in-a-story Three Eight One; about how liberating it can be to write...

  • May 24, 202449 minS0

    <p>Tony Ballantyne, Keith Brooke, and Una McCormack joined me to talk about their memories of the late, great Eric Brown. We talked about Eric’s sf short stories and novels, about his Langham and Dupré mysteries, and...

  • May 12, 202449 minS0

    <p>Authors Tony Ballantyne, Keith Brooke, and Una McCormack joined me to talk about their memories of the late, great Eric Brown. We talked about Eric’s sf short stories and novels, about his Langham and Dupré...

  • Dec 27, 20231h 19mS0

    <p>The prize-winning film critic and classicist Nick Lowe returned to IZ Pod to talk about three films that didn’t make it into his IZ 296 serving of Mutant Popcorn – Alexandre O. Philippe’s must-watch William Shatner...

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