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In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin

Arts, Books, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

In Your Spare Time is a podcast from the blog of Ursula K. Le Guin. Each week, a different reader brings one of Ursula's blog posts to life.

You can find Ursula's blog at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog

Episodes
31
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
12 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
6 days ago

Episodes

31 episodes, newest first

  1. Jared Pechaček reads "Without Egg"

    Episode 30

    Show notes

    Jared Pechaček reads post 29, "Without Egg," from June of 2011.

    You can read the original post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/29-without-egg

    Jared's website is https://jaredpechacek.com/

    12 min
  2. Becky Chambers reads "It Doesn't Have To Be the Way It Is"

    Episode 29

    Show notes

    Becky Chambers reads post 28, "It Doesn't Have To Be the Way It Is," from June of 2011.

    You can read the original post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/28-it-doesnt-have-to-be-the-way-it-is

    Becky's website is https://www.otherscribbles.com

    16 min
  3. Kelly Sue DeConnick reads "Exercises"

    Episode 28

    Show notes

    Kelly Sue DeConnick reads post 27, "Exercises," from June 24, 2011.

    You can read the original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/27-exercises

    You can find Kelly Sue online at https://milkfed.us/

    9 min
  4. Amanda Nelson reads "Against Eisenhower"

    Episode 27

    Show notes

    Amanda Nelson reads post 26, "Against Eisenhower," from June 12, 2011.

    You can read the original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/26-against-eisenhower

    Amanda's website is https://www.theamandanelson.com/

    12 min
  5. Premee Mohamed reads "Petty Expectations"

    Episode 26

    Show notes

    Premee Mohamed reads post 25, "Petty Expectations," from June 4, 2011.

    You can read the original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/25-petty-expectations

    Premee's website is https://premeemohamed.com/

    18 min
  6. Maris Kreizman reads "To Save Free Enterprise, Books Must Die"

    Episode 25

    Show notes

    Maris Kreizman reads post 24, "To Save Free Enterprise, Books Must Die," from May 26, 2011.

    You can read the original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/24-to-save-free-enterprise-books-must-die

    Maris's website is https://www.mariskreizman.com/

    6 min
  7. Cadwell Turnbull reads "The Middle of What?"

    Episode 24

    Show notes

    Cadwell Turnbull reads post 23, "The Middle of What?," from May 25, 2011.

    You can read the original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/23-the-middle-of-what

    Cadwell Turnbull's website is https://cadwellturnbull.com/

    12 min
  8. R.B. Lemberg reads "First Contact"

    Episode 23

    Show notes

    R.B. Lemberg reads post 22, "First Contact," from May of 2011.

    You can read Ursula's original post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/22-first-contact

    R.B. Lemberg's website is https://www.rblemberg.net/

    14 min
  9. Nicola Griffith reads "Beige"

    Episode 22

    Show notes

    Nicola Griffith reads post 21, "Beige," from April 22, 2011.

    You can read the original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/21-beige

    Nicola Griffith's website is https://nicolagriffith.com/

    12 min
  10. Kim Stanley Robinson Reads "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2"

    Episode 21

    Show notes

    Kim Stanley Robinson reads post 20, "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2," from April 5, 2011.

    You can read the original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/20-unfacts-concerning-the-google-unsettlement

    19 min
  11. Kim Stanley Robinson reads "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement"

    Episode 20

    Show notes

    Kim Stanley Robinson reads post 19, "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement," from March 28, 2011.

    You can read Ursula's original blog post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/19-unfacts-concerning-the-google-unsettlement

    19 min
  12. Akemi Tanigaki reads "To My Readers in Japan"

    Episode 19

    Show notes

    Akemi Tanigaki reads post 18 "To My Readers in Japan"

    You can read Ursula's original post, from March 14, 2011, here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/18-to-my-readers-in-japan

    8 min
  13. Vajra Chandrasekera reads "Would You Please F—ing Stop?"

    Episode 18

    Show notes

    Vajra Chandrasekera reads post 17, "Would You Please F—ing Stop?"

    You can read Ursula's original post, from March of 2011, here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/17-would-you-please-fucking-stop

    Vajra's website is https://vajra.me

    9 min
  14. Michelle Ruiz Keil reads "Uniforms"

    Episode 17

    Show notes

    This week, Michelle Ruiz Keil reads post 16, "Uniforms," which Ursula posted in February of 2011.

    You can read the original post here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/16-uniforms

    Michelle's website is https://www.michelleruizkeil.com/

    16 min
  15. Morehshin Allahyari reads "Egypt" and "Footnote to My Egypt Blog Post"

    Episode 16

    Show notes

    This week, Morehshin Allahyari reads post 14, "Egypt," and post 15, "Footnote to My Egypt Blog Post."

    You can read "Egypt" here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/14-egypt

    And you can read "Footnote to My Egypt Blog Post" here: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/15-footnote-to-my-egypt-blog-post

    Morehshin Allahyari's website is https://morehshin.com/

    13 min
  16. Special episode: Martha Ullman West

    Episode 15

    Show notes

    This week we bring you something different: An interview with Martha Ullman West, nationally respected dance critic and author, and a friend of Ursula's for a half century, who died on July 5. The interviews were conducted by Theo Downes-Le Guin in 2022–2023 for a podcast project that never came to fruition. Martha's memories and stories are wonderful, and we hope you'll enjoy them and join us in honoring this remarkable person.

    22 min
  17. Caroline Le Guin reads "The Horsies Upstairs"

    Episode 14

    Show notes

    This week, Caroline Le Guin reads Post 13, "The Horsies Upstairs," which Ursula posted in January of 2011.

    The original post can be read at https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/13-the-horsies-upstairs

    20 min
  18. Ursula Barton reads "A Riff on the Harper Contract"

    Episode 13

    Show notes

    Ursula Barton reads Post 12, "A Riff on the Harper Contract," which Ursula K. Le Guin posted on January 18, 2011.

    The original post can be read at https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/12-a-riff-on-the-harper-contract

    Ursula Barton's website is https://www.ursulabarton.com/

    12 min
  19. Rebecca Campbell reads "The Tree"

    Episode 12

    Show notes

    This week, Rebecca Campbell reads Post 11, "The Tree," which Ursula posted in January of 2011.

    The original post can be read at https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/11-the-tree

    Rebecca Campbell's website is https://whereishere.ca/

    9 min
  20. Stefanie Peters reads "On Prospero's Island"

    Episode 11

    Show notes

    This week, Stefanie Peters reads Post 10, "On Prospero's Island," which Ursula posted on January 3, 2011.

    The original post can be read at https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/10-on-prosperos-island

    Stefanie Peters' website is https://www.stefaniepeters.com/

    17 min

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