Podcast
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin
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
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12 min
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/
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16 min
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
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9 min
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/
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12 min
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/
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18 min
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/
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6 min
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/
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12 min
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/
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14 min
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/
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12 min
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/
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19 min
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
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19 min
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
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8 min
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
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9 min
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
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16 min
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/
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13 min
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/
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22 min
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.
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20 min
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
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12 min
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/
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9 min
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/
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17 min
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/
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