Radio SWILL
By Neil Williams
Categories: Arts, Fiction, Science Fiction
SWILL is a science fiction related fanzine that has been published irregularly since 1981. It continues to be published as an annual issue. Radio SWILL takes SWILL into the audio medium, with some episodes being spoken-word versions of previous articles in SWILL, and some episodes being a mix of old material and new material, and some episodes being entirely new content. SWILL was the talk radio shock jock boot to the head form of content in the print medium. SWILL was always meant to be offensive and remains so. Though time has mellowed the perpetrator of SWILL, Neil Williams.
6 episodes indexed on PodSearch.
Recent episodes
- Very Strange New Worlds
This is all new SWILL content. The first segment, Very Strange New Worlds, is a critique of season four of this Star Trek series. The second segment, Aftermath USA, is some commentary post the midterm elections in America. This programme is an audio medium version of the print medium science…
- An Open Letter to Donald Trump
This episode contains newer material and old material. The audio adaptation of "An Open Letter to Donald Trump" from SWILL #45, published in 2025. The audio adaptation of "The American Weigh" from SWILL #2, published in 1981.
- Scattershot on the Wall
Audio medium version of old print medium SWILL articles. This episode includes the editorial "Americon" on the subject of whether or not Worldcon really is a global science fiction convention, first published in SWILL #4.5 in 1981. The infamous guest editorial of Reverend B.J. Jones on "Smut in…
- Goose-stepping Toward Tomorrow, Revisited
This is one of the Old and New episodes. The concept of science fiction elitism and its connexion with authoritarianism and fascism was explored in SWILL 6.5a (Daughter of SWILL, Mother of Scum: first trimester) and in SWILL #12. The old arguments are restated, and then new commentary is…
- Starfleet Academy
In this all-new SWILL podcast, I discuss my reasons why Star Trek: Starfleet Academy failed.
- SWILL Origins
In this premier episode, I mine old issues of SWILL to tell the story of how the science fiction op-ed fanzine SWILL emerged back in 1981. The further iterations of SWILL: Daughter of SWILL, Mother of Scum in the mid-1980s, SWILL Online in 2001, and the revival from 2011 that is ongoing as an…
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