{"id":13077,"date":"2020-04-05T08:08:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=13077"},"modified":"2020-04-05T08:15:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:15:44","slug":"covid-check-in-with-richard-kadrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-richard-kadrey","title":{"rendered":"COVID Check-In with Richard Kadrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show<br \/>\nCOVID Check-In: Richard Kadrey<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2447\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13077-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=13077-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been working at home for 15 years now, but the moment someone told me I couldn&#8217;t leave, it screwed me up.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Urban fantasy horror writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Kadrey<\/a> checks in from San Francisco. We talk about how self-isolation impacts his writing, the history of urban plagues, his stab at passing the time by learning to use Windows, Clive Barker as &#8220;comfort food&#8221; reading, why he doesn&#8217;t binge on TV series, risking his life for his favorite bourbon, the difference between folk horror and rural horror, and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read his latest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/the-grand-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Grand Dark<\/a> and listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-362-richard-kadrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our recent full-length podcast about it<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I resent the pandemic for not letting me laugh at Republicans.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/inXx90BdfWY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/41yiFzwg8T20yg5rWGdktF\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t141057098\/\" style=\"width:100%; height:100px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Richard_Kadrey.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more conversations from The Before Times.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to all these COVID Check-In episodes at <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-covid-19-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The COVID-19 Sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Kadrey<\/a> is the <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/sandman-slim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandman Slim<\/a> supernatural noir books. <em>Sandman Slim<\/em> was included in Amazon\u2019s \u201c100 Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,\u201d and is in development as a feature film. Some of his other books include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/the-wrong-dead-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wrong Dead Guy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/the-everything-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Everything Box<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/metrophage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metrophage<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/butcher-bird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Butcher Bird<\/a>. He also wrote the Vertigo comic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/lucifer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucifer<\/a>. His newest book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardkadrey.com\/#\/the-grand-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Grand Dark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Richard on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richard_Kadrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.kadrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/rkadrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. 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Proof-of-ilfe photo of Richard by him, but it&#8217;s on my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Richard Kadrey &#8220;I&#8217;ve been working at home for 15 years now, but the moment someone told me I couldn&#8217;t leave, it screwed me up.&#8221; Urban fantasy horror writer Richard Kadrey checks in from San Francisco. 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