Our guest next week is Penelope Trunk, who writes about "the intersection of work and life" on her blog Brazen Careerist. I've been a fan of Penelope since I met her two years ago; her blog and columns are well-written, well-researched, well-thought-out, and they often defy common wisdom. Her writing is also very personal, and frequently provocative; I expect we'll find out week whether a copper robot can blush.

Penelope is the founder of three startups, most recently Brazen Careerist, a Web service to help companies locate hard-to-find find job candidates.

Prior to Brazen Careerist, Penelope worked at... read more

Copper Robot is a live interview show hosted by veteran journalist Mitch Wagner, alternate Sundays at 6 pm PT in Second Life, at the Seaside Theater on World2Worlds Island.

What kind of interviews do you do?

We interview anybody who has anything interesting to say, on subjects including technology, books, politics, television, pop culture, science fiction, Second Life, and more. Past interviews include science-fiction writer Charles Stross, and cast of the Web sitcom "The Guild," including Felicia Day, who appeared on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.. We also had P.W.... read more

We had a great talk with science-fiction writer Charles Stross about his current novel, The Revolution Business, latest in the popular Merchant Families series, as well as the Singularity, politics, technology, work habits, being a man writing about female heros, and how Bill Gates is actually a time traveler sent from the future to save us from being conquered by computers. Watch it now, or wait for the edited audio-only podcast a little later this week.

We had a little bit of a bumpy start, and the video starts with Charlie talking in mid-sentence. But the interview worked out well... read more

Watch Copper Robot live here as it happens, or join us live in Second Life at the Seaside Theater on World2Worlds Island. Video and audio recordings will be available after the event.

The Copper Robot talks with science-fiction writer Charles Stross Sunday, April 19. Charlie has a new book coming out this month, The Revolution Business, the fifth volume in his popular "Family Trade" series. It's the story of an American technology journalist's adventures in parallel worlds. Also, Charlie is appearing in a benefit talk, along with fellow science fiction writer and blogger Cory Doctorow, "Resisting the All-Seeing Eye," in London May 1.

Charlie is the author of Halting State, a mystery novel set about a decade in the future, where virtual worlds and online multiplayer gaming have become... read more

Listen to the Copper Robot's interview with Felicia Day, Sandeep Parikh, and Jeff Lewis, who play Codex, Zaboo, and Vork on the popular Web sitcom "The Guid." We covered a lot of ground: The cast's professional background and work outside "The Guild," whether Sandeep really has an obsessive crush on Felicia, and Felicia's love affair with reading trashy novels on her Kindle.

Missed our interview Sunday with some of the cast and creative team behind the Web sitcom The Guild? No problem. We streamed the video live on Ustream.tv and you can watch it here. Felicia Day, Sandeep Parikh, and Jeff Lewis joked around and talked with the Copper Robot -- that's me, Mitch Wagner -- about what goes on behind the scenes in the creation of the show, the fate of Season 3 (short version: it's up in the air) and the story-behind-the-story of how the show was born.

The first 18 minutes are pre-show, with a little interesting conversation between... read more

Our friends at World2Worlds have been going all out getting ready for Sunday’s interview with cast of the Web sitcom The Guild. Kim Smith (“Rissa Maidstone” in Second Life) has been hard at work customizing our guests’ avatars to look like the characters they play in the show. She took a few snaps of Felicia Day’s avatar, Codex Alchemi.

Kim’s been taking the lead orienting Felicia, as well as Jeff “Vork” Lewis and Sandeep “Zaboo” Pareekh, in the use of... read more