# daystar (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover daystar. Page: Feed: --- ## [Episode 70 - Defending Alex's Characters from Alex](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationally-writing/episodes/Episode-70---Defending-Alexs-Characters-from-Alex-e3jdjsj) _2026-05-15 · Rationally Writing · Rationally Writing_ Daystar has noticed a trend in Alex's writing, and the two get into what it actually means to be a "bad" vs a "good" person. It doesn't exactly start as an intervention, but it arguably gets there by the end. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/872330c/podcast/play/120032595/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-15%2Faff85527-e827-49a5-ed90-e2531309d08d.m4a) ## [Episode 69 - Political Violence in Fiction](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationally-writing/episodes/Episode-69---Political-Violence-in-Fiction-e3grpqb) _2026-03-23 · Rationally Writing · Rationally Writing_ Daystar and Alexander talk about the various pitfalls, contradictions, and complications in writing heroes or villains who commit political violence... or don't, as the case may be. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/872330c/podcast/play/117351691/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-23%2F7fdf8a21-a65d-80aa-7c76-71da40ae1005.mp3) ## [Episode 68 - Red Heart (Guest: Max Harms)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationally-writing/episodes/Episode-68---Red-Heart-Guest-Max-Harms-e3ahloa) _2025-11-05 · Rationally Writing · Rationally Writing_ Daystar and Alex invite Max back on the podcast to talk about his new novel, ⁠Red Heart⁠ , a modern sci-fi thriller that follows an American spy sent to a Chinese AI lab to investigate how far ahead their capabilities are compared to the US. Max works at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and has been thinking about the state of AI Safety for over a decade now. He's also written the… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/872330c/podcast/play/110728394/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-5%2Fad4776aa-1f73-5831-187d-09db61f206c9.m4a) ## [Episode 67 - MTG Colors, Writing Tops & Bottoms (Guest: TK17)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationally-writing/episodes/Episode-67---MTG-Colors--Writing-Tops--Bottoms-Guest-TK17-e39mnll) _2025-10-19 · Rationally Writing · Rationally Writing_ Daystar and Alexander hang out with Duncan Sabien (TK17) at LessOnline, and invite him back on the show to chat about his views on the Magic the Gathering Color Wheel this time, as well as some other stuff ⁠ . Duncan is the writer of Animorphs: The Reckoning , as well as a variety of other great essays on culture, epistemology, and more. Co-hosted by ⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠ With thanks to Tim… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/872330c/podcast/play/109845621/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-18%2Feeead0e7-b06d-a80c-c4fe-8c4276b939f0.mp3) ## [Episode 66 - The Crystal Trilogy (Guest: Max Harms)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationally-writing/episodes/Episode-66---The-Crystal-Trilogy-Guest-Max-Harms-e3925ek) _2025-10-03 · Rationally Writing · Rationally Writing_ Daystar and Alexander hang out with Max Harms at LessOnline, and invite him to record an episode on his books Crystal Society , Crystal Mentality , and Crystal Eternity . Max works at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and the trilogy is an imagining of what Artificial General Intelligence might be like, written from the perspective of one of the AI's subagents. His newest book, Red… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/872330c/podcast/play/109171604/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-3%2F7190231b-2113-8a6f-ddeb-cde8a5752930.m4a) ## [Episode 65 - AI and Contemporary Fiction](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationally-writing/episodes/Episode-65---AI-and-Contemporary-Fiction-e2oaj12) _2024-09-12 · Rationally Writing · Rationally Writing_ Daystar and Alexander talk about AI in writing, both for creating fiction and its impact on writing fiction set in the modern world. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠⁠⁠ . With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, ⁠⁠⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/872330c/podcast/play/91621858/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-8-12%2F0cd80e68-ece8-4a8c-f746-888f74d25a5c.mp3)