DragonHearth
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Dragonhearth, is a podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...

 produced by and featuring the voice talents of husband and wife fantasy authors Tracy
Tracy Hickman
Tracy Raye Hickman is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR...

 and Laura Hickman. It first debuted in December 2005 with installments appearing monthly.

"From the worlds between the pages of your favorite book ... to adventures teetering on the edge of the dice..." the podcast explores the 'Sea of Possibilities' in speculative fiction and the creative arts. It often includes interviews with artists, actors and writers, practical advice on the creative process and publishing as well as humorous segments based on the Hickman's lives.

In the summer of 2006, Dragonhearth also included a series of 'special edition' podcasts which were produced 'on the road' during the Margaret Weis
Margaret Weis
Margaret Edith Weis is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in fantastic worlds.-Early life:Margaret Weis was born in 1948 in Independence, Missouri, and later attended...

 and Tracy Hickman
Tracy Hickman
Tracy Raye Hickman is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR...

 book tour for their Dragonlance book, 'Dragons of the Dwarven Depths
Dragons of the Dwarven Depths
Dragons of the Dwarven Depths is a fantasy novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, based on the Dragonlance fictional campaign setting. It is the beginning of the Lost Chronicles trilogy, designed to "fill-in" the gaps in the storyline between the books in the Chronicles trilogy...

.' These podcasts often featured question and answer sessions at their appearances. Tracy Hickman
Tracy Hickman
Tracy Raye Hickman is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR...

 then produced the podcast after the appearance each night and released it to the internet within twelve hours.

In addition to Tracy and Laura Hickman, the podcast segments are introduced by the voice talent of Samantha Robson
Samantha Robson
Samantha Jane Robson is a British actress who played PC Vicky Hagen in The Bill from 1998 to 2001. She has also appeared in Red Dwarf as Pete Tranter's sister and Murder in Mind. Before working in television, she worked for eighteen months as a table dancer under the name Shelley at For Your Eyes...

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The podcast is currently hosted by Farpoint Media and has its own DragonHearth Productions website.
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