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Escape Pod 934: The Alien in My Bathtub

Author : Tony Dunnell Narrator : Bryce Dahle Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 934: The Alien in My Bathtub is an Escape Pod original. If you aren’t familiar with Locus Magazine, they’re a respected website, magazine, award, archive, and resource for SF, fantasy, and horror. They put on the […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/03/28/escape-pod-934-the-alien-in-my-bathtub/

44m
Mar 28, 2024
Escape Pod 933: Summitting the Moon

Author : Pragathi Bala Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 933: Summitting the Moon is an Escape Pod original. Summitting the Moon By Pragathi Bala T-7 days The moon Landed, the Rut appeared, home equity plummeted, jobs disappeared, and Ghis liked riding the moon. It was […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/03/21/escape-pod-933-summitting-the-moon/

37m
Mar 21, 2024
Escape Pod 932: The Walking Mirror of the Soul

Author : Renan Bernardo Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story was originally published at Apex Magazine #134 in December 2022. The Walking Mirror of the Soul by Renan Bernardo My desire was written all over Halcyon’s torso, a shimmering tattoo composed of my thoughts and the […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/03/14/escape-pod-932-the-walking-mirror-of-the-soul/

44m
Mar 14, 2024
Escape Pod 931: The Rhythms of the World

Author : Johnny Caputo Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht The Rhythms of the World originally appeared in Mithila Review, Issue 16, July 2022. The Rhythms of the World By Johnny Caputo As always, we’re starving to death. From our place inside the leather pouch tied to Aamsaa’s […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/03/07/escape-pod-931-the-rhythms-of-the-world/

37m
Mar 07, 2024
Escape Pod 930: Fulfillment in Purpose

Author : Jack Windeyer Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 930: Fulfillment in Purpose is an Escape Pod original. Fulfillment in Purpose by Jack Windeyer Eland was resetting his mother’s balancing sculptures when Hexben ran in from the storage room. The robot tilted its long head […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/02/29/escape-pod-930-fulfillment-in-purpose/

40m
Feb 29, 2024
Escape Pod 929: The Library

Author : N.B. Andersen Narrator : Dani Cutler Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 929: The Library is an Escape Pod original. The Library By N. B. Andersen Every morning at ten to ten, Dot powered on. Its hands lay flat against the thick glass of the reading room window, […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/02/22/escape-pod-929-the-library/

20m
Feb 22, 2024
Escape Pod 928: Zebulon Vance Sings the Alphabet Songs of Love (Flashback Friday)

Author : Merrie Haskell Narrator : Amanda Ching Hosts : Valerie Valdes and Norm Sherman Audio Producers : Summer Brooks and Eric Valdes Originally published in Apex Magazine, February 2013, and was previously published in Escape Pod 404 (July 2013). Zebulon Vance Sings the Alphabet Songs of Love by Merrie Haskell I am Robot!Ophelia. I […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/02/15/escape-pod-928-zebulon-vance-sings-the-alphabet-songs-of-love-flashback-friday/

29m
Feb 15, 2024
Escape Pod 927: How to Pass as Human

Author : Raiff Taranday Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 927: How to Pass as Human is an Escape Pod original. Some mildly crude language. This episode is sponsored by The Theater of the Midnight Sun podcast, an anthology series of sci-fi/fantasy audio dramas. It’s a […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/02/08/escape-pod-927-how-to-pass-as-human/

24m
Feb 08, 2024
Escape Pod 926: Felix and the Flamingo

Author : David Hankins Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Felix and the Flamingo” was originally published in the anthology Murderbirds (January 2023). To learn more about Bruiser the Rat, check out “Milo Piper’s Breakout Single that Ended the Rat War”, in Troubadours and Space Princesses by Hemelein […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/02/01/escape-pod-926-felix-and-the-flamingo/

28m
Feb 01, 2024
Escape Pod 925: The Ballad of Starburst Smith

Author : David Marino Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 925: The Ballad of Starburst Smith is an Escape Pod original. Contains harsh language. The Ballad of Starburst Smith by David Marino “Did you read the terms and conditions?” “Fuck you, I read the terms and […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/01/25/escape-pod-925-the-ballad-of-starburst-smith/

29m
Jan 25, 2024
Escape Pod 924: The T-4200 (Part 2 of 2)

Author : J. R. Johnson Narrator : J. S. Arquin Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht The  T-4200 originally appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine on March 15, 2017. This episode is sponsored by The Theater of the Midnight Sun (TOTMS) podcast, an anthology series of sci-fi/fantasy audio dramas. It’s a bubbly cocktail of […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/01/18/escape-pod-924-the-t-4200-part-2-of-2/

37m
Jan 18, 2024
Escape Pod 923: The T-4200 (Part 1 of 2)

Author : J. R. Johnson Narrator : J. S. Arquin Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht The  T-4200 originally appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine on March 15, 2017. The T-4200 (Part 1 of 2) By J. R. Johnson Carleton T. Lowengren, low-level civil servant, single twenty-something and refugee from the war-torn Outer […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/01/11/escape-pod-923-the-t-4200-part-1-of-2/

40m
Jan 11, 2024
Escape Pod 922: The Last Oracle of Atlantic City

Author : C. H. Irons Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 922: The Last Oracle of Atlantic City is an Escape Pod original. This episode is sponsored by The Theater of the Midnight Sun podcast: sci-fi/fantasy audio dramas that showcase tales of adventure, fun, and – alas […] Source https://escapepod.org/2024/01/04/escape-pod-922-the-last-oracle-of-atlantic-city/

38m
Jan 04, 2024
Escape Pod 921: Death by Water

Author : Grace Chan Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Death By Water” originally appeared in From the Waste Land (PS Publishing, Oct 2022). It was shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story 2022. Content warning for claustrophic situations and drowning. Death by Water by […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/12/28/escape-pod-921-death-by-water/

38m
Dec 28, 2023
Escape Pod 920: Harvest the Stars

Author : Mar Vincent Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 920: Harvest the Stars is an Escape Pod original. This episode is sponsored by The Theater of the Midnight Sun podcast, an anthology series of sci-fi/fantasy audio dramas where… FUN ADVENTURE AWAITS! With wall-to-wall music and […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/12/23/escape-pod-920-harvest-the-stars/

30m
Dec 23, 2023
Escape Pod 919: Emotional Resonance

Author : V.M. Ayala Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 919: Emotional Resonance is an Escape Pod original. Cursing and warfare Emotional Resonance By V.M. Ayala Arbor’s favorite part of a mission was always the first view of a planet. Even after seven hundred years of […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/12/14/escape-pod-919-emotional-resonance/

34m
Dec 14, 2023
Escape Pod 918: Conference of the Birds

Author : Benjamin C. Kinney Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Conference of the Birds” originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction & Fact (January 2021) Contains some harsh language. Ben’s additional commentary https://theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2021/02/02/embodied-and-empathetic-minds-in-conference-of-the-birds/ Blade Runner 2049 Interlinked scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRcpnM26nJM Discussion of the (inter)link between Blade Runner 2049 and […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/12/07/escape-pod-918-conference-of-the-birds/

37m
Dec 07, 2023
Escape Pod 917: Challenges to Becoming a Pro Dragonracer in Apapa-Downtown

Author : Uchechukwu Nwaka Narrator : Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 917: Challenges to Becoming a Pro Dragonracer in Apapa-Downtown is an Escape Pod original. Includes cursing and physical abuse. Challenges to Becoming a Pro Dragonracer in Apapa-Downtown By Uchechukwu Nwaka The gear is too expensive. Honestly. There […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/11/30/escape-pod-917-challenges-to-becoming-a-pro-dragonracer-in-apapa-downtown/

38m
Nov 30, 2023
Escape Pod 916: Anna and Marisol in Time and Space (Flashback Friday)

Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story originally aired in Escape Pod 622 (April 2018) Some cursing. Suggestions of violence and death. Anna and Marisol in Time and Space by Tim Pratt The big day came, and Anna was tempted to tie […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/11/23/escape-pod-916-anna-and-marisol-in-time-and-space-flashback-friday/

56m
Nov 23, 2023
Escape Pod 915: The Confessionist

Author : Ava Kelly Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “The Confessionist” was previously published in the anthology: Community of Magic Pens, edited by E.D.E. Bell, released May 2020 by Atthis Arts The Confessionist by Ava Kelly Vemund pauses, standing on the wet sidewalk. Underneath the overcast sky, twilight stretches through the […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/11/16/escape-pod-915-the-confessionist/

19m
Nov 16, 2023
Escape Pod 914: #buttonsinweirdplaces (Part 2 of 2)

Author : Simon Kewin Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht #buttonsinweirdplaces originally appeared in Abyss & Apex (2020). #buttonsinweirdplaces (Part 2 of 2) By Simon Kewin (… Continued from Part 1) The news the following morning was bad. An explosion in the middle of a market-square in Libya had […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/11/09/escape-pod-914-buttonsinweirdplaces-part-2-of-2/

34m
Nov 09, 2023
Escape Pod 913: #buttonsinweirdplaces (Part 1 of 2)

Author : Simon Kewin Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht #buttonsinweirdplaces originally appeared in Abyss & Apex (2020). #buttonsinweirdplaces (Part 1 of 2) By Simon Kewin The buttons started to appear on the last day of April, 2022. A six-year-old boy from Nairobi, Jomi Mbenzi, was perhaps the first […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/11/02/escape-pod-913-buttonsinweirdplaces-part-1-of-2/

32m
Nov 02, 2023
Escape Pod 912: The Retcon Man

Author : Cameron Fischer Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 912: The Retcon Man is an Escape Pod original. The Retcon Man by Cameron Fischer Never look for evidence of your future self in the past. Doing so can close your mind to alternative plans if […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/10/26/escape-pod-912-the-retcon-man/

23m
Oct 26, 2023
Escape Pod 911: Driftwood in the Sea of Time

Author : Wendy Nikel Narrator : Kyle Akers Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 911: Driftwood in the Sea of Time is an Escape Pod original. Driftwood in the Sea of Time By Wendy Nikel They’d warned us about the paradoxes, but humanity has always had a way of ignoring […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/10/19/escape-pod-911-driftwood-in-the-sea-of-time/

33m
Oct 19, 2023
Escape Pod 910: Tuesday, June 13, at the South Valley Time Loop Support Group

Author : Heather Kamins Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 910: Tuesday, June 13, at the South Valley Time Loop Support Group is an Escape Pod original. Tuesday, June 13, at the South Valley Time Loop Support Group by Heather Kamins Each time, Jessica begins the […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/10/12/escape-pod-910-tuesday-june-13-at-the-south-valley-time-loop-support-group/

37m
Oct 12, 2023
Escape Pod 909: Murder or a Duck (Flashback Friday)

Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Hosts : Valerie Valdes and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 909: Murder or a Duck (Flashback Friday) is an Escape Pod original. Murder or a Duck By Beth Goder George called out, “Mrs. Whitman, you have a visitor.” Mrs. Whitman strode from […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/10/05/escape-pod-909-murder-or-a-duck-flashback-friday/

30m
Oct 05, 2023
Escape Pod 908: Harvest Moon

Author : Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe Narrator : Somto Ihezue Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Harvest Moon” was previously published in Solarpunk Magazine Harvest Moon by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe “We cannot sustain the farm, Gozie.” I don’t like the way the words fall easily from Iyeh’s lips, even though I know he speaks the […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/09/28/escape-pod-908-harvest-moon/

31m
Sep 28, 2023
Escape Pod 907: A Layer Thin As Breath

Author : T. K. Rex Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht A Layer Thin As Breath originally appeared in Metaphorosis, July 2019. Includes cursing and personal peril. A Layer Thin As Breath By T. K. Rex “Valley. Can you still hear me?” Julian’s voice filtered through her dying […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/09/21/escape-pod-907-a-layer-thin-as-breath/

51m
Sep 21, 2023
Escape Pod 906: Trash (Flashback Friday)

Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Trash” was originally published in Escape Pod 467 (November 2014) Harsh language. Trash by Marie Vibbert Nanlee was a woman with the sort of past that necessitated moving to a non-extradition treaty country, but that didn’t mean she […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/09/14/escape-pod-906-trash-flashback-friday/

30m
Sep 14, 2023
Escape Pod 905: Six Ways to Get Past the Shadow Shogun’s Goons, and One Thing to Do When You Get There

Author : Stewart C. Baker Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Six Ways to Get Past the Shadow Shogun’s Goons, and One Thing to Do When You Get There was originally published in Galaxy’s Edge, April 2023. Six Ways to Get Past the Shadow Shogun’s Goons, and One Thing […] Source https://escapepod.org/2023/09/08/escape-pod-905-six-ways-to-get-past-the-shadow-shoguns-goons-and-one-thing-to-do-when-you-get-there/

29m
Sep 08, 2023