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Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, f ...
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📘 Immerse Yourself in the World of Books 💫 Welcome to our literary nook, where storytelling comes alive! 🔊 The ultimate destination for book lovers, ASMR fans, and imagination seekers. Join us as we narrate beloved classics, novels, and tales. Our talented voices transport you to extraordinary worlds with soothing whispers and gentle page-turning ASMR. 🌙 Enjoy English and Spanish prose as words dance off pages, inviting pure storytelling pleasure. 📚 Grab a cozy blanket, slip into a chair, an ...
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A weekly storytelling podcast, featuring new fantasy or science fiction or just plain wyrd, wacky, fun stories. Plus: interviews with authors of fantastical fiction. And maybe a giveaway or two. Keep listening to find out about new books, and how to obtain print, ebook or audiobook versions of the complete novel.
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Easy Stories in English

Ariel Goodbody, Polyglot English Teacher & Glassbox Media

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Learning a language is hard, but Easy Stories in English makes it easy! Ariel Goodbody introduces each story, explaining difficult vocabulary and talking about their life. Thanks to their high energy and clear pronunciation, the stories are entertaining and simple to understand. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced learner, there’s something for everyone. The stories cover a wide range of genres, such as fairy tales, myths and legends, drama, comedy, romance, horror, science f ...
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VOID

Sean McKnight and Jeni Miller, VOID Podcast LLC

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Set in the year 2083 the Earth is now a desolate, radioactive wasteland after years of pollution and deregulation have taken their toll. A group of survivors living underground is now the only hope for our future as they endeavor to leave the colony on Earth to venture into space in search of a new home planet working desperately to keep mankind alive.
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It's grown-up story time on the Read By The Author Podcast, where authors will read you their own stories. Listen as bestselling fantasy romance author Lindsey Sparks and her author friends bring their stories to life with their own voices. SEASON ONE: Echo in Time (Echo Trilogy, book 1) by Lindsey Sparks, a time-bending paranormal romance adventure steeped in historical mysteries and Egyptian mythology. SEASON TWO: Resonance (Echo Trilogy, novella 1.5). SEASON THREE: Time Anomaly (Echo Tril ...
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Are you a fan of science fiction and fantasy short stories? Do you love getting lost in a good book or audio drama? Tall Tale TV has you covered. With modern fiction from around the world, professionally narrated just for you, Tall Tale TV is your premier destination for bite-size audiobook adventure. My name is Chris Herron, a professional voice actor, and Every Monday and Friday I professionally narrate short stories from around the world. From epic fantasy to space opera, steampunk to urb ...
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A weekly podcast hosted by Jon DiSavino. It celebrates the enduring and compact literary form known as - you guessed it - the short story. But more importantly, it gives listeners an opportunity to hear the work of some of the best emerging writers of today. Each episode begins with an interview with the week's guest author, and ends with a professional audiobook production of a story by that author.Jon DiSavino is an actor and stage director. In the last few years he has begun producing and ...
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Forward Into The Past is a podcast that brings classic tales of suspense, mystery, science fiction, and fiction from the public domain to the modern listener. Each episode features a full-length story, narrated by host J.C. Rede. The stories featured on Forward Into The Past were originally published in dime novels, story papers, and magazines from the late 1890s to the early 1930s. These stories are a product of their time, and may contain themes, words, and ideas that are no longer conside ...
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"Every chapter gets better and better. Can't wait to read more. Have no idea where this is going and loving it." - Ryan McKinney, Writer and Director, The Invited | Remnants of civilization teeter on the brink of collapse. Danger lurks around every corner. An intense battle against sinister forces. Can Joe rise above the ashes to be the hero this world needs, or will all his joking around bring about our ultimate demise? Either way, who knew the end of the world could be this much fun? | A h ...
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ANCESTOR

Scott Sigler

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Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a compatible heart, liver, or kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a high price, and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology. On a remote island in Lake Superior, a team of geneticists has unlocked this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering thousands of genomes, they dial back the evolutionary clock to re-create the progenitor of all mammals. The ...
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Join author J.C. Mastro on an interstellar journey through the boundless realms of genre fiction! In 'StarBound Stories,' dive into the creative minds behind your favorite science fiction, fantasy, and speculative tales. From world-building wizardry to character development sorcery, this podcast unravels the spellbinding craft of storytelling. Brace yourself for captivating conversations with fellow authors, in-depth explorations of beloved books and movies, and an inside look at the writing ...
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Edited by Christie Yant and Arley Sorg, FANTASY is a digital magazine focusing exclusively on the fantasy genre. In its pages, you will find all types of fantasy—dark fantasy, contemporary urban tales, surrealism, magical realism, science fantasy, high fantasy, folktales…and anything and everything in between. Fantasy is entertainment for the intelligent genre reader—we publish stories of the fantastic that make us think, and tell us what it is to be human. Every month FANTASY will bring you ...
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Each issue includes between ten and fifteen hours of gripping tales spun by best-selling authors such as David Farland and Kevin J. Anderson alongside hot newcomers. Featuring stunning art, engaging performances and original music. Enjoy world-class entertainment while driving, jogging, or even making dinner. Never dread that morning commute again. MechMuse will have you reaching for your keys. So buckle up, and check your mirrors. It's time for fiction. Fiction as you've never heard it before.
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Welcome to the TrueEarth® Podcast! Its goals and aims are simple: to bring you all the latest news from the TrueEarth world found on the other side of our reality, as described in the TrueEarth books. Discover a wide range of sci-fi, audiobooks, fiction and fantasy stories and events! Enter the vast reality of universes, galaxies and worlds as built by the TrueEarth authors.
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Voices: New Media Fiction

Mur Lafferty (editor)

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Voices: New Media Fiction brings together the pioneer short fiction podcasters. Experimenting from putting short-short fiction to novellas over their podcasts, these writers were the first to test the new medium for storytelling. Some wrote specifically for podcasts, some read previously published fiction, and some read entirely new stories. Some listeners asked if they could get just the stories in audio form, and that request brought about this podiobook. Cory Doctorow tells us a story abo ...
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Thin Air

Ray J. Lonsdale

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The Thin Air Podcast is an episodic anthology of short stories, novellas and poems, including fantasy, science fiction, suspense, thrillers and the macabre. Featuring tales penned and narrated by Lonsdale, this program could be described as a fascinating blend of audiobook and modern-day old-time radio. Episodes are presented as dramatic readings with background sound F/X and original music. The premiere episode, titled “The Uncanny Valley of the Shadow,” is the opening chapter, kicking off ...
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The podcast of SCI-FI.COM, presenting original science fiction programming. Adventure, exploration and discovery on frontiers of human understanding, in audio drama and audiobook forms.
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The Bright Path Podcast

Benjamin M. Birney

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A sprawling science fantasy comedic adventure romance, with goblins and cannons! Johnathan Miller has harbored a secret flame for his childhood friend Merrily Hunter for years, and as Midsummer’s Eve approaches he’s ready to make his move. But when a cranky, sharp-tongued professor of Applied History rides into town looking for a lost book, Johnathan and Merrily quickly find themselves swept up in an adventure that will take them to the very edges of history, language, and probability. They ...
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Morning Short

Audiobook Radio

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Enjoy a new, curated short story every episode. We hand-pick 15-25 minute short stories from a pool of award-winning fiction writers. Then we turn them into to mini audiobooks that improve any commute, workout, or walk in the park. Read by professional narrators. Every day is a different story. One morning we might bring you a sci-fi thriller by the legendary Ray Bradbury, and the next morning might be a Sherlock Holmes detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle. Romance? We’ve got it. Narrative ...
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The Audiobooks.com Podcast | Let Us Tell You A Story

The Real Brian and Addy Saucedo chatting with Authors, Narrators, and Audiobook Lovers

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Along with having over 60,000 audiobooks to choose from at Audiobooks.com, we now bring you a weekly show to give you the stories behind the books. Your hosts, The Real Brian and Addy, interview your favorite authors, narrators, audiobook lovers and keep you in the loop of what’s hot. Never miss an episode by subscribing to the show and download the free app at www.audiobooks.com/podcast today!
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A Short Story Audiobook podcast. The Story Collector has spent his life gathering together the greatest stories of all time. And now he tells them to you, to carry on his legacy. From Horror and Fairy Tales to the Greek and Norse myths, from Science Fiction to Mystery and more... So sit back and relax, as the Story Collector weaves you a tale or two.
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For the past 15 years I have been working on an epic fantasy trilogy. During the pandemic years I tested the first book, The Hammer and the second book, The Medallion as a free audiobook podcast, engaging the listeners in an active review process. You can find the first 10 chapters of The Hammer on this podcast. Book three, The Scepter is nearing completion and In the spring of 2024 I will be releasing the entire three volumes as a paperback and hard cover book of over 1000 pages. This will ...
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Written in 1903, just sixty years after the word ‘hypnotism’ was coined, this book explores the contemporary understanding of the nature, uses and dangers of the technique. Hypnotism has been practiced for many centuries, but it was in the mid-to-late nineteenth century that it became a particularly fashionable way to explore the human mind. Although understanding of the subject has evolved considerably over subsequent years, this book remains a fascinating insight into a technique once thou ...
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The Hunt portrays the frenzied aftermath of the devastating Thule Society attacks. Famed fantasy and sci-fi author Mercedes Lackey and newcomer Steve Libbey have joined forces to create a superhero-themed braided novel podcast series called The Secret World Chronicle. The series depicts an ensemble cast of metahuman characters coping with worldwide attacks by a mysterious, technologically advanced Nazi secret society, and the ensuing chaos. The Secret World is a meeting ground for pulpy adve ...
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Vampires dance with Goths around campfires far from the rainy Metroplex- as the Central Computer says in Cell U.R. "Most entertainment consists of beautiful people on sexy adventures without kids, because real life is the opposite." Imagine a near future, when nanotechnology allows doctors to install speakerphones on the inside of everyone's ears, a microphone in their throat, and scanners that record through the eyes. All citizens enjoy a permanent connection to the internet. One human cell ...
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Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help book, partly an attempt to relay the scientific knowledge of the day in relation to sex and reproduction in a way suitable for popular consumption.
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Crescent

Phil Rossi

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Some places are far darker than deep space. Places where the shadows smile. Where men go mad and lovers go missing. These stygian corners of existence are where reality is stretched thin and something hungry is waiting just outside the corner of your eye.Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and dare to visit one of these places.Crescent is dark science fiction at it's most visceral. Phil Rossi weaves a tale that is reminiscent of old school Stephen King but with a shiny, new set of trick ...
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In this popular American book from the 1920s, accomplished public speaker and self-help charlatan Elsie Lincoln Benedict outlines her pseudo-scientific system of "Human Analysis". She proposes that, within the human race, five sub-types have developed through evolutionary processes, each with its own distinct character traits and corresponding outward appearance. She offers to teach the reader how to recognise these five types of people and understand their innate differences. Her ideas have ...
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Anything can be bought or sold at the Night Market. A dozen hummingbird tongues curled like tiny snails, basted in honey and chili oil and served on a silver tray. A mermaid’s song, caught in an antique bottle of smoked glass. | © 2024 by Vanessa Fogg. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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In this episode, I talk about everything I've been up to for the past two months: visiting a friend, what I'm wearing, a romantic encounter in the supermarket, my try at stand-up comedy, the Royal Academy of Art, eating in the dark: there's just too much to summarise! Listen to it!! Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Natter for the full transcript. Get…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a new episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast! Season6 features chapters from the Guardians of the Time Stream novel: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY Season 6, Episode 25: Judson tries to trick Ess into siding with him. When Uly and Fordyce arrive, he battles them and ends up injured and dies. His threat i…
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Send us a Text Message. Previously on VOID, Ursula and Terry started bonding as friends much to the chagrin of Pat. Serebella and Regina had a sexual breakthrough with Regina’s handicap. And a harvester ship from the station has shown up to scrap the base threatening all they’ve achieved so far. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start f…
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Welcome to season 4 of Read By The Author, where bestselling fantasy romance author Lindsey Sparks reads Dissonance, the next installment in her paranormal romance time travel series, the ECHO TRILOGY. SEASON 1: Echo in Time (Echo Trilogy, book 1) SEASON 2: Resonance (Echo Trilogy, novella 1.5) SEASON 3: Time Anomaly (Echo Trilogy, book 2) SEASON 4…
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Val and the Vorpal Sword ep.719 Tales favor those who pay the bard. Beowulf is no exception. David Rogers' work has appeared or is forthcoming in various publications, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Star*Line, and Daily Science Fiction. His novel The Delphi is out from Ellipsis Imprints this summer. More at davidrogersbooks.wordpress.com More …
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Author : Brian Hugenbruch Narrator : Kyle Akers Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 949: A Foundational Model for Talking to Girls is an Escape Pod original. A Foundational Model for Talking to Girls By Brian Hugenbruch “Hey Marty,” Mom asks, “got a moment?” I cringe whenever Mom’s voice has […] Source…
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This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "The Only Writing Advice You'll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors" by Aimee Picchi (© 2024 by Aimee Picchi), narrated by Susan Hanfield and "The Aliens Said They Want to Party" by Joel William David Buxton (© 2024 by Joel William David Buxton), narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn …
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a new episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast! Season6 features chapters from the Guardians of the Time Stream novel: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY Season 6, Episode 24: Athena, Ess, Fordyce and Uly set a trap for Judson, to determine if he is a traitor. Ye Olde Dragon Books: www.YeOldeDragonBooks.com Wa…
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In Toronto author Aaron Kreuter's linked story collection Rubble Children, he's provided a stirring and provocative portrait of a Jewish community in Toronto struggling with the difficult choices they must face as their core beliefs are brought into question. Palestinian-Canadian author Saeed Teebi, author of Her First Palestinian, is the guest int…
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Book a class with me! If you book a package of 10 classes, you can get 33% off: EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Classes An old couple wish for a son and instead have a daughter with long, magical hair. They don't see the value in it, and sell her off to an old man who keeps her in a tower. Every day, he massages the oil from her hair and sells it. But the…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a new episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast! Season6 features chapters from the Guardians of the Time Stream novel: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY Season 6, Episode23: Mr. Judson seems to know more about Ess than he should. She discovers he chose her for this assignment. Then Uly spies and discovers Mr.…
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Send us a Text Message. During the most recent episode of VOID, Anko and Jonas came to terms with their relationship and decided on a fresh start. Pat and Terry were at odds and demonstrated that their relationship isn’t as stable as everyone thought. And the crew decided to move forward with terraforming Europa. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast…
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This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Songs of the Sorrow of Thorns" by Amayah Perveen (© 2024 by Amayah Perveen), narrated by Susan Hanfield and "A Guide on How to meet the Deity of Many Faces" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (© 2024 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…
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Hide and Hunt ep.718 Susan Oke’s short stories have been published in a number of anthologies, magazines and have been performed via podcasts, such as Cast of Wonders. When not writing, she teaches English Language, English Literature and Creative Writing. Her short story 'Best Case Scenario' won a recent Readers' Award in the Amazing Stories onlin…
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Author : Rachel Meresman Narrator : Isaac Harwood Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 948: Thank You for Doing Business with the Xyb’lor Principality is an Escape Pod original. Thank You for Doing Business with the Xyb’lor Principality by Rachel Meresman Jaxon was not a connoisseur of art, but he […] Source…
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🎧 New Episode Alert: Chapter 4 of The Giver 🎧 🌟 Dive into the dystopian world of The Giver with our latest episode! In this chapter, secrets unravel, and Jonas begins to see the world differently. 🌟 🔥 Why Listen? 🔥 Exclusive Narration: Experience an immersive narration that brings the story to life. Perfect for On-the-Go: Whether you're commuting, …
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a new episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast! Season6 features chapters from the Guardians of the Time Stream novel: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY Season 6, Episode 22: Ess rejoins the Pinkerton team in San Francisco, and learns that Mr. Judson, a superior in the agency, has come out to question and tes…
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Award-winning Ontario children's book author Nicola Winstanley has recently published a collection of fiction - this time for grownups. Smoke (Buckrider Books) is a linked story collection. It follows the path of a resilient woman from her rocky New Zealand childhood to her life as a professional living in Ontario, Canada. Nathan Whitlock, author o…
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Book a class with me! If you book a package of 10 classes, you can get 33% off: EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Classes A cat and a mouse live together as friends, and what strange friends that makes! One day, the cat suggests they store some food for the winter, so they buy a pot of fat and hide it in a church. But while the mouse happily cleans the hous…
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Send us a Text Message. In our last episode of VOID, the struggles of Regina’s handicap has begun to catch up with her. Ursula and Jonas have started to rekindle their relationship. And an explosion rocked the Europa base leaving an uncertain future about Terry. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Instacart - Groceries deli…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a new episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast! Season6 features chapters from the Guardians of the Time Stream novel: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY Season 6, Episode 21: An invalid, Ess has time to think and realize something is wrong among the Pinkertons. Athena begins her education on the truth of the …
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This week on my podcast, I read The reason you can’t buy a car is the same reason that your health insurer let hackers dox you, a column from one of last week’s editions of my Pluralistic newsletter; it describes a monopoly pattern whereby companies execute a series of mergers to dominate a sector, leaving their IT systems brittle and tangled – and…
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Send us a Text Message. In this thrilling episode, Nick Carter's intrepid junior detective Patsy Garvin encounters dangerous situations as he follows a mysterious man named Snell on a journey that leads them to Helena, Montana. The narrative unfolds with tense moments as Patsy must act swiftly to thwart potential harm. A sequence of events transpir…
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Mother Sea, Father Sky ep.717 How far would you go to be forgiven? John E. DeLaughter is a retired planetologist living on a sailboat with Little Sheila the cat. His work has taken him to all seven continents where he has always met the nicest people. This story was directly inspired by his trips in the Gulf of Mexico where he failed to meet any gh…
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Author : Rob Gillham Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 947: Rupert Weard and the Case of the Adamant Annihilist is an Escape Pod original. Rupert Weard and the Case of the Adamant Annihilist By Rob Gillham Rupert Weard leapt into the drawing room, escaping a […] Source…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a new episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast! Season6 features chapters from the Guardians of the Time Stream novel: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY Season 6, Episode 20: Ess falls ill from her wound and has to stay on the Golden Nile. Ye Olde Dragon Books: www.YeOldeDragonBooks.com Want to support the po…
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Today makes it a decade and a day I have been keeping tabs on you. I started by watching your mother, monitoring all her movements while she housed you. There’s no better time to relay this message but now. | © 2024 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees. Narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Nick Carter encounters a mysterious client, George Snell, who seeks help in a case of kidnapping, robbery, and blackmail involving the governor's daughter in Wenonah. As Snell's actions become suspicious, Nick's assistant, Patsy, embarks on a thrilling pursuit to uncover the truth behind Snell's motives. An …
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Author Matthew Pallamary discussed shamanic practices and ceremonies in the jungle, including the use of psychedelic plant medicines like ayahuasca. He detailed a 10-day program he does in the jungle that involves a cleansing diet and various visionary plants. "Your perception gets more refined. It gets very clear. You start having telepathic exper…
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Send us a Text Message. Previously on VOID, the mysteries deepened upon further investigation of the discovered bodies on the Europa base. Ursula has learned that the 5 have locked out communications with the station. And Maddox has resigned themself to the fact that they’re stranded on the Ching She for the unforeseeable future. Buzzsprout - Let's…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a new episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast! Season6 features chapters from the Guardians of the Time Stream novel: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY Season 6, Episode 19: Ess confronts Revisionists attempting to steal from the exhibition and aggravates her wound. Uly and Theo come to her rescue. Ye Olde D…
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We’ve never been so busy. The cave where we work used to be calm and, if not entirely devoid of sound, then split only by the crash of waves at high tide and the occasional cry of a woman who didn’t listen when we said listen this will hurt this will hurt this will hurt. Or maybe she did listen, but she thought we meant physical pain, when what we …
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