Best Fiona Thomas Podcasts (2023)

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How To Academy Podcast

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Andre Solo - How To Thrive as a Sensitive Person 1:04:47

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Have you ever been told you're too sensitive? What if we told you that being sensitive wasn't a weakness, but a superpower? Our guest on this episode Andre Sólo is a researcher, and editor-in-chief of the website Highly Sensitive Refuge. He is the co-author of a number of scientific papers on the subject and of a new book: Sensitive: The Power of a…

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Long Covid Podcast

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87 - Dr Mark Harper - Cold Water & Long Covid 48:17

2d ago48:17

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Episode 87 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Dr Mark Harper, consultant anesthetist, researcher and cold water enthusiast! We chat about cold water and all it's amazing benefits on both mind & body, as well as how you can do it safely. Chill (swims around the UK) Mark Harper website Mental Health Swims Buy Mark's book "Chill" https://blackwe…

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EU-Startups Podcast

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Episode 35: Interview with IriusRisk Co-founder Cristina Bentué 37:12

2d ago37:12

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Interview with IriusRisk Co-founder and COO Cristina Bentué This episode is brought to you by Vanta, helping you scale security practices and automate compliance for the industry’s most sought after standards. To close and grow major customers, you have to demonstrate trust. But proving your security and compliance can be time-consuming, tedious, a…

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Make Space For Nature

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Making space for nature photography, with wildlife filmmaker Libby Penman 30:44

3d ago30:44

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In this episode we chat to award winning nature photographer and filmmaker Libby Penman. She tells us what drove her passion for nature and filmmaking, and gives us a few insider tips on ways we can improve our own wildlife photography. We hear about her recent work on our Make Space For Nature campaign, as well as other projects keeping her busy, …

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How To Academy Podcast

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Susie Alegre - Protecting Freedom of Thought in the Digital Age 29:36

4d ago29:36

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Susie Alegre is a leading human rights barrister and a pioneer of digital human rights in the age of AI and big tech. In her book Freedom to Think, she explores the basis upon which we have a right to our own ideas and opinions - and how we can protect that right in an age of digital surveillance and ever more advanced forms of propaganda. She spok…

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New Books in Film

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Elephant Man 21:52

4d ago21:52

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George Orwell said, "By fifty, every man has the face he deserves." To what degree does David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) respond to the idea that our appearances define our moral selves? Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about the ways in which the story of John Merrick resonates in contemporary reality-TV and how Meririck is trapped in a s…

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New Books in Film

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Xiaomei Chen, "Performing the Socialist State: Modern Chinese Theater and Film Culture" (Columbia UP, 2023) 34:51

5d ago34:51

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Xiaomei Chen's book Performing the Socialist State: Modern Chinese Theater and Film Culture (Columbia UP, 2023) looks at three "founding fathers" of Chinese spoken drama: Tian Han, Hong Shen, and Ouyang Yuqian. Dr. Chen argues that these three theatre artists laid the groundwork for Mao-era Chinese drama during the earlier Republic period, and that…

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New Books in Film

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Monika Raesch, "Abbas Kiarostami: Interviews" (UP of Mississippi, 2023) 45:44

6d ago45:44

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The cinephile community knows Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) as one of the most important filmmakers of the previous decades. This volume illustrates why the Iranian filmmaker achieved critical acclaim around the globe and details his many contributions to the art of filmmaking. Kiarostami began his illustrious career in his native Iran in the 1970s,…

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Yes Indie'd Pod

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How To Summon Demons With Cards (w/ Becky Annison) 45:31

9d ago45:31

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Support the show on Patreon On this episode, I'm talking to Becky Annison, the co-founder of UK-based design company, Black Armada Games. She's the award-winning designer of When the Dark Is Gone, part of the Seven Wonders anthology from Pelgrane Press. And is probably best known for the high drama werewolf game, Bite Marks, and GM-less mystery gam…

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How To Academy Podcast

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Sarah Knight - How to be an Adult and Get Treated Like One 1:00:49

9d ago1:00:49

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Sarah Knight made her name as the author of the sensational anti-self help book The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**K and has sold more than 3 million copies of that book and others in the series. Her latest is called Grow the F**K Up - how to be an adult and get treated like one. We hosted her in conversation with Hannah MacInnes. Expect ba…

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Long Covid Podcast

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86 - Harry Leeming - Visible Health 38:29

9d ago38:29

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Episode 86 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Harry Leeming, CEO & co-founder of Visible Health. We chat through the reasons behind Visible as well as more practically what it does & how it can benefit you! **We are aware of the latest research by PLRC, just released, on Long Covid & Menstruation which hadn't yet been published at the date of…

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How To Academy Podcast

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M. John Harrison - Living in an Age of Fantasy 43:41

12d ago43:41

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As a member of the 1960s science fiction New Wave, M. John Harrison worked with authors like Michael Moorcock and JG Ballard to he helped turn generic entertainment into serious and even avante garde literature. His latest book, Wish I Was Here, subverts and breaks apart the conventions of life writing with the same restless unbridled spirit that p…

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New Books in Film

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Black Film, British Cinema II 41:06

16d ago41:06

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Clive Nwonka and Anamik Saha discuss their forthcoming book Black Film, British Cinema II (publishing in March with Goldsmiths Press), a book which brings together scholars, thinkers and practitioners to consider the politics of blackness in contemporary British cinema and visual practice. Black Film British Cinema II considers the politics of blac…

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Long Covid Podcast

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85 - Fiona Agombar - Yoga Therapy in Recovery from Long Covid 47:35

16d ago47:35

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Episode 85 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the fabulous Fiona Agombar, a yoga therapist, author and rest activist who specializes in teaching live online yoga for all fatigue conditions, including MECFS, exhaustion, burnout from stress, and of course, now long COVID. Restful Yoga for Fatigue with Fiona - an uplifting community page for tho…

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New Books in Film

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Brad Krumholz, "Why Do Actors Train?: Embodiment for Theatre Makers and Thinkers" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 48:14

17d ago48:14

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Why Do Actors Train?: Embodiment for Theatre Makers and Thinkers (Bloomsbury, 2023) powerfully demystifies the actor-training process by focusing on acting as embodied cognition. In this framework, thought is action and action is thought. Krumholz uses the frame of embodied cognition to analyze which specific skills are actually being developed thr…

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How To Academy Podcast

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Alastair Campbell Meets Beth Rigby - Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It 1:24:32

18d ago1:24:32

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Alastair Campbell was Tony Blair's communications chief and is now one of the UK's most sought after political commentators; The Rest is Politics, his podcast with Rory Stewart, is essential listening for anyone who wants a fresh perspective on what's going on in Westminster. Alastair's new book is But What Can I Do?, a guide to how all of us can g…

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New Books in Film

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Thomas Chen, "Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film" (Columbia UP, 2022) 58:34

19d ago58:34

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Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Ignatius Suglo discusses the book Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film (Columbia University Press, 2022) by Thomas Chen. You’ll hear about: Author’s intellectual and professional trajectory that led him to the book; …

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How To Academy Podcast

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Thomas Hertog - Stephen Hawking's Final Theory of the Universe 39:21

21d ago39:21

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Thomas Hertog was Stephen Hawking's PhD student and went on to become a leading cosmologist in his own right. He and Hawking developed a radical new theory concerning the origins of time itself: answering the biggest question imaginable - why does our universe have the laws of physics that it does? This would prove to be Hawking's final scientific …

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EU-Startups Podcast

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Episode 34: Interview with Juro founder Richard Mabey 37:30

23d ago37:30

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Interview with Juro founder and CEO Richard Mabey This episode is brought to you by Vanta, helping you scale security practices and automate compliance for the industry’s most sought after standards. To close and grow major customers, you have to demonstrate trust. But proving your security and compliance can be time-consuming, tedious, and expensi…

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Long Covid Podcast

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84 - Caroline Pover - Spotlight on Vaccine Injuries 43:10

23d ago43:10

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Episode 84 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Caroline Pover and puts a bit of a spotlight on the issue of vaccine injuries. Although we don't know the full story, the vax injured seem to be close cousins of Long Covid and an issue all too often swept under the carpet. Caroline tells her story and shares a few things that have helped her. Car…

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New Books in Film

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Catherine Russell, "The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star" (U Illinois Press, 2023) 42:39

24d ago42:39

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From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents but also illustrated the limits imposed on women in film and television. Catherine Russell’s A to Z consideration of the iconic actress analyzes twenty-six facets of Stanwyck and the America of her times. Russell examines Stanwyck’s work …

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How To Academy Podcast

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Ruby Wax Meets Julia Samuel - I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was 1:10:58

25d ago1:10:58

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These days, trying to stay sane in a completely chaotic world makes life incredibly difficult, especially if you're struggling with your mental health. While searching for inner peace and equanimity amidst global chaos, Ruby realises that, ultimately, the most challenging gauntlet we all must face is ourselves. Joined by psychotherapist and author …

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Yes Indie'd Pod

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Reading Indie Games At The Club (w/ Paul Beakley) 1:03:24

25d ago1:03:24

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Support the show on Patreon This week, we're talking to Paul Beakley has been involved with the games industry since at least the mid 1990s. He's a Game Chef finalist, a Golden Cobra honourable mention, and an official designer/adventure module writer for games like Deadlands, Earthdawn, Mutant Chronicles and more. He's also been writing about game…

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New Books in Film

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Sarah Atkinson and Helen W. Kennedy, "Secret Cinema and the Immersive Experience Industry" (Manchester UP, 2022) 49:17

28d ago49:17

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What is the future of media? In Secret Cinema and the Immersive Experience Industry (Manchester UP, 2022), Sarah Atkinson, a Professor of Screen Media at Kings College London, and Helen W Kennedy, Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries, at the University of Nottingham, explore the rise of immersive experiences using the detailed case study o…

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How To Academy Podcast

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Fiona Buckland - How to Change Your Life 49:39

29d ago49:39

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What makes a fulfilling life, and how can we live one? Life coach Fiona Buckland explores the overwhelming world we live in and the stressors and temptations that pull us away from understanding ourselves. She reveals how we can return to ourselves to create not just a life well-lived, but a life suffused with meaning. Learn more about your ad choi…

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New Books in Film

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Naomi McDougall Jones, "The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood" (Beacon, 2020) 1:04:24

29d ago1:04:24

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The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood (Beacon, 2020) by Naomi McDougall Jones is a brutally honest look at the systemic exclusion of women in film—an industry with massive cultural influence—and how, in response, women are making space in cinema for their voices to be heard. Generation after generation, w…

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Long Covid Podcast

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83 - Ryan Prior - Journalist, Producer, Author & Advocate 44:49

1M ago44:49

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Episode 83 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Ryan Prior, journalist, producer, author & advocate. Ryan chats about his experiences with ME and how he saw the wave of Long Covid coming long before many of us did. We chat about his thoughts on many aspects of Long Covid & chronic illness in general, as well as his new book - The Long Haul. Buy…

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How To Academy Podcast

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Justin Gregg - What Animal Intelligence Tells Us About Human Stupidity 1:04:19

1M ago1:04:19

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What if human intelligence is more of a liability than a gift? According to the animal cognition expert and author of If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Justin Gregg, there's an evolutionary reason why human intelligence isn't more prevalent in the animal kingdom. Simply put, non-human animals don't need it to be successful. In conversation with comedian …

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New Books in Film

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Fiona Gregory, "Actresses and Mental Illness: Histrionic Heroines" (Routledge, 2018) 45:36

1M ago45:36

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Actresses and Mental Illness: Histrionic Heroines (Routledge, 2018) investigates the relationship between the work of the actress and her personal experience of mental illness, from the late nineteenth through to the end of twentieth century. Over the past two decades scholars have made great advances in our understanding of the history of the actr…

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How To Academy Podcast

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Robin Ince Meets Chris van Tulleken - Why We Can't Stop Eating Stuff That Isn't Food 1:20:42

1M ago1:20:42

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Over the past 150 years, we have entered a new ‘age of eating’ where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances: Ultra-Processed Foods. In this episode award-winning broadcaster, practicing NHS doctor and leading academic Dr Chris van Tulleken joins Robin Ince to reveal the disastrous effects of Ultra-Processed Food on our h…

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Long Covid Podcast

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82 - Dr Jay T Wiles - Heart Rate Variability in Long Covid Recovery 51:05

1M ago51:05

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Episode 82 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the fabulous Dr Jay T Wiles, who is a Clinical health physiologist specialising in sports performance and holistic & integrative health. He is also board certified in biofeedback and heart rate variability biofeedback which is what we're going to be covering in this episode. We chat about what HRV…

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How To Academy Podcast

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Mick Herron - Slow Horses, Bad Actors 1:08:59

1M ago1:08:59

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Thriller writer Mick Herron is the heir to John Le Carre - the author of the wildly acclaimed Slough House espionage novels. The TV adaptation named after the first in the series, Slow Horses, is one of the best shows around - no mean feat in our golden age of TV drama. It stars Gary Oldman as Herron's Falstaffian protagonist Jackson Lamb. The late…

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New Books in Film

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James Charney, "Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023) 1:35:21

1M ago1:35:21

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The study of classic and contemporary films can provide a powerful avenue to understand the experience of mental illness. In Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023), James Charney, MD, a practicing psychiatrist and long-time cinephile, examines films that delve deeply into characters' inner worlds, …

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Clarkesworld Magazine

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Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer (audio) 35:42

1M ago35:42

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This episode features "Better Living Through Algorithms" written by Naomi Kritzer. Published in the May 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_05_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…

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Clarkesworld Magazine

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Voices Singing in the Void by Rajan Khanna (audio) 15:45

1M ago15:45

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This episode features "Voices Singing in the Void" written by Rajan Khanna. Published in the April 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/khanna_04_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…

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Clarkesworld Magazine

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The Librarian and the Robot by Shi Heiyao (audio) 31:51

1M ago31:51

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This episode features "The Librarian and the Robot" written by Shi Heiyao. Published in the April 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/shi_04_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…

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Clarkesworld Magazine

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Stranger Shores by Gregory Feeley (audio) 59:55

1M ago59:55

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This episode features "Stranger Shores" written by Gregory Feeley. Published in the April 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/feeley_04_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…

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Clarkesworld Magazine

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Happiness by Octavia Cade (audio) 1:05:07

1M ago1:05:07

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This episode features "Happiness" written by Octavia Cade. Published in the April 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cade_04_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…

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Clarkesworld Magazine

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Keeper of the Code by Nick Thomas (audio) 48:16

1M ago48:16

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This episode features "Keeper of the Code" written by Nick Thomas. Published in the April 2023 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/thomas_04_23 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?…

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