Best Rob Dircks Podcasts (2024)

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“The Grove” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 38:38

4M ago38:38

38:38

Welcome to Listen To The Signal, short science fiction stories in audio, written and narrated by Rob Dircks. Hello, Rob here. As you know, some of these stories are better served if I talk about them after you’ve listened or read them, not before – and this is one of them. What I can tell you is that it’s been kicking around in my head for a couple…

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“Carbon Monoxide Detector” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 13:45

1y ago13:45

13:45

Hey, Rob here. I don’t have a lot of background for this story, but here’s how it started: I was talking to a friend, about how when I heard the carbon monoxide detector beep because it needed a new battery, I thought we were going to die, and she said, “hey, that would make a great beginning to a story.” So here it is… Listen to the Audio (14 min)…

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“Hole In The Wall” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 15:00

2y ago15:00

15:00

Hello, Rob here. I hate to do this, but I really can’t say anything about this story up front without giving it away, except that it’s about someone who volunteers for a test, not knowing much about it. Listen to the Audio (15 min): Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Read the Story (2,500 words / 9-minute read): “Hole In The Wall” Written and narra…

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“Father Tim” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 20:33

2+ y ago20:33

20:33

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN/RECORDED 03/2020. Hey guys. I’ll tell you right up front, I struggled with the idea of even posting this story, because, yes, it’s a plague story. It’s a very common theme in sci-fi, the plague-that-wipes-out-humanity theme, but I’ve never written one, so it just kind of popped into my head a few weeks ago, before the poop really…

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“This Is Only A Test” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 13:00

2+ y ago13:00

13:00

Hey, Rob here. For a long time now, there’s been the awareness that what happened to the dinosaurs – an extinction-level event caused by an asteroid impact – could happen again. In fact, it doesn’t seem to be a matter of if, but of when. A hundred years? A thousand years? A hundred thousand years? In the movies Armageddon and Deep Impact (both stra…

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“Hart Island” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 14:15

2+ y ago14:15

14:15

Hey guys, Rob here. Happy Halloween! So a friend of mine texted me and he’s like, “Dude! Do a story about this creepy island I’m working on!” Usually I’m like okay, great, thanks, whatever, and then I do what I want. But this time he got me. See, his job is to map areas, and he told me about Hart Island. It’s a tiny island off the coast of the Bron…

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“Swatch” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 9:45

3y ago9:45

9:45

Hey guys, Rob here. As you might know, I’m into the whole Mars rover thing, and I was psyched to find out they included an extra little package inside it this time — a helicopter. And even cooler, they fastened an actual swatch of fabric from the original Wright Brothers Flyer to the underside of its solar panel! So that got me thinking: I know the…

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“The Other Ted” by Wendy Mass and Rob Dircks 28:30

3+ y ago28:30

28:30

Hey, Rob here. Have I got a treat for you! I’ve finally branched out and collaborated with some great folks on a story. Wendy Mass, NY Times bestselling author, reached out to me last year to co-author a short sci-fi story to submit to the talented Alex Shvartsman, who was publishing the latest in his anthology series Unidentified Funny Objects. So…

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“Happy Sun Vitamin C!” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 17:30

3+ y ago17:30

17:30

Hey, Rob here. I’ve been sitting on this article for a couple of years, not knowing what to do with it. It’s the true story of the Chinese government’s spy infiltration of major companies and government agencies in the U.S. through the use of a tiny, undetectable chip placed on computer motherboards. I couldn’t even believe it when I read it. Here’…

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“I, Reggie” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 22:00

3+ y ago22:00

22:00

Hey, Rob here. So you know how it goes, I get myself down an Internet rabbit hole, and I wind up on this thought problem called The Ship of Theseus. I won’t tell you what it is, it’s in the story, but it reminded me of that factoid that every seven years all of our cells are replaced, the old ones dying and the new ones growing, and we’re essential…

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“Robot Brains From Outer Space” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 13:19

4+ y ago13:19

13:19

Hey guys. So I was reading this article in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/science/organoids-brain-alysson-muotri.html), and had that moment, you know, where fact can be stranger than fiction. Apparently scientists have been growing brain organoids for a while – taking human stem cells and cultivating little clusters of neuro…

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“FutureHeist” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 17:30

5y ago17:30

17:30

Hi guys, Rob here. This story’s been bouncing around in my head for a loooong time. I hate to do this, but once again I can’t tell you much about it up front, other than it’s about a heist with two long-time professional thieves, and that their mission doesn’t go as expected. Listen to the Audio (17.5 min): Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Read t…

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“Oumuamua” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 8:52

5+ y ago8:52

8:52

Hey, Rob here. This is another quickie, so I don’t want to say much other than it’s about that weird, cigar-shaped object that came hurtling past Earth about a year and a half ago, named Oumuamua. That much is true. The rest, well…? Listen to the Audio (9 min): Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Read the Story (1,000 words / 5-minute read): “Oumuam…

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“Christmas in Silver Peak” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 28:39

5+ y ago28:39

28:39

Hi guys! Rob here, welcome back, I’ve got a little holiday treat for you… This story was inspired by a video I saw, yes, it was one of those days you don’t know how, but you wind up an hour later watching a YouTube video of someone driving around what looks like a ghost town, right near Area 51 in Nevada. It’s a real town, called Silver Peak, and t…

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“The Grove” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 38:38

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“Carbon Monoxide Detector” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 13:45

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“Hole In The Wall” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 15:00

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“Father Tim” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 20:33

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“This Is Only A Test” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 13:00

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“Hart Island” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 14:15

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“Swatch” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 9:45

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“The Other Ted” by Wendy Mass and Rob Dircks 28:30

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“Happy Sun Vitamin C!” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 17:30

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“I, Reggie” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 22:00

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“Robot Brains From Outer Space” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 13:19

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“FutureHeist” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 17:30

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“Oumuamua” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 8:52

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“Christmas in Silver Peak” • Written and Narrated by Rob Dircks 28:39

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