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The people behind The Intercept’s fearless reporting and incisive commentary discuss the crucial issues of our time: national security, civil liberties, foreign policy, and criminal justice. Plus interviews with artists, thinkers, and newsmakers who challenge our preconceptions about the world we live in.
Author : Michael McDowell Narrator : Jessica Nettles Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Miss Mack” was first published in the 1986 anthology Halloween Horrors When Miss Mack showed up in Babylon in the late summer of 1957, nobody knew what to think of her. She had come from a little town called Pine Cone, and had…
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Cast of Wonders
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Cast of Wonders 466: Badass Neon Sparkle Powers
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Author : Cara Masten DiGirolamo Narrator : Mary Fan Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 466: Badass Neon Sparkle Powers is a Cast of Wonders original. Violence; attempted sexual assault Badass Neon Sparkle Powers by Cara DiGirolamo There’s a fine line between getting shit done […] The post Ca…
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : Christopher Mark Rose Narrator : Tad Callin Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “Sentient Being Blues” first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Asimov’s Death of a child, also contains some violence and harsh language. Sentient Being Blues by Christopher Rose I got a pickaxe for […] Source…
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Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill
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No Accountability for War on Terror Atrocities
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The war on terror has killed nearly 1 million people and cost more than $8 trillion, according to a report by Brown University’s Costs of War Project. This week on Intercepted: Journalists Murtaza Hussain and Rozina Ali break down how the 9/11 attacks reshaped U.S. foreign and domestic policies. In the last two decades, the U.S. launched two wars, …
Author : Kristina Ten Narrator : Nicola Seaton-Clark Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Lightspeed Rated PG-13 Tend to Me by Kristina Ten Nora is a serial becomer. She has become many things in her life, though rarely on purpose. The first time, it just sort of happened. The second time, it was a coincidence. …
Author : Avra Margariti Narrator : Julzerator Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 465: In Real Time is a Cast of Wonders original. Drug use (marijuana) In Real Time by Avra Margariti The kites frozen across the sky dapple the lawn like stained glass. Human […] The post Cast of Wonders 465: In…
Author : Dan Fields Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 774: Vanity, Vanity is a PseudoPod original. The author had this to share about this piece: “Gothic rural horror and the amorphous disposition of evil have long preoccupied me. Moral and spiritual diffidence have weighed on…
Author : Ivy Grimes Narrator : KB Sluss Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 464: Cats of Fortune is a Cast of Wonders original. Cats of Fortune by Ivy Grimes When I was a little girl, I thought Aunt Dee had everything. She had her […] The post Cast of Wonders 464: Cats of Fortune appeared fir…
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Escape Pod
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Escape Pod 801: Hard Mother, Spider Mother, Soft Mother
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Author : Hal Y. Zhang Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Hard Mother, Spider Mother, Soft Mother first appeared as part of the Futures chapbook series published by Radix Media. Hard Mother, Spider Mother, Soft Mother By Hal Y. Zhang “Did you see the report […] Source…
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Escape Pod
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Escape Pod 801: Hard Mother, Spider Mother, Soft Mother
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Rated PG-13, Hosts: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 695: Black Wings, White Kheer is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Black Wings, White Kheer by Rati Mehrotra The wings knock against the closet door on full moon nights, trying to escape. The sound terrifies Sarita, becaus…
Author : M.L. Humphreys Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Floor Above” was originally published in the May 1923 issue of Weird Tales SEPTEMBER 17, 1922. — I sat down to breakfast this morning with a good appetite. The heat seemed over, and a cool wind blew in from my garden, where c…
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Escape Pod 800: Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death
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Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Laurice White Hosts : S.B. Divya and Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death originally appeared in A People’s Future of the United States in February 2019. Includes mature content for language and violence. Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death […] Source…
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Escape Pod 800: Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death
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Rated PG-13, Hosts: S.B. Divya and Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
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Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill
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The Long-Lasting Consequences of the War on Terror
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The United States flew its last military flight out of Afghanistan, ending the 20-year war in the country — the longest in U.S. history. This week on Intercepted: Journalist Spencer Ackerman discusses his new book, "Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump." In 2001, the George W. Bush administration used the 9/11 a…
Author : Melody Gordon Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums FIYAH Literary Magazine Content warning for racism, oppression, and intergenerational trauma. Rated PG-13 Excavate by Melody Gordon The airplane hatch opened and the Pearsons, with guns on their hips and jetpacks on their ba…
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PseudoPod
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PseudoPod 772: Flash on the Borderlands LVII: The Loving Gaze of the Abyss
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Authors : Chelsea Davis, Evan J. Peterson and Sarah Turi Boshear Narrators : Halloween Bloodfrost, Kitty Sarkozy and Kara Grace Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Five Films Reviewed by Dr. Frankenstein’s Creature” was originally published in Weird Tales in 2012. The poem “Advice I Wish I’d Been Given When I Was a 12-Y…
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Escape Pod
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Escape Pod 799: No Strangers Any More (Part 2)
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Author : Ian Creasey Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “No Strangers Any More” originally appeared in Analog (July/August 2016) No Strangers Any More (Part 2 of 2) by Ian Creasey Royal Roundup — “ROSE’S NEW BOYFRIEND? Just days after the end of her […] Source…
Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 463: Loving the Falls is a Cast of Wonders original. Suicidal ideation; death; divorce An incomplete selection of support charities: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ https://www.save.org/ https://www.papyrus-u…
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PodCastle
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PodCastle 693: Everybody’s Got a Hungry Heart
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Author : Louis Evans Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Translunar Travelers Lounge Sexual content Rated R Everybody’s Got a Hungry Heart by Louis Evans Agent Heartbreak and the Misery Muse meet cute on a lonely-hearts cruise. Their gazes lock above the brunch buffet. She—let’s go with …
Authors : Allen Zhang and Edogawa Ranpo Narrator : Ron Jon Hosts : Kat Day and Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 771: The Human Chair is a PseudoPod original. “The Human Chair” was originally published in Kuraku, October 1925, as “Ningen Isu.” As this story is in the public domain in its original Japanese, we …
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Escape Pod 798: No Strangers Any More (Part 1)
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Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
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Escape Pod 798: No Strangers Any More (Part 1)
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Author : Ian Creasey Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “No Strangers Any More” originally appeared in Analog (July/August 2016) No Strangers Any More (Part 1 of 2) by Ian Creasey One of a princess’s many duties is to make polite conversation and avoid […] Source…
The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan, forcing the U.S.-backed Afghan government out. This week on Intercepted: Intercept reporter Murtaza Hussain guides us through how the two-decade-long U.S. War in Afghanistan has concluded. With the U.S. having suffered what appears to be a stunning defeat, national security editor for The Intercept Vanessa G…
Author : KT Bryski Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Auger Magazine Disordered eating, food deprivation Rated R When the White Bird Sings by KT Bryski Bones show best in cold weather. Sharp lines cut under skin; bare branches crack against the sky; snow drives on snow. In a land wiped …
Author : Leah Cypess Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Previously published in Sword & Sorceress 27, November 2012 Straw Spun by Leah Cypess Alina unfolded the letter slowly and with great care: it was very old, and felt thin and fragile under her […] The post Cast of Wonders 462: Straw-Spun a…
