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  • #76: 'Metamorphosis' by David Eagleman

    August 1, 2026 · 7 min

    'There are three deaths: the first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time'. Music: Mall Music…

  • #75: 'Love Sick' by Billy O'Callaghan

    July 1, 2026 · 52 min

    'One morning last July, while wedged into my usual standing place on the train, heading into the city and work, I fell headlong into love'. Music: Pat Metheny Group, 'Minuano' & 'Have You Heard'; a-ha, 'You Are the One'; The Cardigans…

  • #74: 'The Word' by Vladimir Nabokov

    June 1, 2026 · 23 min

    'My soul was seized by a sensation of divine iridescence, freedom and elevation, and I knew that I was in Paradise'. Music: John Adams, Shaker Loops (Frankfurt Radio Symphony) Sound FX: freesound.org

  • #71: 'Gertrude Talks Back' by Margaret Atwood

    May 1, 2026 · 7 min

    'I always thought it was a mistake, calling you Hamlet. I mean, what kind of name is that for a young boy?' Music: Henry Mancini, 'Royal Blue' (from The Pink Panther)

  • #72: 'Cold-Blooded' by Margaret Atwood

    May 1, 2026 · 11 min

    Aliens report on Earth's inhabitants. Music: '+..' by Ryoji Ikeda Sound FX: Fressound.org and BBC Sound Effects

  • #73: 'There Was Once' by Margaret Atwood

    May 1, 2026 · 11 min

    Attempts at storytelling. Music: Antonin Dvořák, 'Humoresque' (performed by various artists) Sound FX: Freesound.org

  • #70: 'The Cast' by David Eagleman

    April 1, 2026 · 11 min

    'We forever live in the dreams of the next generation'. Music: Super Simple Songs, 'Row Row Row Your Boat'; The Hit Co., 'Life is but a Dream (Instrumental Version)'; The Harptones, 'Life is but a Dream' Sound FX: Freesound.org

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About the show

Short stories, with music and sound effects. "There is in the short story at its most characteristic something we do not often find in a novel – an intense awareness of human loneliness" (Frank O'Connor, The Lonely Voice, 1962).