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		<title>Special submissions call: Democratic Futures</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/04/06/special-submissions-call-democratic-futures/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democracy isn&#8217;t a new concept, but its parts and parameters have shifted across the centuries. Cultural changes and technological advancements have impacted how it is perceived and how it functions. Suffrage has, in many places, expanded, but is still not universal. Different systems and ballot designs have influenced election outcomes in unpredictable ways. Electronic voting machines [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 1039: The Many Rebirths of Karina Morita</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/04/02/escape-pod-1039-the-many-rebirths-of-karina-morita/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reincarnation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Isabel J. Kim Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;The Many Rebirths of Karina Morita&#8221; first appeared in 2025 on Tim&#8217;s Patreon Sponsored by Mixtape Stories The Many Rebirths of Karina Morita by Tim Pratt My problems all started when I died. People didn&#8217;t die too [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/04/02/escape-pod-1039-the-many-rebirths-of-karina-morita/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1038: Meet the Mets</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/03/26/escape-pod-1038-meet-the-mets/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : ace tilton ratcliff Narrator : Jordan Kurella Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1038: Meet the Mets is an Escape Pod original. Contains brief moments of violence and bigotry towards a transgender character Sponsored by Mixtape Stories Meet the Mets by Ace Tilton Ratcliff 1964 Bobby didn’t know [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 1037: We Who Live in the Heart (Part 3 of 3)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/03/19/escape-pod-1037-we-who-live-in-the-heart-part-3-of-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ibba Armancas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Robson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[novella]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht We Who Live in the Heart originally appeared in Clarkesworld, May 1, 2017. Quantum Superposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_superposition Cloudward Ho https://dimension20.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Cloudward,_Ho! Void Merch https://voidmerch.threadless.com/collections/escape-artists-inc-x-voidmerch-1 We Who Live in the Heart (Part 3 of 3) By Kelly Robson (&#8230;Continued from Part [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/03/19/escape-pod-1037-we-who-live-in-the-heart-part-3-of-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1036: We Who Live in the Heart (Part 2 of 3)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/03/12/escape-pod-1036-we-who-live-in-the-heart-part-2-of-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht We Who Live in the Heart originally appeared in Clarkesworld, May 1, 2017. We Who Live in the Heart (Part 2 of 3) By Kelly Robson (&#8230;Continued from Part 2) Ricci got into my notes. I don’t keep [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/03/12/escape-pod-1036-we-who-live-in-the-heart-part-2-of-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1035: We Who Live in the Heart (Part 1 of 3)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/03/05/escape-pod-1035-we-who-live-in-the-heart-part-1-of-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht We Who Live in the Heart originally appeared in Clarkesworld, May 1, 2017. We Who Live in the Heart By Kelly Robson Ricci slipped in and out of consciousness as we carried her to the anterior sinus and [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/03/05/escape-pod-1035-we-who-live-in-the-heart-part-1-of-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1034: &#8220;An Honour to be Nominated&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/02/26/escape-pod-1034-an-honour-to-be-nominated/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elie Hirschman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Jacob Seinemeier Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1034: &#8220;An Honour to be Nominated&#8230;&#8221; is an Escape Pod original. Mild profanity &#8220;An Honour to be Nominated&#8230;&#8221; by Jacob Seinemeier TRANSGALACTIC NEWS- straight from the feed to your screed! “…and how exciting to be gathered [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 1033: The Automatic Grocery Store</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/02/19/escape-pod-1033-the-automatic-grocery-store/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christiana Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G. M. Paniccia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : G. M. Paniccia Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1033: The Automatic Grocery Store is an Escape Pod original. The Automatic Grocery Store By G. M. Paniccia It took thirty-six days, four hours, twelve minutes, and fifty-five seconds after the Glorious Revolution for Automatic [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 1032: milt</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/02/12/escape-pod-1032-milt/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mad scientist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tatiana Grey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undersea]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Victoria N. Shi Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;milt&#8221; first apeared in Fission #5 by the British Science Fiction Association (June 2025) Contains Injury/body horror, climate grief, implied sexual behavior milt by Victoria N. Shi The others believe there’s no pulling Yobé out of his [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/02/12/escape-pod-1032-milt/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1031: The Anatomy of Miracles (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/02/05/escape-pod-1031-the-anatomy-of-miracles-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David D. Levine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multi dimensional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S B Divya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teleportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15820</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Narrators : David D. Levine and S.B. Divya Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Tina Connolly Audio Producers : Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1031: The Anatomy of Miracles (Flashback Friday) is an Escape Pod original. Escape Pod branded SleepPhones Kameron Hurley &#8211; The Last Few Years Broke [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/02/05/escape-pod-1031-the-anatomy-of-miracles-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1030: The Smell of the Planet I Was Born On</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/01/29/escape-pod-1030-the-smell-of-the-planet-i-was-born-on/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[colonization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generation ship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julia Rios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rodrigo Culagovski]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Rodrigo Culagovski Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1030: The Smell of the Planet I Was Born On is an Escape Pod original. The Smell of the Planet I Was Born On By Rodrigo Culagovski There are two moons visible, a large one right [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/01/29/escape-pod-1030-the-smell-of-the-planet-i-was-born-on/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1029: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/01/22/escape-pod-1029-graduated-justice-an-amelia-li-mystery/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Ching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Myna Chang]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15799</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Myna Chang Narrator : Amanda Ching Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Graduated Justice originally appeared in Translunar Travelers Lounge, February 2025. Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery By Myna Chang I was leaning against my desk in the Mars Dome cop shop, rubbing nano-repair gel on my prosthetic leg, when [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/01/22/escape-pod-1029-graduated-justice-an-amelia-li-mystery/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1028: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 3 of 3)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/01/15/escape-pod-1028-what-any-dead-thing-wants-part-3-of-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aimee Ogden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alien planet]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Isaac Harwood Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Copious helpings of harsh language descriptors found here. Don&#8217;t miss Parts 1 and 2: Escape Pod 1026: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 1 of 3), Escape Pod 1027: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 2 of 3) [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/01/15/escape-pod-1028-what-any-dead-thing-wants-part-3-of-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1027: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 2 of 3)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/01/08/escape-pod-1027-what-any-dead-thing-wants-part-2-of-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Isaac Harwood Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Copious helpings of harsh language descriptors found here. Don&#8217;t miss Part 1: Escape Pod 1026: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 1 of 3) What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 2) by Aimee Ogden Quiet is a rare [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/01/08/escape-pod-1027-what-any-dead-thing-wants-part-2-of-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1026: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 1 of 3)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2026/01/01/escape-pod-1026-what-any-dead-thing-wants-part-1-of-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aimee Ogden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alien planet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ghosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Isaac Harwood Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;What Any Dead Thing Wants&#8221; originally appeared in Psychopomp (February 2024) Copious helpings of harsh language descriptors found here. What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 1) by Aimee Ogden The third week of a planetary exorcism is the [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2026/01/01/escape-pod-1026-what-any-dead-thing-wants-part-1-of-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1025: Samantha&#8217;s Diary (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/12/25/escape-pod-1025-samanthas-diary-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK for Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diana Wynne Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xmas]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Diana Wynne Jones Narrator : Emma Newman Hosts : Mur Lafferty and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Mat Weller Samantha&#8217;s Diary originally appeared in Stories: All-New Tales Edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio and on Escape Pod, episode 427 on December 22, 2013. Samantha’s Diary By Diana Wynne Jones Recorded on BSQ SpeekEasi [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/12/25/escape-pod-1025-samanthas-diary-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1024: Some Things I Should Probably Have Mentioned Earlier (LIVE) (Flashback)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/12/18/escape-pod-1024-some-things-i-should-probably-have-mentioned-earlier-live-flashback/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Pearlman]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15755</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Laura Pearlman Narrator : Laura Pearlman Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story was originally published in Mothership Zeta, May 2016, and republished in Escape Pod 650: Some Things I Probably Should Have Mentioned Earlier (LIVE) This is a live reading from Worldcon 2018. Some Things [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/12/18/escape-pod-1024-some-things-i-should-probably-have-mentioned-earlier-live-flashback/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1023: Mackson&#8217;s Mardi Gras Moon Race</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/12/11/escape-pod-1023-macksons-mardi-gras-moon-race/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15737</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : David DeGraff Narrator : Brian Lieberman Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Mackson&#8217;s Mardi Gras Moon Race&#8221; originally appeared in the Winter 2024 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Mackson&#8217;s Mardi Gras Moon Race by David DeGraff Turtles were built for short-haul Lunar prospecting, not treks across [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/12/11/escape-pod-1023-macksons-mardi-gras-moon-race/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1022: Butter Side Down (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/12/04/escape-pod-1022-butter-side-down-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kal M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15739</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kal M Narrators : Valerie Valdes, Eric Valdes, Dominick Rabrun and Alasdair Stuart Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Butter Side Down originally appeared in Writers of the Future (volume 40) &#8211; May 2024. Butter Side Down (Part 2 of 2) By Kal M &#160; (&#8230;Continued from Part 1) &#160; [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/12/04/escape-pod-1022-butter-side-down-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1021: Butter Side Down (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/11/27/escape-pod-1021-butter-side-down-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Valdes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kal M]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15718</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kal M Narrators : Valerie Valdes, Eric Valdes, Dominick Rabrun and Alasdair Stuart Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Butter Side Down originally appeared in Writers of the Future (volume 40) &#8211; May 2024. Butter Side Down (Part 1 of 2) By Kal M DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CASE FILE [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/11/27/escape-pod-1021-butter-side-down-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1020: When They Come Back (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/11/20/escape-pod-1020-when-they-come-back-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[post-apocalyptic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stone]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15712</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks When They Come Back was originally published in Crossed Genres (Issue 22), in October 2014, and in Escape Pod Episode 550 Frank though not explicit reference to human sexual anatomy When They Come Back by Natalia Theodoridou They [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/11/20/escape-pod-1020-when-they-come-back-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/11/13/escape-pod-1019-baron-quits-the-payloaders/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Gideon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renan Bernardo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15701</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Renan Bernardo Narrator : Ben Gideon Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders is an Escape Pod original. Death of loved ones. Baron Quits The Payloaders By Renan Bernardo This story starts with a gig. Half a million people from all corners of the [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/11/13/escape-pod-1019-baron-quits-the-payloaders/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1018: Knit Three, Save Four</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/11/06/escape-pod-1018-knit-three-save-four/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marie Vibbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spaceship]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15695</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : Isabel J. Kim Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Knit Three, Save Four&#8221; first appeared in Fantasy &#038; Science Fiction (November 2019) Knit Three, Save Four by Marie Vibbert The ship was two days overdue for docking, more or less. As a stowaway, I didn’t have [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/11/06/escape-pod-1018-knit-three-save-four/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1017: The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/10/30/escape-pod-1017-the-love-pyramid-a-rocky-cornelius-consultancy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[17 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Dana Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fandom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocky Cornelius Consultancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15689</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Andrew Dana Hudson Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1017: The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy is an Escape Pod original. F-Bombs and frank discussions of sex. The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy By Andrew Dana Hudson “What do you mean you [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/10/30/escape-pod-1017-the-love-pyramid-a-rocky-cornelius-consultancy/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1016: Valedictorian (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/10/23/escape-pod-1016-valedictorian-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[N.K. Jemisin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-apocalyptic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rebellion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Malia Morris]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15670</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Valedictorian&#8221; was originally published in After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia. It then appeared in Escape Pod 450, and in a Flashback Friday episode in Escape Pod 677 Valedictorian by N. K. Jemisin There are three [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/10/23/escape-pod-1016-valedictorian-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1015: Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/10/16/escape-pod-1015-space-pirate-queen-of-the-ten-billion-utopias/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christiana Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elly Bangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiverse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pirates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trains]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15668</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Elly Bangs Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias&#8221; was first published in Lightspeed Magazine in November 2021 Copious amounts of casual strong language. This story was written in the summer of 2020, while the police were rioting and [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/10/16/escape-pod-1015-space-pirate-queen-of-the-ten-billion-utopias/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1014: Here Instead of There (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/10/09/escape-pod-1014-here-instead-of-there-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyberpunk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dystopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jess Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15661</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Elizabeth Bear Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Here Instead of There was originally published in COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, 2023, Jonathan Strahan, Ed. Includes some grade-A cursing. Here Instead of There (Part 2 of 2) By Elizabeth Bear (&#8230; Continued from Part 1) With the launch gone, there [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/10/09/escape-pod-1014-here-instead-of-there-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1013: Here Instead of There (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/10/02/escape-pod-1013-here-instead-of-there-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15652</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Elizabeth Bear Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Here Instead of There was originally published in COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, 2023, Jonathan Strahan, Ed. Includes some grade-A cursing. Here Instead of There (Part 1 of 2) By Elizabeth Bear Waking up sick in a punk house shouldn’t be a [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/10/02/escape-pod-1013-here-instead-of-there-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1012: Hot Bot Summer</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/09/25/escape-pod-1012-hot-bot-summer/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Wei Hsieh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15642</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : J. R. Dewitt Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1012: Hot Bot Summer is an Escape Pod original. Contains depictions of war violence. Hot Bot Summer by J. R. Dewitt “God, these bots are gorgeous,” says Sergei as he snaps another photo. And even though [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/09/25/escape-pod-1012-hot-bot-summer/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1011: Once Upon a Planet</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/09/18/escape-pod-1011-once-upon-a-planet/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apocalypse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairy tale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kat Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelsey Hutton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kelsey Hutton Narrator : Kat Day Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Once Upon a Planet originally appeared in Augur Magazine, Issue 7.1 &#8211; August 2024. Once Upon a Planet By Kelsey Hutton Once upon a time, there were three boring, totally normal planets lazily circling their sun. One was too [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/09/18/escape-pod-1011-once-upon-a-planet/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1010: Grifting the Zaxonite</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/09/11/escape-pod-1010-grifting-the-zaxonite/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[alien invasion]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15604</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Cooper C. Wilms Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1010: Grifting the Zaxonite is an Escape Pod original. Grifting the Zaxonite by Cooper C. Wilms Of all the cons in his little black book, Trevor McKay liked his current grift the best. Small-fish stunts [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/09/11/escape-pod-1010-grifting-the-zaxonite/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1009: The Combat Pilot&#8217;s Dictionary</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/09/04/escape-pod-1009-the-combat-pilots-dictionary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arden Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jess Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spaceship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15596</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Arden Baker Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht The Combat Pilot&#8217;s Dictionary was originally published in Aurealis #167, Febuary 2024. Wartime action and injury. The Combat Pilot&#8217;s Dictionary By Arden Baker Boot Rookie pilot. See also &#8211; nugget. You called us ‘boots’ when we turned up to [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/09/04/escape-pod-1009-the-combat-pilots-dictionary/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1008: Observer Effects (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/08/28/escape-pod-1008-observer-effects-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[17 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Kovacs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superheroes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveillance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pratt]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15584</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : A Kovacs Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Observer Effects&#8221; originally appeared in Diet Soap (2007), and was originally presented in Escape Pod 350 Contains harsh language Escape Pod is proud to say that we have partnered with Sleepphones headphones to provide a special Escape Pod [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/08/28/escape-pod-1008-observer-effects-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1007: 35 / F / Lane&#8217;s Creek, Oklahoma</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/08/21/escape-pod-1007-35-f-lanes-creek-oklahoma/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hans Ege Wenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15578</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Hans Ege Wenger Narrator : Sevatividam Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1007: 35 / F / Lane&#8217;s Creek, Oklahoma is an Escape Pod original. 35 / F / Lane&#8217;s Creek, Oklahoma By Hans Ege Wenger Sandra loaded. Boxes and pallets, mostly. Full of avocados, computer chips, plastic [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/08/21/escape-pod-1007-35-f-lanes-creek-oklahoma/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1006: When the Oracle Speaks (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/08/14/escape-pod-1006-when-the-oracle-speaks-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[espionage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interplanetary politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15560</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Albert Chu Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;When the Oracle Speaks&#8221; was first published in Metaphororsis, July 2023 When the Oracle Speaks (Part 2) by Albert Chu Outside the warehouse, the rain fell in sheets. It whipped the Azure River into a frenzy, and the [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/08/14/escape-pod-1006-when-the-oracle-speaks-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1005: When the Oracle Speaks (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/08/07/escape-pod-1005-when-the-oracle-speaks-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[espionage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15558</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Albert Chu Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;When the Oracle Speaks&#8221; was first published in Metaphororsis, July 2023 When the Oracle Speaks (Part 1) by Albert Chu One year after the war’s end, the royal court welcomed a hundred orphan boys into our ranks. They [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/08/07/escape-pod-1005-when-the-oracle-speaks-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1004: The Girl Who Came Before</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/07/31/escape-pod-1004-the-girl-who-came-before/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David von Allmen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pine Gonzalez]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15547</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : David von Allmen Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1004: The Girl Who Came Before is an Escape Pod original. Child death and disease; grief. The Girl Who Came Before By David von Allmen When me and my family pulled into our driveway, my [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/07/31/escape-pod-1004-the-girl-who-came-before/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1003: Billionaire&#8217;s Tears</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/07/24/escape-pod-1003-billionaires-tears/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Ricci-Thode]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15540</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Vanessa Ricci-Thode Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1003: Billionaire&#8217;s Tears is an Escape Pod original. Includes cursing, death by communicable disease (albeit not by the usual means). Billionaire&#8217;s Tears By Vanessa Ricci-Thode I wake up to the sound of screaming, and know I’m [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/07/24/escape-pod-1003-billionaires-tears/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1002: Tigers for Sale</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/07/17/escape-pod-1002-tigers-for-sale/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space station]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15530</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Risa Wolf Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Tigers for Sale was first published in Clarkesworld Magazine in July 2023 Content warnings: colonialism, implied genocide, psychological manipulation Tigers for Sale by Risa Wolf Past the sparrow-dark dust fields of Far Euniply, at the edge of the [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/07/17/escape-pod-1002-tigers-for-sale/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1001: Death by Pink in the Lollipop Apocalypse</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/07/10/escape-pod-1001-death-by-pink-in-the-lollipop-apocalypse/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apocalypse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-apocalyptic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Cole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tatiana Grey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YA / Young Adult]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15526</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Ryan Cole Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1001: Death by Pink in the Lollipop Apocalypse is an Escape Pod original. Death by Pink in the Lollipop Apocalypse By Ryan Cole In the dark of her bed, curled up in her sheets, Susie tried [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/07/10/escape-pod-1001-death-by-pink-in-the-lollipop-apocalypse/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 1000: A Thousand Names for God and Infinite Mustard</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/07/03/escape-pod-1000-a-thousand-names-for-god-and-infinite-mustard/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15515</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Matt Wallace Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1000: A Thousand Names for God and Infinite Mustard is an Escape Pod original. Contains some harsh language A Thousand Names for God and Infinite Mustard by Matt Wallace Kimo found God hiding out inside a [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/07/03/escape-pod-1000-a-thousand-names-for-god-and-infinite-mustard/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 999: Eros, Philia, Agape (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/06/26/escape-pod-999-eros-philia-agape-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norm Sherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[novella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rachel swirsky]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15511</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Rachel Swirsky Narrator : Mur Lafferty Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Norm Sherman Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Mur Lafferty Eros, Philia, Agape originally appeared on Tor.com and first appeared on Escape Pod on Episode 250, July 22, 2010. Marital strife and implied child abuse Eros, Philia, Agape (Excerpt) By Rachel Swirsky The [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/06/26/escape-pod-999-eros-philia-agape-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 998: The Carina Nebula</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/06/19/escape-pod-998-the-carina-nebula/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelsey Hutton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samantha Loney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15497</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kelsey Hutton Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht The Carina Nebula originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction &#38; Fact, July/August 2023. Includes a few A-grade curses. The Carina Nebula By Kelsey Hutton I heard the soft shit shit shit just when I’d almost floated past the blue [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/06/19/escape-pod-998-the-carina-nebula/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 997: Sanctuary, Part 2 of 2</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/06/12/escape-pod-997-sanctuary-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Alexis Ames Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Sanctuary&#8221; first appeared in Kyanite Press, Winter 2020 Don&#8217;t miss &#8220;Sanctuary, Part 1&#8221; Sanctuary (Part 2) by Alexis Ames 3. Eilan slept for thirteen uneventful hours while I sat at the helm and wondered if it was possible [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/06/12/escape-pod-997-sanctuary-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 996: Sanctuary, Part 1 of 2</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/06/05/escape-pod-996-sanctuary-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Alexis Ames Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Sanctuary&#8221; first appeared in Kyanite Press, Winter 2020 Sanctuary (Part 1) by Alexis Ames 1. The king of the galaxy died the day before the biggest holiday of the year, and six hours before I was supposed to [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/06/05/escape-pod-996-sanctuary-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 995: This, My Body (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/05/29/escape-pod-995-this-my-body-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[17 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erotica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremiah Tolbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSFW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serah eley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Jeremiah Tolbert Narrator : Serah Eley Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Serah Eley Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Serah Eley This, My Body originally appeared in Interzone 2005. Contains graphic sexual and culinary scenes. Rated X. This, My Body (Excerpt) By Jeremiah Tolbert I am the lover. I am the chef. I am the [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/05/29/escape-pod-995-this-my-body-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 994: Magical Girl Antifa War Machine</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/05/22/escape-pod-994-magical-girl-antifa-war-machine/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erotica - NOT FOR KIDS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[apocalyptic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BDSM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Esther Alter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jess Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Moran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Queer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revenge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[serah eley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superhero]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Esther Alter Narrators : Hugo Jackson, Jess Lewis, Serah Eley and Joe Moran Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 994: Magical Girl Antifa War Machine is an Escape Pod original. NSFW. Includes violence, death, mental health issues, global disaster, explicit sex, consensual BDSM, war trauma, a brief mention [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/05/22/escape-pod-994-magical-girl-antifa-war-machine/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 993: That Thing With Bob and the Crop Circles</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/05/15/escape-pod-993-that-thing-with-bob-and-the-crop-circles/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[interspecies communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15437</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : T. Kingfisher Narrator : Kevin M. Hayes Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 993: That Thing With Bob and the Crop Circles is an Escape Pod original. That Thing With Bob and the Crop Circles by T. Kingfisher So last Tuesday, long about noon, I found myself down [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/05/15/escape-pod-993-that-thing-with-bob-and-the-crop-circles/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 992: Nerves Into Circuits</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/05/08/escape-pod-992-nerves-into-circuits/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 21:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[battle mech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyra Meurer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosie Sentman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superhero]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Lyra Meurer Narrator : Rosie Sentman Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Nerves Into Circuits was originally published by Heartlines Spec on November 30, 2023 Includes mention of chronic pain and suicidal ideation. Nerves Into Circuits By Lyra Meurer Metal arms descend to press skin-soft conductor strips over my shoulders. [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/05/08/escape-pod-992-nerves-into-circuits/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 991: After the Rain</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/05/01/escape-pod-991-after-the-rain/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : P. A. Cornell Narrator : Isabel J. Kim Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 991: After the Rain is an Escape Pod original. After the Rain by P. A. Cornell I love a heavy summer storm. I love it when the rain falls so suddenly there’s no avoiding [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/05/01/escape-pod-991-after-the-rain/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>New Officer on the Bridge</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/04/25/new-officer-on-the-bridge/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15412</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“Change is the essential process of all existence.” Or so Mr. Spock once said, and who are we to argue with that logic? Premee Mohamed is disembarking from our starship, and we wish her all the best as she journeys on to other spaces and times. She&#8217;s been an assistant editor here since 2021, helping [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/04/25/new-officer-on-the-bridge/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 990: The Malcontent (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/04/24/escape-pod-990-the-malcontent-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul S Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serah eley]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Serah Eley Narrator : Paul S. Jenkins Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;The Malcontent&#8221; was originally published in Escape Pod 50 (April 2006) The Malcontent by Serah Eley Finally Nicholas summoned his overseers and all other servants who were mobile to his chamber. “You are merely robots,” Nicholas said, [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/04/24/escape-pod-990-the-malcontent-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 989: Holding Patterns</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/04/17/escape-pod-989-holding-patterns/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colonists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Hudak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kat Kourbeti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[space exploration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YA / Young Adult]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Jennifer Hudak Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 989: Holding Patterns is an Escape Pod original. Holding Patterns By Jennifer Hudak I dream about the trees sometimes. I think we all do, even though none of my generation were alive when the forest was [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/04/17/escape-pod-989-holding-patterns/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 988: In the Palace of Science (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/04/10/escape-pod-988-in-the-palace-of-science-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steampunk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Chris Campbell Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht In the Palace of Science originally appeared in Asimov&#8217;s May/June 2024. In the Palace of Science (Part 2 of 2) By Chris Campbell (&#8230;Continued from Part 1) B-Side &#160; Track Five– &#160; The automaton was unfinished, but even in [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/04/10/escape-pod-988-in-the-palace-of-science-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 987: In the Palace of Science (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/04/03/escape-pod-987-in-the-palace-of-science-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Chris Campbell Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht In the Palace of Science originally appeared in Asimov&#8217;s May/June 2024. In the Palace of Science (Part 1 of 2) By Chris Campbell Track One– &#160; If you’ve found this recording, two things can be said for certain. The [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/04/03/escape-pod-987-in-the-palace-of-science-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 986: Lyra, From Many Angles</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/03/27/escape-pod-986-lyra-from-many-angles/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Hiron Ennes Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 986: Lyra, From Many Angles is an Escape Pod original. Lyra, From Many Angles by Hiron Ennes When they came, it was in a craft the size of a golf ball. Smooth and round and perfectly [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/03/27/escape-pod-986-lyra-from-many-angles/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 985: The Interdimensional Rift at the Lucky Sunrise Bingo Palace</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/03/20/escape-pod-985-the-interdimensional-rift-at-the-lucky-sunrise-bingo-palace/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elie Hirschman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Ryan Cole Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 985: The Interdimensional Rift at the Lucky Sunrise Bingo Palace is an Escape Pod original. The Interdimensional Rift at the Lucky Sunrise Bingo Palace by Ryan Cole So I’m sitting there with Bubbee—the two of us [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/03/20/escape-pod-985-the-interdimensional-rift-at-the-lucky-sunrise-bingo-palace/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 984: Imperial (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/03/13/escape-pod-984-imperial-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bioengineering]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Jonathan Sullivan Narrator : Serah Eley Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Serah Eley Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Serah Eley Imperial originally appeared in Monolith 6 and on Escape Pod episode 1 on May 12, 2005. Rated R. Contains profanity, sexual content, politics, and sarcasm. Jonathan Sullivan: https://erincairns.com/ErinCairns/About/Press+Kit Serah Eley: https://escapepod.org/people/serah-eley/ Adam Pracht: https://escapepod.org/people/adam-pracht/ [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/03/13/escape-pod-984-imperial-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 983: The Robot Whisperer</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/03/06/escape-pod-983-the-robot-whisperer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15331</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Holly Schofield Narrator : Kae Mills Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;The Robot Whisperer&#8221; first appeared in Fighting for the Future cyberpunk-solarpunk anthology in 2023 The Robot Whisperer by Holly Schofield Emilia heard the door bang as Kore entered her workshop. Dishes clattered on the side bench. &#8220;Be there [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/03/06/escape-pod-983-the-robot-whisperer/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 982: Twilight</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/02/27/escape-pod-982-twilight/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Lilly Harper Narrator : Kat Day Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 982: Twilight is an Escape Pod original. Includes themes of grief, loss, isolation, and mental health. Twilight By Lilly Harper Like the tide going out, the dream slipped between her toes and carried with it the [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/02/27/escape-pod-982-twilight/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 981: Joy</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/02/20/escape-pod-981-joy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drone]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Dale Smith Narrator : Louise Ratcliffe Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Joy&#8221; was previously published in Interzone Digital (June 2023) Joy by Dale Smith Joy knelt on the promenade, shifting the rifle into her shoulder to get a steadier shot. She did her best to ignore the waves crashing [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/02/20/escape-pod-981-joy/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 980: Peace by Piece</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/02/13/escape-pod-980-peace-by-piece/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devin Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erin Cairns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Erin Cairns Narrator : Devin Martin Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 980: Peace by Piece is an Escape Pod original. Erin Cairns https://erincairns.com/ErinCairns/About/Press+Kit Adam Pracht https://escapepod.org/people/adam-pracht/ Alasdair Stuart https://pseudopod.org/people/alasdair-stuart/ A Man Falls Into A Hole: A Meditation on Grace https://ceciliairene.wordpress.com/2016/03/05/a-man-falls-into-a-hole-a-meditation-on-grace/ Void Merch https://voidmerch.threadless.com/collections/escape-artists-inc-x-voidmerch-1 Hot Singles In Your [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/02/13/escape-pod-980-peace-by-piece/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 979: Steadyboi After the Apocalypse</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/02/06/escape-pod-979-steadyboi-after-the-apocalypse/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merc fenn wolfmoor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-apocalyptic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15286</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Joe Moran Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Steadyboi After the Apocalypse&#8221; first appeared in the collection Friends For Robots: Stories by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (Robot Dinosaur Press, 2022) Steadyboi After the Apocalypse by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor You trudge through another wasteland town, sticking to [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/02/06/escape-pod-979-steadyboi-after-the-apocalypse/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 978: Oak Hill Lane</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/01/30/escape-pod-978-oak-hill-lane/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apocalypse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apocalyptic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Griffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15277</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Alasdair Stuart Narrator : Sarah Griffin Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 978: Oak Hill Lane is an Escape Pod original. Includes minor violence, homophobia, and swears. Oak Hill Lane By Alasdair Stuart The day the world ended, Scotch picked a fight. Not that there was much choice. [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/01/30/escape-pod-978-oak-hill-lane/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 977: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/01/23/escape-pod-977-reflected-in-mirrored-skies-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[17 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah L. Davitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ibba Armancas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder mystery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venus]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15245</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Reflected in Mirrored Skies&#8221; was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Mentions of sexual assault Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Mariana stood in the security room, listening to [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/01/23/escape-pod-977-reflected-in-mirrored-skies-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 976: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/01/16/escape-pod-976-reflected-in-mirrored-skies-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[17 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah L. Davitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ibba Armancas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder mystery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Reflected in Mirrored Skies&#8221; was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Above them, stars; below, the endless roil of leaden clouds that engulfed [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/01/16/escape-pod-976-reflected-in-mirrored-skies-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 975: Don Ysidro (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/01/09/escape-pod-975-don-ysidro-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Holand Rogers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo Terra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15238</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Bruce Holland Rogers Narrator : Evo Terra Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Serah Eley Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Serah Eley Don Ysidro first appeared in Polyphony 3, October 2003. Includes death rituals with possible disturbing imagery. Evo Terra&#8217;s &#8220;The End&#8221; The Fiction Podcast Preservation Project Don Ysidro (Excerpt) By Bruce Holland [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/01/09/escape-pod-975-don-ysidro-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 974: Once Abandoned</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2025/01/02/escape-pod-974-once-abandoned/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.P. Hawkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apocalypse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Adrian Behravesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-apocalyptic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : A.P. Hawkins Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 974: Once Abandoned is an Escape Pod original. Once Abandoned By A.P. Hawkins Sappel whistled as he walked to the construction site, the sound echoing off nearby buildings in a muffled way. It was early [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2025/01/02/escape-pod-974-once-abandoned/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 973: Forever the Forest</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/12/26/escape-pod-973-forever-the-forest/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Simone Heller Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Forever the Forest&#8221; was first published in &#8220;Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays&#8221; (April 2023) Forever the Forest by Simone Heller It is known that the Rootless are only ever leaving. Always [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/12/26/escape-pod-973-forever-the-forest/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 972: The Bargain of Death and Saint Nicholas</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/12/19/escape-pod-972-the-bargain-of-death-and-saint-nicholas/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-apocalyptic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Craig Church Narrator : Rosie Sentman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 972: The Bargain of Death and Saint Nicholas is an Escape Pod original. The Bargain of Death and Saint Nicholas by Craig Church “What’s your favorite tale?” I ask, voice quivering. My audience of thieves and [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/12/19/escape-pod-972-the-bargain-of-death-and-saint-nicholas/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 971: In the Late December (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/12/12/escape-pod-971-in-the-late-december-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg van Eekhout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Claus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serah eley]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15197</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Greg van Eekhout Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;In the Late December&#8221; appeared in Strange Horizons, December 2003. This story was also a Nebula Award Nominee! Contains some dark Santa-related imagery, and the heat death of the universe. In the Late December by Greg van [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/12/12/escape-pod-971-in-the-late-december-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 970: Red in Tooth and Cog (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/12/05/escape-pod-970-red-in-tooth-and-cog-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cat Rambo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15183</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Red in Tooth and Cog&#8221; originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy &#038; Science Fiction, 2016, and was previously published in Escape Pod 607 Red in Tooth and Cog By Cat Rambo A phone can be so much. [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/12/05/escape-pod-970-red-in-tooth-and-cog-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 969: Code Switching (Part 4 of 4)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/11/28/escape-pod-969-code-switching-part-4-of-4/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 22:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.E. Cooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurice White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malon edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandaly Louis-Charles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15171</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Malon Edwards Narrators : Dominick Rabrun, Mandaly Louis-Charles, C.S.E. Cooney and Laurice White Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Code Switching originally appeared in If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories &#8211; September 12, 2023. Contains racism, war, and grade-A cursing. Code Switching (Part 4 of 4) By Malon Edwards [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/11/28/escape-pod-969-code-switching-part-4-of-4/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 968: Code Switching (Part 3 of 4)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/11/21/escape-pod-968-code-switching-part-3-of-4/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malon edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandaly Louis-Charles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15160</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Malon Edwards Narrators : Dominick Rabrun and Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Code Switching originally appeared in If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories &#8211; September 12, 2023. Contains racism, war, and grade-A cursing. Code Switching (Part 3 of 4) By Malon Edwards (&#8230;Continued from Part 2) [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/11/21/escape-pod-968-code-switching-part-3-of-4/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 967: Code Switching (Part 2 of 4)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/11/14/escape-pod-967-code-switching-part-2-of-4/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.S.E. Cooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurice White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malon edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15150</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Malon Edwards Narrators : Dominick Rabrun, C.S.E. Cooney and Laurice White Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Code Switching originally appeared in If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories &#8211; September 12, 2023. Contains racism, war, and grade-A cursing. Code Switching (Part 2 of 4) By Malon Edwards (&#8230;Continued from [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/11/14/escape-pod-967-code-switching-part-2-of-4/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 966: Code Switching (Part 1 of 4)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/11/07/escape-pod-966-code-switching-part-1-of-4/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominick Rabrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malon edwards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Code Switching originally appeared in If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories &#8211; September 12, 2023. Contains depictions of racism. Code Switching (Part 1 of 4) By Malon Edwards INTRO: ALL I&#8217;M EVER GON&#8217; DO IS STAY BLACK [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/11/07/escape-pod-966-code-switching-part-1-of-4/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 965: T-Rex Tex Mex / Mother Death Learns a Trick</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/10/31/escape-pod-965-t-rex-tex-mex-mother-death-learns-a-trick/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew K Hoe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15128</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Authors : Sarina Dorie and Addison Smith Narrators : Tina Connolly and Andrew K. Hoe Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Kat Day Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 965: T-Rex Tex Mex / Mother Death Learns a Trick is an Escape Pod original. T-Rex Tex Mex by Sarina Dorie “Whoa! Hold on, partner!” the [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/10/31/escape-pod-965-t-rex-tex-mex-mother-death-learns-a-trick/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 964: Show and Tell (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/10/24/escape-pod-964-show-and-tell-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK for Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Eley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body modification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg van Eekhout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15124</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Greg van Eekhout Narrator : Anna Eley Hosts : Mur Lafferty and Serah Eley Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Serah Eley Show and Tell originally appeared in Strange Horizons June 10, 2002. Contains mild scenes of violence. Show and Tell By Greg van Eekhout Teacher is an old-fashioned bug with a blue carapace and eyes [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/10/24/escape-pod-964-show-and-tell-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 963: To Catch a Flieff (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/10/17/escape-pod-963-to-catch-a-flieff-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abra Staffin-Wiebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Rios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meet cute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space ship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tatiana Grey]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15111</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Julia Rios Narrators : Abra Staffin-Wiebe and Tatiana Grey Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;To Catch a Flieff&#8221; was originally written as a bonus for backers of the Bridge to Elsewhere Kickstarter (an anthology of stories set on bridges of spaceships). Listen to Part 1: Escape Pod 962: To [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/10/17/escape-pod-963-to-catch-a-flieff-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 962: To Catch a Flieff (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/10/10/escape-pod-962-to-catch-a-flieff-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abra Staffin-Wiebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Rios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meet cute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[space ship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tatiana Grey]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15108</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Julia Rios Narrators : Abra Staffin-Wiebe and Tatiana Grey Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;To Catch a Flieff&#8221; was originally written as a bonus for backers of the Bridge to Elsewhere Kickstarter (an anthology of stories set on bridges of spaceships). To Catch a Flieff by Julia Rios Alessia [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/10/10/escape-pod-962-to-catch-a-flieff-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 961: Mathball</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/10/03/escape-pod-961-mathball/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Hodges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15096</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Larry Hodges Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 961: Mathball is an Escape Pod original. Mathball By Larry Hodges You are a baseball fan, sitting in the centerfield seats eating an overpriced hot dog. You are wearing a baseball cap, but not a batting [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/10/03/escape-pod-961-mathball/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 960: Elegy of Carbon</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/09/26/escape-pod-960-elegy-of-carbon/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin C. Kinney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space mining]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15074</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Benjamin C. Kinney Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story originally appeared in the anthology &#8220;The Internet Is Where The Robots Live Now&#8221; (Paper Dog Press, November 2018). Elegy of Carbon by Benjamin C. Kinney The miner birthed itself among rubble and vacuum, as it [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/09/26/escape-pod-960-elegy-of-carbon/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 959: This Little War of Ours</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/09/19/escape-pod-959-this-little-war-of-ours/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apocalypse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arden Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epistolary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graeme Dunlop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15060</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Arden Baker Narrators : Scott Campbell, Graeme Dunlop and Valerie Valdes Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 959: This Little War of Ours is an Escape Pod original. Brief mentions of suicide and suicidal ideation, and an apocalypse setting. This Little War of Ours By Arden Baker &#160; [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/09/19/escape-pod-959-this-little-war-of-ours/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 958: Some of Them Closer (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/09/12/escape-pod-958-some-of-them-closer-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marissa Lingen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Word Whore]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15052</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Marissa Lingen Narrator : The Word Whore Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Originally appeared in Analog (2011), and in Escape Pod 366 (Oct 2012) Some of Them Closer by Marissa Lingen Coming back to Earth was not the immediate shock they expected it to be for me. It was [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/09/12/escape-pod-958-some-of-them-closer-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 957: Vault (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/09/05/escape-pod-957-vault-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.A. Xiaolin Spires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Wei Hsieh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15044</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : D.A. Xiaolin Spires Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Vault originally appeared in Clarkesworld, Issue 141 in June 2018. Vault (Part 2 of 2) By D.A. Xiaolin Spires (&#8230;Continued from Part 1) “Lukas?” Chenguang’s voice echoes in this expanse of dark. A vortex of light opens to [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/09/05/escape-pod-957-vault-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 956: Vault (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/08/29/escape-pod-956-vault-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.A. Xiaolin Spires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[novella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Wei Hsieh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15035</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : D.A. Xiaolin Spires Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Vault originally appeared in Clarkesworld, Issue 141 in June 2018. Vault (Part 1 of 2) By D.A. Xiaolin Spires Chenguang hikes up her sleeves before vaulting over the pile of fuzzy moss and greets Lukas with a nod. [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/08/29/escape-pod-956-vault-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 955: Endymion</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/08/22/escape-pod-955-endymion/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[17 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serah eley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transgender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual reality]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15026</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Sylvie Althoff Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 955: Endymion is an Escape Pod original. Contains transphobic slur, adult language, and brief but graphic violence Endymion by Sylvie Althoff It&#8217;s green here—green and wet. The twittering of birds in the treetops pauses as one [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/08/22/escape-pod-955-endymion/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 954: Chandra’s Game (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/08/15/escape-pod-954-chandras-game-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fridays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mob]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samantha Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15021</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Samantha Henderson Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Chandra&#8217;s Game&#8221; originally appeared in Lone Star Stories (2009), and in Escape Pod 373. Chandra&#8217;s Game by Samantha Henderson Joey Straphos, Papa Joe, told me once that Chandra’s Game is a bitch of a city, fickle but generous [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/08/15/escape-pod-954-chandras-game-flashback-friday/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 953: Sturdy Ladders and Lanterns</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/08/08/escape-pod-953-sturdy-ladders-and-lanterns/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malka Older]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oceanography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[octopus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[octopuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://escapepod.org/?p=15010</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Author : Malka Older Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Sturdy Ladders and Lanterns originally appeared in XPrize Current Futures anthology, 2019. Sturdy Ladders and Lanterns By Malka Older As a freelance marine behavioral researcher most of Natalia’s jobs went something like this: She swam around in some [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/08/08/escape-pod-953-sturdy-ladders-and-lanterns/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 952: Skyscrapers That Twist to the Sun</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/08/01/escape-pod-952-skyscrapers-that-twist-to-the-sun/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherrae L. Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mother]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Erin Brown Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks &#8220;Skyscrapers That Twist to the Sun&#8221; appeared in Fantasy Magazine Issue 87 (January 2023) Skyscrapers That Twist to the Sun by Erin Brown Shaundra took the small, empty cardboard box and swiveled on her work stool to [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/08/01/escape-pod-952-skyscrapers-that-twist-to-the-sun/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Escape Pod 951: The Scientist Does Not Look Back</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/07/25/escape-pod-951-the-scientist-does-not-look-back/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 and Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EP Original]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ant Bacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kristen Koopman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Kristen Koopman Narrators : Ant Bacon, Valerie Valdes and Adam Pracht Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 951: The Scientist Does Not Look Back is an Escape Pod original. Death, grief and loss. The Scientist Does Not Look Back By Kristen Koopman Feb. 17, 3:40 AM. Audio notebook for [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 950: Bad Dogs Escape (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/07/18/escape-pod-950-bad-dogs-escape-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Patrick Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Cmar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-apocalyptic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : James Patrick Kelly Narrators : A Kovacs, John Cmar and Pamela Quevillon Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Appropriate for older teens and up due to erotic imagery and war criminal comeuppance Bad Dogs Escape By James Patrick Kelly /SFX/ CLOCK TICKING, FADE TO /SFX/ DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE SAM: [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 949: A Foundational Model for Talking to Girls</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/07/11/escape-pod-949-a-foundational-model-for-talking-to-girls/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Hugenbruch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kyle akers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Valdes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s voice has [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 948: Thank You for Doing Business with the Xyb&#8217;lor Principality</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/07/04/escape-pod-948-thank-you-for-doing-business-with-the-xyblor-principality/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 21:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[10 and Up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spaceships]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Rachel Meresman Narrator : Isaac Harwood Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 948: Thank You for Doing Business with the Xyb&#8217;lor Principality is an Escape Pod original. Thank You for Doing Business with the Xyb&#8217;lor Principality by Rachel Meresman Jaxon was not a connoisseur of art, but he [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 947: Rupert Weard and the Case of the Adamant Annihilist</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/06/27/escape-pod-947-rupert-weard-and-the-case-of-the-adamant-annihilist/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Gillham]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tina Connolly]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 946: Trixie and the Pandas of Dread (Flashback Friday)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/06/20/escape-pod-946-trixie-and-the-pandas-of-dread-flashback-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mur Lafferty]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Eugie Foster Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story was first published in Escape Pod 388 (March 21, 2013) Contains harsh language and graphic gory violence Trixie and the Pandas of Dread by Eugie Foster Trixie got out of her cherry-red godmobile and waved away [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 945: Walking with Thorny</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/06/13/escape-pod-945-walking-with-thorny/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[interspecies communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plants]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Stetson Bostic Narrator : Samuel Poots Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 945: Walking with Thorny is an Escape Pod original. Walking with Thorny by Stetson Bostic Hitchhikers clung to Tasi’s pants as he neared the edge of the forest. He brushed them off while walking and looked [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 944: How to Keep Your Cool If You&#8217;re a Mech First Day on the Job (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/06/06/escape-pod-944-how-to-keep-your-cool-if-youre-a-mech-first-day-on-the-job-part-2-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 21:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Stuart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ibba Armancas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vera Brook]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Vera Brook Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht How to Keep Your Cool If You&#8217;re a Mech First Day on the Job was originally published in The Colored Lens in spring 2022. How to Keep Your Cool If You&#8217;re a Mech First Day on the Job [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 943: How to Keep Your Cool If You&#8217;re a Mech First Day on the Job (Part 1 of 2)</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/05/30/escape-pod-943-how-to-keep-your-cool-if-youre-a-mech-first-day-on-the-job-part-1-of-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pracht]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 21:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Vera Brook Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht How to Keep Your Cool If You&#8217;re a Mech First Day on the Job was originally published in The Colored Lens in spring 2022. https://designfor-me.com/project-types/self-build/revolutionising-construction-the-rise-of-3d-printed-houses/ https://www.gira.com/uk/en/g-pulse-magazine/building/3d-house-germany# https://builtin.com/articles/3d-printed-house#:~:text=Nowadays%2C%20industrial%2Dsized%203D%20printers,transported%20to%20its%20final%20location How to Keep Your Cool If You&#8217;re a Mech First Day [&#8230;]
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		<title>Escape Pod 942: The Eye of Applethorpe</title>
		<link>https://escapepod.org/2024/05/23/escape-pod-942-the-eye-of-applethorpe/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Summer Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 21:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : E J Delaney Narrator : Eliza Chan Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 942: The Eye of Applethorpe is an Escape Pod original. The Eye of Applethorpe by E J Delaney Úna&#8217;s dad once said to her: “You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” Spring had [&#8230;]
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