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- 3 days ago23 min
Escape Pod 1063: Modern Birdwatching
Author : Jeff Soesbe Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1063: Modern Birdwatching is an Escape Pod original. This episode is sponsored by Sleepphones! Use code ESCAPEPOD and get 10% off your purchase. Modern Birdwatching by Jeff Soesbe I used to like birdwatching, especially hummingbirds, until […] Source
- 1 weeks ago45 min
Escape Pod 1062: Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed
Author : Hans Ege Wenger Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1062: Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed is an Escape Pod original. Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed By Hans Ege Wenger I am a hundred and seventy-nine years old when I commit […] Source
- 2 weeks ago32 min
Escape Pod 1061: Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds
Author : Trae Hawkins Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1061: Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds is an Escape Pod original. This episode is sponsored by Sleepphones! Use code ESCAPEPOD and get 10% off your purchase. Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds by Trae […] Source
- 3 weeks ago39 min
Escape Pod 1060: Soft Currency (Flashback Friday)
Author : Seth Gordon Narrator : Melissa Bugaj Hosts : Valerie Valdes and Mur Lafferty Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Mat Weller Soft Currency first appeared as an Escape Pod original in Episode 473 on December 24, 2014. Soft Currency By Seth Gordon When Cassie Levine was nine years old, her family lived in the center of […] Source
- Aug 20, 202639 min
Escape Pod 1059: A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels
Author : Kathleen Schaefer Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1059: A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels is an Escape Pod original. Mild mentions of parental abuse A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels by Kathleen Schaefer When our ship made landing after three centuries in space, […] Source
- Aug 13, 202639 min
Escape Pod 1058: Riftwork (Part 2 of 2)
Author : C. W. Maurer Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Riftwork originally appeared in Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls Who Invent and Imagine anthology in July 2025. Includes tight, underground spaces. Riftwork (Part 2 of 2) By C. W. Maurer (…Continued from Part 1) I glance back […] Source
- Aug 6, 202632 min
Escape Pod 1057: Riftwork (Part 1 of 2)
Author : C. W. Maurer Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Riftwork originally appeared in Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls Who Invent and Imagine anthology in July 2025. Includes tight, underground spaces. Riftwork (Part 1 of 2) By C. W. Maurer It’s no secret that the surfies think […] Source
- Jul 30, 202644 min
Escape Pod 1056: Woolly
Author : Carrie Vaughn Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Woolly” was first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction (May/June 2025) This episode is sponsored by Sleepphones! Use code ESCAPEPOD and get 10% off your purchase. Woolly by Carrie Vaughn At five a.m., Joy got a call from […] Source
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