Random Narrative Podcasts

This Used To Be The Place is a fiction podcast series exploring how New York City’s past collides with its present. Season One centers around Anna who, after emerging from her apartment for the first time in three days, finds a notebook with an intriguing list of names. Each episode, she tracks down one person on the list to try to determine how they’re all connected. Coming up with creative excuses, lies, and even schemes verging on criminal, Anna manages to insert herself into their lives in order to uncover their stories, or perhaps just to break the lonely monotony of her own life. As she ventures throughout New York, Anna discovers not only what the list means, but how the city isolates and connects us, and how the people who live here hide and reveal their secrets. Driven by a renewed sense of purpose as she investigates the list, Anna begins to move forward from a tragic past, navigating her struggles with mental health while dealing with the universal issues of finding your place in the world and coming to terms with who you are.

Categories: Arts

Tags: City, fiction, narrative, new, Stories, york

Listen to the entire epic series, which follows Survivors in Los Angeles after the world has been turned upside down.

It begins with “A Story of Survival” which spans from Chapters 1-48. Our survivors band together, fortify a safe haven known as the Tower, and discover that the Infected are far from the biggest threat they will have to face.

The adventure continues with two mini-series:

“Lockdown” – A small group of inmates and prison guards are trapped in the T-block at Twin Towers Jail. They are forced to work together and find a way to escape while the rest of the world ends around them.

“Goldrush” – Set 17 years after the main events of “A Story of Survival”, this is a recollection story that describes the efforts of the four Soldiers as they attempt a side mission to retrieve a suspected stash of gold bullion.

Our newest season is “We’re Alive: Descendants”:

The story of survival continues; the fight is not over.

18 years after the Outbreak, the world is starting to re-organize and rebuild, but many different forms of humanity are still struggling to survive in the aftermath. Nicholas Tink grew up in the shadow of his father- the late, great, Saul Tink. Little does he know that deep in the places where infected dwell, another descendant lies waiting.

Content Warning: This podcast contains descriptions of graphic violence, sexual references, and strong language. Listener discretion is advised.

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Categories: Arts, Fiction

Tags: Adventure, horror, infected, multi-cast, narrative, post-apocalypse, survival, theater for the mind, ZOMBIES

These Small Hours podcast is the direct outlet for essays written and read by Russell Cordell Staker. Here are short-form pieces of thought about life and letters, art and humanity in the small hours of living. The language and voice of this writer blend into a naturally melodic emotional depth and resonance.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: Arts, context, dialogue, EmotionalIntelligence, essays, Expression, humanity, Insightful, kindness, letters, Literature, narrative, nobility, perspective, Philosophy, Reading, russellcordellstaker, spiritual, story, storytelling, thesesmallhours, thoughtful, viewpoint, writing

Ciaran is the last important thing left in Brendan’s life. After the world has fallen apart, the cousins take care of one another in their new home: a vibrant, oceanside community of survivors. However, dreams of his past tempt Ciaran to leave this new happiness and Brendan is faced with a choice: travel with the only family he has left or stay in paradise with the woman he might love. Told in a series of short stories, the tale of Brendan and Ciaran was first available on the author’s website, Achieving P’nosha.

Categories: Arts

Tags: and, apparent, earth, junction, narrative, of

Bawdy Storytelling – dubbed ‘The Moth for pervs’ by the LA Weekly – is the nation’s original sex and storytelling series. Founded, emcee’ed and curated by sexual folklorist Dixie De La Tour, Bawdy Storytelling features real people and rockstars sharing their bona fide sexual exploits. Bawdy Storytelling’s one-of-a-kind approach to sex-positive personal narrative has coaxed liberating tales out of everyday people, creating unforgettable experiences for performers and audiences alike. These stories aren’t memorized. Storytellers aren’t reading from cue cards. This is honest-to-badness story time with true sexcapades and poignant, hilarious, transformational tales at each and every show.

Categories: Arts

Tags: BDSM, Comedy, gay, hookup, kink, lgbt, monogamy, narrative, Open, Person, personal, Poly, polyamory, queer, relationship, sex, Sexual, sexuality, story, storytelling, swinger

Do you want to get more out of your reading? This unit is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary texts. You will learn about narrative events and perspectives, the setting of novels, types of characterisation and genre. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.

Categories: Education

Tags: Analytical skills, art, ebook, epub, fiction, Genre, ibook, Literary texts, Literature, narrative, novels

Greater than is a storytelling platform. We tell stories about people and organizations that overcome, that keep on despite the desolation they’ve seen or been through. And we ask ourselves, how can we use these stories to tackle systems of injustice, inequality, racism, poverty, and shift narratives? Hosted by Dhanya Addanki and Jenn Junod, this show curates spaces for uncomfortable but necessary conversations about vulnerable issues. It’s designed for an audience who isn’t afraid to be frustrated at the state of our world because they understand hope prevails.

Categories: Education, Society & Culture

Tags: building, Changing, community, narrative, sharing, Stories, tackle, uncomfortable, understanding

Little-known histories from Central & Eastern Europe that changed our world… Heard of how The Rolling Stones played for the Communist Party? The bear who fought in WWII? Or the man who single-handedly created an entire language? Each episode of our narrative podcast tells incredible stories that all have one thing in common: the Eastern West. #SFTEW

Categories: History, Society & Culture

Tags: cee, Europe, narrative, Stories

“What could possibly go wrong?” Host Bradford Rogers learns some things NOT to do—and the occasional life lesson—while sailing the Gulf Coast of Florida and meeting salty characters. “Screwing up is part of cruising. Let me show you how!”

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: boat, boating, Captain, Characters, crusing, Florida, Fun, howto, humor, lifestyle, maintenance, marine, narrative, navigation, nomad, ocean, outdoors, PILOTING, relaxation, sail, sailing, sailor, sailors, Stories, story, travel, water

The science podcast that’ll eat your brain. Shabam! is a new type of science show that blends fictional stories with real science. If you love science but hate those awkward scientist interviews that involve graphs and confusing metaphors, you’re in luck. First off, Shabam! is an audio program – so no graphs. And second, through the magic of sound effects and music, you’ll hear stories that reveal the awesomeness in the world around us – like cellphones and vaccinations. In season one, our main story is about three kids separated from their parents during a Zombie apocalypse. Over the course of 10 episodes we follow their quest to reunite with their families. But their experience leads us to another conclusion – that there’s a lot of science all around us that we take for granted. And finally, you may be wondering whether we’ve added silly songs and jokes to make up for the fact that we can’t show you graphs. Yes we have. Also, we only interview cool scientists who aren’t awkward, which means the whole family can enjoy it!

Categories: Kids & Family, Science

Tags: brain, disease, humor, Kids, learning, music, narrative, Podcast, science, survival, teenager, zombieapocalypse, ZOMBIES