Short Fiction Podcasts I Enjoy
I enjoyed reading short science fiction stories by Phillip K Dick, Issac Asimov, etc. Over the years, I’ve found some podcasts that release short fiction (often weekly) under a creative commons license (i.e. free for anyone to listen to). The ones I enjoy the most are The Drabblecast, “strange stories by strange authors for strange listeners, such as yourself” produced weekly by the wonderful voice actor Norm Sherman, and The Escape Pod, weekly science-fiction stories hosted by Steve Eley. The Drabblecast is typically 20 minutes or less, but Escape Pod episodes can run up to 30-45 minutes or more.
I also enjoy the podiobook Playing For Keeps by Mur Lafferty, a story about a society with super heros, super villians, and some not-so-super Third Wavers, who still have minor powers. I enjoy How to Succeed in Evil, about an evil efficiency consultant so depressed by inept villians that he turns to being a villian himself, but it doesn’t come out frequently enough for me. Other podcasts I know of but don’t really listent to often are The X-1 Podcast, The Great Beyond, Well Told Tales, and Voices of Tomorrow.
I listen to the Pseudonews The Onionin podcast form, and really enjoy this as well.