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The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar’s narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury and more to life. So, if you’re ready, let’s take a deep breath...
For 26 years, this award-winning show encouraged children to develop a love of reading. Now "Reading Rainbow" is back as a reading adventure app designed for iPad.
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Nnedi Okorafor, Author of "Mother of Invention", Part 3
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LeVar talks to Africanfuturist Nnedi Okorafor about the visceral nature of her writing, writing a beautiful and green future for the Niger Delta, and how human-AI relationships can feel like parent-child relationships. Plus, she'll tell us what she thinks happens after those final tense moments in "Mother of Invention". See omnystudio.com/listener …
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"Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 2
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Join us for the conclusion of this smart house story set in a future Nigeria. Will Anwuli and her child survive the storm? Content advisory: blood See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
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"Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 1
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A young woman in a future Nigeria finds herself in a deadly pollen storm, alone but for her smart home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
LeVar announces a special three-part series featuring one of his favorite authors! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
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"Little Man" by Michael Cunningham
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A 200-year-old gnome desperately wants to become a father. "Little Man" is from A WILD SWAN AND OTHER TALES by Michael Cunningham, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Text copyright © 2015 by Mare Vaporum Corp. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, © 2015 by Mare Vaporum Corp See omnystud…
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"The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson
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A recently widowed woman vanishes overnight. Content advisory: violence, death “The Story We Used to Tell” is from DARK TALES by Shirley Jackson, published by Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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"A Good Friday" by Barbara Jenkins
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A chance encounter in a bar leads to an eventful Good Friday for a devout woman and a playboy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
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"Low Energy Economy" by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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An asteroid miner on a solo space mission finds his sense of purpose. This story appears in the anthology CONSOLATION SONGS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
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"Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death and, Subsequently, Her Best Life" by Rebecca Roanhorse
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A young Black girl in 1880s New Mexico territory seeks vengeance, risking life and love in the process. Content Advisory: violence, death See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
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"Dune Song" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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A young girl must negotiate her own path out of a strict community in a post-disaster desertland. Visit www.suyidavies.com for more information on Suyi's work, including his novel DAVID MOGO, GODHUNTER. Content Advisory: physical violence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
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"Madre Nuestra, Que Estás en Maracaibo" by Ana Hurtado
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A woman discovers her grandmother is being haunted by unearthly spirits. Find more of Ana Hurtado's work at www.anahurtadowrites.com. Content Advisory: Death, discussion of suicide See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
A family is both delighted and troubled by the visitation of a peculiar insect. "Cricket" was published in Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology. Content advisory: violence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
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"Room for Rent" by Richie Narvaez
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A family in dire straits must share their new home with a different species. This story was published in Latinx Rising: An Anthology of Latinx Science Fiction and Fantasy. Content advisory: violence, death/dying See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.โดย LeVar Burton and Stitcher
