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The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Drabblecast 330 – Trifecta XVII

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Norm Sherman

Fiction, Science Fiction, Comedy Fiction

4.8989 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

For the Drabblecast’s 28th trifecta anthology, we explore ‘changes of heart.’ EARTH MUSIC By Miriah Hetherington A potted arrangement of anemones recoiled from Polbo’s wake of odorous irritation as he jetted through the passageway. His meeting with the Grand Curator of the Inter-species Museum of Music […]

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Hello and welcome to the Drabblecast episode 330. The Drabble

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cast is a weekly audio fiction magazine that brings strange stories by

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strange authors to strange listeners such as yourself.

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I'm your host Norm Sherman.

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For this week's show we bring you TriFecta Special Number 28,

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three different flash stories by three different authors, but

0:36.1

unified by some similar theme.

0:39.0

Our theme for Trifecta 28, Change of Heart. Remember back in the 80s when Tony the Tiger had this to say

0:47.2

about frosted flakes? Meh. As anyone who doesn't quite understand the workings of math will tell you,

0:57.5

Tony's made a complete 360 degree change on his stance regarding that particular Kellogg's product.

1:04.3

Has the product evolved somehow throughout the years?

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Has he ever tried another cereal to base his comparison on?

1:11.1

How did they even get a tiger to eat tiny flakes of sugar-laden corn?

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What ever happened to Kate Bush?

1:18.0

Who knows? But you know what? Good for Tony. Ask anyone posting on internet forums today and they'll tell you the wisest people, people who tend to be right most of the time,

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are usually those who have the capacity to change their minds a lot and revise their understanding of a matter.

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They reconsider problems they thought, they and revise their understanding of a matter.

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They reconsider problems they thought they had solved.

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Ask them, which is better?

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Star Wars or Star Trek.

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And I guarantee you you'll get a considerate well thought out dialogue between two parties both making very strong cases.

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And in the end finally finding common ground by answering the gentle but alien embrace of a female.

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