Drabblecast Director’s Cut: Jimmy’s Roadside Cafe

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Norm Sherman

Comedy Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.8 • 975 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

“Birds are what come after…” We present to you a special Relaunch Prelaunch episode—”The Director’s Cut: Jimmy’s Roadside Cafe.” This story was written by Ramsey Shehadeh and originally aired back in 2012. In it, Norm and author Ramsey Shehadeh talk about grief, Mr. Rogers, the apocalypse, and his popular story about compassion in the end […]

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Norm here.
0:04.7	Great piece of relaunch pre-launch content for you this week.
0:08.2	I sit down and do a directors cut special with author Ramsey Schajade on his fan favorite story Jimmy's Roadside Cafe.
0:15.0	I think you're going to enjoy it.
0:17.0	You are probably familiar with the structure of these specials that we do.
0:20.0	They come in two parts, the first one we present the original story, uncut for you to enjoy,
0:25.6	and in the second part, Ramsey and I talk about the story, and whatever strikes our fancy as it plays
0:30.4	in the background. Just a quick reminder, if you haven't yet, throw your email our way on our website,
0:35.8	Drabblecast.org, if you get a chance, do it right now.
0:39.2	In the section, join our mailing list.
0:41.6	We're wrapping up our first ever Drabblecast newsletter right now, and you should be getting
0:45.9	it this weekend.
0:46.9	Definitely want to keep you all in the loop about cool stuff coming up.
0:50.6	Our Kickstarter, for example, our official relaunch.
0:53.0	Yeah, don't miss out.
0:55.0	Drabblecast.org, go on and get in there.
0:57.0	Righty folks, let's get going. The After the world ended, Jimmy set up a roadside cafe in the median of I-95, just north of the Falston exit in the grassy
1:32.4	in the grassy depression between the guardrails.
1:35.0	His first cafe, nothing more than a plywood shanty, fell to the first thunderstorm that
1:39.9	blew through.
1:41.4	The second was better. He dug a sort of foundation and built the walls out of a heavy
1:46.2	plywood he'd harvested from an overturned Home Depot truck, reinforced the corners with
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