Escape Pod 1023: Mackson’s Mardi Gras Moon Race

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Escape Artists Foundation

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Author : David DeGraff Narrator : Brian Lieberman Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Mackson’s Mardi Gras Moon Race” originally appeared in the Winter 2024 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Mackson’s Mardi Gras Moon Race by David DeGraff Turtles were built for short-haul Lunar prospecting, not treks across […]

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello, one. Hello and welcome to EscapePod, your weekly science fiction podcast.
0:45.3	I'm your host this week, Tina Connolly, and I am here to bring you Maxen's Mardi Gras Moon Race by David DeGraff.
0:54.5	This story first appeared in the magazine of fantasy and science fiction
0:58.5	and was reprinted in, We Are Here, Best Queer Speculative Fiction of
1:02.9	2024.
1:05.1	David DeGraph taught physics and astronomy at Alfred University in
1:08.6	Alfred New York.
1:10.0	In addition to the usual physics in astronomy classes,
1:13.0	he also taught classes on the theory and practice of time travel,
1:16.9	and the science in Star Trek, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, superheroes, and supervillains.
1:22.1	His fiction has appeared in the magazine of fantasy and science fiction,
1:25.5	Lightspeed, and other places.
1:31.3	He's online at David DeGraff.com. Your narrator this week is Brian Lieberman.
1:35.3	Brian Lieberman has been many things at the Escape Artist Foundation,
1:39.3	first finding his footing back in 2007 as a moderator for the newly minted forums. These days, he's
1:46.9	a solutions engineer, helping to manage some of the back-end technologies that help keep the wheels
1:52.1	spinning and the stories coming. And when he's not doing all of that, he's fighting various
1:58.3	evils with his friends or cuddling up with his wife and two corgis.
2:04.2	Your audio producer this week is Summer Brooks.
2:08.0	So get ready to drive the turtles because it's story time. Storytime.
2:28.7	Maxin's Marty Grau Moon Race by David DeGrauth, narrated by Brian Lieberman.
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