Escape Pod 785: Death, the Universe, and Everything

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Escape Artists Foundation

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Death, the Universe, and Everything By Sherin Nicole The morning after it happened for the first time, I-- I’m not sure if I should tell you, but maybe you can tell me. If your understanding of reality fundamentally changes, does it change you? And how responsible am I for who you become? I don’t know. And that relative state of not knowing is the start of my conundrum. And my conflict. The morning after it happened for the first time, I woke up with half of my soul hanging out of my body. The worst case of pins and needles possible. The pain was a soft plodding ache, but it couldn’t be mistaken for anything else. It hurt.

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0:27.0	Starting, the story contains mature content that may not be appropriate for listeners
0:31.4	under 13.
0:42.4	Escape pod Episode 785. Death, the universe, and everything.
0:49.2	I should be in the car.
1:14.0	Hello and welcome to Escape pod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm your host
1:20.2	this week, Tina Conone, and I'm here to bring you Death, the universe, and everything
1:28.0	by Shireen Nicole. This story is original to Escape pod. Shireen Nicole might be a covert
1:36.4	agent. Word on the street says the CIA offered her a scholarship, but that's classified.
1:44.0	By day, she's an Ajahn provocateur as chief creative officer for Idoby Network. By night,
1:50.8	she produces content for the Geek Girl Rideshow. Formerly, a paranormal romance writer under
1:57.3	her secret identities, she's published three novels and several novellas, one of which
2:03.4	was listed on book rides 100 must read romantic comedies, another is in the bloody fabulous
2:10.4	anthology from prime books. You can also read her words in Fireside magazine on Cast of
2:16.8	Wonders and in the wayward kindred comics anthology. Culturally, Shireen is half American, half
2:24.2	British, and very celder, right down to the accent. Government reports your residence
2:30.7	in DC, but Shireen spends most of her time in the world she writes, and she hopes to meet
2:36.6	you there. Your narrator this week is Lurie Swite. Lurie Swite is an actress, poet,
2:44.1	and mom currently residing in Michigan. Your audio producer this week is Adam Pratt.
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