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Escape pod. Episode 906. Trash. By Marie Vibert. Flashbike Friday.

Hello and welcome to Escape pod, a weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Valerie Valdes, your host

for this episode. Our story this week is Trash by Marie Vibert. It was first published

by us as episode 467 in November 2014. This story contains mild language that may be unsuitable

for young listeners. Marie Vibert has sold over 70 short stories, dozens of poems, and

a few interactive fictions and comics. Her first novella, the unlikely heroines of Callisto

station, is the cover story for the July 2021 analog magazine. Her debut novel, Galactic

Hellcats, about a female biker gang in outer space rescuing a gay prince came out in March

of 2021. By day, she is a computer programmer in Cleveland, Ohio. Our narrator, Tatiana

Gray, is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been

nominated for dozens of fancy awards, but hasn't won a single damn thing. She lives in Brooklyn,

New York. See more about Tatiana at tatianagray.com. Now get ready to hear some janitors take

out a particularly big hunk of space trash because it's story time. Trash by Marie Vibert,

narrated by Tatiana Gomber. Nanley was a woman with the sort of past that necessitated

moving to a non-extradition treaty country, but that didn't mean she hadn't planned on

enjoying her retirement on Luna Colony. She was Facilities Manager, a polite term for

the boss of all janitors. Her staff jumped anxiously at her every glance and waste was

down 9% since she had taken office. She was still important. The life of the colony

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