Escape Pod 925: The Ballad of Starburst Smith

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Escape Artists Foundation

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

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🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Author : David Marino Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 925: The Ballad of Starburst Smith is an Escape Pod original. Contains harsh language. The Ballad of Starburst Smith by David Marino “Did you read the terms and conditions?” “Fuck you, I read the terms and […]

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0:00.0	Hi, are you an Amazon Prime member? Do you have five minutes? Then you could support us with
0:06.8	five bucks a month for free. Head to escape artist.net slash tw twitch for a walkthrough. Escapeod episode 925 the ballad of starburst Smith, by David Marino. Oh, Hello and welcome to Escape Pod your weekly Science Fiction podcast. I'm Merleavr Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast.
1:03.7	I'm Mer Lafferty, your host for this episode.
1:07.3	Our story this week is The Ballad of Starburst Smith by David Marino. David is a graduate of the 2023 Claire. My and Higgs' Bridget's Gate Press, Light Speed, and Hex Literary.
1:26.3	He's currently attending Sarah Lawrence College's MFA program in creative writing.
1:31.3	It's narrated for us by Iba Armancas.
1:35.0	Iba is an Emmy nominated writer, director, producer
1:39.0	currently working for KLCS PBS in Los Angeles. A voracious reader who began narrating fiction
1:46.3	podcasts nearly a decade ago, she is now one of three narrators on
1:50.4	Interspace Our Thoughts, Caltech, NASA, JPL's first science fiction anthology.
1:57.0	In her free time, she's learning to make neon signs and getting way too into hockey.
2:02.0	This is an Escape Pod original. and getting way too into hockey.
2:05.6	This is an escape pod original. Now turn up that stereo.
2:07.4	It's story time. The ballad of Starburst Smith by David Marino, read by Ibar Mongas.
2:21.0	Did you read the terms and conditions?
2:24.0	Fuck you I read the terms and conditions.
2:26.0	Does this bearded receptionist not know she's Starburst Smith?
2:31.0	Does he not know she's the Rock prophet who will herald in a new era of music that will soon sweep her into fame and fortune.
2:38.0	That will soon have her selling out Dodger Stadium and Madison Square Garden?
2:42.0	Even if soon has been soon for 15 years.
2:46.0	No, the receptionist says.
2:49.0	You skim the terms and conditions.
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