PseudoPod 1026: Thoughts and Prayers
PseudoPod
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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PseudoPod 1026: Thoughts and Prayers is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Gun violence, school shooting https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5317647/school-shooting-industry https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_(film) https://www.findlaw.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Is true horror seeing something approach, or is it not seeing it until it's much too late? |
| 0:06.9 | Soudapod is a horror podcast. Consider this a warning. |
| 0:11.7 | This is pseudopod, made by humans intended for humans, because only a chump is frightened of Rocco's basilisk. |
| 0:22.9 | Heed this trigger warning. |
| 0:25.6 | This story contains gun violence and takes place during a school shooting. |
| 0:30.2 | But this is too much we completely understand. |
| 0:33.3 | Feel free to skip this one. |
| 0:37.3 | Sudapod, episode 126 for April 24th, 2026. |
| 0:43.1 | Thoughts and Prayers by Meg Ellison. |
| 0:45.9 | Narrated by Sophia Quintero, hosted by Scott Campbell, audio by Graham Dunlap. |
| 0:51.8 | Hey, everybody, hope you're doing okay. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm Scott, assistant editor at Sudapod, your host for this week. |
| 0:58.2 | And I'm excited to tell you that for this week, we have thoughts and prayers by Meg |
| 1:02.0 | Ellison. |
| 1:03.0 | This story is the Sudapod original. |
| 1:05.9 | Meg Ellison is a Philip K. Dick and Locust Award-winning author, as well as a |
| 1:10.2 | Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and otherwise awards finalist. |
| 1:14.4 | A prolific short story writer and essayist, Ellison has been published in Slate, McSweeney's, Fantasy and Science Fiction, VanGoria, Uncanny, Lightspeed, Nightmare, and many other places. |
| 1:27.5 | Ellison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. |
| 1:32.7 | Narrator, writer, and hypnotherapist, Sophia Quintero is a Gen X Afro Latina Ivy League |
| 1:38.1 | homegirl, who was raised in the Bronx when it was burning. |
| 1:42.0 | As a writer, she has published six novels across genres, and with every major house, |
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