Podcast Episodes

The Little Black Bag, by C M Kornbluth

Season 2 Episode 86

The normal progress of a technology produces simpler and simpler gadgets involving more and more complex fundamental laws. And, of course, requiring less and less of the user . . .

"The Little Black …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

The Mystery of Deneb IV, by Robert Silverberg

Season 2 Episode 85

When is an SOS not an SOS? When it's a trap. Lieutenant Dave Carter is lured to Deneb IV while on his way to recuperate on the vacation planet of Ophiuchus VII after a reactor explosion on his previo…

Published on 4 months ago

Reason, by Isaac Asimov

Season 2 Episode 84

The robot was strictly logical, reasoning, as only its perfect machine mind could, from observed facts to inevitable—if wacky—conclusion. 

Today's story is "Reason," by Isaac Asimov. It appeared in t…

Published on 4 months ago

Jonah of the Jove Run, by Ray Bradbury

Season 2 Episode 83

The old man could feel orbits, sense trajectories, and calculate faster than the best computators. But he couldn't be trusted when he got a drink inside him. He was, however, Captain Kroll's only hop…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Towers of Titan, by Ben Bova

Season 2 Episode 82

Across the frozen cliffs they loomed—the unbelievably ancient towers with the unimaginable engines deep inside them still pouring out their endless power. Dr. Sidney Lee, back from time away due to a…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Adventure Of the Cheap Flat, by Agatha Christie

Season 2 Episode 81

No crime had been committed; no untoward event had occurred. But the astute Poirot saw, in the mere advertisement of a flat at too low a price, the manifestation of a curious plot. 

Today's story is …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

No Star's Land, by Joseph Samachson

Season 2 Episode 80

A year in total isolation exploring distant galaxies is too long to spend with just one other person, even for newlyweds on their honeymoon. Wanting to get to Ganymede to start divorce proceedings, J…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Second-hand Stonehenge, by Ernest Taves

Season 2 Episode 79

In this century, as before, women and Stonehenge share one trait; they serve both men!

Today's story is "Second-hand Stonehenge" by Ernest Taves. It appeared in the July-August 1970 issue of Worlds o…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Deadly Ones, by F L Wallace

Season 2 Episode 78

Life for their kind was becoming more difficult. So, Rathsden conceived a plan to stow away on a flying saucer and travel in secret to another planet. He was confident of surviving and finding anothe…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Anton's Last Dream, by Edwin Baird

Season 2 Episode 77

A brief tale of the dismal success of a scientist's experiment.

Today's story is "Anton's Last Dream" by Edwin Baird. It appeared in the May 1937 issue of Weird Tales on pages 607 to 611.

Edwin Bair…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago