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A young painter turns her back on a life of quiet desperation to pursue contentment in a ragtag artists' collective in a faraway city. A spring and summer on her own for the first time bring her unexpected new friends and indelible moments of both joy and sorrow, and every hopeful brush stroke makes her see more clearly the person she was meant to become. Narrated by Mig Windows, Linda Wojtowick, Isaac Lewis, and Soren Narnia. MUSIC: "Jūra" by Ardie Son, "Pie Jesu Requiem" by Hawkins, and "A Chralaig" by Daniel Robinson, all rights reserved. Adapted from the book by Soren Narnia. Episode illustration by Rebecca Finelli.

An ex-athlete reminisces fondly about his years in a half-forgotten, strictly mid-tier baseball league, recalling the characters, the laughter, and all the other tiny pleasures of a long chapter in his fortunate life. Written and performed by Soren Narnia. Music: "All There Is" by Mateja Kojadinovic, all rights reserved. Narrator: Linda Wojtowick. Photo by Hitoaki Koishikawa, Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

In this love story set in a small American town in the late 19th century, a wanderer seeking shelter from troubling memories is changed forever by the women who befriend him there. Additional narration by Amy Paonessa. Music: 'Wooden Starlight' by Dear Gravity 'Better Now' and 'Liquid Mirror - Piano Version' by Philip Daniel Zach 'Landscape with Airplanes in the Rain' by REW'Three' by Neon Ridge

Five movie parodies for those times when you get wistful about the closure of that discount theater you used to go to with your weird friend Sidney. The movies: Eyes Wide Shut - Aguirre, the Wrath of God - Solaris - Winter Light - Heat With Amy Paonessa, Jason Hill, Linda Wojtowick, Josh Hillinger, Cal Butera, Rich Albert, Les Lentz, and Soren Narnia. Written by Soren Narnia. Music by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com, as follows: "Night In Venice"  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Dhaka" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3646-dhaka License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Send for the Horses" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4335-send-for-the-horses-by-kevin-macleod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Danse of Questionable Tuning" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3603-danse-of-questionable-tuning License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Dark Walk" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3612-dark-walk License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Gregorian Chant" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3825-gregorian-chant License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Scheming Weasel (Faster Version)" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4326-scheming-weasel-faster-version License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4612-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Airport Lounge" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "'Dreams Become Real" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Hiding Your Reality" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3875-hiding-your-reality License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Minima" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4054-minima License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Prelude and Action" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4236-prelude-and-action License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Satiate (Only Percussion)" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4320-satiate---only-percussion- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Tiny Fugue" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4531-tiny-fugue License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Canon in D Major" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3473-canon-in-d-major License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Easy Jam" Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3694-easy-jam License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The year was 2007, and conditions in Bello Gardens, one of the most squalid and dangerous housing projects in America, were at their worst. Decimated by poverty, tortured by crime, and suffocated by neglect, the slum known cynically as the Joke faced a lonely, unnoticed death. When tensions in the community rose to a breaking point, the last remaining inhabitants of Bello Gardens--desperate gang members turned remorseless freedom fighters--vowed not to give up its deserted streets without a battle to the death. Tyrant, Draw Thy Sword is the fictional history of the tactical siege of the Joke, the tale of one December night when this country's troubled divide between cultures erupted in chaotic house-to-house warfare. Cast, in order of appearance: Soren Narnia - narrator Jason Hill - narrator Brian Lillie - narrator Seythe McCoy - Charles Le Beth Teddy Ray Bullard - Steven Dunkirk Sasha-Ann Simons - narrator Amy Paonessa - narrator Tausha Marshall - narrator Marcus Anderson - Herbert Le Beth Damon Alums - narrator Cherisse Rivera - narrator Savion Hays - Rod Baker Antonio King - Kojo Kendi MUSIC: Lee Rosevere, from "10 Minute Meditations," licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere

For diehard romantics only, these are the letters of a reckless stargazer who turned his back on reality to lose himself in a love story whose ending seemed foretold from the beginning. Narrated by Soren Narnia and Justy Gee of the Starless podcast. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What do you mean, you don't remember my podcast Joke Meets Ground? Here's the entire run (I would have gone much farther, but I seem to recall the audience had other ideas). Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music: "Feather Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bride, Groom, Sunday, Forever depicts the unusual on-stage wedding of Stanley and Muriel, a ceremony filled with stunningly honest testimonials and reenactments which reveal the couple's deepest secrets. In the space of ninety minutes they experience hilarity, embarrassment, wonder, and sadness, all with the goal of emerging from a tiny small town theater cleansed and determined enough to face the uncertain but boundless future. Narrated by Soren Narnia, with Angela Mae Johnson. Produced onstage by Counterweight Theatre Lab in Colorado Springs in 2021. https://www.counterweighttheatre.com/productions Music: "Touching Story" and "Reminiscing" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Barcarolle, Op. 60" by Francis Kleynjans Performed by Petter Albertsson  YouTube channel: 550ia Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, FreeMusicArchive.org Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 United States— CC BY 3.0 US

Whatever You Find Within You is a romantic comedy of both solemn longing and bumbling confusion, and the rather fine line between the two. When an unread love story by the great nineteenth century Icelandic playwright Dari Stanislad is discovered in 2011 by the brain trust of an educational institution of dubious reputation, numerous obsessed parties squabble like overstimulated chickens over its vast financial and intellectual significance. Just one problem: The play is incredibly awful, and promises benign ruin on all who dare turn its lousy pages. In no time, The Cobbleswoddler's Tale becomes a magnet for literary chaos--but on the plus side, it does bring together a pair of lonely and frustrated academics with fading dreams, wildly different opinions of romance, and a strong desire to get as far away as possible from Dick's Notch Community College.  Adapted from the novel by Soren Narnia Read by Julian McLaren Poulter Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's funny, the little theories you develop over the years, so random and rarely spoken. One of mine is that if any true, irrevocable harm can come to a single innocent creature on this earth, then maybe, just maybe, life itself should never have existed--nothing has ever been worth that pain, none of it, going back to the beginning of time. I suppose that from such thoughts must occasionally come stories like this one.

Over the course of one long day on a seemingly endless country road, a hitchhiker listens to the sad, desperate circumstances that her driver has found himself in--and becomes witness to his determined effort to free himself from a terrible trap of isolation and regret. The only weapon he has is a truly powerful one: his ever-wandering mind and its awesome ability to show him worlds no one else can see. Narration by Heidi Kole, thesubwaydiaries.com Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A short and simple fable, written years ago, and one I think about whenever I feel the first chill of the season in the air.

You never know which one of those temporary jobs you take in your twenties on your way to a real career will provide you with the greatest memories. For the narrator of this novella, it was unexpectedly working for the Pittsburgh Design Agreement, a board game company populated by dreamers with endlessly creative designs--all brought to the world through the recklessness of a CEO who understood ambition and adventure far more than dice and cards. Those familiar with the modern board game hobby will likely get the most out of this story, but it's a tale of friendship, laughter, and fond reminiscence for even the most anti-Monopoly of us all.

The zombies rose and walked, the country went mad, and then the zombies laid down again--all without committing a single act of violence. Traveling randomly across the east with a group of close friends, the restless dreamer Lionel Gathers witnesses first-hand the nightmarish confusion that the living dead bring upon the land in this tale that is both satire and elegy. It's a story of one man's despair over his country's inability to unite in crisis, a tale of sudden, random violence and illusions of America's greatness gone askew. When the zombies rise a second time and become anything but docile, the tale becomes darker, as Lionel struggles to understand the design of a universe lost in the realm of B-horror movies--and more vivid real-life tragedies. Re-recorded in 2026. MUSIC: "When I Held You" by Ben Winwood, "As the Sky Turns Grey" by Beneath the Mountain, and "Songbird" by Doug Kaufman, all rights reserved.