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LeVar Burton Reads

LeVar Burton and Stitcher

The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and presented in 3D immersive audio. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into…

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• "The Toynbee Convector" by Ray Bradbury 2024-05-07 · 43m
• "The November Story" by Rebecca Makkai 2024-04-30 · 50m
• "She Builds Quick Machines" by Lyndsie Manusos 2024-04-23 · 39m
• "When the Apples are Ripe" by Diane Oliver 2024-04-16 · 45m
• "The Coffin Maker" by AnaMaria Curtis 2024-04-09 · 50m
• "The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett 2024-04-02 · 34m
• "The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars" by Anna Zumbro 2024-03-26 · 44m
• "Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush" by Luis Alberto Urrea 2024-03-19 · 39m
• "The World Wasn't Ready for You" by Justin C. Key 2024-03-12 · 58m
• "Quarropts Can't Dance" by Rodrigo Culagovski 2024-03-05 · 33m
• "Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead" by KT Bryski 2024-02-27 · 46m
• "The Destroyer" by Tara Isabella Burton 2024-02-20 · 53m
• Watch Out, Lucky Season 13 is Coming! 2024-02-13 · 3m
• Atlas Obscura presents: Mafra Palace Library Bats 2024-02-06 · 15m
• A 99% Invisible / LeVar Burton Crossover! 2023-12-19 · 49m
• "Waystation City" by A.T. Greenblatt 2023-12-12 · 46m
• "Three Roses" by Karmen Špiljak 2023-12-05 · 44m
• "The Pilgrim and the Angel" by E. Lily Yu 2023-11-28 · 42m
• Immersive Remix: "The Takeback Tango" by Rebecca Roanhorse 2023-11-21 · 42m
• Sound Detectives! Episode 2 2023-11-20 · 33m
• "Galaxy Girl and the November Monstrosity" by Aleksandra Hill 2023-11-14 · 44m
• Introducing: Sound Detectives! 2023-11-13 · 39m
• "The Many Taste Grooves of the Chang Family" by Allison King 2023-11-07 · 36m
• "Sin Eater" by Ian R. MacLeod 2023-10-31 · 54m
• "Those Fantastic Lives" by Bradley Sides 2023-10-24 · 39m
• "The Clockmaker and His Daughter" by Tobi Ogundiran 2023-10-17 · 45m
• "The Court Magician" by Sarah Pinsker 2023-10-10 · 38m
• "Dragonflies" by Shannon Sanders 2023-10-03 · 46m
• "Mr. McCaslin" by Peter S. Beagle 2023-09-26 · 42m
• "The Tin Man" by Lilliam Rivera 2023-09-19 · 45m
• Season 12, Here We Come! 2023-09-12 · 1m
• Immersive Remix: "An Equal Share of the Bone" by Karen Osborne 2023-04-04 · 40m
• "D.P." by Kurt Vonnegut 2023-02-28 · 38m
• "The Destination Star" by Gregory Marlow 2023-02-21 · 50m
• "Mister Dawn, How Can You Be So Cruel?" by Violet Allen 2023-02-14 · 53m
• "The Golden Hour" by Jeffrey Ford 2023-02-07 · 58m
• "The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library" by Tobi Ogundiran 2023-01-31 · 50m
• "Wok Hei St" by Guan Un 2023-01-24 · 43m
• Immersive Remix: "The Foster Portfolio" by Kurt Vonnegut 2023-01-17 · 47m
• Immersive Remix: "Silver Door Diner" by Bishop Garrison 2023-01-10 · 49m
• Immersive Remix: "The Simplest Equation" by Nicky Drayden 2023-01-03 · 35m
• Immersive Remix: "The Truth About Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar 2022-12-27 · 47m
• Immersive Remix: "The Last Cheng Beng Gift" by Jaymee Goh 2022-12-20 · 35m
• Immersive Remix: "The Usual Santas" by Mick Herron 2022-12-13 · 39m
• "River's Giving" by Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt, and River Shaw 2022-12-06 · 38m
• "The King of Bread" by Luis Alberto Urrea 2022-11-29 · 49m
• "Family Cooking" by Ana Maria Curtis 2022-11-22 · 45m
• "Down in the Dim Kingdoms" by Tobias Buckell 2022-11-15 · 45m
• "#ClimbingNation" by Kim Fu 2022-11-08 · 50m
• "I Was a Teenage Space Jockey" by Stephen Graham Jones 2022-11-01 · 44m
• We're Back for Season 11! 2022-10-25 · 3m
• Immersive Remix: "Multo" by Samuel Marzioli 2022-10-25 · 40m
• Immersive Remix: "Fantaisie Impromptu No. 4 in C#min, Op. 66” by Carlos Hernandez 2022-10-18 · 49m
• Immersive Remix: "Your Rover is Here" by LP Kindred 2022-10-11 · 39m
• An Update! Plus Immersive Remix: "The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson 2022-10-04 · 34m
• Immersive Remix: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu 2022-04-12 · 53m
• "Afterlife" by Stephen King 2022-03-01 · 47m
• "The Last Truth" by AnaMaria Curtis 2022-02-22 · 58m
• "Troll Bridge" by Terry Pratchett 2022-02-15 · 38m
• "John Dillinger and the Blind Magician" by Allison M. Dickson 2022-02-08 · 49m
• "Open House on Haunted Hill" by John Wiswell 2022-02-01 · 33m
• "The Final Performance of the Amazing Ralphie" by Pat Cadigan 2022-01-25 · 49m
• Immersive Remix: "The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex" by Tobias S. Buckell 2022-01-18 · 42m
• "The Placement Agency" by Tobias Buckell 2022-01-11 · 40m
• "To Jump is to Fall" by Stephen Graham Jones 2022-01-04 · 33m
• "Drones to Ploughshares" by Sarah Gailey 2021-12-28 · 44m
• "The Usual Santas" by Mick Herron 2021-12-21 · 38m
• "Different People" by Timothy Mudie 2021-12-14 · 50m
• "The Wishing Pool" by Tananarive Due 2021-12-07 · 44m
• Season 10 Announcement and a Q&A! 2021-11-30 · 10m
• Revisited (Halloween Edition!): "Singing on a Star" by Ellen Klages 2021-10-26 · 50m
• Revisited: "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience TM" by Rebecca Roanhorse 2021-10-19 · 57m
• Revisited: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu 2021-10-12 · 50m
• "On the Lonely Shore" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021-09-07 · 39m
• "Tía Abuela's Face, Ten Ways" by Lisa M. Bradley 2021-08-31 · 35m
• "Shock of Birth" by Cadwell Turnbull 2021-08-24 · 39m
• "Words We Say Instead" by Brit E. B. Hvide 2021-08-17 · 50m
• "The Years of My Birth" by Louise Erdrich 2021-08-10 · 46m
• "You Perfect, Broken Thing" by C.L. Clark 2021-08-03 · 40m
• "The War of the Wall" by Toni Cade Bambara 2021-07-27 · 33m
• "The Angel of Khan El-Khalili" by P. Djèlí Clark 2021-07-20 · 52m
• "Milagroso" by Isabel Yap 2021-07-13 · 46m
• "Dark Spaces on the Map" by Anjali Sachdeva 2021-07-06 · 48m
• "Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot" by Robert Olen Butler 2021-06-29 · 36m
• "The Bank of Burkina Faso" by Ekaterina Sedia 2021-06-22 · 42m
• Season 9 is Almost Here! 2021-06-15 · 4m
• "St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid" by C.L. Polk 2021-04-20 · 53m
• "Vaccine Season" by Hannu Rajaniemi 2021-04-13 · 54m
• "Getaway" by Nicole Kornher-Stace 2021-04-06 · 50m
• "Salt" by Rosemary Melchior 2021-03-30 · 35m
• "An Equal Share of the Bone" by Karen Osborne 2021-03-23 · 39m
• "Killer of Kings" by Anjali Sachdeva 2021-03-16 · 45m
• "Flyboys" by Tobias Wolff 2021-03-09 · 56m
• "The Regression Test" by Wole Talabi 2021-03-02 · 41m
• "Alluvial Deposits" by Percival Everett 2021-02-23 · 50m
• "Daddy" by Damion Wilson 2021-02-16 · 37m
• "The Takeback Tango" by Rebecca Roanhorse 2021-02-09 · 42m
• "Silver Door Diner" by Bishop Garrison 2021-02-02 · 49m
• Season 8... Coming Soon! 2021-01-26 · 2m
• Nnedi Okorafor, Author of "Mother of Invention", Part 3 2020-12-01 · 51m
• "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 2 2020-11-24 · 36m
• "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 1 2020-11-17
• "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 1 2020-11-17 · 42m
• Miniseries Coming November 17 2020-11-10 · 2m
• "Little Man" by Michael Cunningham 2020-10-27 · 52m
• "The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson 2020-10-20 · 33m
• "A Good Friday" by Barbara Jenkins 2020-10-13 · 44m
• "Low Energy Economy" by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2020-10-06 · 38m
• "Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death and, Subsequently, Her Best Life" by Rebecca Roanhorse 2020-09-29 · 46m
• "Dune Song" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 2020-09-22 · 50m
• "Madre Nuestra, Que Estás en Maracaibo" by Ana Hurtado 2020-09-15 · 41m
• "Cricket" by Kenneth Yu 2020-09-08 · 40m
• "Room for Rent" by Richie Narvaez 2020-09-01 · 36m
• "The Nine Curves River" by R. F. Kuang 2020-08-25 · 55m
• "Your Rover is Here" by LP Kindred 2020-08-18 · 39m
• "Pockets" by Amal El-Mohtar 2020-08-11 · 42m
• A Conversation with James McBride (and News About Season 7!) 2020-08-04 · 29m
• Introducing Imani State of Mind 2020-06-25 · 7m
• "The Foster Portfolio" by Kurt Vonnegut 2020-04-14 · 46m
• "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison, Part 2 2020-04-07 · 44m
• "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison, Part 1 2020-03-31 · 38m
• "Let Those Who Would" by Genevieve Valentine 2020-03-24 · 42m
• "A Kiss with Teeth" by Max Gladstone 2020-03-17 · 56m
• "Staying Behind" by Ken Liu 2020-03-10 · 51m
• "Skinwalker, Fast-Talker" by Darcie Little Badger 2020-03-03 · 43m
• "End Game" by Nancy Kress 2020-02-25 · 44m
• "SPAM" by Savannah Burney 2020-02-18 · 45m
• "As Worlds Collide" by Stephen Michell 2020-02-11 · 47m
• "Valedictorian" by N.K. Jemisin 2020-02-04 · 54m
• "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear 2020-01-28 · 46m
• BONUS: Behind the Scenes and a Sneak Peek at Season 6! 2020-01-21 · 14m
• The Paris Review Podcast Returns 2019-11-06 · 12m
• "The Hofzinser Club" by Michael Chabon 2019-10-29 · 54m
• "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link 2019-10-22 · 50m
• "Jump" by Cadwell Turnbull 2019-10-15 · 31m
• BONUS: Stories with Friends - Amanda Seales 2019-10-11 · 48m
• "The Water Museum" by Nisi Shawl 2019-10-08 · 50m
• "The House on the Moon" by William Alexander 2019-10-01 · 51m
• "Tiger Baby" by JY Yang 2019-09-24 · 34m
• “Blur" by Carmen Maria Machado 2019-09-17 · 41m
• “Face Value” by Sean Williams 2019-09-10 · 45m
• "Small Medicine" by Genevieve Valentine 2019-09-03 · 46m
• "Cuisine des Mémoires" by N.K. Jemisin 2019-08-27 · 48m
• "Shoggoths in Traffic" by Tobias S. Buckell 2019-08-20 · 39m
• "The Simplest Equation" by Nicky Drayden 2019-08-13 · 36m
• "L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars)" by Dean Francis Alfar 2019-06-18 · 40m
• "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" Part 2 by Ted Chiang 2019-06-11 · 48m
• "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" Part 1 by Ted Chiang 2019-06-05 · 53m
• "Flying Carpets" by Steven Millhauser 2019-05-28 · 35m
• "Toward Happy Civilization" by Samanta Schweblin 2019-05-21 · 44m
• "The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex" by Tobias S. Buckell 2019-05-14 · 40m
• "Republica and Grau" by Daniel Alarcón 2019-05-07 · 42m
• "Mister Hadj's Sunset Ride" by Saladin Ahmed 2019-04-30 · 34m
• “The Best We Can” by Carrie Vaughn 2019-04-23 · 46m
• "Kwoon" by Charles Johnson 2019-04-16 · 45m
• "Free Jim's Mine" by Tananarive Due 2019-04-09 · 55m
• "Miracle" by Tope Folarin 2019-04-02 · 43m
• LIVE! in Boston: "Mono No Aware" by Ken Liu 2019-02-12 · 62m
• LIVE! in New Jersey: "Driftglass" by Samuel R. Delany 2019-02-05 · 61m
• LIVE! in DC: "A Dark Night" by Edward P. Jones 2019-01-29 · 51m
• LIVE! in Dallas: "In the City of Martyrs" by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam 2019-01-22 · 51m
• LIVE! in Toronto: "Four Stations in His Circle" by Austin Clarke 2019-01-15 · 55m
• LIVE! in Atlanta: "The Vishakanya's Choice" by Roshani Chokshi 2019-01-08 · 51m
• LIVE! in Austin: "Asymmetry" by Kendra Fortmeyer 2018-12-18 · 47m
• LIVE! in Brooklyn: "Playing Nice with God's Bowling Ball" by N.K. Jemisin 2018-12-11 · 57m
• "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois 2018-10-09 · 32m
• "Yiwu" by Lavie Tidhar 2018-10-02 · 53m
• "Singing on a Star" by Ellen Klages 2018-09-25 · 49m
• "The Cell Phones" by Karen E. Bender 2018-09-18 · 31m
• "Jackalope Wives" by Ursula Vernon 2018-09-11 · 50m
• "Fyrewall" by Stefani Cox 2018-09-04 · 43m
• "Fantaisie Impromptu No. 4 in C#min, Op. 66” by Carlos Hernandez 2018-08-28 · 49m
• "Multo" by Samuel Marzioli 2018-08-21 · 39m
• "Fires" by Rick Bass 2018-08-14 · 42m
• "The Last Cheng Beng Gift" by Jaymee Goh 2018-08-07 · 35m
• "Sea Girls" by Daniel Wallace 2018-07-31 · 45m
• "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience TM" by Rebecca Roanhorse 2018-07-24 · 55m
• LIVE! in Portland: "The Fliers of Gy" by Ursula K. Le Guin 2018-06-19 · 61m
• LIVE! in Seattle: "Black Betty" by Nisi Shawl 2018-06-05 · 62m
• LIVE! in Los Angeles: "Money Tree" by Nalo Hopkinson 2018-05-22 · 46m
• LIVE! in San Francisco: "As Good as New" by Charlie Jane Anders 2018-05-08 · 64m
• LIVE! in Chicago: "The Winds of Harmattan" by Nnedi Okorafor 2018-04-24 · 61m
• "Childfinder" by Octavia Butler 2018-04-03 · 40m
• "A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets" by Kevin Brockmeier 2018-03-27 · 34m
• "The 5:22" by George Harrar 2018-03-20 · 37m
• "My Dear You" by Rachel Khong 2018-03-13 · 42m
• "The Great Wide World Over There" by Ray Bradbury 2018-03-06 · 49m
• "Different Kinds of Darkness" by David Langford 2018-02-27 · 43m
• "Furry Night" by Joan Aiken 2018-02-20 · 47m
• "The Baboon War" by Nnedi Okorafor 2018-02-06 · 44m
• "Mrs. Perez" by Oscar Casares 2018-02-06 · 45m
• "Unassigned Territory" by Stephanie Powell Watts 2018-01-30 · 43m
• "The Truth About Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar 2018-01-23 · 49m
• "Repairing the World" by John Chu 2018-01-16 · 48m
• Bonus Episode: "Goat" by James McBride 2017-10-24 · 68m
• "No Man's Guns" by Elmore Leonard 2017-09-05 · 46m
• "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu 2017-08-29 · 50m
• "Navigators" by Mike Meginnis 2017-08-22 · 43m
• "1000-Year-Old Ghosts" by Laura Chow Reeve 2017-08-15 · 32m
• Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Lesley Nneka Arimah 2017-08-08 · 27m
• "The Second Bakery Attack" by Haruki Murakami 2017-08-01 · 42m
• "Chivalry" by Neil Gaiman 2017-07-25 · 40m
• "Graham Greene" by Percival Everett 2017-07-18 · 50m
• "What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky" by Lesley Nneka Arimah 2017-07-11 · 45m
• "Empty Places" Part Two by Richard Parks 2017-07-04 · 33m
• "Empty Places" Part One by Richard Parks 2017-06-27 · 45m
• "The Lighthouse Keeper" by Daisy Johnson 2017-06-20 · 31m
• "Kin" by Bruce McAllister 2017-06-13 · 33m