New Listener

Are you new to Escape Pod? Wondering where to start? We’ve been around for over a decade so you have many stories to choose from, but here are some highlights to get you launched.

Note: you can always listen to any story — for free — here on the website.

EP001: Imperial – The one that started the journey.

EP105: Impossible Dreams – A favorite by one of our regulars, Tim Pratt.

EP194: Exhalation – One of Ted Chiang’s many excellent short stories.

EP214: Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentlemen, Beast – A mind-bending novelette.

EP244: Non-Zero Probabilities – A short story by the award-winning N.K. Jemisin.

EP257: Union Dues: The Sum of its Parts – The penultimate entry in our run of Union Dues stories.

EP382: They Go Bump – A listener favorite.

EP409: Flowers for Algernon – A beautiful reading of this classic.

EP497: A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide – By the award-winning Sarah Pinsker.

EP519: In Their Image – The thought-provoking opener to our second year of Artemis Rising.