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 a great story. LeVar’s narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Nnedi Okorafor, Kurt Vonnegut, Ken Liu and more to life. So, if you’re ready, let’s take a deep breath...Our immersive audio is best with headpho...
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Episodes (194)
We're Back for Season 11!
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Immersive Remix: "Multo" by Samuel Marzioli
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Immersive Remix: "Fantaisie Impromptu No. 4 in C#min, Op. 66” by Carlos Hernande...
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Immersive Remix: "Your Rover is Here" by LP Kindred
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An Update! Plus Immersive Remix: "The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson
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Immersive Remix: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
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"Afterlife" by Stephen King
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"The Last Truth" by AnaMaria Curtis
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"Troll Bridge" by Terry Pratchett
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"John Dillinger and the Blind Magician" by Allison M. Dickson
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"Open House on Haunted Hill" by John Wiswell
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"The Final Performance of the Amazing Ralphie" by Pat Cadigan
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Immersive Remix: "The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex" by Tobias S. Buckell
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"The Placement Agency" by Tobias Buckell
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"To Jump is to Fall" by Stephen Graham Jones
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"Drones to Ploughshares" by Sarah Gailey
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"The Usual Santas" by Mick Herron
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"Different People" by Timothy Mudie
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"The Wishing Pool" by Tananarive Due
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Season 10 Announcement and a Q&A!
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Revisited (Halloween Edition!): "Singing on a Star" by Ellen Klages
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Revisited: "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience TM" by Rebecca Roanhorse
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Revisited: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
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"On the Lonely Shore" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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"Tía Abuela's Face, Ten Ways" by Lisa M. Bradley
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"Shock of Birth" by Cadwell Turnbull
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"Words We Say Instead" by Brit E. B. Hvide
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"The Years of My Birth" by Louise Erdrich
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"You Perfect, Broken Thing" by C.L. Clark
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"The War of the Wall" by Toni Cade Bambara
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"The Angel of Khan El-Khalili" by P. Djèlí Clark
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"Milagroso" by Isabel Yap
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"Dark Spaces on the Map" by Anjali Sachdeva
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"Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot" by Robert Olen Butler
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"The Bank of Burkina Faso" by Ekaterina Sedia
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Season 9 is Almost Here!
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"St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid" by C.L. Polk
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"Vaccine Season" by Hannu Rajaniemi
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"Getaway" by Nicole Kornher-Stace
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"Salt" by Rosemary Melchior
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"An Equal Share of the Bone" by Karen Osborne
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"Killer of Kings" by Anjali Sachdeva
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"Flyboys" by Tobias Wolff
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"The Regression Test" by Wole Talabi
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"Alluvial Deposits" by Percival Everett
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"Daddy" by Damion Wilson
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"The Takeback Tango" by Rebecca Roanhorse
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"Silver Door Diner" by Bishop Garrison
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Season 8... Coming Soon!
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Nnedi Okorafor, Author of "Mother of Invention", Part 3
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