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Mixtape Stories is an audio drama of single episode short stories and mini-series where science fiction, humor, and hope meet. Come join us to experience retail time travel, alternate realities, and epic prose presented by a cast of human actors. At Mixtape Stories, we create beautiful fiction in a disappointing timeline.
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- A Grievance Of The First Order · 31 min · Episodio 47Story by Rod A White: Naomi Chen expected another day of mediating petty complaints aboard Europa Station, until a diplomatic grievance revealed that a human laugh had been…
- Leaking Progress · 29 min · Episodio 46Story by John Leahy: Being single in the city is difficult, especially when you and the rest of humanity is slowly transforming into petroleum-based life. Lance, an awkward New…
- Halt And Catch Fire: A retrospective because computers aren't the thing... · 50 min · Episodio 45In 2014 AMC released “Halt And Catch Fire,” (HCF) a brilliant four-season series that followed four characters and their quest to lead the future of the emerging Information Age…
- 2010: An Inaccurate Retelling Of The Year We Should Have Made Contact · 33 min · Episodio 44You probably didn’t know this, but Stanley Kubrick’s seminal 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” was followed up in 1984 with “2010: The Year We Make Contact.” While most people…
- DreamweavR · 45 min · Episodio 43Steve’s been thinking that his dreams have been a little weird lately: one had a film score, another had credits at the end. Sadly, he didn’t dream it up. It’s a new app in his…
- Three Petitions to the Queen of Hell · 42 min · Episodio 42Story by Tim Melody Pratt As the reigning Queen of Hell, Marla prefers her privacy. Unfortunately, her wife Zufi insists that they’ve got to keep the gates of hell open to…
- Elevator Music · 35 min · Episodio 41Ellie Hartsmith just graduated from college and is rearing to pay off those student loans. Unfortunately, with AI taking over all the entry level work, jobs are hard to come by…
- Celestial Committee Meeting · 22 min · Episodio 40The cosmos is truly wondrous, but the truth is it was also designed by committee. Everyone had a say in its creation and that has led to an emerging problem. God has requested a…
- Dies The Fire Retrospective · 25 min · Episodio 39The dream of the 1190s is alive in Oregon as we’ll be discussing “Dies The Fire,” the first novel in SM Stirling’s “Emberverse” series. Set in the Willamette Valley in 1998 the…
- Parable Of The Sower Retrospective · 27 min · Episodio 38We’re going to explore Octavia Butler’s 1993 release of the dystopian classic “Parable Of The Sower” set in America of the 2020s. Spoiler alert: It’s even uglier than our…
- The Human Corps Ep. 2 of 2 · 46 min · Episodio 37Specialist Sandip "Sandy" Dhaliwal and Dr. Larbra barely escaped from the armed insurrectionists, which begs the question, "Why is Dr. Larbra running from her own people?" Find…
- The Human Corps Ep. 1 of 2 · 49 min · Episodio 36When he signed up to join the Gray Defense Force’s Human Corps of Volunteers, Sandip “Sandy” Dhaliwal thought he’d be fighting to liberate a fellow primate race from the…
- 28 Sessions Later · 19 min · Episodio 35Inspired by Alex Garland’s "28 Days, Weeks, and Years Later" series the following is a recording of Dr. Smith’s 28th session with a patient who remains one of the only confirmed…
- Smuggler's Blues · 44 min · Episodio 34In 1986, with the global economy in ruins, the Americans and the Soviets were ready to launch a full-scale nuclear exchange when the United Gray Consortium stepped in, made first…
- Axis Of Time: A Retrospective · 40 min · Episodio 33Back in 2004, John Birmingham published “Weapons Of Choice,” the first novel in the “Axis Of Time” trilogy where a multinational fleet from 2021 was accidentally thrown back into…
- Back To The Future: A 40 Years Later Retrospective And What If It Were Made Today? · 46 min · Episodio 32It’s been 40 years since “Back To The Future” was released and we’re still talking about it. We’ll do a rundown of the story, why it worked, and what if it were made today and a…
- An Independence Day 2025 Reminder: We are a nation of immigrants and rebels · 3 minWhile doing research on a trilogy I read back in the mid 2000s about a multinational fleet from 2021 that got thrown back to 1942, I did some research and came across a quote…
- Ride The Wilderness Ep. 3 of 3 · 44 min · Episodio 31In the finale, Lewis contends with this reality where the Regent has the force of the government behind him and has turned the Reverend into a target. But all is not lost because…
- Ride The Wilderness Ep. 2 of 3 · 55 min · Episodio 30Lewis learns that he's not the only one from his world who emerged into this reality. If you like our work, you can donate at Mixtapestories.net or at Patreon/MixtapeStories…
- Ride The Wilderness Ep. 1 of 3 · 46 min · Episodio 29Lewis Henry awoke into a world humming with electricity, rush hour traffic, social media…a reality where the Shift never happened. He is a survivor of a cataclysm averted, a…
