When Tigers Use to Smoke

We are back! - Ok, just briefly.   I've been super busy with life right now, so here's just a short little episode for the time being. I haven't given up on this podcast just yet! I have been writing some comedic pandemic poetry in the hopes of doing some stand-up for it. I read a few of them on here. Genre: comedy, poems

Music By: Kaido Strange.  Written and Spoken by: Kaido Strange.    SYNOPSIS: So the backstory to this is that I haven't been writing as much (or, at least, for this podcast) -- so to change that, I've been getting a few prompts on the weekend, sitting down and writing. This weekend's prompt was from sci-fi, although I would class this in horror/thriller. I tried to write in my typical comedic style but then opted to do something different (I feel like I might get stuck in a rut writing similar stories). I digressed and wrote this instead. Oh, the prompt? "The meta material suit is so thin you can't feel it against your suit, but it renders you invisible." I actually took that and ran with it, but I ran all the way outside the stadium with it. So it's not so much about the suit and what it can do, as who has the suit and what they can do with it.   Genre: Horror/Thriller

Music by Kid Strange. Story and Narrator: Kid Strange   Synopsis: Olly, from Olly Ted Talks (available to listen to on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your podcasts) had a recent episode where he told his coming out story. I decided to keep the momentum going by telling mine. I challenged a handful of my friends at the very end to do the same.

Not Scripted. Spoken by Kaido Strange, "LB Haze", DJ Tinfoil Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: A podcast of me and my friends playing the board game Pandemic in a pandemic. With some banter at the end.

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: Some personal thoughts on my usage of social media and how to leave things in the past and not worry so much about the future.

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: And I'm back! (Ok, I had to go off and have a big think).Anyhoo--I was just in the neighbourhood and I am bringing you guys this little piece of writing about the store (gas store?) Eddie World in Calico, California. Oh, and yes, my voice has dropped (I'm trans so ya know, that's part of the process.)Enjoy!

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: We are back with more humour. Two short stories, the first is entitled 1997 (the year of horniness) - and it's about being a male sex worker. The other story is entitled 2020 (a bad year for my vibrators) and is similarly themed to sex/horniness/vibrators.

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: Another of the "Some Thoughts" mini series. This time I reflect on the classic American threat of 'moving to Canada/EU' and how that is not helpful AT ALL!

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: Something a little bit more serious from me. "Some Thoughts" is a bit more of my reflective writing. This one takes a look at 9/11 and Covid-19. Where America is today.

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: New season! First episode: A story about how I had a covid-19 scare over the summer.

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: The last episode of the season!This one is dedicated to Todd who insisted I go down this rabbit hole and so I ended up writing a long-ass story about being Laura Dern's cat (with plenty of inspirations from my own cats). That's it for now. I hope to be back in autumn with an all new season and all new dumb ass stories to share. Genre: Comedy

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: The penultimate episode! This is about an Estonian woman and a robot but which one is which? Genre: Comedy

Written by Kaido Strange Spoken by Kaido Strange Music by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: One that's a little bit more on the serious side -- my thoughts on the car and how we (we as a collective) deal with trauma in our lives. Genre: -

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: It's 11:11. Make a wish. Genre: -

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: This was originally written for stand up and so I did my best to reformat to a podcast.It's about Jurassic Park...just some thoughts. Genre: Comedy

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeTheme Music by Kaido StrangeBackground Music: Michael Onyeabor - When The Going Is Smooth & GoodPhone ring: Apple.SYNOPSIS: Everything starts with great internet. Conversations with friends during these hard times.It's coronavirus days -- so everything has been thrown out the window! Genre: Comedy

 Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: Three short stories (under 200 words) written during the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine.The first story: DIY Under Quarantine: A story about my successful renovation.The second story: Breeding Boxes: My house is occupied with boxes. Send help.The third and final: The V I R U S: I am not a vampire. Genre: Comedy

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: I think it's a little strange that when you're trans, everyone wants to know about your genitals but when you're cisgendered, no one ever asks.This was very therapeutic writing for me.Genre: Comedy

Written by Steven GoldSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: This is a piece of writing I found on the subway, on my way home from university. Anyways, I am absolutely still in love with it and wanted to share it.Genre: Comedy

 Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: I know that we are all going stir-crazy right now due to quarantines so I wrote a few stories about dealing with that. Here is one such story about how Andy Serkis hates my guts (probably).Genre: Comedy

Written by Jenny Carlson & Breanna RollingsSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: My friend found this piece from the internet (the-toast.net) and we were instantly in love with it. Jenny Carlson and Breanna Rollings wrote this amazing piece about how if Tilda were your girlfriend and I love everything about it. I get good vibes from this piece. Follow Jenny Carlson on Twitter, her handle is @jcanthro - I wish to extend a big thank you to Jenny and Breanna for allowing me to read this on my podcast.Genre: Comedy

Just a quick update on what's happening at the moment (especially due to the Coronavirus).

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: A little thank you to all the teachers that taught me at my high school.Genre: Comedy/Memoir

 Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: Had to write something--so I wrote about borscht wars. (Not actually a real thing).Genre: Stupid.

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: And we are back!!This is the feel good podcast. It's full of nice things ABOUT YOU!!Genre: Your biography.

 Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: Due to me dealing with a cold at the moment, I dug out an old story I wrote in class, in high school. Yes, that old!I recalled that this story made everyone in the room laugh, as I read it now, it makes me laugh. I forgot that I was always funny.There was no editing on this story. This is how it was written.Genre: comedy

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: As I was falling asleep, my brain was hitting REM and then my thoughts went into dream-like state and for some reason it imagined a Victorian party game where people would come over and randomly take and misplace objects around the house. I woke up and found this to be the most hilarious thing my brain had come up with.So I wrote a story based on this dream. I'd like to think that such a game did exist during the Victorian era because they didn't have video games and how else were they gonna entertain themselves!? Genre: Comedy

 Written by Mab MillerSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: Breaking down why people think they hate Twilight, with some very great points to add/make. Such as: YA Book and the text of the book itself.Exploring the abusive relationship between Bella & EdwardAnd how society hates teen girls, or anything with women protagonists because, ew girls.You can view and read the article yourself at www.tiny-voice.com Genre: Essay/Opinion

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: An open letter directed to my late husband, Pete Shelley about 2019.This letter was written in November of 2019. Genre: memoir/autobiographical

Written by Kaido StrangeSpoken by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido Strange SYNOPSIS: Frank and Chads (the s is silent) are two adorable rabbits, only one is such a fuckboi and the other is such a softboi. Genre: comedy

Written by LB HayesSpoken by LB HayesMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: "It's a simple game, one we only played on our way to Gran's house, on the side of a mountain in Tennessee. On that long stretch of state highway, the kind you see everywhere, littered with abandoned cars, fluorescent stickers marking them as a loss every mile or two, we'd follow these rules:Seat belts buckled.Windows rolled up.A/C off, vents closed.Both hands on the wheel. (That was Mom's.)Eyes on the road. (When we were too little to see the road, we looked either inside the car or out the windshield, never out our windows.)And never, ever stop the car."Genre: horror 

Written by Kaido StrangeStory told by Kaido StrangeMusic by Kaido StrangeSYNOPSIS: A brief story about growing up poor (as a refugee) and then becoming an adult with money and trying to recapture your childhood with every popular fad at the time. A buyer's remorse.Genre: comedyExplicit.

Written by Kaido Strange.Story told by Kaido Strange.Music by Kaido Strange.SYNOPSIS: A brief (fictitious) story about night clubbing. Genre: comedy. Explicit.