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    Latest episodes from WORDTheatre® Short Story Podcast

    La Bamba's Lou Diamond Phillips Performs "Salud La Luz" by Dashiel Carrera

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 28:44


    Jason Isaacs & More Perform Bite-Sized Love Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 27:00


    Christopher Gorham performs "A Happy Dream" by Steve Almond. Gethin Anthony performs "Crazy Glue" by Etgar Keret. Jason Isaacs and Gina Bellman perform "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood. ★ Support this podcast ★

    The Haunting of Hill House's Carla Gugino Performs "Old Crimes" by Jill McCorkle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 36:11


    The Righteous Gemstones' Cassidy Freeman Performs "Just This" by Pamela Painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 50:37


    Salem's Lot's Alfre Woodard Performs "Brownies" by ZZ Packer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 54:48


    Dune: Prophecy's Olivia Williams performs "Your Ad Could Go Here" by Oksana Zabuzhko

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 25:01


    Nicholas Nickleby's Juliet Stevenson performs "Unbeschert" by Edith Pearlman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 40:31


    Rushmore's Olivia Williams performs "Call It ‘The Bug' Because I Have No Time to Think of a Better Title” by Toby Litt

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 17:40


    Silo's Harriet Walter performs "Comma" by Hilary Mantel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 30:42


    Truly, Madly, Deeply's Juliet Stevenson Performs "The Family Whistle" by Gerard Woodward

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 43:17


    Leave the World Behind's Vanessa Aspillaga performs "Lucha" by Patricia Engel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 37:52


    The Witcher's MyAnna Buring Performs "Interstellar Space" by Scott O'Connor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 46:01


    9-1-1's Remy Ortiz performs "Sábado Gigante" by Estella Gonzalez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 29:09


    Dead to Me's Diana Maria Riva performs "Oiga" by Luis Rodriguez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 28:11


    Guardians of the Galaxy's Gregg Henry Performs "Aftermath Lounge" by Margaret McMullan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 42:36


    A Room With A View's Julian Sands Performs "On A Winter's Night" by Kate DiCamillo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 24:57


    The Snowman's Dinita Gohil performs "Let Us Look Elsewhere" by Mona Dash, Silo's Tiffany Gray performs "What Business Has a Horse to Look Down on Me?"" & Kidadulthood's Ray Panthaki performs "Canute" by Nikesh Shukla

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 37:42


    Deadpool & Wolverine's Leemore Marrett Jr. & Medusa Deluxe's Kayla Meikle perform "When We Went Gallivanting" by Leone Ross

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 30:23


    Our Ladies' Tallulah Greive performs "Doctors" by Anneliese Mackintosh

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 23:20


    Downtown Abbey's Lesley Nicol performs "It Had Wings" by Allan Gurganus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 15:58


    Chernobyl's Con O'Neill Performs "An Invocation" by Ben Tufnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 25:11


    Veterans' Day Special: Independence Day's Bill Pullman performs "Veterans' Night" by Richard Bausch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 27:17


    "The Reverse Bug" by Lore Segal with an Introduction from James Cromwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 41:01


    Pre-Election Cautionary Tale this Halloween! Bad Monkey's Ronald Peet Reads "OBF, Inc." by Bernice McFadden

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 23:42


    L.A. Confidential's James Cromwell performs "Ladies' Zoom" by Lore Segal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 9:05


    Succession's Harriet Walter performs "Her First American" by Lore Segal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 45:05


    Bridgerton's Ben Miller performs "East Coast West Coast" by Will Cohu

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 33:07


    Veep's Gary Cole performs "Walls" by Tod Goldberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 19:27


    The Crown's Alastair Mackenzie performs "Savage" by Kamila Shamsie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 23:55


    NCIS's Graham Hamilton performs "Sure I Will" by Dan Chaon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 24:57


    The Wood's Malinda Williams performs "Black Power" by Bernice McFadden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 33:39


    Billion's Maggie Siff performs "Running" by Joyce Carol Oates

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 24:57


    Staff Picks: Mayans M.C. Richard Cabral performs "Good Things Happen at Tina's Café" by Daniel Olivas + Daniel Olivas performing his poem "Papa's Car"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 50:44


    Staff Picks: Brooklyn Bridge's Amy Aquino performs "Tiny, Meaningless Things" by Marissa Silver

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 70:19


    Staff Picks: American Vandal's Griffin Gluck performs "Uncle Willem" by Brad Watson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 26:39


    Staff Picks: Smallville's Cassidy Freeman performs "Each Day is the Same Backward and Forward", Jason Issacs performs "The Meeting, and Roma Maffia performs "Appleless" by Aimee Bender

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 42:55


    Staff Picks: Dune's Tim Blake Nelson reads "The Depletion Prompts" by David Means

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 39:21


    Staff Picks: Jennifer's Body's Johnny Simmons performs "Proxy Marriage" by Maile Meloy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 56:38


    Tulsa King's Vincent Piazza performs "Uncle Norm Reads Spinoza as His Cookie Business Collapses Due to the Rise in Sugar Prices in the Dominican Republic" by Peter Orner and "The Mighty Shannon" by David Means

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 51:29


    Scandal's Bellamy Young performs "The Hawk", "Mr. Kim", and "Finger of Speech" by Brian Doyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 23:49


    Christina Pickles & Christopher Gorham perform “The Apartment” by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 58:23


    Father's Day: Jackie Brown's Robert Forster performs "Sweet Day" by Hal Ackerman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 21:34


    TC BOYLE MONTH: Home Alone's John Heard performs "Greasy Lake" by T.C. Boyle and T.C. Boyle performs his story "Modern Love"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 50:13


    TC BOYLE MONTH: Jackie Brown's Robert Forster performs "Slate Mountain" by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 47:56


    TC BOYLE REBROADCAST MONTH: Big's Elizabeth Perkins performs "Hands On" by T.C. Boyle / Dear John's Jere Burns performs "La Conchita" by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 62:04


    TC BOYLE REBROADCAST MONTH: The Queen's Gambit's John Schwab and Coupling's Sarah Alexander perform "Three Quarters of the Way to Hell" by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 43:53


    TC BOYLE REBROADCAST MONTH: The Sinner's Bill Pullman performs "Hopes Rise" by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 47:20


    TC BOYLE REBROADCAST MONTH: The Diplomat's Miguel Sandoval performs "Sin Dolor" by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 51:13


    TC BOYLE REBROADCAST MONTH: Jurassic Park's Jeff Goldblum performs "My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain" by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 56:24


    TC BOYLE REBROADCAST MONTH: Jurassic Park's Jeff Goldblum performs "My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain" by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 57:28


    In The Cosmos Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 58:23


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