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Escape Pod 1062: Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed

#22 trending · Science Fiction

Author : Hans Ege Wenger Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1062: Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Gu

Sep 10
45 min

Escape Pod 1061: Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds

Author : Trae Hawkins Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1061: Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds is an Esca

Sep 3
32 min

Escape Pod 1060: Soft Currency (Flashback Friday)

Author : Seth Gordon Narrator : Melissa Bugaj Hosts : Valerie Valdes and Mur Lafferty Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Mat Weller Soft Currency first appeared as an Esca

Aug 27
39 min

Escape Pod 1059: A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels

Author : Kathleen Schaefer Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1059: A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels is an Escape Po

Aug 20
38 min

Escape Pod 1058: Riftwork (Part 2 of 2)

Author : C. W. Maurer Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Riftwork originally appeared in Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls Who Inven

Aug 13
39 min

Escape Pod 1057: Riftwork (Part 1 of 2)

Author : C. W. Maurer Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Riftwork originally appeared in Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls Who Inven

Aug 6
32 min

Escape Pod 1056: Woolly

Author : Carrie Vaughn Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Woolly” was first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction (May/Ju

Jul 30
44 min

Escape Pod 1055: Impossibility Crow (Flashback Friday)

Author : Remy Nakamura Narrator : Roberto Suarez Hosts : Valerie Valdes and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Impossibility Crow was originally published as Es

Jul 23
34 min

Escape Pod 1054: Takahata-fudo

Author : Meridel Newton Narrator : Alexandra Rose Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1054: Takahata-fudo is an Escape Pod original. This episo

Jul 16
45 min

Escape Pod 1053: The Game of Possibilities

Author : Ethan Ham Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1053: The Game of Possibilities is an Escape Pod original. Eth

Jul 9
23 min

Escape Pod 1052: When We Fall (Flashback Friday)

Author : Kameron Hurley Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “When We Fall” was originally published on Kameron Hurley’s Patreon, a

Jul 2
39 min

Escape Pod 1051: You Have Arrived at Your Destination

Author : Jo Miles Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1051: You Have Arrived at Your Destination is an Escape Pod original.

Jun 25
50 min

Escape Pod 1050: Freebooter

Author : Sylvie Althoff Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1050: Freebooter is an Escape Pod original. Moderate use of

Jun 18
45 min

Escape Pod 1049: Amrit

Author : Kiran Kaur Saini Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Amrit originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science

Jun 11
57 min

Escape Pod 1048: The Library of the Apocalypse

Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Joe Moran Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht The Library of the Apocalypse was first published in Clarkesworld, May 2025,

Jun 4
29 min

Escape Pod 1047: EDIE (Part 2 of 2)

Author : James Dick Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “EDIE” was first published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact (January

May 28
33 min

Escape Pod 1046: EDIE (Part 1 of 2)

Author : James Dick Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “EDIE” was previously published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact (Ja

May 21
35 min

Escape Pod 1045: The Graduates of Formost 891c

Author : Frank Baird Hughes Narrator : Jairus Durnett Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1045: The Graduates of Formost 891c is an Escape Pod o

May 14
42 min

Escape Pod 1044: Rhona’s Tavern and Spacetime Portal

Author : S. L. Myers Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 1044: Rhona’s Tavern and Spacetime Portal is an Escape Pod orig

May 7
36 min

Escape Pod 1043: The Smokejumpers

Author : Sierra Bibi Narrator : Laurice White Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1043: The Smokejumpers is an Escape Pod original. Includes wildf

Apr 30
59 min

Chart trend

Position in the Science Fiction chart (US), last 90 days.

#1#31#61JunJulAugSep

#29

all-time peak

302

days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Escape Pod ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 15, 2026).

#176 ▼ 21 Fiction US

#42 ▼ 2 Science Fiction US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Escape Pod is one of those go-to podcasts that provides a wide variety of quality stories from various authors. I also enjoy the short commentary at the end of a story’s impact and relevance to our world.

Mixtape Stories · Jan 2024

Episodes contain thoughtful stories, with unique characters and delightfully unusual scenarios, that are narrated by clear and engaging voice actors. The team involved in curating the stories, narrators, hosts, and quotes of the day really put together a beautiful experience. Thank you! Edit: I read some previous reviews that complain about the “LGBTQ agenda” or whatever…as an LGBTQ agenda enthusiast, I really deeply enjoy and appreciate the diverse characters on the stories selected for this podcast. Thank you, again!

PolloGis · Oct 2023

I listen to escape pod while I’m doing repetitive work in the lab, and I love it because it brings me joy and sadness and great new worlds while I am also doing my own science. Almost every story is a banger. I love that they make an active effort to include marginalized voices as authors, narrators, and editors, it’s music to my soul.

Sciencegoth · Jun 2023

The mothership of the Escape Artists podcast family. The variety in the back catalog is amazing, all consistently high quality SciFi. With the sister podcasts, Podcastle (fantasy) and PseudoPod (horror), there are hours and hours of auditory joy.

bevillej · Dec 2022

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