The Last We Fake
An LA novel-in-stories each season, along with selected short fiction from exceptional authors, both new and established, whose works take place at the shifting borders of the American Dream. Each season, the podcast debuts an original novel in serialized episodes. Separately, the episodes stand alone, but together they comprise a novel-length journey, with a cast of recurring characters.
Podcasting since 2022 • 58 episodes
The Last We Fake
Latest Episodes
S3 E17 - The Celebrity by Catherine Hein: Episode 15, "Wanda, You Could Never Look Like a Saint"
Record player in tow, bent on igniting a party for the suicidal Sparx at Good Sam's (Marilyn Monroe stayed here--it must be good), Wanda recalls the childhood picnic where her family's powerlessness to save a crash victim stole her app...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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58:58
S3 E16 - The Celebrity by Catherine Hein: Episode 14, "Excitement Isn't Love"
So maybe Wallichs’ "Battle of the Surf Bands" wasn’t the best time and place for Wanda to demand a display model record player for her hospitalized pal and makeup man, Sparks, her beloved mutual crybaby over “Where the Boys Are.” But she could ...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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49:10
S3 E15 - Noelle Calabretta Reads and Discusses "Sleepless Sheep"
In author Noelle Calabretta’s dream-infused and bittersweet new short story, "Sleepless Sheep," an insomniac rice farmer and failed poet who left his long-ago love beneath Mt. Fiji makes a return journey to the woods where she’s remained. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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41:26
S3 E14 - The Celebrity by Catherine Hein: Episode 13, A Perfect Statuette
From begging Jock Penny’s autograph at Coffee Dan’s, to blundering into a surf music contest at Wallich's, to brushing past a wisp of her former self outside a flower shop, Wanda is waylaid by memories of better times—the onion rings at Frankie...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:00:31
S3 E13 - The Celebrity by Catherine Hein: Episode 12, Don't Spit On the Stars
Using acting-school chops to conquer her deeply ingrained instinct to run away, Wanda finally phones for the directions to St. Jude's Hospital. But the flickering world at Sunset and Vine floods her with memories--from golden visits to the Holl...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:07:22
