Wham Bam Stories by Simpson

Want to hear some entertaining stories but don't have a lot of time. The stories in this podcast are short and tough or short and sweet. Few exceed ten minutes, the outer limit of the average American's attention span. Simpson has been writing fiction for a long time and has perfected the short short story. Subject matter varies considerably. Sidewinder features a hip young couple who have left Silicon Valley for New Mexico where they've opened an adult toys shop, but suddenly their one-year-old is about to crawl onto the tracks of the Union Pacific. In After the Wedding, a pair of young lovers find themselves confronting an OxyContin overdose in the middle of the night in an abandoned motel. In Music by the Sea, a middle age woman who has recently lost her husband finally overcomes the stage fright that had for decades silenced her brilliant cello playing. Wham Bam Stories by Simpson are packed with humor, pathos, vulnerability, humanity, and originality. Read by the author without editing, polishing, or any high tech gadgetry. Just the raw material for the listener's listening pleasure. Sit back, turn up the volume, as Simpson can be a whisperer, and enjoy.

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THE WALKING PHILOSOPHER'S CLUB

January 10, 2023 • Thomas William Simpson • Season 1 • Episode 31

Every evening Sock and various companions meet at the park to go for a walk and discourse on a variety of lofty topics. Art. Religion. The Meaning of Life. On this particular evening, cold and blustery, it appears it will only be Sock and his faithful hound Sally. But just as they set off, a young woman appears and together the trio ambles up Lyceum Hill. Soon talk turns to Camus' Four Conditions for Happiness. These conditions—live as much as possible in the open air, abandon ambition, love lustfully, and live creatively—are discussed with great enthusiasm. But suddenly this newest member of The Walking Philosopher's Club bids her farewell and vanishes into thin air. Was she ever really on the walk? Or had Sock conjured her up in his imagination? Does it matter? Does such a phenomenon as reality even exist? Join the walk and see what you think.

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