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 AMURICAN CONSUMER

March 04, 2023 • Thomas William Simpson • Season 1 • Episode 35

For years, decades, Big Al spent enormous amounts of time and money shopping and consuming, buying no end of crapola he didn't need and often didn't really even want. But consuming was an addiction. Al coveted a wide array of products and services large and small. It was a never-ending compulsion. A kind of enslavement. He would buy a new thousand dollar iPhone and just hours later be on his computer checking out the latest and greatest 85 inch Samsung flat screen.

Eventually Al became fed up with this vicious cycle. He broke his addiction. He vowed to become an anti-consumer, to buy only those goods and services that were 100% essential.

And for a couple years Al succeeded. He was happy. Calm. Content. He steered clear of TV and on-line ads and lived in a nice peaceful bubble.

Until one day, while watching Yellowstone, he spotted Kevin Costner wearing the absolutely coolest cowboy hat. A Stetson. And Al knew, with all his heart and soul, that he needed one of those dang hats. Had to have one. Pronto.

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