Mixtape Stories
Mixtape Stories is an audio drama of short stories and novellas where science fiction, humor, music, and Gen X nostalgia meet. Come join us to experience retail time travel, alternate realities, and epic prose cast with the music and angst that made the middle-child generation so…whatever.
Episodes
30 episodes
Ride The Wilderness Ep. 2 of 3
Lewis learns that he's not the only one from his world who emerged into this reality.
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Episode 30
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55:20
Ride The Wilderness Ep. 1 of 3
Lewis Henry awoke into a world humming with electricity, rush hour traffic, social media…a reality where the Shift never happened. He is a survivor of a cataclysm averted, a veteran of a war that never was. And it is here that Lewis finds hi...
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Episode 29
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45:49
Here We Are Now Ep. 6 of 6
In the final episode of the miniseries after learning about his friends’ deaths Chris stands on the precipice of Y2K and must face a future that is now unwritten.
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Episode 28
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28:24
Here We Are Now Ep. 5 of 6
Old Chris meets young Chris to deliver a dire warning as 1999 roles into the end of history.
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35:53
Here We Are Now Ep. 4 of 6
In the fourth episode of the six-part miniseries, Chris surrounds himself with a community of bike messengers, revolutionaries, sober alcoholics, and techies as Austin becomes increasingly crowded in the dotcom boom. Meanwhile old Chris retu...
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Episode 26
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40:06
Here We Are Now Ep. 3 of 6
In the third episode of the six part miniseries, Chris comes to find what Project McFlyveon is about and old Chris has a mission.
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Episode 25
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29:25
Here We Are Now Ep. 2 of 6
In the second episode of the six part miniseries, serendipity leads Chris to become a bike messenger for The Stubb Foundation led by Dr. Catherine Kohl. She can’t say what it is they do (it’s a common problem with dotcoms back in the day), b...
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Episode 24
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38:04
Here We Are Now Ep. 1 of 6
It’s the ‘90s. The Cold War is a distant memory, and modems are chirping in this new World Wide Web. According to some, it’s the end of history. But for Chris Lamb, the world seems to have it in for him. When he gets chased out of his hometo...
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Episode 23
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42:52
I Am The Song
Music is humanity’s soul. Perhaps it has its own life. In this Mixtape short, a song becomes conscious and follows a man.
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Episode 22
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8:34
A Day In The Life
In the retail time travel economy, Bo Nguyen makes a living as a delivery driver for Anachronis Eats, picking up orders from restaurants that closed long ago and delivering it to your doorstep in the present. But he’s also got a side hustle–...
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Episode 21
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45:13
I Got Time Travel In My Pocket Ep. 4 of 4
Strange things are afoot at the Stubb Foundation. In the concluding episode, Chris’ mom Lulu whisks him and Donna away from the clutches of Orcon, delivering them to the bizarre startup where contemporaneous Chris works. It is here where the...
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Episode 20
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44:48
I Got Time Travel In My Pocket Ep. 3 of 4
Donna and Chris confront Roy who reveals there’s more going on than either of them realized. It isn’t just Conway Energy they’re fighting, they’re going up against Orcon, the largest cross-temporal corporate conglomerate in known existence.&...
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Episode 19
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33:23
I Got Time Travel In My Pocket Ep. 2 of 4
While working with Donna in 1994 to install a virus to take Conway Energy down, Chris attempts to shimmer back home to 2018 to see if their plan succeeded. Unfortunately, Chris experiences shimmer problems.
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Episode 18
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43:43
I Got Time Travel In My Pocket Ep. 1 of 4
In the sequel to “Smells Like Time Travel,” Chris returns to his old safe house which he hadn’t visited since returning to the 21st century and finds a message left by a mysterious woman in 1996 who calls on him to join her to save the world...
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Episode 17
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43:15
We'll Meet Again
Rosa De La Cruz wasn't looking for love. She was just doing her job, bribing a warlord in a post apocalyptic timeline to rescue some teenagers who portalled without thinking. But when she meets Vera, Rosa finds that sometimes love searches for ...
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Episode 16
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48:10
Smells Like Time Travel Ep. 6 of 6
Chris Lamb returns to 2016 to inherit the wealth he accumulated as Christian Vaughn. Although an unparalleled success, Chris has come back to the 21st century changed. What seemed important when he shimmered out seems trivial now. With the w...
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39:36
Smells Like Time Travel Ep. 5 of 6
Chris is driven by a new mission: save his mom from herself. Meanwhile Jasmine sees an opportunity to bring Silicon Valley to Oakland as V&B Capital expands its reach.
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Episode 14
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39:02
Smells Like Time Travel Ep. 4 of 6
Jasmine’s nimble thinking propels V&B’s success to become the premier VC in Silicon Valley and over the next few years Chris and Jasmine become close. Chris tends to shimmer in front of his mom’s house, reminding him that his happy child...
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Episode 13
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28:48
Smells Like Time Travel Ep. 3 of 6
Chris and Jasmine make their pitch to the founders of Apple Computers and come to realize they’re going to need a lot more capital than Chris originally assumed if they’re going to be players in Silicon Valley. Jasmine comes up with an idea....
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Episode 12
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37:53
Smells Like Time Travel Ep. 2 of 6
Chris has shimmered to 1976 and is “Biffing” his way throughout the country to acquire the seed money he’ll need to invest into Apple Computers. But wandering alone in an alien world without Google or Starbucks, Chris is going to need help. ...
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Episode 11
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40:07
Smells Like Time Travel Ep. 1 of 6
Let’s be honest, the present is overrated: rage-fueled social media, the death of our favorite artists, Crocs...So, when Chris discovers a time travel music app powered by nostalgia, he ditches our current dystopia and shimmers to the 1970s&...
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Episode 10
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42:57
My So-Called Transfer
After getting herself in some major trouble, Caitlin’s dad has had enough and sends her off to finish high school in the 1990s. For Gen Alpha no punishment could be greater. But grounded in the turn of the millennium, Caitlin comes to learn ...
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Episode 9
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44:55
This Is Not Really Happening Ep. 3 of 3
In the concluding episode, Rhiannon and the Passage make their way to the house in New Orleans in the hopes of resurrecting the door. While the others are eager to leave the simulation, Rhiannon contends with the prospect of losing two people m...
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30:10
This Is Not Really Happening ep. 2 of 3
In the second episode of the three part miniseries, Rhiannon is reunited with her daughter along with her long lost friend and finds that her dreams are tied to the events unfolding. What’s more, Rhiannon may be key to the simeality....
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:41
This Is Not Really Happening ep. 1 of 3
As a Religious Studies professor, Rhiannon endeavors to make sense of the seismic revelation five years ago that struck the world to its core. When the scientists involved with the discovery are murdered and her daughter’s commune is attacke...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:13