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
38 episodes
The Human Corps Ep. 2 of 2
Specialist Sandip "Sandy" Dhaliwal and Dr. Larbra barely escaped from the armed insurrectionists, which begs the question, "Why is Dr. Larbra running from her own people?" Find out in the concluding episode of "The Human Corps."
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Episode 37
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45:50
The Human Corps Ep. 1 of 2
When he signed up to join the Gray Defense Force’s Human Corps of Volunteers, Sandip “Sandy” Dhaliwal thought he’d be fighting to liberate a fellow primate race from the nihilistic cephalopods. It turned out the Jancalli didn’t want to be “l...
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Episode 36
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49:11
28 Sessions Later
Inspired by Alex Garland’s "28 Days, Weeks, and Years Later" series the following is a recording of Dr. Smith’s 28th session with a patient who remains one of the only confirmed cases of a person infected with the “rage virus” who recovered....
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Episode 35
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18:55
Smuggler's Blues
In 1986, with the global economy in ruins, the Americans and the Soviets were ready to launch a full-scale nuclear exchange when the United Gray Consortium stepped in, made first contact, and brought the escalation to a halt. In the years si...
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Episode 34
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44:02
Axis Of Time: A Retrospective
Back in 2004, John Birmingham published “Weapons Of Choice,” the first novel in the “Axis Of Time” trilogy where a multinational fleet from 2021 was accidentally thrown back into 1942 carrying not only the technology and knowledge of future eve...
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Episode 33
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39:39
Back To The Future: A 40 Years Later Retrospective And What If It Were Made Today?
It’s been 40 years since “Back To The Future” was released and we’re still talking about it. We’ll do a rundown of the story, why it worked, and what if it were made today and a young Gen Z Marty from 2025 went back to 1985.
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Episode 32
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45:52
An Independence Day 2025 Reminder: We are a nation of immigrants and rebels
While doing research on a trilogy I read back in the mid 2000s about a multinational fleet from 2021 that got thrown back to 1942, I did some research and came across a quote from FDR about us being a nation of "immigrants and revolutionists." ...
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2:37
Ride The Wilderness Ep. 3 of 3
In the finale, Lewis contends with this reality where the Regent has the force of the government behind him and has turned the Reverend into a target. But all is not lost because nobody––nobody expects the militant Unitarians!...
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Episode 31
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44:08
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
