Bashir Harrell tells us a bit about how he's feeling living abroad in China as Christmas arrives, then John Bauer shares a special Christmas tradition he picked up in early 2010, and last up is Stephen Leacock's Christmas short story.

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Episode 129 - Home, Chicken, and Christmas

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Bashir Harrell "Another Christmas away from home"

-John Bauer "Christmas Chicken Sandwich"

-Stephen Leacock "Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas" (read by Dave Ranson)

Music

-Narration: (Koi)コイ。 - Her Voice

-Segment 1: harris cole - louie's lullaby

-Segment 2: Pablo Queu - Southbank

-Segment 3: Shima33 - ནོཏཀྣོཝིནྒཐེ སྟྲཡམིནྡ་སཔཐ, Shima33 - yaru.

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Stephen Leacock, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, (Koi)コイ。, harris cole, Pablo Queu, and Shima33:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

http://pondofkoifish.bandcamp.com/

http://soundcloud.com/pond-of-koi-fish

http://harriscole.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/iamharriscole

https://pabloqueu.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/pabloqueu

http://shima33.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/shima33

If you liked (Koi)コイ。 take a look at the other artists on Fanservice Collective:

https://soundcloud.com/fanservicecollective

http://fanservice.bandcamp.com/

If you liked Pablo Queu listen to the other artists on Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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John Bauer takes us back to the beginning of a journey, or at least the first week, then some beautiful soup with Lewis Carroll's poem read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz, and last up is Bashir Harrell shares some of his way of going about life.

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Episode 128 - Journey, Soup, and Fear

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-John Bauer "Day 7"

-Lewis Carroll "Beautiful Soup" (read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz)

-Bashir Harrell "Appreciating Life"

Music

-Narration: (Koi)コイ。 - Somewhere Away From Here

-Segment 1: Linn Mori - Vibrations

-Segment 2: Kazumi Kaneda - Jazz Arrange

-Segment 3: Pehoz - Impression

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Lewis Carroll, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, (Koi)コイ。, Linn Mori, Kazumi Kaneda, and Pehoz:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

http://pondofkoifish.bandcamp.com/

http://soundcloud.com/pond-of-koi-fish

https://soundcloud.com/linn-mori

http://linn-mori.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/kazumi-kaneda

https://kazumikaneda.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/pehozproducer

https://pehoz.bandcamp.com/

If you liked (Koi)コイ。 take a look at the other artists on the label, Fanservice Collective:

https://soundcloud.com/fanservicecollective

http://fanservice.bandcamp.com/

If you liked Linn Mori, Kazumi Kaneda, and Pehoz be sure to listen to the other artists on the label, Orikami Records:

http://www.orikamirecords.com/

https://soundcloud.com/orikami

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Aaron Gratton joins us to reminisce about the 90s and its stranger media, then John Bauer takes us on a journey to a desert far away, and last up is a fiery piece from Lord Byron.

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Episode 127 - The 90s, Desert, and Prometheus

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Aaron Gratton "The 90s"

-John Bauer "Day 57"

-Lord Byron "Prometheus" (read by Sean Mattie)

Music

-Narration: CHUNGKING MANSIONS - Ascension

-Segment 1: APO ザ·犬 。 - Afternoon Nap

-Segment 2: Soryo The Madmonk - Cool Cats in The Blue Night

-Segment 3: Lafayette Ellis - Maiden's Blush

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Lord Byron, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, CHUNGKING MANSIONS, APO ザ·犬 。, Soryo The Madmonk, and Lafayette Ellis:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://chungkingmansions.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/chungkingmansionshk

https://orikamirecords.bandcamp.com/album/orikami-friends-compilation

https://soundcloud.com/apothedog

https://soundcloud.com/soryo-the-madmonk

https://soundcloud.com/lafayetteellis

https://lafayetteellis.bandcamp.com/

If you liked APO ザ·犬 。, Soryo The Madmonk, and Lafayette Ellis be sure to listen to the other artists on the label, Orikami Records:

http://www.orikamirecords.com/

https://soundcloud.com/orikami

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Nizar Babul joins us again, this time with some words on the role of language in our popular media, then John Bauer takes us for a ride up to the shores of fate as he rides some waves of reality, and last up is a poem by Lawrence Greenleaf read by Georgi Stoychev.

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Episode 126 - Language, Destiny, and The Seventh Son

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Nizar Babul "Language Makes a Difference"

-John Bauer "Sometimes"

-Lawrence N. Greenleaf "The Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"

Music

-Narration: (Koi)コイ。 - The Distance Between

-Segment 1: Ｂａｓｅｄ Ｆｒｅｑｕｅｎｃｙ - Taking Control

-Segment 2: ocha - melon

-Segment 3: Sangam - Chance We Had

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked the Lawrence Greenleaf poem, check out some of the other readings on LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/librivox-7th-anniversary-collection-by-various/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, (Koi)コイ。, Based Frequency, Ocha, and Sangam:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

http://pondofkoifish.bandcamp.com/

http://soundcloud.com/pond-of-koi-fish

https://soundcloud.com/b54e

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/based-frequency/id971491927

http://soundcloud.com/ochakun

https://soundcloud.com/sangam

https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/you-forget-this

If you liked Sangam be sure to check out the other artists on the label, Dream Catalogue:

https://dreamcatalogue.net/

https://soundcloud.com/dreamcatalogue

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Nizar Babul joins us with some thoughts on the new technology that is virtual reality, then Bashir Harrell tells us where he spends his time online, and last up is John Bauer with a nauseating story of emotions and spirals.

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Episode 125 - Virtual Reality, Internet, and Nausea

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Nizar Babul "Reaction Videos"

-Bashir Harrell "What am I doing on the internet?"

-John Bauer "Nausea"

Music

-Narration: AJMW - Virtues

-Segment 1: Kreambeat - Moves

-Segment 2: FloFilz - Orakel

-Segment 3: Handbook - Swansong

Art

-John Bauer

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If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, AJMW, Kreambeat, Flofilz, and Handbook:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://soundcloud.com/ajmwsounds

https://ajmwsounds.bandcamp.com/music

https://soundcloud.com/Kreambeat

https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/track/moves

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom/flofilz-orakel

https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-fall-2016

https://soundcloud.com/handbook

https://handbook.bandcamp.com/

If you liked AJMW, Kreambeat, Flofilz, and Handbook listen to the other artists on Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Comatose had a chance to talk with writer and blogger, Bianca Bass, and ask her about her thoughts behind creating stories and having a successful career.

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Special Edition: Bianca Bass - Creatively Professional

Editor/mixer

-John Bauer

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Interview

-Bianca Bass

Music

-Narration: nepo - traffic

-Interview:

Sounds Like An Earful - Don't Mess With A Good Thing

Sounds Like An Earful - Take A Load Off (Prologue)

Sounds Like An Earful - This-A-Way That-A-Way

Sounds Like An Earful - Lapse

Sounds Like An Earful - The Good With The Bad

Sounds Like An Earful - Broken Piano (Interlude)

Art

-John Bauer

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If you liked Bianca, be sure to check out her website BiancaBass.com:

http://www.biancabass.com/

If you liked the music be sure to check out nepo and Sounds Like An Earful:

https://hwps.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/hwps

http://www.studio.soundslikeanearful.com/community/tracks/

http://soundslikeanearful.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Site: http://comapod.com

iTunes: http://comapod.com/itunes

The Coffeelicious: https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious

Rene Sanchez unfriended someone on Facebook over their Trump support and explains why, then Mark Twain's letter to a good friend of his over a century ago, last up is Samantha Bell talking about her confusing identity and heritage.

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Episode 124 - Trump, Mark Twain, and Miami

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Rene Sanchez "I Unfriended You"

-Mark Twain "Letter to Rev. Joseph H. Twitchell" (Read by John Greenman)

-Samantha Bell "Half of Who I Am"

Music

-Narration: devaloop - tito

-Segment 1: Jack CC - Tombs

-Segment 2: mici - Kaiwa

-Segment 3: mici - C

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Mark Twain's segment, check out his other stories on LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/anti-imperialist-writings-by-mark-twain/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, devaloop, Jack CC, and mici:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://soundcloud.com/devaloop

https://devaloop.bandcamp.com/releases

https://jackcc.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/jackcc

https://soundcloud.com/mici

http://mitsurushimizu.flavors.me

If you liked devaloop and Jack CC listen to the other artists on the label, DirtyBeauty:

https://drtybeauty.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/drtybeauty

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Dap of REELYDOPE Media has some words on the permanence of our information online, then the late Alan Davis Drake reads a poem about Lincoln by Vachel Lindsay, and last up is Job Ranger (Louis Reich) with some thoughts on the election.

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Episode 123 - Internet, Lincoln, and Election

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Dap "The Internet Never Forgets"

-Vachel Lindsay "Abraham Lincoln walks at Midnight" (read by Alan Davis Drake)

-Job Ranger (Louis Reich) "My President"

Music

-Narration: Kazumi Kaneda - Sardis

-Segment 1: Linn Mori - Remedy (Requiem for Victims)

-Segment 2: Based Frequency - Fade away

-Segment 3: Based Frequency - I keep trying

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Dap, check out his other work, including an amazing podcast over at:

http://reelydope.com/

If you liked the Lincoln poem, check out the other readings on LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/abraham-lincoln-walks-at-midnight-by-vachel-lindsay

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Kazumi Kaneda, Linn Mori, and Based Frequency:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://soundcloud.com/kazumi-kaneda

https://orikamirecords.bandcamp.com/track/sardis

https://soundcloud.com/linn-mori

http://linn-mori.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/b54e

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/based-frequency/id971491927

If you liked Kazumi Kaneda and Linn Mori be sure listen to the other artists on the label, Orikami Records:

http://www.orikamirecords.com/

https://soundcloud.com/orikami

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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iTunes: http://comapod.com/itunes

The Coffeelicious: https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious

Kaitlynn McRae shares some words on youth and flowers first, then a story from reddit user Shardok on his precarious situation over the better part of the last decade, and last up Richard Nixon asking for support from the silent majority.

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Episode 122 - Youth, Homeless, and Richard Nixon

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Kaitlynn McRae "Quatrain VIII"

-/u/Shardok "I was homeless and depressed..." (read by John Bauer)

-Richard Nixon "Silent Majority"

Music

-Narration: GlobulDub - Hinterlands

-Segment 1: nymano - SP session #1

-Segment 2: Boqeh - Maybe We're The Same

-Segment 3: Boqeh - Stellar Door

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Kaitlynn's segment, check out her other sonnets over at her blog, Silt, Rust, and Gold Dust:

http://siltrustandgolddust.blogspot.com/

If you liked Shardok's piece, check out the original post on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PointlessStories/comments/56py1d/i_was_homeless_and_depressed/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, GlobulDub, nymano, and Boqeh:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://soundcloud.com/globuldub

https://globuldub.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/nymano

https://nymano.bandcamp.com/

http://soundcloud.com/boqeh

http://boqeh.bandcamp.com

If you liked GlobulDub to the other artists on the label, Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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iTunes: http://comapod.com/itunes

The Coffeelicious: https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious

John Bauer plays a part in the downward spiral of an employee, then Nayokenza Robyn Oliver shares a story about dueling kebabs, and last up is an excerpt from a 1901 New York Times article about Mark Twain.

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Episode 121 - Breath, Kebabs, and Mark Twain

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-John Bauer "Performance Peace"

-Nayokenza Robyn Oliver "Kebabs in Roppongi"

-Mark Twain "Training That Pays" (Read by John Greenman)

Music

-Narration: Guggenz - Break Even

-Segment 1: Tantu - Klein

-Segment 2: Linn Mori - Blue Monday Message

-Segment 3: Sounds Like An Earful - Grit

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Mark Twain's segment, check out the whole story on LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/anti-imperialist-writings-by-mark-twain/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Guggenz, Tantu, Linn Mori, and Sounds Like An Earful:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://soundcloud.com/guggenz

https://play.spotify.com/artist/0arCcK0KVLd5L1Q5zr9WWM

https://soundcloud.com/tantubeats

http://www.tantubeats.com

https://soundcloud.com/linn-mori

http://linn-mori.bandcamp.com/

http://www.studio.soundslikeanearful.com/community/tracks/

http://soundslikeanearful.com/

If you liked Guggenz and Tantu listen to the other artists on the label, Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you liked Linn Mori be sure listen to the other artists on the label, Orikami Records:

http://www.orikamirecords.com/

https://soundcloud.com/orikami

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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iTunes: http://comapod.com/itunes

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