Firefly in a Jar

Firefly in a Jar

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Firefly in a Jar episodes

  • Excerpt from "Growl"

    Growl is about outsiders, like a little girl named Mo’ and a street dog, who find a different way to connect in the big bad city. Full Story: 35:20 min

    Written by Nick Angel, narrated by Nene Nwoko with original music by Kati Brien and Julian Külpmann on drums.

    5 min
  • Excerpt from "The True Story of the Emperor's New Clothes"

    A retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic. A small boy bravely tells the truth and the emperor appoints him his heir… Comedy/horror/satire. Full story: 26:30 min

    Written by Nick Angel, read by Simon Johns, original music by Kati Brien, featuring Shannon Barnett on trombone and Arne Brien on drums

    6 min
  • Excerpt from "What Happened to the Girl on the Bicycle?"

    A journalist visits two cities on opposite banks of a river, inhabited by people of different cultures. A philosophical story about visionaries, heroes, and an ordinary person’s role in predetermining change. We recommend headphones for this soundscape! Full story: 24:49 min

     

    Written by Nick Angel, narrated by Bhavnisha Parmar, with original music by Kati Brien.

     

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    6 min
  • Excerpt from "In a Café near Bastille"

    Comedy. A mise en abyme about seduction, philandering French presidents, cuckolds, and a Paris-style pick-up. Full story: 24:00 min 

    Written by Nick Angel, read by Simon Johns, original music by Kati Brien

     

    6 min
  • Excerpt from "The Poet and the Princess"

    A sweet serenade about the duties of sustainable love. An artist and his Kristallweizen-drinking muse: one perennially hopeful and hopeless; the other loaded; settle on something selfless. Frivolous, fun, heart-warming. Full story: 17:22 min

    Written by Nick Angel. Read wonderfully by Stefanie Bruckner. Original music by Kati Brien. 

     

    5 min
  • Excerpt from "A Taste of the Future"

    A wicked comedy about deep ecology, vegans and foods we may have to eat in the future ... Peter Singer eat your heart out... Literally! Full story: 18:14 min

    Written by Nick Angel, read by Simon Johns, original music by Kati Brien 

    6 min
  • Excerpt from "Big Achy Love"

    A story of love, the Holocaust, an orphan girl, and all the royal houses of Europe. Heart-wrenching. Full story: 53:02 min

    Written by Nick Angel. Read by Margaret Ashley. Original music by Kati Brien.

    6 min

About Firefly in a Jar

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Kati Brien is a multi-instrumentalist and jazz virtuoso. Nick Angel is an award winning novelist. Actors from all over the world read literary short stories set to sublime, original soundscapes. We recommend wearing headphones to improve your experience.