Love is a powerful thing. Not just emotionally, but physically.  It can lower blood pressure.  It can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and lung disease.  Love can increase financial stability and make us live longer.  Love can override our senses, and help us see the best in people... even if they eat our pets.

 

Author:  ​The Dr. Reverend Lance Carbuncle is the author of Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed, the 2009 Reader's Views Literary Awards Humorous Fiction Winner, Grundish and Askew, and Sloughing Off the Rot.  Carbuncle loves to hear from his readers and sometimes even responds. He can be contacted via electronic mail by writing to [email protected]

Reading Out Loud on this episode:  Natalie Duke, Brandon Paul Eells, Bob Hulsey, Scott Minor, Allison Pace, Eleni Pappageorge, Kiff VandenHeuvel

On this episode, Reading Out Loud ventures into the wilds of corporate America to explore the biome known as The Cubical Jungle. We trace the food chain from the bottom, the Cup o' Noodles, all the way to the top: Zheorge, senior consultant and mighty warrior.

Reading Out Loud on this episode:

Sam Albertsen, Brandon Paul Eells, Ben Kass, & Eleni Pappageorge

"Reading Out Loud" is The World's Loudest Lit Mag™! We collaborate with authors, audio professionals, and voice actors to create dramatic, full-cast recordings of literary short fiction.

Producers: Ryan P. Duke, Brandon Paul Eells, Scott Minor

Director: Brandon Paul Eells

Sound Designer: Scott Minor

Senior Editor: Simon A. Smith

Associate Editors: Gwynn Fulcher & James Teniya

Social Media Director: Gwynn Fulcher

Reader in Residence: Eleni Pappageorge

Do you ever think a dung beetle looks around and wonders... What am I doing with my life? Maybe that overly self aware little dung beetle needs to take a moment and really appreciate it. Because life is shit, man. Breathe it in.

This episode was guest-produced by director Kiff VandenHeuvel and sound designer John Wong.

Reading Out Loud this episode: Brain T. Delaney & Kiff VandenHeuvel

"Reading Out Loud" is The World's Loudest Lit Mag™! We collaborate with authors, audio professionals, and voice actors to create dramatic, full-cast recordings of literary short fiction.

ROL Exec. Producers: Ryan P. Duke, Brandon Paul Eells, Scott Minor

Senior Editor: Simon A. Smith

Associate Editors: Gwynn Fulcher & James Teniya

Reader in Residence: Eleni Pappageorge

Teenagers are the worst, right? With all their feelings all the time and the yelling and the door slamming and the ugh. Just Ugh. But that's all hormones and hyperbole. Nothing more. Right? Right. 

Reading Out Loud on this episode:

Ashlie Atkinson & Eleni Pappageorge

"Reading Out Loud" is The World's Loudest Lit Mag™! We collaborate with authors, audio professionals, and voice actors to create dramatic, full-cast recordings of literary short fiction.

Producers: Ryan P. Duke, Brandon Paul Eells, Scott Minor

Director: Brandon Paul Eells

Sound Designer: Scott Minor

Senior Editor: Simon A. Smith

Associate Editors: Gwynn Fulcher & James Teniya

Reader in Residence: Eleni Pappageorge

 

 

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Humans are part of the animal kingdom, but we like to consider ourselves special. As if somehow our big ol' brains and dominion over earth, air, sea and, hell man, space, make us special among all other animals. And thinking about it now, yeah we are pretty great. But sometimes our more basic instincts come roaring at us from someplace dark and scary, and we're briefly reminded that we are big stupid animals.

Reading Out Loud on this episode:

Cheri VandenHeuvel

Producers: Brandon Paul Eells & Ryan P. Duke

Host/Director: Brandon Paul Eells

Sound Designer: Scott Minor

Senior Editor: Simon A. Smith

Associate Editor: James Teniya

Reader in Residence: Eleni Pappageorge

 

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There are times when it's easy to to put words to the things we want. Especially with basic needs. I'm hungry, so I want this cheeseburger. I'm thirsty and tired and it's been a bad week, so I want to drink this beer and take a long nap. But when it comes to love, it's a little harder to figure out exactly what what we need and what we want and what we have and what we can't have and what others need and want and have and can't have. There's a lot of moving parts in the machinery of love.

Reading Out Loud on this episode:

Brandon Paul Eells

Frances Limoncelli

Julia Merchant

Jake Szczepaniak

Gary Tiedemann

Cheri VandenHeuvel

Producers: Brandon Paul Eells & Ryan P. Duke

Host/Director: Brandon Paul Eells

Sound Designer: Scott Minor

Senior Editor: Simon A. Smith

Associate Editor: James Teniya

Reader in Residence: Eleni Pappageorge

 

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Our pets lives are all too short, so it's up to us to make sure their time with us is filled with belly rubs, snuggles, car chases, assassination attempts...

Performed by Pat Duke, Brandon Paul Eells, Angie Gilbert, Steve Kmetko, Eleni Pappageorge, and narrated by David Pasquesi.

Producers: Brandon Paul Eells & Ryan P. Duke

Host/Director: Brandon Paul Eells

Sound Designer: Scott Minor

Senior Editor: Simon A. Smith

Associate Editor: James Teniya

Reader in Residence: Eleni Pappageorge

 

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"It's Always About the Monkey" by Lance Carbuncle

Reading Out Loud with us this episode:

Nobody. It was just Brandon. All by his lonesome. Because he's super good at things. Brandon Paul Eells to keep things official sounding. Because we're totes profesh.

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"The Party We Gave after Nick Got Back from Barbados" by Ilana Manaster

Reading Out Loud with us this episode:

Courtney Bennet

Heather Dupree

John Isner

Scott Minor

Paige Reynolds

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