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Audio version of the beginning of the rational story "The Last Christmas” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau.

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This story was written by Alexander Wales.
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Audio version of the rational web fiction "The Grakian Choice” by u/ExiledQuixoticMage read by David Jondreau.
Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
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Story link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rXcWkV-ce39d4091MEjaOIs691Y9bmGzJeRxzXcxj7Y
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Episode image by Chris Bloom.
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Audio version of the "Boxed In" the rational science fiction story by Alexander Wales. Read by David Jondreau.
Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Text: https://alexanderwales.com/boxed-in/
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Audio version of the rational web fiction, "The Key to Every Door" by u/CeruleanTresses read by David Jondreau.

Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
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Story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20761817
Secret Krampus voting thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/cxzttw/secret_krampus_story_voting/

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Part six of six.

Audio version of the conclusion of the rational science fiction time-bending classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales. Read by David Jondreau.

Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time
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Part five of six.

Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time
Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143
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Part four of six.

Audio version of the rational science fiction time-bending classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau.

Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time
Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rattlefiction.substack.com]]>https://rattlefiction.substack.com/p/episode-4-branches-on-the-tree-of-a58tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/681689777Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:30:10 GMTDavid JondreauWhat would happen if a malevolent artificial inte…No145914full
Part three of six.

Audio version of the chapters 7,8,9 of the rational science fiction classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau.


Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time
Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rattlefiction.substack.com]]>https://rattlefiction.substack.com/p/episode-3-branches-on-the-tree-of-496tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/681679376Mon, 16 Sep 2019 02:52:19 GMTDavid JondreauWhat would happen if a malevolent artificial inte…No171013full
Part two of six.

Audio version of chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the rational science fiction classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau.


Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros
All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time
Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rattlefiction.substack.com]]>https://rattlefiction.substack.com/p/episode-2-branches-on-the-tree-of-54etag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/681443309Sun, 15 Sep 2019 15:54:59 GMTDavid JondreauWhat would happen if a malevolent artificial inte…No192512fullWhat would happen if a malevolent artificial intelligence traveled back in time to kill the mother of the human’s resistance leader, but she was a brilliant AI researcher? Part one of six. Audio version of the first three chapters of the rational science fiction classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143 Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rattlefiction.substack.com]]>https://rattlefiction.substack.com/p/episode-1-branches-on-the-tree-of-47ctag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/669645839Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:57:20 GMTDavid JondreauWhat would happen if a malevolent artificial inte…No136811full