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Detour by Blake Pfeil
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The Rail Marshall by Chris O’Keeffe
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Coyote Call by Fil Corbitt
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake by Emma Lehman
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1-900-DIAL-A-JOKE by Remoy Philip and Ethan Oberman
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Audio Postcard #2 by Megan Hattie Stahl
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All of the Libraries in My Life by M. Cristina Marras
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Hope Family History by Grayton Newman
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Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the OSS and read by Jonathan Brown
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This Trailer features, in order, Cristina Marras, Fil Corbitt, Gray Newman, Josh Mattison, Blake Pfeil and Jay Cowit.
Low Orbit presents Blackout: Time Passes. These are the COVID diaries of Denver playwright Ellen K Graham.
This is the final episode five, Spring. This is the months January to May 2021.
You can see more of Ellen’s work here at Feral Assembly
Low Orbit presents Blackout: Time Passes. These are the COVID diaries of Denver playwright Ellen K Graham.
This is episode four, Winter. This is the months November to January 2021.
You can see more of Ellen’s work here at Feral Assembly
Low Orbit presents Blackout: Time Passes. These are the COVID times diaries of Denver playwright Ellen K Graham.
This is episode three, Fall. This is the months August to November 2020.
You can see more of Ellen’s work here at Feral Assembly
Low Orbit presents Blackout: Time Passes. These are the COVID times diaries of Denver playwright Ellen K Graham.
This is episode two, Summer. This is the months June to August 2020.
You can see more of Ellen’s work here at Feral Assembly
Low Orbit presents Blackout: Time Passes. These are the COVID times diaries of Denver playwright Ellen K Graham.
This is episode one, Spring. This is the months March to June 2020.
You can see more of Ellen’s work here at Feral Assembly
We visit a pre-pandemic conversation with Knower of Denver Music Tom Murphy. His website is here, instagram here and work at birdy magazine here.
We hear a story from Matthew Simonson. The story first aired on the great Denver podcast Range and Slope. Listen to more here.
In our final episode, we explore the effects Robert Mathews and The Order have had on today’s modern white supremacist movements.
Our theme is by Matthew Simonson and we had additional music this episode from Kevin Richards and Blue Dot Sessions.
You can find Slate’s Standoff podcast here and Bundyville here.
Be sure to check out Lost Highways from History Colorado.
We had additional research and production help from Ryan Connell.
In this episode we see how everything ends for The Order and for Robert Mathews. We also learn what happened to the members of The Order after their capture.
Our theme is by Matthew Simonson and we had additional music this episode from Kevin Richards and Blue Dot Sessions.
Be sure to check out Lost Highways from History Colorado.
We had additional research and production help from Ryan Connell.
And a very special thank you to Terry Gross and Fresh Air for the use of their archival interview with Thomas Martinez.
In this episode, we explore the group behind Alan Berg’s murder, their ideology, and their other crimes. We also learn of their plans to overthrow the United States Government.
Our theme is by Matthew Simonson and we had additional music this episode from Kevin Richards, Lee Rosevere and Blue Dot Sessions.
Be sure to check out Lost Highways from History Colorado.
We had additional research and production help from Ryan Connell.
Talk radio host Alan Berg was gunned down in his driveway in Denver in the summer of 1984. This is a series exploring his murder and the people and ideology responsible for his death.
This episode focuses on Berg’s life and rise in the shock jock scene.
Our theme is by Matthew Simonson and we had additional music this episode from Kevin Richards, Lee Rosevere and Moonlight Drift.
Be sure to check out Lost Highways from History Colorado. Tune in to their episode on Alan Berg here.
We had additional research and production help from Ryan Connell and Rae Solomon.
Things about Low Orbit this time:
Ethan Siegel talks to us about Elon Musk’s Starlink project. Find more of his writing here.
Sarah Scoles Talks about why people believe in UFOs. Her book is called They Are Already Here. Buy it here or any local bookstore. Find more of her work here.
Our man Graham Lau talks about the overview effect. Find more of Graham here.
The music from today’s show was made by me! Mostly. Lee Rosevere also had a couple things in there.
It’s work created and shared out in the open air this time.
A couple of monologues from John Cotter
A few poems from Elissa Gabbert
And a few poems from Michael Joseph Walsh
Halloween 2020 sounds like a horror movie doesn’t it? And it kind of is! That’s the easiest joke to make. Anyway…
This episode features a piece from artist/illustrator Cori Redford. What’d I Miss is here. Here work at Suspect Press is here.
Andrew Watson is shopping around a couple of novels. You can reach him here.
Stories of love in all it’s complicated purity.
Amanda EK has an excerpt from her book about purity culture. You can find Suspect Press here, her instagram here, here patreon for her book here, and website with her writing here.
Find more of Ellen K Graham’s work here, Feral Assembly is here.
Music in today’s episode was from Blue Dot Sessions, Lee Rosevere, and even me!
This episode is a (gasp) rerun. Of a sort. We’ve searched through the archives and found some stories about music.
Mike Colletta tells us a tale of Norwegian Black Metal. His blog is called The Black Meddler and is here.
Paul Epstein from Twist and Shout records talks about the nostalgia and the need to hang on to things. The Twisted Spork is here.
Mairead Case wrote about Judee Sill. Here website is here. Pre-order her new novel here.
Three stories in this one:
The Last One by Jenny-Lynn Ellis. You can find her writing here.
The Visit. Rae Solomon’s work at KUNC is here. Listen to range and slope here. Listen to Matthew Simonson’s work at NPR’s 1A here and The Untold Story: Policing here. Berry’s website Podcasts in Color is here, her instagram is here, twitter here, facebook here.
Mateo Schimpf’s Paco a Paco can be found here and Unwrapt is here.
Our cover art is from Mateo Schimpf taken at the BLM protests
Today we feature the life, death, and rebirth of the Cinderella City Mall. The story was told by Josh Goldstein of the Cinderella City Project. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
You can download the Cinderella City Mall simulation here at Github – v0.5.4 on Github.
Call and share your story at 724-648-8968
Josh Goldstein had help from:
Our piece was scored by Blue Dot Sessions, Lee Rosevere and me, Josh Mattison!
Today we have just one story – Shimmer Aquarium by John Cotter. The piece was performed by Lindsey Pierce at Stories on Stage.
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We have stories of coping with loss and tragedy today.
Producer Gray Newman has a story from his friend David Brice. You can find his NWS STND project here, his website here and his regular instagram here.
Dr. Mairead Case’s piece was originally heard at The Pop Conference and published in Maggot Brain. Her website is here!
We have stories of change today.
Our first is from Denver photographer Kim Allen. You can find some of his work at buckfifty.org here, here and here.
Our second story is from from Ellen Graham. You can find her work at feralassembly.com
Our music today came from Blue Dot Sessions
Our documentary about the murder of Alan Berg is here – theorderofdeathpodcast.com
Hello! Denver Orbit is now Low Orbit. And you’re listening to it.
This episode features Joe Coradlo talking about Robert Stanley and his ejection seat factory. You can find the video of the Yankee Egress System here.
We also have a poem from the one and only Brice Maiurro.
Brice Maiurro is a poet from Denver, Colorado. He is the Poetry Editor for Suspect Press and the Founding Editor of Punch Drunk Press. This January, he was recognized by Westword as a Colorado Creative. His second collection of poems, Hero Victim Villain, is available now through Stubborn Mule Press.
Chadzilla Johnson is a multidisciplinary musician and teacher living in Denver, Colorado. He drums for the band Von Disco, which performs monthly at the Laughing Goat in Boulder as part of a poetry music mashup series called Jazzetry. His solo album, Anonymonkey, was released this June at the Mercury Cafe in Denver.
His website is here, Suspect Press is here, and Mutiny Information Cafe is here.
Hi! Denver Orbit is changing! A little bit. We’re now Low Orbit. We’re still featuring voices, stories and sounds from Colorado’s creative community but we’re also opening up to voices, stories and sounds from anywhere in the world. Same show! Just slightly different.
The voices you hear in this promo are Tom Murphy, Josh Goldstein and Mairead Case.
Today I’m getting out of the way and letting the podcast The Void take over.
Sarah Dealy and Jamie Billings are Denver locals and the producers/hosts of The Void. Music and Sound Design by Brady BillingsOriginal illustrations for each episode by Taylor Turnbull can be found on instagram @thevoidpodcast Editing help by Arielle Milkman
Subscribe to The Void on iTunes here. Their website is here. Instagram here.
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Today we are featuring the first episode of a documentary project we’ve been working on called The Order of Death. It’s about the murder of Denver area talk radio host Alan Berg and the people and ideology behind it.
Listen to the rest by subscribing to The Order of Death in whatever podcast app you use or go over to The Order of Death website for more info.
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Shannon Geis brings us a story about utopia from artist Becky Wareing-Steele. You can view Utopia: A New Society for All until November 3rd at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Find more from Becky at her facebook, instagram and website.
Find Shannon Geis here at her website.
The Order of Death can be found here. Subscribe!
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We’ve got Brandi Homan reading from her novel Burn Fortune. She’s on twitter! Buy Burn Fortune here.
And then there’s Christopher Rosales. Find his website here. Buy Word is Bone here!
And that’s it! More soon friends.
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Only one thing this episode! Writer Mairead Case reads her essay Pauline Oliveros, Wilma Deering and Deep Listening. Find more of her work here and Entropy Magazine Here.
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Graham Lau tells us how all of it began. He’s got a website here. Twitter is here. Instagram is here. Blue Marble Space is here. He’s also the co-host of the NASA-funded show Ask an Astrobiologist.
Jenny-Lynn Ellis tells us that Nothing Bad Happens. You can find her writing here.
An 11 year old Jack Orleans hangs out in a treehouse. You can find his writing in Birdy, Suspect Press, Stain’d Magazine and Litro Magazine.
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Producer Shannon Geis talks to Sarah Fukami about her art. You can find Sarah’s art here. Shannon Geis has a website here and you can find Art Gym Denver here.
Producer Rae Solomon talks to Bonnie Clark about Amache. Bonnie Clark is here, Rae Solomon is coming soon here.
The music of Lee Rosevere and Blue Dot Sessions was used in today’s show.
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Author and arts Journalist Deanne Gertner tells a story about estrangement. Find more of her work here.
Writer Jason Arment reads an excerpt from his memoir Musahaleen. Find his work here. Buy his book here.
Find the 100 Colorado Creatives series here.
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Dr. Graham Lau brings us a story. His Blog is here and here’s Blue Marble Space.
Shannon Geis brings us a story about Death Cafes.
John Cotter tells us about his hearing. Here’s his Twitter. You can find more of his writing here, here and here.
Jenny-Lynn Ellis reads her essay fighting woman. Her blog is here.
We hear a short story from Nate Ragolia called A Companion Piece (performed by Rachel Trignano). You can find Spaceboy Books here, Boned: A collection of skeletal writings here, The Illiterate Badger here, and The Right Corking Adventures of Cecil Larkbunting and Alastair Wakerobin here.
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Amanda EK brings a diary entry. It’s an excerpt from a book about purity culture due from Suspect Press in 2019.
The Picture Tours brings their song I’ve Found The Light. Their Bandcamp is here, Facebook here. Emerald Siam is here.
Mairead Case reads an essay about Judee Sill. Her website is here.
The music of Blue Dot Sessions was used in the Judee Sill piece.
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Rae Solomon and I made the piece Heidi and Pearl and Heidi produced for KCRW‘s 24 Hour Radio Race. Rae’s upcoming workshop is here.
Bevin Luna lent us the song Volatile or Stable. Instagram is here. CPR’s OpenAir Performance Studio is here, here, here and here. Hodi’s Half Note show is here.
Elisa Gabbert reads Time, Money Happiness. Here’s her Twitter.
Music from Blue Dot Sessions was used in this episode.
Laura Bond brings us a smurfing good trick or treating story.
Laura Porritt from the Colored Red podcast brings us the story of Alferd (or Alfred) Packer. They’re on iTunes and all the other podcatchers.
Denver Orbit is on Facebook and Instagram.
Email us at denverorbit@gmail.com
We’ve got Misha Fraser from the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys talking about why dolls can creep us out.
And we’ve got Ren Manley as Lizzie Borden from Audacious Theatre‘s play Lady Killers. Their facebook is here and instagram here.
Follow Denver Orbit on Instagram and facebook. You can reach us at denverorbit@gmail.com
Dr. Graham Lau brings the science. His twitter is here. Instagram here.
The Far Stairs brings the music. Bandcamp is here. The Blue Room site is here. Watch the preview here.
Zo Murach brings the words.
Ryan Connell talks about his travels. You can find his writing here, and the Gofundme for The Unapologetics tour here.
Jenny-Lynn Ellis reads her essay fighting woman. Her blog is here.
Bear Brilliant brought the song Good Gawd Golly. Their Facebook is here, and their Bandcamp is here.
Lonnie MF Allen reads his comic A Brief History of John Delorean. Find more of his work here.
Get in touch! denverorbit@gmail.com
We talk to Adam Lerner from MCA Denver about contemporary art museum’s relationship to street art.
We hear a song from Machu Linea
Shannon Geis takes a tour of street art in the RiNo district in Denver with Cori Anderson. You can find her Instagram here, her writing at 303 Magazine here and the Street Art Network here.
We’re on a late summer break. We’ll be back at the end of the month of August.
Meanwhile, listen to this trailer for the Mile High Hustle.
See you soon!
We talk to the Shadowtrash Tape Group about what they do.
We hear a song from Nature called Nootropicalia.
We hear a short story from Nate Ragolia called A Companion Piece (performed by Rachel Trignano). You can find Spaceboy Books here, Boned: A collection of skeletal writings here, The Illiterate Badger here, and The Right Corking Adventures of Cecil Larkbunting and Alastair Wakerobin here.
Music from Shadowtrash Tape Group was used to score their piece. We heard Rumpilots, Sun TV, King Poppy, and Volfram.
We bring you some stories from Jordan Knecht and Daisy Corso recorded at the Denver Zine Fest.
The band Marcus Church lent us their song Tonight.
Author Jason Heller reads from his book Strange Stars.
The music of Podington Bear, Amon Tobin, Glynis Jones, Delia Derbyshire, and Seam was used to score the pieces in the today’s show.
Skyler Heck of f-ether breaks down his new track Song Exploder style. Here’s his Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
We hear the song Still as Ice.
Rachel Trignano tells us a story. You can find more of her work at Write Club.
Shannon Geis brings us her piece Run.
John Cotter tells us about his hearing. Here’s his Twitter. You can find more of his writing here, here and here.
Diablo Montalban shares his audio piece Extreme Danger. You can find Hypnotic Turtle on Facebook, Etsy, Instagram and Twitter.
The music of DASK, Lee Rosevere, and Chris Zabriskie was used to score John Cotter’s piece.
This is a special live version of the show! Straight from the cafe of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.
Mary McHugh helped out with hosting duties.
Kelly Shortandqueer from the Denver Zine Library read a story (with Jake McWilliams).
Karl Christian Krumpholz narrated some comics (with Kelly Bearden and friend). See his work in Westword, at twitter, facebook and instagram.
Bonnie Weimer sang some tunes.
Dr. Graham Lau brings us a story about science at the edge of the world. His Blog is here and here’s Blue Marble Space.
The Far Stairs does their song Figure One. Here’s their Youtube, Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Facebook and Twitter.
Joy Sawyer from The Lighthouse Writers Workshop tells us some poems.
And the music of Lee Rosevere, Alistair Galbraith, Chris Zabriskie, and Dana Boule was used to score the pieces in today’s show.
Shannon Geis brings us a story about Death Cafes.
Kevin Richards band Equine brings the song Variation 2 from Camphor
Jenny_Lynn Ellis reads her essay The Writing Cat
The music of Lee Rosevere, Dana Boule and Chris Zabriskie was used to score the pieces in today’s show. You can check out their music and much, much more at the free music archive online at freemusicarchive.org.
A conversation with Rick Griffith (Matter) about the Black Astronaut Research Project
The song Pajama Top Man from Bonnie Weimer
A couple more cartoons from our friend Karl Christian Krumpholz
The music of Lee Rosevere was used in Rick’s piece and the music of Dana Boulé was used in Karl’s.
The story Consent Means What Now? by Amanda EK (Suspect Press)
The song Hey Man by Chella and the Charm (Discover Weakly)
The poem Defining Forward Momentum by Alessandra Ragusin
Denver Orbit is on the Denver Podcast Network.
The music of Lee Rosevere, Soundeyet, The Insider, Comfort Fit, Debussy, and Ryan Little was used to score Consent Means What Now?.
Some selected work from cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz. See his work in Westword, at twitter, facebook and instagram.
The song Skyhook from Andre Cactus.
A piece from Changing Denver and House of Pod‘s Paul Karolyi.
Denver Orbit is now on the Denver Podcast Network.
The Great Pretender by Mike Flaherty (with an assist from Ryan Connell)
The music of Coldnoise, Evgeny Grinko, Broke for Free, The Lovely Moon, Podington Bear, Kai Engel, Alastair Galbraith, and Little Glass Men was used to score The Great Pretender
Will the real Rick Strandlof Please Stand Up by Kelsey Whipple
A chat with Ryan and Josiah Hesse, senior editor at Suspect Press and author of Carnality.
The song Deceiver by Spells sent to us from Snappy Little Numbers.
An essay from Ryan Connell explaining just what he’s doing after Denver. Help him make his journey happen here.
The music of Podington Bear was used to score Ryan’s piece.
We’re doing something a little different this week.
Both of our stories come from Heather and Peter Bergman at The Institute of Sociometry.
Our song this week is from Meet the Giant.
The music of The Pangolins, Podington Bear, The Lovely Moon, Ikebe Shakedown, Kelp, Chopin, Kevin McCloud and Erik Satie was used in today’s show.
Composer Nathan Hall talks to us about his music and process. His Kickstarter is here.
The piece Marine A 2, from Elevator Music by Nathan Hall. You can watch the video here.
The short story Animated Ethereal Worker Bees by Amanda EK. A version of this story first appeared in birdy magazine.
The music of Tom Carter & Barry Weisblatt and Nettle was used to score Amanda’s story.
We hope you’ve enjoyed what you’ve heard so far and we look forward to making more. Thanks for listening
These artists were also heard – Edith Piaf, Francois Hardy, Yann Tiersen, Fréhel, and Lessazo.
Janae Burris recorded live at the Comedy Works.
The song King of the Fairies by Avourneen.
And Ryan Connell brings us a cringe-worthy diary entry from when he was a young lad.
The music of Podington Bear, Kevin Macleod, Pierlo and Keshco was used in Ryan’s piece.
And we also heard Carla Thomas, William Bell, Clarence Carter and Otis Redding.
We also heard from Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, The Upsetters, and Junior Murvin.
You can see the movie A Place of Truth by Barrett Rudich at Amazon Prime. You can follow Abigail at Instagram and Facebook .
And the resources mentioned in David’s story are: The GLBT History Project, the Colorado Anti-Violence Project, the GLBT Center of Colorado, and the Gender Identity Center of Colorado.
The Narrators sent us over this story from Rachel Trignano.
The song For Ralph from Aamateur Aastronomy.
And the first part of an occasional series about sound called Signal to Noise.
The music of Podington Bear and Little Glass Men was used to score Signal to Noise.
We also heard John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, and Thelonious Monk.
A story from Kelly Shortandqueer from the Denver Zine Library.
The song Tired For The Cause from Somerset Catalog.
Advice from Mary McHugh.
The music of Podington Bear, Broke For Free, Portofino, and Chopin was used to score Kelly Shortandqueer’s piece.
We also heard music from Mulatu Astatke, Fela Kuti, Tala-Am, and Manu Dibango.
It’s a surprise episode of Denver Orbit! Our Halloween includes these things:
The story Boilers by Amanda EK.
The song Cities on Earth by Cities of Earth.
An excerpt from the novelization of Halloween III from Audiobooks for the Damned.
You can read the full version of Amanda’s story here.
Episode Seven is rather devilish and features these things:
Mike Colletta of the blog Black Meddler stopped by to chat about the genre of music known as Black Metal.
The band Blanket Empire sent us the song Midnight Crisis
Alessandra Ragusin read her essay The Devil You Know.
Mike Colletta’s essay featured the bands Mayhem, Satanic Warmaster, Bathory, and Burzum.
The music of Podington Bear, Debussy, Porpora, Bach, Satie and Arvo Part was used in The Devil You Know.
And we also heard Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, George Jones, Skip James, and The McGuire Sisters.
Episode Six of Denver Orbit Includes these things:
We talked to Adam Baumeister about Meep Records.
There’s the song I Don’t Know by Littles Paia.
And also the poem Enough is Enough by Bobbi Stark.
The piece LA by Julian Winter was used to score Bobbi Stark’s poem.
We also heard music from John Fahey, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, and Nick Drake.
Episode Five of Denver Orbit includes these two things:
The Roommate Part 2: The Great Pretender by Mike Flaherty (with an assist from Ryan Connell)
The song BWC Phoenix by Littles Paia
Extra music from Astors, The Platters, and The Mar-Keys
The music of Coldnoise, Evgeny Grinko, Broke for Free, Podington Bear, Kai Engel, and Westside Chillers was used to score The Roommate: Part 2
Will the real Rick Strandlof Please Stand Up by Kelsey Whipple
Episode Four of Denver Orbit includes these stories:
The Roommate Part 1 by Mike Flaherty (with an assist from Ryan Connell)
The song Hell Has a Heart by Rabbit is a Sphere
Making Up for Lost Opportunities by Hillary Pawelka (read by Andrea Sanchez)
Music from the great Tropicalia artists Os Mutantes, Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso
The music of Broke for Free, The Lovely Moon, Alastair Galbraith and Little Glass Men was used to score The Roommate
Episode three has only one story.
This time it’s an audio documentary cooked up about a year ago. This one is about the proto-evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, her life and scandal.
Episode Two of Denver Orbit has a few different things:
Laura Condi telling a story at The Denver Narrators show a little while back.
The song Holy Cigarettes by Somerset Catalog.
Advice from Mary McHugh
And the funky tracks in this episode are:
Funk Factory – Rien Ne Va Plus
The Blue Velvets – Summertime
This is the first (!) episode of the Denver Orbit podcast.
In this episode, we’ve got three things to listen to:
1. The Emotional Wallet by Paul Epstein.
2. A song called King Briar Plain by Dormir.
3. And a reading from the novelization of Footloose by Amy Mullin. Brought to us by Jon Olsen from Audiobooks for the Damned.