Litro Lab Audio

This podcast is a letter the author writes to a former self living in an easier past. She recalls the things that are lost: dinners with friends, travelling, watching someone else smile. Through honesty and acceptance, she checks in with herself and reminds us all that it may take a bit of time – but things will get better.

The protagonist of this podcast had her own close encounters with death in the past. Through her own illness, she’s forced to relive an old trauma and face her worst fears. She’s become a sailor in sick bay. The post SICK BAY | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A son writes an honest letter to his dad from a very rainy London. This is a lyrical piece that invites us to think of longing and nostalgia. In those times when distances remain insuperable, words can paint a scene, recreate a feeling, bring the ones we miss closer. If you could reach someone with a letter, who would that person be?

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we have an evocative and sensorial poem about a painting. Vanessa Bell might be always known as Virginia Woolf’s sister, but in this piece she gets a voice of her own to muse on metaphor, loss, and the rendering of life on a canvas.

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we have a disturbing piece of flash fiction with dystopian hints. A terrible storm unleashes and it doesn’t seem to weaken with the pass of days and weeks. It becomes a disaster of biblical proportions that reminds of our current pandemic. There are many ways people can react to tragedy and uncertainty. But is it possible that some of them might even welcome it?

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we bring you a carefully crafted lyrical piece. It paints a vivid memory of friendship and those carefree days where we could go anywhere and meet with those we love. As the winter continues here in the UK and lockdown hasn’t eased yet, this podcast encompasses a sense of longing we can all relate to. A desire for gentler times to come, long days filled with light a...

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we bring an experimental piece that mixes poetry and music. In the era of streaming platforms, many of us rarely watch TV advertising. Yet, ads themselves keep popping up where we least expect them: on our social media feeds, emails, our phones… This musical poem explores the ways advertising has evolved, testing some unexpected boundaries along the way.

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we bring you a lyrical piece about a husband who is struggling to understand his wife. With a touch of humour, this story challenges us to reflect on how people we think we know can change. After all, gender and identity are fluid, and will inevitably spill over the edges of what some consider socially acceptable.

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we have an experimental piece with original music. On a time when many of us are stranded in one place – do you ever dream of taking a solo road trip? Get out of your house to join Sam while he drives through the desert at night. This will be a journey full of bizarre occurrences in which reality becomes gradually weird, visceral, and even sensual.

This week on Litro Lab, a beautifully rendered story on the power and challenges of devotion. Devotion is a story that encourages us to meditate on how we can be there for others without abandoning ourselves.

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you a spooky story about the complex relationship we all have with the objects we own. We like to accumulate them in our houses. We can spend large sums of money on them. Some make our lives easier. Others are just pretty. We enjoy having them around because they define us. That said, have you ever wondered about the inner life of the things you own? What if they h...

Moving houses is disruptive: it can take a while to feel at ease in a new space. You get startled by noises you're not used to. By different smells. By the shadows in the mirror that hangs in the windowless bathroom. But what if there is something else? Something truly wrong with the place? The post Flat-Pack Pirate | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Come with us to listen to stories about the yōkai, spirits from the Japanese folklore who like to mingle with humans. Sometimes, they just want to play. But, other times, they have wicked intentions... The yōkai have existed for centuries in the Japanese imagination. However, it is thanks to European writer Lafcadio Hearn that their stories were first translated in English and, thus, shared with t...

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you a story of a woman who finds herself in a relationship that is far from ideal. Yet, she's resistant to leave. The post My Girlfriend the Narcissist | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

What happens when a young couple must make a difficult choice together? The post Lilac Paint | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Encounters in the classroom, subways, standing in line, they are peopled with strangers given a choice but who somehow miss the connection. The post Conversation with Claudia Rankine by Mia Funk appeared first on Litro Magazine .

By pushing deep into the future, the stunning “art island” of Naoshima leads you into the best of the Japanese past The post A High-Tech Ancient Stillness appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you a satyrical poem from no other than resuscitated 18th-century poet Wortley Clutterbuck. Monuments were built in the past to commemorate war and other events from a shameful colonial past. But if they could talk to us these days – what would they say? The post The Monument | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you an original piece of surreal fiction. Have you always dreamed of living on a sandy beach? What if someone told you that should be everyone's right? The post The Beachfront Relocation Project (BRP)| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, we access the anxious thoughts of a man while he walks through a rainy city. This is an experimental piece that blends music and words. It will take you on a rollercoaster journey alongside a character that many of us may find hilarious, but also relatable. The post Commute| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, Janis Harper writes an honest letter to her guru. After years of retreats and meditation, she is trying to make sense of a few shocking experiences. By asking questions to Guruji, she ends up finding some answers and coming to terms with her own spiritual awakening. The post Dear Guruji appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, we invite you to close your eyes and immerse yourself in this oneiric flash fiction piece that tells the story of a little boy and his fascination with the rounded moon. The post Orbed| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, Karin Jervert brings a beautifully nuanced essay about childhood memories, mental health, insects and displacement. The post Lightning Bugs appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, Michele Wheeler shares with us an intimate story about her relationship with her grandfather, a machinist who taught her the importance on passing on legacy to create links that run deeper than pain, tragedies and even death. The post The Making of Legacy | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week on Litro Lab, Reagan Razon talks to us about how something as personal as hair can be used to police and oppress Blackness, controlling how people are treated in public spaces including work and school. The post Locks, Afros and Braids| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .