Introducing the next evolution: Storybound, a new radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by Jude Brewer and with original music composed for each episode, the podcast features the voices of today’s top literary icons reading their essays, poems, and fiction.

In each episode of Storybound, listeners will be treated to their favorite authors and writers reading some of their most impactful stories, designed with powerful and immersive sound environments.

Season one stories will include:

–Mitch Albom reads an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir Finding Chika, with sound design and music composition from Maiah Wynne.

–Lidia Yuknavitch reads her powerful short story “Street Walker” from her upcoming collection Verge, with sound design and music composition from Whiston & Warmack.

–Matt Gallagher reads his short story “Know Your Enemy,” previously published in Wired magazine’s fiction issue, with sound design and music composition from Colin Hogan.

–Kim Barnes reads from Hungry for the World, with sound design and music composition from Pretty Gritty.

–Jack Rhysider, host of the Darknet Diaries podcast, reads an original essay, with sound design and music composition from Shane Brown.

–Adelle Waldman reads from The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., with sound design and music composition from Haley Johnsen.

–Diksha Basu reads from The Windfall, with sound design and music composition from Katelyn Convery.

–Nathan Hill reads from The Nix, with sound design and music composition from Timothy Karplus.

–Caitlin Doughty reads from Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs, with sound design and music composition from Stephanie Strange.

The show is a collaboration between The Podglomerate podcast network and Lit Hub Radio.

Subscribe, listen, and enjoy the engaging stories of literary icons from across the world as we bring you into Storybound. Episodes will begin running weekly on December 3, 2019 and will be available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Podcasts, PocketCasts, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Castbox, or wherever you listen to podcasts.