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		<title>Cast of Wonders 659: The Archive of Unnamed Joy</title>
		<link>https://www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast-of-wonders-659-the-archive-of-unnamed-joy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Bella Chacha Narrator : Opie Ogundiran Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 659: The Archive of Unnamed Joy is a Cast of Wonders original. CW: dystopia, authoritarianism, brainwashing The Archive of Unnamed Joy by Bella Chacha On the day my best friend forgot how to laugh, the [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Laura Duerr Narrator : Dani Cutler Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready is a Cast of Wonders original. homophobia, censorship, fascist dystopia Your Hold Is Ready by Laura Duerr The news is spreading. We try to keep working through our English tests, [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 657: Plutopalooza</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[apocalypse]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Gretchen Tessmer Narrator : Emma Osborne Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Nature Futures, 13 March 2024 End of the world Plutopalooza by Gretchen Tessmer Tess and Gemma have been camped out on their tartan picnic blanket for days already and they plan on staying until the [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 656: Unconventionally Bound</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Açaí Sparrow Narrator : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 656: Unconventionally Bound is a Cast of Wonders original. Aftermath of a fire Unconventionally Bound by Açai Sparrow With ash-stained gloves, I ease another book free of the charred shelf. Deckle sneezes at [&#8230;]
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		<title>Announcing our call for submissions for Banned Books Week 2025!</title>
		<link>https://www.castofwonders.org/2025/04/announcing-our-call-for-submissions-for-banned-books-week-2025/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 13:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every year in September, Cast of Wonders celebrates Banned Books Week, an annual international event celebrating the freedom to read and raising awareness of the immense social value of free and open access to information. Joy that Sustains &#160; It&#8217;s all too easy to doom-scroll these days. The world is facing a climate emergency amidst a [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 606: My Mother&#8217;s Voice and the Shadow</title>
		<link>https://www.castofwonders.org/2024/09/cast-of-wonders-606-my-mothers-voice-and-the-shadow/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : A. W. Prihandita Narrator : Omega Francis Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 606: My Mother&#8217;s Voice and the Shadow is a Cast of Wonders original. Colonialism; Generational Trauma My Mother’s Voice and the Shadow by A. W. Prihandita I pressed my palm onto my chest and [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 605: The Projectionists</title>
		<link>https://www.castofwonders.org/2024/09/cast-of-wonders-605-the-projectionists/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[E. M. Linden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ghosts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : E. M. Linden Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in The Deadlands, May 2022 death, grief, off-screen violence, authoritarianism The Projectionists by E. M. Linden Nobody talks about what happened in Hasan’s city, so he looks for clues. His memories are jumbled up [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 604: The Restaurant of Object Permanence</title>
		<link>https://www.castofwonders.org/2024/09/cast-of-wonders-604-the-restaurant-of-object-permanence/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 20:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Katrin Kania Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Diabolical Plots, April 2024 The Restaurant of Object Permanence by Beth Goder Kazia files a folder of correspondence and closes the manuscript box. She leaves the archives as the sun is setting. Her head is [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 559: Libricide</title>
		<link>https://www.castofwonders.org/2023/10/cast-of-wonders-559-libricide/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Rachel Linton Narrator : Jason Arquin Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 559: Libricide is a Cast of Wonders original. Arson, burns Libricide by Rachel Linton When he woke, the air tasted of ash. For a moment, he contemplated not getting up. There was a physical weight [&#8230;]
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		<title>Cast of Wonders 558: Braiding Challah</title>
		<link>https://www.castofwonders.org/2023/10/cast-of-wonders-558-braiding-challah/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Inskip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 23:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author : Rachel Gutin Narrator : Rosie Sentman Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 558: Braiding Challah is a Cast of Wonders original. Braiding Challah by Rachel Gutin When my family agreed to take in one of the refugees from Haven 3, I was excited. Sarah was fifteen, just [&#8230;]
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