American Abyss
An oral history of the Palmyra Exclusion Zone
An oral history of the Palmyra Exclusion Zone
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Credits From Mackinac City, this is Great Lakes Public Radio, and I'm Jack Feldman. Stay with us. Discord Link Mayfair Watchers Society is based on the works of Trevor Henderson. Created by Trevor Henderson & Pacific S. Obadiah Honey & Comb was written by Pacific Obadiah Jack Feldman
An interview with a dreamer. At the time of our conversation, most of his face and forehead were covered in large patches of pale green lichen. His eyes had entirely been covered, but creases had formed in the lichen around his mouth and nose. Less noticeably, patches of lichen has
Y'know, I used to come here as a kid. Every week with my father, on Sunday's. We'd sit right here, in this booth in the corner. He'd come home from work, 5:30 sharp, he'd get one step in the
V1: So… Did you hear about what happened down in New Brunswick? V2: Nope. [Silence] V1: Would you… Would you like to know what happened down in New Brunswick? V2: No. V1: Okay. [Beat] V1: You’re sure you don’t wanna know the happenings recently in New Brunswick? V2:
When the world is falling apart, you have to hold onto anything you can grab. After the flash, in the days of panicked evacuations, then rioting, then conflict, I learned to pack light, and take supplies wherever I could get them. Now, almost a year into the civil war, some
Just tell me what’s on your mind today. Today, I’m thinking of water. When I was in college, I lived with some roommates off campus. My mom signed my household up for these monthly water deliveries. Every month, at 7am on the third, a big ol’ truck would
You awake in the middle of the night. Your ears strain, searching for sound while your other senses adjust to the darkness. There's gunfire in the distance. You're okay, it's far enough away. You listen, soaking up the stillness between distant pops and reverberations.