{"podcast":{"title":"It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton","slug":"it-s-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-7260298","podcast_index_feed_id":7260298,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/itsstorytime","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/94732354-045d-11f0-bc01-f7a4b1f2fa1e/image/f08ca86a0c0d228c36f8cd5574a51738.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Wil Wheaton","episode_count":42,"summary":"You may recognize Wil Wheaton's name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985's timeless classic, Stand By Me. You may recognize his voice from one of the many audio books he's narrated, including number one New York Times bestseller, Ready Player One, John Scalzi's award-winning Collapsing Empire Trilogy, or even his own bestselling memoir, Still Just A Geek. Beginning on March 26th, Wil brings you It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, a weekly audiobook podcast, featuring stories that Wil loves, pulled from the pages of Uncanny, Lightspeed, On Spec, and others. You're going to meet authors you don't yet know you love, including some who are being narrated for the very first time. Listeners will travel through time, meet some gods, watch people fall in and out of love, and more, brought to life by Wil's remarkable narrative voice.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:17:59.118617+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-7260298"},"episode":{"title":"\"Wend-Way-Go\" by Tim Pratt","slug":"wend-way-go-by-tim-pratt","published_at":"2026-01-21T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-7260298/wend-way-go-by-tim-pratt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-7260298","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1008/tracking.swap.fm/track/2IMk17EdnEqyRhJTIpIU/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RHAPSODYVOICES1901361967.mp3?updated=1768929792","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1008/tracking.swap.fm/track/2IMk17EdnEqyRhJTIpIU/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RHAPSODYVOICES1901361967.mp3?updated=1768929792","summary":"\"Wend-Way-Go\" by Tim Pratt, narrated by Wil Aesop, of the Fables, wrote that no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. If you've listened to me for any amount of time, you know how committed I am to choosing kindness, celebrating kindness, and encouraging kindness in others. Today's Storytime is all about kindness with a capital K. It's also about Family with a capital F. Now, to me, Family are the people who love you no matter what, who always show up for you without question or judgment. When you are with Family, you are safe. Family can be your siblings, your parents. It should be, but not all of us get that, and for us, it can also be -- and frequently is -- chosen and assembled from friends, coworkers, and extended relations who are willing to do the hard work of being a Family. We're just a moment away from meeting Wade, a man who is a little lonely, and a little lost. His cousin, Keifer, who is a bigger part of Wade's capital F family than I think Wade realizes, is pulling into his driveway. It seems that Kiefer knows Wade needs his Family right now, and he's here to drive him exactly where he needs to go, using his brand new Wend-Way-Go. Original Publication Credit: Uncanny, September/October 2025 issue To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.patreon.com/timpratt It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. If you'd like to support the show and get an…","meta_description":"\"Wend-Way-Go\" by Tim Pratt, narrated by Wil Aesop, of the Fables, wrote that no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. If you've listened to me f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2608,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/it-s-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-7260298/episodes/wend-way-go-by-tim-pratt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-7260298/wend-way-go-by-tim-pratt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}