{"podcast":{"title":"The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories","slug":"the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories-5315368","podcast_index_feed_id":5315368,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/T_HaIqjN","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6215cda8-011d-4ccd-9fe8-c389912a62af/41878796-d1de-4e49-bad9-146aeac9ac6e/3000x3000/lost_sci_fi.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Scott Miller","episode_count":600,"summary":"The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast restores and narrates forgotten and underrated vintage science fiction short stories spanning from the 1700s through the mid-1960s. Each episode features a professionally narrated classic drawn from early speculative fiction, pioneering 19th-century tales, and the pulp magazine era that shaped modern science fiction.Released several times a week, the podcast explores timeless speculative ideas—alien encounters, artificial intelligence, time travel, dystopian futures, and the human cost of progress—through the works of legendary authors such as Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Harlan Ellison, and many others.Now in its fourth year and with more than 560 episodes released, The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has reached #1 on Apple Podcasts in 43 countries, reflecting a worldwide appetite for classic science fiction storytelling. Each restored short story gives modern listeners direct access to the imagination and bold ideas that shaped the genre from its earliest days through the Golden Age.Narrated by Scott Miller, each episode serves as an accessible entry point into science fiction’s rich literary history—bringing the wonders…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T12:19:55.415835+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories-5315368"},"episode":{"title":"Strangers to Straba by Carl Jacobi","slug":"strangers-to-straba-by-carl-jacobi","published_at":"2026-05-24T04:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories-5315368/strangers-to-straba-by-carl-jacobi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories-5315368","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories/episodes/strangers-to-straba-by-carl-jacobi/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/2d99b959-8c5e-4cd3-999d-d8e3a2f320c6/episodes/3953c349-2dc2-4781-92a6-a71a18bc656b/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2d99b959-8c5e-4cd3-999d-d8e3a2f320c6&awEpisodeId=3953c349-2dc2-4781-92a6-a71a18bc656b&feed=T_HaIqjN","summary":"A drifting relic from the earliest days of interstellar travel crashes onto a lonely world, carrying the echo of a doomed voyage nobody fully understands. When a second ghost ship appears above Straba, one greedy visitor pushes too far into something that may still remember the people it lost. Strangers to Straba by Carl Jacobi. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Carl Jacobi has been on the podcast twice. The Street That Wasn’t There, a story he cowrote with Clifford D. Simak and a personal favorite of mine The Last Drive. In today’s tale we travel to the lonely frontier world of Straba, where an old recluse and an ambitious young surveyor uncover one of the greatest lost legends of early space travel.Turn to page 90 in the October 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe, Strangers to Straba by Carl Jacobi…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The patrolmen on Titan expected another brutal week guarding the chroidex mines, but a sudden disaster leaves them trapped outside their own fortress with a thousand enemies behind its walls. As ammunition runs low and escape disappears, Captain Staley gambles everything on a plan so bizarre his own men think he has finally cracked under the pressure. Crisis on Titan by James R. Adams. 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