{"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":"The Vibration Wasps by Frank Belknap Long","slug":"the-vibration-wasps-by-frank-belknap-long","published_at":"2026-05-14T02:51:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories-5315368/the-vibration-wasps-by-frank-belknap-long","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories-5315368","url":"https://shows.acast.com/lost-sci-fi/episodes/the-vibration-wasps-by-frank-belknap-long","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/652cab3808a248001210aa70/e/6a001c3d668fe6d31fc21978/media.mp3","summary":"The first photographs taken on Jupiter reveal towering shapes that watch the explorers’ ship through the mist. Inside the sealed cabin, the crew realizes too late that the creatures outside already know they are there. The Vibration Wasps by Frank Belknap Long. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Thanks to our listeners in Bosnia and Herzegovina for making The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast the #1 science fiction podcast in your country! That makes 36 countries where we’ve reached #1. We’re incredibly grateful for you and every listener around the world who presses play, shares the show, and keeps vintage science fiction alive. You made this possible, and we can’t thank you enough for your support. If you are Lost Sci-Fi Premium member we will have two episodes for you tomorrow. Our Premium members listen to every story with no commercials and get exclusive bonus episodes too, all for less than 17 cents a day. Get the details at https://lostscifi.com/premium or click on the link in the description. 👉 💎 Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ Our story two days ago, Message from Venus by Russ Winterbotham came from the short lived sci-fi magazine Comet, in January 1941. Today’s story was in that same publication on page 82, The Vibration Wasps by Frank Belknap Long… Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A routine military assignment drops Hannibal Pryor onto a forgotten world where the people have built a life no crowded empire could understand. With a planet-killing weapon already on its way, Pryor must decide whether duty still matters when the price is an entire civilization. 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