The Fictional Podcast

Thank you to Rebecca for the challenge. Check out her awesome shuffle dancing on Instagram at @rebeccawheele . Cast your mind back to your secondary school days, and these interactions will make perfect sense.Every episode is an original short story, written and narrated by me, Samuel Hogarth, based off challenges given to me by you, the listeners. Submit your challenge to me by co

The full title of the challenge was “A Love Story Between Two Eternal Things that Can Never Touch”. I knew it was going to be something sky-related, but I haven’t ever read a story which uses the Zodiac signs as characters, so I thought, why not?Thank you to Hlynur for the great idea. Find this BJJ legend on Instagram @hlynursmari Read along here: Samuelhogarth.com/…Follow

Sometimes, stories can help us face the hard truths, such as where our food comes from.Thank you to Olivia for the challenge. Check out her great singing on Instagram, @bopsbybop Read along here: Samuelhogarth.com/…Follow me on Instagram: @samuel.the.writerFind me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@samuelthewriterDon’t forget to follow the podcast to be notified about new epi

Thanks to @choey_g_music, best musician in the world, for the challenge. AI is arguably the next big threat to humanity, if we don't integrate it carefully enough. Do you agree?Read along here: Samuelhogarth.com/…Follow me on Instagram: @samuel.the.writerFind me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@samuelthewriterDon’t forget to follow the podcast to be notified about new episo

Thanks to my boy Gunnar for the challenge. This time I’m dealing with serious subjects; namely, addiction and depression.Read along here: Samuelhogarth.com/…Follow me on Instagram: @samuel.the.writerFind me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@samuelthewriterDon’t forget to follow the podcast to be notified about new episodes!

Thank you to Eiríkur for the challenge. Sorry mate, I found it difficult to keep it serious. But I can say with certainty that every reasonable person should find the ‘monster’ in this story scary.Read along here: Samuelhogarth.com/…Follow me on Instagram: @samuel.the.writerFind me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@samuelthewriterDon’t forget to follow the podcast to be

Thank you to Lien for the challenge. She also added that it must pass the Bechdel test. The story passes until the end segment, which I couldn’t resist including. Here we go.Read along here: Samuelhogarth.com/…Follow me on Instagram: @samuel.the.writerFind me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@samuelthewriterDon’t forget to follow the podcast to be notified about new episod