Short stories and poetry, read aloud by the author. Host: Nels Challinor Theme Music by DAIN Cover Art by Natalie Vukic
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Signup to Generate a PitchShort stories and poetry, read aloud by the author. Host: Nels Challinor Theme Music by DAIN Cover Art by Natalie Vukic
Written and Read is hosted by Nels Challinor. The show has published 52 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include ""A Girl Called Tomorrow"" (27 January 2026, 12 minutes), "The Round-Up: Top Five Books for 2025" (23 December 2025, 100 minutes), and ""Lolita" and "Pink Pigeon" by Alex Carolan" (9 December 2025, 7 minutes).
Written and Read publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 17 minutes across 52 episodes.
Booking probability for Written and Read is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Written and Read requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Written and Read's contact route on record: public web form.
Nels Challinor hosts Written and Read, an arts podcast with 52 episodes published.
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Episode #1
"A Girl Called Tomorrow," originally published in reference mollusk in January of 2026. "With the new name, she would be heartless, strong, angry, beautiful, young forever, temperamental, effortlessly cool. With the new...
Episode #26
Discussion with Dale Hall and Charlie Hope-D'Anieri about the best books we read in 2024.
Episode #25
Two original pieces of flash fiction by Alex Carolan - "Lolita" and "Pink Pigeon" - originally published in Pom Pom Lit and Pinch, respectively.
Episode #24
"My Angel," original and unpublished. "I wake up beside an angel. Every morning, she plants a kiss on my lips. And then I get up to make coffee and feed the cat."
Episode #21
"Trimbell's Complaint," original and unpublished. " On October 2nd, 2029, at 7:42 PM PST, the Basketville sheriff department received a call from Mr. Trimbell’s neighbor, Mrs. Petunia Foxwood, stating that she heard...
Episode #20
"Even Me," original and unpublished. " As long as I can remember, I have been alone."
Episode #18
"Dog Won't Hunt," original and unpublished. " Barry didn’t know how to refuse the flowers so he accepted them bashfully and left without saying thank you or goodbye."
Episode #17
Krishna Sharma reads three original poems.
Episode #16
"Sunday Morning," original and unpublished. "For the first time that day, I felt sad, for it seemed to me that the place where someone died should be special or noteworthy in some way and yet, for all my riding up and...
Episode #15
Marcus Changed talks poetry and reads several original poems.
Episode #14
"Follow Her," original and unpublished. "My fear is unformed molten steel. It’s a knife, a jet engine, a crutch, whatever I need whenever I need it."
Episode #13
"The Simulator" is an original one-act play. Characters Ben: Nels Challinor Aliss: Alexandra Duprey
Episode #12
"Loneliness," original and unpublished. "His attempts to soothe her, his soft cooing words, his very presence, these only made her angrier and sadder. This time, he lies very still, looking at his long unbitten...
Episode #10
"Candlemaker," previously unpublished. "Our purpose, if we have one beyond the abilities we perform effortlessly thousands of times per day, is ethereal and divine. It is related to survival and beauty and the...
Episode #9
Dan Foley reads three original poems.
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