Podcast Episodes 08 Mar 2012 08:19 pm by David !

Podcast 30: WHILE TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER, by Daliso Chaponda

“WHILE TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER,” by Daliso Chaponda.
Read by Iké Amadi. (41 min)

“My name is Reverend Shamus Brooker and I have two hundred and seventy days left. I’m going to be hit by a car.”

“I am Annabel, cancer, four hundred and ten days.”

“Nqobile. I’m the record holder. Some cunt’s going to shoot me in the head in forty-nine days.”

Timothy got up. “One hundred and one here; just like the Dalmatians. I’m going to die in a fire while trying to save another.”

“What?” Isma exclaimed.  

“What’s wrong?” asked the Reverend.

She spoke slowly; she was visibly trembling. “I’m going to die in one hundred and one days as well. In a fire.”

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Daliso Chaponda is a Malawian stand-up comedian and writer currently based in the UK. He writes fiction on trains as he travels to stand-up gigs. Said fiction is often dark and depressing to compensate for the vacuousness of his night-job. He has been shortlisted for the Carl Brandon Society Award, Northwest Breakthrough Comedian Award, and so on. He likes strawberries.

Iké Amadi is a professional voice-over artist based in Los Angeles. In his free time he is a passionate and horrible video game bowler. He also hopes one day to meet Donald Glover.

In the book, “WHILE TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER” is illustrated by Dylan Meconis. This podcast episode was edited by Matthew Schwartz.

Comments (2)

2 Responses to “Podcast 30: WHILE TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER, by Daliso Chaponda”

  1. on 11 Mar 2012 at 6:50 pm 1.Gerardo Ortiz Mildare said …

    You should update your podcasts section, it’s only got podcasts 1-24.

    I haven’t listened to this one yet, but I’m very excited! I’m going to transfer it to my newly purchased 3DS and listen to it on my 50-minute subway trip tomorrow. That’s very exciting! I’ve never listened to narrated fiction on-the-go before. Thank you very much!

    By the way, I’m posting this from Mexico, so you should know that your book has really gone quite far 😛

  2. on 16 Mar 2012 at 8:08 am 2.anatoly belilovsky said …

    This is the best one I’ve seen so far, possibly one of the best ever.