Story Radio Podcast

About Story Radio Podcast

A monthly podcast dedicated to celebrating the literary short story and all things bookish. Bite-size short fiction for writers and readers everywhere. Listen to a short story or interview on the 1st of each month at 12:00am. Hosted by Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan open to established, new and emerging writers in the English language. Always free to submit. Story Radio Podcast is a Community Interest Company (CIC), established to support and promote emerging writers, actors and literary voices. As a CIC, we operate for public benefit, reinvesting any future profits back into the organisation to sustain and grow opportunities for the writing community. We are a small organisation run by volunteer writers and producers (Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan) hoping to benefit the writing community. Our eventual aim is to be self-funding and to pay our writers and actors for each short story we produce. Visit our https://patreon.com/storyradio (Patreon) if you would like to support our work and access exclusive content. Send us your stories Visit the Submissions page on our website https://www.storyradio.org/submissions/ (https://www.storyradio.org) Or contact Tabitha Potts at submit@storyradio.org About us Tabitha Potts is a writer living in East London. She has had several short stories published in print and online and short-listed for various awards, most recently the https://alpinefellowship.com/writing-prize (Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize). In a previous life, she was a BBC Radio Drama producer. Read more at http://www.tabithapotts.com/ (http://www.tabithapotts.com). Martin Nathan has worked as a labourer, showman, pancake chef, fire technician, and a railway engineer. His short fiction has been published by Tangent Press, HCE and Grist and his poetry has appeared in Finished Creatures, Erbacce and Aesthetica. His novel – A Place of Safety is published by Salt Publishing. Website: https://www.martinnathan.co.uk/ (http://www.martinnathan.co.uk)

Publisher

Story Radio Podcast

Category

arts · fiction · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Feb 2020

Latest episode

1 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Nov 2026

   Interview with Miki Lentin about his novel Bird in Space

   In this episode of Story Radio, Tabitha is joined by Miki Lentin, whose new novel Bird in Space is published on 2 February 2027 by Afsana Press. The book follows Jerry, a man in his late forties, who is sent by his mother on what seems an impossible quest: to travel through Romania and Ukraine and save a carved wooden house built by his grandfather before the Second World War. Miki talks about the family stories and 1980s photographs that sparked the book, why Jerry is the age he is, and how he wove surreal and uncanny moments into a realist novel. He also discusses the two women closest to Jerry, the friends he makes along the way, the symbolism of painted eggs, the influence of the Romanian New Wave, what happens to the memories held in the houses we leave, and why the novel begins and ends with Brancusi’s sculptures. He finishes with a look at his next project, then reads from chapters 1, 5 and 18. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:11 About the novel 02:19 Writing inspiration 04:19 Jerry’s midlife crisis 06:20 Surreal elements 09:40 The women in Jerry’s life 12:12 Friends in Romania 14:52 Symbolism 17:32 Romanian New Wave cinema 20:31 Houses and heritage 23:09 Brancusi’s sculptures 25:42 Next project 26:28 Reading: Chapter 1 28:39 Reading: Chapter 5 32:31 Reading: Chapter 18 34:44 Closing About Miki Lentin Miki Lentin took up writing while travelling the world with his family. His first novel, Winter Sun, was published in 2024. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London, and has been placed in the Fish Publishing Short Memoir Prize and the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Award. He also volunteers with Freedom from Torture’s Write to Life programme, supporting refugees and asylum seekers with their creative work. Book details Bird in Space (https://www.afsana-press.com/bird-in-space) by Miki Lentin (https://www.afsana-press.com/bird-in-space) will be published 2 February 2027 by Afsana Press. Credits The producer was Tabitha Potts Tabitha Potts (https://www.tabithapotts.com/) is a podcaster, short story writer and novelist, recognised with an Honourable Mention in the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. Her debut novel was published by Rowan Prose Publishing in June 2026. About Story Radio Story Radio is the podcast for readers, writers and lovers of literature everywhere. Find out more at storyradio.org (https://storyradio.org). Story Radio is taking a break for Christmas and will return in the New Year. Story Radio CIC is supported by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Allia Impact. Support Story Radio Podcast (https://storyradio.captivate.fm/support)

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Interview with S A Sizemore about Whispers of the Pale Witch

   In this Halloween-themed episode, Story Radio talks to author S.A. Sizemore about her debut horror novel, Whispers of the Pale Witch (https://www.rowanprosepublishing.com/sasizemore), the first instalment in the Beckett Coven trilogy, published by Rowan Prose Publishing (https://www.rowanprosepublishing.com/). Partially inspired by Sizemore's own ancestral connection to the Salem witch trials, the novel is released on 29 September 2026 and has already won several awards, including American Fiction Awards Winner for Best Occult/Horror Novel and Finalist for Best LGBTQ Novel. S.A. Sizemore was drawn to the stage from an early age and began writing professionally while studying theatre arts in college. After producing several plays regionally in Southern California, she pivoted to the themed entertainment industry before turning to fiction. You can find her at her author website, beckettcoven.com (https://www.beckettcoven.com/). This episode was produced by Tabitha Potts. Tabitha Potts (https://www.tabithapotts.com/) is a podcaster, short story writer and novelist, recognised with an Honourable Mention in the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. Her debut novel was published by Rowan Prose Publishing in June 2026. Donate We are a volunteer-led organisation and appreciate any donations towards our running costs. Buy us a coffee (https://ko-fi.com/storyradio) Become a patreon (https://www.patreon.com/storyradio) Contact us Visit our our website Storyradio.org (https://www.storyradio.org/)

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   31 Aug 2026

   Chateau d'Orquevaux Writers' Salon

   Tabitha Potts interviews Beulah Van Rensburg, who helps run the writers' and artists' residency at the Chateau d'Orquevaux, about its history and aims. We then hear a selection of poets' and writers' works-in-progress. Alison Clarke is a poet, historical fiction and fantasy author, and visual artist. She is the author of M: The Mystical Odyssey of Harriet E. Wilson and Phillis: A Poetry Collection (University of Calgary Press, 2020), a #1 Amazon bestseller, as well as the award-winning YA fantasy series The Sisterhood, for which she won Diversity Magazine's 2016 Writer of the Year. She received the 2020 Fil Fraser award for her contributions to literary and visual art, and was a panellist at Seattle Worldcon 2025. Alison believes that stories can change the world. Buy M: The Mystical Odyssey of Harriet E. Wilson: UK: amzn.eu/d/f1sUgPn (https://amzn.eu/d/f1sUgPn) USA: a.co/d/6NqDbom (https://a.co/d/6NqDbom) Canada: a.co/d/1i8bo2f (https://a.co/d/1i8bo2f) Eli Schaub: Eli is a fourth year creative writing major at the University of South Dakota, yet has been writing since his sophomore year of high school. He has written poems, plays, and short stories over the years. His goal when he graduates is to become a fantasy author, although he also loves writing stories in different genres and modes. Sophia Bea: @sophiabea.dot (https://www.instagram.com/sophiabea.dot/) on Instagram Karin Hadadan is a three-times author, filmmaker, speaker and teacher, and the author of When Nothing Makes Sense: Finding God in the Gap Between Prayer & Answer. She also runs the PORTAL app and a Substack newsletter. Follow her at @icietnu (https://www.instagram.com/icietnu/) on Instagram. Michelle Lizet Flores is the author of the chapbook Cuentos from the Swamp, alongside the titled works Invasive Species, Places We Build in the Universe and Carlito the Bat. Follow her at @shellyflowers (https://www.instagram.com/shellyflowers/) on Instagram. Anna Maria Manalo is a recipient of the Denis Diderot award as a literary artist in residence at the Chateau d'Orquevaux, and holds a residency at Studio Faire for autumn 2027. She is the first Filipina-American author writing in the supernatural historical suspense genre, and the first to bring a creative nonfiction approach to it. A former screenwriter and therapist, her screenplays Under Tango Road, The Tulpa Effect and Uncharted Darkness have placed as quarterfinalists and top-ten finishers in competitions. Drawing on true accounts of the paranormal gathered across 27 countries, she is the Amazon bestselling author of Haunted Heirlooms and Unholy Structure. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Follow Anna Maria at annamariamanaloauthor.com (https://www.annamariamanaloauthor.com) or @TheSinisterArchives on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Substack. To contribute a true encounter to her blog, email cinescriber@gmail.com (mailto:cinescriber@gmail.com). Tabitha Potts is the host of Story Radio and the author of the gothic novel The House of Dust and Shadows (Rowan Prose Publishing), as well as the short story collection A Book of Short Stories (Wish Hounds Press). She holds a creative writing MA from Birkbeck and attended a residency at the Chateau d'Orquevaux, where she began work on her second novel, The Devil's Picture Book, a historical novel set in 1980s Oxford. In this episode, she reads from her work in progress.

Who has been a guest on Story Radio Podcast

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• Declan Geraghty
• Lindsay Gillespie
• Martin Nathan
• Simon Roberts
• Martha Stutchbury

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YouTube views

86,143

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

49 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

69

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

76

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