Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife

By: Fountainhead Transmedia Inc.
  • Summary

  • Could death be a quality? A place? Not an ending, but an occurrence that changes those it happens to? In Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife, Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. In light hearted interviews with Sir Issac Newton, Adolf Hitler, Isaac Asimov, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Shakespeare, Joan of Arc, and Kilgore Trout, among others - Vonnegut trips down “the blue tunnel to the pearly gates” in the guise of a roving reporter for public radio, all the while dodging the crotchety bureaucrat, Saint Peter. Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife, began in 1999 as a series of 90 Second interludes for WNYC, New York City’s public radio station. It has evolved over the past 25 years through writing and rewriting, into a fiction podcast adventure series - available everywhere you listen to pods. This provocative exploration about who and what we live for shines a light on the uplifting truth Vonnegut embraced in life, “Everything was beautiful. Nothing hurt.”
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Episodes
  • Vonnegut: Reporter, S1-E4 - Election Special
    Nov 3 2024

    Ahead of the election “Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife” roams the great beyond interviewing legendary figures from across the political spectrum:

    Shirley Chisholm, the first black female U.S legislator singing explains, "being female put many more obstacles in her path than being black", her homie Abraham Lincoln ponders the next American civil war, antagonist General Curtis “Bombs Away” LeMay shares his ironic philosophy on peace, and hero Eugene Debs “Workers of the World Unite!” outlines a new path.

    All the while, Vonnegut deploys his trademark wit and charm digging into an oven-hot contest in the Afterlife about the best baked treat.

    Hear Vonnegut explore different perspectives that remind us that we are all human.

    Featuring performances by:

    @benbecherny as Vonnegut,

    @danielletdav as Shirley Chisholm,

    @thelewisblack as Gen. Curtis LeMay,

    @t0nyt0rn as Eugene Debs,

    @harrisonlampertofficial as Abraham Lincoln.

    “Everyday People” performed by @junodunes

    Special Thanks: @vonnegut_library

    The series is based on GOD BLESS YOU, DR. KEVORKIAN by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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    40 mins
  • Vonnegut: Reporter, S1-E3 - Revolutionary Women
    Oct 28 2023

    Kurt Vonnegut interviews Joan of Arc and Mary Quant.

    Living 600 years apart, they were both in their own way instrumental in defining how women are perceived today.

    Not just equals, but leaders on the battlefield and in the business world.

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    26 mins
  • Vonnegut: Reporter, S1-E2 - Romantic Writers
    Mar 29 2023

    Kurt Vonnegut interviews historical romantic writers, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, John Keats, Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, along with some surprising new characters.

    This provocative exploration about who and what we live for shines a light on the uplifting truth Vonnegut embraced in life. “Everything was beautiful. Nothing hurt.”

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    26 mins

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