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The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter NineIn the last chapter, Mother put a grand plan to rest. Welcome back to The Listening Room for the last installment of “Hypnotic”. 9.A car door opened and a weathered black boot stepped onto the dirt road. The door closed with a hollow thud as the person approached a circular clearing pressed down with gravel. Atop it was a dark green picnic table and a nearby grill which had seen better days. Beyond it was a modern rectangular cabin with smooth siding and a sloped roof with a water barrel at one side.Davi...
2025-12-0218 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter EightWelcome back to The Listening Room for the next installment of “Hypnotic”. David made a swift escape after his last test run but finds himself in another prison.In chapter eight, his plans are set into motion. 8.Friday came and it was time to set plans in motion. David got dressed in dark gray chinos, a gray button down shirt and black sneakers. He put on a light weight black sweater and zipped it up half way. He smoothed a steady hand over the front. He grabbed a tote bag from his closet whic...
2025-07-2219 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter SevenWelcome back to The Listening Room for the next installment of “Hypnotic”. David Fuller, a man being housed in a sleep research facility Dr. Vincent Vogel and his assistant Molly Fitzgerald, has just undergone his most extreme dream test run yet. In chapter seven, something sinister is in the works.7.David stretched out his aching limbs on the bed. The artificial light in his room was still low signaling early morning. He pressed his palms against the sides of his head and let out a long, low groan. What a night. Snippets flashed befo...
2025-05-2015 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter SixWelcome back to The Listening Room for the next installment of “Hypnotic”. If you’re just joining, we met David Fuller, a man being housed in a sleep research facility while Dr. Vincent Vogel and his assistant Molly Fitzgerald, examine David’s dreams. Tobias Mancuso sits at the helm recording those dreams and monitoring David during test runs.In chapter six, we pick up with an Atlantic City, NJ mission, when David meets his target Gamal, his most formidable target yet. And a startling truth is revealed.6.Gamal stood with both hands raised. He breat...
2025-04-2216 min
To The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing Historical BiosTo The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast Ep 1.21 Sandra Reed: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword SwallowingTo The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast Ep 1.21 Lady Sandra Reed: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword SwallowingIn this episode, we take a deep dive to explore the life of sword swallower Lady Sandra Reed, who started as an albino lecturer in the 60’s and learned sword swallowing from Lady Louise Chevanne and Ricky Richiardi, performing as a sword swallower from 1969 to 1980 with Ward Hall’s World of Wonders, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, and many other shows over the years. But Sandra Reed is best known for being the subject of the epic i...
2025-04-1513 min
To The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing Historical BiosTo The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast Ep 1.21 Sandra Reed: A Sword Swallower’s History of Swore SwallowingTo The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast Ep 1.21 Lady Sandra Reed: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword SwallowingIn this episode, we take a deep dive to explore the life of sword swallower Lady Sandra Reed, who started as an albino lecturer in the 60’s and learned sword swallowing from Lady Louise Chevanne and Ricky Richiardi, performing as a sword swallower from 1969 to 1980 with Ward Hall’s World of Wonders, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, and many other shows over the years. But she is best known for being the subject of the iconic photo taken of her by photog...
2025-04-1513 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter FiveWelcome back to The Listening Room for the next installment of “Hypnotic”. If you’re just joining, we met David Fuller, a man being housed in a sleep research facility while Dr. Vincent Vogel and his assistant Molly Fitzgerald, examine David’s dreams. Tobias Mancuso sits at the helm recording those dreams and monitoring David during test runs.In chapter four, we got a glimpse of David’s life before the facility and of what triggers his rage. We continue in this chapter with a major breakthrough. 5.Molly ran as fast as her pencil ski...
2025-02-1819 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter FourWelcome back to The Listening Room for chapter four of Hypnotic. In chapter three, David’s allies came to the rescue, both inside and outside the dream world. We resume with who he was before the experiments.4.David grabbed his lunch pail out of the fridge and put it on the table next to Janine. She was dead set on completing a game of Candy Crush and didn’t look up. Her tousled hair was in a ponytail tucked into the back of a well worn ball cap. She learned the art of blending into a bo...
2024-11-1915 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter ThreeWelcome back to The Listening Room for chapter three of Hypnotic. In chapter two, we learned that David volunteered for the sleep study, but not yet why. We resume with a new dreamscape. 3.“We’re going to send you into the next test run,” Vincent said. He was standing next to a reclined David in the dream room. He put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed it. David nodded and turned up the corner of his mouth into a half smile.“Look at the yellow square. You’re going to descend smoothly and identi...
2024-10-3027 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter TwoWelcome back to The Listening Room for chapter two of Hypnotic. You can go back to listen (or read) chapter one to catch up.We encountered a scary descent into a dreamworld for David and a suggestion by tech Toby about how to improve mission results. In this episode, we see what comes from the stillness. 2.The hinges of the pass through creaked open at the bottom third of the door. A silver food tray lay in the opening.“Meal,” a voice said dully.David got off his bed and...
2024-10-2312 min
The Listening RoomHypnotic: Chapter OneWelcome listeners and readers! This is the first chapter of The Listening Room presentation “Hypnotic”. We meet David Fuller who is a test subject of Dr. Vincent Vogel, a man doing disturbing research into dreams. 1.“You know, the closest we get to the feeling of death is the moment before we fall asleep. It’s an utterly delightful, warm, and peaceful transition we do not study enough.”Were it not for the man reclined with his arms outstretched on a modified exam chair with restraints, Vincent would have been mistaken for a lecture hall profe...
2024-10-1512 min
The Listening RoomSeason ThreeYou’re in the Listening Room, a podcast series by The FLARE Substack. I’m Chevanne, the voice behind both.If you’ve been a fan for a while or at least gone through my podcast archive, you know that each year on October 3rd, I share an audio presentation. Today continues that tradition as both a celebration of a medium I’ve become more passionate about over time, audio performance, and of my birthday.I’m 40. Saying it out loud feels heavy because this time felt so far away when I was up at night watc...
2024-10-0303 min
The Listening RoomNo Way Home: Chapter FourAnd now for the conclusion…When school let out for the summer Martin was dangling at the end of his rope managing the two starkly different parts of his life. He had finally gotten done wrapping up the year a week afterward. The classroom had been cleared out and he headed home, tired but satisfied. He fantasized about a hot shower and crisp, cold bed sheets as he trudged up the front steps. Before his key entered the lock, he could hear laughter coming from inside. It was Lena and someone else he didn’t recog...
2024-02-0812 min
The Listening RoomNo Way Home: Chapter ThreeIn our last episode, Martin made a surprising commitment that took him to new lows. This week, we see how deep it goes.The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.3.Alonzo took after his Uncle Leo. He had a quiet confidence about him that contrasted his cousin Manny’s twitchiness and Matthew’s phony bravado. He was smooth, dressed in dark colors with matching sneakers. His car was just as sleek and dark, with large bench seats. It s...
2024-01-2914 min
The Listening RoomNo Way Home: Chapter TwoIn our last episode, Martin falls under increasing pressure and finds his future as a teacher more uncertain than ever. This week, we see whether he’s given in to looming temptation.The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.2.Martin awoke alone that Saturday morning, with aching muscles and swollen eyelids. His whole body felt tense with shame and the remnants of his fight with Lena. She had already headed out and probably wouldn’t come back unti...
2024-01-2214 min
The Listening RoomNo Way Home: Chapter OneYou’re in… The Listening Room, a podcast series by The FLARE Substack. I’m Chevanne, the voice behind both.This next presentation is of my first proper short story, written over three days with no outline and no plan. It was the first time I knew writing could be so thrilling and stressful. There was a small bowl of gummi bears and aperitif glass of vermouth to spur me on.In “No Way Home”, we meet Martin LaSalle, who takes a journey into depths which he may not be able to escape.The FLAR...
2024-01-1618 min
The Listening RoomSpecial PresentationTranscript:You’re in… The Listening Room, a podcast series by The FLARE Substack. I’m Chevanne, the voice behind both.This next piece was difficult to write. I kept turning it over in my head, avoiding it, and revising it. That’s mostly because it’s a frightening true story, one about you and me and what could happen to you or to me. Only one small thing could make a big difference. Thanks for joining me to hear this special presentation entitled: A Pound of Flesh.[instrumental opening]Good evening an...
2023-10-0308 min
The Listening RoomIthaka: Chapter SevenWelcome back for the final episode of the serial sci-fi mystery “Ithaka”. We ended chapter 6 with a narrow escape and the help of friends near and light years away just as a battle has begun.The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.7.The cave shook with tremors from below and blasts from rocket fire above. Laurence and Kane handed out weapons and led others deep into caverns to hide. Uncertain yet determined, they reassured those in their care...
2022-12-0508 min
The Listening RoomIthaka: Chapter SixWelcome to the Listening Room for a reading of “Ithaka”In chapter 5, we found out the mystery man’s identity and things we getting tense between Anaella and Minos. In this chapter, the penultimate of the series, much more is revealed. The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.6.Anaella fidgeted nervously in an armchair in Kane’s living room. It was getting harder to be at home under Minos’s sharp eyes.“Let’s take a look...
2022-11-2917 min
The Listening RoomIthaka: Chapter FiveWelcome back to The Listening Room for a reading of “Ithaka”. In chapter 4, our investigators landed on the desolate planet of Helios. Anaella’s strange encounter with Minos lingers while the pair find a hidden colony and meet a stranger.The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.5.Anaella, Kane, and Tory descended a series of platforms to the ground below. The tiny humps they saw from the crater edge were homes formed of the planet’s earth...
2022-11-2113 min
The Listening RoomIthaka: Chapter FourThank you for coming back to read (or listen to) the short story “Ithaka” in the Listening Room, presented by The FLARE Substack.In episode three, Anaella and Minos were getting closer, while new light was shed on the investigation. And in a flashback, we met a Headley ancestor. In this episode, we learn about the planet Helios.The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.4.“If there are people living on Helios, then maybe it’s worth...
2022-11-0710 min
The Listening RoomIthaka: Chapter ThreeThank you for coming back to read (or listen to) the short story “Ithaka” in the Listening Room, presented by The FLARE Substack. In episode two, we met Anaella’s new roommate Minos, who is seeing the planet anew. We resume with Anaella and Kane’s investigation tracking down the hover truck which may have dumped the stranger in the field. The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.3.She rammed her shoulder into Kane and they bot...
2022-10-3113 min
The Listening RoomIthaka, Chapter TwoWelcome back to episode 2 of “Ithaka”. If you haven’t already done so, please go back to listen to episode one. We met an unknown man whose death brings up many questions as to his origin. In another scene, we flash back to the past in the midst of a critical conversation in front of a Senate committee.2.A man with a fistful of wavy brown hair and a wide stride approached the glass doors before swiftly moving aside to let someone out. Once inside, he paused to check his phone, then t...
2022-10-2416 min
The Listening RoomIthaka, Chapter OneYou’re in The Listening Room, a podcast series by The FLARE Substack which is premiering the serial fiction story “Ithaka”. I’m Chevanne, your host.We begin hundreds of years in the future just outside the town of Ithaka. We meet our protagonist at the beginning of a developing mystery.The FLARE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.1.Anaella marched slowly through the tall silver green grass, her knees rising high. Off in the distance, the cres...
2022-10-1713 min
The Listening RoomWelcome to The Listening RoomYou’re in The Listening Room, a podcast series by The FLARE Substack which will feature updates and readings of selected published work. I’m Chevanne, the voice behind both.I have to admit, it was a rough summer. I went through a lot emotionally and physically. Like every restaurant or post office, I was short-staffed as well. This meant making myself the mortar between widely spaced bricks. I do that, though, sacrifice myself, but it didn’t work, and I was exhausted.I pivoted, shuffled, organized, and occasionally cried my way through it. I’m on the...
2022-10-0302 min
C.B. Cassa BertallotEspansione 7X33 CaSSa Bertallot01 James Curd feat. Sidwho - Everybody Come On 02 Black Hawks Of Panama feat. Bisi - Hurts 03 Dj Seinfeld - These Things Will Come To Be (LSDXOXO Remix) 04 Danny Howard & Chaney - This Beat 05 Willaris. K - 5 o’clock (Tsha Remix) 06 Re.you & Paul Brenning - Reasons 07 Mace - Espansione 08 Sublime Sound feat. Ellivia - Now We Are 09 Hot Since 82 feat. Jem Cooke - Buggin' (UR2wo Remix) 10 Subjective feat. Lauren Norstrom - Azimuth 11 Crewdson & Chevanne - Drinking Song 12 George FitzGerald - Cold 13 Ismael - Faster 14 Aquarian - If...
2022-06-101h 00
ResourcesLearnings from one year of Writer Office HoursOne year ago this week, writers and the Substack team started gathering in weekly Office Hours discussion threads together for the first time. In 38 threads with tens of thousands of comments, writers shared bold ambitions for publishing on Substack, swapped sharp insights on growing an engaged email list, and celebrated milestones like going paid.A year in and the discussion threads continue, with writers learning and navigating a new chapter for online publishing. Together through Office Hours, Substack writers have authored advice for the future.In 1997, Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich wrote an essay as a...
2022-05-1203 min
EuFMDRisk Mapping and mitigation in the European neighbourhoodEtienne Chevanne, FMD risk management specialist working for the EuFMD talks about what is "Risk mapping and mitigation", how it works and why it is so important.
2021-04-2003 min
EuFMDE. Chevanne - Bovine Ephemeral Fever in the European neighbourhood between 2015 and 2019E. Chevanne - Bovine Ephemeral Fever in the European neighbourhood between 2015 and 2019 by European Commission for the Control of FMD
2020-12-1003 min
EuFMDRapid tests for FMD diagnosis (Dr Labib Bakkali-Kassimi and Dr Etienne Chevanne)Welcome to the podcast on rapid tests for FMD diagnosis. Dr Chevanne (EuFMD), had a talk with Dr Bakkali-Kassimi (ANSES) on rapid tests for the diagnosis of FMD and their contribution to virological surveillance. A rapid and easy-to-perform test is particularly useful for the confirmation of suspected FMD outbreaks on-site, and the fast implementation of control measures. The inactivation of positives tests on-site allows the safe transportation of samples from the field to the laboratory for virus characterization, without the need for maintaining the cold chain.Dr Bakkali-Kassimi is a virologist at the Animal Health Laboratory of the...
2020-05-1218 min
EuFMDIn focus: RESOLAB (Dr. Joseph Adongo Awuni)Dr. Joseph Adongo Awuni is a Laboratory expert on FMD in West and Central Africa, and Coordinator of West and Central Africa Veterinary Laboratory Network for Avian Influenza and other trans-boundary diseases. (RESOLAB)Dr. Awuni spoke with our FMD Risk Management Specialist, Dr. Etienne Chevanne at the recent Workshop for PCP Support Officer(PSOs)in Accra, Ghana. They discussed the role of RESOLAB since its establishment in 2006, with an insight into its future direction.
2019-10-1508 min