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The Nth Degree



Single-voiced Multigenre Anthology Audio Book


Synopsis:

I’m Natalie Patton and this is The Nth Degree, a storytelling show that’s meant to feel like you’re at the intersection of a literary bar and an intimate conversation. Each season, through stories, I’m going to explore a single topic to the nth degree. By that I mean I’m going to examine the topic to its furthest reaches in hopes that I can understand it better. This season, the topic is death and grief and all the things a person who experiences those might experience and feel and wonder about.


Format: Audio Book

Continuity: Anthology

Voices: Single

Genres: Multigenre

Completion status: NA

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Episodes:

Part 1: "The Slippery Nature of Time"

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 20:34:18 -0700

With words by Natalie Patton and music bed by the band Scale Worms, this story is a meditation on time, memory and loss told across three parts. Here: part 1 of "The Slippery Nature of Time."

In this part, I explore my desire to manipulate time as my mom was dying. I tried to slow it down, then speed it up. And in some ways I was successful in doing both of those things, because time is a spectrum of our own mindset.

 

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Part 2: "The Slippery Nature of Time"

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:34:08 -0700

With words by Natalie Patton and music by the band Scale Worms, this story is a meditation on time, memory and loss told across three parts. Here: part 2 of "The Slippery Nature of Time."

In part 2, the time period is leading up to and immediately following the birth of my first child. For most (all?) women, the postpartum period is a particular one. For me, it was accentuated by grief that burst out in ways I wasn't expecting and definitely wasn't prepared for. 

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Part 3: "The Slippery Nature of Time"

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:56:24 -0700

With words by Natalie Patton and music bed by the band Scale Worms, this story is a meditation on time, memory and loss told across three parts. Here: part 3 of "The Slippery Nature of Time."

The conclusion to this story digs deeper into the pain of loss and the euphoria of life. While the story isn't tied up neatly with a bow, it does come to some kind of more full understanding.

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"All Spikes and No Majesty"

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:59:09 -0700

Written and read by Natalie Patton, the story in episode four recounts a memory of a curious cactus in a nondescript pot and the strange ritual of collecting a body.

This continues this season of The Nth Degree exploring death and grief and all the confusing details therein.

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