''LeVar Burton Reads'' is a
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
hosted by
LeVar Burton
Levar Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host, best known for playing Geordi La Forge in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994). He also played Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries ''Root ...
, where he reads a piece of
short fiction
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
and shares his thoughts on it.
Reception
''LeVar Burton Reads'' has been well received by both ''USA Today'' and ''The New Yorker''.
The podcast won the 2020
Ignyte Award
The Ignyte Awards are an annual literary award for the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror works and achievements of the previous year. Established in 2020 by writers L. D. Lewis and Suzan Palumbo as an off-shoot of '' FIYAH Literary Maga ...
for Best Fiction Podcast.
References
External links
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2017 podcast debuts
American podcasts
Audio podcasts
Speculative fiction podcasts
Works based on short fiction
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