292 - From August (Listener Message)

292 - From August (Listener Message)

From Breaker Whiskey by Atypical Artists

February 11, 2026 · 2 min · Episode 292

About this episode

The episode features a listener's story about a misunderstood child in a village.

Please visit breakerwhiskey.com for more information or to send a message to Whiskey's radio. Breaker Whiskey is an Atypical Artists production created by Lauren Shippen. If you'd like to support the show, please visit atypicalartists.co/support . If you'd like to send Whiskey a message, click here . ---- [Transcript] Hello, Whiskey. I'd like to tell you a story. Nothing more, nothing less. You don't have to respond. You don't even have to listen. It's just nice to talk to someone after...  There was once a child. For they can't have been much more than that. Maybe ten or eleven years old. And this child lived in a sleepy little village in the English countryside. The child always knew they were different to anyone else in the village, but they didn't know why or how. They didn't understand their people, and in turn, their people did not understand them. But it was all right. You don't need to understand one another to teach one to read or to help out on a farm. And all was well. But the child always felt left out, misunderstood as they were. They hated their people.  But hate is such a strong word, I hear you cry. They hated their people with a burning passion. It ate…

People in this episode

Host: Lauren Shippen

Topics covered

  • listener message
  • storytelling
  • childhood
  • isolation
  • self-discovery

Keywords

  • listener message
  • story
  • child
  • isolation
  • English countryside

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atypical Artists

Places: English countryside, village

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