Paul J. McSorley

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3,444 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 19 Sep

Paul J. McSorley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 4 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 2.

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I asked, confused.

Yes, fight.

That's when I hear the distant beeping of hospital machinery as black smoke begins to swirl around me.

My heart begins to race as I feel the need to fight against the nothingness.

I'm stunned to find myself holding a samurai sword, its keen blade slicing through the smoke to no effect.

I'm sorry, Petra, I scream as the smoke envelopes me, taking me back to the blackness.

I begin wondering if I really am dead.

The thought makes me chuckle because of course I'd end up in purgatory.

I wouldn't say I'd been a bad man, but I did things for my country that left a stain on my soul.

Not good enough for heaven, not bad enough for hell.

I shrug and explore my surroundings.

A flicker of light, not unlike a dying neon sign, beckons in the distance.

I walk toward it, one foot in front of the other on an unknown surface.

The lack of sound is as deafening as words.

After a while, the blue xenon light begins to form words.

A quote from my college years: There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.

I sit down and stare up at the words.

Albert Camus's idea about whether life is or isn't worth living being the only philosophical question worth answering, has stuck with me.

Every answer after this is gravy.

Questions about science or religion don't matter once someone decides that life is no longer worth living.

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