Rnz: The Podcast Hour

You encounter a rude shop assistant, there are fireworks in your neighbourhood at what is quite clearly the wrong time of the year, or the parking space you had your eye on is lost because somebody cuts in front of you...have you ever let yourself stew on something?! Going into a bit of a downward spiral is the theme of a recent story called 'The King and I' by Natalie Kestecher on the BBC's 'Short Cuts', produced by Eleanor McDowall and presented by Josie Long (a Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4).