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There's a non-zero amount of ✨denial✨in response to certain podcast-based events this week, as I bring you my thoughts about the fiction podcasts I've been listening to in this week's audio fiction Sunday blog post!
#audio fiction#audio drama#podcasts#audio fiction sunday#camlann#tell no tales#world gone wrong#inn between#hello from the hallowoods#among the stars and bones#midst#forgive me!#breaker whiskey#the kingmaker histories#the pilgrimage saga#wanderer's journal#copperheart#the way we haunt now
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[click, static]
Okay, I think I’m—I’m ready to read this note now. Beyond just the date and the first few lines.
“April 6th, 1975
Abigail—
I’m okay. If you do find this, I have a feeling you’re going to have questions about the blood. You always have questions about everything. It’s one of your best qualities and also one of your most infuriating. Though I suppose I should be grateful you’ve been dogged in your pursuit of the truth. Maybe this can be repaired.”
I don’t know if she means the jacket or…
“It’s chicken blood. I am not as capable as you when it comes to butchery.”
That’s…that’s as far as I got after finding the note. The relief hit me like a freight train but…
I don’t want to be capable of butchery. I know that’s not what you meant but I…
Anyway. Moving forward.
“I’m sorry I didn’t reach our meeting in time, but after that man came to the house, I went to ground. I heard a car in the distance a few times over the last few days, but I couldn’t be sure it was you.
I got the car you left me. And the radio. I’ve been transmitting out regularly but I’m going to guess that you haven’t heard me. That’s what I’m choosing to believe anyway, given I’ve sent you more than a few messages over the months, with no reply. And, yet, somehow, I’ve heard many of your transmissions—not all, and they are very often full of static and breaks in the signal, but you have reached our garage even from Los Angeles.”
She crossed out something here. I think it says…(crinkle of paper) "I thought about joining you” but I can’t read the rest. Goddammit, Harry…
“Do you remember that one diner that we went to every month for all of ’69? I know that you’ve been to a lot of roadside diners in the last ten months, so maybe they’ve run together in the way that they’re almost purpose built to do. The one down the street, the one we could walk to—we haven’t been back in ages, because I got spooked the one time the neon sign flickered back to life, but we’d carry thermoses of tea and pretend that we were going out for a morning cup, because the monotony of our existence was threatening to destroy us both.
Whether you remember it or not, that diner has a working radio. I believe it too spooked me when there was a power surge, even if it was just static. In any case, I’m no longer at that diner, but I was briefly and heard several of your transmissions. There was no way to speak back to you, as it wasn’t that kind of radio, but it was picking up your signal just the same.
I’m not in the state anymore. I threw the jacket from the car as I drove out of town, a final ditch attempt to contact you. I had a feeling you would take it with you if you found it, despite the state of it, and just had to hope that you would find these pages sewn inside the lining.
I’ll keep transmitting, so we can find a time and place to meet, but there are conversations I don’t want to have over the airwaves, or in a letter. So I’m going to give you instructions now, that I’ll keep repeating on the radio, in the hopes that you’ve found this even if you can’t hear me.
Do you remember the show I did up north at that gallery near the water? You’d been in Provincetown with Francis for a few days and he drove the both of you up for the opening. It wasn’t a particularly short journey, but manageable. You both stayed the weekend, at that little B&B that shares its name with one of the planets.
I don’t think you thought very much of my show. It was one of my more abstract periods. I know you never cared much for that style, but I do have to wonder if you’d have been more generous to it if you’d known what inspired it. Then again—”
And she crossed that out too…
“It was still nice having you and Francis there. I always wondered why you’d agreed to come. You seemed so unhappy to be there. It makes me wonder if my demeanor made you think that I was unhappy to have you there. That was never my intent.
I’m headed there now. I think you left me with enough fuel to make the journey, and I want to get somewhere familiar that isn’t terribly close to where we've been. Meet me there.
I don’t want to write the name down, for fear that someone else will find this jacket and this note, but I’m going to assume you remember.
I remembered. The place where we had the picnic. I remembered. And I always knew that you were winding me up about Rothko, but I liked arguing with you. It’s why I never told you that I like Hank Williams. At least, I learned to.
Harriet”.
[click, static]
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Happy Audio Drama Sunday! I heard so many good shows this week, let’s goooooo
🥃 I started listening to @breakerwhiskey this week, and I’m on episode 21 (which is nothing, it’s microfic), and it is so compelling. Lauren Shippen said in episode zero that she misses the improvisational feel of early audio dramas and that really comes through in this show—the wandering of the story reflects the wandering of Whiskey herself. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
🎵I am not alone in my reaction to the new season of @hellofromthehallowoods, which I think goes something like, “Wh—who—but—Arnold?????” (Seriously, Arnold???) but I love a mystery, and I love how linear this season is starting out. I’m sure that it’ll all get more complicated soon.
💔 Have you all heard Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club? It’s a call-in advice show from a fictional radio station and it is HILARIOUS. Until this last episode, which got SAD. It's a partially improvised show, so the whole thing feels so incredibly human and it always hits. Please listen, more fictional advice shows all around.
🐺 The Midnight Burger/The Amelia Project crossover was exactly as delightful as I expected. We got two shows that love historical figures and putting people in the deep freeze. What could go wrong! Absolutely nothing. With a crossover episode I always wonder if there will be enough character interaction to slake my insatiable character dynamic thirst and for this one I definitely think there was.
🍺 Inn Between dropped an episode of Dragon’s Rest on their feed this week, and I'm here to say that we did that because it's frikkin hilarious. This last episode was so good, especially with Shax trying to talk to a bartender and the bartender getting mad that Shax was complaining about her friends and not having a professional business conversation. I love you, southern-sounding bartender, and I love you Shax.
🩸Hemophobia continues to scare the heck out of me. This series, Camp Havenside, ended exactly how I expected it to, with the extra twist of that horrible half-possessed state Sam is in. Lordt. Listen to this show. Mind the content warnings. Then like, message me about it, it has taken permanent residence in my brain.
🎭 Oh Malevolent, you never disappoint me. I adore the twists the season finale took, and the real danger Arthur and John were in had me on the edge of my seat. How are we gonna get outta this one boys! Frikkin Kayne.
💎 As it ever is, @kingmakerpod was a blessing visited upon my podcatcher. Oh man though, Lucas Lando, what a scuzbag. Like maybe the worst villain yet in this series for me, and I'm including the psychic child. Lando's just unsavory. The action scenes in this episode were excellent, and I love the use of Pocket Cinnamon. For a minute when they were looking for things in the barn that don't conduct electricity, I was very worried for the cows. Honestly now a little surprised they didn't explode a cow. Hey guys, why didn't you explode a cow?
🌈 I've been listening to this actual play, @ourstoriedinsight, and it's about all the typical actual play stuff--a party of misfit adventurers, thrown together by circumstance, trying to stop the end of the world. What stands out about this one is its wonderful sound design and its tone--it's so introspective and kind. The characters are great too. I would die for Vishakapar. If you like an actual play and you don't want to wait for it to get really good, please check out Our Storied Insight.
As for personal news, boy oh boy am I working hard on the Dead! Pray for our recording schedule these next couple weeks. As for Inn Between, we'll be putting up an episode this week that is a true banger, I hope you like it.
That's it for me this week! If you like what I do, send me a tip!
#audio drama sunday#audio fiction#fiction podcast#audio drama#breaker whiskey#hello from the hallowoods#josie's lonely hearts club#dragon's rest#hemophobia podcast#malevolent#the kingmaker histories#our storied insight
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PODCAST MANIA!!!
if you like fictional podcasts, you should check out my new ornament!! i've been having so much fun on my etsy store making all these mini book/cover ornaments
#books and stars#etsy store#etsy seller#podcasts#fictional podcasts#tbs#the bright sessions#wolf 359#zero hours#escaping denver#badlands cola#the penumbra podcast#passenger list#bridgewater#breaker whiskey#look up#me and au#in strange woods#the amelia project#nightvale
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ID: a bracket with the title: "Pick your favorite Atypical show" and the pairings are The Bright Sessions vs. In Strange Woods, Breaker Whiskey vs. New Year’s Day, Look Up vs. Greenhouse, Life With LEO(h) vs. Dashboard Diaries. At the bottom, there is text that reads "What show are you going to recommend to a friend next"? END ID
I love all of Atypical's shows equally but I also love chaos.
#atypical artists#podcasts#audio drama#The Bright Sessions#Breaker Whiskey#Dashboard Diaries#In Strange Woods#Look Up#new year's day podcast#greenhouse#Life With LEO(h)
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Whiskey and Harry!! :)
#fanart#breaker whiskey#breaker whiskey fanart#whiskey and harry#my art#breaker whiskey pod#i love wlw sm
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advertising breaker whiskey to everyone I know by telling them how the wlw ship is sooooo fucked up, you should listen to it
#bw#breaker whiskey#whiskey/harry#whiskey: [accidentally implies she is harry's absent husband]#whiskey: wow she goes out of her way to get me reading material that suits my interests she must be trying to give me condescending hints#whiskey: she stopped growing blackberries because she could tell it upset me /without me ever saying anything/ she must hate me so much#ALSO THE SHARP IMPLEMENTS THING. I WROTE AN ENTIRE FIC ABOUT THAT ONE BC IT DRIVES ME INSANE#these wlw are SOOOOOO messed up you should listen to it
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Thinking a lot about how Whiskey's silences (conveyed through static) are such a big part of the story of Breaker Whiskey
#breaker whiskey#i'm just fascinated by the use of silence in fiction podcasts as a storytelling tool#and whiskey's SMASH CUT STATICS say so much
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(Stumbling out of my bedroom, covered in blood) I caught up on Breaker Whiskey
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001 - ONE
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 patreon.com/breakerwhiskey.
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Breaker, breaker, Channel 19, is anyone reading? [click, static] This is…uh- sh--
[click, static]
Whiskey…Alpha Romeo- this is Whiskey Alpha Romeo, calling out.
[click, static]
Once again, that’s Whiskey Alpha Romeo, currently along I-80.
[click, static] Breaker, breaker. [click, static]
You know, I just realized how bad those initials are, but that’s the rule right? W for east of the Mississippi, which–isn’t that a bit backward? Shouldn’t it be W for West? Anyway, W for east of the Mississippi plus the initials of your name– but I mean, still, WAR is a bit…Whiskey, I guess is okay. Though that’d be the part of the call sign that everybody in this area has, so…not really specific.
Then again, it doesn’t seem like anyone is here – no other W-call signs to mix me up with. So if you are listening somehow, Whiskey is…fine.
I don’t have a number? I don’t technically have any kind of license either, but who would be giving them out, right? I mean, in that case, I guess trying to stick to any kind of convention is sort of pointless at this juncture, so I could’ve picked any old name…
But, I mean, we all have to hold on to whatever bit of structure we can to stay sane, right?
And I don’t know, I have the pamphlet for this thing and it feels like I should follow it to the letter.
You know, this thing has been sitting in our garage for five years and this is the first time we’ve sent a signal out? I mean, we’re remote, yeah, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t’ve–
[click, static]
Sorry, not we. The first time I’ve sent a signal out, though Lord knows she never did either. And never will, I mean, I doubt she’ll even notice this is gone, I doubt she’ll miss it, I doubt she’ll miss–
[click, static]
Anyway, here I am, clogging up the airwaves. I think that’s bad etiquette. But if no one is listening, there’s no one to offend.
[click, static]
Yeah. Well, like I said. Whiskey Alpha Romeo along I-80–I’ll stay on this frequency for the rest of the day. Um…signing off.
#breaker whiskey#lauren shippen#audio drama#atypical artists#the bright sessions#<- from the creator of#Spotify#episode#transcript
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Audio Drama Sunday March 24, 2024
Take two on this!
@worldgonewrongpod This was such a fun first episode! What a clever idea to do a casual chat show in a world with supernatural problems. The chat and jokes between the hosts felt so natural too, will definitely be tuning in for future episodes.
@breakerwhiskey Episodes 31-45. The slow reveal of Whiskey's backstory and Birdie's conversations is so engaging, and Birdie's communication via morse code is such a clever choice both for the story and for production. Introducing a character who doesn't speak to an audio drama is such a bold writing challenge, and interesting way to keep the cast limited while the world expands.
Alice Isn't Dead - I'm only one episode away from ending season 2, and I really enjoy how the show's horror and plot develops in a slow burn. Keisha putting things together and realizing that she's alive because there's a part for her to play in the war with the Thistle Men was so impactful.
I've also been listening to the audiobook of Mara Wilson's lovely memoir, so that's been taking up a lot of my listening time this week!
#audio drama#audio drama sunday#audio fiction#world gone wrong podcast#breaker whiskey#alice isn't dead#fiction podcast
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Audiodrama Sunday 04/28/24
So much stuff this week! I think this is going to be my longest writeup yet!
@camlannpod what the fuck? Trying to avoid spoilers, but the ending of that episode was wild. The sound design for the last scene was so good. Also “You're good with an axe, right?” was brutal, I audibly said "oof". Only 1 more episode in the season, hopefully they get funding for a second one.
The first episode of @wanderersjournalpod came out this week. This was a promising start to a new show, I'm excited to see where it goes from here. The setting feels very mystical, I can't wait to learn more about the world.
@worldsbeyondpod was so tense. Suvi and Ame had the most awkward conversation in existence. This story has so much nuance, neither of them are clearly in the right, though I feel inclined to take Ame's side due to the "Geas + Alter Memory" double espionage scheme. Meanwhile Ursulon discovers that Orima of the Reaching Green is a short queen and gets a cool horse.
I'm now up to date with @lostterminal. Season 15 was great. I love Nia, and Daphne and Raffi were really interesting new characters. Also, the dragon was terrifying. This show doesn't usually have very much action, so the confrontation with it really stood out. The description of the automatic turret going "click, click" as it locked on to Maddie was so intimidating.
@worldgonewrongpod I loved this episode. The storytelling felt so natural and real, like someone telling me a story about a weird road trip they went on. I think I said this about the last episode too, but this was my favorite episode yet. It also sets up the backstory which was never really explained as to why Jamie and Malik are separated at all.
In @midstpodcast we finally had a nicer episode. No horrible fucked up Weep/Trust stuff happening, just Lark reunited with Zeila and Sherman. However, there's so much tension between these characters. I was surprised that Lark forgave Sherman for selling her out. Something to remember is that Lark and Sherman had been hooking up before everything went to shit, which was mentioned once and I think really changes their relationship.
New @keepitsteadypod! This is the first new episode of this show since I started doing these. This was a really cute episode. For how popular fake dating is as a trope in fandom spaces, you don't see a lot of it in audiodramas.
Fun episode of Mission Rejected this week. It was cool to see Bowden go from "vain actor" to "badass spy" when the stakes ramped up. We don't get to see him take charge very often, it was neat for him to be a competent leader. I wonder if the gang lying to Zelda(who definitely saw through it) and Chet(who probably didn't) is foreshadowing for more of a conflict with the new Secretary of Defense later in the season. Also I loved the squabbling gay couple running an illegal mining operation as the villains of the week.
@breakerwhiskey episode 200 wow. A letter from Harry! We learned that Harry has been listening to most of Whiskey's broadcasts, which recontextualizes a lot of the previous episodes. Also, the end was heartbreaking.
I started season 2 of @longcatmedia's Mockery Manor! I'm 2 episodes in and really like it so far. JJ and Bettie are employed in different parks, JJ is on the run from an organized crime ring, and Bettie became a monk? Also, it's clear that neither Hilda nor Jenkins stole the shipment, neither of them have motive. But I don't know who else would have motive either. Lots of mysteries this season.
Spout Lore had a great planning episode. I'm excited for the "saving Highspear" arc, the Highspear is so cool as a concept. A reverse Tower of Babel, that lets the whole world talk with each other. A literal monument to wizard hubris, which feels destined to fall. However I doubt it will, because, as the players mentioned, it would be really annoying from a storytelling perspective if everyone suddenly spoke different languages. This has actually made me realize I really want a story set shortly after some sort of "fall of the Tower of Babel", where communication is a struggle, but that's just because I think linguistics is cool. Anyways, the buffet talk had me rolling.
What a great week! However, it did not help my queue, which continues to grow instead of get smaller. I'll reach the end of it one day.
#camlann#camlannpod#wanderer's journal#worlds beyond number#twtwtwo#lost terminal#world gone wrong#midst podcast#keep it steady#mission rejected#breaker whiskey#mockery manor#spout lore#spout lore podcast
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Breaker Whiskey Morse Code Transcripts
016 .... . .-.. .-.. --- / .-- .... .. ... -.- . -.--
017 .... . .-.. .-.. --- / .-- .... .. ... -.- . -.-- multiple times and broken across interuptions
021 .. -- / -... .. .-. -.. .. .
025-026 -. --- - / ... .- ..-. .
027 -. --- - / ... .- ..-. .
-. --- - / … .- ..-. . / - --- / -- . . - .-.-.- / -.-- --- ..- / .- .-. . / … .- ..-. . .-.-.- / .. / .- -- / … .- ..-. . / -… ..- - / ..-. .- .-. .-.-.- / - .- .-.. -.- / --- -. .-.. -.-- / --- -. / .-. .- -.. .. --- .-.-.-
030 ... --- .-. .-. -.-- .-.-.- / -.-. .- -. .----. - / ... .--. . .- -.- .-.-.- / -. --- / ...- --- .. -.-. . .-.-.-
031 ... --- .-. .-. -.-- .-.-.- / -.-. .- -— [interrupt] ... --- .-. .-. -.-- .-— [interrupt] ... --- .-. .-. -.-- [interrupt] ... --- [interrupt] ... --— [interrupt] ... --— [interrupt] (— indicates it's not the end of a letter)
032 ... --- .-. .-. -.-- .-.-.- / -.-. .- -. .----. - / ... .--. . .- -.- .-.-.- / -. --- / ...- --- .. -.-. . .-.-.-
033 .- -- / .- .-.. --- -. . .-.-.- / -. --- / .--. .... -.-- ... .. -.-. .- .-.. / ...- --- .. -.-. . .-.-.- / -. --- / .. -.. . .- / .-- .... .- - / .... .- .--. .--. . -. . -.. .-.-.-
034 .- .-.. --- -. . / .- .-.. --- -. . .-.-.- / -. . ...- . .-. / -.-. --- -. ..-. .. .-. -- . -.. / --- - .... . .-. ... .-.-.- / .... .- ...- . -. .----. - / -- --- ...- . -.. .-.-.-
035 .- .-.. --- -. . / .- .-.. --- -. . .-.-.- / -. . ...- . .-. / -.-. --- -. ..-. .. .-. -- . -.. / --- - .... . .-. ... .-.-.- / .... .- ...- . -. .----. - / -- --- ...- . -.. .-.-.-
036 and on Lauren is now placing these in the show notes.
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016 & 017 HELLO WHISKEY
021 IM BIRDIE
025-026 NOT SAFE
027 NOT SAFE
NOT SAFE TO MEET. YOU ARE SAFE. I AM SAFE BUT FAR. TALK ONLY ON RADIO.
030 SORRY. CAN'T SPEAK. NO VOICE.
031 (this one is broken and isn't exact) SORRY. CA—[interrupt] SORRY— [interrupt] SORRY— [interrupt] SO— [interrupt] S— [interrupt] S— [interrupt]
032 SORRY. CAN'T SPEAK. NO VOICE.
033 AM ALONE. NO PHYSICAL VOICE. NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED.
034 ALONE ALONE. NEVER CONFIRMED OTHERS. HAVEN'T MOVED.
035 ALONE ALONE. NEVER CONFIRMED OTHERS. HAVEN'T MOVED.
036 and on, Lauren is now placing these in the show notes.
#will update as released#doing this from memory#let me know if i missed any#breaker whiskey#i struggle hearing those myself i can't imagine with a stronger audio processing issue#anyway trust podcasts to force me to learn (with a ton of passes)#its a good show btw#-... .-. . .- -.- . .-. / .-- .... .. ... -.- . -.--
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SERIOUSLY IS THERE A BREAKER WHISKEY FANDOM ON HERE
#i need somewhere to talk about this show#i just finished ep 74#im pretty behind and i really dont want to see spoilers or anything#which is why im hesitant to check the tag for it#but like#i am so obsessed#boink#breaker whiskey
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