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made a flowchart for some of the most underrated podcasts in my favorites list (you want to listen to all of these you want to listen to all of them sooo bad)

#podcast #audio drama

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another rec list for those of you seeking more audio drama for your ears!! this one is made up of audio dramas that made me want to make audio dramas, and which i reference in the show I make.

The White Vault still holds the title for the only show to ever make me yelp in terror. I fell asleep in the middle of an episode and woke up at the worst possible moment. This show has spectacular writing and performance and is definitely one for those people who find the vast expanse of nothingness at the poles of our planet equally fascinating and terrifying. This show has some queer rep but it's very quiet; everyone is too busy shitting their pants to talk much about their personal lives most of the time. There are five seasons, each with something unique to offer, and it reached it's spectacular conclusion earlier this year. It's available across platforms.

Limetown begins as a sort of fake true-crime documentary about the titular Limetown. If you like your horror with a side of conspiracy, this is the show for you. It's short at just two seasons, and fun fact: I accidentally listened to season two before I listened to season one and had a very wild time. I have since listened to it beginning to end and yes it did make more sense in order. I cannot recall whether it had any queer rep. It also had a facebook visual adaptation, but I have never watched it so I cannot comment on its quality. This show has been around for some time, but it's still a gem, and you can find it wherever you listen to podcasts.

Welcome to Night Vale, a true titan of the audio fiction space, Night Vale has had an influence on so many newer shows that you can feel its echoes everywhere. Queer at heart, and offering a soft, mundane sort of horror, for me what makes Night Vale special is the way that it highlights one of the most terrifying traits of the human race; our capacity to get used to pretty much anything and accept it as ordinary. After ten years, the show is still going, and has over two hundred episodes. You can listen beginning to where the story has reached so far, or take a more eclectic approach and dip in and out as you please. Both listening methods have something to offer. I've listened to Night Vale on and off since about six months after it originally started airing, and it's available in all the places you might expect to find it.

The Magnus Archives, another giant of the audio fiction space, much beloved by many listeners and inspiration for countless fanworks still despite the fact the show has now finished. The show begins as an anthology of horror stories told as reports of sinister happenings to the Magnus Institute, but quickly it becomes much more. The show is a shining example of what can be done with the framing device of a character sitting down and recording himself in semi-private. By the end of its run, the show accumulates a fair amount of queer representation, and all five seasons of the show are available across platforms, ending at the spectacular MAG 200.

I Am In Eskew. I love a story about a world just out of sight. This show has an abundance of subtle weird horror done right, shot through with more straight-forward horrors. It moves slowly, the horrors at hand growing and changing as you listen. There's a quiet calm to the delivery throughout this show which really emphasises the strangeness of the story. The folks who made this show went on to create the Silt Verses, which is another absolutely spectacular ride. It's a fun, unsettling time, and a complete story you can find wherever you listen to podcasts.

The ways these shows influenced the way I made @spiritboxradio are massive. I spent a lot of time thinking about what I loved about each of them and learning what I could about how each of them is put together. There are references to them all scattered through the show, but most frequently I end up making references to the Magnus Archives, mostly because I had severe TMA brainrot at the time of the show's conception in August 2020. It cannot be helped. If you end up tuning into the show, I shall answer you in advance: yes the Tim thing is deliberate, and so are the other the ones. Have fun reference spotting!!

#audio drama #podcast

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If you know me, I'm a podcast addict, and as such I have alot of opinions about alot of podcasts/concept albums, so I decided to make a masterlist; which rates these on a 5 Star Rating System.

[Note: This list is ongoing an will be updated at random points indefinetly]

》 The Magnus Archives: A queer horror podcast about what lurks in the Archives of The Magnus Institue.

Themes: Anthology, Mystery, Horror, Queer, Supernatural Themes.

Content Warnings: Animal Abuse, Adicction, Body Horror, Being Buried Alive, Cannabalism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical Malpractice, Mental Instability, Refferences to Child Abuse/ Neglect, Refferences to drug/alcohol use, Spiders- God so many spiders, Scopophobia, Self Harm, Stalking, Suicide, Trypophobia, Uncanny, Unreality, and so much more. For a full list please read individual episode warnings

Notes: I think the way @jonnywaistcoat and team created the series, reflects real life quite well. The fear system feels realistic and when compared to actual psychology makes more

[This is also my main special interest. I can connect magnus to everything. My students (I am a teacher) judge me for my laptop covered in magnus stickers. My friends know the entire plot and haven't even listened to it. They don't need to @minimckee can attest. They sat for 5 hours to let me rant from beginning to end.]

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆]

》 36 Questions: Two lovers who have fallen apart due to lies, use the 36 questions—an experiment known for making strangers fall in love—to save their own relationship.

Themes: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Drama

Content Warnings: Alcohol use, Drink Driving, Drug Use, Overdosing, Parental Neglect

Notes: Its a good short podcast that can be completed during a long road trip. I found it very emotionally engaging, and liked the progression of the story

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Myths Baby: Join Liv Albert as she discusses Greek Mythology.

Themes: Education, Greek Mythology

Content Warning: Lots of discussion of Rape.

Notes: The author claims to be a classics expert, yet has admitted to never reading the source material. She goes further to use sources that are known to be incredibly biased and uses her distorted perception to villanse culturally significant Greek heroes but idolise hedonistic assholes.

[Rating: ☆]

》 Limetown: Journalist Lia Haddock attempts to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of over 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee.

Themes: Drama, Mystery, Queer, Sci Fi, Supernatural Abilities, Thriller, Technology

Content Warnings: Animal Abuse, Bodily Harm, Child Death, Mass Death, Gaslighting, Graphic Images of Violence Human Experimentation, Human Torture, Kidnapping, Refferences to PTSD/Flashbacks, Refferences to Suicide, Self Harm, Stalking, etc

Notes: It's the first podcast I ever fell in love with, I was so intrigued by Limetown as a concept. It kept me engaged and heartbroken all at the same time.

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆ ]

》 Malevolent: In 1930 a PI wakes up with no memory, no sight and an equally confused voice instructing him to hide a body. Together these two must work together to solve the mystery on who they are, what their connection is and most importantly how to co- inhabitant the body they must now share.

Themes: Faustian, Lovecraftian, Mystery, Horror, Psychological, Queer, & Supernatural

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Cannabalism, Cults, Child Neglect, Dead Child, Drowning, Gaslighting, Humans Hunted, Mental Health Issues, Kiddnapping, Possesion, PTSD/Flashbacks, Sucidal Characters,

Notes: This podcast is so personal to me. It hit quite close to home during a vulnerable time for me and gave me the strength I needed while low. PLUS I JUST LOVE THEIR DYNAMIC.

[This is also a special interest to me.]

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆]

》 Archive 81: An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes, but finds themselves getting pulled into a mystery involving the missing director and a mysterious cult that they were documenting.

Themes: Anthology, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Supernatural

Content Warnings: Addiction, Body Horror, Child Abuse, Drowninv, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental Health Issues, Possession, PTSD, Self Harm, Suicide, Stalking, Torture,

Notes: I liked it as a concept. But I found that I couldn't keep attention on it. If it progressed a bit quicker maybe I could have completed it, but I lost interest and abandoned it.

[Rating: ☆☆]

》 Welcome to Nightvale: A radio host provides a cryptic supernatural dessert town with community updates.

Themes: Comedy, Conspiracy, Horror, Mystery, Queer, Science Fiction & Supernatural

Content Warnings: Animal Cruelty, Alcholism, Addiction, Body Horror, Childhood Abuse/Neglect, Canabalism, Gaslighting, Kiddnapping, Mental Health Issues, Memory Issues, Mirrors, Possesion, PTSD, Recreational Drug Use, Scopophobia, Self Harm, Stalking, Unreality

Notes: This podcast is just so uniquely original. It's comedic approach is something similar to how I personally view horror. Plus it changed the podcast community on a fundamental level; it deserves its stars.

[An this podcast marks the 3rd of my holy trinity of special interest podcasts]

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆]

》 Deviser: In this series Son wakes up aboard a spaceship bound for earth in an effort to recolonize. What he discovers however will change everything he knows about his world and him.

Themes: Apocalypse, Horror, Isolation, Sci-Fi, Space etc.

Content Warnings: Animal Cruelty, Body Horror, Cloning, Human Experimentation, Gaslighting, Mass Death, Self Harm, Torture,

Notes: Not my cup of tea but a good short podcast with an addictive plot.

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Shipworm: A one of a kind audio movie, in which a man is mplanted with an untraceable earpiece while sleeping. So long as he does everything the voice on the other end tells him, he and his family will live.

Themes: Audio Movie, Mystery, Science Fiction & Technology

Content Warning: Violence, Mental Health Issues & Unreality,

Notes: Its really easy to place yourself in the story, it was an incredibly detailed audio environment.

[ Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Epic: An Odysseus Story: A musical retelling of the Odyssey

Themes: History, Musical, Action, Drama, Violence

Content Warnings: Bodily Harm, Death of a Child, Depictions of Violence, War (to be updated as songs are released)

Notes: I have never heard fights been so well described in songs. Plus the music suits the myths so well, and has me falling in love with Greek Mythology all over again

[ Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆]

》 Alice Isn't Dead: An audio diary by a truck driver in her search across America for the wife she had long assumed was

Themes: Drama, Memior, Horror, Mystery, Roadtrip, Supernatural & WLW

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Cannabalism, Gaslighting, Kiddnaping, Mental Health Issues, Possesion, Stalking, Torture,

Notes: The story was interesting and steadily paced. I enjoyed it, I just wasn't gripped with excitement to finish it. It was entertaining, just a bit bland for my taste

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Tiny Terrors: The Tiny Terrors story exchange is a writing exchange program that explores message boards & pre-internet recordings of spooky stories to share with their listeners.

Themes: Anthology, Creative Writing, Found-Footage Horror.

Content Warnings: tbd.

Notes: I do love the concept behind this, I do think the series has a lot of potential, it's engaging.

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Critical Role: A band of professional voice actors improvise, role-play, and roll their way through an epic Dungeons and Dragons campaign

Themes: Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Magic, RPG

Content Warnings: Alchhol Use, Dead Animals, Child Abuse, Gaslighting, Kiddnapping, Mental Health Issues, Possesion, Recreational Drug Use, Self Harm, Stalking, Torture, Violence,

Notes: This is an fun, and adventure filled tale. It's a roller-coaster of emotions.

[Rating: ☆☆☆]

》 Stella Firma 《

Summary: Follows the misadventures of Stellar Firma Ltd.'s highest born but lowest achieving planetary designer Trexel Geistman and his bewildered clone assistant David 7.

Themes: Adventure, Comedy, Improv, Science- Fiction & Space

Rating: ☆☆☆☆

Why: This show is such random ass comedy. It's honestly so stupid and I love it. Plus Ben Meredith is in it and I just love him.

》 No Sleep 《

Summary: Reddit users submit their freaky stories

Themes: Anthology, Creative Works, Horror, Thriller & Supernatural

Rating: ☆☆☆

Why: I enjoy the series, but honestly I find reading the tales/ the thread more engaging

》 The Bifrost Incident: A retelling of Norse myth, framed as mystery, set on an interplanetary train, using rock and prog style music.

Themes: Lovecraftian, Music, History, Folk Rock, Eldritch, Drama, Queer,

Content Warnings: Body Horror, Kiddnapping, Mass Death, Possesion, Suicide,

Notes: the songs are a bop and the ending made me sob like a baby

[Rating: ☆☆☆☆]

》 Intending to Consume 《

Hello from Hallowoods

Supersuits

Knifepoint Horror

Kings Fall Am

The Arkham Sessions

Spines

The Silt Verse

Death by Dying

Batman Unburied

I am Escrew

Rabbits

The Black Tapes

Devil Town

Old Gods of Appalachia

Wolf 359

Case 63

Harley Quinn: Sound Mind

#podcast #36 questions

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Thank you so much to Lifehacker! for featuring us in this WONDERFUL list! We have personally been harmed by several podcasts on here (looking at you Wolf 359 and 36 Questions) and we're honored to be one of the podcasts that makes people sob.

[image ID: a screenshot from a Lifehacker article called "10 Podcasts Guaranteed to Make You Ugly Cry" that reads "The Bright Sessions is a science fiction podcast that follows a group of therapy patients whose mental health issues intersect with their superhuman abilities. The show documents their experiences even as it delves into the life of their mysterious therapist, Dr. Bright, and explores why she is conducting these sessions. Each character is perfectly isolated so listeners get to really know them as they change, improve, and experience set-backs. Though fantastical, these characters feel utterly real, and their struggles speaks to life’s messiness, and considers the ways we might cope with the cards we’ve been dealt." END ID]

#36 questions

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danandphilgames rn

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hey everyone its april fools. but dont worry i dont have anything planned. just going to sit here and...

I LIED !!!! GET PRANKED

POST BELOW ME GET FUCKING WET

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I really really wish I was a cat, I’m not built for this capatalist society but I am built for sleeping 19 hours a day and knocking things over

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i am tall enough that when i stand up in a public restroom i can see over the top of the stall door and stare myself in the eyes through the mirror reflection. i dislike this because it reminds me that i am in there, and by that i mean both my human body and the public restroom

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can’t wait to be married in a fucked up sort of double housewife situation

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me: i know we just met but im in love with you

stray cat whos letting me pet her: meow meow meow

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