#spines podcast

[noxcorvorum]

Dreamers, fear the strangers in your midst. Travel is not advised. Alas, it was to none but me, ah, but I call it love. This is Spines. Note to future Nyx. There is a curse upon my every waking breath, and I cannot escape the darkness. A god must feed. A god must be fed. Why are there no stars? I call the only road's end, the last gasp of light's breath. Good night, Night Vale, statement ends.

#hello from the hallowoods #dark dice #the white vault #the hyacinth disaster #malevolent podcast #spines podcast #the attic monologues #old gods of appalachia #the silt verses #deviser podcast #ghost wax #welcome to night vale #the magnus archives

[child-of-the-sky-people]

hi Ali! im looking for a new narrative podcast to get into, what's your current rec list? :)

Oh god it’s so long 😂

Horror:

Human Error - this one is mine so of course I’m recommending it 😂 it’s about a found family of survivors going on a road trip during a zombie apocalypse 12 years after the world ended!

We’re Alive - also zombie horror and was the show that got me into audio dramas! It’s very long and looks overwhelming but I promise it’s good!

Darkest Night - anthology horror where you find out how people died but each case is actually related and there is a bigger mystery and this show lives in my head rent free lol

The Waystation - found footage style show about a group of people on a space station that all died (the story is trying to piece together what happened). It’s along the same lines as The White Vault

DERELICT - a research group are studying a door at the bottom of the ocean, and then shit goes sideways. I binged this series super fact and I need season 2 immediately lol

The Eleventh Hour episode called The City of Statues - I made this! It’s about a group of survivors trying to make it out of a city filled with statues trying to hunt them down 👀

Someone Dies in this Elevator - mix of horror and thriller I think. It’s an anthology series where every episode someone dies in an elevator 👀 I composed for a few episodes and it’s v fun 🤩

Thriller

The Liberty Podcast - made by the same folks behind The White Vault and VAST Horizon. It’s an anthology series of stories taking place within and surrounding a tower where a civilization lives. Some episodes might lean more towards horror but I personally consider it more thriller

The Walk - made by the same folks behind zombies run! In this show you the listener are the main character, an individual making their way across Scotland with a package they were mistakenly delivered. I love this show so much omg

Primordial Deep - scientists are finding extinct dinosaurs alive and well under the ocean and they’re trying to figure out what the fuck is going on. I fucking love this show omg

Spines - woman wakes up in the middle of a cult ritual with no memories and is trying to figure out who she is and where she came from. Also there are powers!

Mirrors - same person behind Spines! Three women from three different centuries (who are all related to each other) discover they can communicate with each other through ghost like figures. It has a bigger mystery and the ending made me cry it was so good

InCo - a woman finds a prince from a world that shouldn’t exist floating in space. This show is a delight and is a micro series and I love the humor within it so much omg

Where the Stars Fell - the Antichrist is roommates with their guardian angel and they’re trying to stop the rapture

DUST - anthology series about science fiction and technology! Season 3 is definitely my favorite as it is one story but the entire show as a whole is very good

Feel Good/Light Hearted Shows

Unseen - this show lives in my head rent free and I ache for it to be real. It’s about magic existing in the real world and is an anthology! It’s made by the same folks behind Wolf 359

Joy to the World - holiday series I helped produce! It’s about an astronaut named Joy talking with different people on Earth about the holidays! It’s an anthology and v warm and I highly recommend it as a holiday series

Sidequesting - a person who is totally not the hero is avoiding the main plot and going on a bunch of side quests! It’s charming and lovely and made by the wonderful Tal

Back Again, Back Again - a woman is retelling her stories of his magical world she was transported into and about the prophecy she became involved in

If none of these are your jam lmk and I can suggest some more! If you tell me what you like to listen to/what kinds of stories you enjoy I can make a more personalized list

#podcast recommendations #audio drama recs #I have so many on my list and so many more on my to be listened to list #I also have a long list of recs put together by myself and other audio drama lovers #I have been making a lot of personalized lists lately and I’m enjoying it a lot 😂 #audio drama #sidequesting #we’re alive #the Waystation #unseen #back again back again #InCo #where the stars fell #primordial deep #spines podcast #someone dies in this elevator #derelict #dust podcast #joy to the world podcast #human error podcast #mirrors podcast #the walk podcast #the Liberty podcast #Liberty tales from the tower #or whatever they say lol #eleventh hour #darkest night #I think I tagged them all 🤔

[peternureyevplsdontbetraythecrew]

Hi friend! I’m looking for some podcast rec’s that are similar to Mabel. Ideally wlw, completely unhinged, and requires intense mental effort to understand. Have a wonderful day and tysm!

hello !! sorry for the time I took to answer this ask ♡ I have a few ideas but truly, Mabel is truly a one-of-a-kind kind of show so I hope my recommendations will live up to it

Unwell : A Midwestern Gothic Mystery - I keep recommending it, it's a wonderful show, to be fair the relationship isn't the main focus of the story but I do still believe you'll find this enjoyable

When Angels Visit Armadillo - okay this one is way more chill than mabel could ever be, not exactly the same idea but wlw and I think you could get a kick from listening to it

Alice isn't dead - you probably already know this one, it's a classic but it's great, very lesbiany, very well made, definitely not as unhinged as Mabel but the vibe is worth it

Within the wires - well known as well, not exclusively wlw but there's some of it, it does require mental gymnastics though it is not completely unhinged, I truly love it and think you could enjoy it as well

SPINES podcast - if I remember well SPINES is wlnb and not wlw but the vibe does fit imo

BONUS : shows I think you may potentially enjoy despite not being like Mabel in any way

Delivery -

Leaving Corvat -

SINKHOLE -

Forest 404 -

sorry if these are already quite well known, I've been trying for a while to find shows similar to Mabel and it's way harder than it seems :((

#podcast recommendation #audio fiction #alice isn't dead #within the wires #spines podcast

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Sexiest Podcast Character — Scripted Bracket — Round 1

Propaganda

Brutus Feels (Kane and Feels):

He's huge. He's kind. He's sweet. He has a complicated relationship with his partner. He's lonely. He smokes weed. He's full of care. He likes stupid jokes. He punches demons. What's there not to love???

Will make you tea and punch elder gods in the face

Shan (SPINES):

Nonbinary (intersex? Its complicated) and has superpowers. What more could one want

#Round 1 #Brutus Feels #Shan #Kane and Feels #SPINES #SPINES Podcast

[haveyouheardthispodcast]

#SPINES #SPINES podcast #poll #fiction #sci fi #Apparently there's also a three episode podcast about books with this title but I'm pretty sure this is the one intended.

[everyoneislgbtpride-edits]

Shan from Spines is nonbinary and trixic!!

#shan #spines #nonbinary #nb #transgender #enby #trixic #nblw #spines podcast

[c-schroed]

Podcasts I Adore - SPINES

This week, I finished the last Episode of the "Mirrors" podcast by ZoomDoom Stories. Which means that I have now heard all of their marvellous productions. And now I feel this need to tell everyone what great stuff they make! Meaning that I'll write some reviews for all the three podcasts they produced and post them on iTunes et al., but before I post them there, I might as well leave the reviews here. So, tune in for some rambling about three audio fiction productions that range from "very good but sadly incomplete" to "so very fricking close to perfection that I really can't call it anything but DARN PERFECT". We'll start with the DARN PERFECT one:

"Listen again: Grove. Mosaic. Trumpet. Listen, and remember. Because those three words, those are the most important words in the world. This is SPINES."

"SPINES" is a fictional audio drama, which, like all productions of ZoomDoom Stories, is written by Jamie Killen, and congenially so. It is told in the form of podcasts made by its protagonist, a young woman who named herself Wren. At the beginning of the story, Wren seeks to find out what happened in a bloody ritual that she barely survived, and which left her without any memories of her past life, but with supernatural powers that she slowly has to explore.

Think "X-Men" meets "Supernatural", with a nice dash of Lovecraftian atmosphere and some sweet bits of Cronenberg-esque body horror. "SPINES" is a truly unique experience, and it clearly is one of the best stories I ever heard. What I love most about it is that it perfectly understands and respects the strengths and limitations of the medium it chose to be told in: Podcasts enable a very intimate way of storytelling, and the very talented voice actor playing Wren just perfectly allowed me to quickly grow attached to her and everyone around her. Wren has lovely quirks like naming every informant that reaches out to her after characters of anime shows she just watched, she has to deal with terrible situations and huge losses, and she is granted one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever heard.

And being told in the form of a podcast really helps the story to flesh out Wren. She comments the stories she tells in clear and unfiltered language and often directly addresses her audience. We, the listeners, also know exactly who this audience is. Besides people that are similarly gifted as Wren, most of the episodes are addressed to Zachary, a man she quickly saw during the ritual that started everything, and whom she since then feels weirdly attracted to.

Of course, telling a story in the form of a podcast also entails some limitations, and "SPINES" respects and works with these limitations better than any other audio fiction I have heard so far. The show's author Jamie Killen is very aware how information is told when broadcast into the public, which makes "SPINES" an all the more fascinating listening experience. For instance, huge changes in the status quo are often announced right at the beginning of an episode, because when something important happens that has to be told immediately, than why wait until it slowly unfolds in the narrative? A broadcast is not necessarily about suspense; it sometimes is much more about giving the important info right away, and then adding all the details. Furthermore, Wren is very careful with the information she shares, and often leaves out details that might help her enemies too much. Details like these make "SPINES" very special; it is one of the most thought-out and self-aware productions I know.

The second best thing that I love about "SPINES" is how each of its three seasons has its very own feel and atmosphere. Season one feels a lot like an urban fantasy version of "Supernatural", with Wren, on her quest for the truth about the ritual, encountering urban legends and terrible secrets scattered everywhere across the city she lives in. Season two, on the other hand, involves a lot of changes, and feels much more like a late-80s action show, with Wren being sent to different places from week to week; hopefully helping the people there with whatever supernatural catastrophe is going on, very much like a MacGyver or an A-Team. But with superpowers, and with more ghastly antagonists. Season three finally is characterized much more by urgency and emergency, with Wren and her allies always being forced to react to an enemy that they can never allow themselves to underestimate.

What also impresses me greatly is that every season ends with a perfect equilibrium of frustration and hope. There's always some kind of terrible catastrophe, but this terror is balanced out with something equally beautiful, making Wren never the triumphant heroine she might deserve to be, but giving her just enough hope to go on. I admit it; sometimes this kind of ending is too close to home for me, sometimes I'd just direly want Wren to win, and live happily ever after, period. But on the other hand, this masterful balance is what will always keep this story in the back of my mind, and close to my heart.

One final thing I want to mention, and I'll make it quick this time: Besides being a nail-biting story about fascinating superpowers and secret societies that worked among us for centuries already (which are depicted in the most realistic way I have ever seen!), "SPINES" is also a perfectly wholesome love story. I know I already mentioned this some paragraphs before, but I really can't stress enough HOW DARN WHOLESOME this love story is!

So. "SPINES" is the perfect combination of urban fantasy, horror, and romance. It has a perfectly fleshed-out narrator, played by an incredibly talented voice actor, and it masterfully uses the possibilities of its medium. To me, "SPINES" is close to perfection, and its very few flaws should stop no-one from giving it a try. As long as one likes horror, of course. The show can get quite drastic, from time to time.

10 out of 10 points. Sheer perfection. And a lifelong love for Wren and Shan and Winry. And Akira, and Bilal (because who would not want the literal perfect moment as a friend?). And all the others.

Besides my general opinion about the show, I'd also like to go into detail regarding three episodes that I find especially noteworthy. All of them are part of Season 3, so please be aware of minor spoilers.

Season 3, Episode 6 (Episode 22 overall): The Trade

This is my favourite episode. It marks the second time that the narrator of an episode changes to Shan, whom I adore at least as much as Wren, and it might have one of the most dramatic beginnings of all episodes. But what really makes this episode stand out is how well-thought its time-travel plot is. It makes perfect sense, and it involves my favourite temporal paradox, the bootstrap paradox (I you don't know it, go look it up; it's so much cooler than some poor dead grandpa). Plus we get to know a supernatural brothel in Vienna. Which I didn't even know I desperately wanted to hear about, until I heard about it. But now I need a spin-off about Ilsa and her Gifted courtesans. :D

Season 3, Episodes 2 & 3 (Episodes 18 & 19 overall): Iris, Part 1 & 2

There's much about this two-part episode that I really love, be it that it gives satisfying answers that I wanted to hear for a long, long time, be it that we're given a very credible reason for this story being split into two parts (once more, "SPINES" shows how perfectly well it is aware of its podcast medium). So I really, really wanted to like these episodes. But still, they turn out as some episodes that I really have trouble with. This might maybe due to me being not a native English speaker, but I have terrible problems with understanding the narrator of these episodes. So if you, like me, have problems with listening comprehension during this episode, please be reminded that there are transcripts of each episode. Although they currently can only be reached via archive.org's ever-so-useful Wayback Machine.

2019 New Year's Special:

This is a crossover with "Mirrors", another marvellous audio drama made by ZoomDoom Stories. And because I listened to this right after finishing the final episode of "SPINES", I did not know that it contains some major spoilers for at least the first season of "Mirrors". Furthermore, the events at the end of the episode play an important role in the third season of "Mirrors", but that's not that important in my opinion. But should you not know "Mirrors" by now and maybe want to listen to it later (which, again in my humble opinion, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD!), then maybe listen to this New Year's Special after finishing "Mirrors" season one.

The episode itself was a bit of a disappointment for me, if I'm honest. Both "SPINES" (in at least one episode; i. e. episode 22: "The Trade") and "Mirrors" usually deal perfectly with all matters related to time-travel and temporal paradoxes; to me they really are a paragon of how to tell stories that involve different interacting timelines. So the way that time-travel is treated here is just disappointing to me. Don't get me wrong, please. It still is a perfectly entertaining episode. It's lovely to hear more from Wren and Shan, and it is hilarious to hear about the events in "Mirrors" from their perspective. But as to the time-travel aspect, well, I'm spoilt by now. I'm used to it being told so much better than here, with much less paradox narration. So this special might be the biggest flaw in both series. I mean, I'd still give it 7 out of 10 points. So that says more about how fabulous the rest of "SPINES" and "Mirrors" is.

#SPINES #SPINES podcast #Mirrors podcast #ZoomDoom Stories #Jamie Killen #audio fiction #podcast #podcast review #horror #science fiction #urban fantasy #bootstrap paradox #bootstrap paradox is the best paradox #c-schroed has an opinion #schroed's thoughts

[best-birdnamed-blorbo-bracket]

Wren:

She has several powers such as time manipulation and molecular manipulation and she was also created in an eldritch ritual. Bc of the ritual and the fact that a guy was also created with her biologically she should be attracted to him but she straight up denied that and is instead dating shan, who is nonbinary and very cool.

Meg:

Autistic aroace queen! She was trafficked for her body (but not the way you think. her blood has magical properties). She escaped by herself! She saved lives! She now lives in the middle of an appartment complexe inhabited at 90% par sexy vampires and broody werewolves and there's zero romance (for her at least).

#best bird blorbo bracket #tournament poll #written in red #spines podcast

[cobalt-knave]

"SO that was my day! Got my ass kicked by a bunch of steampunk freaks."

Queen of the Cyborgs might be my favorite episode so far

#spines podcast

[wellhellotello]

Wait, so if Mirrors and Spines take place in the same time line how does one lead to Z’s future and the other leads to Wrens? Like where do they diverge?

#mine #mirrors podcast #spines podcast #zoomdoom stories #zoom doom stories #i have questions

[irisbellemoon]

Spines and Mirrors exist in the same universe?!?!!!!?

#spines podcast #mirrors podcast #just listened to the crossover #im.......

[andhumanslovedstories]

You know how Cyrus and I got insanely into Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation to the degree that derailed our lives and has driven away friends who will NEVER understand what Wei Wuxian means? We recorded two different episodes on the books. The first episode is about books one and two, and how we were so sure we were not going to continue the series because we just couldn't get into it, and then we hit the Yi City arc, and we were like "OHHHH OKAY WE'RE ONBOARD," like two sadistic little freaks, which is the target demographic for the series.

The second episode was recorded a month later when we had been fundamentally rewired by this series. I'm a different person now. I got too excited reading a book and I exploded. Wei Wuxian was too embarrassing too many times in a row, and I was cured of my debilitating secondhand embarrassment. Also? We have an INTENSE debate about which member of the cast would be worst at improv comedy, and I want you to know you're getting only a snippet of this discussion. We argued about this for literal days.

Part One: Wei Wuxian is a Public Menace apple podcast | spotify | buzzsprout Part Two: Sorry, We're Still Obsessed apple podcast | spotify | buzzsprout

#i'm. bad at having a podcast #we're surprisingly good at consistently doing episodes but only like one in five do i remember to tell other people about #mdzs #cracked spines

[jay-wasreblogging]

Silver blaze proving that Sherlock loves every animal...except Archie.

#tw fatphobia of dog #/sarcasm #ARCHIE IS A HEALTHY DOG SHERLOCK LEAVE HIM BEEEEE #i remember people fat shaming my cat like cmon mannn the vet said she was aight (no strain on spine or feet) but yeh #sherlock & co #sherlock and co #goalhanger podcasts #sherlock holmes #john watson #sherlock

[keliatach]

I'm about to cry picturing this poor, emaciated man who's just been thrown into another Awful Fucking Pit containing a Murderous Creature holding hands with himself because he's so happy to have the (correct) voice in his head back. This is just so asdkljfaeirut--

... yeah ok I should've expected that.

#malevolent #malevolent podcast #malevolent spoilers #ep 24-25 #my heart is breaking inside #arthur's projecting onto larson so hard right now #that boy needs therapy #and a sandwich #the emotional whiplash snapped my spine

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

#ultimate obscure blorbo #polls #round 5 #Seijyu (Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru) #Shan (Spines podcast)

[continuousmeowing]

being involved in theatre tech adds a new level of horror to disappearing act. a burglary threat on top of the stress of opening night??? some guy who is most certainly not an actor coming onstage mid-show and fucking up spectacularly??? the lights not working during the climax of the show???

#tpp #the penumbra podcast #i KNOW that the conversations happening over the headsets must have been INSANE. #i can vividly picture myself in that position and it sends shivers down my spine.