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Outside laying in the grass surrounded by flowers and singing creatures

I really like the "what does your podcast taste like?" but it has me thinking...

Podcast creators: what's the optimal way to listen to your podcast? Out for a walk on a warm morning? Tucked up in bed with a hot chocolate on a rainy day? Maybe on surround-sound speakers with a bowl of fresh buttered popcorn? Halfway up an old tree?

Something else entirely?

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CROWDFUND UPDATE: 100% 🎉

Oh. Wow.

The team took a brief break yesterday to regroup a bit after a hectic week and came back this morning to see we are FULLY FUNDED! Thank you so much to everyone who supported the show in any way--we are beyond thankful, beyond touched, beyond--just all of it.

There will be a longer thank you post coming when we have more time, but again, thank you. We cannot WAIT to tell you this story, to hopefully make you laugh, gasp, yell, etc. We love this team, this show, the people who make it happen--and that so very much includes you. It's truly a dream come true.

There are still a few more days to support the show, and to get some stickers, in-character thank you notes, signed scripts, audio thanks, early access, etc! And we've got some script teases left to dole out! But for now, officially, and victoriously:

#ForAmbrosius

#CONGRATS

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Audio Drama Sunday — April 28, 2024 ✨

I checked out quite a few shows this week, mostly thanks to the @podcast-bookclub 1 Year Anniversary event yesterday!

Firstly, though, I have to give a shoutout again to episode 1 of Wanderer's Journal that dropped this week. We hosted a last-minute listening party in the server, joined by a few of the lovely cast and crew, & it was a blast! Eagerly awaiting the release of episode 2 on the Patreon feed this week.

As for all of the anniversary shows I mentioned earlier, we asked the members to submit shows for the event & they knocked it out of the park. I was only able to make it for the first half of the marathon, but it was a great time (and has definitely made me add a bunch of new shows to my to-listen list)

Fawx & Stallion was our first listen of the day! I mentioned on the stage that I'm not typically one to venture outside of my colloquial horror shows, but this podcast is incredible, & makes my past 14-year-old obsessed-with-Sherlock-Holmes self very happy. They're currently crowdfunding for their second season, which you can check out here!

We also checked out Night Shift, which I hadn't listened to before but was immediately told was right up my alley. This observation was absolutely correct, and we all liked this show enough there have already been talks in the server about giving it a listen all together! I love shows with framing devices, and podcast-within-a-podcast is always a fun avenue.

I've listened to Gastronaut a handful of times now, and was more than happy to listen to the pilot again for this event! The semi-recent addition of the transcripts was super helpful, & probably gives me an excuse to relisten to the show in its entirety now, but even just the pilot episode gives you such fun insight into the world & their expanse of cool foods that are tragically denied to those of us residing on earth.

The Grotto was the last show I had time to catch, being another one that I already really loved going in to this! After getting further into the show, you're forced to really reframe your understanding of the beginning of the story which has thus far made it really enjoyable to revisit. (I have yet to finish the finale—whoops—so maybe I'll change my tune when I get around to it?)

I didn't get the chance to listen to anything else this week, (still caught between the end of the semester, packing to move, and the upcoming Podcast Jam @podcastjam Jam Weekend,) but I have at least 14 hours worth of drive time ahead of me this week, so recommendations are more than welcome!

Happy listening for the week ahead, friends!

#Thank you Finch :] #audio drama sunday

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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!

#hey we're in here! #audio drama sunday

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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.

#wow our first audio drama sunday post tag #thank you!!! #audio drama sunday #mentions

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I want to mention a bunch of things that are in Hi Nay to see if people would be interested in listening to it

Creepy priest gets turned into a human puppet by a non-binary magic user surgeon in the 1940s

Romantic full body surgery

Queer detective duos where one is an effervescent smartass and the other is Very Repressed (1980s and 2020s edition) and one is hopelessly in love with the other one

5 foot tall fat pansexual WOC protagonist (cute, terrifying) who canonically left the Philippines during the Duterte presidency

Drippy Bloody Monster Husband Crawling On The Walls (his wife is an Instagram influencer)

1920s interracial lesbian couple

Villain literally named Mr. Realman

Fake conman guru offended to find out his magic is real actually

6 foot 2 strong armed lesbian protagonist who sometimes wields an axe

Wandering magical hobo who saves people from The Horrors (what is his secret)

Elephant sized wolves living in the mountains of Canada who will sometimes bite the heads of human predators

A musical episode

"I assume this character is queer because this is Hi Nay" - one of our listeners

Alasdair Stuart (Peter Lukas from the Magnus Archives) voices a sad pining gay old man in one of the episodes

#hi nay podcast #hi nay

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HEY YOU KID PSST OVER HERE

Howdy. I'm going to just make an actual post for tumblr. My friends and I are creating a horror comedy podcast about three custodians who go around cleaning haunted buildings. We already have an amazing start and are now in the process of putting it all together! That's where we would like to extend the offer out to y'all. As of right now the project is volunteer based but we hope to someday be able to compensate people for their work. Right now it's a passion project I am my very small team are dumping our hearts, blood, sweat, tears, and even some teeth into.

If this is something you'd be interested in we are still looking for voices and some proof readers (and some other jobs may pop up as we go along) so feel free to reach out to myself or my co-creator @headphone-cat with questions or if you'd like the link to our production discord for auditions!| Any interest applicants must be 18+ we will be age verifying so keep that in mind.

We are so excited to share our project with y'all and look hearing from you!

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You can also listen to the first episode on youtube right here!

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Please appreciate this amazing performance

If you listen closely to the first episode, you can hear these sounds I made in Wanderer's Journal. (I believe José pitch-shifted them a bit.)

#wanderersjournalpod #wanderer's journal pod #wanderjournpod

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cover art + character icons created for @wanderersjournalpod

first episode is OUT wherever you get your podcasts 🏵️📔

#Here is our wonderful artist

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The next episode will be out at the same time in two weeks! If you want it one week early, sign up for our patreon.

#updates

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Spotify link to those who prefer it!

#audio drama #wanderjournpod #fiction podcast #podcast #wanderersjournalpod #wanderer's journal pod #audio fiction #wanderer's journal #spotify link #Spotify

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The first episode of Wanderer's Journal is officially out!

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Some of you may have heard, but we now officially have the intro music for Wanderer's Journal!

It has been composed by the incredibly talented @eyrexyz. Check out more of her work here. In addition, she has composed a separate credits theme, but we'll save that for another time.

#reblog #queue

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Posted a quick newsletter with a bit of basic information on release times for the season etc.

#newsletter #updates

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I'll be around in the discord server when the premiere drops later!

Official Wanderer's Journal Discord server

For those who want to hang out and get updates about the project! Join here.