to my audio drama mutuals: does anyone have a recommendation of a short audio drama that someone could listen to in a day or so? I really want to get back into audio drama but all of my favourite shows are quite long and with a lot of them I kind of need to relisten to parts before I catch up and I think this is making me procrastinate getting back into them. I think if there was something that I could listen to quickly I’d get reinvested in the form and feel more motivated to catch up on my favourite shows if that makes sense. Really any genre is fine just as long as it’s shortish and it’s something you really like.
hello :-) i've got a few short ones i lovee
roughly in order of duration:
Paddleboat - existential experimental microfiction (12 episodes, ~25 mins)
Generation Crossing - scifi album that made me sob uncontrollably 😁 (~1h 40mins)
The Goblet Wire - extremely cool surreal microfiction (~2h)
Land's End: A Shepherd's Tale - vv cool short folk horror with scary sheep and gay people (5 episodes, ~2h)
The Tower - reflective & gorgeous & strange, 3 short seasons all of extremely manageable length & then a 2-part finale that ripped me apart <3 (~4 and a half hours altogether but you dont need to listen all at once)
Camlann - i actually feel like you might have heard this one before? if not i think it's up your alley. really cool mythological post-apocalypse fantasy w really gorgeously real-feeling characters (~4h 20mins)
SINKHOLE - cool weird fiction w/ unique framing device & world (2 seasons, ~5h altogether)
Conversations With Ghosts - pretty much what it sounds like lol. it's about 6 and a half hours altogether but the episodes are a v digestible length & i think knowing you like Remnants this might be a good pick for you thematically :)
for individual episodes i will also put forth The Cryptonaturalist, which in the past has been one of my go-to shows when i've been in a listening slump. episodes are about 20 mins and don't require you to follow an overarching plot it has a lovely overall feeling of wonder and weirdness and nature :) and also features a poetry interlude each episode. helps me get back in a podcast-friendly frame of mind
+ here they are in podcard form - not all the cards r fully complete atp but hopefully still useful to have a bit more of a visual format & trailers all on one page :D
Chiming in with one of my favorites, Janus Descending! Sci-fi horror about two scientists who go to a distant planet and what happens to them there (not good things). Chel's parts are told forwards, Peter's parts are told backwards, as they slowly reveal what happened to make it go so wrong. Approximately two hours total.
there's also an audio fiction newsletter that focuses on short, fully completed audio dramas called The End (link) that I'd advise checking out. gives total run times, genres, etc and can be a really useful tool for discovering new (or underappreciated) shows
