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[thefirstsignofmadness-pod]

Why you should listen to our podcast (when it comes out):

1. everyone you like is probably gay. Everyone you dislike is probably gay. Everyone is gay. 2. trans protag by trans writer✌️ 3. character development 4. drama 5. trauma? 6. trauma :( 7. you remember how being a teenager sucked at the time but is funny in retrospect? Yeah 8. your fave gets more content then you think

[thefirstsignofmadness-pod]

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FIRST EPISODE RELEASES TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thefirstsignofmadness-pod]

You have a podcast coming up. What's it about? What're some reasons to listen?

We do! Explaining stuff is NOT my forté, however, Imagine you're 15, your birthday's coming up in a couple months, you have no friends and you're stuck in this weird boarding school in the middle of nowhere, you suffer from terrible insomnia and keep falling asleep in class - you're pretty sure all your teachers hate you, you're also trans, but out to nobody. Then one day this random other kid follows you on a walk into the woods. He's older than you but that doesn't matter, he's an annoying immature little twat. You have a conversation, you hate each other for a bit, then you become friends. Things get a bit better for you, you make a couple more friends (though none as close as that first one) and the skies seem to clear a little bit, then everything gets So Much Worse.

you're our main protagonist, Alan Jones.

As well as the main story, that goes over four episodes or "Chapters", there's also five other "Bonus" or "Mini" (though they're not really that mini, let's be real here) episodes that follow the stories of some of the major secondary characters, that'll be released between the main episodes.

I, writing this right now, am the creator of this podcast, Nu! I came up with the idea, wrote it all down, got voice actors, organised recording sessions, edited it all together and now I'm releasing it - but I'm not the main person running all the social media accounts, that'd be my very good friend and the voice actor of Martha (a major character introduced in the second chapter, and the main focus of the episode "Life's A Shady Business"), Kess Garvey.

now, it's debatable whether I even answered the first question very well but I would NOT be able to answer the second, I'd keep typing something up and deleting it and typing something up and deleting it and eventually end up with a couple vague answers that would probably work better to dissuade you from listening, so, I asked around the team; here's their answers.

"because it's gay and trans and written by a... stupid person. and they need more brain cells. and every listen gets them more brain cells. sorry" - Rex Eades (my wonderful boyfriend, and voice of Kess - the character not the person - he also designed the logo)

"if I wasn't in this, it would probably be one of the few podcasts I'd listen too and enjoy" - Kess Garvey

"cause they'll like listening to podcast and they think the characters are intricate. I dunno." - Alexander Hill (Director, Voice of Alex. once again, character not person - they're quite different.)

"it's actually kinda cool, and the story is... interesting?

The comedy is actually pretty good, yeah the comedy's good, it's funny" - Rudy Reeves-McHugh (Voice of Josh Davis)

"I'd say that if someone is looking for a queer show to feel represented with, especially people who went through school unsure of themselves and their identity, that this wold be a great listen for them!" - Luka Miller (Voice of Alan Jones and Alice Rimini)

"um... whoar this ones really hard, um. the phrases that are coming to mind are like 'take a deep dive into teenage angst - is talking to yourself really the first sign?' um um 'conflict- conflict abound, both internal and external' 'who loves who and why and do they really or not?' uh uhm 'you have the best conversations with yourself; but make sure no ones listening in!' ooh that's a good one, uh, 'everyone has a secret; some can't keep them' " etc. etc. etc. - Janette Eddisford (Voice of Miriam Davis, and main script editor, who went on in this general vein for the next five minutes.)

high praise I know (/s), but overall pretty positive, leans at least "listen for a rainy day" and hopefully that's a good enough reason

if anything I'd say just give it a try for the hell of it, got nothing better to do for half on hour on the 28th? Just pull up whatever app you listen to podcasts on and have a listen, worst comes to worst and you don't like it, then hey! At least you can complain to your friends about this godawful new show that just premiered

oh also, it's painfully English, so if you're into that, yk, give us a listen.