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audio drama is freaking weird. they're stories more often than not created out of sheer willpower and creative insanity. the storytelling is rooted almost entirely around the strength of the voice acting, writing, and sound design. the characters usually just look however you want them to. they're almost always unabashedly gay. sometimes cecil baldwin and jonathan sims are there.
During my earlier escapades of podcast exploration, I can confidently say I was at my most experimental. Though it only dates back to a few years ago, I was scrubbing my way through a long list of shows that soon enough became my favorites and those that were lost in time or, inevitably, down my […]
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The year is coming to a close and as I write this in the fading few days we have left of 2017, I present one special post before it’s officially over. For today, let’s reminisce about some of the best parts of audio drama that have come out this year. Be it personal favorites or some memorable moments we can all still look back on with a smile, here is my top ten podcast moments of 2017.
10. Radio Drama Riveting!
@radiodramarevival had some excellent interviews lined up this year from The Penumbra to Archive 81. A crowning episode early in the year was certainly with the always amazing and abstract @timescanner who proved to be as good as guest as you would expect…or maybe, not expect. He’s kinda weird.
9. Amazing Art
This year we were positively spoiled by artwork provided from a variety of artistic talents out there. Be it @disasterscenario and her gorgeous covers for @thepenumbrapodcast or the variety of designs going into @officialjimrobbieandthewanderers or the creatively cryptic images put to use in @sablepodcast, I’m certain at least one of them has stuck out to you.
8. Made For TV
For the popular titles TANIS and The Bright Sessions came the exciting news that their shows would be developed into a TV series some time in the future. There’s plenty to anticipate from the news alone and though info is limited to this one article and the creators’ word for it, I certainly consider it a major highlight for the community as a whole.
7. Podcast Premiers
Every year we get a share of new audio dramas to anticipate and 2017 was no different. This year we got the especially promising debuts of @whatsthefrequencypodcast @s2s-podcast and @girlinspacepodcast that have won us over in just a few early episodes. Let’s all hope to hear more from all of them in 2018.
6. Fresh Ink
While still on the topic of premiers, it’s only fair to talk about how the fashion magazine sci-fi comedy @inkwyrmpodcast that blew us all out of the water and into the solar system with a strong first season composed of excellent episode after excellent episode. I think it’s fair to say it will be setting even more trends next year.
5. Positively Paradoxical
In late October, we were finally able to spend our precious time tuning back into @arsparadoxica, the amazing and sometimes trippy time traveling story that left us wanting more back in 2016. This also goes for the official premiere of @thefarmeridian made from some of the same smart people.
4. Aye, Aye A.I.!
If there was anything that threw me for a loop this year it was the return of the podcast SAYER, the sci-fi horror darling of creator @adambash. Not only did it make excellent progress on their Kickstarter in record time, but gave SAYER the kind of continuation it truly deserved for its immersive world and equal parts fascinating and terrifying A..I. characters. If you weren’t tuning into the show back in 2015, you are majorly missing out.
3. Space Survior Anthem
This was a good year of @wolf359radio for both fans and crew as the epic sci-fi comedy audio drama draws itself to a close and we’re left with one of the most well produced and well written podcasts in recent years to be wrapped into the neat little bow it deserves. Not to mention speedy support for the Patreon that boosted just enough money to create more additional content such as Mission Mishaps shorts and the official Pryce and Carter’s Deep Space Survival Procedure and Protocol Manual.
2. Sharing the Spotlight
This year was especially abundant with everyone in the audio drama pitching a hand to one another via their voices or writing talents. If there’s anything I’ve adored about the podcast scene is the sense of community and teamwork that goes into it and hearing the voices of @hadrongospelhour and the one and only @iamzachvalenti being generously sprinkled into different titles are the kinds of collaborations I hope to see more of.
1. Help Wanted
Out of the few years I’ve been running this blog, 2017 is what really shined in the enormous amount of support that pours into the audio drama community. Be it through crowdfunding, iTunes reviews, or just spreading the word around the web, every little contribution counts and can make for amazing things. I’ve also noticed a rise in audio drama creators reaching out through casting calls and taking on writers and video editors from all corners of the web. A little teamwork can go a long way.
2017 went by so quickly, it’s almost hard to believe we could squeeze so much into what seemed like so little time. It’s truly a pity I had to narrow everything down to ten things since my passion and drive from the podcast world is something that burns brightly no matter the date.
Keep listening and keep your head high because 2018 will most definitely have you perking your ears.
love, the one and only audio romantic, PodCake ❤
彡kanan’s aquatic audio drama: take a dive with these picks!
❀The Bridge// @thebridgepodcast
It’s an alternate 2016, and Watchtower 10 sits in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, keeping lonely watch over the Transcontinental Bridge. Each watchtower sits hundreds of feet away from the Bridge, broadcasting regular traffic reports to ensure that proper safety precautions are taken.
❀Tides// @tidespodcast
Tides is the story of Dr. Winifred Eurus, a xenobiologist trapped on an unfamiliar planet with hostile tidal forces. She must use her wits, sarcasm and intellectual curiosity to survive long enough to be rescued. But there might be more to life on this planet than she expected. . .
❀Under Pressure// @underpressurepodcast A near future podcast about life aboard the underwater research station Amphitrite featuring deep sea scholars, love, oblique literature references, and chaotic neutral kraken.
❀Station to Station// @s2s-podcast A sci-fi mystery/horror about a science project with dark secrets, a biochemist with melancholic tendencies, and the mysterious notes of a lost scientist, set on research cruise several hundred miles away from land. Also featuring: corporate espionage, loss, morality, and close encounters of the eldritch kind.
❀Passage// @PassagePodcast 150 years ago, the S.S. Cumberland disappeared in the Pacific Northwest. A lifeboat from the ship with four skeletons inside just mysteriously showed up in Marrow Passage. Reporter Daisy Bonham attempts to solve the mystery and find out what other secrets are lurking just below the surface.
~ listen and swim safely!
i'm sure someone's already done this, i just felt like making something
which one of these evil (or at least morally dubious) companies/organizations would you rather work for?
the am | the bright sessions
global synergy amalgamated | good morning evildoers
kakos industries | kakos industries
the magnus institute | the magnus archives
barrow and locke mining and railroad | old gods of appalachia
overhead industries | red valley
aerolith dynamics | sayer
mammoth | two thousand and late
automnicon | we fix space junk
strexcorp synernists inc | welcome to night vale
goddard futuristics | wolf 359
other/something not mentioned here
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you’re in desperate need of someone to solve a mystery for you and can only pick one audio drama detective duo for the job! who do you hire?
archibald fleet & clara entwhistle | victoriocity
arthur lester & john doe | malevolent
finn nightingale & eve pemberly | englewood after dark
hampton fawx & james stallion | fawx & stallion
juno steel & peter nureyev | the penumbra podcast
maxine miles & ross teller | maxine miles
roy kaplan & wes | roy kaplan: out of sight
sherlock holmes & john watson | sherlock & co.
they’re not exactly detectives but i think they’d get the job done (say in tags)
a detective duo not mentioned here (say in tags)
screw these nerds, i could figure it out myself
op, who are these characters?/show results
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do you think your favorite audio drama character(s) could survive a zombie apocalypse?
surviving a zombie apocalypse is literally an event they deal with in canon
absolutely! they've dealt with worse things
while they've dealt with worse, they might not be prepared to survive this
they're no hardened survivalist but they're definitely determined enough to live
they'd just barely get by but would at least avoid getting bit
they're the kind of person who gets bit but doesn't tell anyone
they're so smart they'd find a cure within mere days of the outbreak
they're so smart they probably made the virus that started the damn thing
no way, they're zombie food day one
some combination of the above
other (pls write in the tags)
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