THE HERMITAGE

What are you willing to leave behind? THE HERMITAGE is a new folk horror audio drama by Liu&Lam Productions. Release date TBA in 2026.

[thehermitagepodcast]

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO LEAVE BEHIND?

Set deep in the Canadian Rockies in 1985, THE HERMITAGE is a folk horror audio drama that follows OSKAR KETT, a terminally ill anthropology professor with a love for the supernatural, alongside his close friend and colleague SYD RIMER, an ecologist who couldn't care less about the myths and legends Oskar holds so dear.

While on separate research assignments in the small town of HEMLOCK, the two stumble headfirst into a mystery that bends and blurs the laws of nature, forcing them to re-examine everything they've known, as the impossible becomes the natural.

Here, somewhere between the unravelling of Oskar and Syd's perception of the world and the growing complexities of their personal lives, a nagging question demands to be answered...

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO LEAVE BEHIND?

THE HERMITAGE is written by OLLIE PUNTER-REINHARDT & SEAN HENDERSON. Our team, LIU&LAM PRODUCTIONS, is based on the unceded territory of Tiohtià:ke/Montreal.

Release date TBA in 2026.

[thehermitagepodcast]

Don’t you want to know?

[boombox-fuckboy]

Horror podcasts will sometimes ask "hey what if this strange, unsettling individual - who is the way they are because of unnatural means - were actually a deeply kind and lonely person?" And I fall for it every fucking time.

[squidinktea]

i dont want 22 episode seasons back. i dont want 8 episode seasons. i dont actually want a prescriptive number of episodes per season

its the era of streaming. we dont need to fil x number of timeslots.

i want tv shows to be able to determine for themselves what their optimal number of episodes per season to tell the story they want at the pace they want. maybe thats a 3 episode season. maybe thats a 50 episode season. i dont care, i just want the decision to be made for practical and artistic reasons rather than corporate ones

[weaselle]

[thehermitagepodcast]

Release date tba soon.....

[annabelle--cane]

gothic horror is when there's a location. cosmic horror is when there's an unauthorized fucking Thing. folk horror is when you're outside.

[thehermitagepodcast]

Q: Without spoilers, what do you love most about THE HERMITAGE?

Ollie Punter-Reinhardt (Lead Writer): THE HERMITAGE has a lot of dark themes. A lot of grief. A lot of repression, and, of course, all the anger that comes with it. But despite this, somehow, THE HERMITAGE is still so full of love. Everything these characters do, all the choices they make- it's all from a place of love. Love is the catalyst for all of their grief and the anger. Though it's a dark show- it is horror, after all- there's a very tender quality to each episode, which is something I'm incredibly proud of.

Sean Henderson (writer): Every time I prompt a soundscape I feel like I'm writing a love letter to small rocky mountain towns. Growing up in one myself, writing THE HERMITAGE feels a bit like sending myself back to being a kid exploring the big scary dark forest. That feeling of being in a place both dangerous and wondrous, land that takes care of itself; vast with tiny, beautiful life in the tiniest of places, and the monsters I’d imagined to be hiding in the dark. Knowing you could get lost, could never find your way back, but lured on by nothing particular to go deeper...

THE HERMITAGE is an upcoming folk horror audio drama. Release date TBA in 2026, along with a cast reveal and trailer! More coming soon....

[friendly-local-transtrender]

does anyone have suggestions for audio dramas with women as main characters/narrators? i feel like most story podcasts are a lot more focused on male characters

[thehermitagepodcast]

Our show, THE HERMITAGE may not be out yet, but you should keep an eye out for when we release! Of our two protagonists one is female and our lead writer is female! Also, one of the primary themes we explore is misogyny and the female experience through the lens of horror.

[starplanes]

If you're under 18 and doing indie audio drama - I love and support you but please watch out for people taking advantage of you! The AD space is as a whole really lovely, but there are bad apples here and they can be very charismatic.

Some red flags to look out for:

- an adult showrunner whose cast and crew is mostly minors

- any showrunner who demands a lot of your time for no pay

- any showrunner who acts unprofessionally and/or crosses boundaries, especially in DMs

- frankly, any cast or crew member who acts unprofessionally and pushes boundaries, especially in DMs, especially especially if they're an adult

- literally anyone trying to get personal info or pictures from you

- any showrunner who keeps starting projects and never finishing any

I say this not to scare anyone but rather so you keep your guard up and trust your gut. You're responsible for your own online safety, and yes you still need online safety in audio drama spaces.

[thehermitagepodcast]

Q: in one sentence, give us a no-context summary of your favourite scene from season one of THE HERMITAGE.

Ollie Punter-Reinhardt (Lead Writer): Milk mystery: 1. Women in STEM: 0.

Sean Henderson (Writer):

“Don’t worry, don’t worry, I see the bear trap.”

[thehermitagepodcast]

Put that man in a situation?? Listen. EVERYONE, regardless of gender, gets put in a situation in THE HERMITAGE (release date tba in 2026.)

[thehermitagepodcast]

Reasons to look forward to THE HERMITAGE, release date TBA in 2026:

-Gorgeous, gorgeous sound design

-An extremely talented, powerhouse cast with both emerging and established voice actors

-Speculative horror about repression, isolation, grief, and misogyny

-Queer writers telling queer stories

THE HERMITAGE, release date TBA in 2026, is a folk horror audio drama by LIU&LAM Productions.

[thehermitagepodcast]

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO LEAVE BEHIND?

Set deep in the Canadian Rockies in 1985, THE HERMITAGE is a folk horror audio drama that follows OSKAR KETT, a terminally ill anthropology professor with a love for the supernatural, alongside his close friend and colleague SYD RIMER, an ecologist who couldn't care less about the myths and legends Oskar holds so dear.

While on separate research assignments in the small town of HEMLOCK, the two stumble headfirst into a mystery that bends and blurs the laws of nature, forcing them to re-examine everything they've known, as the impossible becomes the natural.

Here, somewhere between the unravelling of Oskar and Syd's perception of the world and the growing complexities of their personal lives, a nagging question demands to be answered...

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO LEAVE BEHIND?

THE HERMITAGE is written by OLLIE PUNTER-REINHARDT & SEAN HENDERSON. Our team, LIU&LAM PRODUCTIONS, is based on the unceded territory of Tiohtià:ke/Montreal.

Release date TBA in 2026.

[merlins-art]

Pathetic podcast protagonist is such a male dominated industry

Petition for more women to be pathetic podcast protagonists. Like yes queen, experience the horrors

[normalbroadcast]

it is only male dominated if that's all you're listening to !! there are plenty of women who are podcast protagonists, experiencing varying degrees of the horrors (from exactly none to pretty much all of them at once) and in fact a majority of the most iconic podcasts of the modern audio drama age (beginning mostly around the mid-2010s) heavily feature fascinating flawed multi-faceted women !! some of whom are indeed pathetic !!! this bias is a much more recent phenomenon and is not as deeply ingrained as you might be led to believe

plus plenty of people on this site imploring you to listen to more of them, & plenty more still who are eager and willing to recommend & highlight women-led shows, like here or here or here or even here

just from the notes on this post alone + a very quick scan of my own podcast library i was able to v quickly put together a podchaser list which i will link here in just a second but i am begging you + anyone else reading this to please at the very least google "female-led fiction podcasts" before making sweeping statements like this about audio drama as a whole when what you actually mean is that you personally haven't heard as many. you can actually fix that quite easily by listening to more of them because there are so many already available to you.

i can only make so many lists. at a certain point it is just up to you the listener to actually diversify your listening habits

put that woman in a situation, a podcast list curated by normalguy on Podchaser

A podcast list curated by normalguy. if i see one more post about pathetic podcast protagonists going through the horrors that narrows the f

^ have a look through this or anything else linked in this post. look at the descriptions & blurbs of individual podcasts, and actually consider them against your own personal tastes in genre/tone/style. for any that take your fancy, chuck at least the trailer or first episode into your queue right now instead of just saying youll get to it later. ok

[luvnotpercival]

I love women in audio dramas

More women in audio dramas!!

[camlannpod]

It's @phantompulseband time baby! That's right! Our writer and director Ella is collaborating with @laurenshippen to make a brand new show about a 90s band who can exorcise ghosts.

And we're crowdfunding right now!

The show is going to star Nicholas Podany, Erin Caesar, Erika Ishii, Briggon Snow and Juliana Gutiérrez Arango and it is going to rock so very hard.

Please consider backing the campaign, and if you can't support us financially please spread the word! Together, we can do this!

[whitneybarkman]

Shrouded in mystery, brimming with mood.