Thought I'd try compiling one of these lists of new audio fiction + drama podcast debut releases, so here you go. Feel free to shout in the comments if you've got more information or corrections and I'll update with anything I'm missing.
3/2: Black Star Chronicles (Drama - Science fiction)
A collection of adventures across the stars, all set in the same world. Made with complete sound design, score and little to no narration.
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3/2: Erasmus Dagger (Drama - Comedy)
Join Sherriff Erasmus Dagger as he defends the city of New Chicago in the year 2999! Complete with a femme fatale love interest, an evil villain, and an annoying landlady, Erasmus Dagger tells a comedic tale that simultaneously parodies and pays homage to the sci-fi and western radio plays of the 1940s and 50s.
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3/2: Hunting a Killer (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
Special Agent Jess and Detective Allen investigate a mysterious cold case.
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3/2: Late Night Tales (Drama - Horror)
Original short horror story anthology podcast.
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3/2: Locker 13 (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
A mysterious abandoned storage unit. Audio files from a never-aired reality TV show. An unforgettable cast of characters. Presenting Season 1 of LOCKER 13, a brand-new narrative mystery/comedy podcast!
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3/3: John Blade Pod (Drama - Thriller)
John Blade is the world’s top leading secret agent! When he is sent on a secret mission to take down Professor Tantamount, a life altering surprise awaits him.
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3/3: The Chronicles of Wallace Sprague, Dog Psychiatrist (Drama - Comedy)
A serialized podcast about a small town, its only psychiatrist, and one very good boy.
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3/3: Unremembered Hollywood (Drama - Comedy)
Unremembered Hollywood is the podcast that dares to tell completely real* and true* Hollywood stories that are definitely not just made up. Hosted by noted film historian Abby Larson (Thrilling Adventure Hour’s Annie Savage), each episode brings an unremembered Hollywood tale to life.
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3/4: Mission: Rejected (Drama - Comedy)
The story of the world's most secret agents...the backups. For the first time in his career, Special Agent Chet Phillips has discovered that he can choose NOT to accept a mission! That means there's no choice but to send in the "B Team": A nervous pencil pusher promoted to the field, a computer hacker working off her sentence, a fading former Comedy star and a recently reassigned White House intern.
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3/4: Plumb the Void (RPG - Actual play)
Plumb The Void is an actual play podcast about experimentation and learning, featuring short story arcs, novel concepts, and rotating game masters.
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3/5: Still Lives (Drama - Post-apocalypse)
The last five people on earth hear a knock on the door.
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3/5: Terror On The Air (Drama - Anthology)
An original anthology series created by Travis Roig, of horrific and thrilling tales.
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3/5: The 12:37 (Drama - Science fiction)
Nora’s day takes a turn for the worse when she finds out she accidentally boarded a time-travelling train.
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3/5: When Angels Visit Armadillo (Drama - Urban fantasy)
When Angels Visit Armadillo (WAVA) uncovers a mystery shrouded in conspiracy, tucked away behind the moss in the rural town of Armadillo, Florida. Through interview recordings and phone calls, WAVA delves into the story of Magnolia Waters-- an unapologetic southern lesbian woman who witnesses a strange disappearance back in 1988.
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3/6: Artificial Uncovered (Drama - Science fiction)
Al: Innovation or Destruction? In this sci-fi podcast based on the groundbreaking interactive series Artificial, our hosts delve into the world of Sophie, an artificial intelligence being on a journey to become human, in attempts to illuminate the dangers and benefits of AI while looking at how to ethically treat and develop our new sentient friends. We invite you to join the conversation and weigh in on the ultimate question: Will Al prove to be good for the world... or will it lead to our annihilation?
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3/7: .ZeroStar (RPG - Actual play)
.ZeroStar is an ActualPlay hosted by Paul Courvoisier and played by Matty McManee as Vinyl Flyaway, Samantha Odber as Nyx Nedra, Thomas Dagroot as Kaze, Jake Dagroot as Cpt, Rust Duckers, playing "Uncharted Worlds".
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3/7: Rolling on Fate (RPG - Actual play)
Rolling on Fate is an actual play Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition podcast. Come join our party as they discover how the strange portals called Rifts impact the continent of Revelhein. You’ll experience intrigue, action and comedy as Amsily, Fionnuala, John, Marion, Pelleas and Taylor travel together and seemingly stir up trouble. There are singing frogs, epic battles and plenty of annoyed NPC’s as they discover the mysteries of the world and get to know each other’s complicated pasts. This world is completely original and while the gameplay follows D&D rules, there is some homebrew content thrown in too (for funsies)! Welcome to our collaborative story as the adventure begins…
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3/7: Spaced Out (Drama - Science fiction)
Desperate to escape the lowest level slums of the industrial planet Orienna Four, Kora signs up to join merc ship The Renegade, where hauling cargo and fighting for your life are one in the same.
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3/7: Till Death Do Us Podcast (Drama - Thriller)
A scripted comedy melodrama about a wedding gone wrong. Follow a bunch of 22-year-old psychos as rings go missing, a long lost relative appears, and someone…ends….up….DEAD.
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3/7: Tiny Morbid Fantasies (Fiction - Horror)
Tiny Morbid Fantasies is a podcast where we share short stories based on intrusive thoughts, call of the void, and morbid daydreams.
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3/8: An Adventure Through Time (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
Our podcast features some of the greatest minds on Earth while fascinating listeners with a thrilling mystery through time.
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3/8: Under Observation (Drama - Thriller)
These recordings are audible diary entries following Cecelia Walker, a college student who receives a letter from a mother she never knew she had.
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3/9: After Dark Audio (Fiction - Romance)
Erotic audio using actors, sound effects, and music. A dirty hybrid of audio-books and audio-drama.
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3/9: Domain of Terror (Drama - Horror)
New audio theatre from old comic books.
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3/9: Don't Make Deals with Demons (Drama - Urban fantasy)
Welcome everyone to my new project, Don't Make Deals with Demons, an audio drama based off my book of the same name.
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3/9: Night Shift (Drama - Urban fantasy)
An audio drama podcast about a particularly weird gas station.
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3/10: Masala Jones (Drama - Comedy)
Masala Jones is an original scripted comedy about sex, race, and the other Hollywood: Porn.
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3/10: Red House Rising (Drama - Thriller)
Red House Rising is a romantic action-drama set in the South Pacific just before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. An ace female transport pilot is forced to deliver kidnapped sex slaves to an island stronghold of the Japanese Navy. Infuriated, and shaken by the arrival of an old flame, she enlists the help of local islanders in a desperate race to rescue the enslaved “comfort women.”
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3/10: The Cellar (Drama - Horror)
All-new horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature.
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3/11: By The Billabong (Drama - Storytelling)
By the billabong is a 10 part pod play narrated by the swagman as you join him by the billabong for a story. Each individual episode will take you across Australia from yesteryear too today to tomorrow and further.
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3/11: Dive Cloud (RPG - Actual play)
Dive Cloud is a D&D narrative storytelling podcast filled with wacky characters, lurking mystery and wondrous environments.
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3/11: Kollok 1991 (RPG - Actual play)
An actual play of Kids on Bikes, Kollok 1991 airs live on Monday nights on http://twitch.tv/hyperrpg , the entire production is produced live with audience feedback built into the show.
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3/11: The Deca Tapes (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
Recordings have been sent to us of ten people that are locked into the same space together.
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3/12: My Dead Wife, The Robot Car (Drama - Comedy)
When Matt (Besser) signed on to be one of the first testers of the self-driving robot cars, he was not aware the AI personality of the operating system was his dead ex-wife (Mary Holland). It's like the film "Her"...except he hated her and she hated him. 'My Dead Wife, The Robot Car' is a 10 episode improvised series featuring Matt Besser, Mary Holland, Horatio Sanz, Danielle Schneider, Betsy Sodaro, Jon Gabrus, Dan Lippert, Matt Newell, Lou Wilson, Chad Carter, and Mookie Blaiklock.
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3/14: Drunken Arcanoughts (RPG - Actual play)
A #dnd #dnd5e Podcast.
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3/15: A World Where (Drama - Science fiction)
Stories from the future... assuming there is one.
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3/17: Smoke & Mirrors (Drama - Fantasy)
Four stage magicians known as Smoke & Mirrors are cast into a world where an evil wizard has brought on a reign of terror.
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3/18: Hillbilly Horror House (Drama - Horror)
Come along and join us as Amber finds the house of her dreams and her husband, David, is forced in to the paranormal world.
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3/18: The Legacy of Gaea (Fiction - Fantasy)
In a future where humans have learned to unlock their innate powers, skilled youngsters are sent to elite schools to master their ‘kyu’. A new race, the Titans, has arisen and lives peacefully alongside men, although the threat of the Dark Clans is ever-present. Rose has just started at the most renowned of these schools: Norheath's Valhalla. There she meets the shy, half-Titan Hemero, the friendly, harmless Phin and the brooding, powerful Nayakax, whose family have defected from the hated Dark Clans. Betrayal hangs heavy in the air as friends become enemies, family turns fraud and teachers become targets. Slowly a web of deceit unfolds revealing a plot that will have a devastating outcome for the whole world.
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3/19: Blackout (Drama - Post-apocalypse)
When modern civilization is upended, what choices will you make?
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3/19: SCP Archives (Drama - Horror)
Secure. Contain. Protect. There are things that go bump in the night. Fantastic things. Horrible things. Redacted things. The SCP Foundation was built to keep humanity safe from a world of beings it doesn’t want to know exists.
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3/20: Tendril: The Banshee Chronicles (RPG - Actual play)
Based on a homebrew campaign for Monster of the Week, TENDRIL is a full-scale audio production with original music, lovingly crafted sound design, and professional-quality voice acting.
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3/22: Encounter Party (RPG - Actual play)
Encounter Party! is an audio adventure governed by the rules of Dungeons & Dragons. Grab a chair a join five players as they traverse a harrowing tale of adventure and mystery.
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3/22: Wuthering's (Drama - Comedy)
A new six-part scripted comedy podcast set in Wuthering’s, a fictional cake shop in St Paul’s, London. Zany happenings guaranteed.
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3/23: Centered (Drama - Real life)
Recent college grad Selah Copeland bristles against the realities of still living at home with her parents and working in her mother Gwen's accounting business.
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3/25: Top of the Round (RPG - Actual play)
An original actual play Dungeons and Dragons adventure set in the dark, mysterious world of Ishnar. What happens when a naive druid, a mysterious drow elf, and an orphaned monk are roped into becoming mailmen for a goddess? Rated Explicit for language, violence, some horror themes, and suggested adult content.
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3/26: BZ's Curse of Strahd (RPG - Actual play)
Welcome to Bookzombie Presents, an RPG Actual Play podcast!
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3/26: Fractured (Drama - Fanfiction)
This story puts an emphasis on fate: it tells the story of a prince and princess coming to terms with the death of their father and the prince's Destiny.
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3/28: A Timeless Flight (Fiction - Science fiction)
A lone astronaut, hopelessly lost in space, logs his journey, telling stories of his life back on earth and his thoughts above it - all while knowing he’s going to die in 10 days. Love, hope, frustration, loneliness, fear, and humanity will be in full display in poor Tom Jackson’s last few logs. Be ready… for A Timeless Flight!
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3/28: Fangirls (Drama - Real life)
The female fandom experience is unique. We all have our own special ways of enjoying Star Wars. Follow the journeys of Ally, Rish, Kristy, Danielle, and Lexy: Fangirls.
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3/28: Mi Amour (Drama - Romance)
After Naomi LaClair ends her engagement to Shotaro Satanoka and goes off to pursue her dream of becoming a top Hollywood actress, two years pass and these two lovers are brought together for a friend's wedding.
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3/28: Polybius (Drama - Urban fantasy)
A local talk show host downloads an augmented reality game and gets drawn into a retro conspiracy.
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3/30: The Last Show (Drama - Post-apocalypse)
The Last Show is an audio drama about the end of the world and the college radio show that survived it. After the old world burns away in a nuclear reckoning, the hosts of The Last Show need to find their place in the ashes and their role in what comes next.
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3/31: Copperheart (Drama - Post-apocalypse)
COPPERHEART is an Audio Drama set in an alternate reality during a Nuclear Winter. Over 2,000 people live underground in a multi-leveled USRB (United States Reconstruction Bunker) in Groom Lake, Nevada.
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