Thought I'd try compiling one of these lists of new audio 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. (Note, "new" here means the Ep1 of the RSS feed was released in the relevant month.) If you can point me in the direction of embed code for the ones I'm missing, will happily add that.
5/1: Boston Harbor Horror (Drama - Horror)
Coast Guard Petty Officer Alex Devereaux responded to a medical emergency on a small island in Boston Harbor. What he finds on that island is going take him on a journey into depths he never imagined…
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5/1: Echo Protocol (Drama - Thriller)
Former Presidents Turner Walsh, Harlan Rowe, Andre Hall, Ivy Caine smell something rotten. As they shine a light on the seedy underbelly of President Blunt's administration, how far will they go to save their country?
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5/1: North West Footwear Database (Fiction - Science fiction)
Stories from a strange institution hidden in the Peak District.
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5/2: Main Street Mythology (Fiction - Urban fantasy)
Main Street Mythology is a selection of legends collected by anthropologist Julia Sawbone. She found these stories etched on bathroom stalls, spray painted on freight cars, and murmured in alleys.
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5/3: Thornvale (RPG - Actual play)
Thornvale is a narratively-driven, actual-play RPG podcast following the lives of three monster hunters as they protect a small island town in Florida.
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5/6: Five Minute Thespians (Drama - Anthology)
Audio Drama brought to you by Sirs Tim and James.
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5/6: HappyGoLukky (RPG - Actual play)
An actual play story-telling podcast for the whole family brought to you by a father-son duo to bring a little mystery and fun to your days and nights.
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5/6: Lakeshore & Limbo (RPG - Actual play)
Lakeshore & Limbo is an improvised occult-noir detective series podcast, told using dice.
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5/6: The Musafirs (RPG - Actual play)
Chance has brought Annika, Adhuri, Adhila and Aditi together on a caravan that will travel through most of the lands - see what happens to these 'musafirs' (travellers) on their journey in Sarzameen. Join our queer BIMPoC cast playing D&D 5E in a South Asian campaign setting written by the GM. They sometimes curse.
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5/6: The Shoebox Project (Drama - Fanfiction)
The Shoebox Project is a Marauders-era Harry Potter fanfiction written by Jaida and Rave. Letters sent by owl between Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and James Lupin during the summer of 1975.
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5/7: D.R.E.A.M (Drama - Science fiction)
Four unlikely research subjects, monitored by their exhausted handler, enter virtual reality simulations whose effects begin to leak into the real world.
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5/7: Earth Break (Drama - Post-apocalypse)
Mortality (and pregnancy) in the aftermath of alien invasion. Lynn finds a voice recorder that becomes her only companion...these are her tapes.
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5/9: Adventurers with Attitude (RPG - Actual play)
A play and ooc podcast using DND 5E and various other systems. Our current campaigns is Adventurers With Attitude using the Henshin Class in Lasers and Liches and Tales of the Untold using Monster of the Week!
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5/9: Quid Pro Euro (Drama - Comedy)
In 1995, video tapes were made for employees of the European Union. Through the course of the series, they learned what they could expect to happen in the twenty-first century. This is the audio from those tapes.
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5/11: Ibby (Drama - Science fiction)
A science fiction audio drama/audio fiction podcast about AI and evil corporations, and the terrible things that happen when those things begin to mix.
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5/12: Let the Old Wives Tell It (Drama - Storytelling)
Let the Old Wives Tell It is part audio drama, part discussion podcast as we delve into the history of well-known and lesser-known folktales from around the world, and updating them at the end.
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5/13: Dice Tower Theatre (Drama - Fantasy)
A podcast built on dramatizing our #TTRPG games retelling like an old radio play. This variety show features original music, guest voices and some discussion.
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5/13: Lindsay (Drama - Real life)
Lindsay is the never-before-heard story of the making of The Parent Trap. It is the story of how two sisters became one.
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5/13: The Adventures of the Starship Coconut (Drama - Comedy)
This comedic, sci-fi adventure follows the missions of the worst starship in the Confederation Star Force. The crew find themselves in crazy situations as they travel a galaxy made of food.
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5/14: The Facades of Gods (RPG - Actual play)
A Fate System, Noir AP & AD podcast | In the subterranean city of Elysium, Gods & Monsters aren’t so different from you and I.
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5/15: Constants (Fiction - Science fiction)
Constants is a fiction anthology series featuring stories from across the collapsing omniverse.
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5/16: T.R.U.T.H.cast (Drama - Comedy)
Each Thursday, noted Critical Thinker Thomas Luge and his apprentice Lil Dickie Rickets sit down with heroes to discuss their topic of expertise. They cut through the misinformation presented by the corporate owned media. This is most certainly not a comedy podcast. It is also definitely NOT an improvised parody of conspiracy theory culture created by comedians Alex Bozinovic and Mike Bobbitt showcasing their funny friends playing eccentric characters.
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5/16: The McIlwraith Statements (Fiction - Urban fantasy)
Sarah McIlwraith is haunted by the past. It doesn’t help that she can also see ghosts. Listen to her involvement in the infamous IPP study, and her search for the truth behind the disaster.
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5/18: AfterLife (Drama - Science fiction)
AfterLife is an audio drama that follows the story of three souls after their untimely deaths. Before they know it, they're swept up in a world of dark politics while simultaneously dealing with their own personal journeys of self-discovery. This adventure is sure to leave hearts broken, barriers shattered, and afters... lived.
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5/18: Room 13 (Drama - Urban fantasy)
Michelle is a lonely flute student at conservatory, struggling to keep up in a competitive orchestra. Tamara is the piano-playing ghost who lives in practice room thirteen. Although her death was ruled a suicide, the two of them must search for the truth.
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5/19: Anthologies of Ullord (Drama - Fantasy)
The world of Ullord is phantasmal with magic, capricious gods and mortals that inhabit it. The stories of this world are told following various characters and in many story lines.
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5/20: Future is Mecha (Fiction - Science fiction)
Fast-forward 200 years Things are finally getting better. There are cities on the moon. Asteroids are being mined. Everyone has a mecha. Except Praxit. That's about to change. Poor kid. Back to now Future Is Mecha is a science fiction adventure story aimed at smart middle graders and up. It's realistic but fantastic, dramatic but not grim, and sprinkled with humour and big ideas.
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5/20: The Radicals (Fiction - Real life)
After twenty-five years of extremist feminist activism, D is on probation for assaulting homophobes and she is becoming something she never wanted to be: respectable.
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5/21: Journeys of the Astropaths MICHAEL (Fiction - Science fiction)
This is an audio drama that explores Michael's awakening to his astropath abilities. Astropaths have the ability to astral project, read human minds and communicate telepathically.
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5/22: Albion: The Old Kingdom (Fiction - Fanfiction)
A fan created Fable audio series that portrays, what Albion was during the Old Kingdom. It also follows William Black, and how he rose to become the most powerful will user to ever walk the earth, Scythe.
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5/22: Arca-45672 (Drama - Science fiction)
Sci fi audio drama podcast following a team of scientists as they travel to the exoplanet Arca-45672 for the salvation of a dying Earth.
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5/22: Works of Love (Fiction - Romance)
Weekly, Julian reads a new essay about love and one of its variations, be it romantic, familial, fraternal, or existential. Through other’s words he strives to remember the reason why we love if the cost is grief.
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5/23: 2 Night Stay (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
Stories from The Gilman: A murder mystery, a ghost story, and found footage, via podcast.
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5/23: Who Exploded Vivien Stone? (Drama - Thriller)
Set on a troubled film set in 1973, where the genre, script and central vision are all up for grabs, the cast and crew must survive a killer on the loose who intends to make a few more brutal cuts.
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5/24: Jettisoned! (Drama - Science fiction)
Tune in and find out what happens when two disgruntled satellite employees are trapped in an escape pod heading to the sun, and follow their madcap adventures!
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5/24: Paired (Fiction - Science fiction)
Guided meditations and musings from your digital assistant.
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5/24: Privacy Pod (Drama - Thriller)
A journalist gives an interview to a popular podcaster and then disappears, leaving behind a stack of audio cassettes that tell the story of a social media conspiracy. Ten-episode serial drama based on cybercrime cases.
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5/24: The Zetas Podcast (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
An unnamed Narrator explores the hidden secrets of an American sorority. However, the discovery of a dead body on the house's property prompts him to change his angle and find out who committed the crime.
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5/25: Mortal Enemy (Fiction - Fantasy)
Vant Hu’l is cursed. Dragged to the center of a wasteland by a ruthless malevolence, the legendary warrior discovers a cavern filled with devious riddles and fiendish traps. Upon solving the labyrinth, he is confronted by a hideous creature. A beast with unimaginable abilities. A being of unspeakable evil... Death.
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5/26: Discordia (Drama - Horror)
We ship hardware supplies to the lower 48 states. Audio drama, power tools and accessories, including a full range of Phillips insert bits and mindwarp scenarios. Closed Wednesdays.
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5/28: Vast Horizon (Drama - Science fiction)
Nolira is an agronomist tasked with establishing agriculture in a new solar system, but when she wakes up on a now-empty colony ship, the whole of her plan disappears.
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5/30: Come On In, The Water's Fine (Fiction - Urban fantasy)
A mermaid anthology podcast. Season one is a single story told in four parts.
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5/30: Molly of Denali (Drama - Children)
Join Molly and her friends and discover what life is like for a kid on big adventures in Alaska!
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5/30: Storytime in AmErica (Fiction - Anthology)
Storytime In AmErica, with host Erica Nicole, features a variety of original short fiction with a flavor of Americana. Each episode brings you one or more audio stories that reflects the writers experience or idea of American existence.
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5/30: The League of Extraordinary Dicemen (RPG - Actual play)
A 5e actual play from the AlterNerdReality Network. We are a group of podcasters and youtubers who play as "heroes" and stumble through the world of Annalon as our players try to find their place.
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5/30: The Phone Booth (Drama - Anthology)
A new fiction podcast about a phone booth in the Mojave Desert in the 90s and the lost souls who call it.
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5/31: The End of Their Worlds (Drama - Thriller)
Worlds will end. But what will be the cost? University students Olivia and Megan stumble into a fight they never knew existed against a force which demands justice for crimes nobody knew were committed. But regardless of their ignorance, a hidden city lies under the ocean with reason to be angry - its inhabitants just need to be shown it.
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