Every month, there are a large number of new audio drama and fiction podcasts released. These monthly lists collate everything I can find that has released an Ep1 in its dedicated fiction RSS feed for the relevant month. Feel free to shout in the comments if you've got more information or corrections and I'll update with anything I'm missing.
And tell me which ones I should be listening to. What have you enjoyed this month?
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1/1: Aquius-9
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Set in the distant future we follow a group of defunct bureaucrats in a colonial space station. Mishaps and world-shaking events ensue. Join the government of Aquius-9 three thousand years in the future in this epic sci-fi audio drama.
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1/1: Crit Hit and Save: A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast
(RPG - Fantasy)
Welcome... to Eriand. DM Andrew Redden is joined by Chelsea Gifford, Lonessa Boyd, and Montana Chambers as three adventurers who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, or maybe the right place at the right time. Follow along in this Dungeons and Dragons podcast as our adventures try and save Eriand, or assist in its demise. Whatever the case may be.
RPG System: D&D
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1/1: Daimons of Aphid City
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
A noir science-fantasy drama about the denizens of Aphid City, a place of altered time, space, and dimension, home to noblins, nanics, and nyx mites, and absolutely surveilled by the shadowy cabal know as Cataclysmic Dictum.
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1/1: Disciples of the Eight
(RPG - Fantasy)
Darkness. War. Chains leading to a castle in the sky. Falling. A group of heroes awaken in an alleyway with no memory of who the others are or how they got there. They only have a deep sense of trust and the word of a stranger that they were on a mission to kill the king. They got very close but ultimately failed. Now, thanks to the actions of their strange new friend, they have another chance. The king does not know that they still live, much less that they now know where his power comes from. Now they have to come up with a new plan and remove as much of the king’s power as possible before he realizes they are still alive. Along the way they will meet new, interesting friends and discover just how far the king has gone to preserve his own life. If they fail this time, there will be no coming back.
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1/1: Foreward Podcast
(Dramatised - Historical)
Foreward is an audio drama podcast that chronicles one family’s story after the tragedy of a school shooting. As a nation, not only have we become numb to violence in schools, we have failed to recognize that the actual event is merely the spark that creates a fire that burns in families indefinitely. With the joys and triumphs of everyday life, the event continues to weave its way through every aspect of a family for the rest of their lives.
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1/1: NCRP Productions
(RPG - Multigenre)
A Tabletop RPG actual play podcast coming to you from Behind the Redwood Curtain. We intend to offer a variety of tabletop role playing games (ttrpg) with various systems.
Continuity: Oneshots
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1/1: Night Dream Podcast
(Fiction - Multigenre)
The Nightdream Podcast, original short fiction.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/1: One Hundred Words
(Fiction - Multigenre)
A tiny fiction podcast, in which I read out a story of exactly 100 words each day. Written and produced by Marilisa Valtazanou.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/1: Sea Stories and Science Fiction
(Fiction - Science fiction)
Prepare to travel with Malcolm Torres across ... not just watery oceans but the very dimensions of time and space on voyages filled with adventure, horror, high-tech thrills, crime and passionate romance.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/1: Stabby Time Adventure Buddies
(RPG - Urban fantasy)
Four buddies get together and offer up the exact same thing as other role-playing podcasts. Shenanigans and entertainment! Listen along as we stumble our way through encounters, make terrible jokes, and try not to kill each other.
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1/1: The Hunt
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
In a time where adventuring with our friends feels like a distant memory, we invite you to join us on a new audio fantasy adventure…
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1/1: The Xanathar
(RPG - Fantasy)
Xanathar has released his "Guide to Everything" to overwhelming success and retired. The city of Waterdeep has had 100 years of peace and very little crime. But things are starting to stir in the city and our heroes must find out what is causing the disturbances before it is too late. Is it the return of the infamous Xanathar? Tune in to find out!
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1/1: VSCO Cult
(Dramatised - Comedy)
This podcast follows a fictional social media cult.
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1/1: What the Dice!?
(RPG - Fantasy)
These friends get together to play tabletop, Dan the GM, Nytlin, Ethan, and Keith. Come together to play and share the story of their characters in weird, wacky, and sometimes dangerous campaigns. We welcome you to join us.
RPG System: Pathfinder
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1/2: As the Dice Roll
(RPG - Science fiction)
As the Dice Roll is a collection of Actual Play campaigns from the Geek to Geek Media Network. "Cautious Optimism" is a GURPS campaign in a Sci-Fi setting while "The Horsefeather Saga" is a crazy romp through DND 5e!
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1/2: BCD Presents: No Small Parts
(Fiction - Multigenre)
No Small Parts is a monthly short-form audio drama that explores the backstory of minor characters in major films. Each episode is written by Miles Murphy and performed by a member of the Black Case Diaries Podcast.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/2: Heroes of Verilia
(RPG - Fantasy)
Welcome to Verilia! A dungeons and dragons fifth edition actual play podcast where you can actually play the hero! Every week, you can listen to the adventures of four monthly changing people play a Dungeons and Dragons fifth edition oneshot adventure in the homebrew world Verilia. The best thing about this podcast? You could be one of them!
Continuity: Oneshots
RPG System: D&D
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1/2: The Graveyard Tapes
(Dramatised - Urban fantasy)
Finn Valentine, private investigator and part-time magician. He’ll take care of the thing going bump in the night… for a price. Or maybe just a pint.
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1/3: Coyote's Bluff
(Dramatised - Thriller)
Cops and conmen. Liars, cheats and violence. Guns, money and mayhem.
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1/3: Hubris: A 24-Hour Podcast Project
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
Hubris is a labor of love from a chaotic group of podcasters who decided a 24-hour podcast challenge sounded like a good idea. We assembled several Creative Teams from a large group of podcasters from around the world, made up of writers, audio producers, and voice actors to create a single-episode fiction podcast within a 24-hour period from start to finish.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/3: of Black Glass
(RPG - Supernatural)
The Watch is a low-fantasy, PbtA game about women and nonbinary people who are fighting to retake their homeland from the Shadow, a darkly sorcerous threat that has the power to possess men and use them for it’s own violent ends. The stories we will tell are structured around the military campaign against the Shadow’s forces. We will tell stories of war, love, and sacrifice. We will play to find out what happens. And we will, in the end, defeat the Shadow.
RPG System: Powered by the Apocalypse
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1/3: Seriously Serial Fiction
(Fiction - Comedy)
Original serialized fiction podcast from author David Wilson-Burns. Broadcasts of serialized works--now featuring a new series: "A Friend of the Family", written, performed, and produced by the author.
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1/3: The Bureau of Lost Things
(Dramatised - Comedy)
In a quiet corner of every town, down a street nobody cares about, you’ll find a Bureau of Lost Things. Here a dedicated team strive to reunite lost things with their careless owners. One such branch nestles just inside the M25, where no-nonsense overseer Veronica runs a tight ship; at least according to her (Head Office may disagree). Now we follow eager new recruit Will, cynical con-artist Cara and bureau lifer Raymond as, every episode, they grapple haplessly with a fresh batch of things. And Veronica.
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1/4: Crit! Like a Girl
(RPG - Fantasy)
A Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition podcast, featuring an entirely female cast (Including our lovely DM)! Join us and see how we Crit! Like a girl.
RPG System: D&D
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1/4: The Homos of Harmony Haven
(Fiction - Crime/Mystery)
A self-help author hiding a tragic secret. A former escort trying to create a life in a new town. A jilted lover seeking revenge. These are just a few of The Homos of Harmony Haven. The only thing left in their closets are the skeletons. An LGBTQ daily serial.
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1/4: The Silt Verses
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations. As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories.
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1/4: We're Not Meant to Know
(Fiction - Horror)
There are things we're simply not meant to know. A horror anthology podcast.
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1/5: A Critically Accursed Podcast
(RPG - Superhero)
Welcome to A Critically Accursed Actual Play Podcast, where the plot's made-up and the rolls don't matter.
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1/5: Chosen Ones
(RPG - Fantasy)
Chosen Ones' is a DnD 5e Podcast that is a collaboration between several artists and storytellers originally hosted on YouTube. And now we're on podcasting platforms as well! (LGBTQ+ Friendly) Our story takes place in the first few hundred years of the planet Absolem on a continent known as Varune. To combat the hardships of Absolem, people with extraordinary powers began to develop, known as Sparks. And from these Sparks, a Chosen One could form. Our story follows four of these Sparks as they work to discover who the next Chosen One might be.
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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1/5: Fiction Crime Time
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
You've heard of true crime podcasts. It's like that but about without the true part. Join Adam Farmer as he travels to storybook lands to investigate cases which are too cold, cases which are too hot, and cases which are just right. His first case brings him to the land of Oz as he tries to find out all he can about the serial killer who has made her mark on the land, then vanished into thin air.
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1/5: Inklings Podcast
(Fiction - Multigenre)
Join Inklings for your daily dose of short fiction stories. Written by podcast host Matty Limerick and staring stellar voice talent, indulge your imagination with Inklings.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/5: Little Stories Everywhere
(Fiction - Multigenre)
A good story can take you anywhere. Every week Little Stories Everywhere will bring you magical, adventurous, fantastical tales to excite your imagination and carry you and your family members to new places around the world. Hosted by Oscar-nominated actor Virginia Madsen and celebrated voice actor Robbie Daymond, stories will include timeless classics as well as brand-new tales.
Continuity: Anthology
Audience: Children
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1/5: Medding with Monsters
(RPG - Urban fantasy)
An actual play podcast using the Monster of the Week system. Join our four heroes as they the travel across the country, encountering terrifying monsters, strange characters, and poorly named pastries. An exciting mix of action, drama, and comedy perfect for anyone who loves roleplaying games or audio dramas!
RPG System: Monster of the Week
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1/5: Meddling with Monsters
(RPG - Horror)
An actual play podcast using the Monster of the Week system. Join our four heroes as they the travel across the country, encountering terrifying monsters, strange characters, and poorly named pastries. An exciting mix of action, drama, and comedy perfect for anyone who loves roleplaying games or audio dramas!
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: Monster of the Week
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1/5: The Pilbara Killings
(Fiction - Crime/Mystery)
When Lisa Jeffries, a young Aboriginal girl from the Martu tribe is found brutally murdered in a remote Pilbara town, Detective Aidan Zimmerman is sent to investigate. Despite the viciousness of the murder there is little interest or political will to see the investigation through even though it soon becomes obvious that not all is what it seems and that Zimmerman himself is being set up. Lisa is left with unexplained marks on her body, and with attached ancient symbols that leads to an obscure priest and to another similar killing years before threatening to embroil the Catholic diocese in an ongoing sexual abuse scandal and take down the Bishop’s ambition to become a Cardinal. Crime beyond the remote bush Young anonymous Aboriginal death Forensic postmortem examinations A Catholic Archbishop’s indifference A scandal of underpinned sexual abuse Anti-Semitic prejudice directed at the lead investigator who begins an affair with the dead girl’s mother. All the basic elements of an Australian crime novel! The Pilbara Killings is a story of savage murder, tribal ritual and cover-up, which explores the genesis of evil.
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1/5: With Love, Victoria
(Dramatised - Historical)
With Love, Victoria is a musical podcast that brings to life the diaries of Queen Victoria and explores what was erased by her daughter, Princess Beatrice. Of 141 volumes the Queen wrote in her lifetime, Princess Beatrice left only 111 after she had edited her late mother’s diaries. This serialized podcast dramatizes what once was and what may have been erased from history.
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1/6: Of Wood & Wire
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Of Wood &Wire (OW&W) is an Fantasy Western-Adjacent Audiodrama, written, voiced, and edited by Izzy Shackleton. OW&W tells the story of Rowan (they/them) and Morgana (she/her), as they are forced to travel together out into the unknown in search of excitement, answers, and a man named Lioncloth.
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1/6: Pod Against the Machine
(RPG - Fantasy)
Welcome to Pod Against the Machine, the only Actual Play podcast that specifically mentions its opposition to the machine in the title. We’re a ragtag group of five creating an epic story while playing through the Iron Gods Pathfinder First Edition adventure path from Paizo publishing. It’s like Dungeons and Dragons, complete with wizards, monsters, and skeletons…but with an added bonus of evil robots and horrifying aliens, all tied together with our (hopefully) funny banter, interesting characters, and edge-of-your-seat action.
RPG System: Pathfinder
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1/6: Trish of the Day
(Dramatised - Comedy)
The magazine show hosted by Trish and her invited expert guests (and Sue from her office). Whether it's the perfect funeral, dating advice, or the woman who married a ghost, Trish and her special guests (and Sue) will have something to say about the hot topics of the day.
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1/7: Dark Valley
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Dark Valley is a sci-fi and fantasy anthology podcast that aims to transport listeners to a world outside of their own. Join us aboard a Coalition Guard spaceship, inside a Hotel with extraordinary powers, and in a small town where creatures lurk around every corner. Dark Valley probes the human psyche and explores our relationships with ourselves, each other, and the unknowable; in a way that can frighten, soothe, and challenge our perceptions of who we are and what we are capable of.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/7: The Junket Podcast
(RPG - Science fiction)
An actual play and really gay D&D show following the interstellar antics of the Space Squad as they try to solve basic puzzles, navigate pirate-infested jump lanes and maybe save the universe or something along the way.
RPG System: D&D
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1/8: Daemonologie: The Devil's Parlour Game
(RPG - Fantasy)
Welcome, ladies, gentlemen, the neither and the marvellously evasive. Here is the smoky parlour, there is the hookah pipe, and this is the cause of all our scandals: Daemonologie. The most delightful, devilish parlour game from Pall Mall to Lambeth, whispered in tearooms and caused blushes at Kew. Here shall be two podcasts: an Actual Play of Daemonologie, where we join a host of inquisitors discovering why a burning Scotsman leapt from Bristol's Cathedral, only to vanish, and Unmasked, where the authors will peek behind the curtain, uncovering the lore, mechanics, and team of Daemonologie.
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1/8: JumpPoint
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
JumpPoint is a limited scripted series following the decaying marriage of Emily and Hudson Hayes at the hands of a mysterious enigma.
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1/8: The Dread Familiar
(Fiction - Horror)
The Dread Familiar Podcast features a rotating cast of authors and readers covering all things horrifying and terrible.
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1/9: Alfhild: Maiden of the Sea
(Dramatised - Comedy)
A dramedy inspired by the Scandanavian folktale: Alf and Alfhild. Contemporized with modern themes.
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1/9: The Bandit Fiction Podcast
(Fiction - Multigenre)
Each month we'll be bringing you up a selection of stories and poems from our collections. Featuring some of the best emerging and indie writers around, each work is specially chosen by our editorial team, and we're super excited to be able to share them through this exciting new medium
Continuity: Anthology
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1/10: At The Tone
(Dramatised - Comedy)
Skruntville's latest News, Sports, Lifestyle, and Traffic updates from KQMP, AM.
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1/10: Darkened Hallways
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Darkened Hallways is an audio drama mystery with elements of horror. Strange occurrences in the Sycamore Crossing apartment complex bring four queer young adults together to solve the mystery.
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1/10: Dungeon & Babbins: Adventurer's League
(RPG - Fantasy)
A series of "Dungeons and Dragons" campaigns run for various charity efforts.
Continuity: Oneshots
RPG System: D&D
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1/10: Half Hour Audio Hour
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
A monthly anthology of 10-30 minute audio drama scripts from a different playwright each month. Each episode will include an introduction of, and Q&A with, the playwright. The Half-Hour Audio Hour focuses on the work of women, BIPOC, and/or LGBTQ+ playwrights.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/10: Planet Radiant
(Fiction - Post-apocalypse)
An apocalyptic sci-fi radio drama inspired by text-based adventure games of the 80s and 90s. It's a queer-themed story about solitude and discovery, told in the second person and set to an original darkwave soundtrack. You wake up in an abandoned museum with no memory. Humanity has vanished. What do you do?
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1/10: Space Base Mars
(Dramatised - Comedy)
One small step for man. Two giant leaps backward for mankind. Join the crew of Space Base Mars as they try to navigate the perils of building the first human colony on the red planet. Or just to see if they can go a week without accidentally shutting the life support off again. Listen in as their reports tell tales of... Discovery? Maybe. Shenanigans? Definitely. Space Base Mars is a completely improvised comedy podcast produced by Cambridge Improv Factory. Each twenty minute sitcom episode is a fun escapade that can be listened to in any order.
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1/10: Stories for Monsters
(Fiction - Fantasy)
Original fables, fairy tales, myths, and legends told by a stranger to ward away the evil in all of us (or at least the children) delivered bi-monthly.
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1/10: Stories from the Hearth
(Fiction - Multigenre)
An original short-stories podcast for those who crave escapism from the chaotic energies of the modern world. Written, performed and produced by Calum Bannerman, each episode features a brand-new short-story, sometimes sci-fi, romance or fantasy, sometimes historical fiction or horror. Calum's stories are reminiscent of those a wandering bard might once have told, to a group of villagers gathered around the fire.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/11: Aberrations
(Dramatised - Horror)
This full-cast audio drama tells the story of four young men experiencing the paranormal as they enter adulthood. At the turn of the millennium, one unassuming house in a quiet neighborhood sees the Eldritch brothers and their two friends facing their deepest fears. Having just learned that only months remain before the sale of the Eldritch Estate, the four young men plan a series of get-togethers. Nights of videogames and Dungeons & Dragons had become ritual, but after picking up a creepy book and reading its stories together, their sunny days begin to grow darker. Random bumps in the night evolve into a more visceral terror, suggesting something sinister at work... but sometimes the greatest horror lies in the secrets eating away at the bonds of friendship.
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1/11: Battle of the Bald
(Dramatised - Comedy)
A six-episode scripted comedy series about a young lab assistant who accidentally invents a permanent cure for hair loss and changes the world.
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1/11: DNA 404
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Exoterrestrials make first contact with humans, but surprisingly they didn't show up to enslave the human race. But they didn't drop by to make friends either. In fact, they're only here for Sharp. The first sentient artificial life form created on Earth. It turns out subjugating a juvenile artificial entity into spamming twitter and reddit with ads and tracking online behavior for marketing purposes is a violation of the Consortium's ethics code. This particular human error is worthy of breaking the universal mandated silent treatment. But even if our local galaxy republic has determined humans are a danger to avoid, that won't stop Sharp from taking us with her on an epic imaginary voyage. Several of her human travel companions are physically injured by the technology used for space travel. Some suffer uncomfortable but transitory side effects. Others experience memory loss or severe physical harm. With no expedient way home to Earth the humans and Sharp's alien guardian are forced to solve their shared circumstances. A crew of hostile amnesiacs, fretful volunteers, malcontent denizens, and disquieted space tourists are forced to continue deeper into space on a journey that ultimately confronts loss, change, and recovery. And many a 'human' error.
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1/11: Fall of the Hero
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Sir Grace was the most valiant of all knights, decked in glorious armor that glowed in the sun and a record of dragon-slaying and maiden saving on par with none. But a battle with a renowned wizard with ambiguous ambitions forces Sir Grace to consider things he never imagined, and face his greatest enemy yet: himself.
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1/11: Our Ghost Stories
(Fiction - Horror)
A podcast devoted to storytelling. We share scary tales that are written by the podcast creator, Jason, as well as members of the audience. Our goal is to take you to another world for a brief moment and give you goosebumps while you're there!
Continuity: Anthology
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1/12: Could've Been Heroes
(RPG - Fantasy)
Could’ve Been Heroes is an actual play podcast where six old friends adventure as six total strangers who, after missing their shots at destiny, now get a second chance to make a mess of everything. Set in a unique and developing rpg that filters fantasy, horror, pop culture and other wonderful nonsense through the brains of six or more weirdos making their dream game.
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1/12: Pinkerton's Ghosts
(Fiction - Horror)
Pinkerton's Ghosts follows three detectives, Jack Morrow, Jim Donavan and Sean Russo, as they fight to preserve the small lights of the world. They face monsters, ghosts, witches, legends, secret histories, fairy tales, vampires, werewolves, and things that can only be described, but never, not truly, seen. Follow Pinkerton's Ghosts for thrills and scares you have never heard before!
Continuity: Serial
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1/12: Roll Together
(RPG - Fantasy)
Dungeons & Dragons. Narrative & Nerdery. High Adventure & Hijinks. We are Roll Together. Join us for exciting adventures with wonderful players taking you off to the worlds of D&D! With multiple storylines and adventure arcs, as well as a huge, diverse cast of players from around the world, listen to our adventures here.
Continuity: Oneshots
RPG System: D&D
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1/12: We Will NOT Play DnD
(Dramatised - Comedy)
Four friends struggle to get through their weekly roleplaying campaigns together.
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1/13: Love Before Covid
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
This Audio Play is not exactly fiction and not exactly philosophy, but something in between. Dr Greg Scorzo has developed Post Socratic dialogues as a new kind of philosophy. These dialogues are called “Post-Socratic” because there is no Socrates figure, telling the listener which viewpoints (if any) are the best ones. The listener decides that on their own.
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1/14: Tales of Mystara - A Solo D&D Campaign
(RPG - Fantasy)
Tales of Mystara is a mixture between a solo Dungeons & Dragons campaign, a dark fantasy novel and a narrated audio dramatization. The rules of the table top and the roll of the dice dictate where the story goes as well as whether a character lives or dies. Nothing is precious and no one is safe from the roll of the dice...
Continuity: Longform
Audience: All audience
RPG System: D&D
Creators: Neurodivergent
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1/14: The Paracelsus Effect
(Dramatised - Urban fantasy)
The Paracelsus Effect is a gothic inspired urban fantasy audio drama about redemption, magic, queerness, and saving the world.
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1/14: The Rivers of Elfland
(Fiction - Fantasy)
A spec-fic podcast featuring original Science Fiction and Fantasy, with a special love for solarpunk, historical fantasy and space opera. Currently reading "Sons of Devils," an arcanepunk fantasy by Alex R Oliver.
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1/15: Creep
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Creep follows Miami and Denver as they investigate a possible heist of a famous painting. Sasha, the one who alerted them of it, makes sure that she's not forgotten in the process. Will they be able to stop the heist in time?
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1/15: Madison On The Air
(Dramatised - Comedy)
What happens when old time radio dramas clash with a modern day 20-something? No technology, no Starbucks, and no one is PC! Will Madison survive? Follow along as she teams up with radio icons like Sergeant Joe Friday, Marshal Matt Dillon and Superman. Original radio scripts adapted lovingly to give a funny and modern look at the way things were and the way things are today.
Continuity: Anthology
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: Female
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1/15: My Spear Weighs Heavy in My Hand
(Fiction - Fantasy)
My Spear Weighs Heavy In My Hand is a fantasy fiction podcast by Jack Anderson. Mastanab has become separated from his people and thrust into an unfamiliar land far from home. Now he must find them again though killers, ghosts, and monsters stand in his way.
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1/15: Sunset Tales
(Fiction - Slice of life)
Sunset Tales is the name of a peculiar bar I used to frequent on Yasawa, one of the Fiji islands, back when I was a young writer. Adi, the bartender, introduced me to the strangest of people there…
Continuity: Anthology
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1/15: Wreckage: an RPG Podcast
(RPG - Fantasy)
A podcast where a group of friends enter the original world of 'Uri' to explore its secrets, fight through deadly encounters but most importantly have some fun. Uses the Fantasy Age Ruleset by Green Ronin. Come listen to the show!
RPG System: Fantasy AGE
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1/16: Epic Blunders RPGcast
(RPG - Fantasy)
An actual play tabletop RPG podcast currently running DnD in the Critical Role world of Wildemount. Listen in when you can or join us weekly on Saturdays live! Making the best of a digital, separated world by joining together to stay connected, (mostly) sane, and enjoying what we love. You can be a part of that too. Enjoy exciting combat, grand storytelling, clever pranks, and more!
RPG System: D&D
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1/16: Midlife Wizards
(RPG - Fantasy)
A podcast created by four longtime friends that are all taking a dive into Dungeons and Dragons. We have all never played but have always had some interest in trying it out. Follow along while we navigate through our first campaigns and learn how to play the game.
RPG System: D&D
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1/16: Will of the Dice - A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast
(RPG - Fantasy)
Will of the Dice is an unofficial Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast. The campaign takes place in the created realm of Rune Ath Kesha. Will of the dice is a diverse collective of passionate storytellers come together to share our love of the tale. We come from all walks of life and embrace our diversity in our unity for this game we play and these stories we share. We believe that love and inclusion are the torches that will light the way to a better tomorrow.
RPG System: D&D
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1/18: H2OME
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
H2OME is a sci-fi story about how we managed to build a sustainable society. In a future where a few hundred people have sought shelter on Mars to escape the climate crisis, an expedition back to Earth 150 years later could shed light on the energy transition and reveal many secrets. What would we do if our backs were against the wall? What if our civilization was able to create a fully sustainable society, eliminating pollution and the other harmful effects of climate change? Find out with Joanna, a 30-year-old anthropologist from Mars, leading an investigation on Earth to answer these questions.
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1/18: JR Fable Presents
(Fiction - Comedy)
Completely free (and hopefully funny) audiobooks for children!
Continuity: Anthology
Audience: Children
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1/18: Sporadic Phantoms
(Dramatised - Fanfiction)
A team of investigators looks into suspicious activity of a community organization called The Sharing.
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1/18: Standard Aerei
(RPG - Fantasy)
In a world of flourishing technology, absent gods, and some temporal instability, our heroes will rise (or fail forward) to the occasion! Standard Aerei is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition podcast that aims to bring our tabletop to yours. We supplement the show’s jokes and adventures with quality foley work to emphasize every hit, spell, and disaster the players are involved in.
RPG System: D&D
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1/18: The Canadian Play Thing
(Dramatised - Thriller)
Canadian Play Thing is a playwright-centered virtual theatre featuring the work of artists from coast to coast to coast working to connect our theatre family across the country.
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1/18: The Elmwood Strain
(Dramatised - Urban fantasy)
A traumatized woman reluctantly returns to her dying hometown to find the stoner friends she abandoned are hooked on a strange new drug—with bizarre, seemingly supernatural qualities.
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1/19: Adventures of Scarlett Hood
(Dramatised - Adaptation)
Scarlett Hood, The Continuing Adventures of Lil Red Riding Hood!
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1/19: Agency Inc.
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Hello, and congratulations on starting your first day at A.I. There is plenty of opportunity for growth, so long as you do what your told, and don't ask any questions. Please. It's for your own safety.
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1/19: COVEN: An Actual-Play Podcast
(RPG - Horror)
COVEN is a horror actual-play podcast set primarily in 1980s Texas. We play multiple roleplaying game systems to tell an ongoing story in a world of magic and demons. In the town of The Livery you’ll find jazz, crocodiles, and the occasional hurricane.
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1/19: Richard Wade U.S. Marshal
(Dramatised - Western)
1910 and the new West is dawning. Bringing a future of telephones, cars and new ways of doing. But there still rides a man of the old West. A Lawman out to serve justice to those who need its help and to those who deserve its sharp sword. That lawman is Richard Wade, U. S. Marshal.
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1/19: Rolling Through the Realms
(RPG - Fantasy)
Rolling Through the Realms is an actual play Dungeons and Dragons podcast set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. 1489 D.R. As the decade comes to a close, The Frost Maiden, Auril has plunged Icewind Dale into a perpetual winter, violence once again finds itself on the streets of Waterdeep, and rumors of war are leaking out from the east. Three adventurers find themselves on the road for the first time in search of fame, fortune and a legendary trident.
RPG System: D&D
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1/19: Rolltergeist
(RPG - Horror)
A comedy-horror TTRPG podcast about a group of gay AF ghost hunters in Ohio. 18+. Working in the GUMSHOE Trail of Cthulhu system.
RPG System: Trail of Cthulhu
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1/19: Solo
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
When Dierdre gets stranded after her space ship is taken over by pirates, she has to learn how to survive alone on a ship that's flying through space with no clear destination. Will she make it in time?
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1/19: The Apocrypha Chronicles
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
The year is 2156. A young archivist, Phe, has just discovered a digital time capsule dating back to 2020, the year of the first of the Great Pandemics. Phe’s fascination with dangerous digital technology - poisons from before the Age of Symbiosis - upsets their mentor Lar, a bio-engineer. But a mysterious, living voice seems to be speaking through this ancient technology, hinting at a coming disaster that might threaten Phe and Lar’s world. The Apocrypha Chronicles is a groundbreaking sci-fi / documentary podcast by re:Naissance Opera
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1/19: Tucson By Night
(RPG - Urban fantasy)
Tucson By Night is a new Chronicle in the Vampire the Masquerade universe.
RPG System: Vampire: The Masquerade
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1/19: White Cobra - audio drama
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
White Cobra is a UK-based award-winning theatre company. It produces audio, film and stage productions. Come back soon for more audio drama.
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1/20: Hammer of the Gods
(RPG - Historical)
Actual play Dungeons and Dragons 5e podcast set in an alternate Greek history where Alexander the Great made allies with Atlantis to expand his empire beyond Earth. Follow the Hammpod crew as we explore this world and stay for the shenanigans and b.s. that ensue!
RPG System: D&D
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1/20: In Transit
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Aboard the spaceship Eurus, things are optimal. Oxygen supplies are at 80%, crops are thriving, and the twelve-year journey through the Messier 42 nebula is going smoothly. Everything is set for a successful pilgrimage to continue the survival of the human race. Only, when a series of murders occur onboard - mirroring distressing radio signals from Eurus’ sister ship, Notus, Officer Alecto McAlpine finds herself lost in the middle of a conspiracy. With the begrudging help of low-level communications coordinator Cairo, they begin to find that the ship’s journey is the least of their concerns.
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1/20: Nat Wonderful
(RPG - Science fiction)
8 Best friends go on grand adventures through the wonderful worlds of Table Top Role Playing games! Join us as we make this Naturally Wonderful.
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1/20: Where the Stars Fell
(Dramatised - Supernatural)
Dr. Edison Tucker is having a very weird life. Not being able to die tends to color things that way. Luckily, the strange and unusual is something of her speciality, and Ed’s set her sights and wunderkind grant money on the strangest town in America: Jerusalem, Oregon. She’ll certainly get her EMF Meter’s worth. Between an eccentric housemate, quirky townsfolk, and the mysteries lurking just beyond the tree line, Ed’s going to find the answers she’s been searching for. She just might not be ready for what finds her.
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1/21: DTV Audio Dramas
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Tarith: The New World is an audio drama about four people trapped in a fantasy world trying to survive and get back home.
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1/21: HEADSPACE
(Fiction - Science fiction)
The space in your head for the movie in your mind. Original stories, written and read by Philip A. McClimon.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/21: The Battersea Poltergeist
(Dramatised - Horror)
A paranormal cold case, re-investigated through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. The true story of one of Britain's strangest hauntings, with Dafne Keen and Toby Jones.
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1/22: Admit It
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
The greatest true crime journalists had to start somewhere... At the entirely unremarkable Oakbridge High School, a spunky reporter named Olive Martel is assigned to interview a Harvard-bound student who no one seems to know, only to uncover a grander mystery that turns her life upside down. Listen closely, there’s a lot to cover.
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1/22: One From the Vaults
(Dramatised - Comedy)
An exploration into the lost horror films of Anvil Studios with your hosts Warren, Rufus and Clint.
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1/23: No Other Way
(Fiction - Crime/Mystery)
A fiction audio podcast series. This mystery drama centers on four strangers - Frank, Claudia, Sam and Martin - whose darkest secrets are livestreamed by an anonymous terrorist, known only as, "The Voice". As their lives unravel in the aftermath, the foursome goes to any lengths to learn The Voice's identity and why they were chosen, uncovering a wider conspiracy in the process.
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1/23: Operation Eos
(Dramatised - Fanfiction)
A New Star Trek Fan-Produced Audio Drama.
Universe: Star Trek
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1/24: Dungeons & Dive Bars
(RPG - Fantasy)
This podcast is an actual play DND campaign, it's basically collaborative improvised storytelling with dice rolling and randomised elements. Our three Heroes for this campaign are, Rango played by Rory Walker, Lilith played by Hollie Joyce and Almere Played by Michael Hood, they're going to be exploring the morally grey region of Kierra. If you're new to DND or always found it intimidating don't worry too much as one of our players is also new to the game and we'd like to make it as accessible as possible for you. Enjoy!
RPG System: D&D
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1/24: Next On The Initiative
(RPG - Fantasy)
Next On The Initiative is a D&D Real Play Podcast, Back in the summer of 2020, Hosts Jakes Hernandez and Elijah Jackson started playing the D&D 5e module Out Of The Abyss with their D&D Group members Arun Bharadwaj, David George, Maia Ross, and Jack Phillips. After the first game session Jakes mentioned his interest in starting a podcast based on their weekly D&D sessions. After a few months it all came together and now follow the adventure this group of D&D Players take as they roleplay though the Underdark.
RPG System: D&D
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1/24: Pulpalachia
(Fiction - Comedy)
An audio comedy anthology set in Bowen County, Kentucky throughout its storied history. A mix of pulp schlock and absurdism inspired by the likes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Ed Wood and Silver Age comic books.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/24: The Common Tongue Magazine
(Fiction - Fantasy)
The Mage's Den Podcast features all of our fiction in audio form akin to a podcast. Each episode is hosted by our audiobook narrators, and features a story from our current issue.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/24: Wakefield Journals
(Fiction - Urban fantasy)
These are the stories of people from a forgotten town in the Pacific Northwest called Wakefield. There's a lot to unpack in that single statement. Follow me while we embark on this together.
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1/24: Words on Play
(Fiction - Science fiction)
A series of independent flash fiction/short stories in the genre of science fiction. Written by Tyler S. Harris, edited by Ashley Ede, and performed by various volunteers.
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1/25: Dungeon Delving Delinquents
(RPG - Fantasy)
The world's hottest new D&D podcast!* Listen as a rag-tag bunch of dragon-blooded orphans tries to overcome the Dungeon of the Mad Mage! *Please don't fact check this.
RPG System: D&D
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1/25: Everyone's Gone To Rapture
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Everyone's Gone To Rapture is an exploration of what happens when a small town preacher believes that he has been called to do a lot more than to just share God's word. It's his misguided belief that it is his duty to cleanse his followers and send them on to heaven. The story follows Jason Mcdonald, a young detective who has been contacted by his brother to help locate the brother's fiancée who has just up and vanished. Armed with only his brain, Jason finds himself in the the small town of Rapture, where the only stand out thing about it is the church in the center of town that seemingly everyone in the town attends. Will he be able to find his soon to be sister-in law?
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1/25: Land Skeins
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Land Skeins showcases four magical realist stories, telling tales of encounters between humans and the natural world. Each is inspired by one of the four seasons, exploring the role of nature in shaping our families, friendships and romances. These plays offer a new fully immersive listening experience for an audience of 15 years and up. They have been designed and recorded using ground-breaking binaural 3D sound technology, which, when listened to through headphones, will transport the listener right into the very centre of the story.
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1/25: Memester of the Week
(RPG - Urban fantasy)
Welcome to Memester Of The Week, an actual play podcast. A reluctant cult member, his stoner roommate, a skeptic youtuber and her fae camera-person walk into a diner. They then walk out of the diner and drive off to hunt the things that go bump in the night. Inspired by works like Supernatural, The Adventure Zone, and The Critshow, join four friends as they travel across the country solving supernatural problems, and often causing more problems than they solve.
RPG System: Monster of the Week
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1/25: Neighbourly
(Fiction - Horror)
Let's meet the residents of Little Street. Well. "Meet" is a strong word. How about: observe? Neighbourly follows the residents of Little Street, house by house. What they do, how they interact with each other, and what skeletons are hiding in their closets.
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1/26: Earwig: Sonic Theatre Podcasts
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
The premier season of Earwig presents six new pieces by Scottish based playwrights, commissioned especially to explore the possibilities of sonic theatre. Designed to be listened to on headphones, incorporating text, sound design and music, Earwig seeks to challenge, inspire, envelope and embrace its audience, inviting you deep into the inner world of its characters, placing you, the listener, at the centre of the drama.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/26: Modular
(RPG - Fantasy)
Welcome to Modular! The podcast where we play the many modules available to us in the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons!
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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1/26: The Eldritch Hour
(RPG - Horror)
An rpg actual play podcast focusing on Call of Cthulhu and other horror games.
RPG System: Call of Cthulhu
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1/26: The Peculiar: Odd Tales for Odd People
(Dramatised - Horror)
The Peculiar is a series of tales that provide a short, sharp punch to the guts. Whether these stories are dealing with the pure, the nasty, the uncomfortable, the enlightened or the downright abysmal, nothing is ever as it seems. Anything can happen in The Peculiar. Subscribe for your regular dose of the unusual, the uncanny and the unbelievable.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/27: The Night Post
(Dramatised - Supernatural)
In Gilt City, conscripted couriers are both respected and shunned. They inhabit the borderlands between a growing industrial society and the untamed, arcane frontier that surrounds it. The Night Post is a weekly supernatural fiction podcast about survival, tradition, and the vast unknown.
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: Female, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent
Focus: Female, LGBTQ+
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1/28: HAPPY & WE KNOW IT
(Dramatised - Horror)
What is IF YOU'RE HAPPY & YOU KNOW IT? It's the sitcom that changed everything. The sitcom with more conspiracies surrounding it than two presidential assassinations combined. The sitcom that brought a nation together, and then tore it apart again. Join the three of us—Rory, Max, and our guest host Martin—as we explore the surreal and sinister world of IF YOU'RE HAPPY & YOU KNOW IT. We'll take you through episode by episode, with behind-the-scenes insights, trivia, interviews with cast and crew - and more...
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1/28: Lisa Upside Down
(Dramatised - Comedy)
Lisa Upside Down is a semi-autobiographical comedy about Lisa's failing marriage, her aging, oversexed-over-involved parents, and her teenage son who finds her very annoying. We follow Lisa as she uses her friends and the kindness strangers, and a little weed to find her way in her brand new reality.
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1/28: The Creature Report
(Dramatised - Horror)
An improv podcast about spotting new monsters & reporting their mythos to you. Guests, ghouls, & good times hosted by senior anchor Val Petrone.
Continuity: Serial
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1/29: Audio Anthology
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
A group of Michigan State University students virtually came together throughout fall 2020 to create a series of 5 new audio plays, each connected to the themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Continuity: Anthology
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1/29: Crit Out Of Luck: The Last Song of Arcadia
(RPG - Horror)
On the anniversary of their biggest heroic success, Seren and Surrie return to the place where they defeated the vampire tyrant, Strahd von Zarovich: Barovia, now returned to its rightful place within the Material Plane. There, Seren and Surrie team up with another strange pair, Alcyone and Q’shek. At the behest of Chancellor Angiers, the four travel to the capital city of Arcadia, a land that values heroes and adventurers above all else. The people of Arcadia seek our heroes' help as they face a crisis of succession and looming threat of invasion from the land of Eurovia beyond the valley...
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1/29: Iris
(Dramatised - Horror)
Iris blends cosmic horror and teen drama, telling the bone chilling journey of seventeen-year-old ballerina Isabella, who finds herself in a remote dance academy in the woods, unveiling a dark secret that could change her life forever. Finding her place with an elite group of friends, Isabella agrees to partake in a ritual rumored to bestow upon them a chance at fame and notoriety. When the halfheartedly-believed ritual becomes wholly realized, Isabella must reckon with her ambition and its consequences.
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1/29: The Inn at Five Ways
(Fiction - Fantasy)
The Inn at Five Ways stands at the meeting of five roads in the land of Zenjata. It is a place of music and most importantly Stories. Come for a visit and listen to one or two.
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1/30: Eerie Earth
(Fiction - Horror)
Join your host Kieran as he tells you dark original tales written and told by him. He will guide you on a journey through the paranormal, together you will learn about hauntings, dark tales and much more.
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1/31: Dungeons Beyond Dice
(RPG - Fantasy)
Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition actual play podcast currently running Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden.
RPG System: D&D
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1/31: Lavender Evening Fog: A Fiction Podcast
(Fiction - Supernatural)
Dr. Anna-Georgina Plume (Assistant Professor of Architectural History at Hollingsworth University) may be in over her head. Her specialization in educational architecture may not be helpful when her new home (also her old elementary school) may be haunted.
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1/31: Leaves Are Falling Fast Podcast Channel
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
Do We Smell Like Oranges? A Radio Play in Two Parts CAUTION: This play deals with depression and suicide. Our heroine, Diane, a young mother of three, finds herself admitted to a psych ward in 1997. Colliding memories amid hallucinations with her great-great-grandparents, help bring her through the other side of her current situation.
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1/31: PL Radio
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
PL Radio presents new audio plays and other recordings produced by Playwrights Local, Cleveland's only theater devoted to original, home-grown works. Founded in 2015, our mission is to foster diverse talents and raise the profile of area playwrights both within Greater Cleveland and beyond.
Continuity: Anthology
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1/31: The Watchful Eye
(Dramatised - Comedy)
A 6-part audio drama about a colourful bunch of dim-witted, egotistical, untrustworthy, and ambivalent people who decide to get involved in a kidnapping.
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