Feel-Good Queer Audio Drama “Love and Luck” Kickstarting its Second Season

Love and Luck, an Australia-based magical realism queer audio drama, has begun kickstarting its second season. The fund’s goal (in USD) is about $3,300, and ends on February 28th, 2018. Love and Luck is a beautiful podcast that earned, to my knowledge, the longest review I’ve ever written. Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about […]

First Impressions: “The Phenomenon” a Testament to Books as Podcasts

The Phenomenon is a new audio drama based on the novel of the same name by R. K. Katic, which began as a series of continuing vignettes on Reddit: Inspired by serialized science-fiction radio shows of the past, The Phenomenon is a fictional podcast with an international cast and rich sound design that follows people from […]

Podcast Problems: The Love and Fear of Silence

For the last two years or so, there’s been this kind of terrible, kind of wonderful trend on YouTube. There are tons of videos that follow a basic formula: “[Piece of media] except [some anxiety-inducing change in editing].” The most popular of these are probably “bee movie but every time they say bee it speeds up” […]

“Solutions to Problems” Podcast a Witty, Timely, Sci-Fi “Dear Abby”

Solutions to Problems is a science fiction audio drama framed like an advice radio show that takes place in future space: Solutions to Problems is a Dear Abby style podcast for the problems happening in YOUR little corner of the universe. Ever wish you knew what to do about your annoying human coworkers? Is your […]

“What’s the Frequency”‘s James Oliva Has Won the Trust Game of Audio Drama

On November 6th, 2017, I had a conversation with What’s the Frequency‘s creator, James Oliva. What’s the Frequency is a new “psychedelic noir” audio drama that currently has three episodes out. You can find What’s the Frequency on any major podcast streaming platform, or on their website. I’ve talked about how much I’m enjoying What’s the Frequency so far, […]

First Impressions: “Station to Station” A New and Unsettling Audio Drama Favorite

Station to Station is the newest seralized audio drama from Procyon, the network behind The Strange Case of Starship Iris and Under Pressure. Station to Station is a highly atmospheric podcast verging on the horror drama, but the show has decided for slow-burn suspense over up-front grisly details. From the Procyon website, here is Station to Station‘s description: When Dr Miranda Quan […]

Podcast Problems: Top 10 Tips for Nonfiction Podcasts

Starting up a podcast is very on-trend right now, but it’s also scary. Depending on how you’re going about your podcast, starting one up can be a huge money sink and will almost inevitably be a huge time sink. While my Podcast Problems posts are meant as cautionary tales for podcast beginners, I think they […]

Podcast Problems: Top 10 Tips for Audio Dramas

Podcast Problem: Terrible Mouth Noises

One of the things I do when I’m not listening to podcasts is host literary events. These are usually storytelling events, where the performers range from mumbly to clear and mid-toned, and slam poetry events, where the performers range from whsipery to screamy. There’s only so much sound board management one can do while also hosting, […]