#and also relisten to camlann

[grimalditeuthis]

oh my god. the characters. has anyone else heard about this

[chemicallywrit]

Iiiiiiit’s Audio Drama Sunday! And I’m sick but I’m still writing this post because this week in audio drama absolutely slaps. Beware of some light spoilers ahead, let’s GO

🔥 oh man, @camlannpod landed this season finale beautifully. I’m so glad our crew triumphed and that the world is fuller than any of them thought and that the story can go on and change. I have to relisten, this is such a good show. If you haven’t listened to Camlann yet, now is the perfect time, go LISTEN.

🐷 @hellofromthehallowoods is dark but it only occasionally truly scares me. This episode, I was scared. WHAT is Shanks and WHAT is up with that freakin puppet and WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? I feel the weight of these stories tangibly and I worry, just like our eyes in the skies, for the fate of the people I care about.

👽 One of the strengths of Among the Stars and Bones is its ability to put extremely normal people in absolutely harrowing situations, and in this episode, when it's your second harrowing situation in less than half a year, what are our heroes going to do but be like "Well Sure, This Might As Well Happen." Contrast that with the reactions of Captain Francis and Johann (played with deftness and skill by Oliver Smith and Jerron Bacat), who are experiencing the horrors for the first time and Not Doing Well and that's horror babe. I'm especially interested in Johann, what a fascinating character.

🙃 I started @worldgonewrongpod this week and it is everything I like. It's a) a fictional advice show in b) extraordinary circumstances that's c) very funny and sweet and d) hits like a brick in a sock. If that tweet by John Rogers ("every day i remember with gritted teeth that people lived perfectly fulfilling lives in during the fall of the roman empire," if I may paraphrase) was a show, it'd be this show. I love it.

✨ Call me Rion, because I'm here to take on things that aren't my responsibility and ask you to pLEASE support season two of @storiesfromylelmore. In maybe the cutest crowdfunding announcement I've ever heard, ItMe has called for our help and I don't have any freakin money, but if you do, you should consider giving it to Stories from Ylelmore!

🧛🏻‍♂️ In Hannah News, to borrow a phrase from fellow producer, friend, and all-around badass Tal, it's so much fun to listen to Re: Dracula without having to make it. I'm having a great time now that Drac is back. Won't you join us? Inn Between is also about to hit all our early access folks with a gut punch, get ready.

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[agoddammharpoon]

A GODDAMM HARPOONS ALL TIME FAVOURITE LIST

So I've run this blog (on and off) for about 10 years now and realised I've never done a masterpost of my fave shows. So going to try and remember everything and pin it to my blog as a go to recommendation list.

If you want to know more about any of the shows, please let me know and I'm more than happy to scream about it.

This has got so long... I will try and keep it up to date! None of this is any particular order but if it's here, I recommend it!

Shows I'm currently listening to

The Amelia Project- I am slowly catching up on this. The humour isnt aways my favourite but the plots and writing is excellent and it has absolute moments of brilliance.

Ongoing shows I'm up to date with

Desert Skies- i wasnt sold on this to begin with but it has utterly charmed me now. Ive just started the second season and Im really excited to see where it goes.

RogueMaker- I'm enjoying this but was slightly disappointed when they got out the pods and it became a bit more generic sci-fi. Great performances and characters though.

Eg. Shows that have continuing plots and are told over many seasons and episodes but are not yet complete

Midnight Burger- my love, my heart, I could wax lyrical forever but please just go listen and make your life better.

Greater Boston- I don't think this is finished?? Are we getting more?? One of the hardest shows to describe and one of my first loves within Audio Fiction. I promise it will be unlike anything you've ever listened to and is so incredibly worth the listen.

Camlann- only one season so far but belongs on this list for the excellence of that season. Imagine Ishiguro's Buried Giant but set in modernish UK and you're almost close.

Girl in Space- I'm putting this here because I think we're getting more? Tbh I need to relisten to this show but my memory is that the writing and performances were amazing and it is well worth a listen.

The Far Meridian- there's a girl and a lighthouse (but no not that one...). The atmosphere of this show is unparalleled and I adore it. There was a crowd funder for season 3 a couple of years ago but I don't know what then happened to it?

Tides- a biologist crash lands on a planet and documents her findings. I adore this show and hope it one day returns as seems to have stopped mid season. Definitely worth your time though.

Station Blue- another show with a fantastic first season where I'm unsure we'll get more? Matthew finds himself alone at an isolate Antartic Reseach Station. Not for faint hearted, both in regards to the horror and depictions of mental health but so good and creepy. 'And then something licked my hand' honestly haunts me to this day.

Arden- modern retellings (kind of) of your favourite Shakespeare plays. I loved both the first 2 seasons and the ongoing character. Particular highlight for me will always be Hamlet's soliquies being translated to melodramatic singer song writer songs (in the best way). Also the cast of season 3 is insane and I'm excited.

Victoriocity- honestly if you haven't listened to Victoriocity, this is your sign to. Spot on writing and one of my all time faves that never fails to make me laugh out loud. The world building of Even Greater London is second to none.

Dracula: the Danse Macabre- there's been so many dracula shows recently (seriously what's with that?) but this has to be up there with them. The latest showing by Long Story Short with the quality you'd expect. I don't want to give much away but it's such a good twist on the story and I'm very excited for the hints for future seasons.

Completed long form shows

My go to favorite fiction shows that run for more multiple seasons and are completed

Wolf 359- What can be said that hasn't already been said everywhere. The all time great and paved the way for many many other things. If you haven't listened, I'm legit jealous you get to experience it for the first time.

Ars Paradoxica - one of my other first loves in Audio Drama and something I still revisit every year or so. 'My name is Sally Grissom and I think I just accidentally invented time travel'. I would die for her. Time travel, political cold war intrigue and paranoia and amazing characters

EOS 10- I'm putting this in completed but I'm not 100% sure whether it's due to come back as I was surprised when the last 3 part season turned up. A space station of oddities with excellent writing, characters and performances. The spot on level between hilarious and emotional.

The Pasithea Powder- the world building and characters in this show was amazing. It had a genuinely unique vibe and I would highly recommend if you like sci-fi political intrigue with a good sense of wry humour thrown in.

Completed shorter shows

Unwell- a fantastic mid-western gothic/horror with the most amazing atmosphere, characters and writing. The last episodes absolutely destroyed me.

The Bright Sessions- honestly forgot to add this before as its such a long time since I listened to it, I think it was the first I ever listened to!

Time Bombs- oh so good and could have been a multi-season show but somehow was made better with just being 3 episodes. It's Gabriel Urbina and Long Story Short so you know the writing and production is going to be amazing even though it was written in a week. Who knew a show about a bomb disposal team could make you feel quite so many feels??

Unseen- again it's Long Story Short and an anthology about the Unseen world of magic in our life. I don't normally roll with Anthology (in audio ficton anyway) but the writing in these shows is so brilliant you are sucked in to each episode straight away.

Zero Hours- probably my favourite of the Long Story Short productions due to my love of all things history, dystopias and the connections between the two. My all time favourite novel is Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and it's the biggest compliment I can ever give to say that Zero Hours reminds me of that book. Please go listen and then sit in the dark for a while thinking.

36 Questions- The podcast musical- I listened to this whole show one day hiking by myself and it was a really excellent day. I've not heard many other podcast musicals although I know there are some out there, but I loved this so much and regularly listen to the soundtrack. Theres Jonathan Groff, a storm and a duck.

Out of Place- I love this show so much and am still living in hope that there might be more some day. An archivist (no not that one) discovers reports of alternative universes and the teams who went to see them. I am an absolute sucker for speculative history and this is just such a good example of it.

(Note- I am not including King Falls AM in any of this even though it would once have been in my top 3 of audio fictions. This is because the way it ended mid season with no resolution was a bit heartbreaking and so, even though it was brilliant, I would never recommend it. No I'm still not over it and never will be. I'm also not including Magnus at all. I listened to and enjoyed it but not nearly as much as most of Internet seemed to, and it really doesn't need more recommendations!)

Recommended

So I recently put a post out for recs and got 32 shows recommended in the space of 7 hours. This was insane and amazing so I have started to log them on the sheet below. Please feel to have a look and let me know if your favourite is missing, im always looking for things to add! I have also started a tab of shows I've tried and don't like. This is very much nothing against these shows, they're just not for me and I don't have as much time as I would like to listen to things!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ck0zAlA2PirrV8tvJA9trJ0ArjavG1j9v2mqsrUyecE/edit?usp=drivesdk

[camlannpod]

Just wanted to say, I absolutely adored the podcast and am currently on my first relisten of it now that it's all complete! <3 Loved the music, the characters, the voice acting; everything was fantastic from start to finish!!

I have to ask.. any recommendations for books inspired by Welsh mythology? Alternatively, are there any books you might recommend that would fill the Camlann-sized hole in my heart? 👀

Hello hello! Thank you so much for the kind words, I'm so glad you enjoyed the series!

Specifically books inspired by, rather than books that are - so I'm going to recommend you some fiction:

Spear by Nicola Griffiths, which specifically explores queer themes in urban fantasy Arthuriana, and uses a lot of Welsh inspiration

Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy (it's great and iconic, though mostly uses Norman sources)

The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen R Lawhead, which is a great classic high fantasy series, though has a slightly abrupt ending due to publishing drama.

The Owl Service by Alan Garner - this is a YA novel but does use the Mabinogi as a direct source!

Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve. It's a YA novel but one of my absolute favourites, and very much displays Arthur as deeply flawed, as well as including some subtle queer themes.

The Magician Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo, these are childrens books but also the most heavily inspired by Welsh mythology I know.

I hope this helps! And thank you so much again for listening to the show!

[neentje]

3,4 and 11 for podcast meme

3.) Favorite podcast pet?

Hands down, Red Valley's Waffles. Even got a tattoo of her. She might not have a lot of airtime but she's got a lot of personality. I hope she commits many crimes in s3, bless her. Speaking of crimes, Fawx&Stallion's Ambrosius is quite lovely too.

4.) what podcast has the best soundtrack/music?

That's a tough one because I adore the opening themes to Spire and Camlann, but if we're talking more broadly, I have to admit LSSP's Unseen has my favourite soundtrack. Not sure if it's the best, but I just love it. There's something magical about it. I also appreciate the music breaks in Lost Terminal and w.bg.

11.) what’s a podcast you’ve listened to more than once?

I tend to hyper fixate on one podcast rather than trying to listen to all of them. I usually don't focus properly the first time I hear them, so relistening let's me pick up on all the details and analyse everything like a madman. I've listened to Red Valley an embarrassing number of times. At one point last year I just left it playing the whole night through on some days. Among others I've listened to 3+ times are TMA, W359, Spire, Time:Bombs, and Desert Skies and tbh I do yap about these the most.

[thefringespod]

Happy #AudioDramaSunday wanderers! It's once again time for a weekly round up of listens! Starting things off with the @tellnotalespod minisode which was wonderful as always. I love getting to hear Riley and Julia's little adventures they're an excellent duo

New @camlannpod was the perfect mix of heartbreaking and terrifying. I adore the little bits of world lore that are peppered in every episode. People like Arthur and Gwen being able to manipulate? 10/10. Gwen using that power how she did? 10000/10. I'm absolutely adoring Camlann

New @woebegonepod was. Wow. I don't have anything to say other than wow. I'm still so concerned and will remained concerned until Nobody is dealt with. Dylan's detached Mike voice that he used for Nobody haunts me (affectionate)

@innbetween was wonderful as always. Max is one of those characters where I'm like "well they kinda deserved this" but Rukes makes me go "okay but maybe they don't deserve *all* this". I'm still wondering why they stay with the group and cant wait for them to get found family-d

The Technomancy Project season finale did irreparable emotional damage to me and I do mean that as a compliment. This has been and will remain one of my favorite shows and if you're looking for something to listen to I highly recommend it. It will hurt you! And you with thank it!

@souloperatorpod early access also did irreparable things to me. I regret saying that Tot can do whatever she wants forever because she *is* using that power to hurt me. Yall are in for a treat tomorrow, every episode of this show is better than the last!

I'm still very far behind but a massive welcome back to @hellofromthehallowoods who kicked off their new season this week! I look forward to getting caught up!

Surprising no one, I did a full @thegrottopod relisten this week. I also got a Grotto themed tattoo. If my words of endorsement have not worked so far, please consider the fact that i have a quote from this show tattooed on me. Thats how good the show is. Listen to The Grotto PLEASE

Here on the Fringes we released episode 22 to the public and have released our penultimate episode of the season over at patreon.com/PineTreePods! The upcoming episode is one of my favorites, I can't wait to scream about it some more after its properly released. Our lovely cast has also received the scripts for season 3 which means the final season is officially underway! I'm still writing the finale but the other 11 episodes are written and in the hands of this wonderful cast. I can't wait for y'all to see what's to come!

Thats all for this week! I've got some fun things in the works both for the Fringes and for Forged Bonds that I'm excited to share when the time comes. Until then I'll be listening to so many podcasts and probably also the grotto again because i got a tattoo and already wanna relisten

*Edited because I got Ruke's pronouns wrong the first time! They're they/them and they're gonna get found family-d so hard I'm so excited

[espressonist]

Sigh.

I think I may attempt a WTNV relisten. I fell off around ep 100.

Currently trying to relisten/catch up on Within the Wires, and it’s not grabbing me.

Also super curious about Camlann..

But there’s also only a million different shows I should be listening to.���🙃

What are y’all currently listening to?

[camlannpod]

Yet another re-listen, yet more questions:

1) Did Gwaine have to *walk* back from the Alps?

2) Was Gwen winding a heavy worsted or bulky weight yarn, or is she just really fast at winding? (The last yarn I wound for my own knitting was a fingering weight (also known as sock yarn, if you are unfamiliar), and that took a fair chunk of time)

3) Is that how CB radios work, or is it story logic in play?

4) On the topic of story logic: is food governed by story logic of it's fine unless it needs to not be or is it more that I, being American, have no idea what a supermarket in Wales is likely to have or not have regarding perishables?

5) Did the Cataclysm happen during a specific time of year or just a nebulous nine months before episode one?

5a) How long *were* they in Anwn in episode 7?

Feel free to cherry-pick or ignore as needed, especially if I've accidentally landed on something plot-relevant, I am mostly just full of happy babble.

Thank you!

Hi! Omg!! No it makes me SO happy people are still relistening and caring enough to ask these questions! I know it's quiet on our end right now, but it's always a nerve-wracking kinda period of quiet where you just really hope people still care and are still finding the show.

SO in answer to your questions:

Great question, which raises the other one: did he walk to the Alps? There's a bit where Gwaine says the Green Man led him through a moss-covered old stone arch, and then he was in deep snow and mountains. Gwaine says he thinks he's in the French Alps but he doesn't actually know exactly what happened. Realistically there's no way he could've gotten there through ordinary means - as Gwen alludes to, London is a mess and he'd have had to backtrack past Glastonbury and the knights. The mechanics of this are supposed to be an open question for you, the listener - though I can say the trick to it is something important that will come up in season 2.

Straight up this one is mostly just cinema magic - in that we couldn't spend too long on her doing it but I wanted the intimacy at the start of her telling Morgan what to do. I do think there's an element where it probably is a bulky yarn though! She wants / needs to make four (and after Gwaine arrives, five) jumpers really fast - she's got about 3 months before they're in deep winter. To my, admittedly amateur, knitting knowledge - using a heavier yarn would let you make something much quicker, if of a lower quality, and in this case Gwen wants speed.

It is how CB radios work! I have an older gay friend (who presents the LGBTQ+ non-fiction podcast, ShoutOut Radio, check it out) who told me about how he and other gay people used to use this as a way to find each other in the 70s and 80s. So basically you'd give a location, like a high street, and agree on a frequency, then drive in circles in your car with the radio on trying to find where the signal was stronger until eventually you found who you were looking for. The problem is that, as Morgan says, it only works at like 2-3 miles away at most, so it wouldn't have worked with Gwaine. That was just Dai pulling them to try anyway.

Food is going to become a bigger and bigger plot issue as the story goes on. Right now, the gang are in the first nine months - so the supermarket didn't have any edible fruit or vegetables etc, but did still have canned and some dry goods that were workable. The big things for Camlann are a) the apparently tiny number of survivors, which means most places have been left untouched and not raided by anyone, and b) the cottage itself - which had an unusually high amount of canned and dry goods, which has helped the gang a lot.

Uh, it's kind of nebulous (I want to leave it open for myself for plot reasons) - but I've got a pretty strong idea the series starts in Autumn. If we put the beginning somewhere in September, then we're talking January, maybe December for the Cataclysm.

/ 5a. Similarly left nebulous for plot reasons, but if the series starts in November and we assume the first few episodes take just over a month, then they're there for about 4-8 weeks. The leave in mid-October and come back in late December (skipping Samhain, luckily for them).

Again, sincerely, your happy babble gives me so much joy, thank you so much for caring about the show enough to ask so many questions! <3