full disclosure: whenever the stories from ylelmore end tune comes on, my brain goes full amv/anime ending mode imagining the kids in chibi form doing a little choreographed dance
I am far too young to have been around during the true golden age of radio, but my grandfather always let us listen to cd's of his favourite audio drama's when we had to do long car journeys. They were from the 50's, they sounded so old and all the names were weird and American, which I wasn't familiar with. It was MAGICAL. Journey into Space (the dutch translated version) formed me into the woman I am today. I found it on youtube some time ago and it still gives me chills. My sister and I will still look at eachother and wisper-scream "Whitakerrrrrr" whenever something spooky happens, as a reference to this story we heard together almost 20 years ago in my grandfathers old suzuki.
I am so unbelievably happy we live in a renaissance and that in a way, we all come together on this blue site to listen to our favourite story every week, like families used to gather together in the living room to listen to their favourite stories. It's such a little ray of sunlight.
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I woke up in the middle of the night—I’m still at Richie’s loft and I— for a second, I thought I could hear laughter from the other room.
When I was very, very small, my parents would have these two couples over for dinner once a month. They would play faro—which is an absolutely ancient game that my mom’s dad used to play with her when she was growing up and, I swear, my parents were the last people in the world to play it—
But anyway, they’d have their friends over and we’d all have dinner together and then they’d play cards until about midnight—or at least, it felt like they were up until late, but I guess I was going to bed so early then. But our house wasn't very big and my room was just off the kitchen, the only room where we had a table big enough for six people and I’d fall asleep to the sounds of their murmuring voices. And if I woke up at all, I’d hear that—their hushed laughter, like a warm breeze coming in from the next room.
That’s how I feel. In this loft, in Sylvie’s shop, in this whole city—like I’m just the next room over. Maybe I was just dreaming about the times we used to have in this loft, or maybe I really did hear laughter from the living room. Because I’ve heard things before—I’ve seen things. The man in the hotel room in Colorado—I think he really was there. I think our worlds overlapped, just enough, that we got a glimpse.
And maybe that’s happening here. Richie isn’t in this loft anymore, not unless he got out early, but there’s something nice, comforting, in thinking that this place, even now, with whoever occupies it, is still filled with joy.
Desperado - A podcast of Old Gods, New Gods, and Bad Blood
Desperado is a summon to the Other-Side. It’s the melody you only heard once, the too-wide smile of a stranger, and that strange streetlight glowing red. A world where Myths and Witchcraft are alive and thriving.
Modern-day inquisitors patrol the Americas, bearing swords and rifles in the name of a new Crusade.
A militarized Coven protects the borders of Europe against demons and fanatics, while the Gods of a humanity long gone still roam Asia and Africa.
The story follows 3 characters, each chosen by the god of Death of their respective culture (Mexican, Japanese, Haïtian), as their powers awaken.
Hunted down and driven away from their homes, they’ll unite forces under one objective: take down the Old Man In The Sky, the deity from which all crusaders draw their powers.
To survive, they’ll have to become God Killers.
What to expect:
- A story that explores the dynamics of faith, indigenous cultures, and colonialism.
- Spells, swords, and demon hunters.
- Disaster found-family.
- The consequences of hooking-up with a warlock at a gay club.
We’ve just released our Season 1 Finale, along with a post-season Q&A, so there’s never been a better time to jump in! Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or wherever you find your podcasts.
Listeners reviews:
“Desperado is one part folklore, one part road trip, one part rag-tag team of death god champions learning more about themselves and each other. (…)The atmosphere here is one of old wounds and simmering anger, and of carrying the weight of your lore and your history with you into danger.” Elena Fernández Collins - Podcast critic, writer at Bello Collective
“It’s like American Gods meets the X-Men and I am hooked.” - Ezygo22, Podchaser
“I really love the narrative voice and structure of Desperado. Mostly it feels like a first person novel, with a main character recounting their experiences using literary turns of phrases, a level of detail that’s unnatural in a conversation, and with a strong focus on the narrator’s interiority. Except Desperado has three narrators who all jump in and out and turn the monologue into a conversation. (…) It makes for a really fluid and engaging listening experience. It feels like taking the best, core part of what makes a novel a novel and then improving on it in a way that’s only possible in the medium of podcasts” - @geekeryisafoot
“(Desperado) has some of the cleanest audio fight scenes I’ve heard, that are both easy to follow and intense. The storytelling is done by the 3 main characters discussing the events after the fact, and has a casual air that helps highlight the tension of its hard-hitting moments.” Amr Ammourazz, Twitter.
If you’d like to learn more about the show:
- You can follow us on here, or @ desperado_radio on Twitter, and Instagram.
[ID: a digital drawing of Madge, James and Hampton from Fawx & Stallion as Mice. Madge is a lilac mouse, wearing a little hat with violets. James is a tri-coloured mouse wearing a green ascot and holding a little walking stick. Hampton is an orange Texel Mouse wearing a blue bowtie. They're sitting around a little map cut out with tacks and red strings arranged on it. Two glasses filled with a drink are in the background. /End ID]
Luca and Voncid playing checkers between reclaimings, talking through the steps of binding something and what it would take to up the sound quality on the wax yknow
one of the ways the silt verses blew me out of the water was the allegorical resonance it's got for its trans characters. anyone who has spent enough time around trans people knows at least one woman who is going through paige duplass shit and knows at least one man going through faulkner shit. and they both come from families who are materially supportive in ways that really, really matter. which also doesn't matter at all, actually.