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Hearthbound | An Untelling of the Odyssey
Hearthbound is a queer musical audio drama podcast set across a post-apocalyptic Great Basin. It’s a love story, a road trip, and a ballad for ecological restoration.
Avestara: Tales of Shadow and Flame
A podcast of mythic fantasy and quiet horror. Each episode tells a standalone tale from a crumbling world of salt winds, dreaming gods, and haunted silence. Folk horror meets sword & sorcery in stories where memory burns and monsters wear familiar faces. Listen carefully.
Love Is A Verb
A Found Footage style audiodrama Actual Play driven by the TTRPG ‘Blood on my Name, which was written by Kienna Shaw and Jason Cutrone.
Across The Sun
This is a full cast recording of the book Across The Sun by Jason Pagano and Bill Robinson, Narrated by Thomas Wells. Four adopted young adults flee their home during an invasion and are magically transported to a parallel world where they unknowingly disrupt a violent slave trade.Aeden, the eldest, is a human haunted by a strange dream. He is determined to protect his siblings and new comrades with divine magic that many believe will bring a great evil.Ruccharieu “Rook” is an elf obsessed with water, arcana, and gaining knowledge. He learns an otherworldly being has been occupying his body like a symbiote all along. Niwa is a gnome who loves to share stories with the spirits of her deceased ancestors. As she gains self-confidence, she learns to summon new guides in this dangerous world.Kliyd, the youngest, is a tikus (a rat person) who often has premonitions. Stealthy and athletic, she hides her emotions, but remains fiercely loyal to her family and other tikus. The siblings are determined to stick together as they search for their missing parents, Gorram and Saba, hoping to be reunited as a family soon. The saga begins here, across the sun.
The Mysterious CHIRP
Purser Sammi Love has achieved a quiet yet fulfilling life as the certified accountant aboard the not very important Mysterious CHIRP traversing the Caprimulgiform galaxy. After another typical day reconciling ledgers, Sammi stumbles upon a shocking discovery (hint: it's a dead body). There's more than meets the eye on this regular old boat ship carrying mid-level merchants, a group of traveling players, and a small handful of minor dignitaries barely worth mentioning. The stakes are get-lost-in-space high and the quirky crew are in way too deep. This laugh out loud sci-fi meets mystery will delight science experts, Star Wars fans, and diehard nerds alike as a sweet, charming, and marginally scientifically accurate portrayal of travel aboard a spaceship of accidental chaos. Featuring the voices of Sanya Simmons, Julienne Irons, and John G. Hertzler and creator Holly Adams in partnership with the sound design majors at Michigan Tech University, you can't miss a single minute of The Mysterious CHIRP (Sammi is counting on you).
The Marriage Show
An audio drama about Muslim contestants trying to get married.
Ancient as the Stars: Audiobook
Narrated by the author. FAR from being a professional. For fans of Lower Decks, the Expanse, and Firefly: a found family time travel adventure with humor, snark, and lots of heart. Captain Karenna Yilmaz of the Earth Union Fleet has it all. Adoring husband? Check. The enduring loyalty of her crew? Check. Transformation into a beautiful ageless immortal? Check. Check. Check. But when a dimensional rift brings her low-down, dust-sniffing, no-good younger self hurtling into the present, Karenna's carefully-constructed life wavers.
No Dating Till You're Married
The audiobook podcast where we read the original book, No Dating Till You're Married written by me Leela Rani Dua, together, week by week, chapter by chapter.No Dating Till You're Married is a belated coming-of-age story about second-generation Indian-American, Aria Kohli. When her mother gets sick and her best FWB wants a real relationship, she must decide which piece of each culture will define her adulthood. Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andas Presents
The home of one-shot audio stories from the internationally-acclaimed team at Andas Productions. Our latest release is "Sayang" — a solarpunk story about love and sanctuary at the world's end.
Century The Series
Century is a soap opera drama in audio format. It follows RJ, a hot headed lawyer, as she travels to the Century estate in D.C, to take her place in her estranged father’s firm. She tries to navigate between her duties as a community leader and her newly found status at Century, one of the top corporate law firms. However, after finding herself in the middle of a murder investigation, she soon questions her own morals, friendships, and family.
Soul Operator
Soul Operator is a multi-genre, multi-season podcast that can be described as an actual play-narrative fusion. The podcast was created with the intention of highlighting amazing solo ttrpgs that exist in the space by presenting their gameplay as a fleshed out story. Follow Tessa Whitlock as she navigates these strange new worlds, for better or for worse.
Twigs and Hearts
A book that ties many together. Who picks up a copy? What powers do they serve? Between missing people and people missing, who will you trust? Twigs and Hearts. Open at your own risk.
TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy
Black pop culture and unspoken rules? Original music across a variety of genres? And episodic adventures? Created by Uzo Chijioke and Courtney Marie Simpson, with additional production/songwriting by Donnell "DWeezy" Robinson, TWENTYONE 21 is a narrative sci-fi comedy that follows the story of Cici and Funks: two friends, co-workers, and roommates who share the same birthday and believe that they'll unlock mystical, melanated powers on 12/21 (or at least that's what Cici read on "Black Twitter").
Darkeport - Campaign 1: Gold, Green, and Red
“Campaign One, “Gold, Green, and Red”, is primarily a war story. Specifically, it chronicles the burgeoning city of Juramentum’s fight to determine its freedom-embracing fate. As the only city in the entire world of Terra not to utilize the institute of slavery, it stands as a shining beacon of hope for what could yet be. Likewise, “The Secret of the Word” (literacy) is legal in Juramentum, unlike everywhere else in this dark world. Of course, war contains many elements: sacrifice, gut-wrenching decisions, and dire tests of loyalty among them. Alongside the violence and hardship of battle may spring new friendships, deepening old ones, and even love. The final fate of Juramentum, of its people, and its friends and enemies all has yet to be writ.
WildTrials
A high octane, mech racing audio drama! Welcome to the WildTrials, where pilots race transforming mechs against each other in order to win all their hearts desire! For Abe Soriano, he's only desired one thing--to stand out from the shadow of his older brother. But when his brother finds himself entangled in darkness, Abe throws himself into the WildTrials to save him, working with a ragtag team to face dangerous puzzles, tough opponents, and hidden secrets. Can Abe speed through the dangers that lie ahead and save all that's precious to him? Or will he loose it all to...the WildTrials?!
Cybertopia AP
An actual play podcast using the indie TTPRG system, Cybertopia, run by its creator with a rolling cast of a variety of members from the tabletop community. Set in a near future sci-fi world, the player characters take the form of corporate agents working on clandestine missions to protect their business's interests and reputation.
Radio Other
In a new story-rich audio drama blending horror, weird fiction and comedy, comes Radio Other. Vikki Other, longtime podcaster, presents their show from their timeline to yours. On the other side of the timeline, in a place called the Otherworld, conspiracy is reality, and reality is conspiracy. But when cracks between the two timelines begin to show, Vikki finds themselves thrust into a rabbit hole far deeper than they ever could imagine. But even as the mystery grows too close for comfort, Vikki is not ready to give up.
Between Heartbeats
An urban fantasy Audio Drama about the hurt, the powerful, and moving forward in a broken world. Our story follows Sundiata, a guilt-ridden time manipulator with a knack for unemployment, and Nadia, a moralistic telepath determined not to lose control, as they balance frayed mental health against an unsympathetic police state. But when a malevolent presence rears its head, their neuroses become the least of their problems. Can our heroes make the most of their abilities before the option is taken from them?
Natural Magic
Natural Magic is a fantasy coming of age story set in the fictional world of Nideon. It follows five students coming to terms with their abilities, their families, and their identities on the cusp of an international crisis. Because life is hard when you're fourteen. And the real magic is finding your way through.
The Hidden Heart
ALL IT NEEDS IS YOUR DESPAIR AND YOUR BLOOD. Talia Shaw thought she could stop running when she came to Norfolk, a rural town set against stunning wilderness. She hoped to settle here, pick apart her reasons for fleeing California, and finally get some sleep. Two years later, she’s made little progress. Lucas Gray, a Norfolk native, has been Talia’s partner with the State Police since she arrived. A divorcé who smokes constantly, he has his own baggage and doesn’t pry after others’—unless it’s for his job. An impossible murder deep in the mountains leads them to the home of Shep Mason, an ecologist badly injured in a car accident, and his girlfriend Selkie Carter, who appeared from the mountains one night with no plans to return.
Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama
Lovecraft Country meets True Blood in this new series from award-winning producers Tonia Ransom and Jen Zink. In this season, a small East Texas town suffers supernatural disasters caused by a demonic book bound in human flesh...and only hoodoo can save the town from its affliction.
Karen 1%
Karen James is a young, ambitious scientific product manager in 2040s Brooklyn. Recruited out of the FBI to join the Agency, a secret defense research organization, Karen is widely regarded as an intelligence-gathering savant. Yes, she can be wicked and cruel, dishonest and selfish, violent and moody. But her friends loved her enough to uncover this audio-biography. That's why you, a curious future agent who uncovered this archive, are getting this chance to meet the woman behind the legend. At its core, Karen 1% is a musical drama about a tech PM who comes to realize that the products are evil. It's about the sacrifices it takes to truly atone for our mistakes. It's about the struggle to build a life of purpose and ambition in this existence, where the arrow of time makes the consequences of our actions an eternal mystery.
Bird Woman
Bird Woman, a magical realism, multi-episode audio drama series, is set in the early West. Bird Woman, Sacajawea, discovers her shape-shifting powers as; part Woman & part Eagle. She fights alongside the Expeditioners making heart-wrenching choices between the Native world & Clark’s world, discovering her full powers & true destiny on our Expedition, as Bird Woman. https://bit.ly/BirdWomanPodcast
October's Children
October’s Children" is an episodic full-cast paranormal mystery/action horror audio drama set in a small college town in New England. October’s Children focuses on a small, diverse group of 20- and 30-somethings trying to survive the trials and tribulations of ‘everyday’ life in Wolfbrook, New Hampshire. Unbeknownst to them at series start, the group will face increasingly strange and dangerous situations as the boundaries between our world and another fade, and monstrous creatures begin to infiltrate and invade Wolfbrook.
In the Great Khan's Tent
In the Great Khan’s Tent is a new bi-weekly or monthly, depending on the content discussed really, episodic Podcast which focuses on the History, Literature, Folk Literature and will in future host discussions of all these topics and more from the regions of the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia including Mongolia and the Russian Far East, and South Asia.
Beneath Our Feet
Above: The estate. Below: Caves, and a thousand stories.... Secret passages and doors, a lake, a garden even - according to some. Tonight: A final underground rave. Tomorrow: The demolition of the estate, shutting off the caves forever. Tommy, Rosa, Finn, Jamal and Haroona make their way to the party of their lives in the world beneath - only to find themselves going deeper than they ever expected. Beneath Our Feet is a brand new six-part drama about community resistance, myths, and vertical cities.
Doctor Who: Redacted
When a terrifying phenomenon starts redacting the Doctor from reality, three queer women become the world’s only hope. #DoctorWhoRedacted
Gummy and The Doctor
When Dr.Edwin Glum tries and fails to create his own perfect, sexy partner, he unknowingly sends out a horny distress signal to the gooey, pink alien named Gummy. As Gummy touches down on earth, they soon see just how pent up the Doctor is in more ways than one and start to wonder if there's something to be done about that...
Metahuman Intelligence Agency
When the metahumans came into this world they were drunk on their own power. The MIA is the only thing standing between metahumans and total destruction.
The Last Word Podcast Musical
East Cleveland, 1976. Jay is a charismatic slacker living above Paradise, the restaurant his father left him. But Jay has a trail of debt which includes Earlene Floyd, a parking lot mogul, wants to bulldoze Paradise and put up a parking lot. Jay enlists his old school gang of misfits with plans to raise cash by hustling across America - one game of Scrabble at a time. But old factions and Earlene’s offensive to crush them threaten Paradise forever. Featuring cast from Broadway and the West End, join this six part podcast musical to find out who will have the last word!
Everrealm Adventures
An all POC actual play ttrpg D&D podcast, set on a isolated, fabled (and entirely homebrew) continent called the Everrealm. Join Farlies (a half-drow half something?) rogue/warlock played by Mark J.) , Mythcyra (a tiefling monk played by Jinx), Tera (an earth genasi ranger played by Rosie), Nimbus (a kalashtar artificer/druid played by Mark H.), and Chenora (a fighter/warlock played by Chevon) and the DM, Elias, on our journeys in the Everrealm.
Kwantum
Inventorpreneur Fenton Kwan revolutionized nuclear energy by combining it with cutting-edge AI in one adorable package: the Kuju. But when Kwan and his company disappear without warning, society is left scrambling to keep the lights on. In Kwantum, Amateur tinkerer Ying and her loyal Puppycat Kuju, Luna, embark on a quest to repair the Kuju that keeps Ying’s ailing grandmother alive, but end up encountering a much bigger problem than a few busted bots.
Through Hollow Flames Podcast
A DND 5e Actual play Podcast! Travel through the world of Menas with @ChaoticDarby @Hoosha_Kid @Nng98 @MallardMan_ @Harpersonagames GM'd by @Itsdariddler
Majoring In Her
From the creator of Majoring in Me comes the show Majoring in Her. A comedy about a young Black woman in college, trying her hardest not to get lost in her man and actually succeed at being a friend, daughter, and heck, a student. And this all takes place in 2007.
Lawful Evil
An actual-play DND podcast flipping the traditional roles of heroes and villains.
These Silent Secrets
A Monsterhearts Actual Play Podcast
Double D20s
A new Dungeons and Dragons live-play podcast featuring women and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Apollyon
In the early 22nd century, the Apollyon virus wiped out 75% of the world’s population, and now most of the world is governed by the International Conglomerate of Research Scientists. Dr. Theo Ramsey is an ICRS research scientist who may have just discovered an effective vaccine for Apollyon, but the stakes to get the vaccine to the public are higher than she ever imagined.
Mortuus Est: Legacy
Breaking free, falling in love, and secrets and lies. Mortuus Est: Legacy is a new audio drama podcast that follows the aftermath of the death of Rafael Guerrero. His fiancée, Elaina, is left behind to pick up the pieces as her future becomes intertwined with his shadowed past.
Friday Knight Fights
When average teenager Arthur Padron finds out he’s the reincarnation of King Arthur of Camelot, he, Merlin, and Lancelot go on a road trip to find and awaken the other Knights of the Round Table before danger catches up to them in this comedy fiction podcast.
Howl
What would you do if your girlfriend was a werewolf? Kenni Monroe is forced to reconcile this question when her roommate goes missing and she's dragged down a lesbian werewolf rabbit hole of myth, legend, and prophecy.
The Luchador: 1,000 Fights of El Fuego Fuerte
The mighty Lucha Libre champion of Mexico City does battle in and out of the ring with deadly vampires, dangerous mobsters, and the ethical complications of maintaining a rigid moral philosophy. A biweekly fiction adventure series created by Daniel Valero Fletcher, starring a Latinx lead cast and special guest stars from the real world of professional wrestling.
The Sun on Earth: An AfroSci-fi AudioScript
Flying "white boys" are "just what we need" in a world where consciousness is not just for sentient beings, nor is human experience. High above, in the sky above our sky, lies consciousness awaiting experience. Through us, it waits no more. [Some side-effects may occur.] A young black ex-con reintegrates into his community, while discovering superpowers stemming from his connection to the Sun, upsetting the status quo of his community and the government.
Babalu
Sherry Zhang committed suicide in 1989. When she died, she left behind a baby daughter, a mysterious goodbye letter, and unbeknownst to her family, dozens of cassette tapes recording her innermost thoughts. Years later, Luisa, the child Sherry left behind, learns about these tapes and decides to finally get to know the mother she lost through her own words. But the more she listens, the more questions she has.
RADIO: Outcast
A goddess, a cowboy, and a conman. Far from friends. This fantasy-western follows an unexpected adventure across the American West.
Getting Back There From Here
A mesmerising audio tale featuring SAMYA DE MEO and HARRY DITSON. "Kat's on the run and she's on her own, yes - but she's not alone. She has your voice in her head..."
Project Gnosis
Project Gnosis is characterized by a fusion or blending of a lot of diverse myths and legends struggling to coexist with each other in the face of a insidious forces that seeks to transform the world into their image. It is an urban fantasy infused with cyberpunk elements like Shadowrun but less emphasis on technology and more about tackling the themes that embody numerous cultures, folklore, and creatures. Follow an unlikely group as they investigate crimes and conspiracies of the supernatural in a new dark reality.
The Imperfection
Charlie and Amber both suffer from a rare condition that causes them to wildly hallucinate. When their psychiatrist suddenly goes missing, they rally together with the doctor’s other patients to search for him. Along the way, they encounter secret societies, half-human half-spider centaurs, and a hidden borough of New York under the East River. But how do you find the truth when you can’t tell what’s real?
Hi Nay
Hi Nay, literally translated to “Hi Mom”, is a supernatural horror fictional podcast about Filipina immigrant Mari Datuin, whose babaylan (shaman) family background accidentally gets her involved in stopping dangerous supernatural events in Toronto. Written, directed, produced, and created by Motzie Dapul and co-produced and co-created by Reg Geli.
SPR - Superhuman Public Radio
A podcast on the lives and stories of superhumans like you.
Midnight Burger
When Gloria took a waitressing job at a diner outside of Phoenix, she didn't realize she was now an employee of Midnight Burger, a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. Every day Midnight Burger appears somewhere new in the cosmos along with it's staff: a galactic drifter, a rogue theoretical physicist, a sentient old-timey radio, and some guy named Caspar. No one knows who built Midnight Burger or how it works, but when it appears there's always someone around who could really use a cup of coffee. At the nexus of all things, there is a diner. We open at 6.
Station Arcadia
The Station Arcadia podcast tells stories from a dystopian world where dieselpunk, steampunk, cyberpunk and solarpunk societies all exist side by side. These diverse stories are told through a radio station on a shifting island, and given voice to by the Station's Host - Kass. Woven through each stand-alone story are threads that come together to tell the story of a revolution, and hope in the face of a dying world. Also, it's queer.
Temujin
Fallen aristocrat Jamukha is surrendered to the camp of his sworn brother and rival, Genghis Khan. Told from Jamukha's perspective on what might be the last night of his life, TEMUJIN: AN AUDIO DRAMA tells the story of two young warlords caught between empire-building and tender brotherhood. TEMUJIN: AN AUDIO DRAMA is an audio-only historical drama, and an adaptation of the Central Asian epic The Secret History of the Mongols.
Quest Friends!
Skeletons! Zombies! Angry, angry mushrooms! Even the most average day is filled with excitement when the afterlife is only a plane ride away. Join five best friends as they tell improvised tabletop adventures in a ghostly world inspired by cartoons like Amphibia, The Owl House, and Gravity Falls.
Ostium Podcast
Ostium is a fictional podcast about a man who discovers a secret town with many doors that lead him to strange and interesting places.
The Once And Future Nerd
When three high school students from modern-day Pennsylvania find themselves trapped in a world of wizards, elves, and feudal intrigue, they must learn to survive in their new surroundings, and undertake an epic quest to save the world from the encroaching forces of chaos. WARNING: This Audio Drama contains adult language, graphic descriptions of violence, and explicit discussions of sexuality. This is, of course, in the interest of historical realism. We hope you enjoy our story about wizards and elves.