True Tales of the Illuminati
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Creator: Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill, Eric Trageser
Full cast Comedy Serial Audio Drama
Synopsis:
True Tales of the Illuminati is about conspiracies. Ah, yes, conspiracies--where the strings of history are carefully pulled from behind the scenes to dance for the powerful like a puppet. In True Tales, the powerful are less puppet-masters and more... finger puppet-masters. At best. Promoted from the Department of Cover-Ups to Direct Action, Deputy Head Underboss Rebecca and her crew of hapless idiots intrigue, scheme, and stab their way into ruining every Illuminati conspiracy. Supervisors hastily deploy staff to cover mishaps, suddenly and inexplicably lose interest in the projects they proposed, and hand down endlessly diverse and contradictory demands. The result is an absurdist, farcical office comedy where going to work involves collecting thousands of birds and creating an elaborate snake-based series of traps. Why? Well, if you want to know the Illuminati's Secret Occult Knowledge, you'll just have to listen. Illuminati, Ollominoto!
Format: Audio Drama
Continuity: Serial
Writing: Scripted
Voices: Full cast
Narrator: Second Person
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Framing device: None
Soundscape: Sound effects & music
Maturity: Mature
Creator demographics: / Disabled / Female / Neurodivergent
Content warnings: / Explicit language / Violence
Transcript details: Show notes
Completion status: Partial
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Episodes:
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:15:50 -0000
Beck is asked to build a library for the Secret Occult Knowledge. Imhotep is bribed into constructing a tall pointy thing with the promise of birds. Jackie and Ishmael see the inside of a head.
CW: deadly workplace situations
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Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:30:00 -0000
Beck and Ishmael plumb the depths of aristocratic depravity. Jackie and Dal bond over their hobbies. A swan is complicit in a murder. The crew fails to sneak into a fort under cover of horses.
CW: deadly workplace situations, gross kissing
[Transcript Here] (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aaJbdByzf-Q1IkDF88bUwMRLP-EsyIvCFrFuca8Gsk4/edit?usp=sharing)
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Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:17:54 -0000
Imhotep and Ishmael make the safest gamble. Beck and co steal from a hole in the ground. Jackie crafts the ultimate fantasy adventure experience. A camel finds his family.
CW: deadly workplace situations, snakes and snake-adjacent violence, endings
Stick around after the credits to hear news on season 2
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Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:34:23 -0000
Help us make Season 2!
Beck, Jackie and Ishmael must track down a vital piece of Illuminati knowledge at the Library of Constantinople.
We’re back! Welcome to the first of three mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 2! You can find out more here https://igg.me/at/truetalesteam.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:23:39 -0000
Trailer
Your long wait is over! 2 years after our premiere, we finally have a trailer! Try out a taste of the True Tales experience without committing yourself to a half-hour or longer episode! Impress your friends! Frighten your enemies! Mystify your pets!
Featuring Chloe Zwiacher as Beck Julie Snyder as Jackie Noel Naczi as Ishmael
Theme by Arnie Parrot
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:12:08 -0000
Help Us Make Season 2!
Beck, Jackie, Ishmael and Dal are on the job to install a puppet ruler in ancient Gordia. Will they untangle the ancient knot? Or perhaps... themselves?
Welcome to the second of three mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 2! You can find out more here https://igg.me/at/truetalesteam.
Fri, 08 Oct 2021 04:46:00 -0000
We did it!
We've hit our fundraising goal and that means that we get to share our final - and best- minisode with you! Please enjoy Beth Crane's For the Chop ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beck and co find themselves in the court of Henry VIII, and, tasked with out-maneuvering his divine right of kings, hatch a plan to plant a cuckoo's egg right in the King's nest.
Meanwhile, Ishmael trains his new intern, Dal hisses advice into the King's ear, Queen Jane tries to escape her fate and Jackie finds herself consumed by jealousy.
Beck - Chloe Zwaicher Jackie - Julie Snyder Ishmael - Noel Naczi King Henry - Brice Stratford Queen Jane - Beth Crane
Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:06:00 -0000
Episode Notes
Welcome to our Kakos Industries/True Tales of the Illuminati crossover episode! We are almost done with season 2 and it is coming to your feed very soon, but in the meantime, we wanted to do a collaboration with Kakos Industries because we love their show and we thought it would be super fun to do. So enjoy as these dark and evil conspiracies meet each other in our crossover episode, right here on your feed.
If you enjoyed this episode, you can hear more of this inter-company saga over on the Kakos Industires feed, in episode 130: Illumination.
Find Kakos Industries on any podcasting service, or at KakosIndustries.com
Transcript for this episode is here
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 04:01:00 -0000
“I’m tired of consulting on films, I hunger for god-humiliation!
Dal’s moon landing suffers delays. Ishmael finds the perfect double. Jackie becomes an artist. Beck acquires nuclear weapons. Von Braun vows to spit in the face of god. CW: deadly workplace situations, really oblique allusions to MKULTRA
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
Promo this episode was for Neoscum, a narrative comedy podcast featuring five Chicago improvisers antagonizing their way through the roleplaying classic, Shadowrun. Find out more here
CAST Salvatore Fabbiano was Twobrick Dennis Bruno was Neil Armstrong And Mike Giordano was Michael Collins Chloe Zwaicher was Beck Julie Snyder was Jackie Noel Naczi was Ishmael Meredith Gulley was Dal John Serpico was the Chief Dennis Bruno was the Memo Marc Campasano was Werner Von Braun Ramy Abdelgani was Kubrick
CREW Written by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth Crane Directed and Produced by Max Kreisky Logo Design by Tom Crowley Theme by Arnie Parrot Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Illuminati nuke suppliers Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky
Phony Executive Producers Nick Krasney Denise Grenier Alex Hensley Laura Isham Mariclair Bennet Steven Rutkowsi And Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this their names shall be enshrined for a thousand years. After that, there is a maintenance fee.
Wed, 04 May 2022 04:01:00 -0000
“You’re making me hate the moon!”
Jackie searches for the perfect rock. Astronauts tussle. Dal learns how a radio works. Ishmael eats a sandwich.
CW: deadly workplace situations, things from scripture Special thanks to Beth Crane!
Transcripts here Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
Promo this episode was for Crowley Time, a sketch comedy podcast, featuring characters and messages in bottles plucked from unknown shores, written and performed by Tom Crowley. You can find out more here
CAST Chloe Zwaicher was Beck Julie Snyder was Jackie Noel Naczi was Ishmael Meredith Gulley was Dal John Serpico was the Chief Dennis Bruno was the Memo Marc Campasano was Werner Von Braun Salvatore Fabbiano was Twobrick Dennis Bruno was Neil Armstrong Alex Roy was Buzz Aldrin And Mike Giordano was Michael Collins
CREW Written by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth Crane Directed and Produced by Max Kreisky Logo Design by Tom Crowley Theme by Arnie Parrot Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Managers of Stretch’s Billiards Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky
Phony Executive Producers Nick Krasney Denise Grenier Alex Hensley Laura Isham Mariclair Bennet Steven Rutkowsi And Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this their likenesses will be carved into the face of the moon itself. Real small. But they’re up there!
Wed, 18 May 2022 04:01:00 -0000
“How was this guy not already in the illuminati?”
Jay Gatsby takes it on the arches. Beck prevents a catastrophic leak. Dal fights mirrors. The Pen decides what’s marketable. The Chief reads Dune.
Cw: deadly workplace situations, heavy references to the Kubrick filmography
Special thanks to Beth Crane!
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
CAST Chloe Zwaicher was Beck Julie Snyder was Jackie Noel Naczi was Ishmael Meredith Gulley was Dal John Serpico was the Chief Dennis Bruno was the Memo Marc Campasano was Werner Von Braun Ramy Abdelghani was Stanley Kubrick’s perfectly imitated voice Salvatore Fabbiano was Twobrick Stuart Licht was The Pen And Eric Trageser was Jay Gatsby
CREW Written by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth Crane Directed and Produced by Max Kreisky Logo Design by Tom Crowley Theme by Arnie Parrot Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Violent Apes Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky. We hope they feel incredible.
Phony Executive Producers Nick Krasney Denise Grenier Alex Hensley Laura Isham Mariclair Bennet Steven Rutkowsi And Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this history will be quietly rewritten with them as the victors
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:20:00 -0000
The gang works to wrap up the Trojan war and bring the boys back home. In their big, wooden horse.
Welcome to the first of four mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 3! Click here to find out more or go to truetalesteam.com/crowdfund
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:21:11 -0000
The gang uncovers a terrifying artifact in Nixon's secret archives.
Welcome to the second of four mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 3! Click here to find out more or go to truetalesteam.com/crowdfund, or share the campaign on your social media of choice!
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:16:56 -0000
The gang deals with a lot of petty wickering. Er, bickering. No, we wait, we were right the first time, it's a wickering. Featuring Taqi Nazeer of The Kingmaker Histories as High Druid Corbin!
Welcome to the third of four mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 3!
Click here to help us make season 3 or go to truetalesteam.com/crowdfund, or share the campaign on your social media of choice!
Sat, 30 Mar 2024 00:12:01 -0000
Welcome to our final, celebratory minisode! We made it! Season 3 is happening! Let's celebrate with this episode, wherin the gang must race against time before a brilliant scientific mind unravels the secrets of the Illuminati!
This episode was written by and guest stars Tom Crowley. You can find more of his work over at Wooden Overcoats, Victoriocity, and Crowley Time, With Me, Tom Crowley amongst many, many others.
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:31:52 -0000
GUTTER
We're bringing you the first episode of an all-new, all-amazing actual play from our friends over at GUTTER! I'll let them tell you all about it:
Three protagonists walk into a bar. The world will never be the same. Get your mind in the GUTTER. GUTTER is Mike Migdall, Gannon Reedy, Eleni Sauvageau, and Casey Toney. You can find GUTTER as @thatguttershow on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and at Gutter.show
GUTTER is edited by Casey Toney. Scenario writing by Gannon Reedy and Michaela Heidemann The GUTTER theme "Into the WARP" was composed by Gio Benedetti This episode of GUTTER features the following songs from HoZac Records
- Bixarre Luv Pyramids - Soft Candy
- Lock Up - Neon Leon
- I Wanna Be Your Woman - Velveteen Rabbit
- Gusto Hungry - True Believers
- On and on - Gentilesky
- Yachts - Dan Melchior
- In My Wasted Time - Chicos de Nazca
- My Town - Revelons
- Ragnaraak - Verma
Music may have been edited or modified for use. Learn more about HoZac and the artists they support at HoZacRecords.com