Before The Tone
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Creator: Knave of Hearts
Full cast Horror Serial Audio Drama
Synopsis:
Before The Tone is a science fiction horror podcast produced by Knave Of Hearts. We follow Mack, a woman who has just gotten a job as a CCTV operator at the increasingly-suspicious Atlas Consulting. It takes the format of voicemails from Mack to her sister, Daria, who never seems to answer her calls. The horror tends towards the psychological as Mack is stalked and reality becomes a little less solid where Atlas is concerned. The science fiction is focused on time and how its fabric can be manipulated.
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Format: Audio Drama
Continuity: Serial
Writing: Scripted
Voices: Full cast
Narrator: First Person
Genres: Horror, Science fiction, Thriller and Psychological
Framing device: Communications
Maturity: All audience
Creator demographics: / Female / LGBTQ+
Character demographics: / Female / LGBTQ+
Content warnings: / Explicit language
Transcript details: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c_EB05FTyJuwTYDeKPrn0LvYXZiLQbQc
Completion status: Partial
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Episodes:
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:06:57 GMT
We're happy to share with you episode one of a new queer adventure weird fiction podcast, Project: Daydream. Follow agents working for the clandestine British Paranormal investigations organisation “Project: Daydream”. Together with the fresh-faced new recruit, 0620 (Georgia Mea) and the mysterious agent 4815 (A.V Nobelium), they work as partners tackling anomalies, artefacts and all manner of dangers lurking under the world's surface.
Project Daydream can be found on multiple podcast platforms, specifically
Acast: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66549671f9a48400127e306f
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4d1bDZlyAbvpqwbNzNAlg3
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@project.daydream?lang=en
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/project-daydream.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offical_projectdaydream/?locale=uken1&hl=am-et
Knave of Hearts Website. Find us on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD!
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Season 1 Q&A Part 1: Production
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:06:51 GMT
Join us in the Q&A for discussing the production of season 1 with Anna (creator), Katie (dialogue editing and sound design), and Arhynn (composer)!
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD!
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Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:06:18 GMT
For today's feed swap, we are delighted to introduce you to I Need A Miracle, an audio drama where every episode is another character's pleas and prayers to a benevolent and powerful deity knowing their cries may go unanswered. It is unusual and interesting in this strange world. The music is done by Before The Tone sound designer Katie Seaton!
Intro transcript:
Hello, everyone, it's Anna, the creator of Before The Tone, and today we have something really great coming up in the feed swap category. I Need A Miracle is an audio drama where each episode is a prayer, some prayers are granted, and a granted prayer can upend the world, a world undeniably shaped by the divine. The voices we hear know an omnipotent being is listening, and that omnipotent being is, of course, us, the listening audience who must, in their way, think on whose prayers they would answer as we are, of course, a benevolent god. Though sometimes an absent one. I Need A Miracle has a really similar vibe to Within The Wires stylistically, which I really enjoy. And it also has music by Before The Tone sound designer Katie Seaton, and that's a real treat. I really hope you enjoy the feed swap. They have more episodes out there for you to enjoy if you are looking for another podcast to listen to having just finished Before The Tone. And, if you haven't finished Before The Tone, you should also get on that, and then listen to I Need A Miracle. Enjoy!
I Need A Miracle links:
Download episode 1: https://open.acast.com/public/streams/667592483b75e8001273dba4/episodes/66af4c2d44772a5daa3b0fc9.mp3
Link to episode 1: https://shows.acast.com/ineedamiracle/episodes/0101-artist
Episode 1 transcript: https://foggyoutline.com/miracle-episodes/0101-artist
Website: https://www.foggyoutline.com/ineedamiracle
Tumblr: @inyourbenevolence
Instagram: @in.your.benevolence
Before The Tone links:
Website: KnaveofHearts.com
Twitter and Tumblr @knaveofheartsad
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Spotlight: The Holmwood Foundation
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:07:53 GMT
We wanted to share another podcast that is getting started out, The Holmwood Foundation. It is a modern Dracula sequel in the form of found footage horror. They just wrapped up their crowdfunding campaign but are still open to late pledges to support the project. Links below.
Intro transcript. Episode transcript.
The Holmwood Foundation Website.
Knave of Hearts. Follow us on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD!
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Blooper Reel Season 1 - Before The Tone
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:06:24 GMT
After that ending for the season, we could all do with a little levity. Enjoy some misc. outtakes from season one of Before The Tone! Featuring Anna and Evan having a silly time recording Mack and Pascal's scenes, the voice actor's folly (also known as speaking and reading), apologies to our dialogue editor, and cats.
Follow us on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD, and let us know your thoughts on the season! We would be delighted by any thoughts, podcast recs, song recs, fanart, anything you have to share!
Cast and Crew:
Anna Stein as Mack
Evan Gwen Davies as Pascal
Micah Nathan Bradley as Danny
Rebecca Hansson as Eve Cacace
Edited by Anna Stein and Katie Seaton
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13. Not To Be Reproduced - Before The Tone
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:06:01 GMT
Mack submits her letter of resignation.
Content warnings: unreality, gaslighting, peril
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD. Interested in submitting questions for the season Q&A? Submit questions here!
This episode features a trailer for Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic, a Docu-Horror Podcast written and produced by Stephen Indrisano. Join one man’s quest to find his long-lost sister in an infinite, monster-infested suburb beyond the veil. Shelterwood is one part Gothic, one part Found Footage, and one hundred percent terrifying.
This episode includes references to "The Statement of Arden Bloom" by the Archivistbot, a story about a man staying alongside supernatural objects for too long, affecting him mentally and generally. Read it here.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Danny: Micah Nathan Bradley
Automated Voice Messaging System: Grace Keller Scotch
Nes: Luis Ernesto Fisher Gonzalez
Eve, Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing, Sound Design, and Elevator Muzak: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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12. Half Mushroom Half Olive - Before The Tone
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:06:38 GMT
Mack has a conversation with her stalker.
Content warnings: stalking, vague threats, human experimentation (discussion of)
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Slowly Unspooling, a queer capitalist horror story coming out on October 8, 2024. It follows Kai and their journey to discover the secrets of some tapes that showed up one day. Tapes with their voice on them. Kai will have to battle with themself and their family to unspool the mystery that has decided to involve them.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Dandelion: Josh Rubino
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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11. Please Leave A Message - Before The Tone
Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:06:11 GMT
You have reached the voicemail of Mack Northwood.
Content warnings: stalking
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Hello From The Hallowoods, a comforting horror podcast set in a forest at the end of the world and told through dreams by an indescribable being who is all eyes. This is truly one of my all time favorite podcasts with a sweeping cast of characters (albeit single narrator) who all win over the listener's affections. There is Lady Ethel Mallory, a marketing professional who is utterly despised by our narrator; Mort, a skull in a diving suit who just wants to make friends; Zelda Duckworth, a mother with a shotgun and rightful suspicion of libraries; and, of course, Nikignik, the narrator who tries so desperately to remain an impartial observer. Check them out on any podcatcher or on their website.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Automated Voice Messaging System: Grace Keller Scotch
Pascal: Evan Gwen Davies
Bri: Hamnah Shahid
Equinox Representative: James Ballesteros
Nes: Luis Ernesto Fisher Gonzalez
Dandelion: Josh Rubino
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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10. I Can See My House From Here - Before The Tone
Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:06:52 GMT
Something is on the CCTV that should not be there.
Content warnings: discussions of stalking, gaslighting
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Do You Copy?, a found footage horror podcast. When Red Tail National park shuts down due to a possible ecological disaster, three groups remained inside. Despite being urged to leave, the campers continued their trips, and two park rangers were forced to stay to keep an eye on the radios. Recordings from these individuals were recovered and due to a mistake that cost a lot more than expected, [REDACTED] must sort through the recordings to try to make sense of what happened. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts. Find their links here.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Danny: Micah Nathan Bradley
Eve Cacace and Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:06:28 GMT
Hello everyone, it’s Anna, the creator of Before The Tone and voice of Mack. For our off-week today, I wanted to share with you an episode from the upcoming comedy fantasy podcast GOBLINS. It's made by the creative team behind Stellar Firma, and they have an amazing cast. They are currently crowdfunding until September 6, 2024, which is nearly upon us! They want to produce this show paying the entire crew fairly for their work, and they will keep whatever they make, so any donation will help. Donate at crowdfunder.co.uk/p/goblins-podcast-series-1. Link in the show notes. Before The Tone will return for episode 10 next Monday, and, until then, enjoy GOBLINS.
Transcript. (Note: Before The Tone's intro to this pilot is the above text here in the show notes.)
GOBLINS links -
Crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/goblins-podcast-series-1
Crowdfunder video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SRWi7ZTKbE
Twitter: https://x.com/goblinspod
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9. Phone a Friend - Before The Tone
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:06:06 GMT
Still reeling from making contact with her stalker, Mack is even more surprised when a phone call goes through.
Content warnings: stalking, fear of madness
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Graven, a found-footage horror audio drama set in a frozen post apocalypse. Find them @GravenPod on Twitter or wherever you get your podcasts.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Pascal: Evan Gwen Davies
Eve Cacace and Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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8. A Little to the Left - Before The Tone
Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:06:12 GMT
Mack is frustrated, and doors are, well, different.
Content warnings: stalking, fear of unreality, fear of madness
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for The Town of Adaliah. Adaliah is not just a town. It’s a place where the past never dies. Join us on this journey if you must, but remember, nothing in Adaliah is as it seems. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Pascal: Evan Gwen Davies
Eve Cacace and Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Stalker: Josh Rubino
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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7. Don't Panic - Before The Tone
Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:06:48 GMT
Things tick up in intensity.
Content warnings: on-screen depiction of a panic attack, stalking
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Travelling Light, a science fantasy podcast following the Traveller on their journey through the stars, and help shape their world and the stories within it through audience submissions and choose-your-own-adventure decision making. Find more at monstrousproductions.org.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Danny: Micah Nathan Bradley
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing: Anna Stein
Directing: Anna Stein, Sarahlily Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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6. The Watcher and the Watched - Before The Tone
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:06:46 GMT
Mack has a performance review slash check-in with Eve.
Content warnings: stalking, fear of unreality
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for The Heart Pyre, an interactive fantasy audio drama where listeners can vote on how the story continues. Check them out at theheartpyre.com.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Pascal: Evan Gwen Davies
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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5. The Taste of Babka and Fear - Before The Tone
Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:06:24 GMT
Mack goes to a cafe with Pascal and finally concludes she is being followed.
Content warnings: implication of stalking, mild panic attack
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Space Specks, a post-apocalyptic audio drama about refusing to end with the world. I'm especially excited about how aromanticism plays a central role to the podcast. Listen here.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Pascal: Evan Gwen Davies
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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4. Our Many-Eyed Man - Before The Tone
Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:06:35 GMT
Mack researches Greek mythology, attends a creative writing class, and notices something odd on the CCTV.
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Hi Nay, an excellent supernatural horror podcast with some mystery elements. It's about Filipina immigrant Mari Datuin, whose babaylan (shaman) family background accidentally gets her involved in stopping dangerous supernatural events in Toronto — alongside two supernatural detectives, her 6'2 strong-armed lesbian neighbor, and a celebrity conman guru with real magic powers.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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3. Such Absurd Things As Sleep - Before The Tone
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:02:54 GMT
Mack tells Daria about the consultants, glassblowing, and someone who inexplicably makes her nervous.
Content warnings: implication of stalking
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for What Will Be Here, a sci-fi audio drama about living on a doomed earth (and building things anyway). Give it a listen on your podcatcher of choice! One of the writers, Brad Colbroock, is one of the ensemble members of Before The Tone, and you will hear their voice in episode 12!
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Barista: Kiran Kumar
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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2. Shadowing - Before The Tone
Mon, 20 May 2024 12:06:34 GMT
Mack's first day at Atlas under the watchful gaze of Eve Cacace.
Content warnings: implication of stalking
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for Tranthologies, an anthology podcast of stories written, voiced, and produced by trans people for trans people! Find them wherever you get your podcasts!
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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1. Interview Unbalanced - Before The Tone
Mon, 06 May 2024 12:06:52 GMT
Mack interviews for a job. A bit odd maybe, but it'll pay well!
Transcript. The Way We Haunt Now trailer transcript. Website.
Let us know your thoughts on Twitter and Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
This episode features a trailer for The Way We Haunt Now, a lighthearted horror audio drama about friendship, found family, and fighting the narratives that try to define us – even in the afterlife. Oh, and ghosts. Did we mention ghosts? Their website is here.
Credits:
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Credits: Rebecca Hansson
Writing and Directing: Anna Stein
Dialogue Editing and Sound Design: Katharine Seaton
Theme Music: Duck Edwards
Score: Arhynn Descy
Script Editing: Sarahlily Stein
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Fri, 03 May 2024 20:07:38 GMT
Before The Tone season 1 premieres this Monday, May 6, 2024. Subscribe, stay tuned, and tell us your thoughts on Twitter & Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD. Transcript Here. Website.
Credits:
Writing, directing: Anna Stein
Mack: Anna Stein
Daria: Emma Johanna Puranen
Pascal: Evan Gwen Davies
Woman's Voice: Rebecca Hansson
Sound design: Katharine Seaton
Theme music: Duck Edwards
Script editing: Sarahlily Stein
Trailer cutting: Anna Stein
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SPOTLIGHT: Among The Stacks "Things are getting ready to happen out of sight."
Sat, 21 Jan 2023 16:02:55 GMT
Today, we want to spotlight another wonderful podcast for you to listen to while Before The Tone is in production (and after and then relisten and then recommend to your friends), Among The Stacks. When S, Head Librarian of a Library which contains every story from every universe finds themselves alone within its echoing halls, they must brave the Library's infinite collections to try find their colleagues. Their quest will take them to the Library's furthest reaches in search of answers and force them to grapple with the Library's slowly shrinking size, and the threats it poses for the multiverse at large.
It's a little spooky, a little weird, and altogether very intriguing with a great cast. Go give them some love.
Here is a transcript of this trailer.
You can listen to Among The Stacks here or on your podcacher of choice.
Are you listening?
To avoid spoilers, content warnings are listed at the end of this episode description.
“Things are getting ready to happen out of sight.” - Eavan Boland, 'This Moment'
Dramatis Personae:
NIGEL MCKEON as REDACTED
Written by NIGEL MCKEON
Produced by PIPPIN EIRA MAJOR
Music by ALEX SCHWARTZ
Follow them on Twitter @AmongStacks for future news and updates, or on their Tumblr amongthestackspodcast
Content warnings for this episode include: Vocal Distortion
For updates on Before The Tone and other ominous messaging, follow us on Twitter @KnaveOfHeartsAD and on Tumblr @KnaveOfHeartsAD.
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Sun, 27 Nov 2022 20:53:10 GMT
Before The Tone is a psychological horror science fiction podcast. We follow Mack as she begins working at the increasingly-suspicious Atlas Consulting. But be warned, we may not be the only ones following...
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nwXDIsWMvsvXAYfyKgUkx5lHNo35LGNjBRDQ7vQvH-g/edit?usp=sharing
Content warnings: electronic beeps, stalking / being watched and followed, unreality, confusion
Thank you for listening, and be sure to support the Indiegogo campaign, which will go live December 2, 2022. There are some lovely perks including stickers, custom original drabbles and longer stories by our writer, annotated scripts, handwritten thank-yous, and much more.
Be notified when crowdfunding goes live: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/before-the-tone-a-sci-fi-horror-audio-drama/coming_soon/x/29748842
Or, if your listening when we're live, go straight to the crowdfunding page and show your support: https://igg.me/at/before-the-tone
Credits:
Anna Stein as Mack (she/he, @rosemarycat5 on twitter)
Emma Johanna Puranen as Daria (she/her, @spacesword13, https://roguemaker.space/)
Rebecca Hansson as the voice of the credits (VA twitter is @Peccatorium and her audio drama, BE NOT AFRAID, is @bna_pod)
Music made by Duck Edwards (any pronouns, visual art content @Belleski on Twitter and Tumblr)
Sound design and dialogue editing by Katharine Seaton (@katieseaton9 for Twitter, katharineseaton.com, inscapeanimations.com)
Written and directed by Anna Stein
For updates and ominous messaging, find us on twitter and tumblr at KnaveOfHeartsAD. Contact us at KnaveOfHeartsPods@gmail.com.
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