Personal Highlights Someone Dies In This Elevator: S2E9 -For The RecordIf there's anything I've learned from listening to SDITE, it's that you don't mess with elevators. Especially not in what feels like such an obvious way as in this episode. It felt like this entire group of people were taunting the elevator gods, and I … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 5th February 2022
Tag: Where The Stars Fell
Audio Fiction Sunday 8th January 2022
Personal Highlights Someone Dies in This Elevator: S2E7 - Depths of Ocotillo Mine. Written by Andrew Siañez-De La O (who also wrote season one episode South of Palenque), this powerful episode addresses themes of colonialisation and gentrification, through what appears to be a first date. So many of SDITE's episodes have stayed on my mind … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 8th January 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 11th September 2022
Before I start with the usual content this week, I wanted to mention the Apollo Creator Showcase which launched on the 5th of September. For folks who aren’t aware of Apollo, it’s a fantastic podcast app which features only fiction podcasts, and it’s a great discovery tool when you’re looking for something new to listen … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 11th September 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 10th April 2022
Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E18 - Swallowed. I had to sit for a while and process this episode after I finished listening to it. Profile 13, Copy 13, comes face-to-face with their original, the person whose conscience was copied to create them. It's quite the concept to grasp, and Profile 13's way of dealing with … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 10th April 2022
Audio Fiction Sunday 27th March 2022
Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E16 - Awakening. Welp, that's quite the existential crisis for Profile 13. It's an unnerving episode, as The Network, in all its usual emotionless repetition, drives home some very uncomfortable truths. The Network has gradually become even more of a sinister entity, and the question I was left asking at the … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 27th March 2022
Sound Bytes #2
I wasn't intending on leaving quite so long since my first Sound Bytes post, but... life! Here are some snippets of news I've collected over the last few weeks from the world of indie audio fiction. Calling Darkness On the third anniversary of its launch, it was announced on Twitter that production of the second … Continue reading Sound Bytes #2
Audio Fiction Sunday 19th December 2021
Personal Highlights COPPERHEART: GL5119 - The Time To End. (Note: I will be appearing later in this season finale) It's truly the beginning of the end for GL51, and the residents of the bunker are faced with an impossible choice - making a leap into the unknown and all the dangers that presents, or staying … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 19th December 2021
Audio Fiction Sunday 12th December 2021
Personal Highlights Moonbase Theta, Out: All Your Base - Episode 8: Theta. It's the final episode of this miniseries, and we're back home on Base Theta. It's a very interesting insight into the higher-ups and one particular pawn on the base, which fits in nicely with the focus that was on the Consortium on Earth … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 12th December 2021
Audio Fiction Sunday 5th December 2021
Personal Highlights This Planet Needs a Name: 1.06 - Until We've Discovered Joy. (Note: I play Nessa in This Planet Needs a Name.) This Planet Needs a Name is always so delightful, even though episodes still deal with difficult subjects; there are so many wonderful moments between the characters, and the lives they are building … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 5th December 2021
Audio Fiction Sunday 28th November 2021
Personal Highlights Moonbase Theta, Out: All Your Base - Episode 7: Eta. You want moon-based conspiracy theories? This episode has plenty of moon-based conspiracy theories! This week, we meet Barnett Bell - a field journalist who’s been based on the moon, travelling between the bases. Naturally, with someone who isn’t actually working on any of … Continue reading Audio Fiction Sunday 28th November 2021
A Sky Full of Pods 