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  • The Harbingers Review

    The Harbingers Review

    Going into this series — a Tribeca official selection from 2025 — after finding it on LinkedIn, I expected something like “The Prestige” book or movie. What I got was something far more nuanced, emotional and not a simple revenge story. Also no dead women. With season two starting in a couple of days, it’s…

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  • The Knightmare (Part Two)

  • The Knightmare (Part One)

  • Batman: Unburied

    After the more comedic undertones of Batman: The Audio Series from HBO Max, the various news reports of an audio continuation of Batman: The Animated Series and Spotify’s “Batman: Unburied,” it can seem like Bat-craze overload.

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  • Small Victories: A 9-Part Series on Addiction

    Small Victories is a slice-of-life show combined with 90s radio station aesthetics that are more apparent in the beginning and end of each episode that it’s both a frame and not a frame for the show. Produced by WGC Productions and with a predominantly Black cast, the 9-episode first season goes by quicker than most…

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  • Apollyon Review

    A topical premise for the COVID-19 pandemic that plays with socio-political expectations and heartstrings in unexpected and expertly crafted ways. For a show about a virus, the tropes common in the sci-fi genre with that are noticeably absent in Apollyon. Those seeking a post-apocalyptic world can find elements of the genre’s close cousin, dystopia in…

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  • Megaton Girl: A Wholesome Deadpool

    Starting out listening to Megaton Girl might seem like a no brainer. Begin with episode 1 and continue until the end. What happens if there’s a pilot episode as well? If you want the full chronological experience do not listen to the pilot first. If you’re looking to sample the audio drama to see whether…

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  • Quiet Part Loud Review

    The 12-episode Spotify original podcast, “Quiet Part Loud,” tackles such social issues as the alt-right/alternate facts in a tired populace. It is written by Mac Rogers of Steal the Stars and produced by Gimlet and Monkey Paw Productions.

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