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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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  • A Play Reading Podcast in NYC – Objects in Mirror

  • Audio Noir: The Geminus Conspiracy

  • Arthurian Legend: The Extreme Dread of Mordred

    Arthurian Legend: The Extreme Dread of Mordred

    Another story from the anthology series, Secret Handshake Productions. This five-part look into the character of Modred from Arthurian lore does something the prequel era of Star Wars failed to do and does a fall from grace story right the first time.

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  • Hearthbound: A Musical Odyssey

    Hearthbound: A Musical Odyssey

    Opening musical numbers can set the stage tonally (e.g. the song “Alexander Hamilton” from “Hamilton”) and literally through the occasional line of dialogue thrown into break up the song (e.g. “No One Mourns the Wicked” from “Wicked”). “Hearthbound” does the same thing, but what it sets up isn’t what one anticipates listening to future episodes.…

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  • Treacle People: 90s British Humor for Whom?

    Treacle People: 90s British Humor for Whom?

    A product of 90s children’s television in the UK, the “Treacle People” weren’t a household name outside of England, Scotland and Wales. While arguably not as popular as the Muppets or other Jim Henson properties, the method of creating an episode was a dying mode of animation. Now, roughly 30 years later, the “Treacle People”…

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  • In Media Res and Indie vs. Hollywood

    In Media Res and Indie vs. Hollywood

    “In Media Res” by the Good Story Guild is a story where you think you know the ending. Everything up until that last episode is more or less what you expect. Told in five acts — with some complimentary material in the form of original music (Plus a coda at the end) — for a…

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  • Daredevil: The Man Without Fear

    Daredevil: The Man Without Fear

    Perhaps the most famous comic book writer who has crossed ponds and worked with Marvel and DC Comics, Frank Miller’s take on Daredevil’s origin shares many similarities with “Batman: Year One.” “The Man Without Fear” came out after Miller redefined the Batman’s origin story, the time between when he put on the cowl and watched…

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