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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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    In Media Res and Indie vs. Hollywood

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  • Love Me: The World’s Most Complex Emotion in Podcast Form

    The upcoming podcast, “Love Me” from the CBC, is both heartbreaking and filled with such raw, powerful emotions that you can’t help but get a lump in your throat. Part anecdotal and part audio drama, “Love Me” is what you get when you cross NPR’s “Serial” with audio drama of the 21st century. The shows format…

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  • HEAR Now Festival 2016

    The annual audio arts show is around the corner. Starting June 9 and ending on the 12th, it has a number of lineups for 2016. The show takes place in Kansas City, MO and is in its 4th year. HEAR Now is a festival for audio storytelling enthusiasts. Everything from audio dramas, audiobooks, full-cast readings and more–the event…

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  • Sabido Style Radio Dramas and Nepal

    Western society has had a big hand on radio dramas success on 20th and 21st century culture. From the invention of the radio to podcasts, the theater of the mind has attracted fans new, far and even across continents. According to the Kathmandu Post, radio dramas have not only been alive in regions other than the…

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  • Mistborn: Shadows of Self

    The fifth novel in the Mistborn series, Shadows of Self shares more in common with the original trilogy than the Alloy of Law–the fourth book. In that book, we’re introduced to the characters of Wax and Wayne. Despite their different personalities, the same letter at the beginning of their names makes for a confusing read. Thankfully…

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  • The Bright Sessions (Season One)

    The first season of the audio drama “The Bright Sessions” (written by Lauren Shippen) may be two people talking in a room, but it’s some of the most compelling storytelling and acting I’ve heard in a while. The premise is straight forward–a psychologist for the supernatural. The story isn’t simply Dr. Bright talking with her patients…

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