Me & AU Podcast

> Hearthbound Edition.

It's the last Audio Drama Sunday before the Hearthbound finale, so in honor of Odessa and Penelope, I'm featuring some other shows featuring queer love stories (some more romantic than others…).

🚦 Alice Isn't Dead Part 1, Chapter 2 - Alice I think we all deserve a little toxic yuri, as a treat. And a strange ghostly town that you leave, but you can't escape. So many towns like that in this country. This episode fixates on that immovable object/unstoppable force way of living. A relationship that felt familiar, stable, the same. Change that feels frightening, painful, inevitable. And the result of that collision. The confusion, the chaos, then it's gone.

☔ @mabelpodcast Episode 3 - The Man in the Street, Episode 4 - Datura I love how this medium lets your own mind take over the story. And this story has such chimerical imagery, rooted in the banality of a lonely day to day. Even though Anna, for all intents and purposes, is around at least another person every day, her loneliness is palpable. The oddities and mysteries almost feel like symptoms of that loneliness. The way your mind plays tricks on you the more time you spend inside your own thoughts.

🐺 @meandaupod 1 - Welcome to Selkirk, 2 - Werewolf Hypothesis, 3 - In a World Where Now for the less spooky half of my listens this week. There's nothing quite like the fandom for a small Canadian supernatural show with a dubious budget (hello Lost Girl) to instill in you a disproportionate about of devotion. And truly, writing fanfiction for someone is high on the hierarchy of love languages. Watching Kate and Ella circle closer and closer is such fun. There's something delightful in a story where you know the endgame. It's just about how you get there.

2) The characters are all wonderful and Whitney is still my favourite <3 [I have a fic idea that I really want to make happen. As usual, severe chronic illness is getting in the ****ing way. One day!]

3) I think I read somewhere that the town of Selkirk is supposed to be based on Nelson, BC? Like...the same place Roxanne is set? (1987 Steve Martin/Daryl Hannah romcom based on Cyrano de Bergerac) Because that would explain why the townspeople in Roxanne look constantly kinda spooked. And also why the older ladies readily buy the story about Steve Martin being abducted by aliens (who are interested in older women for their sexual prowess).

Everyone Leaves Alive follows a struggling indie rock band as they tour the American midwest together, secretly resolving monster-related problems through music. It's funny, it's heartfelt, it's very queer, and Chiron Star (who did the instrumentation and music production for the Starship Iris theme and Keep it Steady) is onboard, so I can safely say it's gonna rock.

However, I'm committed to paying people a reasonable wage, and that means I need your help to fund this baby. Check out the video (above) to learn a little more about the show and hear a demo of the first song of the pilot. (I can sometimes be self-deprecating, so let me be clear: the demo rules.) Check out the Kickstarter link (below) to see the rewards, and help back the project. There are some fun perks, including a one-page TTRPG set in the world, and a special EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT tier that is only available for a very limited time.

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hey folks, just a quick heads' up to say that Procyon's merch store has moved, to procyonpodcastnetwork.dashery.com. the shopping experience (and products) should be the same, but the shows you support through merch sales will get a larger share of the profits than we did before.

and as we approach the ides of march and the weather in the northern hemisphere starts to show some sign of sun, this feels like a great time to invest in a Hot Frog Summer tank top. just sayin'.

Romcom. Kate and Ella are huge fans of the TV show Selkirk, and when they first meet online, the show’s fandom is very small. They bond over the fanfic they write and send each other, theories about the show, and live reactions to episodes.

Sometimes fighting evil means that, actually, you would rather explain lesbianism to a preteen than confirm that monsters are real.

Happy Kickstarter day!

Our demo is dropping NEXT WEEK... but what is a MOTW-inspired podcast you ask?

To get your ears and brain ready, @galacticdrift and @thischarmingand have created a very rigorous academic presentation to bring you up to speed.

(Full slides under the cut)

It’s official! Starfall will be returning with an hour-long season premiere at 6 p.m. CST on Friday, Sept. 20!