#academicasaurus

There's smth to be said about how every comedy podcast will kick you in the guts with some unexpected emotional depth in a random episode (or several) so yall have been warned

Summary:

I’ve had the world’s longest to-listen list going on my phone for a while now, and I’ve finally listened to at least the first episode of all of them! After kind of narrowing it down, there’s only… 64 podcasts on there.

It’ll get narrowed down further. Hope everyone reading this has had a good week!

@woodenovercoats — Season 2 Episode 4: The Sweet, Sweet Taste of Death: okay, so I’ve already listened to this one. However, I think it was @fyeahaudiodrama who reblogged a bunch of Wooden Overcoats stuff this week and I remembered how emotional I got over “Because if you went to prison for the rest of your life, it'd be a stupid waste”. How Eric goes from clearly thinking Antigone’s ideas are weird, to being the only person in town who just really enjoys her chocolates. Antigone and Eric have the best character development in the podcast, and what with the upcoming live show, it’s a good time for a re-listen. ⚰️

@wakerscast — Episode One: Arnold: I can’t believe I’ve never listened to this! It reminds me a lot of the tv series In The Flesh, except these risen dead were never bloodthirsty monsters. Instead, they’ve just been reanimated and are all a bit disturbed to be brought back. They’re homeless, anstonished and often visibly injured. Wakers a very thoughtful take on the ‘undead’ genre, and shows all the bureaucratic, boring parts of a person rebuilding their life. It’s also a comedy.💀

@ameliapodcast— Episode 31 - Episode 34: it’s been a minute since I last listened to The Amelia Project, and I was kind of gutted about everyone being separated. Luckily, hearing the story of Alvina and Amelia meeting, and learning even more about how competent Alvina is, was a real treat. That and linking the plot up with the Interviewer again. It’s all got very complicated and surprising — but I was convinced into listening to the Christmas Episode out of order a while ago, so I figure things are still sort-of looking up. ☕️

Academicasaurus — Episode 1 - Episode 2: sure, it’s clearly a snappy academic comedy, but I’m getting very mysterious vibes from this one. Who is that independent scholar? Why did only the Charles Dickens books get set on fire? Who or what is laughing mischievously at the end of the episodes? There are similar vibes to archival horror podcasts, but more laid-back and university-feeling. 🦕

I’ve never listened to this podcast before and I was surprised how much I enjoyed listening to the first episode.

It’s simultaneously about the troubles of a team responsible for an academic journal and about some weird goings on…

I have a weird suspicion that the big villain might be a cackling velociraptor (or at least the big chaotic)… It also sounds like there’s some time and dimensional fuckery happening- there was a journal article that referenced the recent discovery that Charles Dickens was a woman which isn’t true and the team know it but the rest seemed like serious journalism so my first guess is that the stories in the purple envelopes posted under their door are to do with the velociraptor? And maybe the random fires as well? I’m not sure how yet lol.