#remnants pod

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🦋 @remnantspod (54) Oh, damn, this episode got me even more than usual! How stunning: the poetry, the description of niqab, the scene in the hospital, Elio, Rachel. I listened to this on the way into work and was just emotionally floored by the time I got there. I really got a sense of healing from this remnant, a recognition of how people had been hurt by EP, but also how they found community and family in the wake of his life. So much to sit with and unpack here! 

⚓️ @eelerschoice (12) Eeler’s finale! What a thoroughly enjoyable episode! I felt it did such a good job of tying up everyone’s arcs this season and I was especially thrilled for Nama! 🌬️ Again, I thought the action scenes were beautifully executed and I could really feel the heart of the show shining through in the resolution of the series!! 

🧋 @hinaypod (89) Ohh, it’s so sad to spell out the misunderstanding around Mari’s connection to the Mambabarang and how it’s still affecting the people she left behind at home ☹️ It is nice that it’s (?she’s) still keeping the police out of her local area though! It must be so hard to hear loved ones fearing for her safety about something that she created! ‘Intercessors’ is such a fun word for Michael and Lori! 

⛪️ Forgive Me (2.05 - 2.07) St Patricks continues to deliver a lighthearted giggle or two! I’ve never attended a Thanksgiving dinner before, but this ep didn’t really sell it to me 😂 I loved hearing from Clara again! She is a fave of mine! 

📖 @storiesfromylelmore (204) This might be my favourite SFY episode so far! I adoreddddd Keryth’s PI bit (and what a talent to be able to voice someone pretending to voice someone else!) and I can’t fault the logic of being sure to finish first. It *is* always the Dame, I hope by sharing this unflattering part of their past, Elas is able to progress forwards in a less puce manner! 

🌵 @desertskiespodcast (26) This Inter State episode had one of the best cold openings of the season. ‘The desire is growwwinnngg. The desire is subsiding. . . Now it is growing again’ - SO funny. The ep was a lovely blend of nostalgia and healing. But what an ending! I fear Evil Jennifer Coolidge has returned!! 

🚚  Don’t Tell Alice (1,8) oooh I love the notion of Praxis as an ongoing network of community and support! These people have been indelibly changed and they’re still willing to help make things better! We finally meet the person behind the murders and… they’re human?! I think Keisha has her hands full here… 

Hello From The Hallowoods: The world ended, but we're still here, and shit's weird. (Has made me cry; even the trees are queer; my comfort show<3)

Camp Here And There: Good morning campers! The time is 7:63AM and Cabin Magpie Moth has spontaneously combusted! Whichever one of you little woodworms can put it out first can come get a puffy sticker from me in the Nurses Cabin! (Is it a horror? Is it a comedy? I don't know, you'd have to check to be sure)

Wooden Overcoats: Funn Funerals used to be the only funeral parlor on the island. It isn't anymore. (Sitcom, the main characters are the most miserable wet cats you ever did see)

Re: Dracula: Maybe this year, they'll be okay. Maybe this year they'll all live. Maybe this year he won't go, and she'll be alright.

Magnus Protocol: TMA's louder, bolder, less serious younger sibling.

The Silt Verses: Oh boy. Let me tell you, you will look at crabs differently after this. (WET horror, genuinely the best pod I've ever heard)

Archive 81: Dan, a newly hired archivist, has to listen to and catalogue a set of old audio tapes. The tapes contain interviews conducted by someone Dan has never heard of. Dan is in an isolated bunker in the middle of the woods. Surely nothing will happen to our dear friend Dan. (What is it with archivists and getting snatched by The Horrors? Ignore the tv show it doesn't exist)

Red Valley: Just a couple of guys with an interest in research station Red Valley, whose focus was cryonics. It's completely defunct now. I wonder what happened. (Ethics? What's that?)

Woe.Begone: Some say it's about time-travel, some say it's about keeping yourself and those close to you alive, some say it's about online safety. All can agree on one point: What the fuck why are there cowboys now

Midnight Burger: Midnight Burger is a time-travelling, dimension-spanning diner. Dunno how it works or where it's going next. We open at six! (The episodes are an hour long minimum but it's worth it. Comedy sci-fi, lighthearted fun :)

Old Gods of Appalachia: The Appalachians are spooky y'all. (The narrator's voice is so comforting in this, it feels like campfire stories)

Dreamboy: Went into this pod being told it was made by the people who made WTNV and absolutely no other information. Let me tell you I did not expect the main character to tell us that he got a hard-on in the first episode. (The most sexually explicit pod I've listened to)

The White Vault: Nice little trip to Svalbard to check on the remote research station, surely nothing will go wrong :) (Holy Fucking Shit What Is That) (Recommend 1st season especially to The Thing (1982) enjoyers)

Camlann: Ever wished that you were apart of Welsh folklore or Arthurian legends? Or perhaps some of the last people left on Earth? No? Ah well, you'll pick it up soon enough. (Three idiots and a dog in Wales, fighting for their lives)

Breaker Whiskey: Imagine. Being the only person on earth. Just you. Just you, and someone on the radio. Just you, the radio, and a woman you absolutely do NOT have sexual tension with. (This one looks really long because it has 260+ episodes, but they're like 4 minutes long each so it's not really)

Ethics Town: Don't worry about it. (Cannot recommend enough, it is a mindfuck)

Tell No Tales: What if ghosts were a thing that could infest a place, like rats or roaches or mold? What if it was your job to exterminate them? And the million-pound question, do ghosts deserve rights? (I am waiting so so patiently for the rest of s2)

Remnants: You wake up in a place you recognise. You have always been there. You have no idea where you are. You see a stranger's life. You recognise them. You knew them once, you think. Discard or reshelve? You don't know what that means. It does not matter. Discard or reshelve, that is the question. (I am going insane over this pod)

Not Quite Dead: Vampires! Alfie is an overworked A&E nurse who does not have time for this shit. Unfortunately, he does not have a choice in this matter. (A really interesting take on vampirism, going into the biology. It is fascinating, and an exciting story)

Travelling Light: Space Quaker! Listen to the Traveller tell you about every new planet and civilisation they visit. Whattttt noooo they don't have a crush on one of their crew members what are you taaaalking abouttttt (Very comforting pod, beauty in the mundane in a way? But not mundane because yk. Aliens)

Someone Just Like You: Brilliant horror, just really well written. I don't even have words for it. So far there are only 6 episodes and the concepts/plots of each seem cheesy, but my GOD the execution.

The Bright Sessions: People with powers get therapy! Thank God, they need it so bad. (I love one particular antagonist so much, I need to put him in a microwave)

Poe: Evermore: It wasn't until I started this that I realised that Edgar Allen Poe would have had a Boston-ish accent. Reallyyy interesting story of his life, and I keep getting jumpscared by VAs I recognise. Faulkner Silt Verses what are you doing here.

Witherburn After School News: Your school radio host getting WAY more involved in the news than they should. Really hope they're still breathing. Love the folklore section though!

Before The Tone: Voicemails from someone who just got a job they probably shouldn't have. (Brilliant idea for the format, and great execution)

I Am In Eskew: What if you were trapped? What if you had a home, a wife and a child? What if they aren't real? Are you sure? Go and check. What if your city tried to kill you? What if it loved you very much, more than anyone else? (Horror but the narrator is the saddest wettest man you've ever heard)

The Twelvelms Conspiracy ( @twelvelms ) is a dark fantasy mystery set at a magical university. Remnants ( @remnantspod ) is a dark fantasy thriller set in a netherworld filled with the remnants of the dead.

The Twelvelms Conspiracy might be the show for you if you like stories about misfits, found-family, political intrigue and folklore. You can find out more here hangingslothstudios.com/twelvelms/ and here's a little intro if you're curious:

Remnants might be up your alley if you're interested in stories which explore grief, history and cycles of trauma, especially if you love a good red-string mystery. This show foregrounds a different person's lifestory each week. Find out more at hangingslothstudios.com/remnants/ and here's an intro:

If you're a member of the British Fantasy Society, you can vote for either of them, (or any of the other fantastic fantasy audio dramas which released in the last year!) here:

APPRENTICE: You- you're a monster SIR: Yes.

(Remnants Episode 11 "Torn Out Pages")

SIR: Fitting, either way, that you should call me a moth. Fitting that I should be one.

(Remnants Episode 29 "Moths")

This is one of my ideas for Sir of the Audio Drama 'Remnants' by Eira Major. I chose the Deaths-Head Hawk-Moth as inspiration for Sir mostly because of its name. If I recall correctly, the Apprentice also called Sir an endless nightsky (and beautiful). I might try and come up with more designs (granted I don't lose my motivation).

Anyway, go listen to Remnants, it's awesome.