#witchpunk

Currently In My Listen Roster (They might be on hiatus or finished as a series, but I'm not caught up yet.)

Hi Nay: It'll give you one piece of information and then later another piece of information, and then you'll have a moment where you make a connection and realize that such and such character is the character you heard about in the other episode.

World Gone Wrong: Captures the experience of going through a crisis and still having to worry about the mundane aspects of life.

Under the Electric Stars: Quality cyberpunk.

Heinous Investigations: Quality hijinks.

Witchpunk: Also quality cyberpunk.

Mabel: Very avant-garde.

Hymns for the Road: The supernatural threats aren't scary because they're supernatural; they're scary because they're abusive shitheads.

Wolf 359: Season Two has been mining the Season One finale for every bit of Consequences, and I love it.

Hannahpocalypse: It's doing it's own thing, and I will always respect that in a piece of art.

InCo: Come, micro-dose on a haughty prince getting bullied each episode by someone he thinks himself better than.

Red Valley: Every episode has me wanting to immediately listen to the next one to find out what's going on!

The Harbingers: The intrigue! The mystery! The unreliable narrators! This one deserves a massive fan base, and everyone should go listen to it right now.

Eeler's Choice: It has giant eels and B. Narr.

The Kingmaker Histories: Excellent shenanigans. Just loads of fun.

Back Again, Back Again: It's a deconstruction of Magical Teenager Chosen One fantasy.

Tales From the Singing Porch: A nice little unsettling tale each episode.

Project Gnosis: It's like an anime you can solely listen to!

Old Gods of Appalachia: It's an exploration of the awful underbelly of U.S. history.

The Strange Case of Starship Iris: The crew is being covertly recorded, and upon learning this, they began to act differently and say different things.

Two Thousand and Late: Very snappy back and forth dialogue.

Where the Stars Fell: I love the dynamic between the two leads.

Malevolent: Threshold: This is a great follow up to a great series.

Welcome to Night Vale: There are not many shows that can run for as many seasons as WtNV and still get a laugh out of the audience.

The Black Chest: The episodic stories are engaging.

Station 404: Great humor. Bingeing this one cheered me up on a day when I was feeling absolutely awful.

Star Files: This one just started, but I think it's neat.

Welcome to Isaiah: This one just started, but I like that it was inspired by AI psychosis.

Dominus: This one just started, but I'm here for the priest yaoi.

The Lion and the Adder: This one just started, but the lead is delightful.

The Mechadova Engine: This one just started, but the lead's enthusiasm is infectious.

The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne: This one just started, but the reveal at the end of the pilot has me hooked.

Dustwalker: The characters are conspiring to overthrow the shitty government without the story bending over backwards to try to convince me that they're paragons of saintliness.

Twigs and Hearts: The Fey through the lens of 1950s sitcoms.

On Hiatus/Between Seasons

The Magnus Protocol: A really great follow up to one of the greatest audio dramas out there.

The Gospel of Haven: Gorgeous opening music, a solid story, and fascinating worldbuilding.

Camp Here and There: Toxic yaoi in Ohio!

Killjam XXX: Brilliant satire and action.

Camlann: Really interesting worldbuilding.

Project: Daydream: What if, instead of a character who was a trans woman dying, she was revealed to have superpowers instead?

Ones I Finished That Shouldn't Be Forgotten

The Pasithea Powder: Please listen to this one. It's amazing. Just wonderful intrigue and plot arcs.

The Magnus Archives: If you're somehow reading a post about audio dramas and are unfamiliar with The Magnus Archives, yeah, this is another one of the greats. Please go listen to all 200 episodes. Highlight is the worldbuilding.

Unwell: Just absolutely wonderful. This is another standout audio drama. The character work is the highlight.

Mirrors: It does both it's horror and scifi aspects really well.

The Silt Verses: Wonderfully done satire. Absolutely heartbreaking. This is another one of the greats.

Sheeple Chase: A delightful addition to the Magnus storyverse.

🧪 I can't believe I forgot to talk about @theholmwoodfoundation's new bonus episode last week. The sheer...I guess I'm looking for the word brutality, in the way that Elena was treated by the foundation definitely shows it to be a different sort of organization than (I bet) Mina ever meant it to be. But maybe I'm wrong; this is not the first time Holmwood's played with an "alternate history" sort of Dracula interpretation. Can't wait for more.

🦄 Let's hear it for Witchpunk's first season! I really love what @citeogs did with this series. It's hard for a piece of media to capture just how doomed cyberpunk feels for its characters, but Witchpunk frikkin did that, with some of the most excellent political worldbuilding I've seen in a long time. I love this show, I love the characters, I love the story.

⬛️ Like, what do I even say about @midnightburgr? That it made me cry this week? It made me cry this week. I'm really proud of Casper's character development and his newfound sense of fatherhood. Trying no matter what (even if it's hopeless) because it matters is such an important message right now.

💻 I had the pleasure of meeting maybe like, 80% of the @san-lazaro-podcast team at @tafcon, and boy oh boy did those delightful humans make we want to hear their show. And THEN, what do I find but the most compelling opener for a zombie apocalypse story that I have ever heard? The absolute finesse of the three story prologues that currently make up Radio San Lazaro is incredible. If you want a masterclass in writing (and then an excellent example of how to run a volunteer project!), check this show out.

🌔 I'd be remiss if I didn't mention The Harbingers, which wrapped up its first season this week with a bang. I'm not always a fan of the way Gabriel Urbina builds characters, but I can't argue with his storylines. This show slaps. Of course no one's getting away with sending Boston to the moon; that doesn't mean the story’s over.

🍂 I want to get a little more attention on the crowdfund for Fallen Memories! It’s a warm and cozy audio drama that I happen to know has been in the works for ages, and darnit, I want to hear it! Give them your money! Their first episode is up on youtube now!

Witchpunk doodles and my headcanons for characters' design!

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The concept of the truth checker playing behind the news was really interesting, super neat way to convey the dystopia of the setting.

The action sequence in the first episode was enthralling. Action is one of the hardest things to do well in an audio medium, and this show nailed it. It’s immersive, intense, and introduces the worldbuilding in a really natural way.

Speaking of the worldbuilding, Witchpunk's worldbuilding is so cool. I can't wait to learn more about this setting!

I also particularly like the sci-fi/fantasy trope of a fight happening simultaneously in the physical world and a digital/mental/psychic world (the Murderbot books do this very well for example), and Witchpunk nails that.