PodUK 2020

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Wooden Overcoats is a good British comedy audio drama. I’m not saying there aren’t good British audio dramas, but we’re severely lacking in that department. Anyways Rudyard and Antigone Funn are miserable twins that work in a funeral parlor. Anyways everything is fine, they’re “getting the body in the coffin in the ground on time” until Eric Chapman. Mr. Perfect moves into town and everyone is smitten. Suddenly Funn Funerals is not doing so well. Hijincks and complete mayhem ensue as Rudyard, Antigone, and their dogsbody Georgie try to take Chapman’s business down. 

It’s a good podcast. At first, I was a little on edge, but I really fell in love with the characters. From one episode to the other, there are some truly wild ideas and it’s just fun. The contrast between everybody works out and I really enjoyed all three seasons so far.  

Recommendations You Might Like:

MarsCorp. A pretty good British comedy that follows Station Supervisor E.L. Hob who tries to get a colony on Mars up to spic and span. Except of course it isn’t easy, as she was taken out of cryo about four and half centuries late. SHe tries to turn Marscorp around, having to deal with its gross incompetence and overall weird. 

We Fix Space Junk. The universe is your oyster unless you’re in crippling debt to Automnicon. Kilner and her reluctant fugitive partner, Samantha, travel around the galaxy going odd jobs trying to escape their oppressive capitalistic overlords. British? Yes. Funny? Yes. Strong female leads? Yes! Cyborgs? Hell yes. I recently just got into this, but I love it. 

The Amelia Project. Another British comedy (I think I really got a theme going here) about, well, The Amelia Project. Their goal is to fake deaths, whether it’s celebrities, religious fanatics, or housewives they’ve got it covered… for a price. I really enjoy this one, and it’s good. 

The Penumbra. goes without saying. the vast majority of speaking characters in the Juniverse are gay criminals 10/10

The Adventure Zone: boosted most not by Taako’s larcenous tendencies but by literally everything Hurley and Sloane ever did because they’re spectacular, also lesbian thief Carey Fangbattle. special points to Lup and Aubrey for Trans Arson and Bisexual Arson respectively. points deducted for Kravitz basically being a death cop 8/10

Caravan: indescribably gay but not really any crimes 2/10

Superstition: like any good PI, jack st james does an impressive amount of crime for someone who’s friends with a cop. also Sam and Oliver did crimes against my heart 5/10

The Blood Crow Stories: Hey. Everett Woodyard? I love you. 9/10

Death by Dying: the obituary writer does a lot of crimes & I love him for it 4.5/10

Mabel: in a dark fairytale love story is regicide a crime? 3/10

Palimpsest: okay same question but murder’s definitely a crime in this one 7/10

The Strange Case of Starship Iris: literally everything on this show is gay crime. groundbreaking. iconic. I love it so much 11/10

Welcome to Night Vale: Cecil is incredibly gay and has done many crimes. I’m proud of him. 6/10

ars Paradoxica: there’s a lot of gay treason and gay espionage in here, which are pretty rad gay crimes, and also a lot of much less rad crime but it’s still pretty gay. also I suspect that Timeswimmers might be a crime against something 10/10

Wooden Overcoats: I mean. 2/10

The 12:37: they’re gay. they’re doing crimes. they’re on a train. what more could you ask for 8/10

The Far Meridian: peri does not apply for planning permits to put that lighthouse any of those places & ruth literally stole the stars out of the sky 6/10

Love and Luck: almost entirely comprised of gay tenderness but not really any crimes except for a smattering of vigilante justice which lbr shouldn’t count 0.5/10

Greater Boston: Gemma, Chuck, Tyrell, Mallory, and Poletti all do an impressive amount of crime, and much of it is done on behalf of significant others, so it’s really quite gay 7/10

The Nuclear Solution: main character completely abandons the initial premise like five episodes in to be whisked off into the wasteland by a dashing rogue to be gay and do crime, 8/10

The Bridge: legal jurisdiction over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is a thorny question but I’m just going to assume that there are some crimes happening because let’s be real Kate and Etta especially are Here To Do Crimes. 4/10

Wolf 359: oh Daniel Jacobi, what would we do without you? 5/10

Overkill: are Ghost Crimes a thing? I think they should be I think ghosts should get to do crimes especially ghosts who had crimes done to them 4/10

Arden: very gay but they’re solving crimes instead of committing them. 1/10

The Amelia Project: just an absolute shitton of crimes all the time. now if it could only be gayer. points for gay santa 2/10

Inkwyrm: the only crime committed here is looking fabulous 2/10

The Magnus Archives: special points to bisexual icon tim stoker for blowing up an entire wax museum but there’s an awful lot of murder crimes in this show also, not to mention the lesbian arson 7/10

Hi! I chose to work on a fan adaptation of a small part of Wooden Overcoats for a storyboard/layout exercise 

And I’m on Instagram now!