Audio Fiction
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6 Spooky Podcasts to Haunt Your Halloween Season
It’s spooky season, y’all! That time of year when the leaves are falling, the Pumpkin Spice must flow, the nights grow darker, and the frights keep you up at night. Whether you celebrate Halloween or not, we all need those escapes that give us some chills and cheap thrills. These podcasts are the perfect antidote to the monotony of 2020 2.0, so dive in and entertain your mind this Halloween season with some audio escapes we recommend. Full Body Chills From producers Ashley and David Flowers, Full Body Chills is an annual podcast from Audiochuck that tells short spooky stories read by a rotating cast of narrators. This season they’ve…
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Warner Bros. and Spotify Announce Partnership to Create DC Original Podcasts
BURBANK, Calif. and NEW YORK (June 18, 2020) — In a collaborative and innovative effort to further increase premium content offerings for consumers, Spotify, Warner Bros. and DC (the home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, The Joker and many more iconic DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains) today announced a new multi-year deal to produce and distribute an original slate of narrative scripted podcasts, marking the first pact of its kind between the companies. Spotify, the world’s leading audio streaming subscription service, is committed to an annual slate of new dramatic and comedic podcasts that Warner Bros. will develop and produce. Under terms of the deal, Spotify will have…
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Don’t Go It Alone: What to Watch, Play, and Listen to During the Coronavirus Outbreak
Unless if you’ve been living under a rock, you know allllllllll about COVID19 aka Coronavirus aka the greatest threat to mankind since memes. Most of the globe is currently under quarantine or social distancing, and that can get boring very fast. My good friend Michael already made a list of 14 shows to watch while self-quarantining, but there’s a lot of content out there. So here’s my own list of media to catch up on while you survive our microscopic buddies. Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access) Star Trek on TV has been in a lull since Star Trek: Nemesis. Sure, we had three great movies from Bad Robot, but…
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Audio Fiction Review: Wolverine: The Long Night
Burns, Alaska is a small town with the usual problems. Most of its residents work blue collar jobs at the sawmill, or as fishermen. Meanwhile, a wealthy family owns their workplaces, and most of the town. There are a thousand ways to die in Alaska, but Burns isn’t anything more than an ordinary, slow town. It starts when a fishing boat covered in scratches arrives with its crew murdered. FBI Agents Sally Pierce (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and Tad Marshall (Ato Essandoh) come to investigate the federal matter of death on the water. Within their first conversation, it becomes apparent the local police are involved. A local fisherman describes parcels of drugs…
