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CALLIRRHOE - Mutation RebellionWritten and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins, and Brice Stratford at Kings Place for London Podcast Festival AND at VAULT Festival. Monologue written and performed by Anna Maguire. Guest music from David Leopold. Theme music by The Unrecorded.@unseenhour

ADRASTEA - Epilogue: Murders Of A Dark Murder (Shut Down)As a luxury witch, Strideforth enlists the help of a brilliant scientist, who is also some kind of robot vegetable, who, with the help of a blood-thirsty grendel, can locate... an internet nerd… who can help them… defeat?… a zombie… godzilla, maybe. Or gorilla…Written by “Angelica”, an advanced long short term memory recurrent neural network, and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins, and Brice Stratford at VAULT Festival. Monologue written by James Carney and performed by John Rayment. Guest music, theme music and live scoring: The Unrecorded (playing Europe Is Our Playground by Suede). Recorded by Ella Watts and Andy Goddard.Original release: 10 March 2019

LEDA - Escape The Fall Of The Looming Mansion On The HillAs a trashy horror novelist and a closed-minded scientist respectively, Strideforth and Perch accept an invitation to a spooky mansion, but soon find that the altogether too predictable perils of the haunted house are a facade for a much deeper evil...Written and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins, and Brice Stratford at VAULT Festival. Monologue written by Adal Rifai and performed by Mike Shephard. Guest music: Cajita. Recorded by Ella Watts and Andy Goddard.Original release: 21 February 2019

ANANKE - The Living Dead WageAs a small business owner and zombie, Strideforth joins with his local community to oppose the descent of the scenic area into a soulless military encampment...Written and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins, and Brice Stratford at The Rosemary Branch Theatre. Monologue written by Cara Compass and performed by Sofi Lee Henson. Guest music: Susie B. Recorded by Ella Watts. Support and advice from Andy Goddard. Brief political reportage (on the vote of no confidence on December 2018) from Ella Villiers.Original release: 14 February 2019

CARME - Nobody LeavesAs a group of dissidents launch an escape attempt from an island refugee camp/escape game, the actions and intentions of the key players are re-interpreted from three different perspectives...Written and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins, and Brice Stratford at The Rosemary Branch Theatre. Monologue written by Joe Eyre and performed by James Corrigan. Guest music: The Malfunctioning Androids. Recorded by Ella Watts. Support and advice from Andy Goddard. Original release: 4 February 2019

LYSITHEA - The Bechdel-Kampf TestWARNING: This episode encountered some technical problems when it was recorded live, which has led to the sound quality being less than ideal throughout.Continuing from the conclusion of the previous episode, Prestoon and Strideforth attempt to unpick the problem of a virus which could wipe out the human race - but are they dealing with a medical emergency, or ethical symbolism?...Written and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins, Deborah Pearson and Brice Stratford at The Old Red Lion. Monologue written by James Huntrods and performed by Danielle Winter. Guest music: Tom Moores. Recorded by Ella Watts, with emergency help from Hedley Knights. Support and advice from Andy Goddard. Original release: 23 January 2019

SINOPE - Masculine ToxicityWARNING: This episode encountered some technical problems when it was recorded live, which has led to the sound quality being less than ideal throughout.As a caroller and a trick-or-treater, Prestoon and Strideforth butt heads when they discover that a local scientific institute has created a dangerous biological specimen...Conclusion in the next episode.Written and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins, Deborah Pearson and Brice Stratford at The Old Red Lion. Monologue written by Tilly Lunken and performed by Jeannie Dickinson . Guest music: Crom-Lus. Recorded by Ella Watts, with emergency help from Hedley Knights. Support and advice from Andy Goddard. Original release: 15 January 2019

PASIPHAE - ManifestationAs a medieval baron, Strideforth and his wife Imogen receive a visit from a priest, but soon discover that their impiety is not easy to conceal...Written and produced by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins and Brice Stratford at Rosemary Branch Theatre. Monologue written and performed by Lizzie Milton . Guest music: Fiona Bevan. Recorded by Ella Watts. Support and advice from Andy Goddard. Original release: 6 January 2019

ELARA - The Irresistible Will Of OllolethAs an amateur spelunking astronomer, Strideforth investigates a crashed meteorite, but soon notices that his associates are behaving strangely...Written by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins and Brice Stratford at Rosemary Branch Theatre. Monologue written and performed by Joe Rizzo-Naudi . Guest music: Midnight Mouth. Produced by Ella Watts, Hedley Knights and James Carney. Support and advice from Andy Goddard.Original release: 31 December 2018

AMALTHEA - SciaticaAs a police detective, Strideforth investigates a series of murders in his local community, but the details of the crimes remind him of something… from his childhood...Written by James Carney, performed by him, Joey Timmins and Brice Stratford as part of The London Podcast Festival at King’s Place. Monologue written by Alex Lynch and performed by John Henry Falle. Guest music: The Little Unsaid. Produced by James Carney and Ella Watts. Support and advice from Andy Goddard. Special thanks to Hedley Knights.Original release: 31 October 2018