Episode 84 - The Battle of Stiklestad (1030)

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death." - William Shakespeare. Dunsinane, Scotland, the year is 1053, Macbeth is king. But why has The Brotherhood of the Phoenix been summoned? The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. This episode featured Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Erika Sanderson as Gruoch, Laurence Owen as Gill and Julia C. Thorne as Alvina. It was written by Lauren Grace Thompson and Ian Geers with story editing and direction by Oystein Brager and Philip Thorne, sound design by Alexander Danner and music by Fredrik Baaden. Today's guest writers, Lauren Grace Thompson and Ian Geers, also produce the fiction podcast Fawx and Stallion! Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"This will be the site of a great battle, a battle that will go down in Norwegian history, and you my friends, have front row seats!" The Amelia Project is a fiction podcast comedy about fake deaths and new identities. In this episode we take you back to a defining moment in viking history... The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. This episode features Sveinung Oppegaard as Thorfinn, Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina, and Sveinung Oppegaard, Alan Burgon, Fredrik Baaden and Philip Thorne as the viking armies of King Olaf and Tore Hund. The episode is written, directed and edited by Philip Thorne with story editing by Oystein Ulsberg Brager, sound design by Paul Kraner, music by Fredrik Baaden, production assistance and research by Maty Parzival and graphic design by Anders Pedersen. Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"My strange friend. About you is the infamous prison camp of Wada Yoshimori, one of the most powerful military commanders ever known." In this special guest episode of The Amelia Project, written by Julia Morizawa and Tristram Lowe, we take you to ancient Japan to meet the iconic female Samurai Tomoe Gozen. This episode featured Nina Fog as Tomoe Gozen, Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina and Masaya Okubo as Tsu and the guard. It was written by Julia Morizawa and Tristram Lowe, with story editing and direction by Philip Thorne and Oystein Brager, sound design by Alexander Danner, music by Fredrik Baden, translations by Masaya Okubo and Nina Fog, dialogue editing by Philip Thorne, production assistance by Maty Parzival and graphic design by Anders Pedersen. The episode was recorded at Red P studio in Vienna with studio engineering by Arpad Hadnagy and Oliver Illes. Behind the Scenes video for this episode on Patreon! Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Dear manual of mechanics and magic..." Itthobaal's Inventions is a bonus series that focusses on Kozlowski, and the weird and wonderful inventions he has dreamed up over the centuries... You can listen to the full series, as well as The Alvina Archives, 12 Deaths and more by becoming a patron HERE or becoming a paid subscriber on Apple Podcast Subscriptions. Archimedian Moment was written by Oystein Ulsberg Brager, performed by Hemi Yeroham, with music and design by Adam Raymonda and story and audio editing by Philip Thorne.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Le rat taupe immortel"... The Immortal Mole Rat... Richard Lionheart has just been killed, and two knights are on their way to a secret location with an urgent mission. Enjoy the episode! The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. No horses were harmed in the making of this episode. This episode featured Josh Callahan as Mathieu, Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski, Benjamin Noble as the town crier and Torgny G. Aandraa as the hangman. The episode was written by Oystein Ulsberg Brager with story and dialogue editing by Philip Thorne, music by Fredrik Baden, sound design by Alexander Danner, assistance by Maty Parzival, graphic design by Anders Pedersen, and direction by Oystein Brager and Philip Thorne. Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Most of the time I feel that people are trying to erase my story as fast as I can live it." The forgotten history of a Welsh prince, a political prisoner of King John of England and a client of The Brotherhood of the Phoenix... The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. This episode is dedicated to Robert Acker. It features Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Rhys Lawton as Gruffud, Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski, Jordan Cobb as Jackie Williams, Erin King as Mia Fox and Benjamin Noble as the Goaler. The episode was written by Alan Burgon, with story editing by Oystein Brager and Philip Thorne, audio editing and direction by Philip Thorne, sound design by Paul Kraner, music by Fredrik Baden, graphic design by Anders Pedersen and production assistance by Maty Parzival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we take you to Christmas 1284 in the small German town of Hamelin, which suffers from a rat infestation. Luckily a Pied Piper and his accomplice have recently moved to town. But the rat catching is merely the front for another, more nefarious business... that of death faking! The Amelia Project is a fiction podcast by Imploding Fictions. This episode featured Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski, Maty Parzival as Evi, Jordan Cobb as Jackie Willams, Erin King as Mia Fox and Alan Burgon as The Interviewer. It was written by Oystein Brager with story and audio editing by Philip Thorne and additional research by Maty Parzival. It was directed by Philip Thorne and Oystein Brager, sound designed by Alexander Danner, with music by Fredrik Baden and graphic design by Anders Pedersen. Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Toast." A story about a a brave independent religious woman, who fell foul of the authorities. Guest written by Bob Raymonda, creator of the "Forgive Me!" podcast. Feauturing Alan Burgon as the Interviewer, Ciara Baxendale as Joan, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina, Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski, Jordan Cobb as Jackie Williams and Erin King as Mia Fox. The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. Story editing and direction by Philip Thorne and Oystein Brager, audio editing by Philip Thorne, sound design by Alexander Danner, music by Fredrik Baden, production assistance by Maty Parzival and graphic design by Anders Pedersen. Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Okay, okay. I'm going to have to ask you to keep an open mind..." Feauturing Kiba Walker as Legacy Vaughn, Alan Burgon as The Interviewer and Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski. Written and edited by Philip Thorne with sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen and direction by Oystein Ulsberg Brager and Philip Thorne. The Amelia Project is a production of Imploding Fictions. Thank you to Wooden Overcoats! Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"My story… well… I think most of that is written on my face." A mysterious hooded figure enters a humble cobblers workshop in Florence. But it is no ordinary cobblers shop... it is a front for a death faking agency. And the hooded figure? Listen to find out his true identity! The Amelia Project is a fiction podcast by Imploding Fictions. This episode features Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Nathan Peter Grassi as Rocco, Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski and Torgny G Anderaa, Benjamin Noble, Thomas Crawley, Patrick Lamb, Tom Middler, Peter Steele and Owen Lindsay as the People of Florence. It was written by Jack Marone with story editing and direction by Philip Thorne and Oystein Brager, dialogue editing by Philip Thorne, sound design by Adam Raymonda, Baldur’s root chant by Hemi Yeroham, music by Fredrik Baden, production assistance by Maty Parzival and graphic design by Anders Pedersen. Website: https://ameliapodcast.com/  Transcripts: https://ameliapodcast.com/season-5  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ameliapodcast Donations: https://ameliapodcast.com/support Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-amelia-project?ref_id=6148 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliapodcast/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ameliapodcast X: https://twitter.com/amelia_podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theameliaproject.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices