What We Had Planned

Two groups of strangers sing in unison. Only Arcadia knows. Written and edited by Eli Allan. Piano - Esme French Horn - Arps Oboe - Eli Featuring the voices of: Lady Renaissance, Marius Trusler, Olly Davis, Marina Verlaine, Dylan Ramdin, Juno Miller, Andrew Simons, Bronwyn, Cole B, Taylor Maimone, Coco Chen, Eli Allan, Rowan Wright, Ari Delyne, and CaraLee Rose Howe. The Fire Song is from episode 17 of Station Arcadia.

By Eli Allan. Music by Esme. Transcript: stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast/transcripts The biggest question I’ve asked myself about Station Arcadia over the years is “Why am I doing this?”. This is also something that Kass questions. How do we measure the value of our actions? How do we judge if something is ‘worth it’? A worthy use of time, of effort… If we can only know in retrospect, based on how it turns out, then we’ll never, ever, know whether our choices in the present moment are actually “worth it”. So that can’t be the right way to measure… It’s intensely gratifying that as of September 2025, Station Arcadia has accumulated over 200 000 listens. We also won a few internet podcast awards, received fan-art and commentary, and even presented at a (virtual) convention once. We earned enough money through merch and our patreon to pay cast and crew members a non embarrassing honorarium. I’m extremely proud of how far we came. I tried to honour the arcpod team in wrapping up the project as I have. Maybe that answers my question. I'm not sure. If you’ve enjoyed Station Arcadia and have the means, please consider donating to our fundraiser for Trans Lifeline. https://give.translifeline.org/fundraiser/6702350 Social Theory Sources/Further Reading: Delanty, G., & Harris, N. (2021). Critical theory and the question of technology: The Frankfurt School revisited. Thesis Eleven, 166(1), 88-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136211002055 [Part 4 Specifically] Harney, Stefano, and Fred Moten. The Undercommons : Fugitive Planning & Black Study. Minor Compositions, 2013.

If Station Arcadia meant something to you, and you want to show us your thanks, please consider donating to our fundraiser for Trans Lifeline. https://give.translifeline.org/fundraiser/6702350 Station Arcadia is a podcast by Metal Steve Productions, run by Eli Allan and J.R. Steele. It is produced by Eli Allan, with creative direction by Tovah Brantner. This not-episode was created by Eli Allan, with theme music by Arps and background music by Esme.  Learn more about Station Arcadia on our website:  https://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast

Transcription -> Hey listeners, what's up, it's Eli, station arcadia podcast producer and Your gay best friend. I've got a couple events I want to tell you about: The first one is an arcpod thing. This coming Friday, September 26th, will be the premier an hour long episode called "What We Had Planned" in which I read through our notes and editorialize about what would have been next in the story of Station Arcadia. If that seems in any way intriguing, I'd like to invite you join the youtube chat of the premier where me and J.R Steele are going to be hanging out and shooting the shit. You can ask any questions you have, you can react live, you can lurk and watch the bants, whatever floats your moving island. This is Friday September 26th, 2025, at 6pm pacific time, 9pm eastern, Europeans I Am sorry. Our youtube channel is Metal Steve Productions. The second event is not an arcpod thing, it's just an Eli moment. I'm going to be the featured performer at a poetry open mic night in Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 13th. If you happen to be in the area, you are so very invited, entry by donation. I'm going to be doing a 30 minute set of original poems and a bit of music. I'm super excited. I've never done anything quite like this but I love to perform, I love to do spoken word with rhythm and a bit of a theatrical flair, I try to make it very entertaining, I think this is something where even if you don't see yourself as a poetry person, you can come and you're gonna have a good time. And maybe walk away a little confused about whether or not you're a poetry person. So if you've enjoyed top hits of my arcpod career, like the Eternal Party episode, The Fire Song and the ominous season 2 prophecy, come support me live! I don't know if any of you actually live nearby but if any Station Arcadia listeners make it out, it would make my whole year, and we can totally talk podcast stuff afterwards. This event is at 7pm, October 13th, and the venue is DCTRL at 436 W Pender st, Vancouver BC. For updates, you can follow my instagram eli_and_ego or the open mic series, which is open.mic.night.1 Okay, I think that's everything! Stay safe out there, and, I'll see you round! Bye.

These segments were originally written to be integrated with season 2 episode 14 of Station Arcadia, which does not exist. They are unpolished, but available for your listening pleasure nonetheless. There would have been another Gannon islands episode before this one, where we’d have seen Axel and Asphodel at work, reconnecting a bit. You can read those scenes on our website if you like, but you should be able to follow this regardless. These segments were written by Tovah Brantner. Audio editing by Leo Zahn and Eli Allan. Theme music by Arps. The segments featured Rae Cameron as Axel, Tovah Brantner as Asphodel, and Aakash S as Sorren. Sound effects read by Eli. Station Arcadia is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial share-alike 4.0 international license. For more information about the cast, crew, and world of Station Arcadia, and to view our transcripts, check out stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast.

Marvin the Stormchaser in his natural habitat. This bonus scene was written by J.R Steele, Tovah Brantner, and Eli Allan. It featured Dylan Ramdin as Marvin, and audio editing by J.R Steele.  Station Arcadia is a podcast by Metal Steve Productions, run by Eli Allan and J.R. Steele, and licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial share-alike 4.0 international license. For more information about the cast, crew, and world of Station Arcadia, and to view our transcripts, check out stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast.

Our talented performers and editors make voice acting look easy, so you'll be surprised to learn that it literally isn't! This is a condensed supercut of three blooper compilations originally posted to our patreon. Cover art by Juno Miller. Station Arcadia is a podcast by Metal Steve Productions, licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial share-alike 4.0 international licence. For more information about the cast, crew, and world of Station Arcadia,check out our website: https://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast

These segments were originally written to be integrated with season 2 episode 11 of Station Arcadia, which does not exist. They are unpolished, but available for your listening pleasure nonetheless. Writing by J.R Steele. Audio editing by Leo Zahn and Eli Allan. Theme music by Arps. The segments featured Ari Delyne as Kyreese, C.V.V.M as Stitch, Coco Chen as Dyne, Antigone Brickman as Avi, Ellison Cardenas as Memorie, J.R Steele and Eli Allan as Guards , Roanna Cruz as Thesia, Laurent JL Hall as Nikki, Eli Allan as V, and Sterling Rae as Ram, with sound effects read by Eli and background voices by J.R Steele.  Station Arcadia is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial share-alike 4.0 international license. For more information about the cast, crew, and world of Station Arcadia, and to view our transcripts, check out stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast.

Arcadia brings us a sequel. Charlie and Peaches go on a date. Transcript: https://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast/transcripts Station Arcadia is a podcast by Metal Steve Productions, licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial share-alike 4.0 international licence. It is produced by Eli Allan, with creative direction by Tovah Brantner. Season 2 features dialogue editing by Leo Zahn, soundscaping by J.R. Steele, and theme music by Arps.  The radio story for this episode was written by Eli Allan, with cutaway segments by J.R. Steele. It featured CaraLee Rose Howe as Peaches, Cory Repass as Charlie, Rowan Wright as Booker, Bryan Ruiz as Maxwell, and Mike Cuellar as Abraham Dryden. The role of Kass was originated by Lady Renaissance, and read here by Eli Allan. Sound directions read by J.R Steele. Background music by Esme, originally written for Season 1 Episode 12. For more information about the cast, crew, and world of Station Arcadia, and to view our transcripts, check out our website linked above. Feel free to use #arcpod to view and share thoughts about the show on social media.

Teddy still has trust to win in the Clercourt Revolution. Meanwhile, a soldier spends a stint at Fort Merc. Transcript: https://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast/transcripts Station Arcadia is a podcast by Metal Steve Productions, licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial share-alike 4.0 international licence. It is produced by Eli Allan, with creative direction by Tovah Brantner, dialogue editing by Leo Zahn, and soundscaping by J.R. Steele. Theme music by Arps. The radio story for this episode was written by Shay Topaz, with cutaway segments by Tovah Brantner and Arcadia segments by Eli Allan. It featured Andrew Simons as Teddy, Taylor Maimone as Vesper, Bronwyn as Alice, Cole B. as Bluebell, and Juno Miller as Snakebite. The role of Kass was originated by Lady Renaissance and read here by J.R Steele. In a hotel room at PAX west. Thanks J.R Steele. For more information about the cast, crew, and world of Station Arcadia, and to view our transcripts, check out our website. Feel free to use #arcpod to view and share thoughts about the show on social media.