Oh hey! We're going to be giving a flash talk about Audio Drama at Ignite Seattle 49! www.tickettailor.com/events/ignit... October 9th at Town Hall Seattle, we're giving the talk "How to Build a Neon Fantasia Inside Somebody Else's Skull". If you're in the area, we'd love to see you there!

Working on the next episode of Metropolis is a good distraction, so I'm doing more of that.

Something that is impossibly cool: WHYY just did a big piece about something my spouse/creative-partner (and director of Metropolis) has been working on back in Philly: whyy.org/articles/bea... It's such a beautiful, transcendent show in an incredibly 'Metropolis' space. An incredible creation. 🥲

Gosh do I have a love-hate relationship with audio editing. It's great to get things the way you want them, but the anxiety to get there – the feeling that you might let all the work you've done to get to this point down – is pretty rough! #audiodrama

Hey! If you're around at 2 PM EST tomorrow (September 8th), come join our stream on the @last-dance-media.bsky.social Twitch channel! We'll be talking about making Metropolis and Last Dance (which you *must* listen to), and it'll be a chill hang talking about making #audiodrama. Come join us!

#AudioDramaSunday I started over my listen of @luxradium.bsky.social which is great. Also went back and listened to an older story arc I like from @midnightmanuscript.bsky.social and attended an animated trailer premiere and Q&A for @howitends.bsky.social for their new season coming up! Great time!

Happy #AudioDramaSunday! I moved house this week and I have to give all credit to these audio dramas for getting me through the long drives too and from my old flat to the new house! 🏠🎧

I really wonder how the characters of Metropolis look in people's minds. I give very few cues about how any of the characters look – all you basically know is that Oliver dresses well and Nan has forearms you wouldn't want to mess with. It makes me curious...

I'm going to post some of my favorite exchanges from Metropolis while I work on Episode 12 (coming out in a few weeks!) This is an exchange between Nan and Oliver from Episode 2 that summarizes their whole dynamic. I'm tickled by the performances every time I listen. 😂 #audiodrama

*CASTING CALL* Not our show but we wanted to let folks know that this fantastic audio drama is currently casting for their S2. www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama... ‪ @castingcalls.bsky.social @vacastingrt.bsky.social #casting #audiodrama #castingcalls

Hey, Metropolis just hit 1,000 followers on Spotify, which is Pretty Neat!™

We can also now confirm our first week of guests, including: @citeogpodcasts.bsky.social @ajfidalgo.com @totcocoa.bsky.social @motzied.bsky.social @luxradium.bsky.social @packhowl.bsky.social @juliansimpson.bsky.social @fiotrethewey.bsky.social @georgiacooked.bsky.social and our own Mark McKibbin!

Here it is! The latest episode of Dirt - An Audio Drama, "How About We Leave It in the Past," is now live! You know those times when you wish two characters from different worlds can finally meet so you can see what happens? Let's just say there are some fireworks. Hope you enjoy! 🌆 ⛰️ 🚜 ✨

I wound up writing an entire edition of Podcast Marketing Magic on WHY so much great podcast art works -- if you gained something from this thread, this is a deeper dive with case studies. It's one of my favorite things I've written recently! open.substack.com/pub/podcastm...

and also: hi, i'm the managing editor for Podcast Marketing Magic and i write editions every other week! I TAKE PRESS RELEASES AND INFORMAL UPDATES ABOUT COOL SHIT YOU'RE DOING I WILL INCLUDE IT LET ME SUPPORT YOU I LOVE YOU hit me up always at wil at tink media dot co (NOT dot com!)

METROPOLIS, EPISODE 11! IT'S LIVE! 🤖💥 open.spotify.com/episode/05AP... After all of the risk and all of the danger, the miraculous answer seems within reach. Metropolis, for once, is about to reveal its secrets. But just how prepared is everyone for the truth? Proud of this one. 😄 #audiodrama

The end of season QnA featuring @totcocoa.bsky.social and @strautmaskreplica.bsky.social is now available early for $5+ patrons! It will be posted on the main feed tomorrow, but if you are dying to hear the answers some incredible questions, check out the link! www.patreon.com/posts/end-of...

EPISODE 11 of METROPOLIS will be going up on **Tuesday, August 19th**. The episode's name: "For Those Who Now Know What Happened to Stanley Bronfels". #audiodrama

Slightly Diminish a Podcast: The Well-Lit Sessions 35 Questions Plywood Overcoats 95ish Percent Invisible The Amelia Activity

I've started live-blogging progress on Episode 11 on our Discord server! discord.gg/sAW7QQGphw The target is to get this thing out on Monday. I really do think I'm going to get it out on Monday. #audiodrama

I'm in the home stretch for Episode 11. It is a *mondo* episode - the main mystery gets answered, and we're tipped headlong into the final endgame. I can't wait to bring it you. (He said, crashing his face against the monitor of his laptop.) #audiodrama

We love this article in the @seattletimes.com highlighting the growing AD scene here! So wonderful to be amongst great shows like @luxradium.bsky.social and @dirtaudiodrama.bsky.social!! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Holy smokes! Metropolis just got a huge feature in the Seattle Times! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen... To say that we're amazed and delighted would be an understatement. 😅 And we're lucky as heck to be alongside @dirtaudiodrama.bsky.social and @atypicalartists.co – incredible company to be in!

Something that always astonishes me about #audiodrama sound design: *Tiny* changes in tempo - a few tenths of a second added between two lines in a critical spot - can completely change the tenor of a scene. It can be the difference between a scene that's fine and a scene that's great.

Apollyon Season 3 premieres September 12!! 🌐🌐🌐 #AudioDrama #SeasonPremiere

It's raining in Seattle! If this seems like an absurd, almost tautological thing to be excited about, then you probably haven't spent much time here in August. 😅

Here's the Pro Tools timeline for Metropolis Scene 11.3 – a 21 minute epic where we learn the secret at the heart of the island. I sweated an embarrassing amount over each and every little technicolor speck on this whole dang chart. But the scene sounds the way I want it. 😅

For #AudioDramaSunday: @last-dance-media.bsky.social released Episode 12 this week, and it's an absolute banger. If you haven't checked out this show yet, do it! Already feeling the melancholy that comes when a great show is approaching its end. But hopefully the end that's coming isn't the end. 😄

Nothing like trying to sound design your next episode while the *BLUE ANGELS* roar at 600 miles an hour overhead.

Episode 12 of Last Dance is out now wherever you get your podcasts!! Featuring the phenomenal @elliepearson.bsky.social @el-devlin.bsky.social @ronanhamill.bsky.social and all the guys who don’t have Bluesky yet!

Before going to bed, having worked all night on a creative project: "Man, this sucks, I suck, I suck at this, I will never figure this out." Exactly one full night of sleep later, listening to what I did the previous night: "Hey, this is pretty good!"

🧵here is a quick list of tips for your #podcast cover art from a professional podcast marketer: 1️⃣, the most important of them all: do not have a mic, headphones, or radio waves on your art unless your podcast's entire subject is any of those things. we know your podcast is a podcast.

This is an incredible number - congrats, Kris! 🎉🥳

Second up in today’s “what the hell is happening?” Posts: We got nominated for the British Podcast Awards?! Being nominated alongside podcasts from the likes of the BBC, Audible and Wondery is insane. @rustyquill.com #Britishpodcastawards

I’ve been hearing a lot about how The Last Dance is the latest best fiction podcast ever. Well, as one of fiction podcast’s bitter old men I am here to set the record straight and - oh, wait, no, the record was fine, it’s an absolutely extraordinary show, everyone go listen to it plz and thankyou.

I don't care that LLMs love them – you will pry the em-dashes out of my cold, dead hands.

I totally forgot to mention this on BlueSky, but Metropolis hit 20,000 downloads! I really thought this show would be listened to by 50 people, tops. Am I glad that I was wrong? Yes! 😂 #audiodrama

This kind of programming, incidentally, is part of what public broadcasting was created to counteract. It's worth understanding the history of soaps.

If you like the music in Metropolis, you absolutely need to check this album by ff00ff out. They did our music, and they've made something special with this new release.

We wrote something! Come check out our guest post on @bartona104.bsky.social’s magnificent Continuous Wave radio and media history newsletter! We’re discussing something even more deranged than Metropolis: US copyright law. 😂

The awesome thing is: judging from our download numbers, Metropolis must've gotten a nice recommendation from somewhere today! The odd thing is: I can't for the life of me find out where? 😅 (Wherever you might be – thank you!)

So far, three people have accurately gotten the little homage to Akira Kurosawa tucked away in Metropolis, Episode 10. What about you? Join us on the Discord and give it a guess! discord.gg/9fMuYkzK (Worst case scenario is, you have another Discord on your hands. But we're a fun group. 😂)

When I was first writing Metropolis, I told my partner "only 50 people are ever going to listen to this, but *I* want to listen to it and that's why I need to make it." We're a week out from releasing Episode 10, and almost a thousand people have listened to it. It does feel good. 😂 #audiodrama

🏙️ @luxradium.bsky.social (01) On a great recommendation, I listened to the first episode of Metropolis before downloading the rest for my flights! I’m smitten with Nan’s heart and love the sound design and world building so far!

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

🤖EPISODE 10 OF METROPOLIS IS LIVE!🤖 open.spotify.com/episode/0bAQ... Our wildest, biggest episode yet. We're paying off some of our biggest mysteries and setting up the apocalyptic endgame of the show. Come join us in the radiant city! There's an incredible adventure ahead of you. 😄 #audiodrama

Today we're delighted to welcome @last-dance-media.bsky.social to the #RQNetwork! Last Dance is a dark fantasy audio drama, following a battlefield scavenger who finds himself unexpectedly at the centre of an ungodly conflict. rustyquill.com/show/last-da...

Audio Drama Creators - do you know we have a discord server for you? Creators at all levels are welcome to join! (Also I know some people don't count actual plays as audio drama BUT I SURE DO and TTRPG pod creators you're welcome here too!) discord.gg/Y4z3FdKG4Z

AUDIO DRAMA CREATORS Do you have a 30 - 90 second trailer/promo of your show? I wanna promote your audio drama inside the Tales Network bundle of shows (we have 6 shows!) No strings attached, just email us: [email protected]

OK – I can officially say this now. Episode 10 of Metropolis is going to go live on **Monday, July 30th**! (You might remember the production update saying the episode was going out this Friday. That was us deciding to taunt fate. Do not taunt fate.) #audiodrama