Hey gang! We're in our mid-season break, getting set to record the second half of Civilized Season 5, and while you're waiting, we've got another fantastical, science fictiony podcast we think you'll love. It's Desert Skies – a quirky, comedic, and heartfelt sci-fi epic about life between this world and the next. Desert Skies On a lonely highway between life and the next life there’s one last stop that we all have to make. Desert Skies Astral Plane Fuel and Service Station serves travelers as they embark on their journey through the celestial spheres. Meet the Attendant, the Mechanic, and C.A.S.H. Register. Together, they’ll make sure you’re prepared for the ride. CHAPTER 1: The Flavor of Life Meet Lawrence Cobb. He leaves a mediocre life behind to embark on a journey across the celestial spheres. But first, there's one last stop he has to make. Will Lawrence reach his destination, or is he destined for an eternity in the freezer section? All episodes written and produced, and all characters performed, by Jared Carter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew meet a sentient plant with a sad story. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard and Phil Johnston Special guest: Carter Siddall Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Unwanted advances. Also, murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A sentient ball of energy brings bad news for the crew. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard and Phil Johnston Special guest: Carter Siddall Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: War, death, murder, suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got two more live episodes coming up, and after that, Season 5 of Civilized begins at the end of April! This week, though, we are bringing you an episode of a show we think you're going to really enjoy: Intra Quest. Intra Quest – Episode 1: Pilot Aether and Sirius, partners on a mission, meet Logo, who attempts to recruit them for a new quest on behalf of The Agency. The three work together to complete the current mission. Intra Quest – Created by Michael Freiberg A production of iHeartRadio and Astrum Media Executive Produced by Michael Freiberg and iHeartRadio Co-produced by Adam Raymonda and Chelsea English Sound Design and Mix by Dennis Dembeck Music by Trey Toy Episode written by Michael Freiberg Performances by: Matthew Broussard | Aether Mike Lebovitz | Sirius Myq Kaplan | Logo Lucie Pohl | Umbra Featuring: Avalon Penrose | Lucia Ethan Herschenfeld | Vice Scholar Pat Swearingen | Yurian Nick Naney | Kingpin Tyler Fischer | Street Cart Vendor Gian DiCostanzo | Young Merchant Hannah Matusow | Junior Scholar Director and Head Writer: Michael Freiberg Writers: Tom Delgado and Will Julian Story Editor: Chelsea English Dialogue Editor: Adam Raymonda Additional Music: Matthew Blocha Foley: Post Red Narration: Graham Rowat Key Art: Rich Davies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew meet a game hunter with a fixation on a certain figure. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard and Phil Johnston Special guest: Jonathan Sconza Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: guns, murders, bereavement, doom, tentacles, coughing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob learns the consequences of not defrosting the fridge. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard and Phil Johnston Special guest: Jonathan Sconza Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Confinement, death and bad parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The base gets a new food replicator. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard and Phil Johnston Special guests: Brie Watson and Alan Belerique Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Murders, fire and vegan food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A courier arrives with a package, and Al-Beta is into it. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard and Phil Johnston Special guests: Alan Belerique and Brie Watson Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Confinement, mind control, murder, fire and cannibalism? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beatrix has vanquished a fearsome enemy, but there's no time to relax. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Brie Watson Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Child endangerment, murdering, stabbing, drowning and chaos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beatrix's newest friend seems to be getting inside her head. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Brie Watson Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Murders and mind control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The unexpected arrival of another alien presence has the crew feeling very exposed. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Aaron Boyd Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Rose Usenica Content warning: Death, nudity, sneakiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beatrix leads the crew on another hike– and into in another sticky situation. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Aaron Boyd Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Rose Usenica Content warning: Fire, goo, death and nudity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew are having a big problem with Gerald's continuing presence, and things are getting weird. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Alan Belerique Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Captivity, colonialism, language, lewdness and stabbing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A thousand-year-old resident has the crew rethinking their mission. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Alan Belerique Live sound design: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Death, captivity, colonialism and short circuits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A hapless doctor joins the crew – and brings back some trauma from the past. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Hannah Gallant Live sound: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Hypochondria, murder, death, mercy killing, death, dark medical humour and death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Things get hairy when an ancient alien presence invades the ship to procreate. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Hannah Gallant Live sound: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Drowning, death, body horror and body hair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew find themselves stuck with a new colleague. Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Michael Howie Live sound: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Bodily harm and death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An encounter with the local flora leaves some of the crew bent out of shape.  Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022. With: Kristi Boulton, Sean Howard, Michael Divinski and Phil Johnston Special guest: Michael Howie Live sound: Eli Hamada McIlveen Tech operator: Marc Nascimento Content warning: Bodily harm and death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone! Our live episodes, recorded right here at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, will start dropping here in a week's time (and Patreon and Fable & Folly Plus members can hear the first three episodes there already. Meanwhile, let us introduce you to a hilarious new sci-fi comedy called Jupiter Saloon! Jupiter Saloon — A scripted sci-fi/comedy audio drama about a dive bar in space Jupiter Saloon is a bar sitting beneath the stormy atmosphere of Jupiter. It is a waypoint in the galaxy where all manner of folk and creatures converge to grab a stiff drink while their ships refuel. Many pay in credits, but it’s an unwritten rule that patrons can settle their tabs with a good tale.  Chapter 1: Hektor the Vector Series Premiere! Welcome to Jupiter Saloon, every space wanderer's favorite galactic dive bar. Joe the bartender just wants a day off, but good help is hard to find. Flynn thirsts for adventure. And Tau Neutrino, bounty hunter-for-hire, wants a cover gig for her secret mission. Then the gang plays Frag, Frak or Frappe with a mysterious stranger. Directed by: Thierry Denis Written by: Chris O'Keeffe Additional material written by: Kevin Caranza Additional material feverishly improvised by: Sean Howard MindSight ad spot written by: Thierry Denis Recorded by: T.H. Ponders, Thierry Denis and Chris O'Keeffe Mix sound design by: Daniel Tureck  Main theme song "Satellite Girls" by Love like Deloreans  Music supervision by YouTooCanWoo. www.youtoocanwoo.com Cowboys of Antares theme performed by Steve Lord and Chris O'Keeffe Tau Neutrino played by Beth Gallagher Rover played by Rachel Beck Murray the Space Custodian and Six Geoffs played by Kevin Carranza Meltroculon played by Sean Howard Flynn played by Robert Guerra Joe the Bartender played by Chris O'Keeffe Chuzz the wet beer guy played by Thierry Denis Hektor the Vector played by Mike Sears Newscaster played by Jill Rogers-Jensen  featuring Angela Lee Belleville as the shuttle voice Executive Producers Thierry Denis Patrick Yurick Chris O'Keeffe Producers T.H. Ponders Robert Guerra Lea Wülferth Jupiter Saloon was created by Patrick Yurick and Chris O'Keeffe Visit www.jupitersaloon.com for more information, including cast and transcripts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone. We survived the Fringe! Which means we have some new live episodes of Civilized coming to you in the fall, before we start on recording Season 5.  In the meantime, we want to introduce you to a brand new sci-fi audio drama that we really love: Broken Road. Broken Road, Episode 1: Some Chips You Don’t Cash In In a near and uncertain future, veteran Emmett Lee wanders the countryside in search of replacements for his obsolete military-issue implants. Despite his failing battery and corrupted memory files, our reticent hero joins forces with Rebecca Clark, a single mom struggling to keep her farm afloat, against the agritech giant Chem-O-Grow and its brutish genetically-modified enforcer Arlin Frey. Content warnings: Cursing, violence, death, adult themes, discussion of war, body modification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just two more days until our first ever live show at the Hamilton Fringe Festival! Here's another sneak preview from our first rehearsal. We hope you can join us! Be part of the show with audience suggestions, or just sit back and enjoy a brand new story every night. We'll be releasing the live episodes on Patreon as well as here on the podcast feed. With Phil Johnston, Michael Divinski, Sean Howard and Kristi Boulton Live sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen Civilized: A Live Podcast Experience July 22–31, 2022 The Staircase Studio Theatre (aka the Main Stage) 27 Dundurn St. N., Hamilton, Ontario For tickets, show times and all the details, visit civilizedpod.com/fringe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey there, space friends. If you haven't heard, we're performing this month at the Hamilton Fringe Festival – and this week, here's a sneak preview from our first rehearsal! Be part of the show with audience suggestions, or just sit back and enjoy a brand new story every night. We'll be releasing the live episodes on Patreon as well as here on the podcast feed. With Phil Johnston, Michael Divinski, Sean Howard and Kristi Boulton Live sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen Civilized: A Live Podcast Experience July 22–31, 2022 The Staircase Studio Theatre (aka the Main Stage) 27 Dundurn St. N., Hamilton, Ontario For tickets, show times and all the details, visit civilizedpod.com/fringe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big news, space friends! (And before you ask: yes, Season 5 is coming too!) This time next month, we'll be performing live on stage, with special guests, at the Hamilton Fringe Festival! Be part of the show with audience suggestions or just sit back and enjoy a brand new story every night. We'll be releasing the live episodes on Patreon as well as here on the podcast feed. Civilized: A Live Podcast Experience July 22–31, 2022 The Staircase Studio Theatre (aka the Main Stage) 27 Dundurn St. N., Hamilton, Ontario For tickets, show times and all the details, visit civilizedpod.com/fringe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone! We're gearing up to record Season 5 (in an all-new studio!) but in the meantime, we have another dark comedy we think you'll love: Kakos Industries. Kakos Industries is an audio drama podcast about an evil megacorporation that specializes in helping you to Do Evil Better. Join CEO Corin Deeth III as he reads you your monthly shareholder announcements, keeping you apprised of all the advancements in Evil, and all of the bizarre occurrences from inside of the Kakos Industries facilities. It says here that you are ALREADY a shareholder. It emphasizes that this condition is SERIOUS. It goes further to say that you will have to listen to know what that means. Episode 123: The Heart "Today’s broadcast is coming to you from an egg that just hatched in front of you..." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're bringing you the first episode of the Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, Season 2! This season, star Tatiana Maslany is joined by her TV castmates Jordan Gavaris (Felix), Evelyne Brochu (Delphine), and Kristian Bruun (Donnie). Orphan Black, The Next Chapter Narrated by Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany, the official continuation of the hit TV series continues the journey of the sestras and explores the dangerous, life-changing consequences of having destroyed Project Leda for good. Season 2, Episode 1: Nothing So Painful as a Great and Sudden Change In the aftermath of their exposure, the Sestras face backlash from anti-clone protestors and newly aware clones alike. Meanwhile, Cophine considers sharing a secret. Content warning: domestic abuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beatrix leads Bob and Bartholomew to a strange booth she found in the wilderness. It's time to introduce you to one of our favourite shows: The Amelia Project! Recently our cast gathered to record a "short intro" that turned into a full-on mini-crossover. You'll hear that scene here along with Episode 17 of TAP, "Bartholomew BEEP-face Chucklepants Knucklecracker" (no relation!). To hear what happened on the other end of that phone call, subscribe to The Amelia Project in your favourite podcatcher. With Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard – plus Julia Morizawa as the voice on the phone. The Amelia Project Episode 17 - Bartholomew BEEP-face Chucklepants Knucklecracker “At Amelia we’ve always wanted to get into politics.” With: Alan Burgon, Felix Trench, Benjamin Noble, Torgny G. Aanderaa, Gemma Arrowsmith and Julia Morizawa. Written by Philip Thorne. Directed by Philip Thorne and Oystein U. Brager. Music and sound design by Fredrik S. Baden. For full credits see our website. Congratulations. You’ve reached the content warning. The Amelia Project is about death, mishaps, mayhem and misfortune. And cocoa. If you’re not comfortable with this, stop listening. Now. The Amelia Project is part of the Fable & Folly Network. Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Website: ameliapodcast.com Twitter: @amelia_podcast Patreon: patreon.com/ameliapodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feston Pyxis, native of the bureaucracy planet Lorvin, has left it all behind! He’s said his goodbyes, he’s sold all his B-movie memorabilia, and he’s bought a Physiclast QCS-25 K-series ship, known to the wise as a “StarTripper.” Together with the onboard assistant Proxy, Feston’s looking for any and every good time there is to be had across the stars! StarTripper!! Season 2, Episode 3: Drifting Like Spores Inside the floating hulk of a Kor'tess research vessel, Feston and Serena find their bravery tested like never before. Produced by Julian Mundy, Mischa Stanton & Ian McQuown Story by Julian Mundy Written & directed by Ian McQuown Sound design by Mischa Stanton startripperhq.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone! This week, we're sharing one of our favourite improvised shows, from the team behind Dumbgeons and Dragons – it's Facing Fate. The newest season, Black Knight, is dropping now, featuring our own Sean Howard! Facing Fate An improvised audio fiction series that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Each season explores a new genre with some of the darkest and funniest improvisers we can afford. Black Knight: Episode 01 Facing Fate: Black Knight begins as we meet the first team of hapless characters on the "national" Live Action Roleplaying reality TV show. The cast introduces themselves and kick off the competition to find out who will be the "SOUL SURVIVOR". *********** Credits: Steve Mcflinterson - Russ More Sequoia - Amy More Hannah - Carla Maxted Grant - Tom Laird with Sean Howard as Carl Editing, Production and Sound Design by Russ More Music & SFX:  EpidemicSound.com BoomLibrary.com Sound Ideas Cover Art by KC Bailey. Find out more at dumbdragons.com/facing-fate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone! This week, we bring you our latest favourite show, Elixir! In this Prohibition-inspired fantasy, two women from opposing sides of a ban on magic unite to solve a mystery... and end up falling into forbidden love. Elsie’s sister Lou is missing. The only clue she has leads her to a Hush bar: one of the last remaining—and illegal— establishments where people consume magical elixirs. Vera’s family has made elixirs for generations at The Jaded Rose. With her father imprisoned, she is responsible for protecting their traditions...no matter the cost. But as Vera helps Elsie find her sister, a temptation more potent than any elixir arises: risking it all for each other. Written by Ellen Goodlett. Narrated by Keylor Leigh, Marin Miller, and Ava Maag. Episode 1: The Jaded Rose In Locq, magical Elixirs are banned. But to find her sister Lou, Elsie will brave the forbidden Hush Bars of the city...where she meets Vera. Find out more: https://www.realm.fm/shows/elixir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're bringing you another show we think you'll love: Spaceships! After all species in the galaxy suddenly die off, their AI-equipped spaceships are left looking for answers, survivors, and adventure. Season 1, Episode 1: Venting UHS Freighter William Mackie is captured by an Ocanar Warship that hasn't yet accepted the mass die-off of all intelligent species. Science vessel Maya Hironaga has a dreadful encounter with the Qogan armada and questions the point of a crewless existence. Spaceships is created and written by Filip Momirovski. Voiced by Bobby Gaglini and Arson Alfaro. Sound-designed and edited by Vlad O. Content warning: screaming, violence, death and body horror.  https://theafterscape.com/spaceships/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We'd like to introduce you to another new show we absolutely love: Forgive Me! Father Ben left his congregation in Binghamton, New York, in the cover of night for the smaller, quieter pastures of St. Patrick’s. As our new, young, and at times progressive priest begins to acquiesce to his new surroundings, he finds himself butting heads with the eccentric parishioners who come to him seeking solace and advice. Whether he’s trying to understand Old Margaret’s “usual” confession; parsing out how Tom can better help care for his wife’s pet pig, David; or getting to the bottom of the Christmas Eve Mass Incident, Forgive Me! explores the intertwined lives in Ben’s new community and the funny, sad, and sometimes painful experiences that come out of confession and the Catholic experience. Episode 1.01 The Simple Joy Of It Margaret educates Father Ben on the unfamiliar and unorthodox concept of confessing "the usual." Produced by Rogue Dialogue Productions https://roguedialogue.com/ Written and directed by Jack Marone and Bob Raymonda Cast: Casey Callaghan as Father Ben Ann Sweet as Margaret Sound design and score by Adam Raymonda Logo by Sam Twardy (www.samtwardy.com) Follow @ForgiveMeShow on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram   Find a transcript of the episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are excited to share episode 1 of the official continuation of the hit TV series Orphan Black. As a FREE podcast. Staring Emmy award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany. It’s been 8 years since Project LEDA was destroyed for good, but all is not well. When a dangerous genetic technology is stolen and an unknown clone appears, Cosima and the other clones are forced to struggle for survival. Available today. Dropping every Friday Many thanks to our friends at Realm for their support. Learn more at: https://www.realm.fm/shows/orphan-black Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we present a new podcast that we love – and we think you'll love it too. Visionaries is a bold new fantasy series that explores race and the future of humanity. In the year 2185, the world is distinguished by two races – the Visionaries and the Dead-eye slaves. The Visionary race is the next step in human evolution. They have unique eyes which endow them with special abilities. Humans unable to evolve are slaves to the Visionaries because of their powerless eyes. These Dead-eye slaves open rebellion against the Visionaries. Search for "Visionaries Audio Drama" in your favourite podcast app, or visit visionariesaudiodrama.com. Visionaries, Episode 1: Eye for an Eye Radon learns that his city will be under attack from Dead-Eyes three years from today. Graezen asks his Dead-eye slave for help to save an old friend’s child from being sacrificed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're bringing you a preview of another of our sci-fi favourites: We Fix Space Junk. It's a sci-fi comedy about a smuggler named Kilner whose day job is puttering around from planet to planet doing maintenance for a nasty, all-controlling company called Automnicon. And one day she takes on a cargo that changes her life. We Fix Space Junk S01E01 – Escape from Hargan IV In which Kilner picks up a suspect package and Samantha flees from the law.   Support We Fix Space Junk by telling your friends about the show or pledging on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/BattleBirdProd   Find We Fix Space Junk and Battlebird Productions on Facebook and Twitter! https://twitter.com/wefixspacejunk https://twitter.com/battlebirdprod https://www.facebook.com/WeFixSpaceJunk https://www.facebook.com/BattleBirdProd https://battlebird.productions/ http://battlebird.libsyn.com/   Want to get in touch? Email us at battlebirdproductions@gmail.com!   CAST Beth Crane Becky Evans Jack Carmichael Hedley Knights Chris Montague Rosie Alys Aaron Simmonds Krystal Hewitt   For a full transcript of the episode and content warnings click here or visit battlebird.productions and click transcripts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone! This week, we're bringing you an episode of another of our favourite sci-fi podcasts: VAST Horizon, from the unstoppable team at Fool & Scholar Productions. Episode 01: Stirred Nolira is an agronomist tasked with establishing agriculture in a new solar system, but when she wakes up on a now- empty colony ship, the whole of her plan disappears. The ship has been set adrift, with numerous mission-critical problems requiring immediate attendance outside of her area of expertise. Credits: Written by K.A. Statz Produced with Sound Design by Travis Vengroff Mixing by Brandon Strader Script Editing by W.K. Statz Translations by Sophie Yang Cast: Dr. Nolira Eck – Siobhan Lumsden AI – Tanja Milojevic Medical Computer – Fiona Thraille Dr. Antwi – Jordan Cobb Dr. Miriam Wu – Sophie Yang Dr. Jiang – Ewan Chung Music: “Adrift (The VAST Horizon Theme)" Written and Performed by Brandon Boone “Far From Home” – Written and Performed by Steven Melin “Feather Waltz” – Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod “Concerto brandeburghese n. 3 in Sol maggiore - BWV 1048" Written by Johann Sebastian Bach, Performed by the Columba Chamber Orchestra, used under Attribution License VAST Horizon art by Kessi Riliniki This is a Fool and Scholar Production. For early episodes and bonus content join us at: https://www.patreon.com/LibertyPodcast Special Thanks to: Our Patreon supporters! | Himalaya | Tovusound | Sophie Yang Sound Effects: (attribution licensees) “choke gag.wav” originally recorded by Nkzdra: https://freesound.org/people/Nkzdra/sounds/347959/ "Hardware Beeping" originally recorded by Sean Daniel Francis   ###Trigger Warnings### Vomiting, Suffocation, Claustrophobia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year, everyone! Civilized returns with Season 2 on January 15, 2020. In the meantime, we bring you a preview of one of our favourite sci-fi podcasts, Moonbase Theta, Out! Follow Roger Bragado-Fischer, Communications, as he and his fellow crew count down the weeks until their base is decommissioned. It's clever, funny and heartbreaking, and we think you're going to love it. Look for Moonbase Theta, Out wherever you listen to podcasts, or visit them at monkeymanproductions.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy holidays, everyone! We’ve got an unexpected bonus for you this week: we recorded it as a warmup during our most recent session and decided it was fun enough to release as its own mini-episode. And stay tuned – we’ll be back with Season 2 in mid-January! Spoiler warning: This episode features a new character from Season 2! Episode Transcript Starring Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Sean Howard and Phil Johnston Sound design: Eli McIlveen Cover art: David Demaret Announcers: Marisa King and Michael Howie Content warning: violence and death. Join us on Patreon for early access to future episodes and bonus content at patreon.com/civilizedpod Play the interactive backstory at civilizedpod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Humanity’s last hope to find and settle a new world. A small terraforming fleet sets out to prepare a lifeless planet for the colony ships sure to follow in their wake. Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Mbula Enobong and Sean Howard. Sound design: Eli McIlveen Cover art: David Demaret Announcers: Marisa King and Michael Howie Join us on Patreon for early access to future episodes and bonus content at patreon.com/civilizedpod Play the interactive backstory at civilizedpod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices