Emmanuel - The Broken Diary - U.S.A. version (Podcast Novel)

In the previous episode ("Russian Roulette") Emmanuel's story was about to end tragically. Just when he thinks he can no longer free himself from his addiction to Michelle, he meets an unexpected ally in Carlos. The man turns out to be capable of understanding and humanity, qualities absent in Gerti, and incredibly manages to restore Emmanuel's good mood. Emmanuel finds a true...

It’s the turn of “Russian Roulette”, one of the podcast’s most successful episodes. This is a very demanding scene for the actors, as the episode is characterised by a particularly intense emotional charge: Emmanuel, now in the grip of Michelle and drugs, desperately tries to make Antonia understand his situation. The performers are Paul Emmanuel and Antonia. During the episode you can listen to c...

Emmanuel hits rock bottom from various points of view.  Lying, lying and more lying: this seems to have become second nature to him. He is unable to cope with the simple evidence that he has become totally dependent on Michelle and the drugs she supplies him with.  He really couldn't go any lower than that.  The narrative voice is that of Emmanuel himself (Paul Emmanuel); Michelle is played b...

Emmanuel hasn't yet understood that to play a game with Michelle K. you need to be particularly equipped, especially with cynicism and indifference, two qualities that he doesn't possess. In this episode he is forced to understand this and to realize that the game is bigger than him. The interpreters are Paul Emmanuel and Vivienne. During the episode you can listen to the following songs...

Please, use the direct download link: thank you! Some Good Grils There are moments, in the life of a man, in which virile pride suffers very severe blows: it hasn't happened to Emmanuel yet, but Michelle known as Gerti provides in this sense, ruthless and indifferent as always. The interpreters are Steffan Emmanuel and Frieda (AI). During the episode you can hear a cover of "Michelle&quo...

This chapter, one of the most important in the podcast, is a turning point for Emmanuel's story. He turns 18, an important milestone in anyone's life. His companions and friends are present at his party, but there's also Antonia, with whom the boy has a rather harsh clash at the end of the evening: he tries to hide the truth from her, but in the end, left alone with himself, he is f...

Michele, seriously worried about his brother Emmanuel's condition, asks him for a face-to-face conversation. The boy reluctantly accepts, but in the end he realizes that his brother's initiative is dictated by a deep affection towards him. An affection, despite everything, reciprocated. The interpreters are Vincent and Paul Emmanuel. The songs used throughout the episode are Infinite Str...

The relationship between Emmanuel and Michelle takes a murky and intense turn: it would risk turning into a real love relationship... if only Michelle were capable of loving. Emmanuel, unfortunately for him, is. The interpreters are Vincent and Frieda (AI). Covers of the following songs can be heard throughout the episode: Sonic Youth's "Shadow of a doubt" (cover by Black Tape For A...

Emmanuel lets himself be completely overwhelmed by the perverse and anomalous relationship with Michelle K., without realizing that he is getting into quite serious trouble. Even colliding with the evidence of a "cursed" picture, he does not seem able to intuit the negativity of the environment to which the woman belongs. The interpreters are George and Frieda (AI). Covers or alternate v...

What was Emmanuel hiding in the previous episode? His relationship with Michelle, known as Gerti. A new character, already briefly glimpsed in episode 2.3. "Moon in Hell", where she appeared as a dancer: a woman as fascinating as she is dangerous, who attracts Emmanuel into her network of seduction, drugs and occult interests, typical of esoteric Turin. A period of delirium of the senses...

From the voice of the maid Teresa, Antonia (AI Nicole) learns that Emmanuel (AI Vincent-Paul Emmanuel) is with a new girl, who is having a strange, chilling effect on him. Excerpts from Lana Del Rey's "Pretty When You Cry", Thom Yorke's "Suspirium" and Sonic Youth's "Inhuman" can be heard in the episode.

After the relationship with Antonio, which lasted only a few weeks, the boy reflects on his umpteenth sentimental failure and finds himself immersed in a chaos from which he doesn't know how to get out. This episode is a sort of confused, at times paranoid stream of consciousness that takes us inside his restless and troubled psyche, which can no longer find a balance point. The narrator is P...

Finally the story between Emmanuel and Antonio begins, during a school trip to Sicily. It will be destined to last a few weeks, but it will leave a deep mark on both of them. Antonio, deeply fascinated by Emmanuel, doesn't know how to manage such an anomalous relationship, which puts his entire inner world in crisis. Let's listen to the story from the voice of Antonio himself.  The inter...

Antonia is back on stage. How will she be experiencing the end of her relationship with Emmanuel (which she herself provoked)? Apparently with a lot of difficulty. Emmanuel, now seventeen, has set out "by other paths", but still cultivates the relationship with her in some indirect way. Here we see him asking for her help with a difficult Greek test. The interpreters are Nicole and Vince...

This episode is a bizarre experiment, in which AI voices mix with those of two real-life theater actors, Stefano Romano and Erika Piroscia. After so much useless suffering, Emmanuel wants to have some fun. He is currently engaged (so to speak) in a very relaxed relationship with Elettra, the leader of Tantras (a theater company in Turin). One evening he witnesses an Ionesco-like dialogue between t...

Guided by his personal Virgil, his friend Antonio, Emmanuel unknowingly begins his descent into the Underworld through the night clubs of alternative Turin. Here he comes into contact with a theater group, the Tantras, and embarks on a very casual relationship with their leader Elettra; meanwhile, in the Hell of the "Divina Commedia" pub, he sees for the first time Michelle, a woman dest...

Well, we didn't expect a homosexual crush from Emmanuel. Yet it is so. Forced by Antonia to interrupt their relationship and to go "other ways" (see Episode n. 1.18 "Blackout"), the boy, in the throes of profound bewilderment, finds a point of reference in Antonio, the woman's namesake, a his schoolmate a couple of years older than him, politically engaged and a lover...

The second part of the story begins here. Emmanuel, released from the relationship with Antonia, is literally projected into another universe, where he finds it hard to orient himself and risks committing many serious missteps. In retrospect, while writing the diary, he wonders how he got into Michelle's trap. All interpreters are AI.

We publish here a suite of the second 9 episodes of the First Season, so that you can listen to them comfortably one after the other. The episodes are: 10. Some good guys 11. Timing 12. Alternative Therapies 13. The Wind Inside 14. Countdown 15. Double fault 16. Omnipotence 17. No Take Off 18. Blackout.

We publish a suite of the first 9 episodes of the First Season, so that you can listen to them comfortably one after the other. The episodes are: Prologue - A letter The riddle of the spinner Something grey Active, Passive and Transitive Middle One day you'll understand About Mr. B, It takes two to tango Frédéric Valentino On the other side.

This episode concludes the First Season and is one of the most important of the novel-podcast. On the dramatic night of 5 November 1994, which preceded the terrible flood in Piedmont by a few hours, Emmanuel, in the throes of a deep depression after the death of his dog Saucepan, hopes to have found a peaceful relationship with Antonia by giving up sex, but has the bitter surprise to discover that...

Emmanuel's story with Antonia ended in the worst way; the boy tries to distract himself with other girls, but discovers with great surprise the banality of sex with strangers. He enters a period of confusion and depression, which ends with a tragic event for him. After this story, the "old" Emmanuel of moped racing and trips to the river with his dog will no longer exist. If Emmanue...

Antonia's betrayal (see Episode 15 " Double fault ") has irreparably damaged the relationship between her and Emmanuel, but their mutual dependence makes them unable to put an end to their relationship, which takes on morbid connotations. Emmanuel, seized by a fierce thirst for revenge, discovers the demonic side of himself, which he did not know he possessed, and experiences all of...

A very important episode: what happens here changes Emmanuel's life; all the characters reveal the pathological implications of their personalities. This marks a traumatic turning point in the relationship between Antonia and Emmanuel and causes an incurable fracture in the boy's hypersensitive psyche. Their story, which began a few months ago, is already on its way to an end: the boy re...

Emmanuel has been sent by his parents to Cambridge for a study holiday. Antonia anxiously awaits his return, but when she sees him again she is incredibly surprised.  The narrative voice is that of Antonia (AI Nicole), Emmanuel is played by AI Paul Emmanuel. The songs that play in the episode are "Stand by me" by Ben E. King and a bizarre remake of "Buddy Holly" by Weezer.