Emmanuel's Diary - Podcast Novel (Fourth Season)

The third part of Emmanuel's story begins here: it's the most delicate and crucial one. Fresh from an experience as intense as it was devastating with Michelle K., who introduced him to drugs, the boy finds his health seriously compromised. During the period of his illness and his convalescence, he has the opportunity to seriously reflect on his situation and make important decisions for his futur...

Season 2 Index: The Rabbit Hole Going Other Ways Moon in Hell That is, precisely at the level Ode to Jealousy Air Pockets Weeds Great The Perfect Metaphor Michelle K. Like an Angel Can We Talk? Some Good Girls Happy Birthday, Emmanuel Accidents On The Road Compulsive Liar Russian Roulette Very Sexy Prince Alpha Male Game Over Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here is an INDEX of all the episodes of Season One, set in 1994 with Emmanuel sixteen years old, each with a clickable link: 1. Prologue - A letter 2. The riddle of the spinner 3. Something grey 4. Active, passive and transitive middle 5. One day you'll understand 6. About Mister B. 7. It takes two to tango 8. Frédéric Valentino 9. On the other side 10. Some good guys 11. Timing 12. Alternative th...

We have reached the end of Season Two. Gambling your life upside or tails is always dangerous, however adventurous and fascinating it may appear, and can also jeopardize your physical health. Emmanuel is forced to find out now. The interpreters are Paul Emmanuel and Anthony (AI). During the episode you can hear songs by Michael Land taken from "The Secret of Monkey Island", "Gouge away" by the Pix...

Emmanuel, like Guybrush Threepwood from Monkey Island, goes through his adventures to find himself, the man he would like to be and isn't: an Alpha Male. At this moment he has one beside him, Carlos, with whom he isn't sure what kind of relationship to establish. The interpreters are Paul Emmanuel, Anthony, Marla and Jane (AI). During the episode you can listen to the following songs live: "Morna...

Emmanuel, destabilized by his relationship with Gerti, has found refuge in Carlos and his sister Mayra, but the matter is taking an unpredictable turn. Or perhaps not even too unpredictable, considering the amorous bulimia of our protagonist. The result is that the boy no longer understands who he is and what he wants. The interpreters are Paul Emmanuel and Anthony (AI). During the episode you can...

Let's tell the truth: we had the impression, during the previous episode ("Russian Roulette"), that Emmanuel's story was about to end tragically. But the boy has many resources and, with a bit of luck, manages to get back up. Just when he thinks he can no longer free himself from his addiction to Michelle, Emmanuel meets an unexpected ally in the person he least expected: Carlos. The man turns out...

For this episode, one of the most important and dramatic of the novel-diary, we experimented, especially for Emmanuel's voice, with state-of-the-art AI, which never recites the same line in the same way, resulting in unpredictable and very creative. The narrative voice is Antonia's again. Too late Emmanuel realizes that he is playing a very dangerous game, which could cost him his life. The boy de...

In this episode Emmanuel really 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 (AI Steffan Emmanuel)...

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 George and Frieda (AI). During the episode you can listen to the following songs: "Galaxy" and...

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 forced to admit...

Please, use the direct download link: thank you! Certe brave ragazze 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" by The B...

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-Paul Emmanuel and Steffan (AI). The songs used throughout the episode are Infinite...

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 Paul Emmanuel 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 Blue Gir...

Emmanuel is completely overwhelmed by the perverse and anomalous relationship with Michelle K. called Gerti, without realizing that he is getting himself into quite serious trouble. He does not seem able to understand, even when faced with the evidence of a "cursed" painting, the negativity of the environment of the magical Turin to which the woman belongs. Humiliated by her, he finds a way to tak...

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 with trag...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Vincen...

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 interprete...

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 Vincent (AI). I...

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 destined to ha...

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 of music like him. In this co...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.