The Audio Verse Awards Nominee Showcase Podcast

Hey! This is Megan Seely, creator of Every Year on My Half Birthday about an unusual young woman who records at least one private moment of her life every single year, no matter what. Thank you so much for listening. Transcript can found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCVZYLik-FkFxUIcxUgBgC2K4O6_ibJo/view?usp=sharing https://www.meganseelyfilm.com/everyyearonmyhalfbirthday Twitter: @EveryYea...

Hey everyone, it's Pacific! I'm the showrunner for SCP Archives. Our show is a weekly anthology podcast following The Foundation, a mysterious global organization responsible for finding and capturing anomalies. From Bigfoot, to Dimensional Portals, to an Infinite Unlit Stairwell, The Foundation has a file for everything. Our shows are a mix of narration and immersive found footage, complete with...

This is Laura Reicher, Writer, Editor and Director on Aurora Everlasting, which is about the crew of the Andor-7 mission who encounters increasingly unusual happenings after dealing with some deaths and disappearances aboard their spaceship. This is Episode 16 titled “Points In Time And Space”. It is most definitely the best our show has to offer as for the actors' performance, the sound design, a...

This is Karin Heimdahl, creator of Y2K, which is a drama about love, identity and friendship spanning oceans and decades. You are about to hear episode 6 from season 2, which tells the tale of Rachel’s and Jess’ wedding. Y2K told one story weekly in season 1, following two timelines in the years 2000 and 2020. Season 2 is more loosely connected, with each episode focusing on one of the 12 main cha...

Hello, Dear Listener. This is Daniel Andrlik. I am the GM and Producer of Explorers Wanted, which is a weekly Numenera Actual Play podcast about exploration, intrigue, and friendship. The episode you're about to hear is episode 69: A Dance With Deuces. Our crew of explorers have been searching through a labyrinth beneath the city of Charmonde for an artifact controlled by Doc Taraz, nano who has b...

Molly: Hi! This is Molly Olguin, co-creator of The Pasithea Powder and voice of Jane Gonzalez. Jackie: And I’m Jackie Hedeman, also co-creator of The Pasithea Powder and voice of Sophie Green. Molly: The Pasithea Powder is a science fiction thriller. Jackie: It’s also a post-war epistolary slowburn. Molly: If you want a more specific breakdown, it’s about Captain Sophie Green, recovering from a wa...

Hi, this is Dana Creasman, the game master, editor, sound designer, and composer on Meddling with Monsters, an actual play podcast using the Monster of the Week system. Our show features the exploits of four hunters trying to track down and kill monsters before they can wreak unchecked death and destruction. This is Episode 7, which takes place during the climax of our first arc, where the four hu...

This is Reed Kavner, producer and director of Low Tide from Conch Public Radio. Low Tide is a fictional public radio news show set on the coastline in a fictional place called Conch County. This is Episode #4 -- it's called Conch Gets Robbed and it was the final episode of our first season. Low Tide is like a sketch comedy show, so each episode stands entirely on its own and you don't need to have...

Hey, this is Rev, host and GM of The Critshow - which is a Monster of the Week actual play podcast, where the players - playing as themselves, are plunged into a world where they the last line of defense against the forces of evil that go bump in the night. This is episode 18, season 3 - Crit or Treat 2020. In this episode I work with comedian Rob Cantor to make a very special and unforgettable ni...

This is Joel Zammit, Producer, Editor and one of the co-hosts on D&D is for Nerds, which is an actual play podcast set in the fantastical world of Ogg Nott! A place full of mystery and intrigue - if only the players knew it was ending. An anthology series set over centuries and spanning the globe. The current campaign follows the newly established Greyhill Free Company as they run errands, com...

This is JC De La Torre, Creator of Vampires of White Chapel, which is about three vampires, including one named Jack the Ripper, that take you into their dark world, how they were made as they are and how they cope with what they have become. This episode is a recap episode of season 2, which gives you the best highlights of Vampires of White Chapel Season 2. We hope you enjoy it, thank you for li...

This is Shade Oyemakinwa, creator and showrunner of Hauntingly Humdrum, which is a slice-of-life Halloween anthology for those of us who love Halloween, love monsters, and are also scaredy cats. The episodes you’ll be hearing in the showcase are “Pumpkin, Carving” and “A Familiar Betrayal”. Thank you for listening. Transcript can be found at: https://crownprincessproductions.wordpress.com/podcasts...

This is Daniel, Co-host and editor on Backwater Bastards, a free “comedy improv” actual play podcast A haphazard adventure with friends through space. Our current campaign is called “Orbital Refuse” and utilizes a D20 based game system and world created by their DM, Dick Dynamite. Backwater Bastards is a fully edited show featuring light table talk/comedic elements and immersive roleplay scenes. E...

Hi, this is Dave Ebersole, writer, director and co-creator of DASH, a queer supernatural noir audio drama about Dash Malone, an openly gay detective in 1940s Los Angels. This is chapter 3 of our first season. Up to this point Dash has been contemplating taking a suspicious case from a mysterious woman named Zita Makara, but he's been distracted. The man he's been falling for, Johnny Plinkettes, ha...

This is James D'Amato hos and gamemaster for Campaign: Skyjacks– an actual play audio drama about sky pirates set in a world inspired by the music of The Decemberists, folk tales, and classic adventure fiction. This brief introduction should give you a general idea of what our show is about. The Uhuru is the most notorious Pirate vessel in the sky. Under the courageous and brilliant Captain Orimar...

This is Dom Guilfoyle, the creator of the mistholme museum. This is episode 18, Obedient, which takes place near the beginning of the show's third season. For context, the point of view character at this point is a mute automaton named The Clockwork Mother, and she's being taken on a tour around the Museum by a Sapient audio tour guide. This is a mostly stand alone episode, I hope you enjoy! Thank...

This is Leslie Gideon, creator of The Path Down, a slice-of life sci-fi about grief, privilege, and superpowers. This is episode three, Heat of The Moment. The Path Down features two friends navigating their freshman year of college. Vanessa Ortega is a wealthy telepath struggling to control her power. Dexter Sullivan is still reeling from the loss of his parents two years ago. Between friends, fa...

Hello, This is Jon Rolfe, creator of The Oasis Transmissions, a serialized science fiction podcast. The story unfolds through the perspectives of multiple characters who are struggling to survive on a remote world hundreds of lightyears from home. The episode you’re about to hear is the season three premiere, entitled Remnants, Recordings & Rumors. I recommend turning off all the lights. Thank...

This is Kendrick Smith and I am the Game Master and Host on Tales Yet Told. An actual play podcast dedicated to telling weird and fun stories full of imagination, thoughtful characterization, and inclusivity using tabletop roleplaying games.  The episode that you are about to listen to is episode one of our series Strangers In The Wood where we play Babes In The Wood a Powered By The Apocalyp...

This is William Drew. I'm creator and creative director on The People Outside, which is about a local radio host who rebels against a mysterious lockdown in a fictional town that somewhat resembles the UK. This is Episode 5 of Season 2. It's called Christmas Special. It's written by Marcelo Dos Santos and it features an original song by Bourgeois and Maurice.  Thank you for listening. Transcr...

“This is Maru Lombardo, host and senior producer on Ochenta Cuentos, which is an anthology series collecting audio fiction from across Latin America and its diasporas and was launched in November 2020. We have collected over 40 stories so far covering genres such as sci fi, romance, comedy, horror, surrealism, telenovela and more. The show is produced by Studio Ochenta in English and Spanish for t...

This is Maru Lombardo, host and senior producer on Ochenta Cuentos, which is an anthology series collecting audio fiction from across Latin America and its diasporas and was launched in November 2020. We have collected over 40 stories so far covering genres such as sci fi, romance, comedy, horror, surrealism, telenovela and more. The show is produced by Studio Ochenta in English and Spanish for th...

“This is Kevin Patterson, the writer and producer on “Samwel Sift, Post-Apocalypse Detective,” a zombie comedy noir, with more emphasis on the comedy than the zombie. It is not appropriate for children and has explicit content. This is Episode Two of Season Two. It is the conclusion of “The Case of the King.” Detective Samwel Sift is investigating the sudden appearance of a Chomper (or zombie) at...

This is Maria Fernanda Vidaurrazaga, director and co-creator on RADIO: Outcast, which a fantasy-western audio drama that follows three strangers on an unexpected adventure. When Helix, the Messenger God of Sound, gets yanked from the 1980s and sent to the 1880s by her abusive ex-lover, the God of Time, she must forge unlikely alliances with two humans: Jesse, a cowboy out for revenge, and Charles,...

IAN Hi folks, this is Ian W. Hill, the co-creator and sound designer of the science-fiction sitcom for your ears, LIFE WITH ALTHAAR, currently in the middle of its third and final season, and I’m here with co-creator and showrunner, Berit Johnson— BERIT Hello! IAN We also both write, act, and do almost all the other jobs on the show— BERIT Along with the other 23 members of the Gemini CollisionWor...