The Tape Recorder Trilogy

Send us Fan Mail ( ~1190 - ~1170 BCE · The Aegean) T he Narrator talks about the truth as he remembers it behind The Iliad and The Odyssey based on the time he spent with people whose legends have been told and retold for more than three thousand years now.   Based on Chapter 14 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a questio...

Send us Fan Mail ( 1190 BCE · The Aegean) The Narrator talks about the small, unknowing part he played in setting off what would be remembered as the Trojan War.   Based on Chapter 13 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey . For more, visit my podcast website and personal website .   Follow...

Send us Fan Mail  ( ~1210 BCE · Eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea, & Parts in Between) The Narrator talks about the Bronze Age's Black Sea tin trade, and a memorable business deal with a powerful man among the Cimmerians, one of the many Steppe peoples who lived along the southern coast of what is now Ukraine.   Based on Chapter 12 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell...

Send us Fan Mail ( ~1600 BCE · Crete & the Aegean) The Narrator talks about the volcanic eruption of modern-day Santorini, and the tsunami that destroyed what today is called the Minoan civilization.   Based on Chapter 10 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . For more information on this events in this week's episode than could be delivered in the narrative structure of the story, here is a link...

Send us Fan Mail ( ~1650 BCE · Crete, the Aegean, & the Eastern Mediterranean) The Narrator tells of the fateful flight of Icarus, son of Daedalus, brother of Iapyx, and spurned suitor of Ariadne. It bears little resemblance to what Greek myth-makers would conjure up in centuries still to come.   Based on Chapter 10 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourse...

Send us Fan Mail ( ~1650 BCE · Crete, the Aegean, and the Eastern Mediterranean) The Narrator tells of the early days of his friendship with Daedalus and his sons Icarus and Iapyx, who are not as the myths remember them.  Based on Chapter 9 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Please note: The ending is a deliberate editing choice, not an error. Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit...

Send us Fan Mail A mid-season extra episode offering some updates and background on the podcast, a brief overview of other 'immortal human being' IPs including The Man from Earth, The Highlander, and The Boat of a Million Years, and ideas for future bonus content. Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey . For m...

Send us Fan Mail ( 2015 CE · Northern India) The Narrator explains how he came to purchase a tape recorder.  Based on Chapter 8 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey . For more, visit my podcast website and personal website .   Follow me on Bluesky .   Follow me on Substack . Join my Faceb...

Send us Fan Mail  ( ~2580 BCE · Egypt & the Southeastern Mediterranean) The Narrator helps his friend deliver the first magician's performance remembered to this day. Based on Chapter 8 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . For more information about Dedi and his performance, here's a link to a Wikipedia article about him. To see an adaptation of the swapping heads trick, here is Ali Cook ap...

Send us Fan Mail ( ~2600 BCE · The Aegean & the Eastern Mediterranean) The Narrator saves a prodigy from an angry mob and begins a lifelong friendship.  Based on Chapter 6 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey . For more, visit my podcast website and personal website .   Follow me on B...

Send us Fan Mail ( ~3000 - ~2700 BCE · Central Europe, the Adriatic, & the Aegean) The Narrator finds a way to support the family he needs to abandon before they find out he is immortal. In doing so, he finds a new way of living that will take him on adventures for many centuries still to come.  Based on Chapter 5 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself...

Send us Fan Mail ( Date Unknown to ~3000 BCE · Western Europe & Parts Unknown) The Narrator talks about Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe, and how getting the gods involved in one's love life can be a frustrating thing in the long run.  Based on Chapter 4 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this sh...

Send us Fan Mail ( Date Unknown · Southern Wales) The Narrator talks about his first wife, his father, and how the ending of their story was —unbeknownst to him— only the very start of his own.  Based on Chapter 3 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey . For more, visit my podcast website a...

Send us Fan Mail ( Date Unknown · Southern Wales) The Narrator talks about his first life, and how he and his people lived when the world was young and cold. Based on Chapter 2 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey . For more, visit my podcast website and personal website .   Follow me on...

Send us Fan Mail ( 2015 CE · Northern India)  The Narrator turns on the tape recorder and explains himself.  Based on the Intro and Chapter 1 of Beginning by Geoff Micks . Enjoying the show? Tell us a little about yourself, submit a comment, and/or ask a question through this short survey . For more, visit my podcast website and personal website .   Follow me on Bluesky .   Follow me on Substack ....

Send us Fan Mail In 2015, a man who has been alive since the last Ice Age bought a tape recorder, and over the course of three days he dictated his life story as fast as he could while waiting for a woman to visit who he believes will finally be the death of him. Based on the novels Beginning, Middle, and End written by Geoff Micks, this podcast is a work of historical fiction spanning from the ve...