Neon Inkwell

Sam Jones is back to discuss his music for RQ once more! This time, we welcome Inexplicables director Maddy Searle to join him and Katie. We take an in-depth listen to the musical toolkits Sam built specially for Inexplicables and its colourful lead characters. _____________ Content warnings: Spoilers for all of Inexplicables Mentions of: canon-typical traumatic childhoods Transcript links: https:...

The ICS is in ruins. Friends are missing; enemies are rallying. As everything comes to a head, Meredith and Harold must both find their own ways forward. Content Warnings: Physical violence & injury Panic (inc. vocalisation) & anxiety Supernatural transformation (inc. SFX) Right-wing rhetoric & prejudice Fire (inc. SFX) Emotional abuse & manipulation Grief & loss (inc. vocalisa...

As the public take out their anger on the ICS, Godbolt has a shocking revelation for Meredith and Harold plans an exit strategy. Content Warnings: Arguments & emotional manipulation Right-wing rhetoric & prejudice Panic & anxiety (inc. vocalisation) Physical violence & mobs (inc. SFX) Alcohol use Police (inc. forced entry SFX) Supernatural transformation (inc. SFX) Explicit languag...

The ICS team start refurbishing St Mark’s Church while Frank and Lily discuss some strange disappearances. Harold’s problems just keep getting worse, and Meredith meets someone new on her house visits. Content Warnings: Alcohol use Arguments & shouting/crying Panic & anxiety Manipulation Mugging & physical violence Vicarious embarrassment Sexual references & explicit language Discu...

While Harold sits in on a vampire support group and prepares to give an important speech, Meredith and Godbolt find they don’t see eye-to-eye. Content Warnings: Addiction & recovery Alcohol use Arguments (inc. shouting) Manipulation Social anxiety & panic attacks Vicarious embarrassment Victim blaming & dehumanisation Sexual references & strong language Discussions of: discriminati...

Meredith joins Frank for her first house visit and comes across a supernatural mystery. Meanwhile, Harold is convinced the ICS is a scam and tries to turn the situation to his advantage. Content Warnings: Alcohol use & alcoholism Arguments Depression & self-hatred Hospitals Violence & injury Sexual references & strong language Discussion of: grief & loss, sex work, childhood tr...

Following their mother’s death, thirty-something disasters Harold and Meredith return to their hometown of Gravesby in the North of England for the funeral. There they must also contend with the ICS, their late mother’s social care business. But the ICS and its clients are a lot stranger than the siblings expected… Content Warnings: Alcohol & alcoholism Arguments (inc. family conflict) Pa...

Inexplicables (2021) will run every Friday from January 26th until March 8th. The world of Inexplicables can be a difficult one; please find below a selection of resources pertaining to some of the issues and themes discussed in the show. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/ https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-getting-help/ https://www.talktofrank.com/ https://www.alc...

Helen Gould sits down with creators Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sim, director Maxamillian John and lead sound designer Katharine Seaton in this 'Making Of' featurette Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by April Sumner Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner Featuring Hel...

One final question remains... Content Notes: Isolation Existential Choices Peril Discussions of: death, extinction SFX: beeps, ominous whistling, gunshots (space) Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by April Sumner Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner Featuring Aaron...

The team make it to the command center, will they finally find the Commander? Content Notes: Isolation Existential Choices Corpses Discussions of: death, extinction SFX: beeps, ominous whistling, gunshots (space) Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by April Sumner Executive Producers Ale...

The crew are taken captive. Is this new face a friend or foe? Content Notes: Isolation Imprisonment Interrogation Discussions of: death, extinction SFX: ominous whistling, gunshots (space) Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by April Sumner Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & Ap...

Luna discovers the consequence of her curiosity. The crew find leftovers. Content Notes: Isolation Amputation Mentions of: blood, toxins Discussions of: death, extinction SFX: eating, pained screaming, scratching/monster sounds Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by April Sumner Executiv...

The group fortify their position, Luna gets curious. Content Notes: Peril Isolation Existential Loneliness Mentions of: Blood Discussions of: Post-apocalpse, human extinction SFX: ominous whistling Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by April Sumner Executive Producers Alexander J Newall...

The group explores the empty rooms and stores, but it looks like some one (or something) has been there first. Content Notes: Isolation Existential Loneliness Mentions of: Blood Discussions of: Post-apocalpse, human extinction SFX: ominous whistling Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by...

Luna, Mira, Zack, Riley, and Levi awaken aboard the eerie, seemingly empty, Ozymandius Contingency Seed Vault. Why didn't the others wake up? Content Notes: Loss of Identity/Time Depersonalisaton Isolation Claustraphobia Fire Death Discussions of: Memory Loss, Anxiety, Post-Apocalypse SFX: beeping, alarms, yelling, choking/coughing Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffat...

Neon Inkwell launches with Of That Colossal Wreck, November 24th wherever you get your podcasts, with new episodes every Friday. Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Maxamillian John Written by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims Produced by April Sumner Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner Featuring Helen Gould as Announcer Aaron-Louis Ca...