Podcasts
Podcasts I've Enjoyed
"Lillian Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, to care for her estranged mother Dorothy after an injury. Living in the town's boarding house which has been run by her family for generations, she discovers conspiracies, ghosts, and a new family in the house's strange assortment of residents. "
Type: Fiction
Genre/Vibe: Supernatural, Contemporary, Slice of Life, Small Town, FEELINGS
My Status: Watching Season 4/4
Show Status: Ongoing/Seasonal
Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back
"Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back is the show with the fattest unsolicited advice around. The show is hosted by Marquisele Mercedes, Caleb Luna, Bryan Guffey, Jordan Underwood, and Da'Shaun Harrison. New episodes are released biweekly."
Type: Conversational Round Table
Genre/Vibe: Dear Abby but Fat Liberation
My Status: Completed Season 1/1
Show Status: Hiatus
Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services | A Fantasy Podcast
"Glamour spell gone wrong? Astral projection got you untethered? Want to know why your angry dead rich father is haunting you? Consider Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services.
After a controversial fallout with her coven, Kalila Stormfire must juggle complex clients and an anonymous critic hellbent on besmirching her new business. The decaying urban block where Kal operates appreciates her affordable experience in a broad range of supernatural ailments and remedies. Still, Kal is not sure if her talent is enough to stop whoever has been posting bad reviews and persuading customers to cancel appointments."
Type: Fiction
Genre/Vibe: Supernatural, Contemporary, Slice of Life, Small Town, FEELINGS, Shadow Work
My Status: Completed
Show Status: Completed
Final Thoughts: Such an amazing and emotionally touching show. I need to relisten to this some time.
The Magnus Archives – Rusty Quill
"The Magnus Archives is a weekly horror fiction anthology podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join new head archivist Jonathan Sims as he attempts to bring a seemingly neglected collection of supernatural statements up to date, converting them to audio and supplementing them with follow-up work from his small but dedicated team.
Individually, they are unsettling. Together they begin to form a picture that is truly horrifying because as they look into the depths of the archives, something starts to look back…"
Type: Fiction
Genre/Vibe: Anthology-ish, Horror, Contemporary, Academic
My Status: Need to complete final season/5
Show Status: Completed
"When the body of a young volunteer is discovered in the middle of the California redwoods, two estranged ex-spouses, game warden Mark Ellis (Stoll) and city councilwoman (Raymund), must put their differences aside to learn the terrifying truth about what is happening in their state park."
Type: Fiction
Genre/Vibe: Thriller, Narco, Small Town, Mystery, Politics, Ecology
My Status: Completed Season 1/1
Show Status: Completed
Final Thoughts: An addicting thriller. I still think about the ending.
"Down is a 24-part science-fiction series from Definitely Human about an expedition into a newly-discovered Antarctic trench, dubbed The Bottomless Pit. The company-backed research submarine Virgil is elegant, state-of-the-art, and capable of withstanding enormous pressures. The same cannot be said for her crew."
Type: Fiction
Genre/Vibe: Science-fiction, Trippy, Thriller
My Status: Completed Season 1/1
Show Status: Completed
Final Thoughts: A pretty solid story that really ramps up near the end.
"Dr. Edison Tucker is having a very weird life. Not being able to die tends to color things that way. Luckily, the strange and unusual is something of her specialty, and Ed’s set her sights and wunderkind grant money on the strangest town in America: Jerusalem, Oregon. She’ll certainly get her EMF Meter’s worth. Between an eccentric housemate, quirky townsfolk, and the mysteries lurking just beyond the tree line, Ed’s going to find the answers she’s been searching for. She just might not be ready for what finds her."
Type: Fiction
Genre/Vibe: Supernatural, Contemporary, Slice of Life, Small Town, FEELINGS
My Status: Currently listening to Season 1/2
Show Status: Ongoing/Seasonal
"Welcome to the world of Liberty – serialized sci-fi tales told audio drama podcasts. For centuries the colony of Atrius has been cut off from humanity and endured generations of civil war. What remains is a gleaming city and beyond its walls, a lawless expanse known as the Fringe."
Type: Fiction
Genre/Vibe: Science-fiction, Thriller, Action/Adventure
Status: Completed
Show Status: Completed
Final Thoughts: One of the first story podcasts I found and finished. Not great, but entertaning for the time spent with it.
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