Re: Dracula

October 31: Jonathan is still hurrying along.

Transcript here.

This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; Isabel Adomakoh Young as Mina Harker; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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October 30: Mina forms a conclusion.

This episode contains an antisemitic stereotype, and suicidal ideation. Transcript here.

This episode featured: Jonathan Sims as Jack Seward; Isabel Adomakoh Young as Mina Harker; Karim Kronfli as Dracula; Alan Burgon as Van Helsing and Captain Donelson; Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; David Ault as Lord Godalming; and Giancarlo Herrera as Quincey Morris. Directed by Ella Watts and Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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October 29: Dracula is close to land.

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This episode featured: Jonathan Sims as Jack Seward; Isabel Adomakoh Young as Mina Harker; Karim Kronfli as Dracula; and Alan Burgon as Van Helsing. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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October 28: Van Helsing discusses Dracula.

This episode discusses at length principles of the pseudoscience of eugenics. Transcript here.

This episode featured: Graham Rowat as Rufus Smith; Jonathan Sims as Jack Seward; Alan Burgon as Van Helsing; Isabel Adomakoh Young as Mina Harker; David Ault as Lord Godalming; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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October 27: No news yet of the ship.

Transcript here.

This episode featured: Jonathan Sims as Jack Seward; Karim Kronfli as Dracula; Isabel Adomakoh Young as Mina Harker; and Alan Burgon as Van Helsing. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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October 26: Seward continues watching.

Transcript here.

This episode featured: Jonathan Sims as Jack Seward. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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October 25: Seward misses his phonograph.

This episode references euthanasia. Transcript here.

This episode featured: Jonathan Sims as Jack Seward. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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October 24: A whole week of waiting.

Transcript here.

This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; David Ault as Lord Godalming; and Graham Rowat as Rufus Smith. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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Don't Mind returns… as Yamashita Rindo begins her new job in the mountains near Chino, Japan. There, her team is prepared to document a recent archaeological site discovered after a seismic event uncovered a cave and Dogū pulled from the long dark.

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Written and Created by K. A. Statz

Produced & Directed, with Editing, and Sound Design by Travis Vengroff

Co-Directed with Dialogue Editing by Rikke Rømer

Edited with Sound Design, Mixing, & Mastering by Finnur Nielsen

Executive Producers Carol Vengroff, AJ Punk'n, & Maico Villegas

Cultural Consulting by Yuzu Natsumi, the Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology, the Idojiri Museum of Archaeology

Casting Assistance by Voice Talent Online & Lewis Alpheus Gordon, Rain, Maddy Unabia, and Emma Pisarek of G-angle Co., Ltd.

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Project Manager (Tokyo Unit) – Michaela Kane

Script Editing by W. K. Statz & Travis Vengroff

Studio Engineering by Greg Rubin of Marc Graue Studios, Ryota Homma of G-angle Co., Ltd., Yoshi of Koala Studios

Brown-eared Bulbul Recordings by Ding Li Yong

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Cast: (First Name in Bold)

Yamashita Rindo – Erika Ishii

Nosaku Shin – Daisuke Tsuji

Hosomi Yuuna – Alpha Takahashi

Kimura Kaito – Alexander Kita

Suda Akira – Yuji Okumoto

Honma Keiko – Mariko Baika

Ōya-san Nosaku Toshio – Ken Raye

Yamashita Yumiko – Mami Kimura

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“Enigma” (The Riku Cave Soundtrack) – Written by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged, Produced, & Mixed with Performances by Steven Melin. Remixed & Edited by Travis Vengroff. Final mix by Finnur Nielsen. Budapest Strings by Musiversal’s Budapest Symphony Orchestra, with Conductor Ábel Tompa, & Recording Engineer Gergő Láposi. Shamisen by Yuzu Natsumi, Flute by Samuel da Silva, Violin by Kimberly Durflinger, & Glockenspiel by Travis Vengroff Additional Wind Instruments by Finnur Neilsen

Cover Art by Abigail Spence

Dogū design by Dan Chudzinski

Final Logo and Lettering by K.A. Statz

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October 17: Jonathan prepares to welcome the Count.

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This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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