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That Love Podcast presents: The Substitute — A Satirical Monologue

Format/Genre: A razor-sharp satirical audio drama monologue where a stand-in speaker hijacks a political rant and turns it into something far more honest — and far more entertaining.

Logline: When the writer is too much of a coward to deliver his own politically charged words, his reluctant substitute Josh Matthews steps up to the mic — and promptly goes completely off script.

Episode Summary: Josh Matthews didn't ask for this. He's just the substitute — brought in to read another man's incendiary words because the actual writer couldn't face the crowd himself. But Josh has opinions of his own, and somewhere between the scripted outrage and the unfiltered commentary, something unexpectedly real begins to emerge. He roasts the writer, challenges the audience, and cuts through the noise with the kind of blunt honesty that only someone with nothing to lose can deliver. What starts as a political monologue becomes something far more compelling — a meditation on accountability, cowardice, and the desperate need for a country to simply do better. The Substitute came to read someone else's words. He ends up saying something entirely his own.

Starring: Emerson Peery

Written by: Joao Nsita

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Welcome to Our complicated Souls - Joao Nsita’s amusing, touching love tale following Alex, a twenty-five-year-old man trying to find evidence of extramarital affairs to use against his father in a bitter divorce battle. However, as he trails Liz, a twenty-year-old employee at his father's company who’s set to fall into his father’s trap, he develops an affection for her, which leads towards romance. Will their whirlwind of romance last beyond one night?

That Love Podcast presents: Our Complicated Souls — Episode Six — Series Finale

Format/Genre: A gloriously funny and deeply romantic audio drama rom-com finale where one extraordinary night becomes the foundation for a lifetime.

Logline: After one chaotic, tender, unforgettable night together, Alex does the one thing neither of them saw coming — he gets down on one knee and asks Liz to be his forever.

Episode Summary: The morning after has never felt this alive. Alex and Liz wake up tangled in each other's world — bickering, laughing, and falling deeper by the minute. Liz has spent the entire day at his flat, charmed his mother, covered for his punch, and somehow made herself completely at home in his life without either of them noticing. When Alex returns from work, something has shifted — the kind of certainty that doesn't ask permission. He turns Liz around, drops to one knee, and produces a ring. Liz — relentless, hilarious, utterly bewitching Liz — nearly talks her way out of the most romantic moment of her life. But her heart wins. She says yes. And in that breathless, chaotic, perfectly imperfect moment, Alex and Liz's twisted fairy tale becomes something real, something forever. Series Two is coming — and this love story is only just beginning.

Starring: Chakree Matayanant and Jiezl Virmy Chua

Written, Produced, and Directed by: Joao Nsita

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That Love Podcast presents: Our Complicated Souls — Episode Five

Format/Genre: A breathless audio drama rom-com where one perfect night teeters on the edge of something beautiful—until an accidental discovery threatens to shatter everything.

Logline: Alex and Liz finally surrender to what they've been fighting all night—but when Liz stumbles upon a secret Alex has never told a soul, the most romantic evening of their lives turns into the most devastating.

Episode Summary: The night is theirs. After surviving a detestable uncle, a confession of love, and every obstacle the universe could throw at them, Alex and Liz arrive at his flat buzzing with electricity and possibility. The words come easily now—she loves him, he loves her, and for the first time in both their lives something feels undeniably right. But while Alex slips out for one small errand, Liz wanders—and finds something she was never meant to see. An adoption certificate. A secret so buried Alex has never even shared it with his own mother. When he returns and realises what she's found, the warmth drains from the room in an instant. Liz refuses to leave. She makes tea. And in that quiet, stubborn act of staying, she shows Alex exactly who she is—someone worth trusting with the truth.

Starring: Chakree Matayanant and Jiezl Virmy Chua

Written, Produced, and Directed by: Joao Nsita

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That Love Podcast presents: Our Complicated Souls — Episode Four

Format/Genre: A swooning audio drama rom-com where one perfect date unravels everything—and an accidental confession changes the game entirely.

Logline: Alex and Liz discover on their one and only date that chemistry this undeniable can't be reasoned away—until his girlfriend walks through the door and the night explodes into something neither of them saw coming.

Episode Summary: One date. That was the deal. But from the moment Alex and Liz sit down together in that diner, the walls he's built around his heart begin to quietly crumble. Liz is relentless and radiant, and Alex finds himself saying things he's never said to anyone—about futures, about belonging, about a racing heart he can't explain away. The banter is electric, the connection undeniable, and for the first time Alex admits he hasn't wanted to leave for a single moment. Then his girlfriend walks in. Cornered, caught, and desperate, Alex does the one thing he swore he wouldn't do—he tells Liz the truth: he lied because he's falling in love with her. And now nothing about this complicated situation will ever be simple again.

Starring: Chakree Matayanant and Jiezl Virmy Chua

Written, Produced, and Directed by: Joao Nsita

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That Love Podcast presents: Our Complicated Souls — Episode Three

Format/Genre: A sparkling audio drama rom-com where the truth is finally on the table—and one woman refuses to let the best thing that's ever happened to her walk away.

Logline: Alex came to warn Liz away from his father and walk away clean, but Liz has other plans—and she's not above a little blackmail to get exactly what she wants.

Episode Summary: The truth is finally out. Alex is Michael Roberts' son, and he's been tailing both his father and Liz to gather evidence for his mother's divorce case. The mission is complete. He warned her. She's safe. He should leave. But Liz isn't ready to say goodbye to the most interesting man she's ever met. With warmth, wit, and just enough mischief, she makes her feelings known—she likes him. When he gently redirects her toward friendship, she raises the stakes with a delicious threat: tell his father he's been following him, or take her on one date. Alex knows she's bluffing. He also knows she's completely bewitching. Against every instinct, he says yes—one date, one chance, one night for Liz to prove they belong together. As they climb into that cab, the real story of Our Complicated Souls is only just beginning.

Starring: Chakree Matayanant and Jiezl Virmy Chua

Written, Produced, and Directed by: Joao Nsita

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That Love Podcast presents: Our Complicated Souls — Episode Two

Format/Genre: A gripping audio drama rom-com where the stakes multiply and a stranger's secrets threaten to destroy the connection he's desperately trying to build.

Logline: When Liz discovers that the charming stranger who saved her isn't just a Good Samaritan—he's the son of the married man trying to seduce her—everything becomes a dangerous game of trust, deception, and protection.

Episode Summary: Back in that quiet corner, the flirtation deepens and the stakes escalate. Liz keeps testing Alex, pushing him, daring him to make a move while he refuses. But his refusal doesn't feel righteous—it feels protective, desperate even. When she mentions the married man's name is Michael Roberts, Alex freezes. He knows. When she demands proof of who he is, he panics and lies. Fiz, sharp as a blade, catches him. She's about to walk away when Alex finally breaks: Michael Roberts isn't just some affair fantasy. He's a predator. He's done this before—to Alex's sister Emily, his former secretary, three years ago when she was just twenty-two. The revelation lands like a punch. But Liz has one final test: if Alex is telling the truth, his last name will match Emily's. Alex can't give her the wallet. And in that moment of refusal, she knows he's been lying about something else entirely. The truth finally comes: Michael Roberts isn't just a mark. He's Alex's father. And Alex has been trying to save her all along.

Starring: Chakree Matayanant and Jiezl Virmy Chua

Written, Produced, and Directed by: Joao Nsita

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That Love Podcast presents: Our Complicated Souls — Episode One

Format/Genre: A witty audio drama rom-com about two strangers finding unexpected connection in the messiest corners of life.

Logline: A woman in a bar nursing a dangerous secret meets a charming stranger who sees through her lies and asks the question she's been avoiding: what do you really want?

Episode Summary: She's the hottest girl in the bar, and she knows it. He's the kind of fool who approaches her not with empty flattery, but with genuine curiosity—and she can't quite shake him. Their banter is electric, their chemistry undeniable, and when a jealous ex tries to claim her, a stranger's unexpected defense creates an unlikely moment of connection. Moving to a quieter corner, the real conversation begins. She's supposed to be proposing to her girlfriend tomorrow. Except that's a lie. The truth is messier: her married boss wants an affair, and she came to this bar to figure out who she really is before she ruins everything. In this first episode of Our Complicated Souls, two people collide at exactly the moment they both need to stop pretending—and discover that sometimes the most important conversations happen with complete strangers.

Starring: Jiezl Virmy Chua and Chakree Matayanant

Written by: Joao Nsita

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Credits

Andrea Richardson - Lizzie

Chakree - Nathan

Alyssa - Janice

Marcus Brown - Jack

Music by Mugzy

Written by Joao Nsita

That Love Podcast presents: I Cannot Rise — A Monologue

Format/Genre: A transcendent audio drama monologue about shame, redemption, and the transformative power of unconditional love.

Logline: A broken man drowning in his own failures hears a voice calling him to rise—and discovers that grace isn't something you earn; it's something you receive.

Episode Summary: A son sits in his despair, convinced he is too damaged to be saved. His father's voice echoes through the darkness, simple and unwavering: rise. But the son cannot. He lists his transgressions like stones in his pockets—the people he's harmed, the love he's squandered, the unworthiness that defines him. Over and over, his father calls. Rise. And in that persistent, patient love, something shifts. Against all logic, against every voice telling him he doesn't deserve redemption, the son begins to lift. As he rises, his father's face becomes visible—luminous, beaming, wholly unconditional. In that moment, all shame dissolves. He is met not with judgment, but with pure, radiant acceptance. This is a story about the courage it takes to believe you're worth saving, and the transformative magic that happens when someone loves you exactly as you are.

Starring: Lee Zorn

Written by: Joao Nsita

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