The Tape Recorder Trilogy

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(1899 - 1917 CE · England) 

Who was the boy in the silver picture frame? The Narrator describes the happiest time of his long life, and how it led to the worst day he can remember. 

Based on Chapter 13 of End by Geoff Micks. 

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Voice Acting - Geoff Micks

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Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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A mid-season extra episode giving further information behind the making of The Tape Recorder Trilogy podcast, a few insights into past and future projects, and some additional content. 

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Voice Acting - Geoff Micks

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Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay 

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 (~1842 - ~1890 CE · The United Kingdom & the Oceans of the World) 

The Narrator discovered the ultimate evolution of the sailing ship, fell madly in love with it, and could not imagine it would ever go from revolutionary to obsolete in less than three decades.

Based on the second half of Chapter 12 of End by Geoff Micks. 

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Voice Acting - Geoff Micks and Melissa Buttrill

Editing - Geoff Micks

Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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 (~1600 - ~1842 CE · The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, & the Oceans of the World) 

The Narrator describes how capitalism in its infancy dabbles in mania, rewards inefficiencies, and funds great evils in the name of progress, even when people do not like the direction things are progressing with specific references to Tulip Mania, The Shipping Concern, The East India Company, and the First Opium War.

Based on the first half of Chapter 12 of End by Geoff Micks. 

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Voice Acting - Geoff Micks and Melissa Buttrill

Editing - Geoff Micks

Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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(1512 - ~1670 CE · Italy, Spain, & Northwestern Europe) 

The Narrator talks about the Reformation and the rise of Mercantilism with notable appearances by a Spanish friar, Dutch land reclamation schemes, and the Banda Islands, among other things.

Based on the second half of Chapter 11 of End by Geoff Micks.

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Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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(~1400 - 1512 CE · Italy & Spain) 

The Narrator remembers the end of the Middle Ages and the beginnings of the Renaissance. He also talks about the time he got to sit in the Sistine Chapel, looking up, as a cantankerous artist who owed him money painted a ceiling.

Based on the first half of Chapter 11 of End by Geoff Micks.

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Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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(2015 · Northern India, &  ~1273- ~1330 CE · Baghdad, Cairo, Baghdad, & Timbuktu) 

The Narrator finishes his game of famous Muslims unknown to most Westerners with the tale of Mansa Musa, an emperor who gave away so much gold on his pilgrimage to Mecca that he flooded the Eastern Mediterranean with the precious commodity, deflating its market value and crashing the economy of medieval Egypt.

Based on the second half of Chapter 10 of End by Geoff Micks.

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Voice Acting - Geoff Micks and Melissa Buttrill

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Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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Hello everyone,

This is a very short announcement that I will delete at the end of the week directed towards this show's biggest supporters. 

Those of you who have your podcatchers set up to automatically download new episodes of this show? The most recent episode you downloaded is missing the audio track for the Melissa White character. It was my mistake. I left it on mute when I exported the file. If you redownload the episode, you will be able to hear her dialogue now.

I apologize for the mix-up. I normally listen to everything at least through once before publication. This one got away from me. I've caught it before it affects too many people, but of course the people who it has impacted are the people who enjoy the show enough to set up an automatic download. Again, if you were to download the episode again, the error has been corrected. I will delete this note in one week.

Thank you, sorry again, and happy listening!

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(2015 · Northern India, & 814 – ~1273 CE · Christendom,  Al-Andalus, Constantinople, Cairo, Baghdad, & Rum) 

The Narrator resumes his story, this time with his unexpected guest listening as he works. To amuse himself, he tells stories of his time with al-Khwarizmi, Omar Khayyam, and Rumi, confident those giants of medieval Islamic thought will be new to her.  

Based on the first half of Chapter 10 of End by Geoff Micks.

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Voice Acting - Geoff Micks and Melissa Buttrill

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Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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(2015 CE · Northern India) 

The Narrator and his mystery guest meet for a second time and agree he should finish recording his life's story before they have the conversation that motivated her to seek him out on the far side of the world.

Based on Chapter 9 of End by Geoff Micks.

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Credits: 

Voice Acting - Geoff Micks, Paulette Anderson Micks, and Melissa Buttrill

Editing - Geoff Micks

Music - Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay

Additional Music - Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay 

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