VALENCE

We're SO THRILLED to bring you your next favorite audio drama: The Harbingers by Gabriel Urbina and Audacious Machine Creative. Go subscribe on your podcatcher of choice, and find more information at https://www.audaciousmachinecreative.com

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Adam Blackwell is the most powerful man in the world. But he hasn't always been. Five years ago he was just a humble grad student at Sinclair University. How did he go from a nobody to the world's first modern magician? And once he got that power, what has he done with it?

Be advised: This episode contains depictions of drinking and smoking, as well as strong language and discussions of politics. It also contains mentions, though not depictions, of violence, death, war crimes, the Holocaust, and a large-scale disaster. Listener discretion is advised. 

The Harbingers was created by Gabriel Urbina. Today's episode was written by Gabriel Urbina, directed and sound designed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, and executive produced by Eleanor Hyde. It featured the voices of Andrés Enriquez as Adam Blackwell, Lauren Grace Thompson as Amy Stirling, Emmy Bean as Claudia Skinner, and Kristen DiMercurio as Erica Pfeiffer. It also featured the voice of Olivia Love-Hatlestad. The original music for the series is by Nicholas Podany, and the original art is by Cassie J. Allen. Recording engineering and dialogue editing by Zhuolin Wu. This is an Audacious Machine production. 

Music for Wil's intro to the episode is "Physics" by Ketsa. We love you Ketsa! https://ketsamusic.com

We're so excited to present you another audio drama we love: Moonburn by August Year Round.

Listen to Moonburn here, or by searching wherever you're listening to this podcast right now and looking at these words right now. Hi! Go search! Go find Moonburn! Go subscribe! Talk about that ending with me!

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Welcome to The Deposition, a dramatic reading of the public record transcript of Elon Musk’s deposition in full. We promise: this is really real, a real thing that happened in a real lawsuit that exists in real life, word for word – with the addition of some actor editorialization.

In this episode, we enter the virtual Zoom court of law, hear Elon Musk learn what this lawsuit is about, and hear Alex Spiro get educated on how to use objections in Texas. ALLEGEDLY!

Find the full official court transcript here, courtesy of HuffPo: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ty-huffpo

Find the transcript for this episode here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/ep1-transcript

This episode is brought to you by the fantastic podcast This Is Propaganda. Find more and listen here: https://the-deposition.captivate.fm/this-is-propaganda

The Deposition is made by Hug House Productions. You can find our work at Hug House dot Productions. Our showrunner, director, and editor is Wil Williams, who also plays the Court Reporter, and also is me. Mark Bankston is played by Elena Fernández Collins. Alex Spiro is played by Anne Baird. Elon Musk is played by Josh Rubino. The videographer is played by C. N. Josephs. Mr. Grant is played by Zach Orsulak. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Justice for Ben Brody.

Welcome to How to Act Fereldan, your podcast field guide to all things Dragon Age. Join Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera as they play through the fantasy RPG series Dragon Age. They’ll ask the important questions, like What Is This Dragon Age? But also — what are the sociopolitical ramifications of the architecture in the Emerald Graves? How do the mechanics change from game to game? Is Anders a war criminal? (Probably.) Your hosts will also bring you fanfic recommendations, lore analysis, and more in each episode.

In the first episode, we discuss our history with the series and dive into Giancarlo's Hero of Fereldan!

• What's that Dragon Age?

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Ted Heavner.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

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In 2024, Wil Williams embarks on a New Year's Resolution: get really into Animorphs for the first time. Join them as they read the 54-book series they've been wanting to read since they were a kid, joined by guests who have been fans the whole time.

Credits

Nevermorphed is hosted, edited, and produced by Wil Williams. Our theme music is “The Chase” by Joey Hendrixx. Our title is by Eddie Feeley, and this podcast would not exist without Mike Schubert’s podcasts, Potterless and The Newest Olympian. You can find his work at schub.es.

Nevermorphed is a proud member of Hug House Productions. Find more at hughouse.productions, and follow us on Tumblr at hughousepods and nevermorphed.

In this pilot episode, Wil explains everything they know about Animorphs. It's not a lot! Would they survive a yeerk attack? Probably not even a little!

Credits

Nevermorphed is hosted, edited, and produced by Wil Williams. Our theme music is “The Chase” by Joey Hendrixx. Our title is by Eddie Feeley, and this podcast would not exist without Mike Schubert’s podcasts, Potterless and The Newest Olympian. You can find his work at schub.es.

Nevermorphed is a proud member of Hug House Productions. Find more at hughouse.productions, and follow us on Tumblr at hughousepods and nevermorphed.

Want to be a guest on a future episode? Email us at [email protected]!

After his sister’s betrayal forced him into exile, Lord Valentin Tellari must now face the deadly ocean that rages against the Drumming Isles. But neither storms nor leviathans will smother the vengeful fire that burns within Valentin. He will not know rest until he has reclaimed what is rightfully his.

Levian is an upcoming high fantasy podcast brought to you by Samy Souissi (Desperado) and Hug House Productions.

You can support Levian on Indiegogo beginning on July 19th, 2023 at https://igg.me/at/levian-podcast/ and find out more about the show, including full transcripts, at https://levianpod.com/.

Come hither, listener...

VALENCE may be complete, but we're not done yet so we're doing a Q&A!

Send us your questions to our email, our Twitter, our Tumblr, our Patreon or Patron Discord… anywhere you can find us, we’ll take your questions! The due date for sending us those questions is April 28th, 2023.

In the mean time, you can get a taste for the kind of things we might discuss in the Q&A in this final episode of Scoring Magic. Spoilers for VALENCE in the second half!

This episode was written, recorded, and sound designed by Wil Williams. It was produced and transcribed by Anne Baird.

Of course, you can never really go back home. It's time to stop repeating patterns. Let's look ahead. And always, always remember: protect your magic.

also: hi its me wil. im just changing out a promo swap on this episode and got really nostalgic. it's 11/13/25 right now. if youre listening, thank you. thank you so much. i loved making this show. i miss it all the time, though im glad it has its end. thank you. <3

VALENCE is a serialized fiction podcast meant for adult listeners. You can find more information, including our full cast list and transcripts, at VALENCEpod.com.

If you'd like to listen to the next two episodes in advance of their public release, you can purchase access to them now in the free Apollo Podcasts app.

VALENCE was created by Wil Williams. This episode was written by Wil Williams and Katie Youmans, and edited and sound designed by Wil Williams. This episode was directed by Anne Baird and Katie Youmans, transcribed by Katie Youmans, and produced by Anne Baird. The VALENCE Season 3 theme was composed by Travis Reaves.

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• John Westover as Nico Salvai
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• Caleb Del Rio as Flynn Velasco
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• Jordan Cobb as Sarah Harris
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• Katie Chin as Grace Chen
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• Ishani Kanetkar as Mahira Varma
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• Alex Welch as Noel Alden
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• Izzy O’Connell as Cass
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• Madison Dabbs-Petty as Elisha Dawes
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• Miracle Fonmanu as Zoe Kafoa
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• Elena Fernandez Collins as Soledad Marquez
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• Maddi Albregts as Jessi
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• Khalila Roney as the Therapist
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• Giancarlo Hererra as Luis Acebo
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• and Roscoe Baird as Roscoe. We miss you, big baby.
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