Grey takes his pack on a run through the park.

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Waiting for October was written by D.J. Sylvis, with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan.

This episode featured Dallas Hawthorne as Grey, Ted Heavner as Were 1 Angie Min as Were 2, and Adam Qutaishat as Karim.

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at patreon.com/monkeymanproductions.

Today our Crowdfundr shoutout is to Elizabeth Lyon and Emma Houtz. Thank you for your support!

Sliding in with another show to suggest for your listening pleasure – and this one is from our composer, Trace Callahan. Go into your podcast app and look for The Last Echoes – it’s a political sci-fi story that’s deeply fascinating and deeply meaningful. 

We’ll return to October next episode, but without one of our lead characters! It’s time for Yvonne to have her solo mission … though it might not turn out quite as solo as she thinks. Until then, snap that fanny pack into place and get back on the trail! 

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After their last adventure, Yvonne and Karo need a quiet night in. But there’s too much to think about and talk about while they wait for dinner to arrive.

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Waiting for October is written by D.J. Sylvis, with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan.

This episode featured Robin Regalado as Karo, Tina Case as Yvonne, Tom Zalatnai as Miles Carroll, Caroline Mincks as the podcast host, Whitney Frisk as Charlene, and Scotty Oka as Cambert.

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at patreon.com(backslash)monkeymanproductions.

Today our Crowdfundr shoutout is to Chloe Kuypers and Claudia Elvidge.

I’d like to recommend a show from our sound designer, Caroline Mincks – Seen and Not Heard! It’s an absolutely one of a kind award-winning audio drama about hearing loss, deaf gain, and navigating the world through changing circumstances. They just started their second season, and it’s a must-listen. 

On our end, next episode will focus on our best werewolf boy, Grey, as he gives some advice to his pack. Take care until then, keep your arms and legs inside the vortex, and watch your step when you exit the crossing!

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Hello, how is everyone doing today? I don't have a new episode of our show today, but I do have an episode of a wonderful show called Forgive Me that I wanted to share with you guys. And I'm gonna rat myself out here. I have re recorded this probably five times because-- I won't lie, I just start talking about the show, and I look up and it's been like eight minutes, and that's a lot of intro time if I'm still expecting you to listen to this show. So [laughs] I'm gonna try to condense all of it and control the rambling, which, if you've listened to Moonbase Theta Out, you know, is not something that we're good at. 

But anyway, Forgive Me, right? It is the story of Father Ben, who, to put it in the nicest, most succinct terms, he's a try hard young Catholic priest. That's -that's just the way it is, and they just reassigned him from Binghampton to St Patrick's, a new parish in upstate New York, [pause] and we don't know why. He's very, very cagey about it, and he won't tell anybody. He sometimes is very good, and by very good, I mean very bad,about abruptly changing the subject when it comes up. So nobody really knows.

The show itself is structured as Father Ben taking confessionals from his new parishioners, and he's kind of getting to know the town that way, and it does eventually evolve and tells more of the story of the town, but it's a wonderful way to kind of get introduced to these people, and you know, Father Ben himself. Forgive Me does such a good job at portraying this heartfelt and human story about modern faith that you know, sometimes it's funny, it's frank, it's engaging, and at the same time, sometimes it's a little sad. And- I have no idea how they do it, but they manage to both be respectful and super critical of the community that it takes place in.

And on that note, for all of my fellow religious trauma people, I had a lot of concerns when I started listening to the show, I was like, the Catholic Church is like the main character?? And this Catholic father, priest person, we like him, and we have positive thoughts --- how's this gonna go, especially if we're following the church in their day to day? Like, I was high key stressed out because-- I loved the creators. The actors were really good, and I [sigh] I kept waiting essentially, for the other shoe to drop.

And if this is you, and if you're at all nervous about it--- episode three. Like, I don't know if this was consciously done or not, but, man, they did not waste time. They immediately- like my biggest "mmm- hang on, I have concerns!!" -- episode three, I finished the episode, I was crying, and I was like, "This is great. Okay, I'm good. I can stay here. This is awesome." 

And honestly, I could keep talking about it. The show is fantastic, but honestly, the best way to get across how good it is is just going to be to let you guys listen. So if you like what you hear, you can find them under Forgive me on all of your podcast feeds and the website with transcripts and credits and all of that good stuff is Rogue Dialogue dot com backslash, forgive dash me, [spells out url] roguediaglogue.com/forgive-me 

Enjoy the show.

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We follow Frederick as they look for their place.

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Waiting for October was written by D.J. Sylvis, with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan.

This episode featured Ishani Kanetkar as Frederick, Leeman Kessler as the Raven, Elissa Park as Yujin, Rissa Montanez as Gabi, and Jenna Rose as both the voice and the gargoyle.

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at patreon.com/monkeymanproductions.

Today our Crowdfundr shoutout is to Carolyn Mooney and Cass McPhee. Thank you for your support!

Today’s recommendation is going to be a bit of an odd one – they only released three episodes back in 2019 and then disappeared! But I keep revisiting those episodes. B.S Cryptid is a fiction podcast about two Australians exploring the US and finding cryptids wherever they go. Pretty appropriate for October fans, right? Go check it out! 

Meanwhile, we’ll be getting ready for the next piece of our story, where Karo and Yvonne come back to our world for a change! Until then, make sure you wind up where you most want to be, and watch out for those pigeons!

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Yvonne and Karo in the big city! Complete with bugbears, entlings, gremlins, ghosts, and one very ordinary cat.

Transcript: https://monkeymanproductions.com/2025/01/wfo-s1-e4-transcript/

Waiting for October was written by D.J. Sylvis with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan

This episode featured Robin Regalado as Karo, Tina Case as Yvonne,Ishani Kanetkar as Frederick, Elissa Park as Yujin, and Rissa Montanez as Gabi. Our gremlins are Bonny Lee and Ryan Gaiser, and our ghostly voices are Rae Lundberg and Jackie Andrews.

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/monkeymanproductions.

Our recommendation this time around is a personal favourite – Back Again, Back Again, a really awesome fantasy story about ex-prophecy children, the end of adventures, and queer girls with swords. It’s an engrossing narrative by a really talented writer / performer, and you should give it a try. 

Next time, we’ll be bringing you more from the real star of this episode – Frederick the cat! It’s a full monologue following this little guy around October searching for their place. We’ll see where they end up. Bye for now!

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Hey everyone. My name is Tina Case. I'm one of the producers here on Waiting for October, and I wanted to take a second, since we don't have a new episode this week, to talk to you guys and share a show that I have been really enjoying. And if you follow me on social media, you'll know that I have been - I've been a little behind on my audio drama listening. So I've been trying to catch up, and part of that has been listening to shows that, you know, I might should have maybe listened to when they premiered..? You know, shows like Windfall, the really cool dystopian sci fi show by the folks over at Rogue Dialogue Productions, who I love with all my heart and I love the show, but brain did the ADHD thing where it's just like, "you know, we're not gonna listen right now. I don't know why, but we're just not." 

It ended up working out in my favor, though, because they just premiered season two, December 11, actually, so I was able to marathon the entirety of season one, which you can do too. If you like the episode that we're gonna share with you. They have a super cut in their feed. You can listen to it all at once and then jump right into season two. And oh, my God, they are so talented.

I love the way they are choosing to tell this story. A lot of the sci-fi/fantasy stuff, to me, feels very hard to relate to and very difficult to get into. I'm not a political machinations girlie, like a lot of that goes over my head. But the story and the way that they are choosing to tell it with Windfall -- they're telling it on such a small scale, focusing on the everyday lives of just regular people that are living in this fantastical world, right?

It's just - it's so good, like we follow these three brothers, and they are living on the surface of this world, which means they're kind of like at the level of probably you and I. They're just normal people. They are doing their best to get by in this world that is not made for them. Like, it's made to cater to the higher ups, the people on the higher levels and the royalty, those are the comfortable people, the people that everything seems to sort of be for them, and everyone else is just kind of existing? And scrambling to get by when the world would really rather not have them here. It's fascinating to listen to, and - I don't want to spoil anything, but like the ending of season one, you think you know what's going down. You've got your opinions. You have the people that you like, you have the people you don't like, and you really don't like that guy, and you kind of don't like this other person. And it ends and you're like, "Wait what? I mean, I still don't like that person. But hang on, what? What is happening?" 

So I am sharing this first episode with you, they were so kind and allowed us to do so, and I just really hope you enjoy it. It's such a fun story. I can't wait to see where they take it. And it was honestly just such an absolute joy to be able to listen all at once and see what these character arcs did, and just be instantly able to catch up with what they were doing in season two. So we are sharing this first episode with you in the hopes that you will just fall in love with it like I did. And if you would like to seek them out and listen to more, and tell them what you think-- credits and transcripts and things like that are on their website at windfallpodcast.com ,they have a Patreon, you'll find them under Windfall Podcast in all of your podcast catchers, so --without any further ado, or fanfare, or babbling by me-- we would love to present Windfall podcast by Rogue Dialogue Productions, and hope you enjoy it. 

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Auncle gives a new crop an introduction to the world.

Transcript: https://monkeymanproductions.com/2024/12/wfo-s1-e3-5-transcript/

Waiting for October was written by D.J. Sylvis with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan

This episode featured Vyn Vox as Auncle Lantern and Cass McPhee as Hodag.

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/monkeymanproductions.

Today I’d like to recommend Tranthologies, a trans anthology podcast with stories that range from silly to serious, that jump from genre to genre depending on the episode, but every one is touching and incredibly trans. You really ought to give them a listen. 

Next episode on our show, we explore the big city in our monster world – with the help of an Entling, a Bugbear, a few ghostly voices, and a completely ordinary cat. Until then … be good. Be yourselves. Grow. 

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Karo and Yvonne meet Grey, listen to various ballads, and visit the old school together.

Transcript: https://monkeymanproductions.com/2024/12/wfo-s1-e3-transcript/

Waiting for October was written by D.J. Sylvis with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan

This episode featured Robin Regalado as Karo, Tina Case as Yvonne, Sarah Crawford as Bat Girl, Tim Keogh as Alan-a-Dale, Dallas Hawthorn as Grey, and additional voices by Jenna Rose, Caroline Mincks, and Cass McPhee.

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/monkeymanproductions.

This week’s recommendation was a big influence on our show – The Cryptonaturalist, Jarod Anderson’s spectacular narrative fiction podcast about real love for imaginary nature. He’s a poet and a gifted performer and I can’t get enough of his voice. Go check it out in any of your podcast apps. 

Next time around in October you’ll be hearing from Auncle Lantern as xe gives some instructions to a new crop about life on that side. Until then, be good to yourself and those you care for, be gentle with your memories, and listen to some good music along the way. TTFN, ta ta for now! 

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The Raven drunkenly tells his story – or Poe’s story.

Transcript: https://monkeymanproductions.com/2024/12/wfo-s1-e2-5-transcript/

Waiting for October was written by D.J. Sylvis with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan

This episode featured Leeman Kessler as The Raven, Mette Marie Fisker as Bergen, and Faux Synder as the barkeep. 

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/monkeymanproductions.

Here’s a lighthearted rec after that foul-mouthed Raven – why not check out Wanderer’s Journal? It’s a fantasy fiction podcast about Marigold and Pluto, two adventurers linked by a magical journal and an ancient mystery. The way the story unfolds is truly fascinating – check it out and see what you think! 

Next time in our story, we’ll be digging deeper with Karo and Yvonne in an episode that includes a special musical guest! So get yourselves ready for that – but for now, settle in for the night, maybe read a bit of Poe beside the fire, and don’t worry about that knocking at the door, I’m sure it’ll take care of itself. Nevermore!  

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After waking up in the pumpkin patch, Karo takes Yvonne to see the Lindworm.

Transcript: https://monkeymanproductions.com/2024/10/wfo-s1-e2-transcript/

Today's episode featured Robin Regalado as Karo, Tina Case as Yvonne, Tau Zaman as the Lindworm, Leeman Kessler as The Raven, and Cass McPhee as Hodag… as the Hodag…?

Written by D.J. Sylvis; sound design is by Caroline Mincks. Theme music is “An Autumn Tale” by Trace Callahan. Cover and character art created by Charli Vince.

Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.

A special thanks to our Patreon supporters who have helped make all of our stories happen! If you’d like to support our work or celebrate the folks who make it happen visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/monkeymanproductions.

Our recommendation this episode is such a delightful one – Stories from Ylelmore! This is such a wonderful adventure that’s so fun and thoughtful and well-made and family-friendly – about witches, werewolves, curses, and a world where the magical is absolutely everyday. You don’t want to miss it – go listen right now. 

Meanwhile, we’ll be looking forward to our second monologue episode – featuring the Raven, who might be magical but is definitely NOT family-friendly! But you won’t want to miss that, either. Until then, take care, watch for bildads in the underbrush, and keep an ear out for some good poetry along the way. 

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