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Ep.23 Universal Virtual AssistantIt's time for our grand finale for Season 3!On the eve of one of the biggest product launches of all time - Mindfield Enterprises stand on a precipice. Success will change the modern technical landscape forever more. Failure will result in the bankrupting of the entire company.But at the eleventh hour, a strange glitch is detected - possibly even a maliciously calculated act of sabotage! The last hope against financial ruin are two technicians in a race against time to get everything back on track...Written by Jim CoganStarringKat McQueen as SuzieJim Cogan as PaulJoe Kilcar as MichaelJohn Kennard as DenyBrandon Gamblin as SheldonAntonio Ferrara as Zany BillJamison "Marrow" Johnson as The UVA Welcome Botand The Business BotRalph Duke as The Banking CustomerCisco de Guzman as The Presidential AidStephen Newhand as The President of the United States.Production and Sound design were by Jim CoganMusic by Jim CoganSound effects and incidental music were licensed from Envato ElementsIf you’re enjoying the show, please do like and subscribe, and leave us nice feedback and reviews wherever you get podcasts. And please do check out our website atSNWASOT.comAnd follow us on Xx.com/SNWASOTThanks for listening.
Ep.22 Et Ibi I StetitA lone astronaut finds himself stranded on a cold, unforgiving ice planet and is forced to confront the prospect of his own mortality.Adapted from an original short story by Elliott CoganAdapted for Audio Drama by Jim CoganStarringBrandon Gamblin as Capt. David WestProduction and Sound design were by Jim CoganMusic by Jim Cogan*With one additional track composed by Wesley Bosch/TAE(https://www.youtube.com/@TAEINT)Sound effects and incidental music were licensed from Envato ElementsIf you’re enjoying the show, please do like and subscribe, and leave us nice feedback and reviews wherever you get podcasts. And please do check out our website atSNWASOT.comAnd follow us on Xx.com/SNWASOTThanks for listening.
Ep.21 Call of the SirensAll is not going well for the crew of the aging salvage vessel, The Kayleigh. It's been slim pickings of late, and that drop in income has led to corners being cut, and the ship is having to be gently limped back to the nearest spaceport after it's navigation AI has to be taken offline.Divisions are also running deep and tempers hot among the crew. But as they attempt to manually navigate a notoriously unstable region of the sector, a mystery signal is detected - a distress call from a stranded vessel, promising wealth and fortune for any would-be rescuers. But is it worth the risk? And is it just too good to be true?Written by Jim CoganAnd starredTalie Tenna as ElliottJoe Kilcar as AndrewsStephen Newhand as BellowsKat McQueen as ReedBrandon Gamblin as TitasRoberta Jackson as HarperProduction and Sound design were by Jim CoganMusic by Jim CoganSound effects and incidental music were licensed from Envato ElementsIf you’re enjoying the show, please do like and subscribe, and leave us nice feedback and reviews wherever you get podcasts. And please do check out our website atSNWASOT.comAnd follow us on Xx.com/SNWASOTUntil next time, Thanks for listening.
Episode 20 - Dinner with the CaptainA free, all-expenses-paid, luxury cruise on the most prestigious Starliner ever built. Too good to be true, right? Was written by Antonio FerraraAnd starredJamison "Marrow" Johnson as AidenAntonio Ferrara as BrettMarie Grace as HannahRalph Duke as Captain SterlingBrandon Gamblin as The BartenderCisco de Guzman as GusWojciech Matras as The Crew MemberandLauren Deakin as The PA VoiceProduction and Sound design were by Jim CoganMusic by Jim CoganSound effects and incidental music were licensed from Envato ElementsIf you’re enjoying the show, please do like and subscribe, and leave us nice feedback and reviews wherever you get podcasts. And please do check out our website atSNWASOT.comAnd follow us on Xx.com/SNWASOTUntil next time, Thanks for listening.
Episode 19 - HomeA Heart-breaking story of a final, long distance communication between Mikaela, escaping a worn-torn planet in the final ship to depart, and Mason, her love that she was forced to leave behind. Written by Rae Summers + AlyxAnd starredAnna Gasecka as MikaelaJoe Kilcar as MasonStephen Newhand as The CaptainWojciech Matras as The System UIBrandon Gamblin as Security GuardProduction and Sound design were by Jim CoganMusic by Jim CoganSound effects and incidental music were licensed from Envato ElementsIf you’re enjoying the show, please do like and subscribe, and leave us nice feedback and reviews wherever you get podcasts. And please do check out our website atSNWASOT.comAnd follow us on Xx.com/SNWASOTUntil next time, Thanks for listening.
Ep.18 MaroonedA heavy night of partying. Waking up in a strange place. You find you've mislaid your spaceship. Happens all the time, right?---------------------------------------------------Episode 18 - MaroonedWritten by Stephen Newhandand starredStephen Newhand as ChrisNick Ben Wong as JerryKat McQueen as KathleenCisco De Guzman as BuzzAnna Gasecka as Agent InezRobert Jackson as Agent AmentJoe Kilcar as KurtBrandon Gamblin as Fat EddieLauren Deakin as CourtneyRalph Duke as Little DaveJim Cogan as Agent McCreadyKaleb Dethridge as AndrewAnd a special guest cameo by Adam Buckley, star of A Dose of Buckley, as Chad and the CabbieCheck out more of Adam's work at;www.adoseofbuckley.comhttps://x.com/ADoseofBuckleyhttps://www.facebook.com/ADoseofBuckley-----------------------------Production and Sound design were by Jim CoganMusic by Jim CoganSound effects and incidental music were licensed from Envato ElementsIf you’re enjoying the show, please do like and subscribe, and leave us nice feedback and reviews wherever you get podcasts. And please do check out our website atSNWASOT.comAnd follow us on Xx.com/SNWASOTUntil next time, Thanks for listening.
Ep.17 The Office ApocalypseIt began as just another day for a downtrodden, lowly office employee. But a chain of events was about to strike at the heart of his workplace that would have catastrophic consequences.For the entire world...---------------------------------------------------Episode 17 – The Office ApocalypseWritten by Jim CoganCastJim Cogan as JamieLauren Deakin as JaneMarie Grace as GloriaYair Ziv-Av as DarrenKat McQueen as HelenJohn Kennard as BrianJoe Kilcar as BobRalph Duke as the Radio Announcer-----------------------------Production and Sound design were by Jim CoganMusic by Jim CoganSound effects and incidental music were licensed from Envato ElementsIf you’re enjoying the show, please do like and subscribe, and leave us nice feedback and reviews wherever you get podcasts. And please do check out our website atSNWASOT.comAnd follow us on Xx.com/SNWASOTUntil next time, Thanks for listening.
Episode 16 - Single Point of Failure
A farcical Sci-Fi comedy crime caper.
It was supposed to be a simple kidnapping. But when a hapless criminal gang ends up abducting the wrong man by mistake, everything begins to fall apart.
Written by Jim Cogan
And starred
John Kennard as Chief
Stephen Newhand as Bungle
Jim Cogan as Tech
Wojciech Matras as Wheels
Joe Kilcar as Dobbs
Lauren Deakin as Charity
Paul Lawley-Jones as Elon Carver
Kaleb Deatherage as the Journalist
Cisco de Guzman as the SWAT Team Officer
Kingre32X as the News Announcer
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 15 - A Long Way From Home
A family road trip to Florida for Timothy, his pregnant wife, Margo, and their young son, Tommy, turns into a nightmare as Timothy begins to suffer increasingly vivid visions. Perhaps these are not simple hallucinations after all...
Written by Stephen Newhand
And starred
Stephen Newhand as Timothy
Ronni Ng as Margo
Tallie Tenna as Rian
Marie Grace as the Nurse
CD as Tommy
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 14 - The Beast From Uranus
An authentically produced comedy parody of a 1950s Sci-Fi Radio Play, complete with crackly audio, outdated sexist attitudes, gratuitous mansplaining, and loaded to the gunwales with as many innuendos as we could manage.
The crew of the USS Penetrator, the most advanced spaceship ever built, undertake their maiden voyage - to probe Uranus for signs of an incredible energy source that could revolutionise human technology.
But they find something far more dangerous waiting for them in the murky depths of Uranus...
Written by Jim Cogan
With editing and proofing by Paul Lawley-Jones
And starred
Cisco de Guzman as Major Lance Morrison
Stephen Newhand as Lt Gordon Gordy Bennett
John Kennard as Professor Godfrey McBrainious and the Radio Announcer
Marie Grace as Penny
Nathanael Lipidarov as General Hoover
Alexis Parker as the Ship’s Computer
Joe Kilcar as the Scatalon Alien
Kat McQueen as the Spaceport Announcer
Jim Cogan as the Beast From Uranus
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 13 - Outpost Alpha
A leading astral surveying team lands what they think will be a high value/easy money gig at a research facility on a remote asteroid.
But things are about to take a sinister twist...
Written by Stephen Newhand
And starred
Antonio Fererra as Finn
Cisco de Guzman as James
Stephen Newhand as Kirk
Kat McQueen as Naomi
Casey Cole as Delphine
John Kennard as Melvin
Paul Langley-Jones as Clive
Joe Kilcar as Johan Garlock
Jim Cogan as Sebastion Frank
Lauren Deakin as the News Reader
Wojciech Matras as the Overhead Announcer
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 12 - Game Night
A group of friends meet in a VR gaming space to try out a legendary unfinished game - reputed to be cursed.
But once inside, it's clear that the three sinister NPC hosts and the virtual remnant of the game's creator have no intention of letting them leave...
Written by Noelle R. Mackenzie G. and Alyx
And starred
Nathanael Lipidarov as Charlie
Stephen Newhand as Mike
Marie Grace as Diana
Casey Cole as Eddie
Alex Huynh as Casper
Cisco de Guzman as Terry and the automated Voice AI.
Anna Gasecka as Rachel
Lauren Deakin as Esper
Jim Cogan as C-Rom
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 11 – Just Another Day in the Big Apple
An extraordinary day in the life of a diverse range of individuals, on the day the aliens finally came to visit Earth...
Written by Jim Cogan
And starred
Tallie Tenna as Steve
Joe Kilcar as Rod Teller
Stephen Newhand as The President, Pastor Jordan and Jazz
Alexis Parker as Presidential Aid 1
Kat McQueen as Presidential Aid 2
Archer Young-Stone as Glenn
Kaleb Deatherage as Klein
Marie Grace as Maria
Jim Cogan as The Bishop
Cisco De Guzman as Ed and Clarence
Lauren Deakin as Mary and Karen
Antonio Ferrera as Pa
Nathanael Lipidarov as Son
John Kennard as The Voice
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 10 – Heaven's Revolvers
In an alternate reality, the Old West frontier meets space-age alien tech.
An aging gunslinger rolls into the town of Haven, but trouble is never far away...
Written by Taimoor Azam
With editing and proofing by Paul Lawley-Jones
Starred
Stephen Newhand as Sandman Jack
Marie Grace as Felicity Fellowfelt
Joe Kilcar as Levi Sundland
Cisco De Guzman as Joshua Stella
Sage Crossley as the Maid
Quick Lee as the Captain
Tallie Tenna as the man and the Second Guard
Kaleb Deatherage as Thugs 1 and 2
And several additional characters all voiced by a
combination Stephen Newhand, Marie Grace, Joe Kilcar, Cisco De Guzman
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 9 – Dept of Motor Vehicles
A seemingly endless queue brings three unwitting individuals together. But now they can't remember why they're even there....
Written by Stephen Newhand
Cast
Anna Gasecka as Stephanie
Joe Kilcar as Samual
Paul Lawley-Jones as Richard
Kat McQueen as Fran
John Kennard as Eli
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Episode 8 – Nano Contagion
When contact with the Lunar Orbiting Station is suddenly lost, three astronauts stationed on the Lunar surface are called upon to investigate. But it soon becomes clear that something dark and terrible has occurred - and it hasn't finished...
written by Jim Cogan
Cast
Ronni Ng as Murphy
Anna Gasecka as Hussain
Kat McQueen as Dellaware
Joe Kilcar as Terra Mission Control
Stephen Newhand as Betty and The Entity
Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan
Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato
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Yes! Season 2 of Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales will be landing in January 2024!
And a quick announcement of some bonus content that will be available on the feed very soon.
Ep7 - The Dysfunctional 5
A truly ridiculous parody of the superhero mythos.
In a time when superheroes, once the last bastion of heroism and justice, are on a steep decline, humanity faces an unprecedented threat from the world's most evil Super villain, Dr Vengeance!
Only a team of five not-so-superheroes, a hastily assembled group of miscreants and deviants, stand in his way.
Behold! Now is the time of 'The Dysfunctional 5!'
Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is a Sci-Fi themed anthology audio drama podcast series featuring a full voice cast and atmospheric sound design.
Each episode is a completely independent story so you can enjoy them in any order you like.
Credits
Episode 7 - The Dysfunctional 5
Written by Jim Cogan
Cast
Stephen Newhand - Rick Dastard
Anna Gasecka - Kittie Parlour
Topher Bishop - Granite ‘The Man of Stone’
Jim Cogan - Dave
Wojciech Matras - ‘The Man Who Cannot Be seen’
Ronnie Ng - Agent Smedley
John Kennard - Control
Skunkk - Dr Vengeance / The News Announcer
Production and Sound Design by Jim Cogan
Sound Effects and Incidental Music Licensed from Envato Elements
Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is available on Youtube and all major podcast platforms. See our website for details;
https://strangenewworldsad.my.canva.site/
#audiodrama #podcast #scifi
Ep6 - In The Garden
A time-bending, bitter-sweet Sci-Fi drama
Jo, an explosive defusal expert, finds herself catapulted some 40 years into the future. She is confronted by a cruel world where things have gone horribly wrong for humanity, is accepted with warmth and trust by an ailing robot, and is reunited with her former (now aged) partner, Rally. For the briefest of moments, all seems peaceful In The Garden - a large greenhouse designed to grow the food that sustains the embattled remnants of the human race. But time waits for no-one, and for our three friends - it's running out quickly...
Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is a Sci-Fi themed anthology audio drama podcast series featuring a full voice cast and atmospheric sound design.
Each episode is a completely independent story so you can enjoy them in any order you like.
Credits
Episode 6 - In the Garden
Written by Alyx, Olivia P. and Val L.
Cast
Kat McQueen - Jo
Stephen Newhand - Rally
Jim Cogan - Vex and The Soldier
Skunkk - The Resistance Fighter and The Officer
Production and Sound Design by Jim Cogan
Sound Effects and Incidental Music Licensed from Envato Elements
Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is available on Youtube and all major podcast platforms. See our website for details;
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#audiodrama #podcast #scifi
Ep5 - The Arenberg Principle
A Sprawling, Epic Sci-Fi Space Opera
After his glittering career is spectacularly derailed by a stupid graduation party stunt gone wrong, Danny 'Ace' Oswald finds himself reaching rock bottom, having to take the lowly position of Sanitation Engineer on the state-of-the-art starship he was originally supposed to be flying.
From glorious, interstellar highs, to desperate and unpleasant lows - The Arenberg Principle is not just a story - it's a journey...
Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is a Sci-Fi themed anthology audio drama podcast series featuring a full voice cast and atmospheric sound design.
Each episode is a completely independent story so you can enjoy them in any order you like.
Credits
Episode 5 - The Arenberg Principle
Written by Jim Cogan
Cast
John Kennard - Danny 'Ace' Oswald
Ronni Ng - Sally 'Sal' McClean
Topher Bishop - Pete 'Scraggy' Burns
Stephen Newhand - Officer Morgan 'Thruster' Keene
Anna Gasecka - Officer Kayleigh Mills
Wolciech Matras - Senior Sanitation Supervisor Gordan Cheeseman and the News Announcer
Jim Cogan - Senior Bridge Office Lawrence 'Tinballs' Timble / Captain Ironside / Careers Co-ordinator
Production and Sound Design by Jim Cogan
Sound Effects and Incidental Music Licensed from Envato Elements
Theme Music by Jim Cogan
Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is available on Youtube and all major podcast platforms. See our website for details;
https://strangenewworldsad.my.canva.site/
#audiodrama #podcast #scifi
This is a great anthology of stories, but I think the title is misleading. These are all primarily social satires, not science fiction. (at least all the ones I've listened to) Maybe the creator could put in extra subject markers for people to find it?