Greater Boston

Episode 44: Arugula

Greater Boston

Show Notes

Greater Boston is created by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason with help from T.H. Ponders, Bob Raymonda, and Jordan Stillman. Recording and technical assistance from Marck Harmon. This episode was written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason. Dialogue editing by Bob Raymonda. Portions of this episode were recorded at The Bridge Sounds and Stage with recording engineers Javier Lom and Alex Alinson.

CAST This episode featured:

Braden Lamb as Leon Stamatis (he/him)

Jenny Pan as Petal (she/her & they/them)

Oliver Morris as The Singer (he/them)

Jordan Higgs as Cheese Bot (it/them)

Mario de Rosa Jr as Isaiah Washington (he/them)

Lydia Anderson as Gemma Linzer-Coolidge (she/her)

James Johnston as Dimitri Stamatis (he/him)

James Oliva as Michael Tate (he/him)

Julia Propp as Louisa Alvarez (she/her)

Julian Danner as Ada West (he/him)

Beth Eyre as Autumn West (she/her)

Kelly McCabe as Nica Stamatis (she/her)

Ray O'Hare as Red Line Guard (he/him)

Julia Morizawa as Omi Ogawa (she/her)

Alexander Danner as The Narrator (he/him)

and Giancarlo Herrera as Ernesto (he/him)

MUSIC

Charlie on the MTA recorded by Emily Peterson and Dirk Tiede

Farewell to Nigg by Adrienne Howard, Emily Peterson, and Dirk Tiede

Weird synths and drum programming by Jeff Van Dreason

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Content Notes

Imprisonment

Discussion of safe words

Emotional whiplash

Discussion of near death experience

Just general sadness in terms of accepting your fate as someone who won't amount to nearly as much as you once thought you might.

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