Show Notes
Hell Gate City Season 2 has begun with "Unboxing" (Episode 11). TRANSCRIPT AT END
Hell Gate City is the award-winning comedy fiction audio series about a ragtag bunch of denizens struggling to survive a cyberpunk hellhole NYC.
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Show Synopsis On the surface, Hell Gate City is a rollicking audio saga about the community served by a local radio show for the fictional megacity Neo Amsterdam. It’s a genre-bending dark comedy with a heavy emphasis on cyberpunk themes, especially as applied to questions about the nature of consciousness, memory, and dreams. Hence, dreampunk.
News As of August 2023, all listeners should embark on the listening journey by starting here – the fully reimagined Episode 0. "Cypher – Sabotage Exposed!". Then, proceed chronologically to Episodes 1, 2, 3, and so on.
Season 2 – Codename COMPANION just launched in September 2023 with "Unboxing" (Episode 11). And COMPANION truly kicks into gear with the first 'proper' episode, "Tabula" (Episode 12).
Season 1 After a dream-streaming device intended to increase ratings accidentally broadcasts his repressed memories of an eldritch murder, radio jockey Kirby Bevins must overcome dark forces and folly to solve the crime before he becomes the next victim.
Season 2 The next chapter ushers listeners into the phantasmagorical side of Neo Amsterdam like never before by way of a recording – for quality assurance purposes – of a customer support call from a denizen trapped in a metaverse gone awry. Cruise the seamy underbelly of a virtual world beyond the veil.
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Stay rested, dream-hackers. You're going to need it.
— TRANSCRIPT 0:00-0:10 – You receive a disturbing recording of a customer support call made by someone after they died. What do you do?
0:10-0:20 – The award-winning dreampunk podcast returns to answer the question in Season 2.
0:20-0:30 – Begin the journey as if some poor schlub’s digital afterlife depends on it. Listen to Hell Gate City, episode 11, right now.
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Join us on Patreon for free! ... https://www.patreon.com/hellgatecity (To avoid spoilers, we ask that you scroll to the end for content warnings.)Accident includes such delights as: • Thornton: Bedtime Accidents • Unconsh • Strayhorn, Story 5, Pt. 2 Uploaded for Patrons in hi res--24-bit, 48k, WAV audio in a special mix and edit. Screaming Panda Presents “Accident” (Episode 29), the nineteenth chapter of Hell Gate City Season 2. Kevin Berrey wrote, performed, and directed it. He created its original music and episode art by mistake. The bonus tales for this one are both songs, the story-based “Sizzling Circuits” (Glitch 29B) and the more lyrical “No Accident” (Glitch 29), available only at patreon.com/hellgatecity in the Bonus Audio Tales collection. Subscribe to help the team get over the finish line and keep the show ad-free.The transcript is here with all the others: https://www.patreon.com/posts/transcripts-of-66692496. . Check out our page and join the Inner Legion on patreon.com/hellgatecity for a bunch of goodies like bonus tales, sacred tunes, sleep facts uncut, and the feature documentary Shadow of a Bout! (If you use the Apple mobile devices, subscribe and pay using by pasting the link into a web browser, not through the iPhone App.) You can also support the show and enjoy a movie by buying Kevin's feature documentary in the Patreon shop: https://www.patreon.com/hellgatecity/shop/shadow-of-bout-documentary-running-time-64989 . Or, buy Kevin a digital coffee: https://ko-fi.com/hellgatecity . Or make a $10 (suggested) donation on Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/KevinBerrey .
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Credits: Written, produced, and performed by Kevin Berrey Content warnings: Rated R-style violence and sexual situations (See bottom of transcript for detailed warnings.) Transcript: https://www.patreon.com/posts/66692496
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