Two rival tech companies compete for the chance to bring AI to Mars in this workplace drama full of corporate espionage, high-stakes science, and, yes, robot dogs. Ever since two DevLok employees left the company to start Watchover, the companies have been bitter enemies. So when a government competition to bring AI to Mars is announced, both teams begin vying for the honor. Perilous workplace romances, corporate espionage, and shady ethics mean even blowing off steam at the local bar is rife with conflict. Alliances will be forged and bridges burned in the race to space. Machina is a Realm production, created by Fran Wilde and written by Fran Wilde, Malka Older, and Curtis C. Chen, with Martha Wells. Listen Away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm
This week, we would like to introduce you to Conference Call, a new comedy fiction podcast distributed by Realm. The inventors of a two-tiered dish rack start a new company with an impressive new employee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to America 2.0, a new show distributed by Realm. In the opener, we meet first term Congressman Seth McGuire, who's embroiled in a terrible PR disaster. He interacts mostly with his chief of staff, Olivia Huff and his assistant, Gita Subramanium, both of whom are way more politically savvy, and try to counsel him into “playing the game.” Beat down and disheartened, Seth is at the end of his rope. But the lightning of inspiration strikes when he's least expecting it – while listening to right-wing talk radio. Directed by J S Mayank. Written by J S Mayank & David Carlyle. Produced by J S Mayank, David Carlyle, Jeremy Gordon, Spencer Garrett. Cast: Patrick J Adams, Autumn Reeser, Lorien Haynes, Kalpana Pot, Mark Atteberry, Katherine Castra, Dana Bash, and Ming-Na Wen. Additional voices: Shaan Sharma, Dustin Green, Jonathan Bray, Chris Cleveland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to The Valley, a new podcast distributed by Realm. It's the night of the biggest party in Silicon Valley - a pre-launch bash being thrown by tech royalty Nellie and Kyler Nelson on the eve of their next big venture. Cam, a brilliant computer science major from decidedly non-Valley origins, arrives on the arm of her new girlfriend, Sadie Fisher. Sadie has brought Cam here to introduce her to the tech-industry elite her family is a part of. But Cam is there for a whole other reason. Revenge. ---- The Valley is a production of Frequency Machine and Arlan Was Here Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to Two Flat Earthers Kidnap a Freemason, a podcast distributed by Realm. Conspiracy loving Flat Earthers, Randy Dunning and Gayle Kruger, will do anything to make the next great viral video. They'll even kidnap a Freemason and keep him locked in their basement until he tells them what the Freemasons are really doing behind those closed doors. Two Flat Earthers Kidnap a Freemason is a satirical dark comedy about Secret Societies and Internet Conspiracy Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to Celeritas, a new podcast distributed by Realm Owen fails to have a normal conversation with his daughter during a spacewalk. Then a routine engine test is anything but. Join the Celeritas Discord for exclusive content, discussion and AMAs at https://discord.gg/JbwJN3TVGK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to Bookburners, a new show from Realm created by Max Gladstone. Magic is real. And it's dangerous. It's locked in books and relics imbued with power. But sometimes, whether by accident or by design, magic escapes and wreaks havoc upon the world. That's when Team Three is deployed—known by their enemies as: The Bookburners. Tasked with identifying and neutralizing magical threats anywhere in the world, the Bookburners are a cohort of special investigators from wildly different walks of life—a New York City detective, a Guatemalan priest, an indestructible woman from China, a techno-occultist from Ireland, and an inquisitive scholar from the Ivory Coast. But each member of the Bookburners bears the scars of their own past magical trauma. What that means for the team, as they face horrors that threaten their sanity and their very lives, will cause them each to question their mission… and their faith in one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to What Will Be Here?, a podcast distributed by Realm. Jules introduces the team. Suri has doubts about the project. Armani makes their own golden record. Kei is in the ducts. Dane explains how the world is doomed. Content Notes: contains swearing, the brief presence of fire, recordings of several animal noises, audio of a jet, and the recording of a gunshot. No guns are present in the episode. TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/wwbhe1transcript Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to The Rapscallion Agency, a new podcast distributed by Realm. Lisette and Cluracan arrive in Paris! The young pair move into a borrowed maisonette in the 9th arrondissement to launch their fledgling cybersecurity firm. Together, with his computer skills and her abilities as a trained cat burglar, they are excited to start a new, and hopefully profitable, venture on their own terms. Meanwhile, a reformed convict named Rene is tricked into stealing a valuable microchip from his employer, VeyTech Pharmaceutical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to Spark Hunter, a new podcast distributed by Realm. When the world's most advanced AI evolves past the limits of human intelligence, the US government fears she has gone rogue and is determined to take her out. Now, over dinner with her Maker, a final meal will determine if she represents a new hope for the world… or its destruction. With sharpshooters in position, and the NSA listening to their every word, her Maker must determine if she is a threat to herself or others as he tries to protect his masterpiece. For she is a machine with an evolving consciousness, designed to explore the nature of human ethics while on the most universal of quests: to find her purpose in the world. Realm presents Spark Hunter, a Fighter Steel Production, starring Mark Rylance, Rebecca Ferguson, and Linda Powell with Charles Dance and Sting. Directed by Trudie Styler. Written by KB Miller and Teressa Tunney. Listen Away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to Blood Culture, a new podcast distributed by Realm. Explosive techno-thriller from Resonance 104.4FM. A'isha is just about holding down her job at the tech giant Meta before her old friend bursts in and accuses her boss of murder. She has to face up to what she has become, the lies that are woven in her past and the terrifying truth of what Meta are doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From the writer of The Book of Eli and co-writer of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes an all-new sci-fi epic performed by Shannon Woodward (Westworld, The Last of Us Part II). In the near future, Earth has been conquered by a race of brutal alien machines known as the Mek. When a young woman stumbles across a mysterious map that may hold the secret to humanity's liberation, she embarks on a dangerous odyssey that leads her to an amazing discovery — a long-lost prototype war machine known as a Gundog. Now she must confront a legacy she never knew she had to face down an overwhelmingly superior enemy in the hope of sparking a new flame of human resistance... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Langeley, Maine's newest arrival is troubled veteran Frank Perotti. Blind teenager Eva Pelletier wants to survive her bullies, graduate, and leave Langeley forever. But a sudden rash of savage animal killings threatens to upend her dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the height of the Mexican-American War, Joaquin Murrieta is 15 and in love, but an act of violence against his community gives him new purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to Zaya, a new podcast distributed by Realm. On the night of her brother's kidnapping, Zaya finds herself interrogated by detectives searching for answers when a mysterious stranger calls to warn her that things aren't quite what they seem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we would like to introduce you to Echo Park, a new show from Realm starring Harry Shum Jr. Desperate for a clean sample, James goes to Echo Park in search of his missing clone, Terrance—but danger is waiting. Echo Park is airing now wherever you get your podcasts. Binge the whole show now by subscribing to Realm+ on Apple Podcasts. Echo Park is a Realm production. Listen Away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Flush with newfound power, Jane uses the New York City dating pool as her personal playground… with disastrous results. Luckily, she may not be in it alone. This season's episodes will be released for free on a weekly basis, and subscribers of Realm+ on Apple Podcasts get bingeable, uninterrupted access to the whole show right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Introducing HOLLOW, a new scripted sci-fi horror podcast from Violet Hour Media, distributed by Realm. A mercenary embarks on a corporate mission to track down a rogue leader and encounters the darkness of space, the darkness of colonization, and ultimately, the darkness within herself. Episode 01 - Leave Battle hardened corporate mercenary, Amelia Wallenrod, travels to the prestigious Luna colonies and is briefed on her mission to recover an important scientist who has been taken hostage on Mars. A Violet Hour Media production. Hollow is airing now for free wherever you listen to podcasts. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for listeners. Please proceed with caution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A couple's nature getaway is sabotaged by traces of the past. OBSIDIAN is a speculative fiction podcast based in Afrofuturism. Driven by a deep, untapped interest in science fiction, we desire to take hold of the narratives nearest to us. By Adetola Abdulkadir and Safiyah Cheatam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we're introducing you to The Co-Founder, a new show from Realm starring Sunita Mani and Alexandra Shipp. Best friends and business partners Valerie and Juliet have been struggling to secure funding for their gaming start up, WILY, but Valerie has an idea that could change everything. The Co-Founder is a Realm production. Listen Away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we're introducing you to Overleaper, a new show from Realm starring Thora Birch. Listen and subscribe to Overleaper wherever you get your podcasts, or visit Realm.fm (and sign up for our newsletter while you're at it!) On a covert mission in Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Audrey Beach is sent through a mysterious door where she encounters a shocking discovery—a hostile doppelganger. Overleaper is a Realm production. Listen Away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Porter is a 30 something Nashville native that takes his best friend, Genevieve out on a date...finally. What happens the next day changes his life forever. We follow him as he struggles physically and emotionally over the trauma of what happened and the regression that comes with finding out who's responsible. CONTENT WARNING: This episode ends with a scenes of violence. Did you enjoy this episode? Please rate us and leave a review! Also, don't forget to subscribe so you won't miss any episodes! If you're interested in hearing bonus content, teasers, and access to other goodies, become a patron through Patreon at patreon.com/BoomPodcast If monthly donations aren't your cup of tea, maybe consider buying us a coffee? (I do love a good pun.) Check out our Ko-Fi page at ko-fi.com/ObserverPix You can also support us by getting some sweet swag (is that a thing people still say?) Visit our stores today! Be sure to check out the website at Boom.ObserverPictures.com and follow us on social media for updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we're introducing you to Marigold Breach, starring Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto. Listen and subscribe to Marigold Breach wherever you get your podcasts, or visit Realm.fm (and sign up for our newsletter while you're at it!) After crash-landing on a mysterious planet with no memory and a sentient AI implant in his brain keeping him alive, a soldier searches for answers about his past. There are only four things Lucan knows with certainty: his name, his rank, that the droll AI implant speaking to him inside his mind is named Ven, and finally, that she is the only thing keeping him from dying. With no other memories or connection to their pasts, Lucan and Ven must navigate their new reality on an unknown planet split into warring factions. Marigold Breach is a Realm production. Listen Away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we're introducing you to a podcast that was written by playwright and film & television writer Pia Wilson, If I Go Missing the Witches Did It. Listen to If I Go Missing the Witches Did It wherever you get your podcasts, or visit Realm.fm Starring Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe: when a Black writer goes missing, a white podcast host with a savior complex takes up the cause of finding her—and collides with a coven of influencers she suspects are responsible. After a summer in Westchester soaking up how the other half lives, Jenna Clayton has vanished without a trace. The only clue: a set of voice memos detailing an investigation into a group of influencers she suspected were using magic to achieve their means. Elise Edgerton is outraged that no one has found Jenna yet, and decides to take up the cause. But despite believing she is using her platform for good, Elise's mission threatens to turn her into an even worse villain than a witch: a white savior. If I Go Missing the Witches Did It is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we're introducing you to a podcast that was written by author and psychiatrist Justin C. Key, Spider King. Listen and subscribe to Spider King wherever you get your podcasts, or visit Realm.fm After taking the rap for a crime he didn't commit, Darnell makes a dangerous bargain to earn his freedom. But when he agrees to an experimental procedure, he has no idea of the horrific consequences: mutant spiders, escaping from his flesh. After his secret is exposed, Darnell will do anything—even risk becoming a monster—to stay free. Spider King is a Realm production. Listen Away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DevLok's AI has gone rogue. Someone—or something—needs to stop it before it's too late. Episode written by Fran Wilde. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everyone is off to Antarctica for the third trial, but there might be something wrong with DevLok's AI. Episode written by Curtis C. Chen. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cameron is having a crisis, the AIs might be a little too autonomous, and trial three is about to begin. Episode written by Curtis C. Chen. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fourteen months in the past, a gray goo incident at DevLok leads to the foundation of Watchover. Episode written by Martha Wells. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The second trial drops and tensions are high. A little friendly competition might help everyone blow off steam. Episode written by Fran Wilde. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As Watchover copes with an investor visit, at DevLok Trey tries to explain the mystery code. Episode written by Malka Older. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The trial results are in. No one is calm. Episode written by Curtis C. Chen. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The competitors send their robots out into the desert as the first trial begins. Episode written by Malka Older. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the eve of the first trial, everyone tries to relax at the Moonshot bar. Episode written by Fran Wilde. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the days leading up to the Mars AI competition, rivals DevLok and Watchover are ready to rumble. Episode written by Fran Wilde. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. Machina is a Realm Production. Listen Away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices