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Palimpsest is an audio drama about memory, identity, and the things that haunt us. Embrace what haunts you.

Jamieson Ridenhour and Hayley Heninger


    • Oct 1, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 63 EPISODES

    4.6 from 234 ratings Listeners of Palimpsest that love the show mention: jamieson, hayley, great narrative, slow burn, ghost story, actress, main character, haley, claire, one part, eerie, season 1, sound design, haunting, psychological, ghosts, suspenseful, audio drama, pacing, voice acting.



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    Latest episodes from Palimpsest

    Season Five Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023 0:53


    Meet Lenore. The luckiest girl in the world.

    Binder Interview with Jamie and Hayley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 23:31


    Ray MacManus from the Binder podcast talks with Jamie and Hayley from Palimpsest about horror, gothic storytelling, and growing up haunted. Binder uses art as a catalyst to talk about big ideas, bringing people together through complex conversations and personal stories to create the connections that lift our entire community. Hosted by CMA writer-in-residence Ray McManus and produced by the Columbia Museum of Art, Binder brings you audio storytelling with writers, artists, scholars, curators, and more. Binder is engineered and edited by Drew Baron. Find out more here: https://www.columbiamuseum.org/binder

    Visitations: A Hawthorne House Holiday

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 14:59


    'Tis the night before Solstice 1895, and there's a party at the Hawthorne House. Join us for our final Visitation: a Hawthorne House Holiday!

    Visitations: Junior Satan Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 33:17


    Dylan brings a date to meet his friends. Halloween party at Hawthorne House!  This episode contains depictions of graphic violence, drug and alcohol use, heavy metal lyrics, and discussions of cannibalism, satanic sacrifice, and feeding children to dogs. It's awesome. Guest voices: Lauren Otis as Kat, Katie Jones as Sandy, Alex Villarreal as Adam, and Brooks Wallace as Dylan. Additional music in this episode by post-punk superstars Secret Shame. Check out their new album, Autonomy, at secretshame.bandcamp.com.   

    Visitations: Hide and Keep

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 20:45


    We visit an old friend. Mirrors and denizens.

    Visitations: Cooking with Cora

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 24:40


    It's 1956, and Cora is making a stew! This Visitation is brought to you in partnership with the zombie thriller Unhuman, now available On Digital and On Demand. When a high school field trip goes bloody awry, the students' trust in each other is tested to the limit in a brutal, horrifying fight for survival. Buy or rent Unhuman and watch it today. Unrated. From Paramount Pictures.  This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore.  

    Visitations: Dancing Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 35:56


    Cyndi and Marie get lost looking for a party.  The first of five stand-alone Visitations. 

    Palimpsest 2022 Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 1:37


    Palimpsest: Visitations. Five stand-alone stories. Beginning April 12th.

    Episode 410: Strange but Not a Stranger

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 14:50


    The end of Ash's story. Guest voice: Matilyn Hull This episode contains graphic depictions of violence, gore, and suicide.

    Episode 409: Daybreak

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 16:49


    Things become much clearer. And much bloodier.   This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore.

    Episode 408: Snowblind (ii)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 21:25


    Fire and ice. Grandfathers. Clocks. A talk on the stairs.

    Episode 407: Outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 24:46


    Ash spends time in the back yard. Things are shown. There is blood.   CW: This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore.

    Episode 406: Snowblind (i)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 20:04


    Trapped, but not alone.   This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore.

    Episode 405: Ginny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 20:44


    The storm continues. New friends? Something in the chimney, something under the stairs. 

    Episode 404: Day Four/Five/Five and a Half

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 22:14


    Jack is a problem. Old photos. Looks like snow.

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    Episode 403: Day Four

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 18:55


    Nightmares and hard talks. The attic opens.     

    Episode 402: Day Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 17:49


    Doughnuts and discoveries. Things don't add up.

    Episode 401: Day One

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 19:12


    Welcome to Hawthorne House. Meet Ash. Transcripts at www.thepalimpsestpodcast.com Our theme song is performed by Ian Ridenhour (www.ianridenhour.com) and Dov Bek-Levine (https://www.dovbecklevine.com)  

    Mobley Building and Renovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 1:56


    Need help with your house? Mobley Building and Renovation knows exactly what your house needs. Season Four begins April 13th. #embracewhathauntsyou   excerpts from "Ash" by Tracy K. Smith used by permission of Graywolf Press.

    Season Four Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 1:45


    House that eats and pleads and kills. Season Four begins April 13th.   The poem in this trailer is "Ash" by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, from her collection Wade in the Water (2018). We are grateful to Ms. Smith and Graywolf Press for granting us permission to use it.

    Word on the Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 24:43


    We are featuring the first podcast episode from Asheville's Word on the Street Squad. This group of Black and Latinx youth have written and produced a podcast exploring cultural roots and power by speaking about Dia De Los Muertos and Voodoo, telling stories they have heard in their families and cultures, and reflecting on how Halloween has culturally appropriated them, perpetuating oppression.  They are also in the midst of their annual fundraiser, El Arte De La Abundancia. You can find out more, and donate towards their goal, by visiting www.artedelaabundancia.org. 

    Home Again, Home Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 21:53


    It's Halloween. You've been gone so long. We missed you so much. Welcome home.

    Episode 310: Cult Following

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 19:22


    Poppy O'Brien investigates a series of letters from the 1940s.  Featuring guest performers Beth Eyre, Jen Sugden, and James Oliva. This episode is sponsored by Dashlane (www.dashlane.com/palimpsest)

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    LiveStream Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 1:39


    We're streaming our live show directly to you on Saturday, August 29th at 8pm EST.  Join us here: https://whitehorseblackmountain.com/event/white-horse-live-palimpsest/  

    Episode 309: Ritual

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 23:57


    Josie has a choice to make.

    Episode 308: Broken

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 23:41


    Josie breaks the code. Tragedy strikes.    This episode contains images of graphic violence, including gun violence.

    Episode 307: Visitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 22:35


    Voices in the night. Josie has a visitor. This episode is sponsored by Dashlane.  Today's episode contains images of war, violence, and discussions of suicide.

    Episode 306: Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 19:10


    Josie examines the book. Poetry and parentage. CW: Poetry

    summer announcements

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 3:22


    Did you miss us?

    Episode 305: Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 21:15


    Broken codes. Josie underground. Contains graphic depictions of violence and war. This episode is sponsored by Dashlane. www.dashlane.com/palimpsest  

    Episode 304: Tower

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 20:16


    Tarot and Towers. Josie is a spy. Something's in the alley.

    Episode 303: Enigma

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 20:25


    Ring around the rosie. Josie meets someone who knows things. A dead woman in the garden.  This episode of Palimpsest is sponsored by Dashlane. www.dashlane.com/palimpsest

    Episode 302: Slaughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 19:48


    Layers. Rivers. Theories.   This episode of Palimpsest features depictions of war, violence, and attempted suicide.

    Episode 301: Josie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 18:29


    We meet Josie, who encounters a series of strangers in war-torn London. This episode of Palimpsest contains images of violence and war.

    Season Three Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 1:31


    Season Three begins January 21st

    We're going to PodTales!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 1:38


    Jamie and Ian will be at the PodTales Festival in Cambridge, MA on Oct. 20th. Will you?

    Announcement: Season Three Postponed

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 1:26


    Season Two Bloopers and Updates

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2019 8:26


    It's Hayley"s birthday! To celebrate, here's the Season Two Blooper Reel...

    episode 210: Faerie Tale, Ending

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 16:04


    Ellen's ever after.

    episode 209: Insurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2019 20:44


    Ellen and Saoirse take their leave of the Doctor. This episode of Palimpsest contains depictions of graphic violence.

    episode 208: Knife

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 21:12


    Ellen and Saoirse make their move. Talbot is not what he appears to be.

    episode 207: Hag

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 21:56


    Ellen remembers Ma. Saoirse talks of home.

    Thanksgiving Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 0:57


    A thank you from Jamie and Hayley, and a couple of small bits of info.

    episode 206: Deirdre

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2018 24:14


    Ellen talks with Saoirse and then with the doctor. Wailings and waylayings. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Fountain Bookstore, supporting independent bookstores with over 100,000 audiobooks.

    episode 205: Curtains

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 22:34


    Ellen looks through the curtains. Back room business.

    episode 204: Clutch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2018 24:44


    Mr. Clutch plays a trick, and Ellen explores the back yard with Saoirse.

    episode 203: Unseelie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 19:51


    Ellen meets the denizens, and has a talk with Saoirse.

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    episode 202: Saoirse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 20:57


    Ellen meets her charge.

    episode 201: Ellen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2018 27:11


    We meet Ellen, who finds herself in an unplanned place.

    Season Two Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 3:01


    Season Two is a little less than a month away...

    Season Two Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2018 3:03


    Jamie and Hayley tell you what's coming up for Palimpsest

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