Podcasts about Our Fair City

Our Fair City is set in the dystopian future of Hartford, Connecticut. Outside is a frozen wasteland and inside is a largely subterranean city governed by HartLife. Once an insurance company, HartLife is now “all the life you'll ever need.” This sprawling narrative introduces mad scientists, lightning riggers, the woken dead, giant ants, time travelers, and mole people. It originally ran from 2009-2016 covering 8 complete seasons and dozens of live shows, specials, and comic books. You can listen to Our Fair City on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! Our Fair City Trailer Credits: Narrator: Ansel Burch, Vice President Davenport: Ben Aldred, MolePeople: Tyler Samples and Abby Doud, Dr. Herbert West: Ryan Schile.Trailer written by Eleanor Hyde. Sound Design by Ryan Schile, with Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Transcript of Tal's Intro: Hi, I'm Tal Minear, executive producer of Re: Dracula. I'm here today to tell you about another audio drama I think you'd like. Our Fair City is a sprawling, darkly funny epic set in the dystopian future of Hartford, Connecticut, where a climate disaster has made the world outside a frozen wasteland. What remains of humanity lives inside a largely subterranean city governed by the remains of an insurance company. You'll meet mad scientists, lightning riggers, the woken dead, giant ants, time travelers, and mole people. New episodes release every week! You can listen to Our Fair City where ever you find your podcasts, and learn more at AudaciousMachineCreative.com. Listen on for the trailer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this small fantasy story, "Our Fair City", Robert A. Heinlein explores city politics and corruption through the adventures of a sentient whirlwind. This story may be skippable, but has some nice moments. I like Heinlein reflecting on local politics more than I do the fantasy elements of this story.

Welcome, Loyal Polices...to Our Fair City. We're so excited to share this feed drop- the show that kicked off our work in audio fiction with HartLife NFP. If you enjoy this episode- we hope you'll take a moment to check out the rest of Our Fair City. The following audio record comprises Season One of the glorious True Histories of the HartLife Corporation in its entirety. We hope you enjoy this remastered and reissued version. To read more about this new edition of Season One, click here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp The Narrator— Ansel Burch Nathan Rourke— Clayton Faits Jack— Mark Soloff Neal Henderson— Sebastian H. Orr Old Lady— Lauren Faits Alison Dalton— Nina O'Keefe Elizabeth Rourke— Tara Schile Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin Clay— Tyler Samples Sandy— Abby Doud Peat— Jared Latore MolePerson Overseer— Jeffrey Gardner Vice President Davenport— Ben Aldred Special Agent George Chamberlain— Jim McDoniel Doctor Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman The Professor— Ginneh Jolan The Dean— Jim McDoniel The TA— Mark Soloff Doctor Herbert West— Ryan Schile The Voice of HartLife— Jeffrey Gardner Written by Clayton Faits, with Ansel Burch, Jim McDoniel, Frank Sjodin. Directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Episode art by Robin Billadeau. Produced by David Rheinstrom. Production Management by Betsey Palmer. Created by Clayton Faits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're excited to share a show that's very different from Unwell: Starship Tempest! Featuring some longtime HartLife NFP artists, including Unwell Lead Sound Designer Emeritus Ryan Schile, Our Fair City and Unwell star Tara Schile, and HartLife NFP board member Travis Sauder- this show should be a delight for fans of Star Trek and table top RPGs! You can learn more about Starship Tempest on their website at starshiptempest.com. Find them on all social platforms under the handle @StarshipTempest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we discuss Lexington's multitude of five year plans, city public comments, a mysterious review of Our Fair City's charter, and an in-depth review of a local business who developed a convincing new economic system. Follow us on Twitter @LAMEpod Email us at LexLamePod@gmail.com Check out our websites: LAMEpod.com LAMEpod.neocities.org Logo is by Claire Thompson: https://www.clairethompsonart.com/ Check out the Counselors Over Cops Linktree! https://linktr.ee/counselorsovercops

This week on the Best of Car Talk, Stella bought matching Monteros for her kids but dumped one because it spent more time in the shop than on the road. Should she be worried about the second Montero? Who better to weigh the chances there's one good brother and one evil brother than Tom and Ray? Elsewhere, Heather has taken to calling her Jeep "Clunking Matilda"; Abe has an idea to navigate traffic in Our Fair City that may get him to work faster (but with a fat lip); and can Anne risk one more road trip in her overheating Subaru before it blows up? All this, plus a round of Stump the Chumps and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk.

Thank you for listening to Paired Season Three! Creator/Writer/Producer/'Pairy' - Liz AndersonErika - Symphony SandersEditor/Composer - MJCover Art - Adrian TheumaTheme Music - Arne ParrotSymphony Sanders is a Chicago based actor who voices Tamika Flynn on the podcast Welcome to Nightvale, cohosts Good Morning Nightvale, as well as being featured in numerous other podcasts (Unwell, Our Fair City, Pounded in the butt by my podcast , etc) and done regional theatre around Chicago (Chicago Shakespeare, The Goodman , raven theatre etc) when not acting or podcasting she is an aerialist and fitness instructor!

This week on The Best of Car Talk, is Phil's Buick Roadmaster making noise because of a steering problem or because he needs to make 20-point turns to navigate the narrow streets of Our Fair City? Elsewhere, Fred doesn't know whether he should listen to his mechanic or his FSTB (Future Son-in-Law To Be) on how to start the Alfa that's been sitting in his garage for a year. Will siding with the mechanic doom Fred's daughter's marriage? Also, Steve's driver's window glare screen is now a stuck-in-the-door glare screen; Alison's Golf may be suffering from a "cracked breather" and "achin' plugs"; and is Judy's Escort sending smoke signals that it won't make it to the moon? All this and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk.

The piece of music we're listening to in the background is the Unwell closing theme. Today, we'll break it down and get into why and how it was made. You're listening to How I Make Music, where behind-the-scenes musicians get to tell their own stories. Every Wednesday, we break apart a song soundtrack or composition and get into the insights into how it was made. My name is Steven Poon. I'm a composer based in Chicago, USA. And this is How I Make Music. Welcome back to how I make music Episode 81, the Unwell closing theme by me, Steven Poon. Thanks for listening in. 01:15 Mennonites Unwell is a Midwestern Gothic mystery. It's about a young woman returning to her hometown, the fictional place of Mount Absalom, Ohio, where everything is a bit more spooky than it seems at first. And this piece is the outro theme, which also plays under the ending credits. I'm from Ohio and the rural Ohio, we have a lot of Mennonites, which are like Amish people. They don't use a lot of technology. Like it's kind of anathema. When I'm driving to Columbus, or Cincinnati, there's some stops where you might actually run into a horse and buggy and there are some religious communities that don't make use of modern technology. And so it was really at the forefront of my mind going into this setting to not include a lot of synths and digitized music. There are loads of real, actual instruments in the track. I've been far more used to sequencing music, and to be able to go into the studio with half a dozen musicians was really rewarding. 02:50 Charango Take a listen to this. It's not a guitar. It's not a mandolin. It's a charango. It's one of a number of instruments that we recorded live for the Unwell theme. A charango is a Peruvian stringed instrument. It's 10-stringed. And traditionally, it was made from an armadillo shell. This was an instrument that I had found when I was in Peru for my honeymoon, and really took to it. I thought it was a beautiful sounding instrument. And the first thing that I even wrote for the track was on the charango when I was in Peru, and I found a luthier, who was making these instruments. And you could still smell the sawdust in the air of his shop. And he didn't even speak English. So I think it was his daughter who was translating for people who came into the shop and only spoke English. And so this was a melody that I had been picking around on. And it got stuck in my head so bad that I'm like this...this has to go somewhere. 04:49 Influences I've had a lot of influence when it comes to music over the years. So here's like a few things that came to mind as this track came together. First and foremost was The Chieftans. I really like Irish session music. There's really this tone of freedom and playfulness that comes from it. I'm thinking of a rural, less populated place. I had recently been watching Deadwood. So the Deadwood soundtrack by David Schwartz. That opening theme was also in my mind. I've always had a lot of inspiration from specifically Japanese RPG soundtracks to music from the late 80s, early 90s. There's not a lot of samples going into these songs. Very simple melodies that can very easily get stuck in your head. Because you're only working especially with the original Nintendo, there are only like four different samples that you could really fit in a cartridge. And I don't really want to go too deep into this because it's not a common game. It's like literally a visual novel. That's a spin off of an RPG that was released in the 90s. We can get into that. I just feel like it might be a little obscure! 07:19 Jeffrey Nils Gardner Jeffrey Nils Gardner was involved with this music and really all the music of Unwell too. And when they were working on an older project, Our Fair City, there was no music. And I approached them and said, "Hey, would you like a theme song?" And that was that! They did that show for eight seasons. And then when Unwell started, it was kind of a natural progression of this collaboration. And it was really cool to finally do some work with Jeffrey that involved live music. And they could, they could record they could produce and they could mix the song. 8:08 We were recording on a college campus because that's where Jeffrey was doing their masters at the time. Going into recording, I didn't I didn't know who was going to be there. I think I remember there being a list of musicians, but it hadn't really internalized before I got into the studio. It was my first time in this space. And so walking in, we're setting up the studio, no one else's there. It's me, the recording engineer. You know, we're wrangling cable. And I'm, I'm a little anxious, because there's a lot of unknown, going into the studio like that. One thing that was really important for me was to make sure we got the tone of the song right, and the atmosphere of a small town and the unspoken things that you always get in that kind of small community. This was my first time meeting, recording and performing with all the instrumental performers on the Unwell theme. So I really kind of went in with a thought of like an Irish session, where you have a bunch of musicians who come together in a pub, you don't know who's going to show up, but they all know the song If you really want to have a lot of fun with it and have that come through and the track and so on. We walk in, and all you can really hear is the sound of cable being laid on the floor. And you know, your heartbeat. Then the others arrived and we started recording the boot stomps. 10:08 The recording process So the boot stops were really important really is a form of punctuation and exclamation points at the very start. I really wanted something that could maybe slightly startle the listener, like the end credits of a TV show when you see the first name of the credit and the first note of the song hits. After that, we wanted to include even more percussion, particularly a little bit of hand percussion on top of the boot stops. So we threw an egg shakers because they just happened to be in my guitar bag to add a little bit of texture to that percussion. The next is banjo. And that's Gunnar Jebsen. And we gave him a lot of freedom to really do whatever he wanted. On top of the melody. We also had Lauren Kelly, a multi instrumentalist. We started her on guitar. And then we went in and did some individual tracks with her playing cello to add a really nice, you know, lower piece to the track. We brought in Travis Elfers, to do viola. I really wanted to have strings on this and was glad that we're able to have that fourth Unwell theme in the middle of the track. You hear this slightly dissonant voice come in. And that's Betsy Palmer. You can give her anything and she will internalize it and sing it. It's a lot of fun to work with her. I played guitar on the track, which is the first strum you hear at the start. Mel Ruder isn't just a recording engineer on the show Mel Ruder is the recording engineer on the show, and is most often present for the episode recording. 13:09 Celery Festival So when season one of Unwell was being put together, we knew what songs we wanted to include for the entire season. including an episode with a celery festival that has a jingle writing contest. So I was writing music for groups of musicians that were playing a folk song, a punk rock song, even a kind of a barbershop quartet for a jingle. I wasn't in a space or I was just thinking of one particular genre of music or even a kind of unifying style of music. It was all over the place. And it was really creatively satisfying. 14:17 Stinger So as we were putting together all the tracks for Season One, I wanted to do a very short kind of stinger intro piece that would kick off every episode. And the closing theme would start out with this mirror of that stinger. So it opens with this simple three note ascending melody. And the stinger is a three note descending melody that was really just bookends every episode as a whole. 15:02 Multiple microphones We use multiple microphones to record each instrument. And so we wanted to be able to use both of those sources. Mix them together. Let me show you what I mean. Here's what a guitar sounds like with multiple microphones, here's just pointed at the neck. Now, here's the microphone on the body. So here's what the banjo sounds like with multiple microphones. Here's the neck. Now let's crossfade to the body. Here's how the charango sounds at the neck. The body. 16:09 Rusty Standish There is a moment in season one, featuring a composition by a fictional songwriter Rusty Standish. Let's take a listen. The script originally described this song as Nick Drake, after a few cocktails and a long walk home. So that was a really fun descriptor to try to work with, especially because I'd never listened to Nick Drake before. So I took an afternoon, sat down, had a drink and just listened to like three hours of music. I wrote, played guitar and sing on the track. SHOW NOTES Listen to audio drama Unwell https://unwellpodcast.com Unwell Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp Check out other work by Stephen Poon https://stephenpoon.bandcamp.com/ BONUS  Visit https://patreon.com/howimakemusic for bonus behind-the-scenes stuff from this episode. For a full credit list of music and sound effects from this episode, visit https://howimakemusic.com ABOUT THIS SHOW How I Make Music is a sound collage experience where behind-the-scenes musicians get to tell their own stories. Every Wednesday, we challenge composers to break apart a song, soundtrack or composition and get into why and how it was made. Subscribe to How I Make Music https://pod.link/howimakemusic How I Make Music https://howimakemusic.com How I Make Music is created by John Bartmann https://johnbartmann.com

TRANSCRIPT: Jim McDoniel is a writer of monsters and mirth, not always in that order. He also writes radio plays. He holds a Masters degree in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University. He is a writer for the podcasts Our Fair City and Unwell. He was a finalist in Deathscribe 10 for his piece, “Monstruos.” … Continue reading Gateways: “The Vampires of Earth” by Jim McDoniel read by Ansel Burch →

Jim McDoniel is a writer of monsters and mirth, not always in that order. He also writes radio plays. He holds a Masters degree in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University. He is a writer for the podcasts Our Fair City and Unwell. He was a finalist in Deathscribe 10 for his piece, “Monstruos.” and … Continue reading Gateways: “Of The Legumen” by Jim McDoniel read by Ryan Bond →

Welcome to lucky Episode 13 of Transatlantic History Ramblings, tonight we dive into the fun, freaky and fascinating world of Sir Martin Frobisher, pirate, explorer, con man and Canadian hero! We were honored to be joined by Ansel Burch of Starlight Radio Dreams and Our Fair City fame, Ansel gives us an entertaining overview of the first half of the Frobisher legend, while also joining us on some of out ramblings. This is part I of II and Ansel will be back soon for part II of this amazing story!! All of our episodes are listed as explicit due to language and the fact that we discuss topics such as historical crime, that may not be suitable for all audiences.

Double feature night with Sonic Society this week and Misfits Audio presenting Mike Murphy with “Milly Foster- Macabre Investigator and Oh Where, Oh Where Can She Be?” and “Raise Your Glass” on Our Fair City. Jack and David are your hosts. You are our guests. It’s Sonic!

Double feature night with Sonic Society this week and Misfits Audio presenting Mike Murphy with “Milly Foster- Macabre Investigator and Oh Where, Oh Where Can She Be?” and “Raise Your Glass” on Our Fair City. Jack and David are your hosts. You are our guests. It's Sonic! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TRANSCRIPT: This story is written by Jim McDoniel. Jim McDoniel is a writer of monsters and mirth, not always in that order. He also writes radio plays. He holds a Masters degree in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University. He is a writer for the podcasts Our Fair City and Unwell. He was a finalist … Continue reading Gateways: “Cephalophore” By Jim McDoniel, read by Alex B. Reynolds →

Reviewers: Scooter Mann, Diana Raynes, Matt "Olaf" Hinton, Maggie Allen, and Max Baskin Editing: David Allen Show-runner Information * Who's the show-runner(s) and what is their title? Eleanor Hyde & Jeffrey Nils Gardner, Executive Producers Show Information * What is the story of why you started your show? This is the new project from HartLife NFP following the end of Our Fair City. * When did this show first air? 02/20/2019 * What's the show's website? https://www.unwellpodcast.com/ * What genre(s) apply to your show (e.g. horror, post apocalypse, comedy...): gothic, spooky, horror, queer, magical realism * What's the show's Twitter Handle(or what we should tag when we release)? @unwellpodcast * What's the show's Facebook (page) name (or what we should tag)? @unwellpodcast Episode Information * What's the name of the episode you want us to use? (if it includes non English words, how are they pronounced) The Diner * What is the episode number (and season if applicable)? S.1 Ep.2 * When was it published? 02/21/2019 * What's a link directly to the episode? (preferably where we can download it from) https://www.unwellpodcast.com/episodes * Please summarize what we need to know about the story up until this point, for the episode to make sense. Lily's mother Dot broke her ankle in a fall. Lily comes to the tiny town in rural Ohio where Dot lives to take care of her for a few weeks. Dot owns a boarding house. Lily and Dot have not seen each other in years. Dot is on crutches throughout. Also appearing in this episode is the teenager who helps out around the place Wes and one of the other boarders Abbie. Special Guests: David Allen, Diane Raynes, Maggie Allen, Matt "Olaf" Hinton, and Max Baskin.

Foley Special Guest Ele Matelan Ele (She/Her/Hers) is probably most recognizable to audiences as WildClaw Theatre’s resident Foley artist. She has designed, choreographed, and performed Foley for their annual Deathscribe horror radio festival since 2011, as well as for companies including Hartlife NFP, Lifeline Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Columbia College Chicago, Otherworld Theatre, Starlight Radio Dreams, Festival 56, Stone Hearth Theatre, MCL, Columbia College, Prop Thtr, and The Second City Training Center. She has performed with WildClaw's Best of Deathscribe at the Arsht Arts Center in Miami, The Hear Now Audio Arts Festival in Kansas City, and has opened for horror podcast darling The No Sleep Podcast on tour. Ele is also a company member with The House Theatre of Chicago, and her native-Dallas’s Mr. Toad’s Theatre Circle. When she's not making things go BUMP in the night with WildClaw, she performs as Foley artist for Locked Into Vacancy Entertainment's serialized comedy podcasts recorded monthly in front of a live audience at Stage 773. You can hear Ele’s voiceover performances as Cassie Wilkins, Switchblades Cobalt, and more(!) in Hartlife NFP's award-winning, post-apocalyptic audio drama Our Fair City, and as part of the ensemble in their upcoming series Unwell; AND as a member of the ensemble in Toxic Bag's upcoming  audio drama “Tales of Richard: Post-Apocalyptic Cabinet Maker." Ele will work her magic next with Locked Into Vacancy Entertainment. (tickets for the show here) http://www.lockedintovacancy.com/ Foley Special Guest Joe Griffin Joe Griffin’s work as a recording engineer and sound designer over the past 25 years encompasses a wide variety of media, including theatre, film, music, corporate communications and advertising. In the world of indie film, Joe wears a number of hats, notably dialog editor, sound designer,ADR/Foley recordist and re-recording mixer. His filmography includes Nebula Creatives’ shortfilm Out of Sight, which was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival; Hot DiggityProductions’ feature Scary Normal; Sigsaly Entertainment and Conjecture Media’s feature Market Value; and JAMS Productions’ short MOOSE, featuring Samuel L. Jackson. Theatrical sound design work in Chicago includes You Think It’s Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? with Lifeline Theatre; Dracula with The Hypocrites; Coronado and Otherwise Engaged with Steep Theatre Company; three years as designer/composer for A Klingon Christmas Carol with Commedia Beauregard; and four years as music director for Deathscribe, Wildclaw Theatre’s short horror plays festival. Other theatre work includes After Ashley, Angels in America, Machinal and ten seasons of summer Shakespeare at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL, and These Shining Lives, Richard III, Harvest and Macbeth at Oakton Community College in Glenview, IL. Animation sound work includes the award-winning “Hemingway in 15 Seconds” series for the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, and the award-wining “Getting to Know” educational series which features artists such as Andy Warhol, Rembrandt, da Vinci, and Van Gogh, as well as U.S. Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Lincoln. Joe’s advertising experience is extensive. Since 1992 he has worked on radio, TV and online advertisements for national and international brands such as Dove, Sears, Suave, Allstate, American Family Insurance, BP, 7-Eleven, Miller Lite and the Chicago Blackhawks. In 1996, Joe and business partner Steve Baldwin pioneered the field of sound effects specifically designed for use in tabletop roleplaying. Their Game Masters Collection effects continue to define the state of the art for purpose-built tabletop RPG sound. Joe has recently launched his own series of high-resolution sound effects libraries aimed at audio production professionals. A graduate of Michigan State University and alumnus of Columbia College Chicago, Joe also served on the Professional Advisory Committee at the Illinois Institute of Art for five years. For work samples and expanded projects list: https://griffinsounddesign.wordpress.com/ Joe is currently working on sound design for “The Time Warp Trio” at Lifeline theatre in Chicago; the first season of the audio drama “Tales of Richard: Post-Apocalyptic Cabinet Maker;” Glass City Media’s short film “Limerence;” and an album of soundtrack music for the Warhammer 40k role-playing game.

Loyal Policies: we're back with our final group of questions submitted by Listeners Like You.  Thank you so much for all of your questions- it was so much fun to sit around and hash these out.  If you've got more questions, please feel free to reach out to us on tumblr or twitter- we'd love to chat!  Please note that this episode contains spoilers for Seasons One through Eight of Our Fair City. If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content advisories for this episode can be found here. Managing Director— Eleanor Hyde Composer— Stephen Poon Cassandra Wilkins/Switchblades Cobalt— Ele Matelan Sandy/Erin Davenport— Abby Doud The Narrator— Ansel Burch Doctor Herbert West/Sound Designer— Ryan Schile Dr. Moro/Jack/Archie/Writer— Mark Soloff Writer/Agent Chamberlain— Jim McDoniel Executive Producer— Jeffrey Gardner Produced by Jeffrey Gardner.  Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip.  Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography.

Loyal Policies: we're back with our third group of questions submitted by Listeners Like You.  We got way more questions than we could handle in a single podcast, so we'll be answering your queries over the next few weeks---if you submitted a question and didn't hear it answered here, sit tight--we will most likely answer it in the next session.  Please note that this episode contains spoilers for Seasons One through Eight of Our Fair City. If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content advisories for this episode can be found here. Managing Director— Eleanor Hyde Composer— Stephen Poon Cassandra Wilkins/Switchblades Cobalt— Ele Matelan Sandy/Erin Davenport— Abby Doud The Narrator— Ansel Burch Doctor Herbert West/Sound Designer— Ryan Schile Dr. Moro/Jack/Archie/Writer— Mark Soloff Writer/Agent Chamberlain— Jim McDoniel Executive Producer— Jeffrey Gardner Produced by Jeffrey Gardner.  Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip.  Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography.

Loyal Policies: we're back with another group of questions submitted by Listeners Like You.  We got way more questions than we could handle in a single podcast, so we'll be answering your queries over the next few weeks---if you submitted a question and didn't hear it answered here, sit tight--we will most likely answer it in the next session.  Please note that this episode contains spoilers for Seasons One through Eight of Our Fair City. If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content advisories for this episode can be found here. Managing Director— Eleanor Hyde Composer— Stephen Poon Cassandra Wilkins/Switchblades Cobalt— Ele Matelan Sandy/Erin Davenport— Abby Doud The Narrator— Ansel Burch Doctor Herbert West/Sound Designer— Ryan Schile Dr. Moro/Jack/Archie/Writer— Mark Soloff Writer/Agent Chamberlain— Jim McDoniel Executive Producer— Jeffrey Gardner Produced by Jeffrey Gardner.  Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip.  Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography. A huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity!

Loyal Policies: we're back with another group of questions submitted by Listeners Like You.  We got way more questions than we could handle in a single podcast, so we'll be answering your queries over the next few weeks---if you submitted a question and didn't hear it answered here, sit tight--we will most likely answer it in the next session.  Please note that this episode contains spoilers for Seasons One through Eight of Our Fair City. If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content advisories for this episode can be found here. Managing Director— Eleanor Hyde Composer— Stephen Poon Cassandra Wilkins/Switchblades Cobalt— Ele Matelan Sandy/Erin Davenport— Abby Doud The Narrator— Ansel Burch Doctor Herbert West/Sound Designer— Ryan Schile Dr. Moro/Jack/Archie/Writer— Mark Soloff Writer/Agent Chamberlain— Jim McDoniel Executive Producer— Jeffrey Gardner Produced by Jeffrey Gardner.  Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography.  A huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity!

We're back with the fourth and final episode of Tales From Albuquerque! Early on in the process of setting up our Patreon, we had the wild idea of putting together a miniseries that told the story of Doctor Herbert West's time in the distant city of Albuquerque.  We would give this corner of the world of Our Fair City to a group of the best writers and designers the Audio Drama community has to offer, and see what bizarre tales they would create. Thanks to your support through Patreon, it is now a reality! This miniseries, told Rashomon style around a campfire by some of your favorite (or most reviled) characters. We hope you enjoy it, and thank you to all our listeners and especially our supporters on Patreon for making it possible. Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Simon— Mark Soloff Doctor Herbert West—Ryan Schile Nathan Rourke— Clayton Faits Elbows—Abby Doud Dora— Kat Evans Nose— Mark Soloff Toes— Kat Evans The Bartender—Abby Doud Andrew Snidge—Frank Sjodin Written by Sarah Shachat, with Jim McDoniel.  Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Alexander Danner.  Music by Stephen Poon. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.

We're back with the third episode of Tales From Albuquerque! Early on in the process of setting up our Patreon, we had the wild idea of putting together a miniseries that told the story of Doctor Herbert West's time in the distant city of Albuquerque.  We would give this corner of the world of Our Fair City to a group of the best writers and designers the Audio Drama community has to offer, and see what bizarre tales they would create. Thanks to your support through Patreon, it is now a reality! This miniseries, told Rashomon style around a campfire by some of your favorite (or most reviled) characters. We hope you enjoy it, and thank you to all our listeners and especially our supporters on Patreon for making it possible. Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Simon— Mark Soloff Doctor Herbert West—Ryan Schile Nathan Rourke— Clayton Faits Dora— Kat Evans The Bartender—Abby Doud Dr. Seth Brundle—Clayton Faits Written by Eli Barraza, with Jim McDoniel.  Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Eli McIlveen.  Music by Stephen Poon. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.

We're back with the second episode of Tales From Albuquerque! Early on in the process of setting up our Patreon, we had the wild idea of putting together a miniseries that told the story of Doctor Herbert West's time in the distant city of Albuquerque.  We would give this corner of the world of Our Fair City to a group of the best writers and designers the Audio Drama community has to offer, and see what bizarre tales they would create. Thanks to your support through Patreon, it is now a reality! This miniseries, told Rashomon style around a campfire by some of your favorite (or most reviled) characters. We hope you enjoy it, and thank you to all our listeners and especially our supporters on Patreon for making it possible. Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Simon— Mark Soloff Doctor Herbert West—Ryan Schile Nathan Rourke— Clayton Faits Arenna— Kat Evans Meraya—Abby Doud Written by Gwynn Fulcher, with Jim McDoniel and Jeffrey Gardner. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Anna Rodriguez.  Music by Stephen Poon. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.

Early on in the process of setting up our Patreon, we had the wild idea of putting together a miniseries that told the story of Doctor Herbert West’s time in the distant city of Albuquerque.  We would give this corner of the world of Our Fair City to a group of the best writers and designers the Audio Drama community has to offer, and see what bizarre tales they would create. Thanks to your support through Patreon, it is now a reality! This miniseries, told Rashomon style around a campfire by some of your favorite (or most reviled) characters. We hope you enjoy it, and thank you to all our listeners and especially our supporters on Patreon for making it possible. Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Simon— Mark Soloff Jason of Albuquerque—Ryan Schile Eleanor— Tara Schile Dr. Herbert West— Clayton Faits Dora— Kat Evans Nathan Rourke— Clayton Faits Dr. Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman Snudge— Frank Sjodin The Bartender—Abby Doud Written by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason, with Jim McDoniel and Jeffrey Gardner. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Jordan Fehr. Music by Stephen Poon. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.

Here we are with our final blooper reel for Our Fair City- we very much hope you've enjoyed these! If you’d like to support HartLife NFP, Our Fair City, and our upcoming production Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.    You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content warnings for this episode can be found here. Blasphlegmy—Frank Sjodin Oh booooooy—Abby Doud Grown up Jade—Rose Sengenberger Midwestern Time Traveler—Kat Evans Restorical—Ansel Burch Acts too hard—David Rheinstrom Baby?—Ginneh Thomas Cuuuuuuube!  Cuuuuuuuube?!—Beth Eyre Electro-chemical reaction—Ryan Schile Tacooooos!—Saren Nofs Snyder This is an Archibald FunnyPants Episode—Mark Soloff WHAT'S MY MOTIVATION—Whitney Jones I'm sorry (I'm not sorry) I'm a little sorry—Clayton Faits Have a great life—Taryn Maxximillian Dafoe Can See Russia—Whitney Jones I do something called Time Travel—David Fink Compiled and produced Jeffrey Gardner.  Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography. Music by Latché Swing. A huge thank you to our episode sponsor Backblaze, through the Chicago Podcasting Cooperative.

Don't worry- we aren't going anywhere yet~ If you’d like to support HartLife NFP, Our Fair City, and our upcoming production Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.    You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content warnings for this episode can be found here. You heard me f*ck...no you didn't—Ansel Burch What a band of tools—Frank Sjodin Cuuuuuuuube...cube—Hank Hewitt Over-informative Nose—David Rheinstrom Nuclear WHOOPS—Tyler Samples Beg-God d*mn it!—Abby Doud Where is Betty?—Clint Worthington Space Train!—Jared Latore Don't want to blow too soon—Mark Soloff Alternate Narrator—Ele Matelan Very Confused—Kat Evans The Best DM—Tyler Samples Halfway between Texas and Wizard People—Clayton Faits We're Heroes?—Jeffrey Gardner Can See Russia—Whitney Jones I do something called Time Travel—David Fink Compiled and produced Jeffrey Gardner.  Photo by Jenna Braunstein Photography. Music by Latché Swing.  Thank you to Josh Zagoren.  A huge thank you to our episode sponsor Overcast, through the Chicago Podcasting Cooperative.

Loyal Policies-we cannot thank you enough for your support, love and time over the eight seasons of Our Fair City.  We'd like to try anyway. This special message was produced by Ryan Schile, recorded by all of us and is dedicated to you. It's been...the best weird.  

Listen and Remember. ================== The show may be over, but the HartLife NFP isn’t going anywhere!  We’ll be releasing content on the Our Fair City podcast feed for the next few months (including listener questions episodes, blooper reels, and the Tales from Albuquerque miniseries), and launching our brand new show Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery in February of 2019.   To that end- we hope you will continue to support the HartLife NFP patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.  This funding is crucial to the company as we prepare to launch our new show- which we’ll be able to tell you much more about soon!   Thank you all so much for listening. Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Foster Livy— Ansel Burch Elizabeth— Tara Schile Dr. Herbert West— Ryan Schile Loamy— Kat Evans The Bastard Silty— Sebastian H. Orr Dr. Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin Shale—Jeffrey Gardner Mole Choir—Ben Aldred, Lauren Faits, Clayton Faits, Kat Evans, Abby Doud, Jeffrey Gardner, Angelica D’Souza, Ansel Burch, Stephen Poon Written by Clayton Faits, with Jim McDoniel and Jeffrey Gardner. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Mole Hymn score by Stephen Poon and Betsey Palmer. Mole Hymn production and recording by DJ Catnip, with additional instrumentation by Stephen Poon and DJ Catnip.  Mole Hymn Music Direction by Betsey Palmer.   Episode art by Dann Tincher.  Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.

Take a journey down to the underworld with us and our new favorite goddess, Inanna. Listen to how the Queen of Heaven got her start, got a man, got killed... then came back. Also featuring incorrect Shakespeare quotes, the androgynous demon aesthetic, and SO MUCH MUSIC FROM OKLAHOMA. Hear Amanda’s cover of “The Raven” on the Our Fair City tumblr.   Find Us Online If you like Spirits, help us grow by spreading the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, & Goodreads, and review us on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show. You can support us on Patreon to unlock bonus audio content, director’s commentaries, custom recipe cards, and so much more. Merch is for sale at spiritspodcast.com/merch. To read up on us, listen to us on other podcasts, or send us a note, just head on over to SpiritsPodcast.com.   About Us Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, a production collective of indie audio professionals. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

Here we are, Loyal Policies- the final installment of the Season Eight Midseason break.  Today, we have a touching MolePerson Hymn for you: "We Feed the Worms that Feed our Pups." You can find complete lyrics for the Hymn here on our tumblr, if you'd like to sing along. If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content warnings for this episode can be found here. Mole Choir— Ben Aldred, Lauren Faits, Clayton Faits, Kat Evans, Abby Doud, Jeffrey Gardner, Angelica D'Souza, Ansel Burch, Stephen Poon Lyrics by Clayton Faits.  Score by Stephen Poon and Betsey Palmer.  Recorded and Produced by DJ Catnip. Additional instrumentation by Stephen Poon, with DJ Catnip.  Music Direction by Betsey Palmer  Photo by Ahmad Kanbar.   A huge thank you to our episode sponsor the Backblaze Online Backup, through the Chicago Podcasting Cooperative.

We're back with Part 2 of the Season Eight Blooper Reel, here in the Midseason break! If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content warnings for this episode can be found here. Blooper reel here we come!—Jeffrey Gardner Keep us in the Director—Matt Young Thank you kool-aid man!—Mark Soloff PodDad!—David Rheinstrom Probably can't get us Algae Bars—Tyler Samples Should have been slating—Ansel Burch Best Laugh—Symphony Sanders Eats People—Jonah Winston Mark Twain + Fraggles—Clayton Faits Just realized Spookies was a Spirits Parody—Eric L. Silver Swearing at Clay—Abby Doud Too sexy—Frank Sjodin HAH!—Sebastian H. Orr Really bad at gargling—Julia Schifini The Raven (rapping)—Amanda McLoughlin Compiled and produced Jeffrey Gardner.  Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography. Music by Latché Swing.  A huge thank you to our episode sponsor the Second City Training Center, through the Chicago Podcasting Cooperative.

Welcome to the mid-season break!  Up first- our first blooper reel from the first half of Season Eight.  Regular episodes of Our Fair City will return on February 28, 2018. If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content warnings for this episode can be found here. Is this the end of Archie?—Mark Soloff As evil as I'll get—Hank Hewit Roughly Hamlet—Jim McDoniel My wife the Aunt—Clayton Faits Absolutely Not—David Rheinstrom Boop!—Jared Latore I apeat!—Jeffrey Gardner Real Brooklyn, Real Quick—Julia Schifini This is what it's like to hang out with us!—Amanda McLoughlin Scariest Yes—Cecil Baldwin Great Akewsitcs—Ginneh Thomas Gimme Some Pie!—Kat Evans No Swears—Stephanie Murphy I don't just mean he's bad at his job!—Ansel Burch So many words!—Abby Doud I'm a HERO—Marsha Harman Good Milkshakes—Saren Nofs Snyder Compiled and produced Jeffrey Gardner.  Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography. Music by Latché Swing.  A huge thank you to our episode sponsor Simplecast, through the Chicago Podcasting Cooperative.

Loyal Policies- welcome to the Our Fair City 2017 Exclusion Day Special! This year we've got a special treat- the first episode of "Spookies Podcast" from the Andrew Snidge Podcast network.  This crossover with Spirits podcast was recorded live at Podcon 2017 in Seattle, and was a whole lot of fun.  You can listen to spirits podcast wherever you find your podcasts, or on the web at spiritspodcast.com. If you want more from the Andrew Snidge Podcast Network, become a patron of HartLife at patreon.com/hartlifenfp.  A pledge of just one dollar a month will give you access to scripts for Andrew Snidge's "Adventures in science," Our Fair City character playlists, and a whole lot more! You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Opal— Julia Schifini Amber—Amanda McLoughlin Ash— David Rheinstrom Ferrous— Jeffrey Gardner Written by Jim McDoniel. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Environments Designed by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon.  Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Created by Clayton Faits.  Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Simplecast.

I regret, dear listeners, that we must descend into that den of iniquity- the post-flood Tunnels. Perhaps some wisdom can be gained here, despite the direly un-Corporate nature of the locale? ================== Are you a Patron of HartLife NFP?   By giving monthly, you can help support Our Fair City and get access to more content like scripts from Andrew Snidge’s “Adventures in Science,” character playlists, and more!  Visit us at Patreon.com/hartlifenfp to learn more. You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Foster Livy— Ansel Burch Clear Skies Tim— Tyler Samples Grayson— David Rheinstrom Archie— Mark Soloff Hopper— Stephanie Murphy Veronika— Ginneh Thomas Ash— David Rheinstrom Ferrous— Jeffrey Gardner Limey— Lauren Faits Loamy— Kat Evans Peat— Jared Latore Clay— Clint Worthington Sandy— Abby Doud Jade— Rose Sengenberger Coal— David Fink Chert— Lauren Faits Shale— Jeffrey Gardner The Bastard Silty— Sebastian H. Orr Written by Jim McDoniel. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon.  Episode art by Betsey Palmer. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.  Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity.

The Department of Memory has vast historical resources.  Perhaps we can find an answer to our current predicament by digging through the life of one particularly recalcitrant Policy. ================== Are you a Patron of HartLife NFP?   By giving monthly, you can help support Our Fair City and get access to more content like scripts from Andrew Snidge's "Adventures in Science," character playlists, and more!  Visit us at Patreon.com/hartlifenfp to learn more. You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Foster Livy— Ansel Burch Emily Harrison / Emily Caligari / Doctor Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman Deputy Director Harrison / Director Harrison— Cecil Baldwin Vice President Williams / Director Williams— Matt Young Director Sophia— Saren Nofs Snyder Cromwell— Jeffrey Gardner Deputy Director Torres— Whitney Kraus Jones Written by Mark Soloff. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon.  Episode art by Jeffrey Gardner, with photos by Kyle Broad, Nathan Dumlao and Nathaniel Chang. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.  Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity.

I have it!  We'll consult the Actuaries- surely they know what happened to the Tower. ================== Are you a Patron of HartLife NFP?   By giving monthly, you can help support Our Fair City and get access to more content like scripts from Andrew Snidge's "Adventures in Science," character playlists, and more!  Visit us at Patreon.com/hartlifenfp to learn more.   We're also excited to share that Gwynn Valentine of WBEZ's Pleasuretown will be writing the episode of our upcoming Herbert West Minisieries!  Thank you so much to all of our Loyal Policies who support us on Patreon for making that miniseries possible! You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Foster Livy— Ansel Burch Nathan Rourke— Clayton Faits The TWO— Lisa Burton Old Man— Clayton Faits The THREE— Abby Doud Written by Jim McDoniel. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon.  Episode art by Danielle Tanimura. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.  Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity.

Just in time for Halloween, we’re delivering some of the creepiest college ghost stories we’ve ever heard. With Jeffrey Gardner of Our Fair City fame leading the haunted tour through Kenyon College urban legends, we discuss the best practices in surviving haunted places or for rushing a frat, pitch a Roman Mars/Bruno Mars ghost podcast, and let you know why you should never go to estate sales. Find Jeffrey Gardner on Twitter @OFCRadio. Catch up on the excellent show Our Fair City in any podcast app or at ourfaircity.com. If you like Spirits, help us grow by spreading the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, & Goodreads, and review us on iTunes to help new listeners find the show. You can support us on Patreon to unlock bonus audio content, director’s commentaries, custom recipe cards, and so much more. Merch is for sale at spiritspodcast.com/merch. To read up on us, listen to us on other podcasts, or send us a note, just head on over to SpiritsPodcast.com. Our music is "Danger Storm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

I detest these Liminals.  The collaborations between Rogue Scientists and Rebel Policies will never bear the sweet fruit of Truth that the works of the HartLife Corporation do! ================== HartLife NFP is at a pivotal point in its life. With Season Eight, we are bringing Our Fair City to a close, and ramping up work on our next show. We've got a Dr. West miniseries in the works. We've never been busier. That work is possible in large part to the support we get from listeners and fans on Patreon. Some of them give $1 a month. Some of them have donated a year’s worth of algae bars. And to thank those amazing folks we like to share special insider treats. If you haven’t already become a Patreon supporter we’ve got an extra push. When we reach $650, we will release three scripts from Andrew Snidge’s audio drama “Adventures in Science!” (as transcribed by Jim McDoniel) on our Patreon feed for all our backers! Even better: these will be released under a Creative Commons Attribution/Non-commercial License. Want to record your own Adventures in Science?  Make a comic?  Use it in some other medium?  Go ahead---Andrew would be proud of you! But first you have to be a Patron. So head over to Patreon.com/hartlifenfp to help us make this happen. And then you get to read Adventures in Science. You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Foster Livy— Ansel Burch Veronika Hasher— Ginneh Thomas Clear Skies Tim— Tyler Samples Grayson— David Rheinstrom Hopper— Stephanie Murphy Old Man— Clayton Faits Andrew Snidge— Frank Sjodin Hopper— Stephanie Murphy Elizabeth Rourke— Tara Schile Doctor Montgomery Moro— Mark Soloff Doctor Herbert West— Ryan Schile Voice of HartLife— Jeffrey Gardner Cassie Wilkins— Ele Matelan Written by Stephanie Spence. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon.  Episode art by Dann Tincher. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.  Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity.

Maybe there is something we can learn from the Histories. If you'd like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Foster Livy— Ansel Burch Archibald FunnyPants— Mark Soloff Clear Skies Tim— Tyler Samples Old Man— Clayton Faits Veronika Hasher— Ginneh Thomas Refugee 1— Julia Schifini Refugee 2— Jim McDoniel Refugee 3— Amanda McLoughlin Refugee 4— Lisa Burton Written by Clayton Faits. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon.  Episode art by Kat Janda. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.  Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity.

It has been so long.  There must be something left. If you'd like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content Warnings for this episode can be found here. Foster Livy— Ansel Burch Written by Clayton Faits. Directed by  Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon.  Episode art by Dan Streeting. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip. Created by Clayton Faits.  Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Cards Against Humanity.

Loyal Policies: today we bring you a short vignette from Composer Stephen Poon on the making of the Our Fair City theme song, featuring several as to now unreleased pieces of music! If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content advisories for this episode can be found here. Composer— Stephen Poon Produced by Ryan Schile. Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography

This week's episode sees the return of lovely recurring guest Ele Matelan (from Our Fair City, Starlight Radio Dreams and Locked Into Vacancy Entertainment), to help us unpack 1986's Rawhead Rex! Written by horror icon Clive Barker (a.k.a. Pervy Lovecraft) and based on his short story, Rawhead Rex sees the return of a goofy-looking hell demon to terrorize a small Irish village, with only an obnoxious American photographer and his sexy grey cardigan to stop it. Check out our episode, along with our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) Related links:  See Ele do foley work at The Second City for their latest show, 13 Treasons Why! Sign up and submit your scary scripts for the 10th Annual DeathScribe: The International Festival of Horror Plays (courtesy of WildClaw Theatre!)

Loyal Policies: today we bring you a short vignette from Lead Sound Designer Ryan Schile on his favorite sound moments in Our Fair City!  We hope you enjoy this look behind the scenes as we continue to prepare for Season Eight's launch. If you’d like to support HartLife NFP and Our Fair City, you can join the amazing community on our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp.   By pledging monthly, you can ensure the growth and stability of our company and  get great rewards like Our Fair City ringtones, Herbert West on your voicemail, personalized HartLife policy certificates, and more.  You can also help spread the word by rating and reviewing on iTunes or whatever podcasting service you are listening to us on! Content advisories for this episode can be found here. Lead Sound Designer— Ryan Schile Produced by Ryan Schile. Photo by Sebastian Orr Photography

This week the Hartlife Company – all the life you'll ever need – is proud to present Tales from Our Fair City in their annual EXCLUSION DAY special. A charming story of survivors, obedience, and a happy man wearing red.  Featuring both their 2011 special as well as a more recent live performance from Chicago, […] The post Our Fair City: Happy Exclusion Day! appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 2 of 2 Policies and policettes, we at Radio Drama Revival take heart in the warm gripping hands of the Hartlife Corporation, proudly providing YOU with all the life you will ever need. And if you want a little bit more? Well… we'll learn how that goes for a group of intrepid characters in […] The post Episode 361 – Adventures with Neal Henderson in Our Fair City appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we continue our coverage of the audio drama awesomeness that happened at CONvergence 2013 with a feature of Our Fair City‘s live show, the Archibald Funnypants Variety Hour. Knowledge of the Our Fair City universe is helpful, but not required, to enjoy this tongue-in-cheek live event that uses the format of an old […] The post Episode 339 – Our Fair City Live appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

From our Mark Time/Ogle Awards winners' circle series – this week we feature again the funky distopia of Our Fair City, where the Hartlife Company provides “All the life you ever need,” malicious man-eating ants are something to sweep under the rug, and the highlight of your day may be bumping into a mole person. […] The post Episode 289 – A Night Out on Our Fair City appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Tonight Jack and the mysterious Homeless man (David Ault) and the waitress of the Christmas Cafe Noel (introducing the awesome Lyn Cullen). Tonight's feature completes season 1 of Our Fair City and that plea from Antonia Mannette.

Tonight Jack takes a trip out in the cold air and meets a Homeless man played by the amazing David Ault. Tonight's feature includes episodes one through to six of Our Fair City and a repeat plea from Antonia Mannette.