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This Planet Needs a Name
Imagine a handful of scientists and engineers setting out to terraform a planet - a world - for the frozen people they've got in tow. Just a few people, carefully chosen, who will live out their lives building something they'll never see.
That's us. We're building a future.
A science fiction audio drama suitable for our times.
This Planet Needs a Name
1.06: Until We've Discovered Joy
In Episode Six, “Until We’ve Discovered Joy,” we look in on each of the Nameless Crew now that they’ve settled into their lives planetside. Zei deals with the aftermath of her frightening encounter with the native lifeforms and James has a small personal revelation. Lunch is eaten. Some questions are finally answered.
Content Notes: As always, a few people swear. There are kissing sounds briefly (see the transcript for details).
The transcript is available at https://tinyurl.com/tpnan106. We’re using google docs for transcripts; if you run into any accessibility issues please let us know! You can always contact us at needsanamepod@gmail.com.
This is a collaborative, ensemble project. Many of the character decisions are made by the actors as part of the story and script development process. Please check out their work:
- Caroline Mincks creates and voices Zahava
- Evan Tess Murray creates all of them and voices Zei
- Alexander Doddy creates and voices James
- Alexander Endymion Hernández Díaz creates and voices Cyrus
- Anjali Kunapaneni creates and voices Devi
- Dominic Mendez creates and voices Ángel
- Robin Howell creates and voices Nessa
- Sawyer Greene creates and voices Quill
- Trace Callahan creates and voices Kolian
- Trevor Bean creates and voices Mandry
This episode also introduced Brigitte Paulus, the final member of the Nameless Cast, who has been waiting in the wings until now. Brigitte is a dancer, choreographer, and all-around delightful person who has been stepping into voice acting. She's also a founding member of Vivid Motion, a dance company in Portland, Maine that opens dance performance to anyone. Check them out at vividmotion.org.
Our podcast art was created by Katy Schifferer. Check out her work!
You can learn more about Wabanaki sovereignty at https://www.lwvme.org/Wabanaki.
We tell a story about another world, but we're not giving up on this one.