97 episodis
Wolf 359 Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC
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Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around red dwarf star Wolf 359. He's stuck on a scientific survey mission of indeterminate length, 7.8 light years from Earth. His only company on board the station are stern mission chief Minkowski, insane science officer Hilbert, and Hephaestus Station's sentient, often malfunctioning operating system Hera. He doesn't have much to do for his job other than monitoring static and intercepting the occasional decades-old radio broadcast from Earth, so he spends most of his time creating extensive audio logs about the ordinary, day-to-day happenings within the station. But the Hephaestus is an odd place, and life in extremely isolated, zero gravity conditions has a way of doing funny things to people's minds. Even the simplest of tasks can turn into a gargantuan struggle, and the most ordinary-seeming things have a way of turning into anything but that. Wolf 359 is a radio drama in the tradition of Golden Age of Radio shows. Take one part space-faring adventure, add one part character drama, and mix in one part absurdist sitcom, and you get Wolf 359.
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Episode 47: Into the Depths
Please be advised this episode of Wolf 359 contains violence. Listener discretion is advised.
The crew of the Hephaestus's day just got a whole lot worse. The funeral they were holding was interrupted by one of the deceased seemingly coming back to life, their station is being battered by radiation, and Hera has gone offline. And - oh yes - the alien contact event they've been hearing so much about has only just started. It's going to take everything the beleaguered team has to weather the storm, deal with the two enemy prisoners in their midst, and come to grips with what's happened to Captain Lovelace. Plus, a chain reaction, trash duty, cool dental plans, the sacred tradition of "Nose Goes," and why we get into trouble.
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Episode 48: Theta Scenario
Please be advised this episode of Wolf 359 contains mentions of violence, death, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.
As Eiffel, Minkowski, Hera, and Lovelace try to decide how to allocate their limited resources, Kepler finally reveals some of Goddard Futuristics's most deeply held secrets. Before the crew can consider the existential implications of these revelations, however, they'll need to deal with their own growing fears, insecurities, and personal conflicts. Plus, snake-filled pits, educated guesses, paradigm shifts, impractical human emotions, and the remainder of our musical program.
Tonight's episode features Julia Morizawa in the role of Commander Zhang. It also features The Waltz of the Flowers, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Episode 49: Out of the Loop
With the end of the Urania's repairs in sight, the crew is throwing all their energy into one final push. But as the finish line inches closer, Captain Lovelace begins to notice something strange. Work is mysteriously getting undone each morning, and certain events seem to be repeating themselves day in and day out. What is happening? And why does no one else seem to notice? Plus, hydraulic horsepower, horrific manipulation, highly unlikely events, the sledgehammer approach, and Hephaestus Crisis Dog Years.
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Episode 50: The Hiccups Method
It’s been a few weeks since the crew aborted repairs on the Urania, and they are no closer to figuring out how to satisfy the aliens' mysterious demands. If only they had someone on board who shared some sort of connection with these beings... But convincing Captain Lovelace to try and reach out to the alien presence for answers is only half the battle - they will have to really think outside the box in order to make contact. Plus, Borg network action, intergalactic twenty questions, Ouija boards, the Avatar State, and purely academic curiosity.
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Episode 51: Shut Up and Listen
Space Monkey Radio proudly presents U.F.Overview: a new series that offers in-depth analysis on the possibility of alien contact, and explores the complex realities of communicating with non-terrestrial beings. What do we know? How do we know it? When will we know that what we're trying to know is something we can know? Join our two intrepid co-hosts as they ponder these questions. Plus, archive recordings, hapless civilians, nine-dimensional formats, the world's suckiest pleasure cruise, and the forefront of evil in thirty-two different star systems.
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Episode 52: Constructive Criticism
Following the fiasco that was his latest attempt at radio journalism, Officer Eiffel has retreated away from the crew, working long hours by himself. Things take a turn for the worse, however, when a dangerous gas is accidentally released throughout the station. Quarantined in Hilbert's old lab while Hera works to undo the environmental damage, the crew and their prisoners resorts to increasingly desperate means to stave off boredom, slow-simmering resentments, and Eiffel's growing insecurities about his place on the Hephaestus. Plus, tragic accidents, slight malfunctions, Franken-Nouveau decor, interjection-y glory, and a complete lack of moral compass.
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Ressenyes del públic
You. Must. Listen.
Hey dear listeners. If music gives us “ear worms”, the Wolf 359 podcast gives us “brain mutant plant monsters”. It’s been a week since I finished all episodes and it’s still running around the corridors of my brain. And I couldn’t be happier about it (except I would love more)! Eiffel and Minkowski make a great team (sometimes…maybe?) And as for Hera, there’s nothing artificial about my love for this sassy intelligence!! Please make more! Pleeeeeeease!!
Well, since I have not found a podcast like this anywhere, I’m going to have to do re–listen. This is still a stand out podcast in my memory a few years on!
BEST PODCAST EVER!!!!!!!
This is the best story line I have ever listened to I am only on season two but I am already so invested in this story I am having so much fun listening to the story and being shocked as ever by all the twists and turns of this immense storyline like no spoilers but the end of season one was pretty incredible so overall best story ever five stars guaranteed
Started out strong
I have never left a semi negative review before, but because of the length of this series I thought I should. It wasn’t difficult to get invested, this was a great story with a really good plot line and engaging characters. As the seasons progressed, it just became a little much. Temper tantrums by seasoned officers. Strange decisions made by characters that made no sense other than to force continuation of the story. ( SPOILER) Humans able to control (clearly powerful) aliens and then murder them? The “bad guys” were a little ridiculously smug and the constant and continuous gains and subsequent failures of the “good guys” became predictable and frustrating. I finished it because I had to know how things finally wrapped up, but honestly it could have been a season shorter and much more enjoyable.