171 episodes

At the Penumbra, you might follow Juno Steel, a brooding, sharp-witted private eye on Mars, as he tangles with an elusive homme fatale, tracks dangerous artifacts of an ancient alien civilization, and faces his three greatest fears: heights, blood, and relationships.

Or you might enter the world of the Second Citadel, where the merciless Sir Caroline must corral a team of emotionally distraught all-male knights to defend their city against mind-manipulating monsters...even the ones they’ve fallen in love with.

These audio dramas and more await you in the Penumbra, dear traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay. (Start with "1.01: Juno Steel and the Case of the Murderous Mask" or "1.09: Second Citadel - The Head of the Janus Beast.")

The Penumbra is created and produced by Sophie Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert. Follow us on Twitter (@thepenumbrapod), Tumblr (@thepenumbrapodcast), or Facebook (The Penumbra Podcast).

You can find all of our transcripts here. If you would like to view trigger warnings or SFX attributions, you can scroll to the end of the appropriate episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_

The Penumbra Podcast Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert

    • Fiction
    • 4.8 • 24 Ratings

At the Penumbra, you might follow Juno Steel, a brooding, sharp-witted private eye on Mars, as he tangles with an elusive homme fatale, tracks dangerous artifacts of an ancient alien civilization, and faces his three greatest fears: heights, blood, and relationships.

Or you might enter the world of the Second Citadel, where the merciless Sir Caroline must corral a team of emotionally distraught all-male knights to defend their city against mind-manipulating monsters...even the ones they’ve fallen in love with.

These audio dramas and more await you in the Penumbra, dear traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay. (Start with "1.01: Juno Steel and the Case of the Murderous Mask" or "1.09: Second Citadel - The Head of the Janus Beast.")

The Penumbra is created and produced by Sophie Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert. Follow us on Twitter (@thepenumbrapod), Tumblr (@thepenumbrapodcast), or Facebook (The Penumbra Podcast).

You can find all of our transcripts here. If you would like to view trigger warnings or SFX attributions, you can scroll to the end of the appropriate episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_

    5.22: Juno Steel and the Thief's Honor (Part 1)

    5.22: Juno Steel and the Thief's Honor (Part 1)

    It's difficult to stay sane while you're in two simultaneous life-or-death situations, but Juno Steel is doing his best. With the Ruby 7 psychically splitting his attention between two places -- one where he is imprisoned and experimented on by Dokana executives; another where Nureyev must argue to save Juno's life -- things are looking pretty grim. And with each passing day, the executives draw closer to isolating what they need from Juno... which means that each day, they draw closer and closer to disposing of him entirely.
    Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
    (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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    You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing
    Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
    On staff at the Penumbra:
    Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
    Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
    Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
    Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
    Noah Simes -- Production manager
    Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
    Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
    Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
    Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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    Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
    “great-dark-caverns-of-machinery_futuristic_by_OnlyTheGhosts.ogg” by OnlyTheGhosts https://freesound.org/people/OnlyTheGhosts/sounds/251478/
    “MachinesWhirring.wav” by jamesgilsenan https://freesound.org/people/jamesgilsenan/sounds/388370/
    “Space Hulk Engine room.wav” by Badgie42 https://freesound.org/people/Badgie42/sounds/398790/
    “Keyless lock.wav” by theplax https://freesound.org/people/theplax/sounds/618144/
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    TRIGGER WARNINGS:
    - Violence and threats of violence
    - Sudden loud noises
    - Death and murder
    - Blood
    - Medical abuse and abuse of authority
    - Torture
    - Intent to self-harm and suicidal ideation
    - Armed conflict


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    • 40 min
    5.21: Second Citadel--The Fall (Part 2)

    5.21: Second Citadel--The Fall (Part 2)

    The Second Citadel has stood, tall and proud, in the Northern Wilds for centuries. It is the bastion of humanity in the region, a settlement carved out from an unforgiving land. No matter what happens, you must remember this: there are people who call it home, people who love it, people who have never known anything but it.
    Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
    (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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    You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing
    Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
    On staff at the Penumbra:
    Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
    Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
    Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
    Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
    Noah Simes -- Production manager
    Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
    Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
    Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
    Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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    Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
    “Stone with Chains is Destroyed.wav” by SoundFlakes  https://freesound.org/people/SoundFlakes/sounds/492539/
    "Usherfalls.wav" by spiehler https://freesound.org/people/spiehler/sounds/409056/
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    TRIGGER WARNINGS:
    - Violence and threats of violence
    - Gunfire
    - Death
    - Sudden loud noises
    - Physical injury and bleeding
    - Manipulation
    - Abuse of authority
    - Explosions and destruction on a large scale
    - War
    - Genocide
    - Military action


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    • 54 min
    5.20: Second Citadel--The Fall (Part 1)

    5.20: Second Citadel--The Fall (Part 1)

    Sir Galahad the Great is a popular man in what remains of Silvershore. Some people want to kill him; some want to ask him a favor; some want to reward him for his good work in reducing the beautiful city to dust and rubble. But who ever would have guessed that it's the last of these three visitors he has to worry about?
    Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
    (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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    You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing
    Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
    On staff at the Penumbra:
    Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
    Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
    Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
    Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
    Noah Simes -- Production manager
    Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
    Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
    Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
    Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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    Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
    “Jackhammer inside, heard from outside.” by ultradust https://freesound.org/people/ultradust/sounds/639554/
    “Sad pattern drone.wav” by patchenhttps://freesound.org/people/patchen/sounds/24701/
    “industrial doors in wind 01 150329_0552 marc.wav” by klankbeeldhttps://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/268571/
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    TRIGGER WARNINGS:
    - Violence and threats of violence
    - Gunfire
    - Death
    - Sudden loud noises
    - Physical injury and bleeding
    - Manipulation
    - Abuse of authority
    - Explosions and destruction on a large scale
    - War
    - Genocide
    - Military action


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    • 34 min
    5.19: Juno Steel and the Terrible Waste (Part 2)

    5.19: Juno Steel and the Terrible Waste (Part 2)

    They could've brought back people. Instead they brought back Workers.
    Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
    (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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    You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing
    Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
    On staff at the Penumbra:
    Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
    Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
    Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
    Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
    Noah Simes -- Production manager
    Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
    Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
    Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
    Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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    Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
    “Metal hit with dull ringouts” by Artninja https://freesound.org/people/Artninja/sounds/717721/
    “Feedback.wav” by DiscordantScraps https://freesound.org/people/DiscordantScraps/sounds/620906/
    “PC SPEAKER STATIC” by PMBROWNE https://freesound.org/people/PMBROWNE/sounds/412912/--------
    Trigger warnings:
    - Sudden loud noises
    - Deception and betrayal
    - Violence and threats of violence
    - Use of firearms
    - Death
    - Abuse of the dead
    - Abuse of authority


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    • 48 min
    5.18: Juno Steel and the Terrible Waste (Part 1)

    5.18: Juno Steel and the Terrible Waste (Part 1)

    Out in the furthest reaches of the Milky Way float piles of things best left forgotten: trash, refuse, the runoff and leftovers of a society that wants too much and produces too much. What better place, then, to put an impossible dream: that dead bodies, what we leave behind when we eventually exit life, might start to walk and talk and love again?
    The Dokana group has chosen one of these trashteroids as their place to dream this dream. But be careful: it doesn't take much for a dream to become a nightmare.
    Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
    (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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    You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing
    Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
    On staff at the Penumbra:
    Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
    Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
    Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
    Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
    Noah Simes -- Production manager
    Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
    Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
    Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
    Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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    Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
    “Error_04.wav” by distillerystudio https://freesound.org/people/distillerystudio/sounds/327735/
    “Designed Sci-Fi Atmospheres - Harmonic - 018.wav” by GregorQuendel https://freesound.org/people/GregorQuendel/sounds/638440/
    “Ambience_Sinister_Electric_Cello_Loop_05.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory https://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/274167/
    “Pulsing Static 03 (w/ intermittent noise)” by clwhite https://freesound.org/people/clwhite/sounds/574310/
    “March over the desert” by Diegolar https://freesound.org/people/Diegolar/sounds/411772/
    “Monolith.wav” by _NOMINAL_ https://freesound.org/people/_NOMINAL_/sounds/124626/
    “Fading Clanking” by KodyTron https://freesound.org/people/KodyTron/sounds/641919/
    “CN_tower_02.flac” by tim.kahn https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/sounds/35540/
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    Trigger warnings:
    - Sudden loud noises
    - Deception and betrayal
    - Violence and threats of violence
    - Use of firearms
    - Death
    - Abuse of the dead
    - Abuse of authority


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    • 42 min
    5.17: Second Citadel--The Indomitable Duelist (Part 3)

    5.17: Second Citadel--The Indomitable Duelist (Part 3)

    Many centuries ago, three brothers in the Northern Wilds banded together to prevent a catastrophe... and ended up at the center of one instead. This is their story.
    Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
    (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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    You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing
    Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
    On staff at the Penumbra:
    Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
    Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
    Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
    Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
    Noah Simes -- Production manager
    Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
    Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
    Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
    Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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    Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
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    Trigger warnings:
    - Sudden loud noises
    - Violence and threats of violence
    - Genocide
    - Use of weapons
    - Fire
    - Harm to people and animals
    - Harm to children
    - Deception
    - Abuse of authority
    - Organized military assault


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    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
24 Ratings

24 Ratings

Ekho. ,

Beautiful

I love their voices, their story, the whole universe of the Penumbra. Its so nice to listen to ! I began to listen to it to sleep as English is not my mother-tongue but now I just enjoy sitting in my room with a nice drink and those nice tales!

marieLR28 ,

Stunning podcast!

It’s been my favorite podcast for the last few years - it’s impossible not to get attached to the characters and the plot will have you hold your breath the entire time!

SourLemonDaddy ,

everyday i think about juno and i weep

Ive been listening to tpp since it's very start and i am absoutely in love with it, with all it's characters and all it's charm, words cant describe how much i love it

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