32 episodes
The Silt Verses Eskew Productions Ltd
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4.9 • 48 Ratings
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In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations.
As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories.
Two seasons released, one more on the way.
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Chapter 16: And The Current Flows On Without End
Content warning: This episode contains references to war, gunfire, one extended scene of mass murder including presumed infanticide, bodily transformation.
We meet Mercer and Gage - a pair of god-hunters and mercenaries, in the employ of the Peninsulan Government. Meanwhile, a young prophet unexpectedly returns home to his people.
Featuring: Daphne Nitsuga, JV Hampton Van-Sant, Sarah Griffin, Jamie Stewart, B. Narr and Daisy Bilenkin.
Transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-2-chapter-1
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Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers
Carpenter wakes in a garden of the dead - and reflects on the possibility of life beyond the Trawler-man.
Content warnings: This episode features descriptions of physical decay, acts of drowning/poisoning, and physical assault.
This episode stars Sarah Griffin, Méabh de Brún, Sarah Golding, Daphne Nitsuga and JV Hampton Van-Sant. Additional voices provided by Cole Weavers and Michelle Kelly.
Transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-2-chapter-2
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Chapter 18: If My Hands Could Shape The Flow
Across the border, in the city of Nesh, an exile attempts to make a fresh start.
Content warnings: This episode contains reference to suicidality (10.20-11.30) and two scenes of extremely bloody violence, including character torture (26.00-30.00 and 33.00-34.00).
Episode transcript:
https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-2-chapter-3
Cast:
Lucille Valentine, Pip Gladwin, Jimmie Yamaguchi, Mintaka Angell, Shogo Miyakita, Michelle Kelly, and Siobhan McAuliffe.
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Chapter 19: I'd Bear This Song To The Precipice
As Carpenter makes her long pilgrimage back to the White Gull River, she encounters a young girl who's been hallowed with a strange and unhappy condition - which leads her to make an impulsive decision.
This episode features, in order of their appearance: Méabh de Brún, Daphne Nitsuga, Caleb del Rio, Carmella Brown, and Jonny Sims.
Content warning: This episode features scenes of immolation.
Transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season2-4
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Chapter 20: And Rend Us Both To Dust Below
Episode summary:
Paige embarks on her quest to make a new kind of god - and enlists the help of an old friend.
This episode stars Jimmie Yamaguchi, David Ault and Lucille Valentine. The transcript can be found here.
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Chapter 21: We'd Both Go Plunging Downwards
As Mercer and Gage continue their pursuit of the Trawler-man's disciples down the length of the White Gull, the ambitious Adjudicator Shrue embarks upon their re-election campaign...
This episode stars Daphne Nitsuga, JV Hampton Van-Sant, Sarah Griffin, Sena Bryer and Oliver Smith. (It also features additional voices from James J Harringman, Tanja Milojevic, Lucille Valentine, Cole Weavers and Calder Dougherty.)
Special thanks to Kiri Wolff and Clay Scarberry for Shrue campaign slogans.
Warning: This episode also features scenes of intense body horror from the 26-minute mark onwards.
Episode transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-2-chapter-6
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Customer Reviews
A plot that takes no prisoners
The very best podcast I have listened to in a decade of enjoying the medium. The actors are tremendous in their emotional range, the soundscaping paints a vivid picture of where the action’s happening and the plot is relentless as it pushes forward, taking no prisoners.
Worst thing about this show is that it’s raised my standards so high I’m having trouble finding something else to listen to now I’ve caught up!
friends and family are bored of me yelling at them to listen to this
i cannot recommend this show highly enough, to anyone who has the stomach for some excellently crafted horror. the writing and world development are second to none, the voice acting is excellent literally across the board, and the sound design is a perfect balance of immersive without being distracting.
i almost didn’t want to listen to season 2 when it came out, because season 1 was already one of my favourite stories and i didn’t know how it could live up, but it absolutely did.
cannot wait to see where this goes next season. phenomenal work.
Superb
I love this show. Maebh de Brun is so very good. Carpenter now lives inside my head (as an audio-only play it gets in close to you so much more). Yep. It’s all so imaginative, so many scenes have sunk in deep to my bones.