Aster Podcasting Presents Aster Podcasting

Trigger warnings: Christian religious themes (possession, exorcism, Hell), terminal illness, sexism, references to pregnancy, yelling, insults, reference to non-consensual sexual interactions, violence, injury, blood, fire, violent death, death by terminal illness.

At the turn of the century, a doctor goes to treat an old friend, where what is ailing her might be beyond any medical knowledge that exists.

Team
Concept by Inigo Sherwani
Written by Eli Ramos and Bishop Sinclair
Sound design by Eli Ramos
Nagisa as Miriam Howland
Eli Ramos as Paloma di Frances and Norma Kappel
Chaitrika Budamagunta as Eleanor Sheedy
Kevin Paculan as Lawrence Howland and Darren Capaldi
Bishop Sinclair as Auriel
 
Attributions for sound effects and music.

Music
"The Moon got tangled in the Branches" by Lexin_Music
"Horror Music" by UNIVERSFIELD
"Dark Sad Ambient Piano" by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer
A dark, evil and tense sinister evolving horror drone
Bowed violin, tremolo, horror accent with an evil classic horror tone
Horror screech, high pitched violin stab with reverb
“ScaryViolins.ogg” by lennyboy (https://freesound.org/people/lennyboy/sounds/244417/)
Horror riser, reversed violin stab, great for shock, fear, dramatic and scary uses 1
"Creepy Night" by ASTROFREQ
“Scary | Suspense » Suspense and Scary 02” by tyops (https://freesound.org/people/tyops/sounds/391751/)
A subtle, dark, evil and tense horror atmosphere drone
"ambient piano -Happy days-" by leela_takaki
"Irregular Rhythms" by TimKulig
“Violin terror Music Creative Commons 2.wav” by juansecollo https://freesound.org/people/juansecoello/sounds/401057/
"Terror Orchestra 6" by Ashenrise
"Dark Ambient Atmosphère 2" by danydory
"Geisterstimmen" by Janbarkmann
"Ambient Suspense Atmosphere" by Stringer_Bell
"Midnight" by Lexin_Music
"A Leaf on the Wind" by Lexin_Music
"When You Smile" by Lexin_Music
 
From freesound.org
“Horse-drawn carriage - On board.wav” by Sirderf (https://freesound.org/people/Sirderf/sounds/333679/)
“Closet Slide Door Open and Close” by ChazzRavenelle (https://freesound.org/people/ChazzRavenelle/sounds/421848/)
“horse carriage 2-edited.mp3” by j-o-j (https://freesound.org/people/j_o_j/sounds/363018/)
“Frogerie's birds » Birds symphony” by arnaud_coutancier (https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/467096/)
“FOLEY-AKELLEY6 » Turning Key” by akelley6 (https://freesound.org/people/akelley6/sounds/453050/)
“Birds In A Cage On Antibiotics.wav” by Angel_Perez_Grandi (https://freesound.org/people/Angel_Perez_Grandi/sounds/52166/)
“Fire » 18 - Extinguishing a candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik (https://freesound.org/people/14GPanskaLetko_Dominik/sounds/419290/)
“Ambient: Creepy Sounds » ATMOS Horror / Creepy "Dark Whispers" by bolkmar (https://freesound.org/people/bolkmar/sounds/501480/)
“Droping a key” by lucktheone (https://freesound.org/people/lucktheone/sounds/170643/)
“Torch_Swinging Quickly 1.wav” by kev_durr (https://freesound.org/people/kev_durr/sounds/426206/)
“footsteps on stairs » footsteps_up_stairs_1.WAV” by sinatra314 (https://freesound.org/people/sinatra314/sounds/209478/)
“Large Swarm of Buzzing Flies.wav” by jakobthiesen (https://freesound.org/people/jakobthiesen/sounds/207685/)
“1840 Grandfather Clock Retake » OneChime.wav” by daveincamas (https://freesound.org/people/daveincamas/sounds/44099/)
“rummage_drawers_papers_books.aiff” by nothayama (https://freesound.org/people/nothayama/sounds/172501/)
“Drawers » Steel Drawers_02” by MattRuthSound (https://freesound.org/people/MattRuthSound/sounds/550407/)
“Objects_fall_on_ground.aiff” by MaxDemianAGL (https://freesound.org/people/MaxDemianAGL/sounds/183609/)
“Sekalaiset Miscellaneous » Metalliesineet putoavat lattialle / Bang, single big metal objects fall on the floor, echo” by YleArkisto (https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/270818/)
“Knuckles or bones cracking” by VlatkoBlazek (https://free

Trigger warnings: Discussion of family death, childhood trauma, body swapping, coerced/forced medical procedures, ringing sounds, child endangerment, violence, death.

After a traumatic event left Ashley unable to connect with others, her father takes measures to help her recover. But behind the bright colors and circus animals in the town of Jubilee lurks a darker secret.

Check out Strong Branch Productions (strongbranchpro) on Twitter and Tumblr!

Team
Art by Claire A. Dinnebier
Written by Claire A. Dinnebier, Grace Griego, and Alex Kingsley
Sound design by Philomena Sherwood
Grace Griego as Ashley
Alex Kingsley as Adelaide
Kevin Paculan as The Father
J.R. Steele as The Child Psychologist
Bishop Sinclair as First Jubilation Employee
Ari Delyn as Second Jubilation Employee and Ad Announcer

Trigger warnings: Yelling/screaming, drinking/alcohol, implied sex scene, loud sounds (banging, slamming, other associated sfx), murder and death, implied sexual assault/harassment, bullying, torture, mind control.

There’s a weird song ringing in Jessica, Chad, and Lillian’s heads and no obvious cure: only facing what happened to a certain girl after a wild night might hold the answers for them. Will they survive? Or will beating Angel come at too high a cost?

Team
Written by Audrey Pham
Edited by Eli Ramos
Sound design by Nagisa
Raine Angel Yoali Olachea Martinez as Angel
Nagisa as Jessica
Chaitrika Budamagunta as Chad
Audrey Pham as Lillian

A few years ago, you found a telephone that let you talk to someone who gives you advice. Sometimes it's helpful, sometimes it's not. But it's nice to know that someone out there is waiting to hear you again.

Every new year, I write a little piece just giving advice to myself from the past year, and I ask my friends to do the same. Thank you to Austria, Christine, Everett, Shoy, Audrey, Ferris, and Jackie for writing advice that I included in here. I'm a little off the mark of "New Year", but it's in time for Lunar New Year, so have a wonderful Year of the Rabbit, everyone, and take care of yourself and each other.

Sound effects
"Phone Rotary Dial Number" by kyles on Freesound.org
"Old Rotary Phone Ringing Western Electric Bell" by mycompasstv on Freesound.org
"Telephone Receiver Lift" by Zapsplat
"Rumble Loop 10s" by unfa on Freesound.org
"Phone Booth Hang Up 01" by Zapsplat

Transcript
SFX: Rotary numbers dial. Ringing rotary phone. Someone picks up on the other end.
Hey. Been a while since you called me. What, something like five years? Six? You used to ring me up every year at the same time, now you’ve been drifting far off the mark. You seem surprised. Well, first, you called me. Second, do I sound a little different? It’s ‘cause I’ve been on hormones, so yeah, I’ll sound a little different. Third, you called me for advice, so that’s my first piece: stay on hormones. Don’t let anyone trick you into thinking they’re not good for you—you waited a damn long time to get on them, read the emails, signed the forms—so just stay on them, okay? Then you can sound like this a little earlier than I did. I mean honestly, kid. Just try not to be afraid of change, it’s coming to you either way. Nothing will be as bad as worst-case scenario that will play out in your mind. We’re always overthinkers, I know. You look at yourself, you ask: do I actually deserve this? What horrible thing did I pull to deserve these bad things? How did I trick people into thinking I’m worthy of this good thing? Listen to me now: you deserve good things that happen to you, so drink it in! And look, the other thing is, no one really deserves things. One good turn doesn’t necessarily equal another good one, because some days, you’ll do everything exactly right and something still goes wrong. Someone does get hurt. But the world’s a heavy burden to bear and it’s not all your responsibility anyways. Set it down a while: Take care of yourself first and set boundaries like you need to. Be patient and slow down. No one’s gonna hate you for that. People are in your life because they love you and not because of some abstract obligation you think they're under. And that the things you think are flaws in you are some of the things people love the most. Do you hate your loved ones when they ask you for help? When they’re at their weakest, is that when you turn away from them? The answer’s no. So don’t think that they’ll think so lowly of you. Reach out when you know you need help, ‘cause believe me, there are going to be a lot of days where things turn sour. Don't be afraid to be loved, and don't push away those are trying to care for you. There’s gonna be a lot of people supporting you too, through your darkest and most out of control times. Does what I said scare you? Showing your most shameful and ugly side is terrifying, I know. You are allowed to have feelings without them being neat and easy. You can’t swallow them forever ‘cause your body’s not a holding cell for every hurt you’ve ever had. At some point you gotta let them go. How do you do that? I guess you mean, how do you open the fist that’s been balled up with rage, with sorrow, with fear for so long? You gotta take small steps: notice of the small things you take for granted in this life. The next time you eat, notice the flavor and texture like you were experiencing it for the first time. Explore the grocery store like a child and find new thin

By day, Mary is an average college student who's hopelessly in love with the dashing Armand--by night, she transforms herself into the over-the-top metal band guitarist ART-ZI. When her crush shows up at one of her shows, she has to make a choice: tell him about her double life or get crushed herself under the pressure!

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Team
Written by Valentine Marles
Edited by Eli Ramos
Sarah Palmero as Mary
Leslie Gideon as Serena
Kevin Paculan as Armand
Jenna Oliver as the Coworker
Shakira Searle as BOMBASTIQUE

Additional voices were provided by Eli Ramos.

Thanks to Lucas, Christine, Ferris, Ezra Lee Buck, Chris Magilton, Audrey Pham, Yan, Joshua Hazeghazam, Seth Timple, Calliope Monroe, Inigo Sherwani, Kyla Worrell, Tyler Jay, Ma Cristina, Everett Noir, Jaewon, James P. Olson, Leyna dAncona, Nia, and Jason Boleyn, our patrons for Aster Podcasting Network. (patreon.com/mxeliramos)

Music
Love romantic music instrumental by Musicalmix2020
Cali by ItsWatR
Rammstein style metal by GeriArt
PAINWANTKILLALLFLESH by techtheist
ITHINKYOUSHLDIE by techtheist
ONE MORE TIME by Guitar Obsession

From freesound.org
“Guitar Riffs » untitled_Insert 1_5.wav” by DjCHAOS (https://freesound.org/people/DjCHAOS/sounds/63890/)
“fXactory » ItIsHere.wav” by eardeer (https://freesound.org/people/eardeer/sounds/423525/)
“Tin metal can” by IENBA (https://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/545494/)
“Sandyrb Coke Can Chaos! » COKE CANS DISPOSAL C617 013.wav” by sandyrb (https://freesound.org/people/sandyrb/sounds/93179/)
“Guitar Thrumming” by qubodup (https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/211611/)
“Guitar Riffs » untitled_Insert 1_4.wav” by DjCHAOS (https://freesound.org/people/DjCHAOS/sounds/63889/)
“JP Field Recordings » Drum Sticks.WAV” by PrimeJunt (https://freesound.org/people/PrimeJunt/sounds/135627/)
“IntroRocK.WAV” by Alex_Mar_ (https://freesound.org/people/Alex_Mar_/sounds/565757/)

From Zapsplat.com
Store Department
Jump Land Shoes Concrete 02

Cyrel Macalino has been chasing down Wilbur Reed, the man who robbed his family, all the way to the city of Folsom. Yet there's another man he can't seem to get off his mind--Mr. Abel, the mysterious druggist who he's taken a real liking to. The clock's still ticking though, and the fatal hour draws ever closer. Cyrel's ready to take a gamble on this duel; the real question is if he knows what cards are up Wilbur's sleeve.

Content warnings: Violence, loud sounds (gunshots, yelling) use and discussion of weapons (knives, guns), alcohol/drinking, mention of hanging, deception.

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Team
Written and edited by Eli Ramos
Justin Saint as Joaquin Abel
Yvonne Kwok as Hui Guan
Ezu as Cyrel Macalino
Angelo Toledo as Léo
August Carroway as Wilbur Reed

Additional voices were provided by Bridget Guziewicz and Eli Ramos.

Thanks to Lucas, Christine, Ferris, Ezra Lee Buck, Chris Magilton, Audrey Pham, Yan, Joshua Hazeghazam, Seth Timple, Calliope Monroe, Inigo Sherwani, Kyla Worrell, Tyler Jay, Ma Cristina, Everett Noir, Jaewon, James P. Olson, Leyna dAncona, Nia, and Jason Boleyn, our patrons for Aster Podcasting Network. (patreon.com/mxeliramos)

Music
Stranger in Town by Caffeine Creek Band
The journey of a cowboy by Andrew Faid
Trygve Larsen -The Lonely Duo Series- Guitar and Harmonica by Nesrality
Guitar Breeze - Guitar Duet by Nesrality
The Lonely Instrument Series -Guitar -Played by Ramon Stagnaro by Trygve Larsen
The Lonely Instrument Series - Nylon Guitar -Played by Brent Mason by Trygve Larsen
Improvise flamenco palo : Taranta Guitar by Ahmad Mousavipour
Granaina by Ahmad Mousavipour
La mme journe quhier by Monplaisir
Les enfants de l'autodestruction by Alpha Hydrae
-The Lonely Duo Series- Guitar and Fiddle by Trygve Larsen
A Villain's Redemption by Katzen Tupas
Moon Acoustic Vibes - Calm Acoustic Guitar Background Music For Videos by Oleksii Kaplunskyi
 
From freesound.org
“Footsteps Dry Leaves G” by InspectorJ (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/347850/)
“Tools-Step_Ladder-Wooden-Dragged-05.wav” by DWOBoyle (https://freesound.org/people/DWOBoyle/sounds/449373/)
“pocket_flask.wav” by Murhemursu (https://freesound.org/people/Murhemursu/sounds/152752/)
“Candle Lantern” by theshaggyfreak (https://freesound.org/people/theshaggyfreak/sounds/315762/)
“Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav” by InspectorJ (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352514/)
“Counting Bills” by qubodup (https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/239134/)
“fighting hits” by Eelke (https://freesound.org/people/Eelke/sounds/266648/)
“2021_2022 » MILOVANOVITCH_Heloise_2021_2022_leatherSqueak.wav” by univ_lyon3 (https://freesound.org/people/univ_lyon3/sounds/612003/)
“Tumbleweed_Impact_001.wav” by duckduckpony (https://freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/204028/)
“Tumbleweed_Impact_002.wav” by duckduckpony  (https://freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/204029/)
“Tumbleweed_Impact_003.wav” by duckduckpony (https://freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/204031/)
“Guns » Drawing gun 4” by JakLocke (https://freesound.org/people/JakLocke/sounds/412263/)
“Guns » Drawing gun 3” by JakLocke (https://freesound.org/people/JakLocke/sounds/412264/)
 
From Zapsplat.com
Cow moo
Horse Galloping Running Ground Straw
Horse Blow Lips
Horse Saddle Stirrup Iron Metal Foot in Movement Exaggerated 05
Horse Snort Human 04
Snake Shed Skin Short
Snake hiss, short
Horse, whinnying, snorting, stable, 13 versions
Horse Clydesdale
Horse snort, human mimicking 2
IMPACT BODY FALL Concrete Leather 02
Jump Land Shoes Concrete 02
Body punch, clothing, jacket impact 4, 7
Horror Knife Slice Slash Skin Fleshy Gore 04
Dark and muted whoosh into a drop, thud, slow motion
IMPACT BODY FALL Concrete