(exp)lore Jupiter Theatre
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(exp)lore is a fiction anthology podcast. Each episode takes an imaginative dive into the past and future of your city, transporting you to fictional worlds that mirror our own through music and the power of the voice. The stories will immerse you in rich audio dramas while you explore the world through a new lens.
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Bonus: A Krampus Carol
There are Things that lurk in the shadows of the western mountains. This is a retelling of an ancient Midwinter tale with a new twist.
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Episode 8: The Overview Effect
Adam had a hard enough time managing his anxiety during the pandemic-mandated lockdowns, but now, in the aftermath of the restrictions, he has found readjusting to be an equally overwhelming task. After a detour leads Adam into a strange encounter with Isaac—an enigmatic, albeit charming drifter—he finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about human existence, the universe, and our place in it.
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Episode 7: Master Oogam's Blessing
A Chinese mystic reveals a fairy tale from across the sea and a story closer to home. Follow twins Miss Yin and Master Yang from China through their home in Calgary’s Chinatown.
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Episode 6: Lola, Nanay, Anak
After the loss of her grandmother, Jen, a third-generation Filipinx woman comes to terms with her culture and her relationship with her mother and grandmother. Through a series of letters and flashbacks, Jen is taken through the immigrant's experience across three generations of Filipinx women.
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Episode 5: The Xeno Station
In the riotous downfall of civilization that progressively took place over the 21st and 22nd centuries, city state blocks are separated into territories and defended by suburban inhabitants. One community's stability is put at risk when Mayson Jane, a revered Guardian, violates protocol to induct her daughter into privileged secrets, to provide the only chance either one may ever have for escape.
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Episode 4: Niitahtaastsi
In 2027 an Apocalyptic lockdown in Mohkinstsis (Calgary) holds a grade 7 classroom captive during school hours. The students anxiously await their fate, not sure what is going on in the outside world, and Josh, a Blackfoot student, comes to grips with his identity and the true history of the land and the universe. When the trickster comes barreling in unexpectedly, Josh must face a lesson in colonial disorder and his own past.