Question reality with this cerebral, multilayer sci-fi mystery “Beyond Awakening.” It has an all-ages, multi-species crew aboard a Galactic Confederation crew trying to discover where their mission really lies: outwardly, in the great space beyond, or somewhere closer to home. . . Season 1 has very good pacing, is easy to listen to, and by the end poses intriguing, philosophical questions to the action-oriented team. The episode 7 finale is where I really felt the show peel back to something deeper. I would characterize the show as intriguing but not harrowing or overly dark. It’s suitable for those still looking for pleasant dreams at midnight hours. It has fairly upbeat characters, some tension but not grinding. An overall balanced audio drama with nice sound design that I like the sometimes overlapping layered effects of.

Only listen to a few episodes, but so far great sound, great acting, great story. Seems like a home made Star Trek for your ears. But then again I’m only a few episodes in

I’m loving this one. There might be four audio drama podcasts a year which I catch at or near launch and look forward to the release of each new episode. This is easily one of those. It starts off as a classic-Star-Trek-esque parody, and so far (currently listening to episode four, released ~12 hours ago) has gone well into simulated reality territory. I love any AD when it is well executed, regardless of genre; that said, science fiction in general - and simulated realities specifically - are exactly what I’m after, should I be given the choice. If I had money, I’d throw it at these creators. As I don’t, I’ll leave this deservedly glowing review, and say: Thank you - may you continue to put out such high quality work!