20 episodes

Cooking and culture, intrigue and debt. Follow food journalist Oscar Yasui on a relativistic road trip.

Gastronaut is a narrative science fiction podcast about a food journalist’s galactic misadventures.

Gastronaut airs at the end of every month.

Gastronaut Aaron Kling

    • Fiction
    • 4.9 • 8 Ratings

Cooking and culture, intrigue and debt. Follow food journalist Oscar Yasui on a relativistic road trip.

Gastronaut is a narrative science fiction podcast about a food journalist’s galactic misadventures.

Gastronaut airs at the end of every month.

    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 1: No Ethical Consumption

    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 1: No Ethical Consumption

    What do cities look like on an alien world? Join us for the secret to the ultimate discount, how to walk in a city that hates you, dirty dishes and shared trauma.
    Gastronaut is back, Season 2 starts now.
     
    Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts
    Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling
       
    Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Erika Grandstaff. 
       
    "Babylon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 46 min
    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 2: Houseguests and Fish

    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 2: Houseguests and Fish

    How do you keep your head dry in a city of rain? Join us for a taste changing beverage, a ballistic encounter, and a corner grocery store full of surprises.
     
    Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts
    Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling
       
    Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Erika Grandstaff. 
       
    "Babylon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 50 min
    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 3: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Louder

    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 3: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Louder

    What's the safest way to end a dinner date? Join us for a bad time a bad time a bad time.
     
    Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts
    Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling
       
    Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Bernie Jean Schiebeling. 
       
    "Babylon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 4: Convalescence

    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 4: Convalescence

    What do you have when you have nothing? Join us for the art of guerilla surgery, water soup, and unexpected gifts.
    Special thanks to TheKirkendall for his expertise on trauma medicine.
     
    Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts
    Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling
      
    Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Bernie Jean Schiebeling. 
       
    "Babylon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 50 min
    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 5: The Farm That Eats Itself

    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 5: The Farm That Eats Itself

    How do you eat poison and not die? Join us for an exchange of stew, underground digs, and a silence that kills.
     
    Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts
    Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling
      
    Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Bernie Jean Schiebeling. 
       
    "Babylon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 59 min
    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 6: The Spy Who Fed Me

    Gastronaut Season 2, Episode 6: The Spy Who Fed Me

    How do you entertain a private army? Join us for a trojan cookie, a throttling, and a showing of the critically acclaimed action-thriller Freightland. 
     
    Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts
    Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling
      
    Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Bernie Jean Schiebeling. 
       
    "Babylon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 1 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

Brawnydt ,

Great premise. Great narration. Great world building.

Building a futuristic galaxy one meal at a time. Keep it up, you’re doing something spectacular here. :)

vellitt ,

Addictive

I loved this! His voice is fantastic and I love the quirky SF/food writing combo, spiced with some beautiful insights.

burtneyann ,

A Delight; A Treat to Listen to

I loved it. It was great all around. Great voicing, intriguing story, and a main character that feels satisfying to, for lack of a better word, consume.

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