11th Hour Audio

11th Hour Audio

The 11th Hour Audio Podcast showcases exceptional audio drama from creators pushing the craft forward. Each episode is a curated selection of stories that stand out for their storytelling, production, and originality. This is a space to discover work that rises above the noise and get inspired by what’s possible in audio fiction today.

  1. Introducing - Hearthbound - Stray Lungs Folk Opera

    2d ago

    Introducing - Hearthbound - Stray Lungs Folk Opera

    Transcript Welcome back to the 11th Hour Audio Podcast. Today's featured production is Hearthbound from Stray Lungs, one of the first productions selected through our open submissions process. Odessa's just trying to get home to her wife, but along the Loneliest Road in America she'll encounter strange hosts, stray souls, and echoes of the past she's running from... or running towards. Hearthbound is a folk musical audio drama set across a post-apocalyptic Great Basin. It's a road trip, a queer love story, and a ballad for ecological restoration. Created by Jo Chiang Directed by Jack Towhey Calk Sound Design and Editing by Levi Sharpe Music Directed by Ginger Dolden Music Production by Pete Lanctot Occasional swearing, brief gun violence, mentions of death, grief, abandonment, violence, and brief misophonia. Please note that later episodes of the series may contain additional mature content, including graphic violence. Website: https://www.straylungs.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/straylungs/ The 11th Hour Audio Podcast is now accepting submissions from audio drama creators. If you have a completed audio drama and the rights to share it, we invite you to submit it for consideration. We're looking for creative, immersive audio storytelling and would love to hear what you've been working on. Submission Form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4jN0XD-8acHf7MKAHSyfhITUxKzN1A-Vx7D6BlxQBoFHAeg/viewform?usp=dialog Since 2008, 11th Hour Audio has been creating, supporting, and celebrating audio fiction through productions, community events, and the annual 11th Hour Audio Challenge. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    33 min
  2. Counterbalance - Supercut

    Mar 11

    Counterbalance - Supercut

    Aþæanuka - 95th day of Bäkkos, 5th year of the Vær, 101st GenerationThe journey to the Skundr begins. This week on the 11th Hour Audio Podcast we’re featuring an episode of Counterbalance, an immersive high fantasy audio drama presented in a found-footage style. The story follows three unlikely companions traveling across the mountain Skundr to repair a tear in the magical Weave that holds their world together. As spirits escape and chaos spreads across the mountain, they must learn to work together to mend the damage before their own conflicts make things worse. The series follows a modern human suddenly stranded in a bronze-age-like world of magic, spirits, and non-human cultures, documenting the journey while searching for answers about what happened to the other humans who arrived in this world with her. Cast Raka – Kessir Riliniki Lyn – Carollyn Monterola Malaki – Eyþór Viðarsson (Blighthouse Studio) Auril – Travis Vengroff (The White Vault) Yosha – Hem Brewster (The Lucky Die) Akasar Eþiovar – Lani Minella (AudioGodz) Cerafaïn – Austin Beach (Broken Bard Studios) Additional Voices Whitney Johnson (Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magic Services) Tal Minear (Ungifts) Lucille Valentine (The Six Disappearances of Ella McCray) Written and dialogue edited by Kessir Riliniki Sound design by Sarah Buchynski (Polarity Audio Works) Theme music “Sál Svar” by Fuimadane from the album Vegleitir. Learn more and find where to listen at trilunis.com, or search Counterbalance wherever you listen to podcasts. This is a Blighthouse Studio production. Find the Transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
  3. 10/30/2025

    Two Locked Room Miseries

    Description/Synopsis Pigeon Hole Productions presents TWO LOCKED ROOM MISERIES: LIBERATION: Eleanor is undergoing a series of avant-garde therapies to help her with her problems. But are her husband and her doctor telling her the truth, and are they actually equipped to help her? REEMERGENCE: Caught in a liminal space, Martin Fell is told many conflicting—and shocking— ideas about his identity. What is his true purpose? Will he reemerge into his true form? Cast and Crew LIBERATION: Written by Paul Spencer. Starring Cliff Chapman (Jon and the Narrator), Karen Bartke (Doctor Drake), and Fiona Thraille (Eleanor and the Angelus Ignis). Mixing and sound design by Neil Jones. Directed by Paul Spencer. REEMERGENCE: Written by Neil Jones. Starring Darlene Jack (Helena), Cliff Chapman (Martin Fell) Peter Maxwell (Leonard Karsh), and Fiona Thraille (Bluntcut). Mixing and sound design by Neil Jones. Directed by Neil Jones. TWO LOCKED DOOR MISERIES was produced for the 2025 Eleventh Hour Audio Challenge during October, 2025 by Neil Jones and Paul Spencer. Licensing Rights & Info (if Applicable) LIBERATION: The music used was "Welcome to HorrorLand" by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license. REEMERGENCE: The music used was "Magic Escape Room" by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    26 min
4.4
out of 5
30 Ratings

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The 11th Hour Audio Podcast showcases exceptional audio drama from creators pushing the craft forward. Each episode is a curated selection of stories that stand out for their storytelling, production, and originality. This is a space to discover work that rises above the noise and get inspired by what’s possible in audio fiction today.

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