Unusual Apocalypse

HustleStudios Podcast Network

Is this thing still on? Testing, one, two... If you can hear my voice over Mumbai, welcome to Radio Zindagi — still broadcasting. Meet Raj. He used to host the evening drive slot, playing requests and taking calls from lonely commuters. Now he is the warm, funny, slowly fraying voice of Day 23 and counting — profiling the monsters outside (the polite ones stay in their containers), taking survivor calls, tracking the thirty souls still patched in, and chasing the mystery station at 92.3 that keeps breaking in with coordinates. It is the end of the world with tomatoes on the windowsill, a cat that will not be named, and a city that has started answering back. Tune in as Raj holds the last frequency together — one broadcast, one tip, one sign-off at a time. Subscribe now — before the power grid completely fails.

  1. Aug 6

    The Frequency Hunt

    RJ Raj follows a mysterious voice on frequency 92.3 into the monster-filled streets of Mumbai. The voice knows his words, his pauses, his habits. It leads him to the Mahim flyover where something ancient speaks. Chapter 22 of the Unusual Apocalypse finds our radio host chasing a signal that should not exist. What he discovers beneath the flyover changes everything he believes about the city, the monsters, and the seven million ghosts who never left. CHAPTERS: 0:08 - Introduction / Cold Open 0:53 - Raj Ka Survival Tip 1:59 - The Frequency Hunt Begins 5:50 - The Monster That Speaks 8:25 - The Walk Back 9:55 - Closing / Outro A comedy fiction podcast about the Mumbai street food apocalypse. RJ Raj broadcasts daily from Radio Zindagi, navigating giant poop monsters, zombie garbage, and weaponized flies with humor, heart, and a cat named Sher. --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #ComedyFiction #HustleStudios DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Frequency Hunt
  2. Aug 5

    The Message

    RJ Raj picks up a mysterious repeating radio signal on a dead frequency at 4 AM. The voice sounds like his own, broadcasting from a location called Haji Ali, urging survivors to come. But something is wrong with the message -- it never responds, it loops endlessly, and it seems to adapt its words based on who it is trying to lure. Is this a new kind of monster, or something worse? CHAPTERS: 0:00 -- Cold Open 0:30 -- Raj Ka Survival Tip: Radio Silence 3:00 -- Monster Profile: The Echoes 5:30 -- The Message 10:00 -- How I Almost Died This Week 13:00 -- Is Anyone Out There? 16:30 -- Outro Raj warns his listeners to distrust familiar voices on the airwaves, while Dr. Iyer suggests the fungal network may have learned to intercept and replay radio signals. The episode ends with a chilling realization: the most dangerous monster is the one that sounds like a friend. --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #HorrorComedy #MumbaiApocalypse #HustleStudios DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Message
  3. Aug 4

    The Visitor

    RJ Raj discovers someone is paddling toward the island in the dead of night -- through Drownies, past Watchers, across black water. A new survivor arrives, drawn by the radio broadcasts. But Raj's attempt at a heroic greeting ends with a twisted ankle and a bruised ego. The Drifters emerge as a new threat -- Piles that have matured into slow, patient fog-monsters that follow your breath. And a woman named Priya proves that the strongest signal in the apocalypse isn't a radio frequency -- it's the stubborn human refusal to be alone. CHAPTERS: 0:08 -- [Introduction / Cold Open] 1:02 -- [Raj Ka Survival Tip] 2:16 -- [Monster Profile: The Drifters] 4:09 -- [The Visitor] 8:19 -- [How I Almost Died This Week] 10:07 -- [Is Anyone Out There? / Outro] Raj's survival tips and monster profiles continue as the community grows to thirty. The garden yields. The boat launches. The postman delivers. And the radio stays on. --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #ComedyHorror #PostApocalyptic #HustleStudios #RJRaj #MumbaiApocalypse DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Visitor
  4. Aug 3

    The Garden

    Raj discovers a hidden garden on the eastern shore of the island -- tomatoes, chillies, and a mango tree that refuses to stop growing. But reaching it means crossing Drownie-infested waters with Salim the fisherman and Raghunath the postman. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Introduction / Cold Open 0:54 - Raj Ka Survival Tip: Foraging 2:58 - Monster Profile: The Drownies 4:35 - The Expedition: Crossing to the Garden 10:28 - How I Almost Died This Week 11:40 - Is Anyone Out There? The apocalypse started with bad food and might end with good food. A comedy fiction podcast about surviving Mumbai's street food apocalypse. --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #ComedyFiction #MumbaiApocalypse #HustleStudios DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Garden
  5. Aug 1

    The Night Watch

    Day Eighteen. RJ Raj gets assigned the night watch on Geeta madam's terrifying timetable. Armed with German binoculars and Shakuntala Devi's chai, he observes six Watchers from the rooftop and discovers something terrifying: they don't just hear sounds -- they predict them. Plus a Monster Profile on the Watchers, a Survival Tip on night vision, and the terrifying consequences of falling asleep on shift. CHAPTERS: 0:00 — Cold Open 1:20 — Raj Ka Survival Tip: Night Vision 3:19 — Monster Profile: The Watchers 6:56 — The Night Shift: Watching Mumbai from the Roof 11:06 — How I Almost Died This Week: Geeta Madam's Report Card 12:14 — Is Anyone Out There? 13:13 — Outro --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #ComedyPodcast #MumbaiApocalypse #HustleStudios #FictionPodcast #ApocalypseComedy DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Night Watch
  6. Jul 31

    The Morning After

    Day Seventeen of the Mumbai street food apocalypse. RJ Raj wakes up to the smell of fish curry as Shakuntala Devi takes over the dargah kitchen. Three new survivors arrive by boat — a school teacher searching for her students, a retired postman, and two children. The growing community of twenty-nine holds its first council meeting, and a Class Four teacher named Geeta brings something more terrifying than any monster: a timetable. CHAPTERS: 0:08 — Cold Open 0:34 — Raj Ka Survival Tip: Noise Discipline 1:26 — Monster Profile: The Pile 3:37 — The Arrival 5:38 — The Council 8:41 — Expedition Log: The Rooftop 10:24 — How I Almost Died This Week 11:39 — Is Anyone Out There? 14:24 — Closing / Outro --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #ComedyPodcast #MumbaiApocalypse #FictionPodcast #HustleStudios DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Morning After
  7. Jul 18

    The Return

    Day Sixteen. RJ Raj returns to the mysterious bunker door on Malabar Hill — and this time, the code works. What he finds inside changes everything. A survival tip about bags and Dettol, a terrifying encounter with weaponized Fly Swarms, and a decision that could save or doom every survivor in Mumbai. CHAPTERS: 0:00 — Cold Open 0:37 — Day Sixteen: The Bunker Plan 2:12 — Raj Ka Survival Tip #7: Bring a Bag 3:25 — Expedition Log: The Return 7:00 — Monster Profile: The Fly Swarms 8:33 — How I Almost Died: The Generator 10:53 — Is Anyone Out There? 13:26 — Outro --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #ComedyFiction #Apocalypse #Mumbai #Satire #HustleStudios DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Return
  8. Jul 17

    The Walk Back

    RJ Raj and the crew bring Shakuntala Devi across the bay to reunite with her daughter Priya at the Haji Ali dargah. A journey through jellyfish, dawn Watchers, and raw emotion as a mother walks back to her child. The apocalypse cannot stop love. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro / Cold Open 0:38 - The Departure 2:26 - Monster Profile: The Watchers at Dawn 4:55 - Expedition Log: The Return Crossing 6:45 - Raj Ka Survival Tip 7:54 - How I Almost Died This Week 10:04 - The Arrival 11:11 - The Reunion 14:21 - Is Anyone Out There? 15:56 - Closing Day Fifteen of the Unusual Apocalypse. Mission Maa is complete. The mother-daughter reunion at Haji Ali dargah is the most emotional moment yet. RJ Raj breaks down, the jellyfish glow, and a cat named Frequency welcomes the new arrival. The love is bigger than the apocalypse. --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live All our podcasts - playing back to back, anytime! #UnusualApocalypse #ApocalypseComedy #Mumbai #PodFiction #HustleStudios DISCLAIMER 📢 Unusual Apocalypse is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates. Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law. This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos. 👉 Check our Patreon 👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts 📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! 🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live 🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

    The Walk Back

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Is this thing still on? Testing, one, two... If you can hear my voice over Mumbai, welcome to Radio Zindagi — still broadcasting. Meet Raj. He used to host the evening drive slot, playing requests and taking calls from lonely commuters. Now he is the warm, funny, slowly fraying voice of Day 23 and counting — profiling the monsters outside (the polite ones stay in their containers), taking survivor calls, tracking the thirty souls still patched in, and chasing the mystery station at 92.3 that keeps breaking in with coordinates. It is the end of the world with tomatoes on the windowsill, a cat that will not be named, and a city that has started answering back. Tune in as Raj holds the last frequency together — one broadcast, one tip, one sign-off at a time. Subscribe now — before the power grid completely fails.