Passage

This is kind of half way between serialized Audio Fiction and Audio Drama. Told almost entirely via chunks of longer expositional dialog from the main narrator, with occasional extra voices of other characters ... like a fictional Serial. I think it’s a good example of how flexible the podcast format is. It’s a fast and fun listen.

I never really got into true crime podcasts. But fake crime? I'm in. I love the incredibly high production values of this show. It makes it feel quite real. And the bit of spooky mystery is fun too! If you like it when reality and fiction blend together, you'll love Passage!

I can’t finish this. I tried. Got three episodes in. Full of SJW garbage. The old white man is portrayed as awful (even though he’s desperately trying to keep the dying town afloat), the coffeshop owner is clearly portrayed as heroic but he’s actively keeping the town from getting new streams of revenue. The thing is i agree with the negative sentiment about big business but the way the coffee shop owner is going about is awful and unproductive. Neither party can shut up and listen to each other and use the skeletons in thr boat to try to draw more visitors into the town *facepalm* Linda’s monologue finished it for me. She’s clearly upset about the shanghai thing, but it happened over a hundred years ago, the practice stopped A LONG TIME AGO and there’s no reason to be preaching at the audience about it. Plus the story makes it sound like only this once place was doing it, probably just to make the mayor seem so much worse. It was common back then especially in places like San Francisco. Does it make it right? Obviously not. Is it worth getting upset about 150 years later? Nope not at all. Im completely weirded out why any of thr characters would lose sleep about something that had ceased to be a thing over a century ago. Not healthy. The thing is the ghost story seems really good but the unfounded righteous anger throughout kills it for me. I’m sadly going to stop listening.

It’s so silly that white males are so fragile about their rage that they can’t learn to laugh at themselves. Or I guess it’s only funny when punching down. Anyway, this podcast was intriguing and well-written and acted. Only wish there was more!