Safe Society

Chris Shimojima | One Ocean
Safe Society

An 11-part tale of mass psychosis in an all-too-familiar world. In this satire that remixes horror and thriller tropes, an influential woke entrepreneur develops an irrational OCD, making him easily manipulated to absurd and terrifying policy extremes by a fearmongering lobbying organization. Will he wake up before it's too late? For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Starring Zack Segel, Marlain Angelides, Eric Marq, Langston Fishburne, and Jasmine Ashanti.

  1. EPISODE 1

    Episode 1

    Our Narrator begins "Journey to Tomorrow," an audio series that this year is honoring main character M (he/him/his). A glimpse at his youth shows the forces that heavily conditioned him. In the present, M introduces his company Rooting4U, which delivers personalized plant-based meals. CONTENT WARNINGS Moment of intense sound design and unsettling voices In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator VINCE PHILLIP as M's Dad JOHN DOE as Young M AVA WRUBEL as Farah LIBBY COLLINS as Emily ÜMIT ÇELEBI as Gyorgy ZACK SEGEL as M and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    16 min
  2. EPISODE 2

    Episode 2

    M demos the personalized Rooting4U meals and persuades his audience. B (he/him/his) feels the revolution brewing inside him... CONTENT WARNINGS Mild language, allusion to body horror and disturbing creatures, moment of sudden shrill and unsetlling sound design In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator ZACK SEGEL as M ERIC MARQ as B and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    16 min
  3. EPISODE 3

    Episode 3

    Amidst a global virus, M's coworkers, his wife Sofia (she/her/hers, mixed race, and on the spectrum), and incessant media coverage convince him to be irrationally proactive. Safe Society takes notice. CONTENT WARNINGS Moderate language, moments of unsettling sound design and voices In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator DEANNA ANTHONY as Testimonial Voice ZACK SEGEL as M ERIC MARQ as B JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia AJ STEIN as Daniel BRAD FORENZA as Kenneth TOMASZ GEZA as Defensive Employee ELENA OUSPENSKAIA, MARC MARTIN-MARTINEZ, ANGELICA GOMEZ, DINANDA KLAASSEN, EDWARD FURS, SEEYALI SIINGH, SID JARVIS as Safe Society Members LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    19 min
  4. EPISODE 4

    Episode 4

    M tries to keep his growing OCD on the down-low. B, now working at Rooting4U, urges him out of hiding. Safe Society Member W (he/him/his, black) pulls the strings. CONTENT WARNINGS Mild language, moments of unsettling and intense sound design, allusions to neurosis and demonic possession In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator ZACK SEGEL as M ERIC MARQ as B EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia AJ STEIN as Daniel JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W DAVID SMILOW as Charles and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    19 min
  5. EPISODE 5

    Episode 5

    M is influenced by W. Whites are banished. Boosters are administered. A growing mob is possessed. Dissenting voices are "silenced." CONTENT WARNINGS Moments of unsettling and sudden loud sound design, sudden death and suffering, allusions to injections, neurosis, body horror, blood, disturbing creatures, brainwashing, and cult rituals In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator ZACK SEGEL as M LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W DINANDA KLAASSEN as Safe Society Member ERIC MARQ as B JEREMIAH LOISEAU as Security RODNEY ROLDAN as Employee MIDORI NAKAMURA as News Anchor CAMILA PEREZ SANTIAGO as South American migrant AJ STEIN as Daniel BOBBY ALLAN as Nikolai RICK DUMONT as Follower Rick JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann TAMU FAVORITE as Hospital Nurse and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    25 min
  6. EPISODE 6

    Episode 6

    Safe Society is emboldened to take larger-scale actions to keep the world in crisis. M brainwashes his daughter Lucia. Society crumbles. B's friend Yann (he/him/his) is silenced. "Journey to Tomorrow" ends, but our story continues... CONTENT WARNINGS Moderate language, moments of unsettling sound design and voices, sudden violence, death, and suffering, allusions to neurosis, brainwashing, and cult rituals In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator ANDREA GALATÀ as Safe Society Member Andrea LIL RHEE as Senator Liu, a Safe Society Member ROSELIN LOPEZ, LIAM CAVANAGH, ADONIS GUZMAN, ROUDLERSON PIERRE as Ticking Teens PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia AJ STEIN as Daniel MATTHEW RINI as Critic QUASHEEM D. HERRING as Rioter ZACK SEGEL as M JORIS STUYCK as Max Engel MIKE DIGIACINTO as M's Friend RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher ERIC MARQ as B EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    20 min
  7. EPISODE 7

    Episode 7

    B wakes up. M questions, but W sways him to stay the course. CONTENT WARNINGS Moments of unsettling sound design and voices, suffering, allusions to injections, minor blood, neurosis, and cult rituals In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher ERIC MARQ as B ZACK SEGEL as M LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W ELENA OUSPENSKAIA, ANDREA GALATÀ, MARC MARTIN-MARTINEZ, ANGELICA GOMEZ, DINANDA KLAASSEN, EDWARD FURS, SEEYALI SIINGH, SID JARVIS as Safe Society Members PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia AJ STEIN as Daniel and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    20 min
  8. EPISODE 8

    Episode 8

    M and Sofia push their young kids deeper into the program, but M soon finds out what that means. Brainwashed Lucia goes with it. Their son Daniel tries to resist. CONTENT WARNINGS Moderate language, moments of unsettling and sudden loud sound design, allusions to injections, body alteration, child danger, and neurosis In order of appearance MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia AJ STEIN as Daniel ZACK SEGEL as M JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia KELLY GREEN as Mx. Trujillo ERIC MARQ as B JULIE VOSHELL, SEAN GORMLEY as Rebels and CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham (https://www.charlie-braham.com) Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales (https://www.felixlindsell-hales.com) Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga (https://gubicreative.com) If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3xchzpM), or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes. For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world Full credits are on the site and IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28515315) All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://www.apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. Sign up for The Shimojima Scrapbook newsletter (https://shimojimascrapbook.beehiiv.com) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    20 min

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An 11-part tale of mass psychosis in an all-too-familiar world. In this satire that remixes horror and thriller tropes, an influential woke entrepreneur develops an irrational OCD, making him easily manipulated to absurd and terrifying policy extremes by a fearmongering lobbying organization. Will he wake up before it's too late? For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit https://safesociety.world All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers (https://apollopods.com) get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access. From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle https://rebrand.ly/humum4v). Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima (https://chrisshimojima.com). Starring Zack Segel, Marlain Angelides, Eric Marq, Langston Fishburne, and Jasmine Ashanti.

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