The Outer Reach: Stories from Beyond

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THE OUTER REACH: Stories from Beyond is an anthology series inspired by pulp science fiction of the mid-century. In this distant future, space travel is common and colonies span hundreds of different planets - but humans still struggle with small stuff: love, jealousy, ambition, failure and what it all means.

SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

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THE OUTER REACH: Stories from Beyond is an anthology series inspired by pulp science fiction of the mid-century. In this distant future, space travel is common and colonies span hundreds of different planets - but humans still struggle with small stuff: love, jealousy, ambition, failure and what it all means. Coming soon to Maximum Fun.

1 min
EPISODE 1

The Exodus Program and You

What do you say to the residents of a planet facing imminent destruction? How do you convince them to leave their homes? Find out on this training tape intended for representatives of the Department of Frontier Affairs.

17 min
EPISODE 2

Hiraeth Moon 2

On a lunar outpost, former news anchor Cadi Al-Basr hosts a nostalgic radio program meant for registered colonists. When the moon's native residents start calling in, Cadi and her producer Nisma have to figure out what they're trying to say and whether to put their message on the air.

19 min
EPISODE 3

Retention

Perry wants to cancel his account. But it turns out that if he gets rid of this comprehensive communication, entertainment and security system that he might lose a part of himself, too.

16 min
EPISODE 4

The Grand Prize

Larry is down-on-his-luck until GalCom awards him free passage on a luxury space cruiser. The experimental craft is designed to travel faster than any previous ship of its kind. On board, Larry is surrounded by strange, well-to-do people who won't talk to him. But slowly he starts to hear a flood of mysterious voices in his head.

20 min
EPISODE 5

The Topiary

Rangers Leon and Michael are the only residents of The Topiary - a tiny tourist planet near the edge of the galaxy, lush with exotic plant life. But due to budget cuts The Topiary is shutting down. So Leon decides to document their remaining time together. When their final visitor arrives, things go much differently than Leon expected

25 min

TRAILER

Trailer

THE OUTER REACH: Stories from Beyond is an anthology series inspired by pulp science fiction of the mid-century. In this distant future, space travel is common and colonies span hundreds of different planets - but humans still struggle with small stuff: love, jealousy, ambition, failure and what it all means. Coming soon to Maximum Fun.

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188 Ratings

Brilliance, Purely

01/26/2022

Tagger418

The Outer Reach is the perfect version of a current time X-Minus 1, The stories are poignant and entertaining. The voice actors are wonderful, and draw you right into the story. Especially episode three
Great show

12/21/2021

el_chino_cochino

Please make more episodes
Wow

03/23/2021

Mase_Case

Eerily prescient science fiction stories. Very, very good!
The scifi podcast you’ve been desperate for

11/29/2020

allyjayjaybebe

Love love love it More plz!!

THE OUTER REACH: Stories from Beyond is an anthology series inspired by pulp science fiction of the mid-century. In this distant future, space travel is common and colonies span hundreds of different planets - but humans still struggle with small stuff: love, jealousy, ambition, failure and what it all means.