12 episodes
True Tales of the Illuminati Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill, Eric Trageser
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4.8 • 32 Ratings
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True Tales of the Illuminati is about conspiracies.
Ah, yes, conspiracies--where the strings of history are carefully pulled from behind the scenes to dance for the powerful like a puppet. In True Tales, the powerful are less puppet-masters and more... finger puppet-masters. At best.
Promoted from the Department of Cover-Ups to Direct Action, Deputy Head Underboss Rebecca and her crew of hapless idiots intrigue, scheme, and stab their way into ruining every Illuminati conspiracy. Supervisors hastily deploy staff to cover mishaps, suddenly and inexplicably lose interest in the projects they proposed, and hand down endlessly diverse and contradictory demands. The result is an absurdist, farcical office comedy where going to work involves collecting thousands of birds and creating an elaborate snake-based series of traps. Why? Well, if you want to know the Illuminati's Secret Occult Knowledge, you'll just have to listen.
Illuminati, Ollominoto!
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MOON SHOT
“I’m tired of consulting on films, I hunger for god-humiliation!
Dal’s moon landing suffers delays. Ishmael finds the perfect double. Jackie becomes an artist. Beck acquires nuclear weapons. Von Braun vows to spit in the face of god. CW: deadly workplace situations, really oblique allusions to MKULTRA
Transcripts here
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Promo this episode was for Neoscum, a narrative comedy podcast featuring five Chicago improvisers antagonizing their way through the roleplaying classic, Shadowrun. Find out more here
CAST
Salvatore Fabbiano was Twobrick
Dennis Bruno was Neil Armstrong
And Mike Giordano was Michael Collins
Chloe Zwaicher was Beck
Julie Snyder was Jackie
Noel Naczi was Ishmael
Meredith Gulley was Dal
John Serpico was the Chief
Dennis Bruno was the Memo
Marc Campasano was Werner Von Braun
Ramy Abdelgani was Kubrick
CREW
Written by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser
Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth Crane
Directed and Produced by Max Kreisky
Logo Design by Tom Crowley
Theme by Arnie Parrot
Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Illuminati nuke suppliers Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky
Phony Executive Producers
Nick Krasney
Denise Grenier
Alex Hensley
Laura Isham
Mariclair Bennet
Steven Rutkowsi
And Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this their names shall be enshrined for a thousand years. After that, there is a maintenance fee. -
NUCLEAR OPTION
“You’re making me hate the moon!”
Jackie searches for the perfect rock. Astronauts tussle. Dal learns how a radio works. Ishmael eats a sandwich.
CW: deadly workplace situations, things from scripture
Special thanks to Beth Crane!
Transcripts here
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
Promo this episode was for Crowley Time, a sketch comedy podcast, featuring characters and messages in bottles plucked from unknown shores, written and performed by Tom Crowley. You can find out more here
CAST
Chloe Zwaicher was Beck
Julie Snyder was Jackie
Noel Naczi was Ishmael
Meredith Gulley was Dal
John Serpico was the Chief
Dennis Bruno was the Memo
Marc Campasano was Werner Von Braun
Salvatore Fabbiano was Twobrick
Dennis Bruno was Neil Armstrong
Alex Roy was Buzz Aldrin
And Mike Giordano was Michael Collins
CREW
Written by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser
Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth Crane
Directed and Produced by Max Kreisky
Logo Design by Tom Crowley
Theme by Arnie Parrot
Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Managers of Stretch’s Billiards Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky
Phony Executive Producers Nick Krasney Denise Grenier Alex Hensley Laura Isham Mariclair Bennet Steven Rutkowsi And Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this their likenesses will be carved into the face of the moon itself. Real small. But they’re up there! -
COLD READ
“How was this guy not already in the illuminati?”
Jay Gatsby takes it on the arches. Beck prevents a catastrophic leak. Dal fights mirrors. The Pen decides what’s marketable. The Chief reads Dune.
Cw: deadly workplace situations, heavy references to the Kubrick filmography
Special thanks to Beth Crane!
Transcripts here
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
CAST
Chloe Zwaicher was Beck
Julie Snyder was Jackie
Noel Naczi was Ishmael
Meredith Gulley was Dal
John Serpico was the Chief
Dennis Bruno was the Memo
Marc Campasano was Werner Von Braun
Ramy Abdelghani was Stanley Kubrick’s perfectly imitated voice
Salvatore Fabbiano was Twobrick
Stuart Licht was The Pen
And Eric Trageser was Jay Gatsby
CREW
Written by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser
Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth Crane
Directed and Produced by Max Kreisky
Logo Design by Tom Crowley
Theme by Arnie Parrot
Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Violent Apes Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky. We hope they feel incredible.
Phony Executive Producers
Nick Krasney
Denise Grenier
Alex Hensley
Laura Isham
Mariclair Bennet
Steven Rutkowsi
And Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this history will be quietly rewritten with them as the victors -
Pyramid Scheme
Beck is asked to build a library for the Secret Occult Knowledge. Imhotep is bribed into constructing a tall pointy thing with the promise of birds. Jackie and Ishmael see the inside of a head.
CW: deadly workplace situations
Transcript Here
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Royal Pains
Beck and Ishmael plumb the depths of aristocratic depravity. Jackie and Dal bond over their hobbies. A swan is complicit in a murder. The crew fails to sneak into a fort under cover of horses.
CW: deadly workplace situations, gross kissing
[Transcript Here] (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aaJbdByzf-Q1IkDF88bUwMRLP-EsyIvCFrFuca8Gsk4/edit?usp=sharing)
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Grave Consequences
Imhotep and Ishmael make the safest gamble. Beck and co steal from a hole in the ground. Jackie crafts the ultimate fantasy adventure experience. A camel finds his family.
CW: deadly workplace situations, snakes and snake-adjacent violence, endings
Transcript Here
Stick around after the credits to hear news on season 2
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
Customer Reviews
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True Tales Of The Illuminati is BACK ~ 💕💜💕!!
With a second series of ANOTHER phenomenal 3 extra-long episodes that’ll slam dunk you into the Black Hole of Calcutta - with naught but a laser pointer for light, a farting chihuahua for heat, and the sanity-shattering BONUS episodes for company (luckily, the Bonus episodes are L O N G enough that you will almost certainly be rescued/ raised up and out of the infinite Calcuttan pit of dark despair - well before you’ve reached the end of all that extra surreal fiction to entertain and divert your tiny little attention span).
And it’s all FREE to us, I remind you, so please stop SCREAMING at us while we’re bringing you back into the sunlight, about how it was the Illuminati that tossed you into the Hole to begin with. Hold onto that poor gassy little dog, and we’ll all just have to be a bit more alert and cautious.
*** For the rest of you, please select All Episodes at the top of the Episodes screen - so you can view the Bonus Episodes - and then select Season One, Episode One, to add to Play Next - and begin your journey… into True Tales Of The Illuminati!
Enjoyable
This podcast is honestly funny and enjoyable. It doesn’t take itself too seriously. Really looking forward to season 2!
Need more!
This is so funny! Please make more!!