Binge-Listen: Finished Fiction Podcast Trailers - The Polybius Conspiracy & Bronzeville + 2 season finales!

The Polybius Conspiracy & Bronzeville + 2 season finales!

06/22/23 • 12 min

Binge-Listen: Finished Fiction Podcast Trailers

Greetings, and welcome to The End Last Week, This Week, and Next Week, the podcast companion to The End, the weekly newsletter that shines a light back on audio fiction shows after they've reached the finale of a season or the conclusion of the series. I am your host and the curator of The End, Evo Terra.

Before we get into it, a quick note to let you know I’ve totally overhauled the newsletter this week. I think it flows much better, it should look much better on mobile devices, and be more close to acceptable for those who use screen readers. Do me a favor and have a look, and then give me your feedback. Much obliged in advance. Now... where was I? Oh, yes—

Let’s get into it, shall we?

Last Week

The most recent issue of The End - the 42nd highlighted 7 shows in the Season Finales & Finished Series section, and 2 of them wrapped within the last week:

🤨😀🤮 • Goodbye Blue Mondays, a dramatized absurdist scifi comedy from LovelyMachine & Story Engine, posted the finale of their 1st season on June 20th. Give yourself just over 2 hours to listen to the six episodes in preparation for Season 2 starting next April.
🧍🏿‍♀️👁🕴 • Liars & Leeches , a dramatized supernatural horror from Hemlock Creek Productions, finished their first season on June 16th. It’ll take you about 4h to listen to the 10 current episodes. Season two will happen next year.

This Week

With every issue, I made two recommendations for great audio fiction I personally love. As will all things in life, YMMV.

🕹️🌲🔥 Up first is The Polybius Conspiracy, a dramatized thriller from Jon Frechette & Todd Luoto in conjunction with Wayland Productions. I spent a lot of quarters in arcades in the 80s, but luckily nothing like this happened to me. Check out the trailer for this mocumentary. [trailer plays] The Polybius Conspiracy is a complete show with 7 episodes for about 3 and a half hours of pew-pew enjoyment.
🌃🎰🍸 My next recommendation is Bronzeville | dramatized historical fiction thriller from Josh Olsen via Realm. Listen, Laurence Fishburne is just one of the starts in this exceptional period piece set in Chicago’s sound side. Here’s the trailer: [trailer plays] Bronzville is compete with 2 seasons and 17 episodes for almost 11 hours of entertainment.

Next Week

The latest issue of The End has 2 entries in the New Seasons Coming Soon section, and neither of those restarts starts this month. So before I get to the remaining trailers and snippets, I wanted to say a huge thank you to Ben, Colin, Fred, Charlotte, and Craig, each of whom recently became individual supporters of The End with a teeny-tiny contribution each month. They get value out of The End, so they’re returning to me some of that value. If you’re so inclined, please check out the Support page on the website.

And that’s all for this episode of The End Last Week, This Week, and Next Week. For these and the other audio fiction shows featured, highlighted, and coming soon that were included in the 42nd issue of The End, including links to listen to the shows mentioned in this episode, please visit TheEnd.fyi.

I’m Evo Terra. Thanks for listening.

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Let’s get into it, shall we?

Last Week

The most recent issue of The End - the 42nd highlighted 7 shows in the Season Finales & Finished Series section, and 2 of them wrapped within the last week:

🤨😀🤮 • Goodbye Blue Mondays, a dramatized absurdist scifi comedy from LovelyMachine & Story Engine, posted the finale of their 1st season on June 20th. Give yourself just over 2 hours to listen to the six episodes in preparation for Season 2 starting next April.
🧍🏿‍♀️👁🕴 • Liars & Leeches , a dramatized supernatural horror from Hemlock Creek Productions, finished their first season on June 16th. It’ll take you about 4h to listen to the 10 current episodes. Season two will happen next year.

This Week

With every issue, I made two recommendations for great audio fiction I personally love. As will all things in life, YMMV.

🕹️🌲🔥 Up first is The Polybius Conspiracy, a dramatized thriller from Jon Frechette & Todd Luoto in conjunction with Wayland Productions. I spent a lot of quarters in arcades in the 80s, but luckily nothing like this happened to me. Check out the trailer for this mocumentary. [trailer plays] The Polybius Conspiracy is a complete show with 7 episodes for about 3 and a half hours of pew-pew enjoyment.
🌃🎰🍸 My next recommendation is Bronzeville | dramatized historical fiction thriller from Josh Olsen via Realm. Listen, Laurence Fishburne is just one of the starts in this exceptional period piece set in Chicago’s sound side. Here’s the trailer: [trailer plays] Bronzville is compete with 2 seasons and 17 episodes for almost 11 hours of entertainment.

Next Week

I’m Evo Terra. Thanks for listening.

This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Previous Episode

Unkillable & Video Palace + 2 more complete stories, 1 season finale, and 1 new season coming soon!

Let’s get into it, shall we?

Last Week

The most recent issue of The End - the 41st - highlighted 6 shows in the Season Finales & Finished Series section, and 3 of them wrapped within the last week:

📖💀⛵ • Eternal Strife, a dramatized comedy from Bruce Windwood, posted the final episode of the entire series on June 11th. You can listen to all 22 episodes of the 4 seasons in about 11 hours. Listen to the end of the episode to hear the trailer.
🔎🔫🪦 • Riordan's Desk, a narrated mystery from Mark Coggins, posted the final episode of the 5th season, which is his novel, The Immortal Game, on my birthday, June 10th. It’ll take you about 7 and a half hours to the 30 episodes of this season, or just over 45 hours to listen to all five seasons. Of note: Riordan’s Desk is included in Top 30 crime fiction podcasts. I’ll link to that in the episode details, and his next season starts... next week. A sample of the first episode is included at the end of this episode.
🌎🤰🤯 • Expectant, a dramatized fiction podcast from Pippa Johnstone, wrapped all 6 episodes on June 8th. This is a quick listen, at just over an hour and a half to listen to the complete story. And shockingly, the trailer for Expectant will play at the end of this episode.

This Week

With every issue, I made two recommendations for great audio fiction I personally love. As will all things in life, YMMV.

🔪🧟‍♂️😭 Up first is Unkillable, a narrated horror thriller from Patrick E. McLean. This is a blast from my past, as it was first published as a podcast on Podiobooks.com, a service I ran from 2005 to 2015. Patrick is one of my favorite storytellers, and Unkillable is no exception. Here’s a snipped from the first part of the first episode, recorded way back in 2010. [snippet plays] You can, and should, listen to Patrick narrate all 19 episodes of Unkillable. It’ll take you about four hours
📼🕯️🏃 My next recommendation is Video Palace, a dramatized horror show from Shudder. Yes, THAT Shudder. I love creepy, you-probably-shouldn’t-do-that content on its own, but layer in Shudder’s incredible commitment to sound quality, and this is a huge hit. Here’s a sample from early in the first episode. [sample plays] Video Palace is a complete story. Give yourself just over three and a half hours to listen to all 10 episodes.

Next Week

The latest issue of The End has 2 entries in the New Seasons Coming Soon section, and one of those restarts occurs next week.

👹🩸😱 • Hex Noir, a dramatized horror from Hilmar Loftsson, which you might remember from its appearance last week in the Last Week segment of this show, will start its 3rd season on June 21st. Catch up with the 18 episodes of the first two seasons in a little over 7 hours. If you wait just a moment, you’ll hear a sample of the first episode of the 2nd season..

And that’s all for this episode of The End Last Week, This Week, and Next Week. For these and the other audio ...

Next Episode

The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station & Red Valley + 2 complete series, 4 season finales, and 1 new season coming soon!

Let’s get into it, shall we?

Last Week

The most recent issue of The End - the 43rd highlighted 9 shows in the Season Finales & Finished Series section, and 6 of them wrapped within the last week:

🚀✉️🔮 • Additional Postage Required, a dramatized scifi story from Jay Petrequin & Moonshot Podcast Network, posted the finale of the 1st season on June 26th. This show features a cast LBGTQIA+ actors playing a group of LBGTQIA+ characters, and it’ll take you just over 6 hours to listen to the 10 episodes of the first season.
✨🗝️🪦 • The Innis Forgettance, a narrated urban fantasy from Leah Noel, posted the series conclusion on June 25th. Give yourself about 20h to listen to all 45 episodes of this series.
👽🌏🐵 • ENKI: Tales from the Past, a dramatized scifi from Mario Portela, reached the season 1 finale also on June 25th. There are currently 26 episodes, which last for a total of just under six hours.
And because we haven‘t talked enough about shows that wrapped on June 25th , we also have 🕵️‍♂️🦴😱 • Uncovering Dunridge, a dramatized mystery/horror from Adam Baffoni. There are 6 episodes in total which you can listen to in about an hour and a half.
🚶‍♀️👮‍♀️⚢ • The Walker Mysteries, a narrated comedy from Andrew White and Sally Swift, has reached the season 1 finale. You need just over an hour to listen to all 8 episodes of this season of this sapphic story. Oh, and there are also books to go along with it. More details on the show’s website linked to in the episode details.
🏘️ 🔪 🪄 • Low Light, a narrated mystery from Melanie Crawley, has reached the end of the 1st season, comprised of 16 episodes for just under 13 hours of enjoyment.

Don’t forget that trailers or snippets of audio for all of the shows are placed at the very end of this audio file, so keep listening.

This Week

With every issue, I made two recommendations for great audio fiction I personally love. As will all things in life, YMMV.

🛰️👽😱 Up first is The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station, a dramatized scifi short story from Striking Distance Studios. It’s Star-studded, cinematic, and nicely sized! Here’s the trailer: [trailer plays} The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station is complete with 6 episodes for two and a half hours of scifi entertainment.
🧑‍🔬🕹️♻️ • My next recommendation is Red Valley, a dramatized scifi thriller from Orpheus Studio Productions. I've a fascination with fiction that focuses on the darker side of science, and this one doesn’t disappoint, as you’ll get a taste of in the trailer. [trailer plays] . There are two complete seasons of Red Valley. Get caught up in under six hours.