Pale Columbia
Just Likely Productions
Doctor Aloysius Freeman and Professor Allela Freeman present hidden figures in the American story.
As the initial sparks of the American Revolution catch flame, Jupiter Nameless is a man between worlds.
On the one hand, he has access to all the wealth, wisdom, and privilege of Monticello, home to Thomas Jefferson, who is something of a mentor and patron for Jupiter.
On the other hand, Jupiter is Jefferson’s slave.
When a common errand suddenly goes awry, Jupiter finds himself facing something he’s never seen before: some new sort of blight that turns men rabid.
Faced with slave catchers on one side and murderous, blighted hordes on the other, Jupiter and Jefferson must work together to save themselves and whoever hasn’t yet been turned.
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Prologue: Monticello Letters of Correspondence
Pale Columbia
09/20/23 • 2 min
With special permission from Thomas Jefferson’s estate, we reproduce here for the first time a wonderful trove of correspondence from the days immediately leading up to the Fall of Monticello.
This group of letters gives us insight into the minds and dealings of Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin in the days prior to their harrowing adventure on Jefferson’s mountain top plantation.
However, it also sheds light on others who were part of the tale, namely the bounty hunter Lillian Method and Carmela Kaine, slave mogul and founder of Kaine Capital.
The former two, of course, are luminaries of American history, and so it is always revelatory to gain greater perspective on their exploits.
The latter two, though, give us a peek into the lives of these extraordinary women who might not have known it at the time, but who definitely helped shape the American story.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
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Chapter One: "For The Return of Jupiter"
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10/03/23 • 18 min
How does the simple transport and sale of a dead slave’s corpse turn into a death-defying flight for freedom?
Easier than you might think.
Doctors Aloysius and Allella Freeman turn back the pages of time, taking you to revolutionary era Monticello, where Jupiter Nameless—favored servant and protege of Thomas Jefferson—suddenly finds himself a hunted runaway.
His master will no doubt be looking for him, but Jupiter has bigger problems at hand: the one place he would flee for freedom is overrun with blighted madmen who attack the uninfected on sight.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
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Chapter Two: “That Means You’re Still Alive”
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10/16/23 • 27 min
How can one explain the impossible to those unwilling to hear?
On the run from the blight, Jupiter has a surprising reunion, followed quickly by an even more surprising encounter.
As Jupiter navigates a tense new situation, Jefferson welcomes Ben Franklin and his apprentice, Fiona Pratt, to Monticello.
Wine and conversation flow freely, but something is amiss, and their revelries may soon come to an abrupt end.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
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10/31/23 • 26 min
What's one to do when disaster looms, but everyone around you is too slow to see it?
Jupiter and Jefferson maneuver against each other, and Franklin, Kaine, and Fiona try to keep pace.
All the while, the blight is loose in Monticello's slave quarters. In short order, fine wine isn't the only red that will spill tonight.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
Write us:
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Chapter Four: "We Tumbled Dice Many a Time"
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11/14/23 • 27 min
When it all starts to come apart, do you save yourself, or does honor demand you help others?
The blight breaks loose, and now Monticello's fine, polite tapestry is unraveling. With life on the line, new alliances form and old bonds are tested.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
Write us:
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11/16/23 • 0 min
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CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
Write us:
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Song: Ballad of The Bounty Hunter
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10/23/23 • 2 min
Music featured in Chapter 2: That Means You're Still Alive
Why come ye hither, fugitives,
Your minds what madness fills?
In our valleys there is danger,
And there's danger in our hills.
Oh hear ye not the singing
Of our voices wild and free?
Full soon you'll hear the ringing
Of the rifle from the tree.
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CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
Write us:
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Song: Ballad Of The Blight
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11/20/23 • 3 min
A storm gathers near, regardless of place,
A tempest is toss’d in each brothers face,
The birth of a land is the birth of the storm,
The weather is cold and the war is too warm.
Derry Down Down
Hey Derry Down
The front marches forth in both weather and war,
Each battle is fought, though there isn’t a score,
But more than their lives are lost in the fight,
For after the war, they must battle the blight
Derry Down Down
Hey Derry Down
The skells overtake each village they cross
All shells of themselves, their souls are now lost,
They spread ‘cross the land like the armies up North,
Devouring hope as the their blight goeth forth.
Derry Down Down
Hey Derry Down
But other things spread, through the body and mind
Diseases and Greed will both vanquish in kind,
A fight for the wealthy is fought by the poor,
And no soul is healthy when saddled with war.
Derry Down Down
Hey Derry Down
Home is the reason all battles are fought,
The horrors they wrought are not soon forgot,
But a home built on bondage will never stand tall,
And a land lost to Blight is certain to fall.
Derry Down Down
Hey Derry Down
Original Music and Arrangements by Jackie Presti with Lyrics by Ryan Knowles.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
Write us:
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Chapter Five: "Rather What’s Left Of Our Hands"
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12/05/23 • 41 min
Who deserves salvation when the dead assault the living?
The Fall of Monticello has begun, and the blight runs rampant across Jefferson's estate.
As the survivors regroup and fortify, Jupiter must hatch a plan to get everyone out. But not all of them will make it.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
Write us:
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Song: Fiona's Music Box
Pale Columbia
11/07/23 • 3 min
Music Featured in Chapter 3: It Damned Sure Aint' From Cheating At Craps
'Twas summer, and softly the breezes were blowing,
And sweetly the nightingale sang from the tree.
At the foot of a hill, where the river was flowing,
I took in the sights that all lay before me
Flow on, waters blue, flow on thou sweet river,
Thy banks, purest stream, shall be dear to me ever,
For there I first gain'd the affection and favor
Of the man that had stolen my hearts only key,
But love cannot flourish in times of upheaval
the hearts of the innocent are casualties
The soul of a land is beyond our retrieval
if that country was founded on stark miseries.
And now a grim blight on it has descended,
Its grand, lofty aims have now all but ended,
The only hope now is for wounds to be mended,
And save all the souls that are lost in debris.
But bonded are we in both symbol and shackle
Without any hope or a dream to be free
Still there is a chance that one day we will tackle
Those forces that keep my true love from me.
And while the red embers of war keep on glowing
The strain and the stain of the darkness is showing
But there in the night a new day is growing
A bright sun is dawning a new destiny.
Music and Original Arrangements by Jackie Presti with vocals by Robin Campbell and lyrics by Ryan Knowles.
CAST & CREW
Aloysius, Jupiter Nameless - Eric Austin
Allela, Fiona Pratt, Gertrude Redd - Kate Piatti
Lillian Method, Carmela Kaine, Veronica Delmonaco - Hannah Schooner
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Arch Porter - Ryan Knowles
Other roles played by the cast.
Original Music Arrangements - Jackie Presti
Lyrics and Lead Vocals - Ryan Knowles
Guitar and Mandolin - Bob Rose
Chorus Singers - Robin Campbell, Jackie Presti, Lindsay Rose
Audio Production and Sound Design - Alex Sterling
Assistant Audio Engineer - Colin Bryson
Executive Producer - Nadine Welch
Writer - Kevin Likely
Producer and Director - Justin Heyman
Special thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Ellis-Marino
Write us:
[email protected]
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How many episodes does Pale Columbia have?
Pale Columbia currently has 13 episodes available.
What topics does Pale Columbia cover?
The podcast is about Fiction, Comedy Fiction, Drama, Comedy, Podcasts, Musical, Science Fiction and Performing Arts.
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The episode title 'Pale Columbia Trailer' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Pale Columbia is 12 minutes.
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Episodes of Pale Columbia are typically released every 7 days, 12 hours.
When was the first episode of Pale Columbia?
The first episode of Pale Columbia was released on Jul 14, 2023.
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