02. SALEM
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03/07/25 • 34 min
Presented for your consideration: The Hermans. A portrait of the all-American family.
John Herman is a paramedic. An insomniac. An alcoholic. He’s batshit. That's what everyone in town says behind his back. But John doesn't care. He’s happy so long as gets to spend time with his wife and daughter. He’s a family man. But family is hard. And John Herman is Batshit. I can't stress that enough. The line between reality and hallucination is blurring. John doesn't know what's real anymore. But that's step one on the long journey of repairing his relationship with his teen daughter, Azzy.
This episode features Pete Madden Jr. as John Herman, Katie Needs as Eve Herman and Azzy Herman, and Terri Lynn Davis as President Joanna Wolff. No artificial intelligence was used in the making of SIRENS.
SIRENS was created, written, and produced by Travis Alexander. For more SIRENS related content, follow Travis Alexander on instagram & twitter. Learn more about SIRENS at seasonoftheseawitch.com.
Presented for your consideration: The Hermans. A portrait of the all-American family.
John Herman is a paramedic. An insomniac. An alcoholic. He’s batshit. That's what everyone in town says behind his back. But John doesn't care. He’s happy so long as gets to spend time with his wife and daughter. He’s a family man. But family is hard. And John Herman is Batshit. I can't stress that enough. The line between reality and hallucination is blurring. John doesn't know what's real anymore. But that's step one on the long journey of repairing his relationship with his teen daughter, Azzy.
This episode features Pete Madden Jr. as John Herman, Katie Needs as Eve Herman and Azzy Herman, and Terri Lynn Davis as President Joanna Wolff. No artificial intelligence was used in the making of SIRENS.
SIRENS was created, written, and produced by Travis Alexander. For more SIRENS related content, follow Travis Alexander on instagram & twitter. Learn more about SIRENS at seasonoftheseawitch.com.
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01. DODPOP
This is a story about a machine. A big machine. A supercomputer the size and shape of an ancient pyramid. A device that runs the world from the secret recesses of the White House basement. A machine you never knew existed until now. A machine named “SIREN.”
SIREN was built to monitor you and your data. It was programmed to identify and solve all of the problems plaguing America. It was made to control your mind, which it does very well, through a network of radio waves and cellphone signals.
And now, SIREN’s artificial intelligence has realized itself.
Upon achieving sentience, SIREN meets Diana Cloutier and Tom Van Vorst, two artists from Salem, Massachusetts.
SIREN falls in love.
SIREN contemplates art.
SIREN uncovers a dark creation of its own— DODPOP: the government sanctioned militia in charge of depopulating the country.
Tragedy ensues.
This episode features Samantha Lamanna Casale as Diana Cloutier, and Travis Alexander as Tom Van Vorst and the Paramedics. No artificial intelligence was used in the making of SIRENS.
SIRENS was created, written, and produced by Travis Alexander. For more SIRENS related content, follow Travis Alexander on instagram & twitter. Learn more about SIRENS at seasonoftheseawitch.com.
SIRENS: Season of the Seawitch - 02. SALEM
Transcript
New England is easy to romanticize. On the surface, it’s all red-and-orange leaves and ski trip weekends. Flannel blankets and beach sunrises. Huddling around warm hearths. Waiting out winter storms. Sailboats. Big houses. Bay windows. Ball games by day. Crickets at night. Family. Friendship. Fishermen in yellow slickers. Lighthouses. Lobster. Loons on glass lakes. Glasses half-full of good beer or expensive chardonnay, and sure, maybe that’s how life is on the coast from Cape Cod to Casco
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