Arcadia, CA
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 84: Cinéma Vérité (+ Stinger)
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - Thursday, August 6, 2009 Friday, September 18, 2009 Debts come due. Things...
Episode 83: Take 2
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, August 5, 2009 The person they forgot to ask. Bargains desired. Bargains claimed. And, sudd...
Episode 82: Take 1
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 11: 52 PM Secrets kept. But not because he wants...
Episode 81: Catchlight
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, July 28, 2009 A journey begun. An encounter, likely not by chance. A journey abridged. A disc...
Episode 80: Vignette
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Thursday, July 23 - Sunday, July 26th, 2009 Finding a human body in 6 days. Everything is going so f...
Episode 79: Low Frame Rate
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, July 21, 2009 A counter offer. Three questions, three answers. In plain language. The Door is...
Episode 78: Superimposition
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, July 20, 2009 We came here to bargain. Nothing behind which to hide. Fair value, redefined. Pa...
Episode 77: Golden Hour
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Friendship, not vassalage. Who speaks, who listens, who bargains. The price of ...
Episode 76: Sound Perspective
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, July 20, 2009 - Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Downtime. Changes, continuing to change. This is not a ...
Episode 75: Fill Light
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Thursday, July 16, 2009 A decision. A visit. A promise. ...A Heathers reference? ** Episode cast Niko...
Episode 74: Third Act
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Thursday, July 16, 2009 A one-sided conversation. It takes one to know one. The agreement of "par...
Episode 73: Ink
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Thursday, July 16, 2009 What are we doing to do with Wil? A telephone call....
Episode 72: Available Light
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, July 15, 2009 The utility of spare blank tapes. ...it just sort of happened. The most class...
Episode 71: Screener
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, July 13, 2009 You can turn invisible. Again? Human power, capital-t-Them power. An inability t...
Episode 70: Internal Rhythm
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Sunday, July 12, 2009 One of those situations where something is a really bad idea and everyone knows ...
Episode 69: Ancillary Rights
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Saturday, July 11, 2009 Every driver should know how to use jumper cables. A parent's duty is to use a...
Episode 68: Aspect Ratio
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Saturday, July 11, 2009 The Door of Wealth. A lesson on Arcadian art history. A meeting, entirely not ...
Episode 67: Dissolve
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** July 8, 2009. Operation: Boyfriend Rescue is a go. But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? ...
Episode 66: Gate
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, July 7, 2009 The aftermath of a conversation. A door-- unheard, unkept. Unexpected silence. W...
Episode 65: Axis of Action
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, July 7, 2009 A meeting. Likely not by chance. Sorry when it suits him. Donnie Darko is a ci...
Episode 64: Method Acting
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, July 6, 2009 - Wednesday July 7, 2009 A Plan. Outlined in great length. Attempting to enlist ...
Episode 63: Overcranked
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, July 6, 2009 Recapping bargains in Arcadia. Succinctly. What even is the point of them??? It i...
Episode 62: Walk-On
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, July 6, 2009 The speech that the plucky hero gives right before the training montage starts. ...
Episode 61: Single Screen
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Thursday, July 2, 2009 - July 6, 2009 A family vacation at Ferndale Victorian Village. Pizza or sushi....
Episode 60: Scene Stealing
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Sunday, June 28, 2009 Lost. Found. Lost again, but different. Home. Safe. Maybe. ** Niko MacCleary is...
Episode 59: Real Time
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Sunday, June 28, 2009 Still further thoughts on the location of doors. A crash course in being part of...
Episode 58: Treatment
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Saturday, June 27, 2009 Moms are badass. Making plans. Totally-not-a-murder-board. Leaving the hardwar...
Episode 57: Tight Framing
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** June 26, 2009 A bargain made, fulfilled, and overheard. Letting Niko explain. Without interruption. **...
Episode 56: Wipe
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** ** Friday, June 26, 2009** No. The will of a contrary teenager. It just might work. Niko’s day keeps...
Episode 55: Work Print
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Friday, June 26, 2009 What is left when a door is closed. Still further discussions of cost. Linden'...
Episode 54: L-Cut
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. This episode contains scenes of bullying. ** Friday, June 26, 2009 Last day of school. A totally funny gu...
Episode 53: Autofocus
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Circular questions. More circular answers. Names are important. Like meets li...
Episode 52: Subtext
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, June 23, 2009 The plausibility of coincidence. Further thoughts on the closing of doors. Secr...
Episode 51: Telephoto
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, June 23, 2009 The day after prom. Further overheard conversations. Hypothesis and understandi...
Episode 50: Cross Cut
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, June 22, 2009 Boyfriend in distress. An attempted rescue. Mean girls gonna mean girl. The best...
Episode 49: Oblique Angle
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, June 22, 2009 Further rituals of prom. The self of the body and the self of the other. Childre...
Episode 48: Pull-Back Dolly
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Monday, June 22, 2009 The ritual of Prom. Parental photography. It's retro. The ethics of taking what ...
Episode 47: Mise-en-scène
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, June 17, 2009, continued All's well that ends well. He seems to actually be an asshole. Def...
Episode 46: B-Roll
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Niko was busy freaking out. But there's always the Children's Bargain ** Niko...
Episode 45: Rising Action
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Sunday, June 14, 2009 Getting onto the same page. Sharing the truth inside the thing. The world is n...
Episode 44: Montage
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Sunday, June 14, 2009 It's hard to stay focused with so much going on. Good Bargains, poorly implement...
Episode 43: Refocus
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Sunday, June 14, 2009 Further discussions into the question of what is a lie. ** Niko MacCleary is pla...
Episode 42: Tilt
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Sunday, June 14, 2009. Information Niko wants to know. For certain values of want. Thomas goes wanderi...
Episode 41: T-Stop
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Sunday, June 14, 2009. About damn time. Perfectly ordinary breaking and ente...
Episode 40: Sequence Shot
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Saturday, June 13, 2009 Aggressively not thinking about it. Another overheard conversation. Leaving th...
Episode 39: Static Frame
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Friday, June 12, 2009 The mundane definition of True Speech. A heart-to-heart conversation. ** Niko Ma...
Episode 38: Reverse Motion
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Friday, June 12, 2009 When everything changes, and continues to change. Over the hills, and far away. ...
Episode 37: Match Cut
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** June 10, 2009 The only one who hasn't lied to him has a lot to say about doors. ** Niko MacCleary is p...
Episode 36: Flood Lighting
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please click here for show content warnings. ** Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Continued out of character emotions. Yes, it's an antiquated mating ritual, but ...
Episode 35: Cut
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monday June 8, 2009 - Tuesday, June 9, 2009 An old bargain, newly revealed. More words made real. Niko has tapes! He also has That Look. If you want t...
Episode 34: Stereoscopy
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monday June 8, 2009 It was all a dream. In which the past few days catch up with our protagonist. Moon stuff. Unfortunate and concerning revelations....
Episode 33: Foreshadowing
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday, June 7, 2009 An exchange student. Of a sort. ** Niko MacCleary is played by M. German Thomas MacCleary is played by Kale Brown ** Arcadia, CA ...
Episode 32: Reaction Shot
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday, June 6, 2009 Observations of entities in their natural habitats. Slightly more advanced than the birds and the bees. Totally not subtext, bu...
Episode 31: Set Up
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Friday, June 5, 2009 Further reasearch into Doors. A chance encounter, leading to mutual concern. Planning for a confrontation. ** Niko MacCleary is p...
Episode 30: Asynchronous Soundtrack
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - Thursday, June 4, 2009 A pattern discovered. And disrupted. Prom, prom court, and the nature of nominations. Broken trust. ...
Episode 29: Underexposed
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7th son of a 7th son, and other adventures in numerology. Being at a place, but not of it. A genuinely touching mother/son co...
Episode 28: Buzz Track
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 28: Buzz Track Monday, June 1, 2009 - Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Everything is settled. Independent confirmation of assumptions. Doors, on the maki...
Episode 27: Light Leak
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday, May 31, 2009 A conversation. Another conversation. Revelations, remembered and forgotten. Assurance of one's knowledge. Well-intentioned decep...
Flashback With Deep Focus [International Podcast Month Bonus Episode]
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally aired as part of International Podcast Month, 2021. --- In which the backstories and motivations of several characters are...
Episode 26: Direct Sound Recording
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday, May 31, 2009 Still Sunday. An perfect set, an unkempt Border. They are still themselves, despite. Questions, and questions, and questions, and...
Episode 25: Stop Motion
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Audio Content Warning: This episode features glitching and audio feedback effects Sunday, May 31, 2009 Rules in verse, relayed excitedly. A meeting wi...
Episode 24: 180-Degree Rule
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Audio Content Warning: This episode features glitching and audio feedback effects Saturday, May 30, 2009 Totally not a red-string-murder-board. It's t...
Episode 23: Reflector Board
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Audio Content Warning: This episode features glitching and audio feedback effects Wednesday, May 27, 2009 A meeting in the woods, by planning, not ch...
Episode 22: High Key Lighting
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 In the world, but not of it. Secrets, close to being revealed. Bargains made, bargains kept. The tables turn. Come away, Oh hu...
Episode 21: Shooting Angle
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monday, May 25, 2009 And twice. And thrice offered. Answers freely given. --- Transcript Forthcoming --- Niko MacCleary is played by M. German The Oth...
Episode 20: F-Stop
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monday, May 25, 2009 So many words. Proof, thrice over. Answers, unasked. Not bargains, but gifts. --- Transcript Forthcoming --- Niko MacCleary is pl...
Words can be true, and still dangerous. (Show Break Trailer)
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The door is open.Now the choice is yours.Return to Arcadia, Friday, September 10, 2021
Episode 19: Iris In
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday May 23, 2009- Monday, May 25, 2009 A trip to the library. Antiquated mating rituals. Discoveries are made. A door is opened. --- Transc...
Episode 18: Craft Services
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Friday, May 22, 2009 Still rationalizing. An uncomfortable parental encounter. A glimpse behind the curtain. This one's free, too. --- Niko MacCleary ...
Episode 17: Whip Pan
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Friday, May 22, 2009 Questions and questions and questions. The first one's always free. The perils of being the protagonist --- Niko MacCleary is pla...
Episode 16: Voice Over
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Friday, May 15, 2009 - Monday, May 18, 2009 An epistolary look into the past. Distance between friends. An event straight out of a high school movie. ...
Episode 15: Three Shot, Cut to Two Shot
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monday, May 11, 2009 - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Eavesdroppers never hear good news. A glimpse behind the curtain. Doors open, secrets are revealed. --...
Episode 14: Overexposure
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monday, May 4, 2009 Literary analysis. Seeking out parental advice. A small unethical act unintentionally becomes a large one. Overheard conversation....
Episode 13: Mask
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Arcadia California contains audio glitching effects, including repeating sounds, electronic whines, and static. They occur at several ...
Episode 12: Tracking Shot
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday, April 25, 2009 Schrodinger's date. Odd choices in vacation home decorations. A coming together of the minds over silver and rainwater. Confu...
Episode 11: Walk and Talk
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - Saturday, April 25, 2009 A filmmaker struck by inspiration. Introduction of a possible love interest. A unique individual e...
Episode 10: Caricature in Spotlight
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday, April 19, 2009 Yet more small town "literature." A gracious host and a backstage tour. The ghosts of the theatre with invitations to dan...
Episode 9: Pre-Production
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - Sunday, April 19, 2009 Further thoughts on local theater. A Great Lady and her guardian. When unsettling...
Episode 8: Backlighting
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Sunday, April 12, 2009 A new language as a tool to unsettle. The above technique in practical application. Mind-expanding ma...
Episode 7: Medium Close Up With Eyeline Match
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday, April 5, 2009 - Monday, April 6, 2009 Cafeteria observations, with mean girls encounter. Alliance of outcasts. An Estimable Educator is weird....
Episode 6: Dalies
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday, April 2, 2009 A place with ambience. Fairly standard high school drama, but in nature. An unsettling event with a plausibly boring exp...
Episode 5: Angle On
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday, March 28, 2009 Research at the library. Another chance encounter, just as inspiring. Older residents with an interest in history as useful s...
Episode 4: Bridging Shot
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday, March 26, 2009 An average high school encounter + fist fight. Apparently weird local traditions that ultimately go n...
Episode 3: Rack Focus
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - Monday March 23, 2009 A chance encounter explained. Town history/family history. Enter one angry teen girl. More location s...
Episode 2: Establishing Shot & Location Sound
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday, March 21, 2009 Diner ambience. Exploring a potential shooting location. An expectedly inspiring chance e...
Episode 1: Set Dressing
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Friday, March 20, 2009 Research into small-town public art. Notes on a familial mansion. An implication of embarrassing stories of parents as te...
Trailer: Arcadia, CA, coming Halloween
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Arcadia: too boring to frighten, and too average to unsettle.But...Bi-weekly episodes coming Halloween.Click here for more information about the show,...
Episode 0: Bumper
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ripple dissolve. Sepia-tint screen. Pull back. Resolve to vintage street map. Freeze on map. Label in upper left corner. &nb...