Breathing Space: A Sci-Fi Western Audio Anthology
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
[S04Finale04] The Exhibition After Dark, part 2
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[Due an exporting error, the first couple hundred of you to download this episode got both files. Sorry about that. Go ahead and re-download or just ...
[S04Finale03] The Exhibition After Dark, part 1
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Welcome to the Grand Circumsolar Exhibition, valued vendor /contributor /service worker. Here is your complimentary orbital map and emergency c...
[S04Finale02] A Day At the Fair, part 2
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For ease of listening, we've split our finale episodes in half. Hello and welcome, one and all, to the Pavilion of Progress Mainstage! I'm Lennon Mer...
[S04Finale01] A Day At the Fair, Part 1
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For ease of listening, we've split our finale episodes in half. Hello and welcome, one and all, to the Pavilion of Progress Mainstage! I'm Lennon Mer...
Claws and Effect
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which logs are written, and a cat is sat. And everything is totally fine. ** Featuring Maddie Cooper, Michael Freemantle, Sam Stark, and Mr. Busin...
S4E25 - Chasing A Ghost- Finale
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lennon Merlo finally tracks down the Banjo Ghost. Music Blues for the Black, performed by the Banjo Ghost. ** The Cast Lennon Merlo is voiced by Lau...
S4E24 - Chasing A Ghost- Family Band
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with the Peregrination Bad Idea Cousins about Family songs, during a layover at Arcturus. Music Ensign Fores-kin, performed by Grey Linkski...
S4E23 - Blue Noon on the Red Riviera
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: Gun violence and death ** This all started... when I met her. The Red Riviera Bloodbath is back for its 50th year! Outlaws from acr...
DraftStarz, The Podcast: Your Best Bets for the Bloodbath (featuring Tatum Hadar!)
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome once again to the Draft Starz podcast! I’m Monica DeMille, and here with me today is Marshal Captain Tatum Hadar, head organizer of this ye...
CIVIL DANGER WARNING
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The following civil danger warning is transmitted at the request of the Martian Marshals and the Tharsan Rise Emergency Management Department-- Prepa...
S4E22 - Chasing a Ghost- Signal to Signal
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with (name pending), a communication technician on a 'restored' (liberated) YuKon comms relay; one of the folks who's helped the Ghost's si...
S4E21 - Chasing A Ghost- Bella Ciao
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Kit and Em, the happy couple, after a moment from the wedding reception goes viral and introduces the system to some Makhnovchik weddi...
S4E20 - You Can Hear the Whistle Blow
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings ** Mom... it isn't like that. I love you. And working with you! ...You've been so helpful and supportive and... and it's wonderful. ...
S4E19 - Chasing a Ghost- Old Songs
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with members of a YuDio squat/artist collective, who are preserving and remaking songs from the distant past. Music The Sweetness, performe...
S4E18 - Chasing a Ghost- Little Red Songbook
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with an IWM representative about music and organized labor. Music Solidarity Forever, performed by Odelia Ray. ** The Cast Lennon Merlo is...
S4E17 - There's a Design
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings Discussions of suicide, alcoholism, allusions to submarine disasters ** Let me stop you there. I think I know how this goes...After ...
S4E16 - Chasing a Ghost- The Yard
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with folks from Delaney Shipyard about yardie songs. Music: Sixteen Tons, performed by Delaney Shipyard Shift 2 ** The Cast Lennon Merlo i...
S4E15 - Chasing A Ghost- What Do We Know
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Iris Antić, a pop culture historian and professor of music at Greater Ganymede University. Music- The Belter Blues, the Banjo Ghost *...
S4E14 - Chasing A Ghost- Introduction
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Lennon Merlo introduces themself, and the subject of the series. Chasing a Ghost is made possibly by a grant from Ganymede Public Broadcasting, ...
S4E13 - And Nothing Left to Me
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode contains dialog that might be triggering to people who have experienced emotional manipulation, and the depiction of h...
S4E12 - Beyond This Place of Wrath and Tears (Fable of the Family, part 3)
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings Mentions of Parental Abuse, eating-related misophonia triggers ** You've got monsters in your past; so do we all. I've looked into t...
S4E11 - With Hands Upon Each Other's Hearts (Fable of the Family, part 2)
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings Dismemberment, Discussion of death of a child, Executions, Military Conflict ** Getting your Solar Scout Gold Pin does not make you ...
S4E10 - They Will See Us for Miles (Fable of the Family, part 1)
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings Mentions of Sexual Abuse and Cult, Death of a Parent, Trafficking, Drug Addiction, Parental Abandonment, eating-related misophonia *...
S4E9 - A Little Love Goes A Long Way (The Spaces in Between, part 5)
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
** Life’s funny like that, isn’t it? One minute you're stuck in a crowd, nervous you’re going to scream at someone for looking at you funny. Ne...
S4E8 - This Thing of Ours
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: Death, gun violence Sensory Contact Warnings: Prolonged alarm sounds. Version without alarm can be found here. ** Alright, From wha...
[S04 Bonus Content] You Know You're in Trouble When She Uses Your Full Name
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Defender of Diatoma We know their name, but do we know their story? Who exactly is Brother Judah, and how did they come so close to successfully ...
S4E7 - Always a Reason For The Pain (The Spaces in Between, part 4)
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings This episode includes aggression toward and mistreatment of service workers. ** Our personalities are the culmination of every exper...
Nova News Network Special Report: Variable Gravity Derby Betting Ring Uncovered
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sabotage investigation unearths massive criminal conspiracy in Variable Gravity Derby betting. Noted commentators identified as ringleaders. ** Welco...
S4E6 - The Gospel of Judah
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: Gun violence, child endangerment Sensory content warnings: Repeated, prolonged siren, eating noises. A version of the episode witho...
S4E5 - My Lower Back Seems to Disagree (The Spaces in Between, part 3)
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deflect all you want, but you know there’s nothing good about living in the past. Things change. People change. Sometimes it’s good, but not alwa...
S4E4 - Do You Notice I’m Gone (The Spaces In Between, part 2)
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: mentions of death and trauma, family separation, divorce and alcohol use. ** Feelings are valid. The problem is if you let them con...
S4E3 - In Better Light
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: Mentions of disease ** You're Crutchfield and Molina? I was sent by a mutual acquaintance to tell you your debt has come due. Foll...
S4E2 - At an All Time Low (The Spaces In Between, part 1)
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: mentions of death and trauma, family separation, divorce and alcohol use. ** Let me tell you a story. A story of a man in his 20s e...
S4E1 - Seed Money
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Relax. I am absolutely certain that this mission will play out with no more than the usual amount of unexpected complications and risks. A mostly-ref...
Breathing Space: Fragile Futures, coming February 2, 2024
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episodes release the first and third Friday of the month. ** Welcome to the System Our Website Join the Law of Names Discord Follow us on Twitter Su...
Delta-Vee Dining, Supercut Edition!
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
** A burger's always going to be a burger. Join Jesse "Flash" Fry on a culinary journey of discovery around the system. ** Read the transcr...
CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03D: WBSTR Recording, "Pilot Log 4"
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: murder, drug use, bombing, violence, surgery, teeth, invasive medical procedures ** CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03D: WBSTR Recording...
CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03C: WBSTR Recording, "Pilot Log 3"
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: murder, drug use, bombing, violence, surgery, teeth, invasive medical procedures ** CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03A: WBSTR Recordin...
CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03B: WBSTR Recording, "Pilot Log 2"
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: murder, drug use, bombing, violence, surgery, teeth, invasive medical procedures ** CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03A: WBSTR Recording...
CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03A: WBSTR Recording, "Pilot Log 1"
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: murder, drug use, bombing, violence, surgery, teeth, invasive medical procedures ** CASE #990W, EVIDENCE ID TAG 03A: WBSTR Recordi...
S3E16 - The Day That YuKon Died, Part 2
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
** Now, it's time to say goodbye. Goodbye to the rigid, old, stifling framework responsible for holding back original excellence, personal developmen...
S3E15 - The Day That YuKon Died, Part 1
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: chewing between 6:30 and 8:10 ** We have a breaking update on the situation on Le Duplessis. Forensic examination of the Blueline ...
S3E14 - Delta-Vee Dining: Family Celebration Cake
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A closed restaurant leads to a chance encounter, and one of the most touching Delta-Vee Dining episodes we've ever made. ** Welcome to the System Our ...
S3E13 - Their Brands Were Still On Fire
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Come on, Galatea, show me that sparkly something you've been hiding away just for me.." A pair of dust herders from the rings of Neptune s...
S3E12 - A Smile and a Sword in Your Arms
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings ** "Is that what this business with your rotten ship is? A fuck up so bad you have to call the neighbors for help?" When t...
S3E11 - The Spacer's Lament
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: Terminal illness. Child death. Separation from family. Very small mention of unethical adoption. ** "What makes a dying man de...
S3E10 - Five Foot Six & Two-Fifteen
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings violence, extortion ** "And that's the bell! Sol Survivors demolish the Red Planet Rollers, 159 to 72, securing the coveted sec...
S3E9 - Hounds of the Universe
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: Violence, death, firearms, descriptions of blood and internal injuries, discussion of human trafficking and slavery, infants in dis...
S3E8 - The Place Called Home
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: divorce, cult behavior, deception, kidnapping, mention of gore ** "We're already pretty self-sufficient, plus we're willing to...
S3E7 - Roll On, Northumbria
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: Workplace accidents, injury, environmental disasters ** "Since you're all here, I guess you figured out we got ourselves a new...
S3E6 - Beat the Drum Slowly
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: Mentioned Animal Death, choking/strangulation ** "Never before seen a fella that far from anything and still alive. Figure I n...
S3E5 - Tidal Heat
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: death, suffocation, concussion, a vehicle crash ** "Tranquility, you know that I love you, but the only way either of us will ...
S3E4 - I See the Stars are Here With Me
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Kiss and make up. Kill each other. Fucking, write an opera together. I don't care, but when that door unlocks you two better have figured it ou...
S3E3 - Terminal Hospitality
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings This episode contains gaslighting, manipulation, mentions of death & murder ** "I’m not too proud to admit it: my brain a...
S3E2 - By Any Other Name
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings ** "The people are hungry for entertainment. Especially out past the Belt...and we can provide it. Because we, actors, storytel...
S3E1 - As They Ride On Hear Their Cry
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Gracie, I am... I'm so far out. The sun doesn't... I can't even pick it out anymore. So many stars are brighter now... I dream, sometimes... La...
Season 2 Bloopers & Behind the Scenes
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The hardest part of a director's job is remembering to save the funny clips that happen during recording, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. **...
S2E15 - ATTN: Mandatory Holiday Briefing (Season 2 Finale)
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
** A look at some of the many holidays of the System. ** The Cast The Netpedia Narrator is played by Kale Brown I’ll Manage Price is played by Jerry...
S2E14 - The Gambler
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
**Content Warnings: mafia-esque torture, gambling addiction, wanted pregnancy. ** ** "Don't matter, in the end. They're just words. Person who ...
S2E13 - The Real Thing
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"We are putting together the largest change to Family law since Commodore Grandma was alive. It's been a monumental effort and we're not even cl...
S2E12 - The Tale of the Knock at the Airlock
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you even know what's out there? Corrosive air hot enough to melt lead! Billions of kilograms of pressure. There are clouds of sulfuric acid just f...
S2E11 - Ride Boldly Ride
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: this episode contains mentions of human trafficking. ** "Shay Russell, you are under arrest, pursuant to Article two of the—...
S2E10 - The Train Job
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: this episode contains corrupt law enforcement, drugging ** "Does life in the black always end up with someone jumping out the ...
S2E9 - Felina, Goodbye
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: this episode contains depictions of animal abuse and detailed descriptions of physical violence. ** You come all this way, kid, on wh...
S2E8 - Let Sleeping Dogs
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode contains asphyxiation, tightly enclosed spaces, self harm, immolation, substance abuse, body horror, audio gore ** Here...
S2E7 - The Station at the End of the Universe
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: this episode contains reference to near death experience, implied bombing attempt, unnerving and terrifying experiences, implied un...
S2E6 - Flicker of a Torch
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: this episode includes Major character death, illness, aging, grief, & parental abandonment ** "Any of these stars coulda b...
S2E5 - Solidarity Forever
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: this episode contains bomb threats, terrorism, implied abuse by law enforcement. ** Delivery! One anarchist, union-sympathizing ord...
S2E4 - Ships In The Night
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: implied firearm threatening, alcohol references ** Welcome to Waystation Markets, Store 369. How can we propel you through the star...
S2E3 - The Debt End Job
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warnings: this episode contains discussion of traumatic workplace environment ** "Don't go work for YuKon." My dad said. "You c...
S2E2 - The Long Way Home From Ceres
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: this episode includes parental abuse of a child, childhood neglect, amputation, eye trauma, audio gore. ** "It was supposed to ...
S2E1 - On Rocky Ground & My Stars Will Never Leave Me
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: These episodes contain: main character death, implied suffocation, physical injury. ** "Ari, seriously, if you're receiving th...
Season 1 Bloopers & Behind the Scenes
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes It's not all feelings and found family. Sometimes it's fart jokes. A peak behind the scenes into some of the recording sessions of Seaso...
Season 1 Q&A
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The writers and editors of Season 1 talk about the first season of the show-- what we loved, what we learned, where we're going-- and answer the quest...
S1E15 - We Interrupt This Program (Part 2)
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode contains depictions of a large scale disaster and the effects thereof. -- We Interrupt This Program (Part 2) Good evening. Tonight, on th...
S1E14 - We Interrupt This Program (Part 1)
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode contains depictions of a large scale disaster and the effects thereof, employer violence and abuse, including intentional neglect of empl...
S1E13 - Advanced Readings in Theoretical Helioseismology
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode contains explosion sound effects. -- Advanced Readings in Theoretical Helioseismology That's the kind of "interest...
S1E12 - I Walk These Hills
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I Walk These Hills Joseph Brand is dead and I am his memorial. I'm a reconstruction. My face is sourced from photos and video. My voice is a mimic, us...
S1E11 - The Greatest Show Off Earth
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Greatest Show Off Earth "The Carnivale di Vagabondi Stellari offers any entertainment a soul could desire. Wonders to delight the senses and ...
S1E10 - Attention, Associates!
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode includes scenes of police violence against protestors (in news report from 20:30-21:40, in action at 28:13-30:40) -- At...
S1E9 - The Next Big Thing
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Next Big Thing "The Peregrination is a simultaneously anarchic and strongly collectivist group. They're idiosyncratic and down right paranoid...
S1E8 - Three Stories from the System
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode contains gun violence & gunshots. Three Stories from the System This is the Blue Lady, greencast to all local, anyb...
S1E7 - Oh Beautiful For Heroes Proved
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode includes brief discussion of eugenics, and crimes against humanity. It also includes repeating sounds including sirens,...
S1E6 - Wayfaring Strangers
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features brief descriptions of police brutality and violence against protestors. Wayfaring Strangers I’m a NoGo—No Home, Going Anywhe...
S1E5 - The Salvage of the Valentina Tereshkova
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode includes grotesque descriptions of body horror, and sexual situations. -- The Salvage of the Valentina Tereshkova "...
S1E4 - Objects in Motion
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode includes a depiction of a situation of certain death, digital noises & distortion, and distorted speech. -- Objects...
S1E3 - Take a Number, Get in Line
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode includes references to military violence and depictions of alcohol abuse. -- Take a Number, Get in Line "You know ...
S1E2 - Rat Among Falcons
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode includes violence toward children, and a countdown. -- Rat Among Falcons "Welcome to the Forge Sorrow Into Joy_, h...
S1E1 - Goodnight, You Moonlight Ladies
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warnings: This episode includes violence, a countdown, and repeating sounds, including sirens and alarms. -- Goodnight, You Moonlight Ladies &...
Blues for the Black (BSFF Theme)
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I ain't got no home to go to I ain't got nothin' to sell But my stars'll never leave me Even when I'm sold to hell. I was born under a blue sky I'll d...
Coming next Friday... [Trailer]
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coming June 4, 2021 Breathing Space, Fading Frontier --- Welcome to the System Our Website Join the Law of Names Discord Follow us on Twitter Su...
G(ym) Force: Your Gateway to the GravFit Lifestyle
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coming June 4, 2021 Breathing Space, Fading Frontier Announcer 1 is played by Kris Announcer 2 is played by Scott Paladin Announcer 3 is played by Ja...
Blues for the Black
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tired from your time out in the cold void of space? Take load off at the Ring and Ray, the finest place on Walden Station for food and refreshment. ...
You Must Be A Belter, Because You’re Out Of This World: Never Fail Pickup Lines For Terrans
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Terran walks into a bar and sees a stunning Belter. They go up, ask to buy them a drink, and are gutted as they get rebuffed once again. Does this s...
The Paradisio Orbital, a Omega Hotel Group hotel
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is life on the ground getting you down? Are you feeling stuck in the mud? Then it’s time to visit paradise! Paradisio is a privately-owned orbital b...
Breakdown
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Spacefaring Vessel Registration [Ceres Accords 190A-34.12] Ship Designation: RM63F Ship Name: Open Sky Registered Owner: Cal Horn Registered Pilot: Ca...