Alice Isn't Dead: Don't Tell Alice Episode 1
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hi, Joseph Fink here.
What is the first episode of Don't Tell Alice about?
What you are about to hear is the first episode of the new Alice Isn't Dead sequel series, Don't Tell Alice. This is the first Alice Isn't Dead episode in now almost eight years. I'm so excited for you all to hear it. Basically, no one has heard it except for me, John, and Jessica. And so I am, I don't know, really curious what happens when it goes out into the world. If you enjoy this, please subscribe to it over at the Alice Isn't Dead feed and consider supporting us on Patreon. Patrons get episodes a week early and ad-free, plus bonus episodes between every main episode and a lot of other fun rewards.
Why has it been eight years since the last Alice Isn't Dead episode?
And it's also the best way to support the show. But in any case, if you can't or don't want to do that, that's fine. Just please subscribe to Alice is in Debt and listen to this new series that I'm really excited to. All right, here is the first episode of Don't Tell Alice.
I need to tell you another story. A different kind of story. Less triumphant. Less self-righteous. Because in my first story, Alice was the one who did wrong. Vanishing from my life. Leaving behind only mourning and memory. And I was the one who found her and forgave. That was my first story. And it's the easier one to tell. But... Come on, buddy. Drive your special car. There you go. Sorry, a one-car traffic jam ahead of me. This time I'm the one leaving her. Not forever. I hope not even for long. But a lie is a lie, and it always will have been a lie for the rest of my life. I'm not saying it's wrong, because I think I have to do it. I'm only saying that I'm going to have to learn to live with it.
A couple years after everything ended, I'd settled deep into the slow spin of domestic life. My phone rang. And I picked it up. I don't know why. No one picks up the phone anymore. But I did. And there was a voice I knew somehow. Although I couldn't quite place it. It was a voice I trusted. She said a lot of things that didn't make sense, and then... Alice... I'm sorry.
But first and last, the voice gave me a warning. And something in the way she said it made me think I had better pay attention. She said, don't tell Alice.
Alice Isn't Dead, Don't Tell Alice by Joseph Fink, performed by Jessica Nicole, music and sound design by Disparition. Part 1, Chapter 1. Oh, and one more thing.
I'm back out here. Some anonymous road up through remote northern Nevada. Car this time, not a truck. Told Alice it was a business trip. That the new job required them. That I kind of didn't mind because I had been missing the travel. I don't know if that part was a lie or not. Did I miss this? There's a sign for something called Horse Canyon in 800 feet. Tempting, but I'll have to pass.
What does the narrator mean by 'a different kind of story'?
And someplace called Dog Creek. Naming must be real easy out here. Just an animal and a geographical feature. Snake Ridge. Ostrich Pond. Anteater Drainage Ditch. I saw the sign for the Rocky View Inn, motel, bar and cafe. That's where the voice on the phone told me to go. Fear filled the pit of my stomach as I pulled into the lot. Anxiety, my old friend. Or is it anxiety when the fear is warranted? The heat was like a thrown punch when I opened the car door. I staggered a little. The walk from the car to the bar was a struggle, and then I walked into the freezing AC inside, and it was like dunking my head under ice water. But, like, in a good way. Place was mostly empty. There was a Latino man in the corner, dusty work shirt, sleeves pulled up on burly arms, a cowboy hat pulled low over his face.
and there was a woman behind the counter, aged somewhere between 40 and 60. The woman winked hello. "'Names, Lexi. What can I get you?' "'What do you have?' I said. Lexi laughed. "'Anything you want, long as it's a hamburger, hot dog, or fries.' "'A hamburger sounds great.' "'It didn't, actually.' I'd been on the road long enough, eating in places like this, that I'd started to dream of green vegetables, the magic food that allows your bowels to finally get back to moving. But I'd take it. She went into the kitchen. The man in the corner was disquietingly still.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:01
2
What is the first episode of Don't Tell Alice about?
0:01–0:39
3
Why has it been eight years since the last Alice Isn't Dead episode?
0:39–4:59
4
What does the narrator mean by 'a different kind of story'?
4:59–8:45
5
What internal conflict does the narrator face regarding Alice?
8:45–11:53
6
What happens when the narrator receives a mysterious phone call?
11:53–29:07