4.11 - The Delicate Art of Diplomacy

Our Fair City

Audacious Machine Creative

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.7 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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As power reserves continue to dwindle and food stores run low, we visit the hardworking policies of the Human Resources department. Productivity is threatened as the riots escalate outside and their Vice President gets a visit from someone from the air ducts. === Our Fair City was originally released between 2011 and 2018. If you're interested in listening to the complete 8 seasons of Our Fair City ad free right now, you can join Audacious Machine Creative's Membership program at https://audaciousmachinecreative.memberful.com/join. $5 a month gets you ad free feeds of all of our podcasts, and goes directly to supporting the artists making new audio fiction podcasts! Vice President Davenport— Ben Aldred Frank— Sebastian H. Orr Lupe — Lauren Rapciak Antoine— Jeffrey Gardner Carson— Clayton Faits Jenny— Marsha Harman Josh— David Rheinstrom Dr. Emily Caligari— Marsha Harman George Chamberlain— Jim McDoniel Written by David Rheinstrom. Narration written and performed by Ansel Burch. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by Ryan Schile. Music by Stephen Poon. Illustration by Robin Billadeau. Produced by David Rheinstrom. Created by Clayton Faits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:02.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:05.0	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
0:10.0	Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.
0:13.0	With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.
0:17.0	We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your
0:23.6	future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open.
0:32.9	Tonight's broadcast is brought to you by the company you depend upon for all of your greatest needs, HeartLife.
0:40.1	These stories are true dramatizations from our fair city's glorious history.
0:45.6	So listen and remember, Heart Life, all the life you'll ever need.
0:52.8	For many years, HeartLife's Human Resources Department had an open-door protocol.
0:58.8	Any policy with a question, comment, or founders forbid a complaint would find a welcoming
1:04.3	HR manager with a ready ear and a poised clipboard.
1:09.0	But after the woken disaster heralded by Dr. Herbert West, there was a
1:13.1	necessary reprioritization of corporate procedures. And since that time, the closed-door protocol
1:20.4	has persisted. The gates of human resources are locked, blocked, and barricaded against the
1:27.0	misguided policies outside.
1:30.0	If only they understood that the managers within have their best interests at heart.
1:35.8	Hell no, we won't work, damn it.
1:39.3	Hell no, we won't work, damn it.
1:43.0	Not again, damn it.
1:44.8	Hey, can someone get me a hippo form?
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