5.11 - The Water, The Stars
Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery
Audacious Machine Creative
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
by Jessica Wright Buha
I don’t want to forget you
Shouldn’t this be happy?
What I need.
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This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, LaQuin Grovers as Dale, Mark Soloff as Silas, Marsha Harman as Dot, Symphony Sanders as Young Lily, Sean Williams as Edward Lyle, Jordana Williams as Matilda Lyle, Eli Barraza as Lina Lyle, Hilary Williams as Joey, Anuja Vaidya as Norah, Benjamin Callins as the Woman, Scott Miller as the Man, Dallis Seeker as Grant, Matt Young as Tim, Russ More as René-Robert, Amy More as Louis, David Rheinstrom as Colin Fenwood, Christopher J. Wilson as Tony, Jillian Leff as Selene, Mark Soloff as the Reverend, Joshua K. Harris as Rudy, Eli Hamada McIlveen as the Radio Announcer, Michael Turrentine as Wes, David S. Dear as Thomas Wesley, Mac Rogers as General Wayne, Leeman Kessler as Arthur Warren, Gabriel Urbina as a Firefighter, Bob Raymonda as the Foreman, Russ More and Ben Aldred as the Workers, and Jessica Best as Weepin’ Troy.
A special thank you to Scott Miller, linguist from the Tribal Preservation office of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe for his consultation and translation work for the Shawnee language in this episode.
Written by Jessica Wright Buha, sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, assistant director Lauren Grace Thompson, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, produced by haydée r. souffrant, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, listener. This is producer Jeffrey. Step into my time machine. Long ago, beginning in the |
| 0:08.0 | ancient past of 2009, we made a show called Our Fair City. Now, Our Fair City is a sprawling |
| 0:16.7 | epic story set in the dystopian future of Hartford, Connecticut. A climate disaster made the world |
| 0:23.3 | outside a frozen wasteland. What remains of humanity lives inside in a largely subterranean city |
| 0:30.4 | governed by the remains of an insurance company. Now, our fair city is darkly funny. You'll meet mad scientists, lightning rigors, |
| 0:40.8 | the Woken Dead, giant ants, time travelers, and mole people. We are currently re-releasing |
| 0:48.1 | Our Fair City weekly. So this is a great time to join us for a romp through the tunnels of heartlife. |
| 0:56.2 | After today's episode, we'll be sharing a trailer for the show. |
| 0:59.6 | I hope you'll check it out. |
| 1:00.9 | And I would love you to join us in our listen of Our Fair City, |
| 1:06.5 | found wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. |
| 1:17.8 | Music found wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. HeartLife wishes to acknowledge that the land where we live, work, and tell our stories is |
| 1:23.0 | occupied land. Unwell takes place in southern Ohio, which is the territory of the Miami people. Unwell is produced in Chicago, Illinois, which is the territory of the Peoria, the Potawatomi, and the Miami peoples. |
| 1:36.3 | Blooms. Blooms? |
| 1:45.0 | Blooms? |
| 1:47.0 | I just want to talk. |
| 1:50.0 | Blooms? |
| 1:52.0 | Can you reveal the door for me? |
| 1:56.0 | Please? |
| 1:58.0 | Blooms! Shit! Please. |
| 2:03.6 | Blooms. Shit. |
| 2:04.6 | Hello. |
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