Hey everybody, Christian here. Welcome to 2017. We hope it's treating you reasonably well so far,

and we hope you ended 2016, kind of, you know, surrounded by love and feelings of home and all that good

holiday stuff. We got a bonus episode for you today. I had a chat with Stephanie

Cook of the Talking Comics podcast and the Roves Portal blog, and we talked about her latest

project, which is a live audio drama called The Five People You Meet in Hell. We specifically

talked about how she got into audio drama, doing the

thing live, and what her collaborative process is like. I think you're going to enjoy the conversation.

So I'm going to drop you right into that. It's about 40 minutes long. And then I will be back at the

end to let you know what you can expect from the once in future nerd in the near future.

All right.

Enjoy.

All right.

So today I am here with Stephanie Cook, who is the editor-in-chief of Rokes Portal and also the co-creator writer of VRNP, the five people you meet in hell, which is a really fun radio play I've been listening to.

Welcome, Stephanie, to the Ones of Each Nerd bonus episode.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm excited to chat.

Well, welcome.

So I guess I'd like to start.

It's kind of a trite question, but I think in audio drama, it's always so interesting.

Where did the idea for five people you meet in hell originate?

I perpetually have like 5,000 story ideas going through my head.

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