Hi, friends. I know, I know you're still waiting for the start of season three of Desert

Skies, and I hear you. I'm excited for it too. You'll get an announcement from me about it soon.

But while you wait, I'm excited to share a show I think you're going to like. It's called

Thirst. I've told you before. I'm a big fan of horror, and the more ridiculous,

the better. In a future America, somehow even worse than the present, four couples must survive

a dangerous reality TV competition designed by a sadistic host and a cheerfully violent

algorithm. Outside, sea levels rise and temperatures climb.

Inside, tensions quickly reach their boiling point.

Ridiculous and horrifying,

Thirst asks how much the residents of this crumbling empire

are willing to trade away for a chance at wealth and safety.

Thirst is from the award-winning creators of the beloved Penumbra podcast, and you can find Thirst on the Penumbra podcast feed on Spotify or any podcast app.

Without further ado, here's the first episode of Thirst.

Hello, this is Harley Takagi Kainer, one of the creators of the Penumbra podcast. If you're just checking out the feed for the first time, welcome. If you've been a listener of the

Juno Steel or Second Citadel series, welcome

back. We are so excited to share our new story, Thirst, with all of you. If you are familiar

with our previous work, I do want to let you know that Thirst is much more explicit and a lot

darker than our other series, so I would not recommend it

for children.

If you have concerns about potential triggers, those will always be listed at the end of

the transcript and in the show notes.

And here in the series premiere, we have also included a more comprehensive list so that

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