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SPINES Podcast

Episode 11 The Countdown

SPINES Podcast

Jamie Killen

Arts, Performing Arts, Fiction

4.6555 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Wren and Shan find themselves trapped in a town where a giant clock slowly ticks down to zero. What happens when their time is up? We'd like to thank Alexandria Archives for supporting this episode. Visit Alexandriaarchives.com to find out more. Music Credits: Nick Jaina, "Expense Reports." Primary Perception Instrumentals. Needle Drop Co., 2015. Creative Commons License. Chris Zabriskie,"Cylinder 4." 2014. Creative Commons License. David Szesztay, "Surreal". Atmospheric Electric Guitar. Needle Drop Co., 2016. Creative Commons License. Chris Zabriskie,"Cylinder 2." 2014. Creative Commons License. Nick Jaina, "Man Without a Head." Primary Perception Instrumentals. Needle Drop Co., 2015. Creative Commons License.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Alexandria Archives, the early morning radio show for the South's weirdest university.

0:09.2

Visit Alexandriaarchives.com today to find out more about the school where running into ghosts, vampires, and things that go bump in the night is just another day on campus.

0:18.8

That's Alexandriaarchives.com.

0:21.5

Go Wendigows.

0:25.6

Today was Shan's debut as Pet Fixer for the Seekers.

0:29.6

I gotta say, they killed it.

0:32.2

I wish I could take credit for being a kick-ass mentor.

0:35.4

But the truth is, Shan saved me today.

0:38.5

I don't know what would have happened if they hadn't been there.

0:42.0

I don't think it'll be the last time, either.

0:46.8

This is Spines. I'm Think about a small town you know of.

1:23.1

If you're from a small town, think of another one about 30 miles away.

1:28.1

If you're from a big city, think of one of those little places you pass by on the highway.

1:33.2

A place between where you've come from and where you're going.

1:37.0

Now ask yourself, how long would that small town have to be gone before you knew about it?

1:43.2

Assuming its destruction wasn't reported in the news.

1:47.0

Maybe you have a friend there, and at some point you realize that friend hasn't been in touch in a while.

1:53.0

Maybe you make that drive from your big city to another, and you realize there isn't a place to stop for gas anymore, like there used to be. However you found out, the point remains the same.

2:04.6

It would probably take you a long time to realize that little town was gone.

2:08.6

For those of you who listened to these messages and think the things in them can't be true,

2:14.6

because how could towns vanish and forests appear and become lakes?

2:20.6

And how could compounds of people all be dedicated to this secret world you never knew existed?

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