Forward, Darkspeed!

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4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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A sci-fi writer inherits her mother’s legendary series and faces the impossible expectations that come with carrying a beloved story forward. Written by Hunter Nelson, directed and Sound designed by Jonathan Mitchell. Performed by Liz Leimkuhler as Laika , Michael Cullen as George, Jacob Williams as Jack, Hunter Nelson as Dan, Brian Morabito as Lincoln Server, Danielle Delgado as Louella Torvesson, Autumn Gomez-Tagle as Nicole, Louis Kornfeld as the Moderator, and David Bluvband and Mary McDonnell as the Fans. Support The Truth by ⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribing to our ad-free feed⁠⁠⁠⁠. It’s $5, or $50 a year. You’ll get every story without interruption, but more than that, you’ll be supporting the survival of our show. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thetruthpodcast.supportingcast.fm⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on... ⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠THREADS⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠REDDIT⁠⁠⁠⁠ To learn more about our show, go to our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thetruthpodcast.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The truth.
0:03.3	Lost.
0:05.2	The word was spoken to no one,
0:07.8	but it reverberated off the hudboard of Atlas Youth's Upcraft like a confession.
0:14.1	He had ignored the warnings of the Zerwin Synod
0:16.7	and allowed the mendacious archcasters of the lithic tide
0:20.7	to obscure his true course once again.
0:24.7	This time, there would be no going home.
0:29.7	Thank you.
0:33.2	Wow, Lika Corvison, everybody.
0:36.8	Lika, on behalf of Harris Brothers' books,
0:39.3	thank you for taking this time to read from the newest installment in the Darkspeed saga,
0:43.1	Faster Darkspeed, folks.
0:47.1	And if you're okay on time, we can open it up to some questions.
0:50.4	Yes, of course.
0:51.6	Anybody? Hands is fine.
0:53.9	Yes, you.
0:55.8	I like a huge Darkspeed fan since like forever.
1:00.1	I'm sure a lot of us are.
1:01.5	Yeah.
1:02.5	I just think the world your mother created is so important.
1:05.0	Each of her books is like, you know, it changed the course of my life.
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