Minisodes 005-006
The Once And Future Nerd
Glass & Madera
4.8 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
We’re back with some scripted minisodes today, for this between-chapters month.
“On The Origin Of A Song”
by Paul Notice and Christian T. Kelley-Madera
Performed by:
Paul Notice – Matronson
Matthew K. Addison – Younger Man
Gregory M. Schulz – Rival Merchant
Christian T. Kelley-Madera – Elf Guard
(Script)
CONTENT NOTES: Contains depictions of racist state violence
“A Holiday Dinner”
by Dirk Hampton
Performed by:
Anya Gibian – Molly Bailey, Minnie Bailey, Mona Bailey, Maeve Bailey
(Script)
Editing for Minisodes 005 and 006 by BriElle Achterhof
Foley, Sound Design, and Post-Production Mixing by Matthew Boudreau
Associate Producers: Susan Degan and Alec Story
Announcements:
- This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp – Affordable, private therapy. Anytime, anywhere. Visit betterhelp.com/toafn to get 10% off your first month
- This podcast is also sponsored by Tab for a Cause – a free browser extension that helps you raise money for charity. Join our team at tabforacause.org/toafn
- As always, The Once And Future Nerd is made possible by our Patrons on Patreon. We hope you consider joining!
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Thank you for listening! We’ll be posting the audio from our recent #AskTOAFN livestream on May 29, and then we’ll be back with the premiere of Book 2, Chapter 8 on June 26.
(The transcript for our announcements can be found here.)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome. This podcast is sponsored by Better Help. These days I am certainly not wanting for things to be anxious about, but sometimes the anxiety gets so overwhelming that I can't do anything and that doesn't help anybody. And therapy helps me with that. Better Help can assess your needs and match you with your own |
| 0:22.2 | licensed professional therapist. It's not a crisis line. It's not self-help. It's professional |
| 0:27.7 | therapy done securely online. You can log into your account anytime and send a message to your |
| 0:33.6 | therapist. You'll get timely and thoughtful responses, plus you can schedule weekly |
| 0:38.1 | video or phone sessions so you won't ever have to sit in an awkward waiting room again. |
| 0:42.9 | Visit betterhelp.com slash T-O-A-F-N, that's BetterH-E-L-P, and join the over 2 million people |
| 0:51.1 | who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced |
| 0:54.3 | professional. Once a future nerd listeners can get 10% off their first month by using our link. |
| 0:59.3 | Again, that's betterh-e-l-p.com slash T-O-A-F-A. If you missed the announcement last week, this |
| 1:06.4 | month is going to kind of be an interstitial thing between chapters. So we've got two minisodes for you today. |
| 1:13.2 | And then on May 29th, we're going to post the cleaned up audio from our Ask the Once |
| 1:18.2 | InFiction Nerd live stream that we did the other day. |
| 1:20.3 | And then we will be back on June 26th with the premiere of Book 2 chapter 8. |
| 1:26.4 | Okay, onto our first minisode. This one is called On the Origin of Book 2 Chapter 8. Okay, on to our first minisode. |
| 1:28.7 | This one is called On the Origin of a Song. |
| 1:32.0 | It's written by Paul Notes and myself. |
| 1:34.3 | It is performed by Matthew K. Addison, Paul Notus, |
| 1:38.0 | Gregory M. Schultz, and myself. |
| 1:40.2 | Editing is by Breel Actorhoff with Foley, |
| 1:42.7 | sound design, and post mixing by Matthew Boudreau. |
| 1:45.9 | Heads up, there is definitely some heavy stuff in this one, so check the content warnings if you have concerns. |
| 1:53.5 | And with that said, on with the minisode. |
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