Summary
From PRX Productions and The Truth, Newts! is a surf rock audio drama about the end of the world. The six-part series is inspired by the pioneering science fiction of Czech author and playwright Karel Čapek, who is best known for coining the term “robot.”
The first episode is premiering exclusively on The Truth. To hear the rest of the series, subscribe to Newts! wherever you listen to podcasts, or visit newtspod.com to stay in the loop.
Created by Sam Jay Gold & Ian Coss
Directed by Sam Jay Gold
Music and sound design by Ian Coss
Executive produced by Jocelyn Gonzales and Jonathan Mitchell
Performed by Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Chris Barron, Joseph Medeiros, Juan Ignacio Sanguinetti, Alok Patel , Sarah Naughton , Jon-Michael Reese, Putu Rekayasa , Naomi Yang, Sid Iyer, Lenny Fiannaca, Sam Lapine, and Varun Sasisekharan.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In 1936, a Czech writer named Karl Chopich published his final book. It was called War with the Nuts, |
| 0:13.5 | Nuts as in the amphibian. Two years later, in October 1938, the German army occupied Czechoslovakia, |
| 0:22.8 | and this same writer was declared public enemy number two. Two months after that, Karl Chopich was dead. |
| 0:31.3 | This story is inspired by that final book, The One About Nuts. |
| 1:31.3 | Today on the truth, we're introducing you to a new podcast series, Nuts. |
| 1:41.3 | It's a six part surf rock audio drama created and produced by Ian Koss and Sam J. Gold, |
| 1:46.4 | and was made with help from PRX and the truth. We're premiering part one today on our show, |
| 1:51.6 | and you can follow the rest of the series by subscribing to Nuts, wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:56.7 | Search for Nuts PRX. The rest of the series will only be available on their feed, so be sure to |
| 2:02.0 | subscribe to Nuts to hear all six parts. Part two is coming June 7th, but today we are excited |
| 2:08.8 | to premiere part one of a podcast about humanity, greed, exploitation, war, power, and yes, Nuts. |
| 2:21.3 | I want to tell you about a new show from radio toopia. The latest weirdest TV we watch |
| 2:25.2 | podcast in the world. In the scenes behind plain sight is a weekly rewatch show for a TV program |
| 2:31.3 | that never actually existed. It's all made up. Here's the trailer. |
| 2:38.0 | The year was 2002. Kelly Plexen was America's American Idol. The hottest cell phone in the |
| 2:46.5 | world was the Nokia 6100. Gallaudeners all had the year 2002 on them. And the number one TV show in |
| 2:56.8 | the world was CSI. But another show was Behind Plane Site. You love the stars of Behind Plane |
| 3:06.5 | Site, and maybe you're wondering where are they now? They are here now. That's where. Now. |
| 3:13.6 | Hey everybody, it's Ian and Mike and we're so excited you're going to be joining us on this |
| 3:19.1 | adventure. We call in the scenes behind plain sight an adventure that is a podcast. It's your |
| 3:26.4 | chance to join us as we rewatch one of our favorite shows a show that we start on for five years |
| 3:32.7 | behind plain sight. We'll rewatch every episode and give you all the behind the scenes info you |
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