Hello, this is Mark, not the character, Mark the actual person, the person who writes this show.

And once again, we are very, very, very sorry that we couldn't get you an episode in time.

But hopefully this will take some of the pain out of it.

I am here talking with Ella Watts, who is this amazing, amazing audio drama person.

And we're just going to have a cool little discussion about audio drama and about the writing process.

And hopefully that will tide over your little hearts until next week when we have an actual episode.

And we have an actual reason for you to listen to the show that you subscribe to.

Anyway, Ella, introduce yourself.

Hell yeah, hello.

So I am an audio drama person.

I feel like you also forgot the most important part, which is that I am a super fan of Arcade 1.

But I am a podcast consultant.

I specialize in the audio fiction industry.

I work with the BBC.

I also work on a couple podcasts of my own, including a sci-fi podcast called The Orphans.

Which you should definitely take out.

Check out or not take out.

But take out for dinner.

Who knows? Maybe something will spark.

And but also check it out on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Oh, all right.

So without further ado, let's get this kind of started.

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