The Machine Does What It's Supposed To | Decade of Dread #10

Wrong Station

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of institutional abuse, violence and sexual violence. We strongly advise that listeners exercise their discretion. If you wish, you can read the script for this episode here. Enjoy 31 episodes in 31 days as Wrong Station celebrates a “Decade of Dread”. // IT'S A GOOD JOB. YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL. // HELL, YOU SHOULD EVEN BE PROUD. //DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE SCREAMING WHEN... "THE MACHINE DOES WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO." A new tale from Wrong Station. Written by Alexander Saxton and performed by Anthony Botelho. Celebrate 10 seasons of Wrong Station by subscribing to our Patreon at ⁠www.patreon.com/thewrongstation⁠. Explore brand new benefits, hundreds of hours of bonus content, and help ensure Wrong Station stays on the air for another 10 years. The Wrong Station contains explicit content and mature themes. Episode-specific warnings can be found at ⁠www.wrongstation.com/c-w. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This October, the wrong station celebrates a decade of dread.
0:13.0	You can read the show notes to discover terrible new ways to celebrate with us.
0:19.0	Today's episode,
0:22.8	The Machine Does What It's Supposed to,
0:24.8	is written by Alexander Saxton,
0:26.9	and performed by Anthony Betelow.
0:28.2	Please note,
0:30.2	this episode carries content warnings for institutional abuse,
0:31.9	violence, and sexual violence.
0:34.3	Listener discretion is advised.
1:11.6	Music Listener discretion is advised. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm He wasn't really a bright kid. He wasn't really a bright kid.
1:25.6	Never did well in school. Didn't have a lot of interests or drive and
1:30.1	he was living in his mom's basement watching porn and streams of other people playing games all day
1:34.8	so really he was lucky when his uncle got him a job at the prison his name was olen by the way
1:41.9	he didn't like the prison smell or its its white fluorescence, or the 80-minute shuttle,
1:48.0	converted school bus, which wasn't so different from the ones they used for prisoners.
1:53.0	But the money was good, and he bought a new PlayStation, and it felt good to be part of society.
2:00.0	Now, being new and all, they of course started him out on the worst job, which was operating
2:05.4	the cavity search machine.
2:07.4	The machine had AI, so really, it did its own work, and all Olin had to do was stand behind
2:12.1	a plexiglass window and press a button.
2:14.8	But there was a law saying the machine needed a human operator, so he was it.
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