The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air): Season One, Episode 1

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Science Fiction, Fiction

4.8 • 29K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the world of The Orbiting Human Circus: discover the surreally impossible radio show broadcast from the top of the Eiffel Tower, meet the lonely janitor who longs to become part of it, and settle in for the chilling tale of Goolsby and Rue. (NOTE:To continue listening to The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air), subscribe now via iTunes, Libsyn, Stitcher, or via RSS on your favorite podcatcher.) Thanks to Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans and Atom Tickets for supporting the show! Download the free Atom Tickets app from Google Play or the Apple App Store and use code OHC for $5 off through the end of the year. Check out Rocket Mortgage at QuickenLoans.com/OHC. Featuring John Cameron Mitchell as Mr. Cameron, Julian Koster as the Janitor, and Drew Callander as the Narrator. For full credits, go to www.orbitinghumancircus.com. Written and created by Julian Koster. Co-directed by and developed with Ellie Heyman. Produced by Christy Gressman. Featuring musical composition and arrangement by Thomas Hughes and music by The Music Tapes. In November 2016, the Janitor will be cleaning a venue near you! See tour dates at www.orbitinghumancircus.com. Part of the Night Vale Presents network. nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, Jeffrey Kramer here.
0:01.4	We are so excited to bring you this first episode of Nightvill presents newest podcast,
0:06.4	The Orbitning Human Circus of the Air.
0:09.2	We'll be featuring the first three episodes of Orbitning Human Circus here on the Welcome
0:12.4	to Nightvill feed, just as we did with Within the Wires and Alice isn't dead.
0:16.6	If you like what you hear and want to subscribe to the entire eight episode for season of Orbitning
0:20.5	Human Circus, you can do that right now through iTunes or wherever it is you get your
0:25.2	podcast.
0:26.8	And oh, hey, we appreciate you.
0:31.7	We zoom in on a small enclosed space, a dark, womb-like space with walls of metal, where
0:45.2	a small figure lies curled appropriately in a fetal position, waiting to emerge as if
0:54.5	he were a main character I was sure about to be born.
1:01.0	Metaphorically that is, he's fully grown.
1:04.9	Who is he?
1:05.9	Oh my God.
1:06.9	Well, you'll find out soon enough.
1:10.9	Where is he?
1:11.9	Well, it's pitch black, you can't see.
1:17.0	I can tell you this much.
1:18.8	He's in a dark hiding place.
1:21.4	In one of the most famous buildings in the world, in Paris, and it's a tower, and he's
1:31.5	hiding while nearby a large audience files into a grand ballroom to see the performance
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