The Skies Are Watching: 4. Aftermath
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In the aftermath of the UFO Festival, as Vance’s warnings about the extraterrestrials seem to come true, Jana wonders who she can trust. The search for the shooter leads to a surprising discovery.
The Skies Are Watching was the 2024 recipient of the Audio Fiction Award at the Tribeca Festival.
Cast: Heather - Caitlin Stasey Vance - Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts Rodney - David Yow Jana - Caroline Morahan Constance - Guinevere Turner J.D. - James Bacon Lee - Jameson Cush Andie - Elizabeth Halpern Officer - Ayla Glass
Created and Produced by Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto Music - Lars Koller, Jon Frechette, Blue Dot Sessions Editing and Sound Design - Jon Frechette Written by Jon Frechette Directed by Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto Production Manager - Kurt Koller Executive Producer - John Scott Dryden
A Goldhawk production for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
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| 0:00.0 | I feel like my whole life's been weighed down by the past whether these aliens took my mother |
| 0:14.4 | or she committed suicide it doesn't really matter either way. She's gone. |
| 0:22.6 | And I had no place to go. |
| 0:26.6 | A day before David Vance and my sister made their appearance |
| 0:32.6 | at the Kexburg UFO Festival, |
| 0:34.6 | they were interviewed by one of the organizers for the Fest's YouTube |
| 0:38.7 | channel. It would be the last interview either of them would give. Just seeing my mom now |
| 0:45.9 | in her current form, feels like home. It feels like I'm that five-year-old again. |
| 0:55.0 | Getting to live it. |
| 0:57.0 | Been waiting for so long. |
| 1:00.0 | But what about the idea of free will? |
| 1:03.0 | Because I think it's also a little scary that your identity can just be wiped like a hard drive. |
| 1:07.0 | I don't know so much about free will. |
| 1:10.0 | I mean, there's so many things around us that control us without us even knowing it. |
| 1:14.6 | Whether it's some mycotoxin or it's out of a bottle. |
| 1:18.6 | It doesn't really matter. |
| 1:20.6 | It changes who we are from the moment it touches our lips. |
| 1:23.6 | So free will, not so much. |
| 1:26.6 | So you're not afraid of the visitors. |
| 1:29.0 | Well, David and I are doing our presentation tomorrow. |
| 1:33.5 | At the Kexburg UFO Festival. |
| 1:35.4 | Yes. |
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