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Feb 2024
30m 58s

Episode 63: The Ways of the Dead

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Decisions are made in the place where the veil stands thin.


CW: References to the deaths of children in the practice of child labor, death of a parent, death in pollution-related circumstances, disfigurement, sex work, infertility. Loud animal noise, high pitched whistling, and sounds of emotional distress. 


Written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell 

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Bloody Roots Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: “Atonement” written and performed by Jon Charles Dwyer


Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio.


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