Episodes

Feb. 13, 2015

The Audit: Planet Fall

In this month’s story we return to the True North a colony ship on a multi-generational voyage. Greta, a devoted auditor discovers something odd about a survey mission, but when she reports it to her superiors their reaction is not what she expects. And Greta soon finds herself turning for help to the most unlikely person onboard the hollowed out asteroid. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare
Jan. 12, 2015

Teach a Senior How to Phish

To eke out a meager living, Neela, a senior in her early 80’s, must rely on her social engineering and hacking skills to phish. While she is running a phishing scam, Adam, another guest at the senior complex where she lives, confronts her about her use of the public access terminal. He then admits that he too is running an online scam, but that something odd is going on in the retirement home’s computer system. While confirming what Adam has discovered, Neela notices that they are not alone. Som...
Dec. 14, 2014

Short Wave

Lynn’s uncle, an avid ham radio operator, wills his estate to her after he dies. While sorting through her estranged uncle’s belongings, Lynn discovers a shoe box full of notes that document an unusual encounter her uncle had in 1956 over his short wave radio. Moreover, if true Lynn realizes the story would change history, but there is no tangible proof that the event ever took place. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare
Nov. 16, 2014

The Audit

In this month’s story Greta, a rising star in the audit division on board the colony ship, the True North, needs one more successful case to ensure her promotion. To her disappointment she is assigned to audit a small obscure social club for amateur astronomers. On the surface the case appears to be simple and insignificant, but she discovers something else, something that the captain and senior officers want no one to know. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Wri...
Oct. 16, 2014

The Silver Thaw

On a day off, Ramone, an industrial engineer, takes a mountain bike ride to document the damage done to a remote stretch of forest by an extreme weather event. After an accident, forces him to walk back to his car, a weird storm appears catching Ramone unprepared. But help arrives in the form of an odd stranger, who seems to be able to see into Ramone’s soul. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare
Sept. 13, 2014

Ambient Noise

In this month’s story, Alejandro a poor fisherman, has been haunted by a constant noise all his life which he has nicknamed the hum. But everyone around him insists that it is all in his mind, so to keep himself sane he has been forced to fill his life with noise to mask the constant tones. Then a chance encounter with a tourist, in the city to attend a conference, changes everything, and Alejandro learns that he is not alone, and that hum is may be real. Program Notes And Credits Opening and c...
Aug. 17, 2014

An Alien Adventure

In this month’s story, Orman an untalented musician, of dubious origin, on tour in Orbit City New Mexico, meets Garth the curator of the local space museum during one of her performances. Garth had once dreamed of becoming an astronaut, but instead had settled for a job working with space program artifacts. He discovers that Orman is not the usual travelling musical act and decides to show her to the town’s unofficial attraction, the landfill, were decades ago thousands of unwanted video game ca...
July 15, 2014

The Last Aleutian

Adrian, the last Aleutian, travels back in time to a backwater of the universe to hide from the agents of the people who have taken over his world, only discover that things are not as they should be on planet Earth. He meets Nikola Tesla who appears to be in the process of changing the course of history and Adrian finds that he must make difficult a choice. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare
June 16, 2014

Shangri-la of the Seas

Against her family’s wishes, an aging matriarch decides to take a very expensive extended cruise on the Shangri-la of the Seas; an exclusive specially designed ship that promises to take its’ invalid passengers to the ends of the earth and experience life to its fullest to the very last minute and beyond. Suspecting the Shangri La cruise lines is a scam the family enlists one of its members to find out what it truly going on. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Wr...
May 18, 2014

Finale

After ten years in a paranormal reality TV show, as the debunking half of a popular ghost hunting duo, Sage finds herself on the flip side of her own arguments during the live broadcast of the shows’ season finale, and quite possibly the last show ever. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare
April 12, 2014

The Return of Doctor Plastic

An alter ego is another self, a distinct second identity that can allow a person to lead a double life. Jane a meek java developer by day is a crime fighting superhero by night, etcetera. But is it truly that simple? Can you just slip from one personality to another by finding the closest phone booth to make a quick costume change? In this month’s story a man who is woken by his dog in the middle of the night can’t get back to sleep and finds himself reminiscing about the last conversation he h...
March 18, 2014

The Last Days of Darkness

Ajit, a fourth generation resident of the arcology GBT Ellesmere, is tasked with the job of clearing out old documents and by accident stumbles upon some disturbing information that is not found in the official digital record. While the knowledge helps him make sense of his family’s situation the truth turns out to be something no one is ready to hear. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare
Feb. 20, 2014

Canis Major

Loyalty, according to Wikipedia, is the “faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause.” In this month’s story loyalty comes in many flavours as an aging pack of genetically modified space faring canines embark on what could be their last mission. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare
Jan. 16, 2014

Tourist Trap

There are many legends associated with certain famous objects and sites around the world. Loch Ness, the Pyramids, the Nazca Lines, the plain of Jars or Stonehenge, which various groups have thought to be everything from a pagan solstice monument to a UFO landing site, all have mysteries to be revealed and believers who are convinced that their particular theory is the correct one. In this month’s story a boy befriends an aging street person who is the self-appointed guardian an odd public scul...
Dec. 15, 2013

A Perfect Life

Arthur C. Clark’s famous third law of prediction states that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But is understanding how something works any more important than the ultimate outcome it produces? Does it really matter if it is a mechanism that controls unknown forces or a magician’s incantation as long as it benefits us? In this month’s story two people separated by a generation are connected and helped by a mysterious force that is driven by ancient and forg...
Nov. 17, 2013

Forty-five Minutes

Choices, we all have choices in our lives which are not always easy to make. We are never able to predict how they will turn out. Does our fear of the unknowable doom us to a paradigm where we end up making the same choice again hoping for a different outcome but finding ourselves back where we started? In this month’s story circumstances determine the historic events, but a choice must be made between forever reliving what has already happened or moving on into an unknown the future. Program ...
Oct. 15, 2013

Driven

A retired software quality control engineer is pressed back into service by the agency that pays his for his room and board to help recover the money that agency the spends on him. He quickly discovers that he has been thrust into an unusual situation, which forces him to make a difficult choice. Program Notes And Credits Narrated by Mitchell Tew Opening and closing music by David H. Written by Alan V Hare
Sept. 18, 2013

The Last Big Idea

Laura Mackenzie, an energetic late nineteenth century entrepreneur, struggles to introduce a new technology that will shape the next century and realize her dreams. Caught the politics of the day she must a radical choice. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume.
Aug. 15, 2013

The Prediction

Two friends find themselves on opposite sides of a prediction that, if correct will become the opportunity to see a once in a lifetime astronomical event, and if wrong could spell disaster for the world. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H. Narrator – Mitchell Tew
July 17, 2013

Finder

On a world only 20 lights from earth a colony of humans have mostly learned to live with the Aliens who arrived on the planet at the same time. But over the course of generations friction has begun to emerge and for Narvon a series of recent accidents are a dark sign. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H. Narrator – Mitchell Tew
June 16, 2013

Lifeline

While investigating an anomaly in the size of the information packets being sent from a commercial project on Mars, Yara an engineer, discovers a hidden signal which turns out to be something unexpected, that forces her into a choice she does not want to make. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H. Narrator – Mitchell Tew
April 14, 2013

The Wondering City

Two recent immigrants to a new colony world find it unexpectedly difficult to make ends meet until one of them wins a trip for two to seven exotic worlds. While on the trip they meet an alien who challenges their understanding of history and gives them a special opportunity. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.
March 16, 2013

Low Resolution

Finola, an unemployed librarian, lands a job with a research institute investigating unexplained phenomena. Unlike her new colleagues she is sceptical about the existence of the supernatural, UFOs, aliens, and parallel realities. Through an odd twist of fate she finds herself rethinking her belief in the physically of world around her. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.
Feb. 10, 2013

Special Delivery

Sal through, no fault of his own, has been reduced to house sitting for a living. He moves from house to house hiding from his past from his past until one day he receives a mysterious special delivery that appears to present him with undreamed of possibilities. But he is not sure if the package was meant for him or a neighbour or if it is a complex scheme to from someone in his past seeking revenge. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.