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Genre spanning audio dramas. Led by @laurenshippen.com

The Bright Sessions💡
Two Thousand and Late 😈
Breaker Whiskey📻
New Year’s Day🌃
In Strange Woods🌲
Look Up🔭
Life With LEO(h)🤖
Maxine Miles🔎
Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins📚
Greenhouse 💌
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We're standing in solidarity with the national shutdown tomorrow.

If you’re a podcaster and would like to support MN groups through your usual ad space, @multitude.productions put together a fantastic document that will run you through how to do so! bit.ly/mnpodcastads

ICE out. Solidarity forever.
ICE OUT! NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN! NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. JAN 30, 2026 SIGN ON TO JOIN US: nationalshutdown.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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We are so honored that TWO THOUSAND AND LATE is nominated for Best Fiction Podcast at The Ambies!!! www.ambies.com/2026-nominee...
a graphic from the ambies that says 2026 nominee best fiction podcast with the show art for Two Thousand and Late
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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We're really enjoying the reaction to Episode 5 of New Year’s Day so far.

Catch up on this yearly podcast now! pod.link/1721750997
a meme with the show art for New Year’s Day that has a small bracket at the top saying "ooh fun rival immortal magicians getting flirty" and then a large bracket under it that says "this is burn is HOW slow!?!?!"
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Harper and Havoc try a new bonding exercise - it goes about as well as you'd expect.

Listen to TWO THOUSAND AND LATE wherever you get your podcasts! pod.link/1835711536
January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Creator of @luxradium.bsky.social Dan Koch calls TWO THOUSAND AND LATE "endlessly entertaining right from the first moment." High praise from someone responsible for such an amazing show!!!

Check out Metropolis and listen to TWO THOUSAND AND LATE now! pod.link/1835711536
A stylized graphic with a burning megaphone that says: An absolute delight. Endlessly entertaining right from the first moment. As an elder millennial, I believe we're all waiting for our Mid-Atlantic-accented demon to finally show up and teach us how to raise havoc. Dan Koch, creator of Metropolis
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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oh gosh, this is SUCH a lovely write-up about New Year’s Day from Lauren Passell's newsletter! sign up for her newsletter and then go listen to New Year’s Day! podcastthenewsletter.substack.com/p/1-trainwre...
Every year since January 1, 2022 on New Year's Day, Lauren Shippen (The Bright Sessions, TWO THOUSAND AND LATE) releases an episode of New Year's Day, a fiction story about two extremely different magicians named Charles Chambers and John Fogg who meet in 1890 and via a magic trick disaster become immortal. They meet up every 13 years to catch up, and each episode is one of these catch ups, so we've seen them in New York, LA, and Chicago in 1890, 1903, 1916, 1929, and we're up to 1942. They started out despising each other but their relationship is developing into what I can only hope is love, and I feel tortured that I have to wait an entire year to get even a hint of a clue as to where this is all going. I guess that is the point. This is Lauren Shippen, the story is funny and philosophical and the quality is superb and will ruin all fiction for you because nothing is better than it. Nothing period. I listen from the very beginning every year—episodes are short so this is not overwhelming, it's only a complete joy. Listen to "Chapter V - 1942, Los Angeles" here.
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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What's next for the new year? According to Castbox and our wonderful friends at Tink, TWO THOUSAND AND LATE!

Check out what they have to say about the show - and other great podcasts! - here:

castbox.fm/h5/x/6958bf2...
New Year What's Next? graphic from Castbox with art for Two Thousand and Latel
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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and, finally, our most bite-sized podcast, also by @laurenshippen.com - Breaker Whiskey! It's about a woman traveling around the country while she avoids her feelings about the woman she's shared the apocalypse with. It was daily for a year + now comes out a few times a month! pod.link/1694037612
The Breaker Whiskey show art - under the title is a silhouette of a woman sitting on top of a car and speaking into a CB radio.
January 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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If you're hankering for a classic romcom that's smart, sidesplitting, + sexy, give Life With LEO(h) a listen!

From the amazing Octavia Bray, it's about an uptight lawyer who ends up with an illegal android programmed to love her! Will LEO(h) gain free will and get with Jeanine? pod.link/1558902333
Show art for Life With LEO(h) - purple lettering in front of a blue and purple background that's designed to look like a circuit board.
January 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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For a wlw romance, look no further than Greenhouse by @lillymouse26.bsky.social. This sweet and soft love story is told entirely through letters as two women who have shut out the world find home in each other

Each episode is short + sweet, making it the perfect anytime podcast! pod.link/1541015275
The show art for Greenhouse. Behind the cursive title is an envelope with a heart at the closure and a bouquet of flowers blooming from the inside of the envelope
January 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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And In Strange Woods isn't our only podcast with original music!! Summer teen romance Look Up featured two songs sung by one of the main characters to the boy he is falling for - swoon!

If you're looking for YA LGBT romance, Look Up + @briggon.bsky.social has you covered pod.link/1567657427
The show art for Look Up. Under the title is the silhouette of two teenagers and a telescope on the beach. On either side of the title is the profiles of Lincoln and Emmet, looking up at the stars.
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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All those pods are by @laurenshippen.com but we have many amazing creators! The incredible, moving original folk-pop musical In Strange Woods is by an extremely talented trio.

This limited series will take you on a heart-wrenching journey and have you humming ear-catching tunes pod.link/1542534548
The show art for In Strange Woods - a young woman in winter gear walking into a snowy forest
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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For some cozy intrigue, Maxine Miles is a YA mystery from where YOU decide the ending.

Gather clues about the missing teen and then pick the right ending or there could be devastating consequences...and find out what happens in the playable epilogue! www.atypicalartists.co/loose-ends
the show art for Maxine Miles - the title is inside a magnifying glass that's looking over a dark forest
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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If you're already missing Stranger Things (we sure are!), travel back to Season 1 and hear the story of Robin Buckley before she became friends with Steve Harrington. Surviving Hawkins is an official Netflix podcast starring Maya Hawke! pod.link/1571208591
The show art for Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins. Behind the title is a picture of Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley in her Scoops Ahoy uniform
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Our next original is Phantom Pulse, an audio-drama-slash-rock-album about a 90s band that exorcises ghosts with their music. We recently fundraised our recording budget (thank you everyone!) so sign up on our website for updates! www.atypicalartists.co/phantompulse
the show art for Phantom Pulse - a badge on a jacket with a spectral guitar, surrounded by various pins
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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New Year's Day is a yearly podcast that comes out on, you guessed it, January 1st! The fifth episode just dropped last week and ratchets up the tension between the two main characters: rival immortal magicians who have grown closer over the ages pod.link/1721750997
Show art for New Year’s Day - layered colored construction paper depicts two male silhouettes sitting in armchairs in front of a window looking out on a city. Sparkling gold letters say New Year’s Day
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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We got our start in audio drama with The Bright Sessions, a 7 season drama about people with supernatural abilities in therapy, learning to live with what makes them different.

This much beloved show also recently released an epilogue, so there's even more story to love! pod.link/1053268058
a graphic with a lightbulb and the title The Bright Sessions
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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The world right now is dark and while art can't fix that (get involved in your community!) it can, hopefully, provide some relief. TWO THOUSAND AND LATE is about what you do with all the rage inside of you.

And, uh, specifically what to do when there's also a DEMON inside you pod.link/1835711536
Show art for Two Thousand and Late - an illustrated dumpster fire, where a smirking demon is growing out of the flames
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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A new year means a new pinned post! We have a lot going on over here in our little corner of the internet and even more coming up. These days, the best way to keep up with all of it is by signing up for free on our Patreon! But read on to get acquainted with our work www.patreon.com/c/AtypicalAr...
an Atypical Artists banner showing the art for all our shows: Maxine Miles, New Year’s Day, The Bright Sessions, Greenhouse, Life With LEO(h), Surviving Hawkins, Look Up, Two Thousand and Late, In Strange Woods, and Breaker Whiskey
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Chambers and Fogg have returned! The next episode of New Year's Day is out now!

This ultra slow burn comes out only once a year - there are 5 episodes worth of whimsical magicians carefully flirting to catch up on.
open.spotify.com/show/3qu3T5G...
the art for New Year's Day 1942 - the silhouettes of two men standing on a Los Angeles patio at night. they're close to each other, one of them smoking a cigarette
January 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Jeff Van Dreason writer, director, sound designer says, "Equal parts funny and furious, Two Thousand and Late taps into the growing anger we all feel and channels it into a narrative we all need to hear."

Listen to @vandreasonable.bsky.social! pod.link/1835711536
A stylized graphic with a burning megaphone that says: Equal parts funny and furious, Two Thousand and Late taps into the growing anger we all feel and channels it into a narrative we all need to hear. All of this is accomplished with the brilliant writing, complex characters, and rich sound design we've come to expect from Atypical Artists. Jeff Van Dreason writer, director, sound designer
December 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Only two weeks left in the year - start 2026 off right by getting in your orders for some awesome Atypical merch! Though these won't arrive by Christmas, they'll be the perfect way to start your year.

Both the Compendium and Phantom Pulse prints have limited availability! atypicalartists.co/merch
an Atypical Artists gift guide. buying for a musical fan, get The Bright Sessions vinyl. buying for the blorbo collector, get limited edition Phantom Pulse character prints, for a 'has-to-know-it-all' friend, get The Bright Sessions compendium, and for the rebel in your life, a Two Thousand and Late sticker that says 'wreak some havoc'
December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The final New Year’s Day missive of the year has gone out! Now is the perfect time to catch up with the first four episodes before the 5th drops on January 1st, 2026! link.chtbl.com/newyearsday
the show art for New Year’s Day
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Today, in the TWO THOUSAND AND LATE feed, a guest episode from the wonderful and thought-provoking Give Me Away!

We love how much unionizing has popped up in fiction this year. This holiday season, support businesses that pay a fair wage! pod.link/1835711536
The show art for Give Me Away
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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As co-creator of Windfall & Forgive Me! and the writer of the incredible AD newsletter Bobby's Snacks, @bobbys-snacks.bsky.social knows fiction podcasts! So this really means a lot!

You can listen to all of S1 of TWO THOUSAND AND LATE now! pod.link/1835711536
A stylized graphic with a burning megaphone that says: A punk rock millennial masterpiece from one of audio fiction's greatest auteurs, Two Thousand And Late grabs you by the ears from the second you press play and never lets you go until its pulse-pounding, heavy metal outro music surrenders you back into the cold, brittle embrace of the hellscape we all find ourselves living in. Bob Raymonda, Co-Creator of Windfall & Forgive Me!
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM