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Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope
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A daily audio drama podcast telling the stories of a group of people living in a college radio station broadcasting messages of hope and survival during the zombie apocalypse. Living your best life in the worst circumstances. Published by @artcradio
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Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope @mercury870.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hello! We're Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope a daily audio drama podcast about a group of people living in a college radio station broadcasting messages of hope and survival during the zombie apocalypse. We've published a brand new episode every day since October 2017!
#TakeCareOfEachOther
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We somehow missed our Today/Tomorrow posting for Day 3000 of the broadcast. Life just got in the way and, since we don't schedule these in advance (we do each one in real time) it just didn't happen.
December 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Day 3001: Max saw a crow this morning and took it for a bad omen, but Agnes tells the story of the Wangkarnal crow and how it brings presents to children in a certain part of Australia. Tomorrow: Stealing is bad. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Day 2998: The New Platonic School is still trying to recruit Dr. Clark to teach, this time by describing a more personal approach to guiding students along their path. She's still not interested. Tomorrow: Careful out there. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2997: A letter with some simple, but important, advice about not quitting. Tomorrow: A new educational approach. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2996: Max and Dr. Clark discuss the various mechanisms by which the zombie apocalypse will be remembered historically. Tomorrow: Don't quit. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2995: A ham radio transmission from Naomi Denise Scott, the woman who claims to have been bitten and is immune. She doesn't appreciate the team doubting her. Tomorrow: History #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2994: Dr. Clark discusses all the things that go into running a school besides just finding good teachers. Tomorrow: Someone on the ham radio with more on an extraordinary claim. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2993: A letter from someone who claims to have been bitten 3 weeks ago, but hasn't turned. Are they immune? Crazy? Faking it? Or something else? Tomorrow: School. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2992: Sometimes Max just wants to get away from it all. Tomorrow: An extraordinary claim. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2991: Dr. Clark references a letter that draws a number of bleak conclusions about the world and tells everyone that hope is still essential in the world. Tomorrow: What if it's all too much? #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Day 2990: Drs. Nolan and Dolus have wired a bunch of zombies together on the assumption that if there's any humanity left in them that they can get a single human mind this way. Dr. Clark is appalled. Tomorrow: A bleak letter #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2989: Max wants an update about what happened while he was gone, but it turns out not much was going on, which was why the team talked about his disappearance every day. Tomorrow: An odd experiment #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Day 2988: Max has an odd convo about the the lighthouse still being lit, but it wasn't that weird. Dr. Clark tells about the Tower of Hercules, a lighthouse from the 1st century. Tomorrow: What happened while Max was gone? #TakeCareOfEachOther #AudioDrama #FictionPodcast #Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2987: Agnes has put off her trip back to the Mennonite community briefly because she's figured out the perfect way to tell Holly about her parents. Tomorrow: The lighthouse is still lit. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2986: Agnes is heading back to the Mennonite community and she and Max decide it's time she should start telling Holly the truth about her parents, but in a tactful way. Tomorrow: An idea! #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Day 2985: The team never got around to making that pizza from the wheat flour they traded for a couple of months ago, but that's ok because Agnes is here to tell them how to make mozzarella. Tomorrow: Time to tell the truth? #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2984: Max swears he saw Bigfoot while he was on his trip and tries to use the fact that Jane Goodall believed in it as proof, but Dr. Clark isn't buying it. Tomorrow: Agnes rescues pizza. Really. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2983: Max goes into more detail about what happened while he was gone. In short, it was never going to work. Tomorrow: Of course Max says he saw something ridiculous on the trip. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2982: Max is back and says he wrote several messages that never got delivered. Did the Zombie Friends Association intercept them? Tomorrow: More news #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2981: Agnes announces she'll be heading back home to the Mennonite community soon and predicts that the winter is going to be especially harsh this year. Tomorrow: Letters. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Day 2980: Dr. Clark reads a letter from someone who recently lost their elderly parents and didn't cope with the grief in a healthy way. They're writing in to advise Dr. Clark to take better care of herself. Tomorrow: Winter? #TakeCareOfEachOther

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December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Day 2979: With Max still missing the residents of Amauria are discussing the idea of holding a funeral or memorial service for him. Dr. Clark is firmly against this idea. Tomorrow: Help yourself before you help others. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Day 2978: Agnes and Michelle stage an intern takeover of the broadcast to talk about their speed dating events, but the conversation inevitably turns to the uncertainty over Max's whereabouts. Tomorrow: Might it be time...? #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Day 2977: Agnes takes over the broadcast to give Michelle and Dr. Clark a break and tries to give some perspective on how each of them feel about the situation. Tomorrow: There are other things to talk about...aren't there? #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
December 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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On today's broadcast, Day 2976: Dr. Clark is still having a hard time about Max's disappearance, but Agnes has come for a visit to make things look brighter again. Tomorrow: Agnes's perspective. #TakeCareOfEachOther

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#Zombie #Hope #Survival
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM