Episode 36: 32B

A lone voice pieces together recent events at Moonbase Ingenii

Written and acted by DJ Burnham

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Episode 35: Keeping Score

A post-millennial cultural curveball leads to a complex caste system based on numerical prowess: the Accotote

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices:

Roy Weard as President of the Bank of Protos

Kate Daisy Grant as Bri Allen

Nick Pynn as Otto d'Jamma

Jules Lawrence as Mahir

Jon Wood as Alex

Dave Burnham as Protos Taxi Driver and soldiers

Music featured in this episode with kind permission from the artists includes:

'Dr One' by Nick Pynn from the album Buffalo Orbison

You can find out more about Nick at www.nickpynnmusic.com

'Harpies' by That Legendary Wooden Lion from the album Writing In a Skeleton Key

You can find out more at www.weard.co.uk

'Here Be Monsters' by Jon Wood & Jules Lawrence

You can find out more about Jules at www.soundcloud.com/jules-alex-l

And

You can find out more about Jon Wood at www.thefold.co.uk

The Closing music is: 'Boy Who Cries For The World' by Kate Daisy Grant from the album Portrait

You can find out more about Kate at www.katedaisygrant.com

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Episode 34: Blink

In an age where business is the real power, behind the thrones a handful of super-rich individuals call the shots, but could their conceited sophomania be their undoing?

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Simon Taylor as the guard of the Protos Hilton

Other voices: all by Dave Burnham

(Other than the ship's computer which is by an Apple Mac built in voice)

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 33: The Frontiersman

The Intergalactic Exploration Ship Frontiersman carries the Goodwill Ambassador for the Council of PanSector Bipedal Lifeforms to evermore strange encounters

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: all by Dave Burnham

(Other than the ship's computer which is by an Apple Mac built in voice)

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 32: ICS Indulgence

The Intergalactic Cruise Ship Indulgence has diverted from its course to Sylvana II to witness a rare astronomical event

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices:

Tom Andrews as himself

Miles Jefcoate as Chief Engineer Zegti

Simon Taylor as Captain Francis Swan

Martin Cooper as Safety Officer Scrog

Nick Pynn as First Officer Yippo Rax

Al Cruse as Helm

Kate Daisy Grant as Science Officer Gisherry 

Gina Bardi as Helen Tredgold

Ty Bardi as John Tredgold

Martyn Ford as Gerry Chattny

Chrissie Toye as C-Deck Beauty Therapist

And

Cigdem Ford as Maria Chattny

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 31: ICS Indulgence

The Intergalactic Cruise Ship Indulgence was visiting Planet Psychagoggia when an unexpected arrival sets events in motion

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices:

Dave Burnham as the Tender Sprite

Ty Bardi as John Tredgold

David Bott as himself

Tom Andrews as himself

Steve Harrison as himself

Paul Stenner as himself

Dave Barnard as himself

Anand as the Time Portal Head Technician & Supervisor

Nick Pynn as First Officer Yippo Rax

Simon Taylor as Captain Francis Swan

Apple Mac's "AVA" voice as the Ship's computer

Gina Bardi as Helen Tredgold

Martyn Ford as Gerry Chattny

Cigdem Ford as Maria Chattny

and

Keith Dettmar as the waiter

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 30: The Dinner Guest

The most famous chef in the Galaxy is coming to Earth: what would he cook?.

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Jules Lawrence, Adrian Truman, Sue Burnham and Dave Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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The second of a two-parter, February 29th, we recommend listening to the first episode before this one.

Episode 29: The Tree of Ubiquikin

As 11.59.59pm on February 28th finally became 00.00.00 on March 1st - Jiva vanished from this world.

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Dave Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Closing Music: Miles Remains by Roy Harper be special permission

Website - www.royharper.co.uk

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Episode 28: February 29th

Jiva was about to have her 21st birthday, but with whom would she share it?

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Dave Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 27: Writer of Future Dreams

Imagine being able to run a program while you are asleep for the ultimate dream, but where would it all end?

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Dave Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 26: Here on Earth

Alien activity on Earth has generally been dismissed as hoaxes, but...just suppose...

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Dave Burnham, Jim Burnham, Rene Burnham, Jon Wood, Terry Clark, Carmen Vesztergom, Mel Vevers, Pete Lambert, Ed Willis, Anand, and Ben du Boulay

Music: Holiday on Earth: Origins from the album NIX by Nick Harper

www.harperspace.com

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 25: Home in Time For Christmas

An audacious escape plan from a distant penal colony looked like it could actually work: what could possibly go wrong?

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 24: The Department of Puzzles

Everyone plays the puzzle - well, nearly everyone - but where will it all lead?

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Sue Burnham, Andy Kerr, Miles Jefcoate, Paul Davison, Keith Dettmar and Dave Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 23: SuperGalactic Radio

SuperGalactic Radio tours space bringing an alien playlist to anyone who wants to tune in, but in a sudden turn of events finds itself part of the news.

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Jules Lawrence, Jon Wood, Sue Wood, Chrissie Toye, Ben de Boulay, Simon Taylor, Colin Gerrard, Anand, Sue Burnham and Dave Burnham

Music: Simmone and the Dark Stars, The Doctors, The Unquiet Things and The Natural Transport Co.

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 22: On The Feast of Stephen

Christmas time again in the Wren household, so what surprises would be in store this year?

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Pat Hewitt and Wendy Pratt

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 21: Hierarchy

Another platoon marches into battle, but who is in charge?

Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Simon Taylor & Dave Burnham

Music: Roy Harper

www.royharper.co.uk

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 20: Thriskia's Life Bank

Trojan was an entrepreneur and had travelled to the far-flung planet of Pruttarn in search of that intangible opportunity of a lifetime.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Hugh Clench, Jules Lawrence, Terry Clark and Ben Du Boulay.

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 19: Starglow

The lead singer's behaviour is splitting the band apart, but she suddenly has a radical character shift.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Cat Cox, Jon Wood, Steve Harrison, Graham Burgess, Tom Andrews, Miles Jefcoate, Simon Taylor, Andy Kerr & Dave Burnham.

Music by The Unquiet Things.

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 18: Door to Door

A door to door salesman has an unusual gift, but what would happen if he pushed his luck?

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 17: Capsule 2

The Interplanetary Cargo Ship Workhorse is in serious trouble. Can Technical Supervisor David Gillan make it to an escape capsule in time and what happens if he does?

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Lois Shaul, Anand, Simon Taylor, Miles Jefcoate and Dave Burnham.

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 16: One True Path

A slightly tongue-in-cheek look at what would happen if a group of alien evangelists came to Earth in order to assess the dominant species for spiritual uniformity.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Anand, Daren Boyden and Andy Kerr.

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 15: The Patron Saint of Domestic Appliances

The Windowmatic appliance was once owned by Human Unit SmithD6. He was not a very nice human unit. This is the story of the little window cleaning appliance.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 14: Heaven Scent

Chief Inspector Gary Thistle was not looking forward to working with the alien from Planet Yefti, assigned to assist him with his enquiries, but he was in for a bit of a surprise.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Martin Cooper, Melanie Vevers, Sue Burnham, Laura Whiting, Terry Clark and Anand.

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 13: Dance of the Mirrored Souls

Roger McIvor's work as a freelance journalist takes him to India and Northern Kerala. Whilst there he witnesses an extraordinary Hindu ritual and is presented with a mysterious gift.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Tom Andrews, Martyn Ford, Chris Beaumont and Max Zaloumis.

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 12: A One Horse Town

Xenophobia breaks out in a mining town on a distant planet when alien prospectors arrive."

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Written and performed by DJ Burnham

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast. Permissions beyond the scope of this license can be explored by contacting us via Ad Astralpodcast.com.

Episode 11: The Visit

The mass of bureaucratic legislation spirals out of control in a quango-dominated near future, will there ever be an end to it?

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Rod McLeod, Dave Burnham, Chrissie Toye, Colin Gerrard, Al Cruse and Peter Hammerton.

Music - 'Janet and John' by Nick Harper. See www.harperspace.com

Website - www.adastralpodcast.com

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Episode 10: The Lighthouse Keeper

An unpredictable new danger to galactic shipping had entered the edge of the solar system and a grieving astrophysicist was the one man who might find a way to avert the threat, but could he be persuaded?

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Judi Dettmar and Simon Taylor

Episode 9: The Shard of Ghazbrid

When the repairman comes to call, Linda Piper is amazed at the results from her ameliorated breadmaker.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Chris Edwards and Carol Rogerson

Music by:

http://www.myspace.com/bigearsignal

Many of the special effects came from

http://www.freesound.org

See the shownotes for this episode on the Ad Astral website for full credits and details

The Shard of Ghazbrid was written in July 2007 and first appeared on Silverthought.com in December 2007

Visit the Ad Astral podcast website for shownotes, crew details, archive shows, links and more at:

http://www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast.

Episode 8: Aftershock

The Battle Cruiser Kraken is in deep space, way beyond reach of enemy forces, but a huge swarm of Telzian attack ships appear out of nowhere. The odds of anyone surviving are a billion to one.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Jon Wood, Sue Burnham, Anand, Barry Fludgate, Dave Burnham, Chrissie Toye, Luke Abbott, Nicola Gerrard, Charlotte Dearing, and Chris Beaumont.

Music by:

http://www.mandragora.biz

Many of the special effects came from

http://www.freesound.org

See the shownotes for this episode on the Ad Astral website for full credits and details

Aftershock is a previously unpublished story and is exclusive to Ad Astral

Visit the Ad Astral podcast website for shownotes, crew details, archive shows, links and more at:

http://www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast.

Episode 7: Pandamonium

It's the latter part of the 21st century and popular music is produced entirely by machines.

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Written and narrated by DJ Burnham

Voices: Martin Cooper, Laura Whiting, Gareth Rogers, Paul Davison, Simon Taylor, Chrissie Toye, Toni Manuel, Charlotte Dearing, and Keith Dettmar.

Music by:

http://www.myspace.com/thelovegods

http://www.mandragora.biz

http://www.myspace.com/jonassingersongwriter

http://www.thebrownstripes.co.uk

Promos:

2010 Parsec Awards - http://www.parsecawards.com

Nick Harper, new album "The Last Guitar" - http://www.harperspace.com

Two of the special effects came from:

http://www.freesound.org

Pandamonium is a previously unpublished story and is exclusive to Ad Astral

Visit Ad Astral Podcast for shownotes, crew details, archive, links and more at:

http://www.adastralpodcast.com

Ad Astral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives Works 2.0 UK: England and Wales License. You can copy and distribute it for non-commercial purposes, but cannot alter the content and must attribute it to DJ Burnham and Ad Astral Podcast.

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Written, narrated and voice acted by DJ Burnham


Some of the special effects come from:
http://www.freesound.org

A full list of details, links and credits can be found in the shownotes for this episode at http://www.adastralpodcast.com


A Growing Collection first appeared on Silverthought.com in March 2006 and then in Test Drive (Volume 1 of the collected stories of DJ Burnham) in July 2007.

Ad Astral
http://www.adastralpodcast.com

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http://www.djburnham.com

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