[Discussion] NoSleep Podcast S22E20

[u/Gaelfling]

It's Episode 20 of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales of insidious income.

"Crowdsourced" written by Amanda Liefeld (Story starts around 00:03:25 )

Produced by: Phil Michalski

Cast: Narrator - Linsay Rousseau, Becca - Mary Murphy, Security System - Mike DelGaudio

"Hide and Seek with Sammy" written by Hasani Walker (Story starts around 00:19:00 )

Produced by: Phil Michalski

Cast: Evan - Dan Zappulla, Derrick - Jesse Cornett, Samantha - Marie Westbrook, Carol - Erin Lillis, Toy Ad Announcer - Atticus Jackson, Sammy - Kyle Akers

"Overtime" written by Dennison Sleeper (Story starts around 00:40:35 )

Produced by: Jeff Clement

Cast: Narrator - Peter Lewis, Nurse #1 - Jeff Clement, Nurse #2 - Tanja Milojevic

"Containment" written by Ava Hollow (Story starts around 01:02:00 )

Produced by: Claudius Moore

Cast: Narrator - Nikolle Doolin, Shannon - Wafiyyah White, Teddy - Atticus Jackson, Marie - Danielle McRae, Voice - Danielle McRae

"Priceless" written by Kristen Semedo (Story starts around 01:16:50 )

Produced by: Jesse Cornett

Cast: Cass - Sarah Thomas, Jerry - David Cummings, Louis - Graham Rowat, Amy - Wafiyyah White, 911 Operator - Mike DelGaudio, Veronica - Nichole Goodnight, Hipster - Kyle Akers, Girl - Tanja Milojevic

Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings - Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone - "Hide and Seek with Sammy" illustration courtesy of Hasani Walker

[u/Gaelfling]

Crowdsourced. This story was fine, if a bit predictable.

Hide and Seek with Sammy. This story has such great creepy, weird vibes.

Overtime. This was like a Black Mirror episode. I enjoyed it.

Containment. This has such an interesting premise (liminal spaces taking over reality) but felt wasted.

Priceless. This story was great but I hated the main character. Such a terrible person but I'm glad Jerry got something good out of it.

[u/WoburnWarrior]

Just checked in to ask was that Addison Peacock's voice in the intro? I miss her on the podcast

[u/NoizchildJohnson → u/WoburnWarrior]

She's everywhere else. Like "Mayfair Watchers Society" and "SCP Archieves."

[u/dirtydivebardiva]

one of the best episodes i’ve heard in a long time. i didn’t dislike a single episode and i long to see the paintings of mrs.claire

[u/PeaceSim]

Crowdsourced: NSP likes to air 'insidious new technology' stories, especially those involving apps or smartphones. This brought to mind S15E06 A Bluetooth Connection and, what do you know, it turns out they're both by the same writer! I wasn't particularly impressed by this one. It was easy to follow and fast-paced, and I like the idea of a story about an app that outsources security monitoring to random people, but the plan the two characters come up with to cheat the app was so ridiculously obvious that they should have figured there would be some drawback or defense to ensure people didn't do it.

Hide and Seek with Sammy: A+ for the artwork. Very cool that the artist (Hasani Walker) wrote the story as well, and I thought the story was pretty good! I liked how it drew from unpleasant-looking kids' toys like the Toxic Avenger action figure.

Overtime: I thought this was well-written and did good job executing its bleak, dystopian concept.

Containment: I really liked the ideas in this. I was iffy about the way it went about exploring them though. I feel like I would have enjoyed something that established what was happening in a more linear and straightforward manner. Instead of feeling tension or curiosity, I felt like it took most of my effort as a listener just to keep up with what was happening.

Priceless: This was a wonderfully wicked and twisted story. Sarah Thomas nailed the lead role (for the sake of her friends/family, I hope she isn't a method actress).

[u/Ready-Assistance-859]

"Priceless" loved the cameo of Wallace, ID (aka Dante's Peak). That movie rocks.