The Laundronauts

The Laundronauts

The Laundronauts: A Potentially Untrue Tale Based on Actual Events: A fantasy adventure podcast series that answers the question: Where do the missing socks go? Episode One of this modern day fairytale launches February 28th and boasts 10 episodes, 12 original songs, and 5 hours of ear-to-ear entertainment. Written, directed, and executive produced by Colin MacKenzie Mitchell, the show stars the late great Ed Asner, in one of his final performances, and John Cameron Mitchell, creator and star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The production is a collaboration between iHeartMedia, Noel Brown, lead executive producer, and Mitchell's own company, Little Brother Sam Productions. It's a story unlike any other for adults and children alike. Tune in. Close your eyes. You won't believe your ears.

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February 15, 2022 1 min

The Laundronauts: A Potentially Untrue Tale Based on Actual Events: A fantasy adventure podcast series that answers the question: Where do the missing socks go? Episode One of this modern day fairytale launches February 28th and boasts 10 episodes, 12 original songs, and 5 hours of ear-to-ear entertainment. Written, directed, and executive produced by Colin MacKenzie Mitchell, the show stars the late great Ed Asner, in one of his f...

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The Laundronauts is a modern day fairytale that answers one of the great mysteries of our times: Where do the missing socks go? Tune in. Close your eyes. You won't believe your ears.

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March 7, 2022 32 mins

In 1930’s San Francisco a boy named JD Belzell is shoved into a washing machine by a bully named Charlie Evans and vanishes. JD’s friends, the Laundronauts, fail to intervene. Wracked with guilt, two of the children, Nick and Mona, go into the washer to try and rescue him, only to discover a magical world beyond the machine where everything that gets buried in the soil blooms to life. They also discover that JD is now the master of...

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March 14, 2022 36 mins

The Laundronauts get busy trying to rescue JD. Perry goes into the machine next. He meets a friendly, living, breathing sock. He also meets JD’s alter-ego, Sludge, who is very angry at him. The Sockling saves Perry by punting him into the ominous forest. Perry discovers a city beneath the ground populated by living, breathing clocks and watches. They seem to have captured one of the Socklings. Perry marks the spot for future missio...

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March 21, 2022 34 mins

Sludge asks Perry to join him in his plot for revenge. Perry rejects him and barely escapes. He ends up in the forest and dozes off, dreaming of his seventh birthday in San Francisco. When he awakens he is still in San Francisco. He realizes he too has power in Absentia. Sludge appears and gives Perry one final chance. Perry snatches Sludge’s magical glasses off of his face, sends the signal back to San Francisco, and runs for it, ...

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March 28, 2022 32 mins

Perry escapes Absentia with Jonica’s help. They encounter a homeless man with wet blankets who seems to know something about Absentia. Benny is voted next to go into the Jumbotron. Jonica is not happy about the choice. Charlie delivers a message given to him by JD in his dreams: they have been summoned to the Jumbotron at midnight. Charlie rouses the others while Jonica rushes to the Washaterium. They arrive to discover Jonica is n...

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The Laundronauts prepare to explore Charlie’s dreams in an attempt to rescue Jonica who has been stranded in Absentia. Meanwhile, Jonica searches for Sludge with the help of the Socklings.

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April 11, 2022 34 mins

In Absentia, Jonica, JD and the Socklings attempt to figure out what to do about Hoodwink. In San Francisco, the Laundronauts finally make contact with Jonica through Charlie’s dreams. But unbeknownst to all, the nefarious Hoodwink continues to pull the strings in the background.

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April 18, 2022 33 mins

Hoodwink appears in Absentia aided by Charlie Evans. He vanishes again after Sludge regains his power-wielding glasses. Jonica is whisked away by the Socklings to Sludge's home as Sludge decides what to do next about Hoodwink’s unexpected appearance on the scene. In San Francisco, the Laundronauts rush to the Washaterium in the hopes of rescuing Jonica.

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April 25, 2022 31 mins

Drunk with power, Jonica prepares to bury herself in the Heart of the Matter to save JD, ever-coaxed and manipulated by the nefarious Hoodwink. Meanwhile in San Francisco, the Laundronauts rush to the Washaterium to prepare for Jonica’s rescue.

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In Absentia, Jonica encounters the insidious Malignancy hidden in the Heart of the Matter. She barely escapes back to San Francisco thanks to the efforts of the Laundronauts. Charlie is left comatose from the effort after his head is used as a coagulant to complete the rescue.

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