Introducing: SOLAR

SOLAR, starring Stephanie Beatriz, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, Academy Award winner Helen Hunt and Jonathan Bangs, is a journey to the heart of the solar system and an exploration of the vastness of the human spirit. Disconnected from Earth and trapped on separate parts of their spacecraft, crew members must fight for survival following a disaster on board the ill-fated Aethon, a manned solar research probe sent to explore temporal distortion around the sun. As painful memories, forgotten dreams, technological challenges and blunt realities collide--they must work together to keep their hope alive in the face of growing darkness. SHADOWS ARE DARKER THIS CLOSE TO THE SUN. SOLAR is a CurtCo Media production. To learn more, visit solarthepodcast.com

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Episode Transcript

Public Relations Director Felicia Bryant (00:01):
Our hearts here at NASC go to those impacted by
the solar flare two weeks ago. We extend our thoughts
and prayers to those who died and those who lost
loved ones.

Flight Director Aarav Patel (00:13):
NASC located the Aethon two days ago. Given our current trajectories,
the Aethon and Earth will move to opposite sides of
the Sun in roughly seven days. And at that point,
we will lose any opportunity to contact the Aethon for almost
a year.

Christian Yancy (00:28):
What are the odds of survival for the Aethon crew?

Public Relations Director Felicia Bryant (00:30):
We won't speculate on those circumstances. I'm sure you can understand.

A.L.I. (00:35):
I am broken.

Pilot Jamal Davis (00:36):
There's something wrong in your code that I don't have
time to fix because I'm going to run out of
oxygen in about five days.

Christian Yancy (00:43):
Even if they did survive, is it realistic to believe
they could be rescued?

Doctor Wren Guerrero (00:48):
What was that?

A.L.I. (00:48):
I did not detect any abnormalities.

Doctor Wren Guerrero (00:51):
The lights are getting brighter is the electricity overloading.

A.L.I. (00:53):
Everything is nominal.

Flight Director Aarav Patel (00:55):
These men and women have risked their lives for their
knowledge and science and our understanding of the universe. They
warned us about the flare. They are heroes.

Pilot Jamal Davis (01:03):
Do you think I'm losing my mind? You're the one
not getting any sleep.

Doctor Wren Guerrero (01:06):
I'm not the one hallucinating.

Pilot Jamal Davis (01:07):
I'm trying to help you.

Flight Director Aarav Patel (01:09):
We will bring them home.

A.L.I. (01:13):
Incoming message from Jamal.

Christian Yancy (01:13):
Accept. Accept! Wren, it's coming in through the airlock, get away from
the airlock. Hurry!

Announcer (01:20):
SOLAR. A CurtCo Media production in association with Workhouse Media. A fully immersive
sonic adventure with revolutionary sound from Dolby Atmos. Starring Academy
Award winner Helen Hunt.

Chief Scientist Margaret Cohen (01:31):
If we deviate from the plan even by an hour,
we lose everything.

Announcer (01:35):
Tony Award winner Alan Cumming.

Commander Alex Tawley (01:37):
I'm simply not willing to risk the lives of any
crew members for the sake of an experiment.

Announcer (01:41):
Stephanie Beatriz.

Doctor Wren Guerrero (01:43):
I'm going to find a way to save him. I want to ask
him to last as long as he can.

Announcer (01:48):
And Jonathan Bangs.

Pilot Jamal Davis (01:50):
And the only hope you have of making it home
is contacting mission control before it's too late.

Announcer (01:57):
SOLAR. Shadows are darker this close to the sun. Available
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Public Relations Director Felicia Bryant (02:06):
Mankind will rise above as it always has.