The Aberrant Ziggurat
A short podcast of various episodic short stories written and performed by Josh Belville, inspired by prompts from you! Season 1 was released in 2015 using the Audio post feature on Tumblr. Season 2 is coming at some point in the near future. Want to submit an idea? Write something short into the Vault of Thoughts. It's anonymous and some will be chosen for new podcast episodes! https://www.joshbelville.com/projects.html
Episodes
Bonus Episode - Worst Golf Commentator
Improvised & Performed by Josh Belville
A man talks about golf. Poorly.
Background Sound:
https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/272358/
Local Forecast Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, and edited by Josh Bel...
Episode Fourteen - Grand mariner or Grand marnier?
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A shipwrecked sailor writes in a journal and drinks booze.
Background Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVhw7cHYTQ4
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/RICHERlandTV/sounds/232358/
http://www.freesound.org/people/Slave2theLight/sounds/157019/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwt2HcBGpTQ
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of shor...
Episode Thirteen - Can You Do “The Hustle”?
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
Josh does a rap.
The Hustle is originally by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony. It’s their song! Don’t sue us!
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, and edited by Josh Belville. The titles and inspiration for each episode are provided by you, the listener, through the Vault of Thoughts.
Season One
Intro Musi...
Episode Twelve - Coffee Makes Me Horny
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A teacher intercepts a student's note.
Background Sound:
http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/192767/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hs69yGUNyU
Sound Effects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5qB2O6N9RE
http://www.freesound.org/people/MentalSanityOff/sounds/188212/
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed,...
Episode Eleven - Radio Play
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
Annals of Theatre talks about the hit play/film, Radio Play.
Annals of Theatre theme is “Hep Cats” by Kevin MacLeod
Sound Effects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLc9M9qtRg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STmEOF6gOsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySkafsRm9po
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYVO5bUFww0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wz5MfycchY
https...
Episode Ten - Man, Why You Even Got to Do a Thing?
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man talks to an alien.
Background Sound:
http://www.freesound.org/people/JeffWojo/sounds/121250/
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/aarom/sounds/129790/
http://www.freesound.org/people/wildweasel/sounds/39043/
http://www.freesound.org/people/nearsight_00/sounds/164048/
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, perform...
Episode Nine - Unicorns and Butterflies
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man talks to his newborn child.
Background Sound:
http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/172632/
Baby Sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn9PFZn06Cg
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, and edited by Josh Belville. The titles and inspiration for each episode are provided by you, the listener,...
Episode Eight - Cook Pizza
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man tries to cook a pizza.
Background Sound:
http://www.freesound.org/people/BritoSounds/sounds/105216/
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/mickmon/sounds/176897/
http://www.freesound.org/people/edhutschek/sounds/214355/
http://www.freesound.org/people/jivatma07/sounds/76234/
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, and ...
Episode Seven - Three-hundred Fourteen
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man reads 314 words.
Background Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBlFHuCzPgY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQoVrFe1GZ8
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/Cabeeno%20Rossley/sounds/182835/
http://www.freesound.org/people/MentalSanityOff/sounds/218319/
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, an...
Episode Six - Say I Cannot Send You My Password. But I’m Going to Anyways. hunter2
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man in space talks to his wife.
Background Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4p1mZnKkhc
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/jrssandoval/sounds/67131/
http://www.freesound.org/people/conleec/sounds/149454/
http://www.freesound.org/people/themfish/sounds/33845/
http://www.freesound.org/people/jobro...
Episode Five - You Wanna Hang Out and Listen to Jock Jams?
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man listens to and reviews the 1995 album Jock Jams, Volume 1.
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/JakLocke/sounds/261095/
Jock Jams, Volume 1 was an audio compact disc released in 1995 with a variety of tracks. Here's the Wikipedia article.
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, ...
Episode Four - The “Adults” of This World Need to Recover Their Sense of Wonder and Awe about Life
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
The boss of a marketing office brings an employee into his office.
Background Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzBBMr_Cq5A
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/f4ngy/sounds/240779/
http://www.freesound.org/people/ekfink/sounds/235498/
http://www.freesound.org/people/thecluegeek/soun...
Episode Three - Trekkin'
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
An old 90s cassette for a particular LARP group.
MIDI Music:
ST:TNG Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y7bq7G2vOs
The Arsenal of Freedom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIOXpG2KNF8
Flute Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQCspRBiLSw
Sound Effects:
http://www.freesound.org/people/saavik/sounds/151059/
http://www.freesound.org/people/Pogotron/soun...
Episode Two - What Are Your Thoughts on “A Very Brady Christmas”?
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man outlines the science behind A Very Brady Christmas.
Music by The Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, and edited by Josh Belville. The titles and inspiration for each episode are provided by you, the listener, through the Vault of Thoughts.
Season One
Intro Mu...
Episode One - Please Don’t Do a Podcast
Written & Performed by Josh Belville
A man describes cuisine in the post-apocalypse.
Background Ambience:
http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/197379/
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, performed, recorded, and edited by Josh Belville. The titles and inspiration for each episode are provided by you, the listener, through the Vault of Thoughts.
Season One
In...
The Aberrant Ziggurat is a podcast of short stories written, improvised, performed, recorded, and edited by Josh Belville. The titles and inspiration for each episode are provided by you, the listener, anonymously through the Vault of Thoughts.
Season One was originally broadcast via Josh's Tumblr back in 2015. It is being rebroadcast here as its own gol durned podcast. Season Two is coming sometime in 2022! Submit a prompt and ...
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