Limited Capacity

Limited Capacity is a collection of six short stories about the strange and twisted ways we interact with the internet, and with each other. Punctuated with dark humour and surprising twists, each episode blurs the lines between horror, thriller, mockumentary and satire. The stories take on digital appropriation, toxic positivity, a self-help podcast for people who hate self-help and a talking chicken. Each immersive episode is packed with intimate and jarring stories that are both completely familiar and somehow confoundingly alien. It’s like Black Mirror for your ears. From the fiendishly clever mind of Rob Norman, co-creator of the hit podcast Personal Best.

Episodes

Limited Capacity Introduces: Tunnel Runners from PlayME

October 30, 2024 • 25 mins

Welcome to your digital stage, where bold theatre meets cutting-edge audio drama. Each episode of PlayME draws you into captivating stories brought to life by top actors, acclaimed writers, and cinematic sound design that places you at the center of the action.

More episodes of PlayME are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/u2StuooR

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Slow Burn

December 16, 2021 • 34 mins

For celebrities looking for love, regular online dating apps aren’t really an option. That’s why authors, actors and artists are flocking to Bala, the exclusive dating app for the creative elite. Bala is a place for celebrities to feel normal, relax and find their true soulmate. When struggling actor Lizzie Miller gets an invite to try it out, she finds something much more insidious than love.

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He Who Boils Rivers with a Look

December 9, 2021 • 40 mins

The app NextDoor creates online communities based on user postal codes. When roleplayer “Connor” stumbles across an imaginary town (with an unassigned postal code), he finds what he’s been missing in real life: a close family that supports and accepts him. But despite the community’s willingness to stay hyper positive, real world disorder creeps in and threatens the boundaries of this fragile, make-believe world.

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Better Fitter Roger-er

December 2, 2021 • 34 mins

“Real” patients. “Real” trauma. “Real” therapy. Each week therapist and podcast host Lucetta Davis takes you inside a session with one of her clients. One of them, Roger, just got dumped by his girlfriend – who’s also his boss. He’s tired of being walked all over. In this episode, Roger shares some news with Dr. Davis: he’s signed up for a second therapy podcast – one that also comes with a self-help app.

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Kill the Chicken

November 25, 2021 • 35 mins

Ronnie Wells walked away from a very successful voiceover career to create an educational cartoon called Polo The Chicken. Just as his new YouTube channel starts to take off, the alt-right starts to appropriate Polo’s likeness to spread hate. Online activists strike back and Ronnie finds himself a pawn in an all-out meme war.

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The Blue Checkmark

November 18, 2021 • 29 mins

A celebrity might go on vacation but their social accounts can’t stop posting. Enter: Zoe. When fitness influencer Gigi leaves for a trip, Zoe is recruited to not just be her social media manager – she’s asked to be a full stand-in for Gigi’s life. Things get complicated when Zoe goes rogue and her client’s ex-boyfriend starts asking questions.

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We All Hate Greg, Right?

November 18, 2021 • 30 mins

Edie and her corporate coworkers put on a happy face until a restructure led by their smarmy boss, Greg, turns their workplace into a tangled web of distrust. Things get dire as shifting allegiances and daily griping on Zoom take the group to unexpected - and dark - places.

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Introducing: Limited Capacity

November 4, 2021 • 1 min

Coming November 18. Limited Capacity is a collection of six unsettling short stories about the way our lives are warped through imperfect technologies. Punctuated with dark humour and surprising twists, each episode blurs the lines between horror, thriller, mockumentary and satire. It’s like Black Mirror for your ears. From Rob Norman, co-creator of the hit podcast Personal Best.

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