Uncanny Robot: AI Meets Old Time Radio Drama
Humorous and surreal short stories and audio dramas read and performed by humans. || Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival "Best Podcast Stories" Winner Written and performed by Bram Stoker Award Finalist and Clarion West 2015 Graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio engineer Rich Pav.
Episodes
Have you ever seen those dogs on Instagram that communicate by pressing buttons that play recorded words? In April 2021, Terrie tamed a wild tanuki, brought it home, and taught it to communicate with buttons. Then things took a turn for the worse.
Our end trailer is from Hell Gate City. It's a rollicking sci-fi comedy podcast with a macabre underbelly and sati...
Take a trip to the moon with the world's saddest clown and his best friend, a rat named Singer Boy.
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon.
Our website has trigger warnings and transcripts for every episode. If you'...
Our commentary about three episodes:
- Asteroid Annie and the Mushiblooms
- Asteroid Arnie and the Mushiblooms
- A Spotify/Parcast True Crime Parody: Peppers and the Screaming Yoof
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced B...
A comedy/sci-fi auditory extravaganza four months in the making.
Asteroid Annie, the all-time greatest intergalactic superheroine and her trusty sidekick What's-His-Name, face off against the evil Mushiblooms and their villainous leader Hutt Poppa. Will they be able to save this alternate universe?
In Episode 5 we brought you the story of how Asteroid Arnie, the greatest intergalactic superhero of all time and his trusty sidekick M...
We spent all last month filling in the world's longest and most detailed application for a multi-week accelerator training program designed to "help mid-career podcasters 'level up' with a renewed focus on business development, audience growth, optionality, video strategies, and long-term sustainability."
Hey, that's exactly what we need!
They said they're looking for "applicants that have already been producing media and podcasts ...
One of the most bizarre and gruesome murders ever to take place in the continental United States occurred on April 1, 1969. Two couples were on a road trip when bad weather forced them to make an unscheduled stop. Their lives were forever changed.
Hey, guess what: It turns out lots of people wish April Fool's Day would die in a fire.
It's a good thing this definitely is not an April Fool's episode. Nope, no-sir-ree. Never was. Don...
The Stinky Lollies are out to exterminate the Mushiblooms. Can Asteroid Arnie and Princess Moom-a-Roof save them from certain death?
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon.
The sound design for our next episode is taking a LONG time. It's going to be around 30 minutes total and each five minutes worth of music and sound effects takes a full day to complete. I wish I could work faster, but you can't simply sh*t these things out. We try to get every millisecond just right because we want people to enjoy listening to our episodes over and over, like the classic comedy albums we grew up with.
To hold you ...
Terrie and Rich discuss the Valentine's Day episode. Please listen to Episode 3 before listening to this one!
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon.
Our website has trigger warnings and transcripts for every episod...
A heartwarming, futuristic dystopian tale of love, redemption, robot cameras and lots of explosions.
Trigger warning: Lots of explosions. Other trigger warnings for this episode are on the website, but these days, this is a big one.
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check o...
Elvis and Jim Morrison have been alive all this time.
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon.
Our website has trigger warnings and transcripts for every episode. If you'd like to help support the show, please visit ...
Memories Of Death: A dead man talks about what it's like to be dead.
You Remind Me of Someone: A vampire contemplates his crimes in a church graveyard.
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon.
Our website has trigger...
Listen to a fine collection of surreal and hilarious AI-generated short stories. This is the trailer for the episode "Asteroid Arnie and the Mushiblooms."
Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio engineer designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon.
Our website has trigger...
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