Metropolis

Episode 12 Update #2 + Presenting: GIVE ME AWAY!

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0800

The question remains: where the heck is Episode 12 of Metropolis!? (The answer is I'm a dum-dum and recovering workaholic, but hear more in this update!). It's very much on its way, and I'll be live-blogging my progress on our Discord here.

In the meantime, allow us to introduce you to another show you may really enjoy if you're enjoying Metropolis: Give Me Away, by Gideon Media! It's another fantastic, thoughtful science fiction show, and you can listen to the beginning of the first episode right here in the feed.

Find Give Me Away on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts, or however else you're listening to this right now.

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Episode 12 Update + Presenting: WINDFALL!

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0800

Where the heck is Episode 12 of Metropolis!? The short answer: it's on its way! The longer answer is in this update, and I just want to thank you all for your patience in waiting as I've been getting it out. 😄

In the meantime, allow us to introduce you to another show you may really enjoy if you're enjoying Metropolis: Windfall, by Rogue Dialogue Productions! It's another awesome show about a fantastical city that may not be all it seems, and you can listen to the first episode right here in the feed.

More info about Windfall is here – go check them out!

Ever since the tyrannical Wanda’s castle appeared in the clouds above Windfall City, its residents have built upwards to meet her. But not everyone is convinced of Her Majesty’s Grace. Our series follows three brothers living on the surface alongside their family (chose and otherwise), wary of the Queen’s motives, and showcases what they must do to survive in a world that would rather leave them for dead.

A sci-fi/fantasy epic from Rogue Dialogue Productions, the team behind Forgive Me!

Episode 11: For Those Who Now Know What Happened to Stanley Bronfels

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:00 -0700

After all of the risk and all of the danger, the miraculous answer seems within reach. Nan is about to learn what happened to Stan Bronfels. Metropolis, for once, is about to reveal one of its secrets. But just how prepared is she for the truth? And does she know exactly what the truth is going to get her into?

Episode 10: For Those Whose Assassins Will Not Be Cute

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0700

Four people and one robot, hiding together in one apartment, a team united by one truth: they are all now fugitives. Except they are about to be joined by an uninvited sixth, and behind that sixth comes a violent end for everyone, unless there is some escape... from Metropolis.

Episode 9: For Those The City Is Not Done With Yet

Thu, 15 May 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Out in the wind, nothing but the cold and open water ahead, we hear the relentless sounds of a robot building a boat and two feet pacing anxiously in the gravel. The mission is clear - get across the river. But Metropolis is a place that takes and does not give. It is naive to think that it will ever give up anything... or anyone... without a fight.

Episode 8: For Those That Know That Neither of Them Are Up There

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0700

Oliver bursts into his hotel room, frantically trying to record everything he’s just seen. Whatever he’s up to, it just may pay off. But he’s about to learn that he hasn’t kept as low a profile as he may have thought, and that there is more than one way to disappear off of the island...

Episode 7: For Those About to Learn Why They Do It This Way

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:00:00 -0800

Nan emerges into the chaos on God’s Plate, only to realize the chaos is gone. Now there’s only silence and a trail of blood. Nothing appears to make sense in Metropolis. But, as Nan is about to learn, perhaps the only thing worse than not understanding Metropolis is understanding it...

Episode 6: For Those Really Getting Fouled Up Here

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:00:00 -0800

Heart in throat, Nan runs down the hallway, trying to find somewhere to escape to. But this is Metropolis. There is no escape. Or is there? There is always more to Metropolis than meets the eye, and Nan is not the only person searching for it. And one of the others may just have found something...

Episode 5: For Those Looking For Reasons to Be Thankful

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0800

The waves crash, the wind howls, and Nan stands alone on the Beach of Metropolis. Except, she realizes, she’s not alone. And now, she also realizes, she has no idea what to do next. But Metropolis has its own ideas for that…

Episode 4: For Those Who Couldn't Sleep Either

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 -0800

The note on Nan’s desk says: “Look in Room 14633. Use the card. Don’t ever say I’m not helpful.” The card that came with it is burning a hole in her hand. It might be the answer to everything, the key to all of Metropolis. Or maybe it just opens the door to more trouble...

Episode 3: For Those Who Know That He Existed

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:00:00 -0800

So Nan made it to Metropolis, somehow. Now what she realizes is that she is alone in the chaos. She has no leads, no friends, and nowhere to start in the city. But maybe the city already knows where it wants to start with her...

Episode 2: For Those Who Know She's Not Goldie Grozny

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0700

It’s been weeks, and no word from Stanley, just the clanging sounds of that ominous recording echoing in Nan’s ears. Was it a taunt? What was it, exactly? There is nothing in the world that Nan wants to do more than to go figure it out and find Stan, but there’s one problem: he was in Metropolis, and one does not simply walk into Metropolis. Until one morning, Zora arrives in the office with an envelope...

Episode 1: For Those Still in The Bull Powered City

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Things aren’t great in Arnhem. Nobody seems that interested in putting back together what the war has blasted apart, and now the city has started smelling like literal horse manure. All anyone has to look forward to are dispatches from Metropolis - that mysterious, shining, robot-powered city in the Arctic where everyone seems to have it all figured out.

But do they? The Arnhem Fact-Gazette newspaper has a man on the ground there - Stanley Bronfels - but he’s just a sportswriter, and he’s definitely not being encouraged to dig for muck when there are diamonds to swallow and magic robots to describe.

But Stan’s best friend is Nan Kanally - the ace reporter for the paper back in Arnhem - and she has a way of getting you to do things you might not ordinarily do. That’s why Stan likes her so much. Does he know what she’s about to get him into?

Metropolis, The Audio Drama - Trailer

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:00:00 -0700

A murder mystery in neon utopia. A 13-episode science fiction audio drama by Lux Radium.

While ace reporter Nan Kanally and the rest of the world struggle through post-war poverty, Metropolis has assembled a neon utopia on an icy, distant island. It’s an electronic heaven made possible by a fleet of astonishing autonomous robots.

But Metropolis holds its secrets tightly. The only word that gets out is from the few reporters they invite. One of them is Nan’s best friend, the sportswriter Stanley Bronfels. But when Stanley disappears, it falls to Nan to discover the secrets of Metropolis… or find oblivion herself.