The Once And Future Nerd - A Fantasy-comedy Audio Drama

We are thrilled to announce that THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD is returning on January 30, 2022! A few other important scheduling notes: We are switching to a monthly release schedule. Going forward, episodes will be released on the last Sunday of every month. One upside of that change is that we expect to release new episodes consistently for at least the remainder of 2022 and hopefully beyond. In line with this change, we're switching our Patreon account to bill monthly, and also simplifying our reward tiers. You can find out all the details of that, or become a Patron at Patreon.com/onceandfuturenerd. Whether you already support us on Patreon or plan to start, make sure to select a reward tier before Jan 30, or Patreon will not send you your rewards!! All of Book One is now also available on our YouTube channel. We'll also be posting a chapter of Book 2 on Wednesdays and Sundays leading up to the premiere of Book 2 Chapter 7. If you want to re-listen before the new episode and talk to other f

Today, a conversation with Paul Notice (Nelson, Antonin Mooncrest, Ensemble) about WILLOW, an Afrofuturist, Womanist, Anti-Capitalist horror film that he's currently raising money for. If you want to help him make it, you can head to bit.ly/willowhorror, or head to thenoticeblog.com to see everything that Paul's up to. The full transcript of this conversation can be found here. Some useful links this week: Astoria Food Pantry Transgender Law Center Fair Fight Our sponsor this week is The Listener, an expert-curated podcast recommendation newsletter. You can get 2 months free with code toafn20 Talk to you soon!

Today's bonus content is a showcase featuring HARLEM QUEEN by Yhane Smith. If you like what you hear, you can listen to HARLEM QUEEN on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher, and follow the show on Twitter @AudioHarlem or on Instragram @HarlemQueenAudiodrama. You can also support the show at Patreon.com/harlemqueen. The transcript for Zach's conversation with Yhane can be found here. Some useful links: Vote.org and ACLU.org/voter Louisville Bail Fund Astoria Food Pantry Our sponsor this week is Tavour. Download the app, and use code TOAFN for $10 off after your first order of $25 or more. Talk to you soon!

A few of our buds from around the Audio Fiction world have created a limited-run Audio Comedy Series for charity. They'll be putting episodes out this coming week to raise money for Lovin' Spoonfuls, a food rescue in Massachusetts. We've dropped their trailer in your feed today. You can visit marsbestbrisket.com to listen to the show, and marsbestcharity.com to donate! The full transcript of this announcement is available here.

We're back, with another batch of scripted minisodes! "The Lullaby"by Anya GibianPerformed by:Julie Reed - JenAnya Gibian - Arlene(Script) "Straight From The Underground"by Christian T. Kelley-MaderaPerformed by:Anya Gibian - Regan(Script) Associate Producers: Mark Nielsen and Alec Story Ways to help the show this week: You can buy music from us through our Bandcamp page. And if you do it on Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp will waive all of their usual fees. The next Bandcamp Friday is Sept. 4 You can join our Tab For A Cause team - and raise money for charity while you do your thing online - at tabforacause.org/toafn Some places you can donate: Malecare.org - a support/advocacy group for male survivors of cancer, known for programs for BIPOC and GBT survivors Milwaukee Freedom Fund Rebuild the University of Delaware Chabad California Wildfire Relief Fund The Cajun Navy Relief & Rescue helping out in the Gulf CONTENT NOTES below. CONTENT NOTES: "Straight Fro

This week's bonus content is another in our showcase series. Today we're featuring WITCHEVER PATH by Steven & JourNee LaFond. It's an audio drama anthology series where audience interaction determines the course of the story! If you like what you hear, you can check out WITCHEVER PATH at witcheverpath.com, or download wherever you get podcasts. You can also support their work at Patreon.com/witcheverpath. The transcript for Zach's conversation with Steven & JourNee can be found here, and the original transcript to the episode featured can be found here. Some useful links: issuesintheworld.carrd.co sayhernames.carrd.co Statement from PodTales organizers re: Palace Shaw and racism at PRX Our sponsor this week is Tab For A Cause - a browser extension that lets you raise money for charity while you do your thing online. Join our team by clicking that link! Also, we're still trying to hit some reach goals with really cool rewards over on our Patreon. Thank you so much to everyone

We are so excited to present to you our first batch of scripted minisodes! "26 Maple Dr"by Christian T. Kelley-MaderaPerformed by:Frank Queris - BillyJulie Reed - Jen(Script) "A Going Away Party"by Zach Glass and Christian T. Kelley-MaderaPerformed by:Gregory M. Schulz - YllowyynRhiannon Angell - Yllodyk(Script) Associate Producer:Alec Story As we mentioned last week, we're currently doing something of a pledge drive over on our Patreon. Our sponsors this week are: Serial Box, a website that creates and curates award-winning sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, and more, in both audio and text formats. You can get 50% off TOAFN Book 1 at serialbox.com/TOAFN50. Or, you can get 40% off 10 titles of Serial Box’s choosing (normally $9.99 each) at serialbox.com/FutureNerd40. Shaker & Spoon – a subscription service for making craft cocktails at home. Get $20 off your first box at shakerandspoon.com/futurenerd! Some donation links: https://www.glitsinc.org/ https://www.rosehipmedics.org/

We are very happy to announce that new scripted content is coming your way on July 26! That's next week! You're gonna hear two "minisodes," that is short vignettes that are canonical to our story world but outside the scope of the main story (and produced fully socially distantly.) As always, they'll be free to listen to (albeit ad-supported). But we will be charging Patrons for them. We said at the start of quarantine, we'd warn you before we started charging again. So consider this your warning, and pause or deactivate your pledge by July 25 if you don't want to get charged. And believe us, we understand if you need to do that. Times are weird and money is tight. (And by the way, if you're new here and don't know about Patreon - we offer lots of cool rewards and bonus content to anyone who signs up as a Patron on Patreon. You can find out more at patreon.com/onceandfuturenerd.) If you can support us though, now is a really helpful time to do it. Your support now means we'll be able to better pay al

Today's bonus content is the next in our Showcase series, this time featuring Gabriel Alvarez and his space opera STARCALLED. If you like what you hear, you can visit starcalled.space for more. Or you can follow @Starcalledradio on Twitter, or support the show at Patreon.com/starcalled. The transcript for the interview can be found here, and the original transcript for the episode of STARCALLED that Gabriel excerpted can be found here. Some useful donation links: https://ndncollective.org/ https://www.lambdalegal.org/ https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Our sponsor this week is Tavour. Download the app, and use code TOAFN for $10 off after your first order of $25 or more. That's all for this week, but stay tuned to this feed for upcoming announcements!

Today's show is the first in a series of Bonus episodes where we'll highlight the work of another creator in the audio drama/audio fiction space through a brief interview and by playing a selection from their work. We're starting with JANUS DESCENDING, the sci-fi horror saga by Jordan Cobb. If you like what you hear, you can check out all of Jordan's work at nosuchthingradio.com, and you can support her work on Patreon at Patreon.com/nosuchthingproductions. The transcript for the interview can be found here, and the original transcript for Entry 10 of JANUS DESCENDING can be found here. Some useful links: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ The Marsha P. Johnson Institute Our sponsor this week is Tavour. Download the app, and use code TOAFN for $10 off after your first order of $25 or more. We'll be back on July 12 with more bonus content!

Today's Bonus Content is something new we tried recording, back in late April (i.e. approximately 7000 years ago). Several of us recorded a commentary track for Book 1, Chapter 4 - "Monsters," released all the way back in the spring of 2014. It also includes a message that we think you should hear. CONTENT NOTES for the first 8 minutes or so: police violence, racial violence, victims of hate crimes, white supremacy, and police violence. The transcript for this episode can be found here. And the original script for "Monsters" can be found here. Announcements for this week: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ On June 19, Bandcamp will be donating all proceeds from record sales to the NAACP legal defense fund, and we'll be doing the same. For any song you buy from our Bandcamp on that day, we'll donate the proceeds. If you're Black and starting out in Podcasting or VFX, our director/co-creator (@Ctmadera) is offering some free services. Details in this tweet. Shout-outs from the

This week's bonus content is an interview Christian did with author, musician, crafter, and self-described jack of all trades Margaret Killjoy. It's about power in Fantasy (among other things). So, right up our alley. You can find out about all of Margaret's various projects at birdsbeforethestorm.net, or follow her on Twitter @MagpieKilljoy. The transcript for this episode can be found here. Our partners this week are: Tab for a Cause - a browser extension that lets you raise money for charity while you do your thing online. Join team Once And Future Nerd by signing up at tabforacause.org/toafn! Shaker & Spoon - a subscription service for making craft cocktails at home. Get $20 off your first box at shakerandspoon.com/toafn! And as a reminder, we also sell music from the show at onceandfuturenerd.bandcamp.com, and merchandise at onceandfuturenerd.com/merch! We'll be back again on June 14, with a new format of bonus content we're trying out. See you then!

Hey all, This is normally about the time that we'd be announcing we were about to start recording our next chapter. Unfortunately, as you may have heard, there's a global pandemic going on, and it's hitting New York City especially hard. So it's not safe for us to meet up in person to record, and given the setup of our show it's not logistically feasible to do it remotely. And sadly, we don't know how long that's going to be the case. Looks like at the very least a few more months, so, sorry to say, we will not have new story content for the foreseeable future. But we are going to keep writing, and the hope is that as soon as it's safe for everyone to return to the studio, we can hit the ground running and record a bunch of material very quickly. In the meantime, we're going to be experimenting with some new formats of bonus content. You'll probably hear some more interviews with other podcasters and speculative fiction creators like you're used to, but we're also going to try out some other stuff. So w

In today's bonus content, Producer Zach Glass interviews author Liz Kerin, whose novel The Phantom Forest is available now through Inkshares or wherever you get books. And - as mentioned in the episode - you can watch Colleen Scriven (creator of Lesser Gods) interview Liz at The Strand here! Our sponsor this week is Marvels - a podcast from Marvel, set in the background of the Fantastic Four’s showdown with Galactus. Written, directed, and produced by some of the best talent in podcasting. Go to marvelspodcast.com to learn more. And if you want to listen, go to stitcherpremium.com and enter the code FUTURE to get a month of Stitcher Premium for free!

Today’s bonus episode is the audio from our #AskTOAFN livestream for Book 2 Chapter, originally broadcast on November 17. It’s been cleaned up and lightly edited for clarity, but you can watch the full original stream over on our YouTube channel. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions! Our sponsors this week: A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice, Book One in The Sorcerer’s Ring. Visit morganricebooks.com for more information. Marvels, a new podcast from Marvel, set in the background of the Fantastic Four’s showdown with Galactus. Written, directed, and produced by some of the best talent in podcasting. Go to marvelspodcast.com to learn more. And if you want to listen, go to stitcherpremium.com and enter the code FUTURE to get a month of Stitcher Premium for free! Other announcements/shout-outs: Congrats to Shannon, whose short film “THREE Birds” had its world and NYC premiere this past week at the Big Apple Film Festival.  “Chameleon” by Herbie Hancock, a major inspiration for o

This week - to hold you over until our #AskTOAFN livestream, we have an interview with three brilliant podcast creators. Sarah Shachat, Gabriel Urbina, and Zach Valenti are the production team behind Wolf 359, No Bad Ideas, and Time Bombs. In this interview, they talk to Christian about their latest endeavor, Zero Hours. Update: The promo code for Audio Fiction 101 given in this episode has since expired. Thanks to everyone who used our code and everyone else can still take advantage of the course at its regular price. And last but not least: Our #AskTOAFN livestream for Book 2 Chapter 6 will be on Sunday, November 17 at 4:30pm New York time, on our YouTube channel. If you'd like to submit a question, please do so by Wednesday, November 13. You can post on Twitter or Tumblr using #AskTOAFN, or use the #AskTOAFN threads on our Facebook page or subreddit. See you then!

The conclusion of Book 2 Chapter 6! The party puts their daring plan into action against the Elves. Will fortune favor the bold? The script for this episode can be downloaded here. Chapter conclusions mean it's time once again to #AskTOAFN. We'll be answering YOUR questions in a livestream. (Exact time TBA later on our social but likely to be Sunday, Nov. 17 late afternoon or early evening New York time.) If you want a chance to have your question answered, please submit it by Wednesday, Nov. 13. You can post on Twitter or Tumblr using #AskTOAFN, and we'll have threads on our Facebook page and Subreddit. Update: The promo code for Audio Fiction 101 given in this episode has since expired. Thanks to everyone who used our code, and everyone else can still take advantage of the course at its regular price. And did you know that we sell merchandise? Or that we have a Patreon with cool rewards available for Patrons? Well we do! And, along with patronizing our sponsors, those are great ways to suppo

Something very unwelcome washes ashore in a southern fishing town. Jen has a rough night, and Nelson has an unsettling dream. The script for this episode can be downloaded here. Update: The promo code for Audio Fiction 101 given in this episode has since expired. Thanks to everyone who used our code, and everyone else can still take advantage of the course at its regular price. Our listeners can also save on orders from Plus One Balms, a line of RPG-inspired beard care products made from all natural ingredients. Use promo code TOAFN for 10% off your order. And did you know that the entire first book of our tale is available on a cassette-shaped USB drive, courtesy of AudioBooks On Tape? It includes full chapter files, bonus content, and exclusive artwork, all in a slick, retro package. The conclusion of Chapter 6 will be released on November 3. We hope to see you then! CONTENT NOTES below: CONTENT NOTES: From 12:26 - 12:51 (Pg. 52) A protester is killed very gruesomely.  Fr

The village of Three-Bridges finds consensus in First Snow’s plan, but Tyymos lo-Jyf - as you can imagine - objects. Ardel Redmoor makes plans to flee Castle Guernatal, but the Phantom of the Castle objects to this. Regan and Yllowyyn find Nia, along with a whole lot of trouble they weren’t looking for, and Nia tells the Party of her plight. The script for this episode can be downloaded here. Update: The promo code for Audio Fiction 101 given in this episode has since expired. Thanks to everyone who used our code, and everyone else can still take advantage of the course at its regular price. And as always, The Once And Future Nerd is made possible by our Patrons on Patreon. Patrons receive lots of cool rewards for their support. And this episode(??) is your last chance to receive the exclusive artwork for the chapter!! Finally, TOAFN will be at PodTales - A Festival of Audio Drama and Fiction Podcasting - in Cambridge, MA on October 20. Stay tuned to our social media for details on where we'll

Welcome, one and all, to the premiere of Book 2 Chapter 6! Nia has no choice but to negotiate with Lord Commander Ry’y lo-Th’yyt, and Regan and Yllowyyn have no choice but to go looking for Nia. Meanwhile, the village of Three-Bridges learns of Elven encroachment on their farmland, and debates what to do. And Nia’s parents learn the limits of Elven hospitality. The script for this episode can be downloaded here. Update: The promo code for Audio Fiction 101 given in this episode has since expired. Thanks to everyone who used our code, and everyone else can still take advantage of the course at its regular price. Also - a reminder - our official merchandise can be found at onceandfuturenerd.com/merch. And our supplier Spreadshirt is offering free shipping through September 23 with offer code SHIPFORME. And as always, The Once And Future Nerd is made possible by our Patrons on Patreon. Sign up to support the show and you'll be rewarded with things like early release episodes, and stickers and