On the 16th June, 2024, Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales will proudly be airing the first episode of our 7-episode mini-series, The Fall and Partial Re-emergence of The Dysfunctional 5. The series will pick up where we left the hapless quintet after their season 1 finale episode, and you have a full 7 episodes to look forward to. But fear not, we haven't ditched the regular anthology format of the show, this is purely a bit of bonus content for you all to tide you over until season 3 of the show returns. Enjoy!

This is our second episode swap our friends from Giant Monster Productions. It's another episode of the Tales from the Author anthology podcast Glitch A small group of astronauts have been chosen to crew the first manned space voyage to Mars. Or have they? The crew knows there is a 50% chance they could merely be participating in a realistic computer simulation of the mission, an analog for the real crew. But before they discover the truth, contact with Earth is lost part way through their journey - suggesting something catastrophic has happened back home. But are they out in space, facing the prospect of returning to a doomed planet? Or are they actually on Earth, locked in a simulation while the real world burns around them? For more info on Tales of the Author and other Giant Monster Productions shows, check out; https://linktr.ee/talesofthemonsterhunters?subscribe

This is our second episode swap, and we're very happy to have an episode of the Tales from the Author anthology podcast, courtesy of our friend Antonio from Giant Monster Productions. Hubris A large group of humans are being transported in cryosleep by a seemingly benevolant alien race to their home planet, following an invitation by the aliens to share their planetary paradise with humanity. But when one of the humans prematurely awakens from cryosleep en-route, he discovers that the aliens motives may not have been as friendly as it first appeared... For more info on Tales of the Author and other Giant Monster Productions shows, check out; https://linktr.ee/talesofthemonsterhunters?subscribe

This is our first episode swap and we are proud to share with you the debut episode of the No Return audio drama podcast. Massive thanks to Kier from No Return for letting us broadcast their debut episode, and they've returned the favour by releasing one of our episodes on their feed. About No Return; In Erset La Tari, life ranges from the absurdly unexpected to the darkly intense, taking audio drama listeners on a roller coaster across its diverse landscapes. Chuckle along to "The Nymphaeum" as Sangha Adrastea and Brother Ravi, two clumsy researchers, bumble through a portal to another plane of existence , all in the name of seeking divine guidance. To check out more episodes and subscribe, see the following links; https://noreturn.buzzsprout.com/ https://open.spotify.com/show/68JGmUiyJqG4LUM6EyVrlt https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/no-return/id1622343968 https://goodpods.com/podcasts/no-return-the-nymphaeum-211815

A update from me about what's coming on the Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales podcast feed as we go into the between-season gap.

Episode 16 - Single Point of Failure A farcical Sci-Fi comedy crime caper. It was supposed to be a simple kidnapping. But when a hapless criminal gang ends up abducting the wrong man by mistake, everything begins to fall apart. Written by Jim Cogan And starred John Kennard as Chief Stephen Newhand as Bungle Jim Cogan as Tech Wojciech Matras as Wheels Joe Kilcar as Dobbs Lauren Deakin as Charity Paul Lawley-Jones as Elon Carver Kaleb Deatherage as the Journalist Cisco de Guzman as the SWAT Team Officer Kingre32X as the News Announcer Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 15 - A Long Way From Home A family road trip to Florida for Timothy, his pregnant wife, Margo, and their young son, Tommy, turns into a nightmare as Timothy begins to suffer increasingly vivid visions. Perhaps these are not simple hallucinations after all... Written by Stephen Newhand And starred Stephen Newhand as Timothy Ronni Ng as Margo Tallie Tenna as Rian Marie Grace as the Nurse CD as Tommy Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 14 - The Beast From Uranus An authentically produced comedy parody of a 1950s Sci-Fi Radio Play, complete with crackly audio, outdated sexist attitudes, gratuitous mansplaining, and loaded to the gunwales with as many innuendos as we could manage. The crew of the USS Penetrator, the most advanced spaceship ever built, undertake their maiden voyage - to probe Uranus for signs of an incredible energy source that could revolutionise human technology. But they find something far more dangerous waiting for them in the murky depths of Uranus... Written by Jim Cogan With editing and proofing by Paul Lawley-Jones And starred Cisco de Guzman as Major Lance Morrison Stephen Newhand as Lt Gordon Gordy Bennett John Kennard as Professor Godfrey McBrainious and the Radio Announcer Marie Grace as Penny Nathanael Lipidarov as General Hoover Alexis Parker as the Ship’s Computer Joe Kilcar as the Scatalon Alien Kat McQueen as the Spaceport Announcer Jim Cogan as the Beast From Uranus Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 13 - Outpost Alpha A leading astral surveying team lands what they think will be a high value/easy money gig at a research facility on a remote asteroid. But things are about to take a sinister twist... Written by Stephen Newhand And starred Antonio Fererra as Finn Cisco de Guzman as James Stephen Newhand as Kirk Kat McQueen as Naomi Casey Cole as Delphine John Kennard as Melvin Paul Langley-Jones as Clive Joe Kilcar as Johan Garlock Jim Cogan as Sebastion Frank Lauren Deakin as the News Reader Wojciech Matras as the Overhead Announcer Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 12 - Game Night A group of friends meet in a VR gaming space to try out a legendary unfinished game - reputed to be cursed. But once inside, it's clear that the three sinister NPC hosts and the virtual remnant of the game's creator have no intention of letting them leave... Written by Noelle R. Mackenzie G. and Alyx And starred Nathanael Lipidarov as Charlie Stephen Newhand as Mike Marie Grace as Diana Casey Cole as Eddie Alex Huynh as Casper Cisco de Guzman as Terry and the automated Voice AI. Anna Gasecka as Rachel Lauren Deakin as Esper Jim Cogan as C-Rom Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 11 – Just Another Day in the Big Apple An extraordinary day in the life of a diverse range of individuals, on the day the aliens finally came to visit Earth... Written by Jim Cogan And starred Tallie Tenna as Steve Joe Kilcar as Rod Teller Stephen Newhand as The President, Pastor Jordan and Jazz Alexis Parker as Presidential Aid 1 Kat McQueen as Presidential Aid 2 Archer Young-Stone as Glenn Kaleb Deatherage as Klein Marie Grace as Maria Jim Cogan as The Bishop Cisco De Guzman as Ed and Clarence Lauren Deakin as Mary and Karen Antonio Ferrera as Pa Nathanael Lipidarov as Son John Kennard as The Voice Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 10 – Heaven's Revolvers In an alternate reality, the Old West frontier meets space-age alien tech. An aging gunslinger rolls into the town of Haven, but trouble is never far away... Written by Taimoor Azam With editing and proofing by Paul Lawley-Jones Starred Stephen Newhand as Sandman Jack Marie Grace as Felicity Fellowfelt Joe Kilcar as Levi Sundland Cisco De Guzman as Joshua Stella Sage Crossley as the Maid Quick Lee as the Captain Tallie Tenna as the man and the Second Guard Kaleb Deatherage as Thugs 1 and 2 And several additional characters all voiced by a combination Stephen Newhand, Marie Grace, Joe Kilcar, Cisco De Guzman Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 9 – Dept of Motor Vehicles A seemingly endless queue brings three unwitting individuals together. But now they can't remember why they're even there.... Written by Stephen Newhand Cast   Anna Gasecka as Stephanie Joe Kilcar as Samual Paul Lawley-Jones as Richard Kat McQueen as Fran John Kennard as Eli Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot Or you can Email at email@snwasot.com

Episode 8 – Nano Contagion When contact with the Lunar Orbiting Station is suddenly lost, three astronauts stationed on the Lunar surface are called upon to investigate. But it soon becomes clear that something dark and terrible has occurred - and it hasn't finished... written by Jim Cogan Cast   Ronni Ng as Murphy Anna Gasecka as Hussain Kat McQueen as Dellaware Joe Kilcar as Terra Mission Control Stephen Newhand as Betty and The Entity Production and Sound Design were by Jim Cogan Opening Theme Music by Jim Cogan Incidental music and sound effects licensed from Envato Elements If you’ve enjoyed this episode then please do subscribe, like, maybe even leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit our website at snwasot.com And can also follow us on that social media platform that used to be called Twitter twitter.com/snwasot

A bit of a bonus episode for you. The cast and production crew of Strange New Worls and Spaced Out Tales submitted an entry into the 11th Hour Audio Challenge this year. And we've decided to make that one-off episode available here on the feed. It's something of a departure from our usual Sci-Fi fare, but we hope you'll enjoy it, and that it will tide you over until the release of Season 2 in the New Year. Enjoy :)

Yes! Season 2 of Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales will be landing in January 2024! And a quick announcement of some bonus content that will be available on the feed very soon.

Ep7 - The Dysfunctional 5 A truly ridiculous parody of the superhero mythos. In a time when superheroes, once the last bastion of heroism and justice, are on a steep decline, humanity faces an unprecedented threat from the world's most evil Super villain, Dr Vengeance! Only a team of five not-so-superheroes, a hastily assembled group of miscreants and deviants, stand in his way. Behold! Now is the time of 'The Dysfunctional 5!' Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is a Sci-Fi themed anthology audio drama podcast series featuring a full voice cast and atmospheric sound design. Each episode is a completely independent story so you can enjoy them in any order you like. Credits Episode 7 - The Dysfunctional 5 Written by Jim Cogan Cast Stephen Newhand - Rick Dastard Anna Gasecka - Kittie Parlour Topher Bishop - Granite ‘The Man of Stone’ Jim Cogan - Dave Wojciech Matras - ‘The Man Who Cannot Be seen’ Ronnie Ng - Agent Smedley John Kennard - Control Skunkk - Dr Vengeance / The News Announcer Production and Sound Design by Jim Cogan Sound Effects and Incidental Music Licensed from Envato Elements Theme Music by Jim Cogan Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is available on Youtube and all major podcast platforms. See our website for details; https://strangenewworldsad.my.canva.site/ #audiodrama #podcast #scifi

Ep6 - In The Garden A time-bending, bitter-sweet Sci-Fi drama Jo, an explosive defusal expert, finds herself catapulted some 40 years into the future. She is confronted by a cruel world where things have gone horribly wrong for humanity, is accepted with warmth and trust by an ailing robot, and is reunited with her former (now aged) partner, Rally. For the briefest of moments, all seems peaceful In The Garden - a large greenhouse designed to grow the food that sustains the embattled remnants of the human race. But time waits for no-one, and for our three friends - it's running out quickly... Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is a Sci-Fi themed anthology audio drama podcast series featuring a full voice cast and atmospheric sound design. Each episode is a completely independent story so you can enjoy them in any order you like. Credits Episode 6 - In the Garden Written by Alyx, Olivia P. and Val L. Cast Kat McQueen - Jo Stephen Newhand - Rally Jim Cogan - Vex and The Soldier Skunkk - The Resistance Fighter and The Officer Production and Sound Design by Jim Cogan Sound Effects and Incidental Music Licensed from Envato Elements Theme Music by Jim Cogan Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is available on Youtube and all major podcast platforms. See our website for details; https://strangenewworldsad.my.canva.site/ #audiodrama #podcast #scifi

Ep5 - The Arenberg Principle A Sprawling, Epic Sci-Fi Space Opera After his glittering career is spectacularly derailed by a stupid graduation party stunt gone wrong, Danny 'Ace' Oswald finds himself reaching rock bottom, having to take the lowly position of Sanitation Engineer on the state-of-the-art starship he was originally supposed to be flying. From glorious, interstellar highs, to desperate and unpleasant lows - The Arenberg Principle is not just a story - it's a journey... Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is a Sci-Fi themed anthology audio drama podcast series featuring a full voice cast and atmospheric sound design. Each episode is a completely independent story so you can enjoy them in any order you like. Credits Episode 5 - The Arenberg Principle Written by Jim Cogan Cast John Kennard - Danny 'Ace' Oswald Ronni Ng - Sally 'Sal' McClean Topher Bishop - Pete 'Scraggy' Burns Stephen Newhand - Officer Morgan 'Thruster' Keene Anna Gasecka - Officer Kayleigh Mills Wolciech Matras - Senior Sanitation Supervisor Gordan Cheeseman and the News Announcer Jim Cogan - Senior Bridge Office Lawrence 'Tinballs' Timble / Captain Ironside / Careers Co-ordinator Production and Sound Design by Jim Cogan Sound Effects and Incidental Music Licensed from Envato Elements Theme Music by Jim Cogan Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is available on Youtube and all major podcast platforms. See our website for details; https://strangenewworldsad.my.canva.site/ #audiodrama #podcast #scifi

Ep4 - The Malfunctioning Icon A comedic mystery parody. A chance encounter leads the Demon Decoders to a small town haunted by a spooky, nightmarish creature. All is very much, not quite as it seems. I think we've got ourselves a mystery to solve... Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales is a Sci-Fi themed anthology audio drama podcast series featuring a full voice cast and atmospheric sound design. Each episode is a completely independent story so you can enjoy them in any order you like. Credits Episode 4 - The Malfunctioning Icon Written by Taimoor Azam (read more of his work at - https://www.royalroad.com/profile/197476/fictions ) Cast Stephen Newhand - Calvin ‘Corpse’ Dervish / Male Horror Lead Ronni Ng - Diane ‘Dodger’ Ridley Topher Bishop - Lake ‘Ponder’ Rivers / Mayor Sal John Kennard - Professor Anders / Storekeeper Kat McQueen - Lily Jim Cogan - Police Officer / Narrator ??? Production and Sound Design by Jim Cogan Sound Effects and Incidental Music Licensed from Envato Elements Theme Music by Jim Cogan Strange New Worlds and Spaced out Tales is available on Youtube and all major podcast platforms. See our website for details; https://strangenewworldsad.my.canva.site/ #audiodrama #podcast #scifi