This was a short story I wrote, recorded, and produced for Someone Dies In This Elevator - now that it's on the feed, I wanted to share it here too! I made it in a day, and I'm really proud of how it turned out!Content warnings for horror and
I published this on the Sidequesting feed on 03/16/2020, two days after my birthday when lockdowns were starting. I'm cleaning up the Sidequesting feed and removing it from there, but I didn't want this one to fully disappear. It's a small snap
Happy Halloween! Here's a scary story for you. Content Warnings for memory loss, paranoia, and panic. Implied claustrophobia and kidnapping.This story was written, produced, and performed by Tal Minear.Transcript: I wake with a start in an
Happy Halloween Month! Here's a short scary story for you!Content warning for paranoia. This was written, performed, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript: There is something wrong. There has been something wrong. You’ve tried to figure it o
This was made based on the prompt "Eulogize an object you have lost." It was written, performed, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript: We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of the kitchen scissors. I know the kitchen scissors have touc
Time traveling to a former version of myself and sending a dispatch. This was written, performed, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript: Hey Tal, it’s you from the future. Don’t mind the mask. It’s uh… for time travel reasons. Definitely. Don’
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A podcast for my current commute - from bed to dining room table. This episode was written, performed, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript: Good morning! No, don’t hit the snooze button I know you’ve already done it once and it is literally
Sometimes there's a big fire nearby and also a pandemic going on and you're still expected to show up in the office at 8am like always. This was written and recorded by Tal Minear.Transcript:I wrote this poem two days ago on a Tuesday morni
I wrote this for a local storytelling event and recorded this practice performance. It's about steam tunnel paintings. Don't tell the deans ;)Transcript here. This episode was written, performed, and produced by Tal Minear.
Sometimes your brain goes "I wonder how a time-traveling steampunk train would sound" and you just have to sit down and make it. Anyway, this is how I think a time-traveling steampunk train would sound.
On having a bad memory and too many things.This was written, recorded, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript: I’m really forgetful. I’m bad at putting things away and remembering where I put them. The best way for me to know where something
I really want to hug my friends.This episode was written and recorded by Tal Minear. Transcript: I wish you were here. If you were, I’d be running right at you to give you the biggest of hugs. I really want to give you a hug, but, well, ther
In a rare break from sound design, here's a piece of music I made! This is the soundtrack my brain plays when I'm feeling anxious, usually for no good reason at all. (Anxiety was composed by Tal Minear using Garageband.)
I wrote this at the end of a no good very bad week. Really, don't listen to me - I'm just being a grump.This episode was written and recorded by Tal Minear.Transcript:Things will be better tomorrow, they said.Today is just bad.Tomorrow wi
A short story about a long ride. This was written, recorded, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript:We live and die on the never ending carousel, around and around and around and around. It keeps spinning, indifferent to the happenings on its
I've distilled the entire month of April (as I experienced it) into one short little clip. You can't hear the internal screaming (because it's, well, internal), but I promise you it's there.This episode was recorded and produced by Tal Minear.
It starts off as a search for a scarf, and ends up with a wizard. This is a little in-universe segment of my show, Sidequesting, that I wrote for another show, Listen Rinse Repeat. This is the combined version of a 5-part series (each part is
Tal leaves a voicemail to their middle school self.This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript:Hi Tal. It’s me, from the future. I just want to leave you a little message, because I know what you need to hear
This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript:Hello and thanks for tuning in to this one minute weather report. It’s bright and sunny outside. This is southern California, it’s almost always bright and sunny outs
This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Tal Minear.Transcript:And welcome to the steam tunnels! It’s this hot practically everywhere in the tunnels; there’s a couple of places where it’s even warmer than here, actually. It’s kin