Sep 16, 2026 · 13 min · 6 segments
Radio was once the primary medium in the U.S. Millions of Americans tuned in every day to their favorite shows – comedy, drama, soap operas, suspense, horror, and of course science fiction. Shows like…
Christopher HartGuest
Ken JonesHost
So just like with the radio dramas of 80, 90 years ago, going back to the 30s and the 40s, sound effects and music play a big part in making the episodes come alive in the minds of listeners.

And for the podcast, Christopher, how do you generate the sound effects and music and decide between what's enough and what can be a sensory overload? Yeah.

In this case, I had a very difficult time kind of deciding how to express two giant robots fighting each other.

And, you know, we could play the clip and I can tell you how I did it afterwards.

Christopher, is there anything more you want to do to set it up or just want to talk about the robots clashing?

This is Alice Wolverton, who is a A post human, which means that they have a an Android body at this point in artificial body and they are fighting their arch nemesis.
Weren't we fighting to the death?
Isn't that...
Is that...
Is that some sort of temporal energy? What is he doing?
He's a benefactor of mine.
Benefiting from this chaos in ways only he knows.
A benefactor?
Nothing you need to worry about.
So, what would happen if I just
went- Just get away from him!
Or what? You're afraid he'll destroy me? Or you think he might be vulnerable to me somehow? Just get back! I'm afraid of what might happen to him.
But he's just floating there, in the middle of all that energy.
Stop it.
Damn it!

So just like with the radio dramas of 80, 90 years ago, going back to the 30s and the 40s, sound effects and music play a big part in making the episodes come alive in the minds of listeners.

And for the podcast, Christopher, how do you generate the sound effects and music and decide between what's enough and what can be a sensory overload? Yeah.

In this case, I had a very difficult time kind of deciding how to express two giant robots fighting each other.

And, you know, we could play the clip and I can tell you how I did it afterwards.

Christopher, is there anything more you want to do to set it up or just want to talk about the robots clashing?

This is Alice Wolverton, who is a A post human, which means that they have a an Android body at this point in artificial body and they are fighting their arch nemesis.
Weren't we fighting to the death?
Isn't that...
Is that...
Is that some sort of temporal energy? What is he doing?
He's a benefactor of mine.
Benefiting from this chaos in ways only he knows.
A benefactor?
Nothing you need to worry about.
So, what would happen if I just
went- Just get away from him!
Or what? You're afraid he'll destroy me? Or you think he might be vulnerable to me somehow? Just get back! I'm afraid of what might happen to him.
But he's just floating there, in the middle of all that energy.
Stop it.
Damn it!
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