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Lauren Shippen
@laurenshippen.com
making fiction podcasts at @atypicalartists.co. she/her

the bright sessions 💡
two thousand & late😈
phantom pulse🎸
breaker whiskey 📻
new year’s day 🌃
bridgewater 🌖
maxine miles 🔎
surviving hawkins 📚

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I continue to be extra and now you can actually go listen to the Phantom Pulse demo IF ☝️ you can find it.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Audio drama office hours are today! At 3pm PT, @laurenshippen.com will answer all your questions about how to make audio drama. Watch on YouTube or Twitch by searching for Atypical Artists!
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I've already been blown away by the fanart that folks have been making so far but someone cosplayed ren on tiktok today and my heart is so full 😭😭😭😭😭😭
may we offer you a fucked up little bisexual man in these trying times? www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I've been playing guitar hero on the second half of every stream and boy am I BAD at it, it's a lot of fun
We're livestreaming the first episode of Maxine Miles today on YouTube and Twitch! Join us for this choose-your-own-ending YA mystery!

Going live in 1 hour at 10am PT!

twitch.tv/atypicalartists
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
for real!! in a perfect world we'd all have Georgia do our show art and - oh, what's that, we live in a perfect world + you can look at this gorgeous show square for Phantom Pulse?

but seriously, I don't always have art budget! this post is a great reminder that I need to make this year's NYD art
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
sorry, I just can't stop looking at the Phantom Pulse art that @noahdeaart.bsky.social made. look at how beautiful they all are!!! I'll never be over it www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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We are live with the final series of The Tower!
When the episode goes live at 8pm UK we'll also be live over on Twitch for a cast and crew listen along to the new episode!

twitch.tv/tincanaudio
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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More streaming today at 1pm PT!! @laurenshippen.com will listen to the first episode of Life With LEO(h) and play Untitled Goose Game!

twitch.tv/atypicalartists or Atypical Artists on YouTube!
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'd started a whole thread re: pivot to video bad but I was just succeeding in making myself mad so I'm not gonna do it lol

instead, I'm gonna make everyone eLSE mad by asking what we think the definition of a podcast should be. a question that historically has been met with such calm consideration
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*

people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*

STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO

www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
someone I follow on tumblr tags a lot of posts with 'things to show my doctor' and that really articulates the tumblr experience better than I ever could
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
well this is the first time a post of mine on here has broken containment so a few quicks things:

- I make fiction. video’s not an option for me
- accessibility is a different thing. almost all fiction podcasts have transcripts! also all my podcasts ARE on YouTube just with a static image

LASTLY-
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*

people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*

STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO

www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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A BLAST to talk to @laurenshippen.com, one of my favorite people in AD. If you want to hear us talking about what it might take for the medium to bReAk OuT, the stuff Dan and I do outside of podcasting (he's made some incredible electronic music, I've written a novel and a play) - take a listen!
Our hopeful bonus episodes continue! This month, @laurenshippen.com talked with the brilliant @marcsollinger.bsky.social about audio drama, being hopeful about progressive candidates, and writing spooky stories. pod.link/1835711536/e...
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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oooOooOoo you want to back phantom pulse so bad oooOoooOoo

support indie audio!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I BARELY know how to livestream, so this is gonna be really interesting
We're going to live-streaming a lot over the next two weeks!! Follow us on Twitch or YouTube to join - @laurenshippen.com will be listening to the first eps of all our shows while playing games!

And, if you haven't already, consider backing Phantom Pulse! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
anyway, pivoting to video has always been impossible for me bc I make audio drama. doing video would be, uh, making a tv show? and if I wanted to make TV, I would be trying to do that.

I love audio. I love indie audio. if you do too, please help me keep it alive www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
PHANTOM PULSE - a 90s audio drama musical
PHANTOM PULSE is a rock audio drama about love, death, and everything in between from Lauren Shippen, creator of The Bright Sessions.
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*

people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*

STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO

www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
indie audio drama will never die!!!! we're going to live forever!!!!!!!

[she says on bluesky, the millennial retirement home as we discuss in the episode]
Our hopeful bonus episodes continue! This month, @laurenshippen.com talked with the brilliant @marcsollinger.bsky.social about audio drama, being hopeful about progressive candidates, and writing spooky stories. pod.link/1835711536/e...
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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we should have Leave A Nice Review Friday. its where on fridays we leave nice reviews for works by indie creators on whatever platform having reviews on helps them the most
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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There’s still time to back the new @atypicalartists.co show!! It’s got this punk rock Scooby Doo vibe to it and, let’s be honest, if it’s written by @laurenshippen.com you KNOW it’s gonna be good www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
PHANTOM PULSE - a 90s audio drama musical
PHANTOM PULSE is a rock audio drama about love, death, and everything in between from Lauren Shippen, creator of The Bright Sessions.
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
do you love and support women who suck or are you a loser
can't wait to plurb it tonight. we love plurbing it (watching pluribus). here at atypical artists we love queer girlfailures who are so mad at everything all the time and swallowed in grief. we love that so much we made a whole show about it called two thousand and late. pod.link/1835711536
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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m doing my very first Reddit AMA today on r/podcasting! very excited to talk to the wider podcasting community about audio drama - come ask questions and I’ll answer them at 4pm PT! www.reddit.com/r/podcasting...
From the podcasting community on Reddit: I’ve worked in the niche of audio drama for over a decade - AMA @ 7:00pm ET today about all things fiction podcasts!
Explore this post and more from the podcasting community
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November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I know we probably won't make this last timed goal, but I DO think that things are looking good for making our goal overall!! so help us get there as fast as we can!!!
Our next, and final, timed goal is an AMBITIOUS one! Can we fundraise our entire goal in two weeks? Can we raise 22k by the end of tomorrow?

We always knew this was a big stretch, but let's see how much we can do anyway!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Happy Audio Drama Sunday!! Have you backed Phantom Pulse on Kickstarter yet? We think that you'll fall in love with this rock album/audio drama, but we need your help to make it!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
PHANTOM PULSE - a 90s audio drama musical
PHANTOM PULSE is a rock audio drama about love, death, and everything in between from Lauren Shippen, creator of The Bright Sessions.
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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If you haven't you should!!
It's been two weeks since the deliciously demonic conclusion to season 1 of TWO THOUSAND AND LATE! Have you caught up on Harper and Havoc's fiery finale? pod.link/1835711536
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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It's been two weeks since the deliciously demonic conclusion to season 1 of TWO THOUSAND AND LATE! Have you caught up on Harper and Havoc's fiery finale? pod.link/1835711536
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM