Dan Koch
@dankoch.bsky.social
Making audio drama and other things at luxradium.org
I felt compelled to Remember Some Guys™, thanks to @defector.com and @baseball-reference.com. Behold, a grid of 2000-2006-era Phillies pitching excellence (with one bonus name that may not seem like a pitcher, but ifykyk).
September 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I felt compelled to Remember Some Guys™, thanks to @defector.com and @baseball-reference.com. Behold, a grid of 2000-2006-era Phillies pitching excellence (with one bonus name that may not seem like a pitcher, but ifykyk).
I was not ready for this advertising juxtaposition:
August 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I was not ready for this advertising juxtaposition:
Thirty years ago, you'd hear a good song on the radio, buy the CD, and realize it was the only good song on the album.
Today, you hear 20 seconds of a good song on Tiktok, stream it on Spotify, and realize those were the only good 20 seconds of the song.
Today, you hear 20 seconds of a good song on Tiktok, stream it on Spotify, and realize those were the only good 20 seconds of the song.
May 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thirty years ago, you'd hear a good song on the radio, buy the CD, and realize it was the only good song on the album.
Today, you hear 20 seconds of a good song on Tiktok, stream it on Spotify, and realize those were the only good 20 seconds of the song.
Today, you hear 20 seconds of a good song on Tiktok, stream it on Spotify, and realize those were the only good 20 seconds of the song.
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🚨 METROPOLIS! NEW EPISODE! 🚨
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 7. Nan emerges into the chaos on God’s Plate, only to realize the chaos is gone. Now there’s only silence and a trail of blood...
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiodrama #audiomeat #scifi
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 7. Nan emerges into the chaos on God’s Plate, only to realize the chaos is gone. Now there’s only silence and a trail of blood...
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiodrama #audiomeat #scifi
Episode 7: For Those About to Learn Why They Do It This Way
Podcast Episode · Metropolis · S1 E7 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🚨 METROPOLIS! NEW EPISODE! 🚨
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 7. Nan emerges into the chaos on God’s Plate, only to realize the chaos is gone. Now there’s only silence and a trail of blood...
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiodrama #audiomeat #scifi
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 7. Nan emerges into the chaos on God’s Plate, only to realize the chaos is gone. Now there’s only silence and a trail of blood...
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiodrama #audiomeat #scifi
My Facebook feed is now 90% Calvin and Hobbes strips. It's the final boss of giving up Facebook.
January 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
My Facebook feed is now 90% Calvin and Hobbes strips. It's the final boss of giving up Facebook.
Is there any feeling more humbling than when you spell a word so badly spellcheck can't even find what it is you're trying to write?
January 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Is there any feeling more humbling than when you spell a word so badly spellcheck can't even find what it is you're trying to write?
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EPISODE 6 of METROPOLIS is LIVE!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Heart in throat, Nan runs down the hallway, trying to find somewhere to escape to. But this is Metropolis. There is no escape. Or is there?
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiofiction #audiodrama #scifi #audiomeat
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Heart in throat, Nan runs down the hallway, trying to find somewhere to escape to. But this is Metropolis. There is no escape. Or is there?
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiofiction #audiodrama #scifi #audiomeat
Metropolis
Science Fiction Podcast · 7 Episodes · Biweekly Series
podcasts.apple.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
EPISODE 6 of METROPOLIS is LIVE!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Heart in throat, Nan runs down the hallway, trying to find somewhere to escape to. But this is Metropolis. There is no escape. Or is there?
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiofiction #audiodrama #scifi #audiomeat
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Heart in throat, Nan runs down the hallway, trying to find somewhere to escape to. But this is Metropolis. There is no escape. Or is there?
Come join us in the radiant city!
#audiofiction #audiodrama #scifi #audiomeat
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Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.
January 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.
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I deeply enjoyed binging @luxradium.bsky.social 's Metropolis podcast over the weekend. I don't know how I'll survive until January without Nan, Freddie and Alsace in my ears. If you've got any long commutes ahead of you, I suggest giving the show a listen.
December 23, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I deeply enjoyed binging @luxradium.bsky.social 's Metropolis podcast over the weekend. I don't know how I'll survive until January without Nan, Freddie and Alsace in my ears. If you've got any long commutes ahead of you, I suggest giving the show a listen.
My Spotify Wrapped is dominated by songs I listened to on endless repeat while writing the end of Metropolis. That includes:
* The Disco Elysium soundtrack by Sea Power
* Olafur Arnalds
* Khruangbin
Here's a question to the other creators out there: what music is on *your* endless repeat?
* The Disco Elysium soundtrack by Sea Power
* Olafur Arnalds
* Khruangbin
Here's a question to the other creators out there: what music is on *your* endless repeat?
December 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM
My Spotify Wrapped is dominated by songs I listened to on endless repeat while writing the end of Metropolis. That includes:
* The Disco Elysium soundtrack by Sea Power
* Olafur Arnalds
* Khruangbin
Here's a question to the other creators out there: what music is on *your* endless repeat?
* The Disco Elysium soundtrack by Sea Power
* Olafur Arnalds
* Khruangbin
Here's a question to the other creators out there: what music is on *your* endless repeat?
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**NEW EPISODE ALERT**
Metropolis, Episode 5!
open.spotify.com/episode/2eo5...
Now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else!
The waves crash, the wind howls, and Nan realizes that she’s made it - she stands alone on the Beach of Metropolis. Except, she realizes, she isn't alone...
Metropolis, Episode 5!
open.spotify.com/episode/2eo5...
Now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else!
The waves crash, the wind howls, and Nan realizes that she’s made it - she stands alone on the Beach of Metropolis. Except, she realizes, she isn't alone...
Episode 5: For Those Looking For Reasons to Be Thankful
Metropolis · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:17 PM
**NEW EPISODE ALERT**
Metropolis, Episode 5!
open.spotify.com/episode/2eo5...
Now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else!
The waves crash, the wind howls, and Nan realizes that she’s made it - she stands alone on the Beach of Metropolis. Except, she realizes, she isn't alone...
Metropolis, Episode 5!
open.spotify.com/episode/2eo5...
Now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else!
The waves crash, the wind howls, and Nan realizes that she’s made it - she stands alone on the Beach of Metropolis. Except, she realizes, she isn't alone...
Extremely important PSA: apparently, all *20* seasons of the original Law & Order are going to be streaming on Hulu as of December 16th. Doctors recommend taking a fifteen minute break per eight hours of Jerry Orbach exposure.
December 10, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Extremely important PSA: apparently, all *20* seasons of the original Law & Order are going to be streaming on Hulu as of December 16th. Doctors recommend taking a fifteen minute break per eight hours of Jerry Orbach exposure.
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Metropolis Episode 5 is coming out THIS THURSDAY!
If you're familiar with the concept of frisson - there are little moments of frisson I get when a moment of the show comes together well during editing. There have been a *lot* of moments of frisson in making Episode 5. Can't wait to share it. :)
If you're familiar with the concept of frisson - there are little moments of frisson I get when a moment of the show comes together well during editing. There have been a *lot* of moments of frisson in making Episode 5. Can't wait to share it. :)
December 9, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Metropolis Episode 5 is coming out THIS THURSDAY!
If you're familiar with the concept of frisson - there are little moments of frisson I get when a moment of the show comes together well during editing. There have been a *lot* of moments of frisson in making Episode 5. Can't wait to share it. :)
If you're familiar with the concept of frisson - there are little moments of frisson I get when a moment of the show comes together well during editing. There have been a *lot* of moments of frisson in making Episode 5. Can't wait to share it. :)
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Not going to use false modesty here: we just put the finishing touches on the next episode of Metropolis and it sounds *fantastic*.
It goes live tomorrow! Come join us in the radiant city!
It goes live tomorrow! Come join us in the radiant city!
November 21, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Not going to use false modesty here: we just put the finishing touches on the next episode of Metropolis and it sounds *fantastic*.
It goes live tomorrow! Come join us in the radiant city!
It goes live tomorrow! Come join us in the radiant city!
Want to know something incredible I just learned?
You can bring up the Emoji keyboard in MacOS by hitting Cmd+Control+Space. (Fn+E also works.).
Pass it on! ⌨️🤩⌨️
You can bring up the Emoji keyboard in MacOS by hitting Cmd+Control+Space. (Fn+E also works.).
Pass it on! ⌨️🤩⌨️
November 20, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Want to know something incredible I just learned?
You can bring up the Emoji keyboard in MacOS by hitting Cmd+Control+Space. (Fn+E also works.).
Pass it on! ⌨️🤩⌨️
You can bring up the Emoji keyboard in MacOS by hitting Cmd+Control+Space. (Fn+E also works.).
Pass it on! ⌨️🤩⌨️
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We hit a milestone! 1,000 downloads of Metropolis, the Audio Drama! (It's actually already over 1,200 - but I was a couple of days behind in celebrating it. 😅)
Come join us in the radiant city, if you haven't already!
open.spotify.com/show/6u00Fen...
Come join us in the radiant city, if you haven't already!
open.spotify.com/show/6u00Fen...
Metropolis
Podcast · Lux Radium · A murder mystery in neon utopia. An audio drama, by Lux Radium. While ace reporter Nan Kanally and the rest of the world struggle through post-war poverty, Metropolis has asse...
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November 12, 2024 at 8:31 PM
We hit a milestone! 1,000 downloads of Metropolis, the Audio Drama! (It's actually already over 1,200 - but I was a couple of days behind in celebrating it. 😅)
Come join us in the radiant city, if you haven't already!
open.spotify.com/show/6u00Fen...
Come join us in the radiant city, if you haven't already!
open.spotify.com/show/6u00Fen...
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NEW EPISODE ALERT! Metropolis, Episode 3 is out now! Check it out at luxradium.org, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
open.spotify.com/episode/4rG4...
Come escape to the radiant city, where the problems are all behind us...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
open.spotify.com/episode/4rG4...
Come escape to the radiant city, where the problems are all behind us...
Episode 3: For Those Who Know That He Existed
Metropolis · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
NEW EPISODE ALERT! Metropolis, Episode 3 is out now! Check it out at luxradium.org, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
open.spotify.com/episode/4rG4...
Come escape to the radiant city, where the problems are all behind us...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
open.spotify.com/episode/4rG4...
Come escape to the radiant city, where the problems are all behind us...
Just saw I Saw The TV Glow. Really loved it. Had some thoughts on it (and how it intersected with Metropolis), that I shared here:
www.tumblr.com/luxradium/76...
www.tumblr.com/luxradium/76...
I just watched I Saw The TV Glow.
I loved it. It puts a very specific frequency out there. It's not a frequency most people can hear. But if you can hear it, this movie will make you feel seen in a way that few movies ever will.
Th…
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October 21, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Just saw I Saw The TV Glow. Really loved it. Had some thoughts on it (and how it intersected with Metropolis), that I shared here:
www.tumblr.com/luxradium/76...
www.tumblr.com/luxradium/76...
I like this place. I don't like the other place.
October 18, 2024 at 8:46 AM
I like this place. I don't like the other place.
METROPOLIS! Episode 2!
open.spotify.com/episode/6pCU...
I think it turned out just swell. Check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/6pCU...
I think it turned out just swell. Check it out!
Episode 2: For Those Who Know She's Not Goldie Grozny
Metropolis · Episode
open.spotify.com
October 17, 2024 at 7:05 AM
METROPOLIS! Episode 2!
open.spotify.com/episode/6pCU...
I think it turned out just swell. Check it out!
open.spotify.com/episode/6pCU...
I think it turned out just swell. Check it out!
Folks, I think I'm going to make it. Putting the finishing touches of Metropolis Episode 2 now. It'll come out tomorrow. Whew!
October 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Folks, I think I'm going to make it. Putting the finishing touches of Metropolis Episode 2 now. It'll come out tomorrow. Whew!
Call it Stockholm Syndrome, but I've really come to appreciate Pro Tools. Anything I've wanted to do has been possible in Pro Tools, and if I end up needing to do it a lot, there's always a keyboard shortcut to make it quick.
It ain't always the prettiest, but it's a... professional tool.
It ain't always the prettiest, but it's a... professional tool.
October 14, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Call it Stockholm Syndrome, but I've really come to appreciate Pro Tools. Anything I've wanted to do has been possible in Pro Tools, and if I end up needing to do it a lot, there's always a keyboard shortcut to make it quick.
It ain't always the prettiest, but it's a... professional tool.
It ain't always the prettiest, but it's a... professional tool.
If you aren't familiar with the term "semantic satiation", you will certainly *get* familiar with it once you start editing an audio drama. Right around the sixteenth time you listen to the same three second clip and what *were* words you wrote now sound like a jumble of random blurry nonsense.
September 12, 2024 at 9:31 PM
If you aren't familiar with the term "semantic satiation", you will certainly *get* familiar with it once you start editing an audio drama. Right around the sixteenth time you listen to the same three second clip and what *were* words you wrote now sound like a jumble of random blurry nonsense.
Here's when you know you've been audio editing too much: you can start to recognize plosives *on sight*.
September 3, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Here's when you know you've been audio editing too much: you can start to recognize plosives *on sight*.
Been in the studio for Metropolis (luxradium.org). Now I *know* it's going to be good.
There are some incredible actors here in Seattle.
There are some incredible actors here in Seattle.
July 14, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Been in the studio for Metropolis (luxradium.org). Now I *know* it's going to be good.
There are some incredible actors here in Seattle.
There are some incredible actors here in Seattle.