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@jochiang.bsky.social
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now airing: Hearthbound | an untelling of the Odyssey/road trip/folk musical/queer audio drama

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We doggone did it! Hearthbound surpasses 10,000 downloads! Next up, you can follow Stray Lungs on Bandcamp for our official soundtrack drop or sign up on our website for news on future projects in your inbox. More soon! www.straylungs.com
A digital image of a scene from episode of of Hearthbound. At the top reads: HEARTHBOUND. At the bottom reads: 10,000 DOWNLOADS THANK YOU!
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
jochiang.bsky.social
Looking for another show after Hearthbound? For some well-deserved R&R, check out @noadventurespod.bsky.social and say absolutely not to the Hero's Call: pod.link/1807519201/e...
The Absolutely No Adventures logo upon a soft, bright sky.
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
jochiang.bsky.social
The HEARTHBOUND finale is here!! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1807519201/e...
A traditionally and digitally illustrated poster by Hannah Lock. A boot and a two paws steps into a puddle, shining with stars. The text reads: HEARTHBOUND Episode 10: Anagnorisis.
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Buckle up friends it's Penelope loving hours!! Listen to Hearthbound, Episode 9 now! pod.link/1807519201/e...
A digital illustration by Dominique Ramsey for Hearthbound, Episode 9: Penelope. An elk with shedding antlers stares out over a rugged peninsula.
September 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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New episode! Check out Hearthbound, Episode 8: Antigone for an iconic punk rock mandolin moment. This one holds a very special place in my heart. 🤘🏼 pod.link/1807519201/e...
A digitally illustrated poster for HEARTHBOUND Episode 8: Antigone. Two people in post-apocalyptic gear and getup sit on a bridge made of flying magpies. Behind them is a full yellow moon, a pink night sky, and an alpine lake.
September 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Hearthbound episode 7 is here!! Here's wishing a good day to a Cassandra who gets to live to a ripe old age. pod.link/1807519201
A digitally illustrated poster of a mirror image of a crescent moon, a mountain road, and old, wizened hands pouring coffee out of a cup. Below, on a license plate for a beatup yellow van, reads HEARTHBOUND EP 7. CASSANDRA.
August 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Hearthbound episode 6 is out! Welcome to Circe's Lodge. Behave. pod.link/1807519201
A digitally illustrated poster for Hearthbound Episode 6: Aeaea. A strange house sits beside a lake with enormous plants growing all around it The poster is bordered by objects— a pig's head, mushrooms, a knife...
August 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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While Team Hearthbound is taking a mid-season break, meet (or revisit) the motliest crew in the 'verse, created by @jesserbest.bsky.social. We've dropped TSCOSI's very first episode on our feed: episodes.fm/1807519201/e...
The Strange Case of Starship Iris title over a lo-fi photo of people surrounding a campfire.
July 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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10/10 would recommend throwing a live show for your audio drama at a 100yo bar 🍻
Jo MCs the Hearthbound mid-season live show at Sunny's Bar. Keren Abreu sings, accompanied by Jeb Roberts. An audience shot at Hearthbound's live show at Sunny's Bar. A sign at Sunny's Bar: Live Music Tonight at 8pm.
July 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Everyone say thank you to our illustrator, Manami Maxted, for making the devil super hot.
The sailor cowering before a towering the devil. The devil is soooo beefy.
July 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Did somebody say sea shanty?? Listen to episode 5 of Hearthbound on your fave podcast platform!
A digitally illustrated poster by Manami Maxted. Three panels show Odessa, Cal, and a tableau of a sailor with the Devil and Madame Brine. In the background, the moon and sun shine over a desert expanse with a small van and a trailer at the very bottom.
July 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Oop late again on #audiodramasunday. Here's Gentleman Cat as tribute.

[Sue Perkins voice] It's mythology week!

Hearthbound's my own queer, brown, Americana take on The Odyssey, and the best thing about myths is how many spins can be spun. Sapphic, anti-colonial, irreverent, you name it! Let's go!
A chubby torbie showing a lot of belly.
July 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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we were called to the canyon
A small dirt path on Antelope Island. A single cloud breaks the horizon line. The dusty road towards Western Utah. Bryce Canyon at sunset. The waterfall along the hike to Mossy Cave in Bryce Canyon National Park.
July 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I'm in SLC, officiating a wedding for my dear friends, then heading deeper into the desert for some camping under the dark skies of Utah. In honor of that, this #audiodramasunday, we're going west (but weird). This round-up went up on other platforms last week, but I totally forgot bluesky lol–
A photo of a road and telephone wires stretching off into Salt Lake City mountains in the distance. Dramatic clouds frame a golden sunset.
July 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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It's time you met Calypso. Episode 4 now available on all podcast platforms. Poster by the marvelous @rosenkranz.bsky.social!
A digitally illustrated poster by Rosenkranz, in a painterly style. Odessa, in orange coveralls and a green bandanna, crouches with Mack, her blue heeler dog, in front of her yellow van on a sandy lot. He's barking at a figure off-screen, whose shadow looms menacingly over the two of them. Next to Odessa is her souped-up radio guitar.
July 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Our director, Jack, calls this our sapphic Red Dead Redemption episode (and he's not wrong). And get a load of this incredible poster by @mariahrosemarie.bsky.social! Featuring the prince of quince trees! Catch ep 3 of Hearthbound now wherever you listen.
A digitally illustrated poster by Mariah-Rose Marie. The text reads HEARTHBOUND and No. 3 and "STASIMON". The top panel shows a mug of tea, a tea strainer, and a plate of leek fritters. The left panel shows an Appaloosa next to a quarry lake. The right panel shows a quince tree propped up by crutches under a sun breaking over a bank of clouds.
June 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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chinga la migra
A photograph if the June 10, 2025 Anti-Ice protest at Foley Square, NYC. A woman waves an upside down American flag. A photograph if the June 10, 2025 Anti-Ice protest at Foley Square, NYC. Protestors hold large yellow signs that read, "STOP THE DEPORTATIONS NOW" and "ICE OUT OF NYC." A photograph if the June 10, 2025 Anti-Ice protest at Foley Square, NYC. A protestor holds a sign that reads, "STOP THE DEPORTATIONS NOW!" Two protestors hold Venezuelan flags. A photograph if the June 10, 2025 Anti-Ice protest at Foley Square, NYC. Protestors hold signs that read, "ICE OUT OF NYC." A woman holds the Ecuadorean flag behind her.
June 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Hearthbound has arrived!! Listen to the first two eps now on your fave podcatcher. And check out these incredible posters by Anya Boz and Junjun Chen!! www.hearthboundpod.com/listen
A black and while ballpoint poster by Anya Boz. The text reads HEARTHBOUND and EPISODE ONE TELEMACHUS. A rangy cattle dog leaps up into the desert night sky. A digitally illustrated poster by Junjun Chen. The text reads HEARTHBOUND and Episode 2: Trinacria. The poster depicts a sprawling, cracked desert landscape. In the foreground, a yellow van putters along the dusty road. A strange, five-legged lizard watches from a rock. In the distance, there is a barn and some sheep. The sheep also look... just a little bit off. On the road towards the barn is a sign with a three-pointed spiral.
June 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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proof of life
April 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM