Officer Karen
@kazbaaa.bsky.social
Karen Bartke - actor, voice over, audiobook narrator, cake maker, former office maven. Officer Karen in Scot Squad. Rep’d by Narrow Road Company. Home studio.
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Really enjoyed talking to Joel at Tripwire about our recent DC Comics/Penguin Random House Audio, though worth mentioning that this is a transcript of a live chat and at times I may sound a like I had sunk a few bourbons* beforehand. Honest guv, not a drop touched me lips.
(*Afterwards*, though …)
(*Afterwards*, though …)
Dirk Maggs Talks About Audible's Audio Adaptation Of Waid and Ross' Kingdom Come
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Tripwire Talks To Producer Dirk Maggs About Audible’s Audio Adaptation Of Mark Waid And Alex Ross’s Kingdom Come
Bringing The Thunder Down Again Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows spoke recently to veteran audio producer Dirk Maggs about adapting DC’s epic comic series Kingdom Come for Audible… TRIPWIRE: So...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Really enjoyed talking to Joel at Tripwire about our recent DC Comics/Penguin Random House Audio, though worth mentioning that this is a transcript of a live chat and at times I may sound a like I had sunk a few bourbons* beforehand. Honest guv, not a drop touched me lips.
(*Afterwards*, though …)
(*Afterwards*, though …)
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I really enjoyed talking to Joel about our 2025 production of KINGDOM COME and the winding road which led us here.
Dirk Maggs Talks About Audible's Audio Adaptation Of Waid and Ross' Kingdom Come
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/tr...
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/tr...
Tripwire Talks To Producer Dirk Maggs About Audible’s Audio Adaptation Of Mark Waid And Alex Ross’s Kingdom Come
Bringing The Thunder Down Again Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows spoke recently to veteran audio producer Dirk Maggs about adapting DC’s epic comic series Kingdom Come for Audible… TRIPWIRE: So...
tripwiremagazine.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I really enjoyed talking to Joel about our 2025 production of KINGDOM COME and the winding road which led us here.
Fuck you, Donald Trump, you fucking waste of skin. Your Daddy didn’t love you because you are a piece of shit barely clinging to the category of human. I hope tonight is the night you finally shit yourself to death, you narcissistic, pathetic, useless wanker.
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fuck you, Donald Trump, you fucking waste of skin. Your Daddy didn’t love you because you are a piece of shit barely clinging to the category of human. I hope tonight is the night you finally shit yourself to death, you narcissistic, pathetic, useless wanker.
Have just woken up and read the awful news about Rob Reiner. I think I’m a little in shock tbh. He was a genius - a number of my all time favourite films exist because of him. I can’t quite take it in that he’s gone, much less that he and his wife died in such a violent way. What a horrible loss.
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Have just woken up and read the awful news about Rob Reiner. I think I’m a little in shock tbh. He was a genius - a number of my all time favourite films exist because of him. I can’t quite take it in that he’s gone, much less that he and his wife died in such a violent way. What a horrible loss.
What a horrible, horrible attack in Australia. Heartbroken to think of those who died and those who have lost loved ones. And of those at Brown University in the USA. Human capacity for horrific cruelty always appals and bewilders me in equal measure.
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What a horrible, horrible attack in Australia. Heartbroken to think of those who died and those who have lost loved ones. And of those at Brown University in the USA. Human capacity for horrific cruelty always appals and bewilders me in equal measure.
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#DieHard (Ode To Joy) 1/3
Take your shoes off
Put your vest on
It's that time of year
Again
When bad guys are
Taught a lesson
Courtesy of
John McClane
He'll crawl through your
Ventilation
He'll run over
Broken glass
Shooting perps
Of every nation
In their dirty
Rotten arse.
Take your shoes off
Put your vest on
It's that time of year
Again
When bad guys are
Taught a lesson
Courtesy of
John McClane
He'll crawl through your
Ventilation
He'll run over
Broken glass
Shooting perps
Of every nation
In their dirty
Rotten arse.
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#DieHard (Ode To Joy) 1/3
Take your shoes off
Put your vest on
It's that time of year
Again
When bad guys are
Taught a lesson
Courtesy of
John McClane
He'll crawl through your
Ventilation
He'll run over
Broken glass
Shooting perps
Of every nation
In their dirty
Rotten arse.
Take your shoes off
Put your vest on
It's that time of year
Again
When bad guys are
Taught a lesson
Courtesy of
John McClane
He'll crawl through your
Ventilation
He'll run over
Broken glass
Shooting perps
Of every nation
In their dirty
Rotten arse.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Literally the moral of every single science fiction story featuring some form of Artificial Intelligence, arguably as far back as Frankenstein, is 'make sure it can't stop you switching it off'.
Doomed, I tell you. Doomed.
Doomed, I tell you. Doomed.
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Literally the moral of every single science fiction story featuring some form of Artificial Intelligence, arguably as far back as Frankenstein, is 'make sure it can't stop you switching it off'.
Doomed, I tell you. Doomed.
Doomed, I tell you. Doomed.
It’s International Men’s Day and I celebrate all the wonderful men I am lucky to have in my life - relatives, friends and colleagues. They exemplify the best of what it is to be a man - kind, generous, thoughtful, courageous, vulnerable, honest, loving, nurturing, supportive, smart, funny, open.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It’s International Men’s Day and I celebrate all the wonderful men I am lucky to have in my life - relatives, friends and colleagues. They exemplify the best of what it is to be a man - kind, generous, thoughtful, courageous, vulnerable, honest, loving, nurturing, supportive, smart, funny, open.
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RELEASED TODAY thanks to Penguin Random House and DC Comics our ‘audio movie’ of the graphic novel KINGDOM COME by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. This production gave me the chance to return after three decades to both Metropolis *and* Gotham City. Here's what the author says about our new version: 1/14
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
RELEASED TODAY thanks to Penguin Random House and DC Comics our ‘audio movie’ of the graphic novel KINGDOM COME by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. This production gave me the chance to return after three decades to both Metropolis *and* Gotham City. Here's what the author says about our new version: 1/14
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Released this Tuesday by Penguin Random House / DC Comics.
With Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman & more - even the Joker - after three decades I'm back in Metropolis and Gotham City in November with KINGDOM COME by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, a fully cast, cinematic audio drama from DC and Penguin Random House Audio, with music by my SANDMAN pal James Hannigan.
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Released this Tuesday by Penguin Random House / DC Comics.
On the off chance anyone finds themselves short of an actor last minute for pantos (especially in Glasgow or the Central Belt of Scotland), I am VERY available and very good at learning lines REALLY quickly.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On the off chance anyone finds themselves short of an actor last minute for pantos (especially in Glasgow or the Central Belt of Scotland), I am VERY available and very good at learning lines REALLY quickly.
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One of the biggest reasons to love Douglas’s epic and why I was so thrilled when he asked me to “bring it home to radio”.
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
One of the biggest reasons to love Douglas’s epic and why I was so thrilled when he asked me to “bring it home to radio”.
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Of course, he's only building that ballroom so he can host a special transatlantic mash-up of hit US and UK dance shows starring all his legally embattled pals.
Allegedly Come Noncing With the Stars premieres in the New Year.
Allegedly Come Noncing With the Stars premieres in the New Year.
October 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Of course, he's only building that ballroom so he can host a special transatlantic mash-up of hit US and UK dance shows starring all his legally embattled pals.
Allegedly Come Noncing With the Stars premieres in the New Year.
Allegedly Come Noncing With the Stars premieres in the New Year.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is such a clever idea!!
This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is such a clever idea!!
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Hello. @thisisdouch.bsky.social is crowdfunding for the sequel to his excellently funny kids book. If you like supporting good, funny children's books actually getting made or have mini ones who like brilliant picture books, please give him a hand if you can: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
CHEESE: Lights! Crackers! Action! A Funny Children's Book
The BRIEquel to CHEESE! a funny picture book aimed at kids aged 3-6
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October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hello. @thisisdouch.bsky.social is crowdfunding for the sequel to his excellently funny kids book. If you like supporting good, funny children's books actually getting made or have mini ones who like brilliant picture books, please give him a hand if you can: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
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Oh good grief, not only did Drumpf not win, they gave it to a woman. He’s going to cancel the ceasefire out of spite, isn’t he.
BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Oh good grief, not only did Drumpf not win, they gave it to a woman. He’s going to cancel the ceasefire out of spite, isn’t he.
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Thank you DC.
"DC Comics Will Not Support AI Generated Storytelling Or Artwork" - transcript and video of Jim Lee's speech at New York Comic Con #jimlee #nycc #ai
"DC Comics Will Not Support AI Generated Storytelling Or Artwork" - transcript and video of Jim Lee's speech at New York Comic Con #jimlee #nycc #ai
"DC Comics Will Not Support AI Generated Storytelling Or Artwork" - transcript and video of Jim Lee's speech at New York Comic Con
dlvr.it
October 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thank you DC.
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It seems the old lie has come around again that English is a 'rip-off' degree, and that the study of our language and literature is not worth the time and money.
Which is exactly what someone who uses language to manipulate and deceive you on a daily basis *wants* you to think. 1/3
Which is exactly what someone who uses language to manipulate and deceive you on a daily basis *wants* you to think. 1/3
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It seems the old lie has come around again that English is a 'rip-off' degree, and that the study of our language and literature is not worth the time and money.
Which is exactly what someone who uses language to manipulate and deceive you on a daily basis *wants* you to think. 1/3
Which is exactly what someone who uses language to manipulate and deceive you on a daily basis *wants* you to think. 1/3
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'Making people pay for retail goods would kill the shoplifting industry.'
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
'Making people pay for retail goods would kill the shoplifting industry.'
I’m sorry, f**king what?!?!
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m sorry, f**king what?!?!
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Delighted to have another couple of sketches on this week's Noising Up. Last of the series, and I managed a full house of something on each episode. Well done to all the cast, crew and writers who contributed to s6. Fingers crossed for a s7
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Noising Up - 03/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
An uproarious mix of topical comedy sketches.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Delighted to have another couple of sketches on this week's Noising Up. Last of the series, and I managed a full house of something on each episode. Well done to all the cast, crew and writers who contributed to s6. Fingers crossed for a s7
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...