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The Mechadova Engine
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A steampunk-adjacent audio drama coming eventually...
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The Mechadova Engine @mechadovapod.bsky.social · Jan 11
Website for the podcast!
mechadovapod.com
The Mechadova Engine
An upcoming fiction podcast
mechadovapod.com
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unleashnightpod.bsky.social
Just updated the NU website! We added links to all the socials! And nothing else! nO̸͑̈́̂͝thing at all!
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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starplanes.bsky.social
Considering crowdfunding your podcast? Not sure where to start or what to do? I got you!

I'm running an online workshop all about crowdfunding podcasts - from chat casts to ttrpgs to scripted fiction.

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Crowdfunding Crash Course - everything you need to get started crowdfunding your podcast. 3 hours, $40 (half of proceeds to Daisy's Legal Fund), Saturday Nov 15 10am-1pm PST. You will get access to the recording after. By Tal Minear who has done about 8 audio drama crowdfunds.
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Mechadova Character Playlist - Log

Welcome to the first Mechadova playlist!
Figured it'd be appropriate to start with our very own Log, who you've already met.
Feel free to recreate it wherever you listen to music.🚂

youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A graphic with a light orange background that reads "MECHADOVA PLAYLISTS" at the top and "LOG" in the middle, all in a typewriter font. To the left there is an illustration of a steam train and to the right there is an illustration of books. The graphic is surrounded by curved stylized rails.
October 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Considering putting together some secret character playlists and only gradually revealing which character each playlist is about as the character shows up in the show. Would that be fun. Would you all have fun.
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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September 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Why YOU should follow The Mechadova Engine!

This slideshow was put together by the wonderful Niamh @anoniamhmous. All the delightful pictures, visual jokes, and additional captions were done by Niamh, while the written bulletpoints and titles were done by @lumoakes.bsky.social.
A slideshow. The first slide has a light orange background with the "The Mechadova Engine" cover in the middle. At the top it reads "Why you should Follow and Listen to The Mechadova Engine!". In the top corners there are little graphics of trains, and in the bottom corner there are graphics of railway tracks. The second slide has a darker orange background and the title "Sounds cool, What is it?". It has the same art in the corners as the previous, and all other slides. It reads, in bulletpoints: "The Mechadova Engine is an upcoming 15-episode queer steampunk mystery audio drama". "It takes place on a strange steam locomotive system on railways in the sky." To the left, there are pictures of a sky, a steampunk hat, a pride flag, and a railway track. The next part reads: "It centers around the character og, the sole inhabitant of a lonely library railcar, whose life turns upside down as they get involved with a resistance group of outcasts." Above this text, there is a picture of a nametag that says "Hello I'm Log" and an illustration of a tree log. The next part reads: "Technically alternate history in an abstract sort of way." with an arrow pointing to it that says "The best type of alternate history!". The third slight has a light orange background and the title "Okay, but like, What's it about?". It reads, in bulletpoints: "At its core, the show is about the meaningless structures of a capitalist system, how knowledge is preserved and retold, and the power of community." "It's also about neurodivergency, queerness, and the systems that isolate us." "There are probably themes of lovelessness n there too as a treat." "And a QPR (Queer Platonic Relationship)". This bulletpoint is accompanied by a "Queens Park Rangers" flag crossed out with the text "Not this one", and the queerplatonic flag with the text "This one!". The final bulletpoint reads "And the creator's poorly concealed aromanticism" on top of an aromantic flag.
September 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Say hello to Log (they/them)!
The curious sole inhabitant of a mysterious library railcar and the protagonist of The Mechadova Engine.

They will be voiced by @timothy-rafael.bsky.social

This is official character art done by @doodlespaulas.bsky.social!
An illustration of a person against a light orange background. They have light skin, brown eyes, and a few acne scars and moles on their face. They have messy long and curly brown hair braided sing green bands. They are wearing a long patched up open brown coat on top of a white shirt with red embroidery at the top. Their pants are long and dark green, held up by a brown belt, and they are wearing brown shoes. They have an excited expression on their face with a dimpled smile, and is eagerly focused on an open book entitled "THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES BY A. CONAN DOYLE" which they are holding in their right hand. Next to them, the name "LOG" is written in white letters.
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I wound up writing an entire edition of Podcast Marketing Magic on WHY so much great podcast art works -- if you gained something from this thread, this is a deeper dive with case studies. It's one of my favorite things I've written recently! open.substack.com/pub/podcastm...
August 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Have you ever wanted a show about an autistic agender mexican person with a special interest in Sherlock Holmes, unraveling a century-old opressive capitalist system with their community of fellow outcasts?

Then you should follow this account.
August 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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mechadovapod.bsky.social
If I enjoyed graphic design and knew how to do it we'd have hundreds of followers
A graphic made in MS paint. It has a white background with red, brown, and purple text. The red text pieces read "Follow Mechadovapod!!", "It's an audio drama about trains in the sky" "And lots of books and the power of friendship", "and also sherlock holmes?? if you think about it". On one side, there is reddish brown text reading "train example:" with the mechadova engine cover poorly edited in next to it. In purple text all around, the text pieces read "also a canon QPR", "and lots of genders". "Remember your ticket! (this is a metaphor I think)".
April 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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There are no secrets on this website
June 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I wish I had a magazine so I could publish this as an ad
April 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
If I enjoyed graphic design and knew how to do it we'd have hundreds of followers
A graphic made in MS paint. It has a white background with red, brown, and purple text. The red text pieces read "Follow Mechadovapod!!", "It's an audio drama about trains in the sky" "And lots of books and the power of friendship", "and also sherlock holmes?? if you think about it". On one side, there is reddish brown text reading "train example:" with the mechadova engine cover poorly edited in next to it. In purple text all around, the text pieces read "also a canon QPR", "and lots of genders". "Remember your ticket! (this is a metaphor I think)".
April 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Can't wait for you to hear Raf's amazing performance :]
timothy-rafael.bsky.social Timothy Rafael @timothy-rafael.bsky.social · Feb 21
Recording for @mechadovapod.bsky.social with @lumoakes.bsky.social from the depths of closetland
Timothy Rafael, a person wearing round golden glasses and a yellow shirt, smiling into the camera as they hold up a peace sign. They have pink, curly hair, and have one earbud in. A microphone is at the left hand corner of the image.
February 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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This is who Hampton is being mean to, by the way
February 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Just a few days left!
January 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Website for the podcast!
mechadovapod.com
The Mechadova Engine
An upcoming fiction podcast
mechadovapod.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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List of active GoFundMe’s for Black families displaced by the wild fire
medicatedmamita.bsky.social Medicated Mamita @medicatedmamita.bsky.social · Jan 11
Someone collected a Google sheet of GFMs specifically for displaced Black families and has even color coded the ones that need more donations!! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
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January 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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starplanes.bsky.social
If your podcast has genAI cover art I simply will never listen to it.
January 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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mechadovapod.bsky.social
Looking for Black Nonbinary/Genderqueer VA!

The Mechadova Engine, an upcoming steampunk sci-fi audio drama, is currently casting a main character.

Details in the document below:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Mechadova Engine - Tinker Casting Call
The Mechadova Engine - Tinker Casting Call DEADLINE: January 20th 2025 About the project Log has spent their entire life, as far as they can remember, alone inside a single library train cart in t...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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gabrielurbina.com
There's less than 10 seats left for the masterclass I'm teaching in February!

I'm writing a brand new audio fiction script in 6 weeks, and showing folks how to do the same! So if you've ever wanted a writing bootcamp AND a chance to see a new Urbina script come together, now's your chance!
gabrielurbina.com Gabriel Urbina @gabrielurbina.com · Dec 21
This February I'm teaching my first ever audio fiction writing masterclass!

I'm writing the script for a new show's pilot in just six weeks, and I want you to come with me and write a script of your own!

I'll walk you through everything I do, and help you get your script locked and loaded!
A poster for Writing Stories for Sound MASTERCLASS EDITION
December 22, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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maymortem69.bsky.social
#castingcall for Arcane Nato has been updated with 4 new roles, with a couple more on the way!

They are as followed:
-Owl
-Shady Merchant
-Spanish Duelist
-Gorgon Pop-idol

If interested, check the link below!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#casting #audiodrama #voiceacting #voiceactors #VA
Arcane Nato Casting Call
Arcane Nato Casting Call: (Document subject to updates) DEADLINE: Varies for each role About Arcane Nato is a modern fantasy audio drama series taking place in the early 2000s. It follows the stor...
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December 22, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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englewoodafterdark.com
This #AudioDramaSunday is the perfect time to binge-listen to the entirety of Englewood After Dark Act 1! We've got eleven episodes to keep you company, come and join the intrepid mystery lovers!
Englewood After Dark
Podcast · ersatzmediagroup · College students Finn Nightingale and Eve Pemberly are on a mission to dig up the truth behind the murders on their campus, but the foundations of Englewood University…
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December 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
mechadovapod.bsky.social
Looking for Black Nonbinary/Genderqueer VA!

The Mechadova Engine, an upcoming steampunk sci-fi audio drama, is currently casting a main character.

Details in the document below:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Mechadova Engine - Tinker Casting Call
The Mechadova Engine - Tinker Casting Call DEADLINE: January 20th 2025 About the project Log has spent their entire life, as far as they can remember, alone inside a single library train cart in t...
docs.google.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:33 PM