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The Penumbra Podcast
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Bending gender and genre for as long as they'll let us get away with it. Going strong since March 2016. 12 million downloads and counting. Currently releasing our Juno Steel novel "If Memory Serves" on Supercast and producing "Thirst" for summer 2025.
Despite great personal... ahem... sacrifice, Jedediah Jordan is not pleased with how episode 2 of Can't Tear My Eyes From You went. What's he going to take next to keep the ratings high?

You can find out right now, because episode 9 of THIRST is available on all podcast platforms!
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Didja miss us? We're back with more reality TV nightmares in ep. 9 of THIRST! How will our survivors move on after our second elimination? What bloody tests of love are in store next? Early access supporters, listen now!

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November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's elimination day on Can't Tear My Eyes From You! Can our two new contestants figure out what they're getting themselves into before it's too late? Also: KISS ALREADY, GOD

You can download episode 8 of THIRST, "Stained," right now wherever you get your podcasts!
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Episode 8 of THIRST, "Stained," is out now for Early Access backers! It's elimination day, and that means someone's getting the axe... but at least we've got girl dates?

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October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
And don't forget, THIRSTday means bonus content for Backstage Pass! On WHAD, Melody Perera (Anouk) shared her experience with us, and in the production script post Kevin walks through writing maybe the most disturbing scene he's ever written very, very carefully.

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October 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Dive into your dresses and buckle your boutonnieres, folks, because the bloody conclusion to Spin the Bottle is upon us!

(... or is it?)

Chapter 7 of THIRST, "Homosexual Romantic Tradition," is out now wherever pods are cast. Happy THIRSTday!
October 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Interested in girl talk? Y'know, when girls talk to girls? We've got plenty of that, along with psychotic game show hosts and harrowing domestic conflict, on this week's early release episode of THIRST, "Homosexual Romantic Tradition!"

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September 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Thirstday means bonus content for our Backstage Pass supporters, too -- like Wet Hot American Doomsday!

This week we're talking to series veterans Marge and Stefano about toxic relationships. They're delightful, but they play nightmare people! Actors, man. Wild.

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September 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Episode 6 of THIRST, "Sexy Singles In Your Area," is now available wherever pods are cast.

We have three returning Penumbra veterans featured in this episode! See if you can spot 'em and guess who they are in the comments before you get to the end credits!
September 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Don't delay; act NOW

These sexy singles are HOT to TROT and THIRSTY for one hundred million dollars and a plot of landlocked real estate!

Episode 6 of THIRST, "Sexy Singles In Your Area," is out now for Early Release supporters!

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September 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thirstday also means episode 5 of our companion podcast Wet Hot American Doomsday!

This week we're talking American religion &nationalism with Marc Pierre (Sgt. Murdock) and Eleanore Cho Fellerhoff (Holliday Murdock). They are absolute delights, so check it out at thepenumbrapodcast.supercast.com!
September 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Disaster has struck... but the game continues.

THIRST episode 5, "Out There in the Hills," is now available wherever you get your podcasts.
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM