Episodes

  • Radio Insomnia #020 – "The Midnight Blues Parade"

    Radio Insomnia #020 – "The Midnight Blues Parade"
    Jan 18 2025
    On this night of eternal midnight, a mysterious blues parade winds its way through our desert town's streets, moving so slowly you might wonder if it's moving at all. Musicians fade in and out of sight, their notes hanging in the air for hours, and no one can quite tell who's playing and who's watching. Are those familiar faces in the parade, or just tricks of the starlight? Even Mrs. Pearson's meticulous notes can't seem to keep track of this procession that exists somewhere between memory and dream.

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    18 mins
  • Radio Insomnia #019 – "Calls from the Interstate"

    Radio Insomnia #019 – "Calls from the Interstate"
    Jan 14 2025
    In this episode of Radio Insomnia, mysterious phone calls come in from travelers on the eternal interstate - each one caught in their own temporal loop of driving. From a woman trying to reach a love that keeps shifting like a mirage on the horizon, to a trucker who picked up a hitchhiker humming songs that hadn't been written yet, to an engineer following an impossible radio signal. Their stories weave together into a tapestry of endless roads, where distance is measured in memories rather than miles, and every journey leads both everywhere and nowhere at once.

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    24 mins
  • Radio Insomnia #018 – "Night Voices"

    Radio Insomnia #018 – "Night Voices"
    Jan 7 2025
    In a town where time stands still, the sleepless share their solitary stories. Led by Mrs. Pearson, who anxiously documents every change from behind her lace curtains, tonight's callers reveal the gentle mysteries of their eternal vigil. From Maria at the ever-pouring diner to Wyatt with his desert lights, each voice adds another thread to the tapestry of this endless midnight.

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    22 mins
  • Radio Insomnia #017 – "The Blue Note Below"

    Radio Insomnia #017 – "The Blue Note Below"
    Jan 6 2025
    Just off Main Street in our timeless desert town lies an unremarkable door that leads to an eternal jazz club hidden beneath the streets. In The Blue Note Below, a mysterious waitress forever reads her endless book while phantom bands play their last song of the night that never ends. Empty tables hold evidence of patrons who were just here - or perhaps have yet to arrive - while impossible music drifts through the cool underground air.

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    20 mins
  • Radio Insomnia #016 – 'The Return'

    Radio Insomnia #016 – 'The Return'
    Jan 2 2025
    In this special episode, Radio Insomnia reflects on its own nature as an ever-present yet ephemeral broadcast, weaving together themes of persistence, eternal return, and the undying nature of radio waves. From the timeless desert town where the temperature holds steady at 72 degrees, host Alex explores how signals never truly die but simply change frequency, reflecting on the show's own journey through the static. Featuring regular callers Maria, Tom, and Old Jim, who share their experiences of hearing echoes of the show during its absence, and four original songs that capture the ethereal nature of broadcasts that travel forever through space and time.

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    17 mins
  • Radio Insomnia #015 – "The Slow Drift"

    Radio Insomnia #015 – "The Slow Drift"
    Jan 2 2025
    In this episode of Radio Insomnia, Alex explores the gentle art of drifting apart in a town where time stands still. As the endless night stretches on, we discover how relationships don't end but slowly thin out like morning fog in a desert that never sees dawn. From the diner where tables imperceptibly lengthen between couples, to the gas station where synchronized routines gradually fall out of step, to the library where shared stories become separate readings, we explore the poetry of gradual separation in a place where even the buildings seem to be slowly backing away from each other.

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    18 mins
  • Radio Insomnia #014 – The Eternal Christmas

    Radio Insomnia #014 – The Eternal Christmas
    Jan 2 2025
    In a town where time stands still and the temperature never changes, Christmas somehow finds its way into the eternal midnight. Garlands appear on lamp posts that have never known decoration, impossible frost patterns form on the diner windows despite the desert heat, and a mysterious tree in the town square holds ornaments made of starlight. Join host Alex as they explore how the magic of Christmas manifests in a place where every night is Christmas Eve, and every moment holds the possibility of holiday wonder.

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    17 mins
  • Radio Insomnia #013 – The Desert Starlight

    Radio Insomnia #013 – The Desert Starlight
    Jan 2 2025

    In the timeless desert town where Radio Insomnia broadcasts, the Desert Starlight Cinema stands as a monument to eternal anticipation. Its marquee changes nightly though no one sees it happen, advertising premieres that never arrive. Posters shift in their cases when no one's looking, and somewhere inside, a phantom projector spins tales for an audience that never arrives.



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    22 mins