Introducing - Hearthbound - Stray Lungs Folk Opera

About this episode

This episode features the audio drama 'Hearthbound' from Stray Lungs, a folk musical exploring themes of love and ecological restoration in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Transcript Welcome back to the 11th Hour Audio Podcast. Today's featured production is Hearthbound from Stray Lungs, one of the first productions selected through our open submissions process. Odessa's just trying to get home to her wife, but along the Loneliest Road in America she'll encounter strange hosts, stray souls, and echoes of the past she's running from... or running towards. Hearthbound is a folk musical audio drama set across a post-apocalyptic Great Basin. It's a road trip, a queer love story, and a ballad for ecological restoration. Created by Jo Chiang Directed by Jack Towhey Calk Sound Design and Editing by Levi Sharpe Music Directed by Ginger Dolden Music Production by Pete Lanctot Occasional swearing, brief gun violence, mentions of death, grief, abandonment, violence, and brief misophonia. Please note that later episodes of the series may contain additional mature content, including graphic violence. Website: https://www.straylungs.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/straylungs/ The 11th Hour Audio Podcast is now accepting submissions from audio drama creators. If you have a completed audio drama and the rights to share it, we invite you to submit it for…

People in this episode

Host: 11th Hour Audio

Topics covered

• folk musical
• audio drama
• queer love story
• post-apocalyptic
• ecological restoration

Keywords

• Hearthbound
• Stray Lungs
• audio drama
• folk opera
• queer love story
• post-apocalyptic
• ecological restoration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stray Lungs

Books & works: Hearthbound

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