Creator Chat: Gabriel Urbina x Lauren Shippen

Creator Chat: Gabriel Urbina x Lauren Shippen

From The Harbingers by Audacious Machine Creative

April 23, 2026 · 47 min

About this episode

Gabriel Urbina chats with Lauren Shippen about her new show 2000 and Late and its themes.

We're back with something very exciting- a chat between Harbingers creator Gabriel Urbina and our dear friend Lauren Shippen, creator of the Bright Sessions and more! She's here to talk about her new show 2000 and Late- a fantastic show that you can find wherever you get your podcasts! The show was also sound designed by The Harbingers' Jeffrey Nils Gardner, so you know it sounds good. At the end of the chat, you'll be able to hear the first episode of 2000 and Late. ==== THIS IS HOW TO PROCRASTINATE THE END OF THE WORLD (otherwise known as the nine circles of hell on earth)! What do you do when you're thirty-six years old and you've been possessed by a demon and been fired from your job? You don't let the demon possessing you bring about the apocalypse like it wants to. CONTENT WARNING: This show contains all kinds of bad things: it's set in our modern day, which means it involves discussion of inept government, unfair business practices, labor abuse, small-mindedness, substance abuse, grief and loss, COVID, chronic illness, sexual harassment, and death. There's also quite a bit of swearing, drinking, smoking, violence, arson, and all manner of demonic behavior. This episode in…

People in this episode

Host: Gabriel Urbina

Guest: Lauren Shippen

Topics covered

  • creator chat
  • podcast production
  • demon possession
  • apocalypse
  • sound design
  • interview

Keywords

  • Harbingers
  • Bright Sessions
  • 2000 and Late
  • demon
  • apocalypse
  • podcast
  • sound design
  • interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atypical Artists, Audacious Machine Creative

Books & works: 2000 and Late

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