#the grotto podcast

[ossified-hypothesis]

Well if pathetic guys with scars are your thing, you should consider listening to WOE.BEGONE! Featuring our unfortunate protagonist Mike Walters who starts off investigating a mysterious and violent ARG and ends up embroiled in mysterious and violent time travel shenanigans. Parts of it are kinda horrifying, parts of it are kinda ridiculous, parts of it are about exploring personhood and the nature of power, parts of it are about cowboys. Idk how to explain that last one but if you listen to enough episodes you’ll get what I mean. Anyway Mike Walters gets hurt a lot and is kind of the Worst and I love him and you should listen to the show. Also the soundtrack is very good

Other podcasts with varying degrees of pathetic guys and/or scarred individuals:

Last Dance - I can’t actually remember if Jericho Raeke is canonically described as having scars but he absolutely does in my heart. Last Dance is a dark fantasy horror about and indentured battlefield scavenger called Jericho who stumbles his way into a mysterious power and a bunch of secrets in the midst of an apocalyptic war.

Spire - this is one of my all time favourite podcasts and I love it a normal amount. I also don’t even know how to begin explaining it without spoilers (the twists in the plot are so good but unfortunately they make it hard to describe lol). Uhhh basically there’s this weird tower city with different levels and weird rules people need to follow to “maintain the timeline” and one day Malachi (worlds most pathetic wet cat guy) and Cosima (disaster bisexual) end up swapping bodies and have to work together to uncover the mysterious stuff going on

The Silt Verses - I never know how to adequately describe this podcast except that it is extremely very very good and has the Characters of All Time™️. Carpenter tsv permanently lives in my brain rent free I love her a normal amount. Just to warn you the show is a dark fantasy horror and has a bunch of body horror and religious horror and the horrors of capitalism and there are some truly toe curling noises. It is mostly delivered to you in these hauntingly beautiful monologues though so

The Grotto - the grotto is a horror podcast about caving and grief and disaster bisexuals and weird cave necromancy. Matt is a mess and kind of the Worst but I still love him (even after what he did to my boy David 😠)

Jar of rebuke - this is a podcast following the recordings of Dr Jared Hel, a crytozoologist with no memory of his past beyond 2 years ago and a mysterious ability to come back from the dead (albeit with a few extra scars), as he works for a shady government organisation. It explores identity, neurodivergence, and making community. Also I just really want to give Jared a hug :(

Other podcasts that I love that I hope you might like but that I don’t have the energy to describe rn:

Hi Nay

Camlann

Eeler’s Choice

Hymns for the Road

Mabel

Partial Veil

Woodbine

ars Paradoxica

Wolf 359

Soul Operator

The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio

Camp Here & There

Story podcast recommendations?? Podcast recommendations for me??? Please

[7cfc00]

Matt and David The Grotto animatic HERE!!!! It's finally done!!

[eelerschoice]

Vote for us (and our friends) in the Audioverse Awards!

Good day to you eel enthusiasts, it's December, you know what that means - tis the season…for the Audioverse Awards!

If you enjoyed Eeler's Choice we would love for you to vote for our little Eel show in the New Productions category. We would also love for you to vote for some of the other productions our lovely eel cast are in, because we know that like the spotted garden eel we thrive best in a teeming ecosystem full of our eel buddies.

In the new show category we would love you to listen and support:

Camlann the postapocalyptic Arthurian fantasy which has among an amazing cast, Fay Roberts our dastardly Principal Adept, being Welsh but in an entirely different way. They are crowdfunding for Season 2 right now!

The Grotto, a show about trauma caves full of banging tunes, which features David Ault, (who plays grouchy old Blethin Stormsinger)

... and Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals, in which Daisy waterboards someone, Lou is drowned, repeatedly, and David is resurrected, possibly by bees, and honestly that's not the weirdest stuff that happens in that show.

And of course, last but by no means least, the Silt Verses our beloved, our inspiration, our precious crab friend, whom we love very much, and with whom we share B, Rissa, Rhys, Kale, David, Tanja, Rae, both of us, like…half the cast, please vote for them in the Existing Productions category!

Head to https://audioverseawards.net/vote/ before the 21st of December to check out all the many wonderful shows nominated this year.

Finally, regarding Season 2 of Eeler's Choice - we will return to Eskmouth with Season 2 …. when it's good and ready - but - it is at least written! All being well, watch this space in the new year for news about crowdfunding and other eel related things. Have an eely good Christmas, Yule, Candletide, or whatever you celebrate this winter, or summer if you're in the Southern Hemisphere. Byeeee!

[moookar]

[mmmelahii]

Mel audiodrama rec list!

I'm gay sad and picky, read into that how you may - in no real order - heed each show's TWs

RED VALLEY!! LOVE THIS SHOW TO DEATH. Great beginner audiodrama, such excellent audio and writing and chemistry and woayfhhtm. Cried a lot. A good amount of existential dread. Ough

Woe.begone: lots of wbg brainrot as of late. Genuinely the most scary podcast ever to me - but only if you think about it. Don't get too attached to the ARG format of the first season. Its long, a mind fuck, and not for everyone. It took me 2 tries over a year and a half to lock in properly. Best consumed in a binge as to keep the plot threads fresh in mind. Great discord server <3 cried a lot too

The Grotto: Wbg has great music but Grottos hits different. It makes me want to teeth. I adore the writing personally, but be OK with your pov character sort of being a toxic person. He's trying he really is. This show portrays nuances of grief and mental health issues so well imo. Also great discord server <3

The Kingmaker Histories: Very very charming writing and world building. The world building is alternate history in a way that the fantastical elements occur to you naturalistically as you listen. Lovely lovely cast. Self aware about its tropes and excellently uses em to their advantage. Acknowledges a lot of the darker facets of history in an almost satirical manner to its absolute benefit

The Bright Sessions: Was actually my first full audiodrama! Was obsessed with it for a while. A good comfort listen imo, it's character chemistry is definitely a strong suit; a very human look at fantastical people

Fawx & Stallion: Narm-y but so genuinely charming. I absolutely love the casting choices, I think they're all so perfect for the characters. I'd almost call it a satire played straight, where the main characters behave in nearly caricature levels of eccentricity, but their consequences are shockingly grounded. It's pleasant! Can't wait for the next season

Ethics Town: I'm a philosophy sociology student, legally cannot not recommend. It subverted my expectations for what the format of the story would be tbh! In a neutral way, it just took me by surprise the first time. The world building is very fun and relatively unique, it gets you attached in a way that can really make your stomach drop

The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality: SO GOOD AND SO SLEPT ON!! I loved this show so much, its one of those that leave you craving for something to hit you the same way it did. One of my favourite anthology shows, mainly because of how interlinked the over all plot is to all of it, all while keeping the stories so fresh and invigorating. Listen to it!!!

SCP: Find Us Alive: The characters and cast are excellent; and I like how strained and tense the relationships between them get! It's not necessarily comfortable to listen to, but it's investing and leaves you on edge just like the characters would be. I like their personal lives breaching the strict professionalism of their work gradually. No prior knowledge of SCP really necessary

Jar of Rebuke: Really poignant in the alienation it portrays. I love the way Jared experiences the world and himself; his understanding of his own gender, the way that his innate abilities don't correlate to those of others, the way that he never feels quite like he's saying the right thing, it's all such mfmfjdndmdm good show. Unfortunately audio does sometimes tick off my sensory issues

Neighborly: I LOVE GOTHIC HORROR SO MUCH OH MY GOD. I love the narrative structure and the domestic horror of this show. The ambiance and the dreamy story telling all excellent. The one issue I have is that listening to it with headphones REALLY fuck with my sensory issues :((

Blake Skye Private Eye: Really slept on imo! The exaggerated noir setting and pacing are great, unfortunately the audio leveling does mess with my sensory issues :( is someone willing to lend me a better auditory system

Shelterwood: As aforementioned I LOVE GOTHIC HORROR SO MUCH. THE SUBLIME. THE DOMESTIC SUSPENCE. LOVE THAT SHIT. I really love the sound design here. Characters are so so real. Love them. Can't wait for more

Keep it Steady: Fuck fuck fuck man. I cried most of the way through heart brockoken this is so good I love it cant wait for more.

Speed round for podcasts I like to throw on for light hearted (to me) quick, queer fluff

- Love and Luck

- Kaleidotrope

- The Two Princes

- The Lavender Tavern

- Tales from the Low City

- Monstrous Agonies

[glendover]

like pls let me marry your voice

[grottopod]

"New Years resolution: stop being a lil bitch" -Matt

[itsallaboutthebirds86]

May or may not have binged all of The Grotto in 3 days and now I’m suing for emotional damages

[stupidsexygrizzop]

me 10 seconds after being emotionally devastated by the grotto podcast

[pamela-lntt]

Emily?

Already listened to the new episode twice it's so good i'm so excited for what's to come !!

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[felixcosm]

Hi Athan, I see you liking all of our Grotto posts.

[honeyspotpie]

My quick little attempt at drawing Emily and Lillian from The Grotto... The sisters ever (I'm so normal about them)

[7cfc00]

i stumbled into hell

found myself and crawled back

and now i don't know what is left

[The Grotto Episode 12: Shattered]

[motziedapul]

✨⚠️👁️HI NAY LIVESTREAM 👁️⚠️✨

On December 8, Sunday, 6-9PM EST, we'll have a DRAW & CHAT on MAGMA to fundraise Hi Nay act 3!

Guests include Athan @grottopod, who's playing Tim Murphy in the Murphy/Ashvin Christmas episode, and Jamie @thecellarletters, our fellow Rusty Quill horror creators!

Come join us on either our Twitch or Youtube @ hinaypod! Perhaps you might even be able to… draw with me 👁️

I'll be taking requests from people who can provide proof of donation to our Act 3 fundraiser!

[moookar]

[mmmelahii]