Flashback to Dec 25th! The 2016 Audio Advent Calendar Remembered
Release Date: 12/25/2017
Twelve Elves 'til Christmas
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You’ve got big plans. Worked out every detail. Thought of every contingency. Except one. “12 Elves ’til Christmas” is a story about a dream, a machine, and half a team. [Explicit -- One swear word, bleeped.] Presented by Life Lab Notes - field observations from the lab of Life in a storytelling podcast. 12 Elves ’til Christmas features the voice talents of Claire Barnhart, Keith Ferguson, Ernie Gilbert, Robyn Heller, Chris Mathieu, Phil Ward, and Silvie Zamora. Engineering by Phil Ward. Written and directed by Silvie Zamora. You’re always welcome over at LifeLabNotes dot com,...
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The New Kid on the Shelf
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Big news! Life Lab Notes has stumbled upon the remote meeting link and password for the weekly meeting of a certain local chapter of a certain group of elves. Obviously, we cannot divulge our sources. Listen in as Carol tries to control the bunch, especially Dibbles, who's in a mood. Featuring the voice talents of Claire Barnhart, Keith Ferguson, Ernie Gilbert, Judith Goldstein, Kristen Smith, Inger Tudor, Phil Ward, and Silvie Zamora. Written, directed, produced by Silvie Zamora. Please visit for more info about this episode.
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Whistlebottom - a trespasser's tale
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If a radio play and an audio book met at a haunted campfire to share a chilling account of mayhem that takes place in hell and the parking lot of a real estate office, it would sound like this: Whistlebottom - a trespasser's tale. Written and performed by Silvie Zamora. Battle March by Phil Ward. Episode album art by @jamahartart.
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Slow Cooker Chronicles - A Fable in Three Recipes
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Chapter Three: Desimmer (There’s More Than One Way to Make Hot Chocolate) Slowly, Cathy's been opening up to La Señora, but it’s going to take one more episode, one more recipe, to help her open up to herself. This is that episode. This is Chapter Three: Desimmer. Nerea Duhart as Cathy; Graciela Valderrama as La Señora; Phil Ward as the neighbour. By Silvie Zamora and Vanessa Espino, with original music by Phil Ward.
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Slow Cooker Chronicles - A Fable in Three Recipes
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Chapter Two: Slowvember (Giving the Seeds Their Heat) Part two is chock full of flavour and, like any good fable, metaphors. Cathy remembers a little from her last visit with La Señora, but will this month’s Tex-Mex Chile con Carne push her further away from herself?
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Slow Cooker Chronicles - A Fable in Three Recipes
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Chapter One: Crocktober (Or How To Make Chili Without Your Soul)
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How To Feel During the Holidays In the Year-That-Must-Not-Be-Named
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There's a lot of pressure to put out the perfect end-of-year podcast, that is the perfect blend of a thoughtful review of the year, a humourous look at life’s outtakes, and an upbeat toast to the future.
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To Gather, Together
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We’ve already been gathered together for months. It hasn’t been easy turning home into school, office, gym, toilet paper storage facility. We’ve had to bob and weave more than usual to make things work, and this year, the holidays will be more of the same, so we present a fun little audio fiction episode that won't spoil your dinner.
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The Backyard
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Just a few thoughts about how connected we all are, and how hard that is to see sometimes.
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Some When
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"What do you mean by this haunting of me?" Othello IV.i.14
info_outlineIn November of 2016, an intrepid cast, band, and crew entered North Hollywood, California's El Portal Theatre, and set up for the brilliant challenge of recording twenty-five short, holiday-themed stories before a live audience. Like an advent calendar, but with less religious-affiliation and only slightly less chocolate, the 2016 Audio Advent Calendar was born. It was too good to hear just once.
“Peace” Is it possible that it’s easier to achieve than we grown-ups think it is? Today’s episode features the words of children of various ages, in response to questions about peace. Performed by Abel Arias, Brett Bayonne, Keith Ferguson, Jenny Flack, Robyn Roth, Denny Siegel, Kiff VandenHeuvel, and Silvie Zamora. Original music by Gary Grantham (percussion) and Scott Passarella (keyboard).
This series was an honour and a joy to produce. Many thanks to the cast, contributors, the friendly folks at ComedySportz LA (located in El Portal Theatre, where we recorded before a live audience), and to Josh at MxxMasterSound for capturing it all. Big, loud thanks to those who you can't hear on the podcast. Kimia Behpoornia was our Winter Solstice Elf (who delivered each delicious truffle to the audience members who summoned read each date) and El Buen Cacao provided those chocolates.
Please visit LifeLabNotes.com for more about this project and the talented folks involved.