Anooj Gets Away with Counterfeit
Hit Play
This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode, Anooj gets into fruit and fraud. This episode was created by Anooj Bhandari. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Anooj’s dad. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d love to hear from you! @nyneofuturists on , , or . If...
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Lee Conjures a Ghost
Hit Play
This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode, Lee taps in to the history of one of New York's East Village's hidden treasures. This episode was created by Lee LeBreton. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to the New York Historical Society, NYC LGBT Historic Sites project, and the Mob Queens Podcast. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to...
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Bonus: Non-Illusory Audio Art from Oberlin College
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We are coming back for season 4, but first, we want to share with you the work made by the students in Joey Rizzolo's course “Podcasting Non-Illusory Audio Art” at Oberlin College. These students studied Neo-Futurist forms of storytelling and told their own stories using a wide array of sound modes. If you want to learn more about how we make our work, visit to see when we are teaching our next workshop. Hit Play Season 4: Impossible Task premieres on August 23rd, so stay tuned right here and tell your friends!
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89 Here, There, and Everywhere
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Thanks for hitting play and listening to Hit Play all season! We wrapped season 3 of the show with a live episode recorded at Caveat in New York City's Lower East Side on February 13th, 2023. In the future from that moment, we listen back to the time spent there, then, now. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d love to hear from you! @nyneofuturists on , , or . If you want to support in other ways, consider making a donation at , or joining our . 3:12...
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Best Of Season 3
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Thanks for Hitting Play all season and listening to Hit Play. This episode: some Neo-Futurists chose their favorite Hit Play pieces from the season to highlight. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below. We will be wrapping the season with a live podcast recording on February 13th at on the Lower East Side of New York. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d love to...
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88 chaos. chaos? CHAOS!
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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode, we confront the big stuff: order, the beyond, and holiday travel. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d love to hear from you! @nyneofuturists on , , or . If you want to support in other ways, consider making a donation at , or joining our . 0:00 - Under Order Is Chaos. Under Chaos Is Order: A Hit Play Wrench by Mike Manship 3:05 - Clairvoyant Kitty WiIl See You Now by Rudy...
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87 Agents of The Infinite
Hit Play
Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we start super, we accept the mission, and we do this show. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d love to hear from you! @nyneofuturists on , , or . If you want to support in other ways, consider making a donation at , or joining our . 0:00 - Play This Audio...
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86 Hometown Ballads
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This episode: odes, pep talks, and simulations. Our on-going and ever-changing attempt to create audio experiments for you continues. Content warnings in the full show notes. Show Notes: Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: odes, pep talks, and simulations. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d...
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85 Short & Sweet
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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Top Gun. Communication without tone. And, Hilary listens to herself, for once. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, ! You can also subscribe to the show, tell a friend, leave a review on your listening app of choice, or join our . We’d love to hear from you! @nyneofuturists on , , or . 1:47 - Six short messages, full of subtext, written about an abbreviated weekend full of long drives, with an extra hour spent mainly at fast-charging stations by Mike Manship,...
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84 Skeletons Inside Closets
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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. bones, hauntings, and s-s-s-songs! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below. If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d love to hear from you! @nyneofuturists on , , or . If you want to support in other ways, consider making a donation at , or joining our . 3:28 - Spooky Scary Skeletons by Jackson Bird [CW:...
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Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.
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2:20 [CW: references to anti-Semitism] - If You're Hearing This, I'm Doing Fine by Lee LeBreton
5:17 - CollectiveFutureDream by Katie Kay Chelena featuring Rob Neill, Anooj Bhandari, Annie Levin, Shelton Lindsay, Yael Haskal, Michael John Improta, and Michaela Farrell
8:20 - Queer Fantasia (or a bunch of texts sent that we are now reading here) by Anooj Bhandari featuring Lee LeBreton
13:36 - Hello, my name is… by Sergio Maggiolo
Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay
Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean
Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller
Take Care!