Bellwether

True stories about collisions with technology, told within the frame of a sci-fi radio serial. Created by Sam Greenspan and starring Carmen Berkeley.

04_KEEP IT 200 10/11/2021

04_KEEP IT 200 An autopsy on a dead link, and the anthropology of trying to find transgender health care at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. Elsewhere: Icarus and Cass receive a call to adventure. /episode/index/show/thisisbellwether/id/20774423

03_SERVICE PROVIDER 10/04/2021

03_SERVICE PROVIDER A law that was supposed to stop sex trafficking is making life more dangerous for the people it’s supposed to protect. It’s also collapsing the entire internet. Elsewhere: Icarus and Cass call on a spurned lover, who reveals that there's more to Bellwether than meets the ear. /episode/index/show/thisisbellwether/id/20694431

02_SAFE SPACE 09/28/2021

02_SAFE SPACE After the deadly Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, cities across America responded by cracking down on unofficial live-work spaces. Alt-right internet trolls took notice, and began pitting local governments about the people they are tasked with keeping safe. /episode/index/show/thisisbellwether/id/20623550

01_AUTOPILOT OFF REDUX 09/28/2021

01_AUTOPILOT OFF REDUX In 2018, Elaine Herzberg became the first pedestrian to be killed by a self-driving car. But who is to blame? We prosecute the person who was behind the wheel at our own peril. Elsewhere: short-term cryo has put Cass and Icarus in a relationship crisis. /episode/index/show/thisisbellwether/id/20623280

00_README (start here) 09/20/2021

00_README (start here) BELLWETHER is a podcast of speculative journalism: true stories of the world as it is through the lens of what it might become. /episode/index/show/thisisbellwether/id/20539916

BELLWETHER Visual Trailer :: Coming 9.27.21 09/09/2021

BELLWETHER Visual Trailer :: Coming 9.27.21 Coming September 27, 2021: /episode/index/show/thisisbellwether/id/20426021

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