Why did the chicken cross the road?
This is one of many questions posed in Nightvale Presents’ newest podcast Alice Isn’t Dead.
Alice follows Nicole, a truck driver on a cross-country trip delivering shipments to their locations, while at the same time searching for her wife, Alice, whom she had presumed dead until recently. Nicole—played by Jasika Nicole, known for her roles as Tamika Flynn in Welcome to Nightvale and Astrid on Fringe— records her trips in an audio diary, talking to Alice as if she were riding along on the journey. Sometimes this feels like a one-way conversation, while other times the audio diaries provide an insight into the people Nicole meets on her trips.
These insights and hidden recordings of encounters are important because many people and creatures she meets provide clues to the conspiracy behind Alice death/disappearance, whether Nicole of the audience realize it from the context or not. Being a Nightvale production, Alice had the same creepy feelings as Jeffrey Fink’s Welcome to Nightvale, with monstrous characters, paranormal events, and bizarre ideas inserted into common landscapes Nicole drives through.
The first season of the podcast will run through July 12, and can be found at http://www.nightvalepresents.com/aliceisntdead/, or on any podcast software.
Oh, and why did the chicken cross the road? You’ll just have to listen to find out.
For the next month or more I will be looking at different awesome podcasts I have come across and enjoyed so much that I want to spread the ear entertainment. Some will be funny, others serious, a true story, radio dramas, literary exploration, and maybe some history. With the rise in podcasting over the past few years, there is something for everybody, they just need recommending.
I know what you’re thinking (yes I do know what you’re thinking, and you probably should plug your phone in before you leave): but Bart, what happened to you reviews of bad movies? Well no fear, I’m still doing that. Coming in June, I will have a B-Horror Movie Double Feature. I won’t reveal the film names now, but you will be pleasantly surprised.