Dead West Part 7: Paw And Poppet Is Live!

Inspired by our friends @theholmwoodfoundation who posted theirs here as well. Be sure to check out their show! If you do, leave them a rating/review and let them know the team from Dead West sent ya!

So here is our presentation on why YOU should listen and support The Dead West Podcast!

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Podlink (Links to all the apps) Spotify playlist as mentioned above Also, honorable inspiration mentions for Hunt Showdown 1896, Wild Wild West, Rango, Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit, Hayley Stone's Make Me No Grave, the Never Whistle At Night Anthology, Bone Tomahawk, the 1973 WESTWORLD, The Wickerman, Weird West from WolfEye Studios, and Inscription by Daniel Mullins.

I'll be honest guys, life without a few little obsessions just isn't worth it

A very happy audio drama sunday to y'all. I listened to so much good fiction in the last few days, but this week, we really have to give a shoutout to the period pieces.

🧨 I know the creators of @224bbaker have talked about this before, but I absolutely love how, in the form of Fawx, Madge, James, and Archie, they've somehow managed to nail every possible interpretation of the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Watson. And that's not even considering how they're doing Sherlock Holmes and Watson! The ways in which this show explores relationships is masterful, and kind, while all the while the stakes are sky-high even if you ignore the murders. Amazing. Can't wait for this next ep.

🪼 I was so glad to see the return of Mercy: A Queer Eldritch Western, which is also setting up a supremely good character dynamic between Sawyer and Gray. They are both so bad at people skills in their own special way, and it is a riot. Combined with the extremely good worldbuilding and some very scary jellyfish, I cannot recommend this show enough.

👻 Talk about being haunted by the narrative! If you're not listening to @dead-west-podcast, what are you WAITING for? Like imagine you are a guy trying to use his gifts to help people, but your gifts involve having to see your racist, probably abusive dad's ghost all the time. I'm going to be honest, this last episode had me considering a very important question: Is Dead West just Supernatural, but good? What if Supernatural was good? Yeah, go check out Dead West.

👞 What's uuuup Kingmaker Histories! This show is so good at keeping you on your toes. Sometimes it's Fat Tuesday and the gang is having a bad drug trip, and sometimes your friend is forced to explain his actions from decades ago because if he doesn't, he dies. I love the political complexity this story presents to the listener, which meshes so nicely with its fantastical worldbuilding. If Kingmaker is steampunk, it elevates the whole genre. It's beautiful.

That's it for me! See y'all soon!

Please put some eyes on this and spread it as wide as you can.

Our composer for Re: Dracula, Travis Reeves, is currently fighting aggressive brain cancer. If you have some spare funds to send his way for treatment, please do.

From his aunt: "It appears Travis' best option is to explore cutting edge treatments in specialty facilities for which healthcare coverage doesn't apply. We're racing to raise as much funds as possible to ensure all option doors can be opened."

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Donate to Supporting Hope and Treatment Access for Travis, organized by Lisa Vallero Butterfield

Dear kind-hearted loved ones, colleagues + supporters, I’… Lisa Vallero Butterfield needs your support for Supporting Hope and Treatment

Excited to announce that our next Tales from the Dead West episode is going to be written by the amazing @lawofnamesmedia! Be on the look out here and on their pages for casting calls, live dates, and more!

Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

To our wonderful trans friends: we see you, we value you, we appreciate you.

me in the coal mine: oh no i lost my canary because it's so dark in here and i can't hear her singing :( i better light a match so i can find my little songbird!

For anyone interested we have kicked up a Discord Server for folks to talk about the show, show off some gothic artwork, share some music, whatever!

The number of times I do this per episode is frankly amusing and concerning.

[In the middle of audio editing, frustratedly scouring a timeline]

"Why the heck does everything sound panned to the left all of a sudden? What did I screw up!?!?"

(Pushes earbud slightly further into right ear.)

"Oh."