DEPARTMENT OF MIDNIGHT 101: The Cold Spot

An Orbital Operations Extra for 18 August 2024

The first episode of our six-part audio drama podcast, THE DEPARTMENT OF MIDNIGHT, is out now.

Dr. John Carnack is an investigator for the Department Of Experimental Oversight. Responding to a whistleblower call, he arrives at a lab to discover Dr. Sylvie Bestler’s personal experiment: to see what’s on the other side of the universe.

Starring James Callis and Alicia Witt.

You can find it anywhere you get your podcasts by searching the title. Its main feed is:

And I am listening to it on that site right now.

Here’s a few of the other popular options, where it should be available either right now or shortly:

We’re also throwing it up on the official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDepartmentOfMidnight

Hello from out here on the Thames Delta. I apologise for the unscheduled transmission, but the whole team is eager to put our show in your hands. We very much hope you enjoy it.

I’ll see you Sunday as usual, with notes on this episode.

— Warren

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