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How to Make a Narrative Podcast - Or... how we do it, at least.

Happy end of September, everyone~! This month join Anna, Tabi, and Tasch in a big long discussion about the nitty gritty of how we make our show, formatted to pass our knowledge down to you. 

... After they talk about totally unrelated things for about five minutes-- THEN they get into it. 

We hope the fall season is treating you well! Snuggle up with a hot cocoa and a warm sweater while you listen for us, even if it's not cold where you are. Do it anyways. At once. :) A...

Some Brief Housekeeping

Hey yall! Two things:

1. I have (hopefully) fixed the problem with the signup form for the newsletter. I tested it out with one of my other emails and it appeared to work fine, let us know if you have any other issues! (And thank you for bringing it to our attention)

2. The RSS feed issue affecting episodes 42 and earlier is still being worked on. It's a problem with Spotify after they bought our hosting platform, and I have been fighting with their customer service circuit for we...

Happy Birthday, Find Us Alive. 🎉💜

That's it. That's the post. 

... Just kidding, I'm too much of a sap to leave it at that. Thank you everyone. Making art means the world to us, and we're so lucky to have a community that is so lovely, supportive, and involved. You're all amazing. Have a bite of cake for us today. ^-^

-Tabi B

Making Video Essays - feat. Vi from CWP!

Happy end of August, FUA patrons~!

Today we are joined by a very special guest, Vi (they/them) from Collabs Without Permission. Vi's youtube channel is focused on tabletop roleplaying news, discussion, and discovery, and has just released a three hour video essay tackling the connections between Root: The RPG, the Apple TV show Severance, and behavior therapy (which you can watch NOW!). They have graciously given us a chunk of their time to talk with us about their creation process, a...

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This post also acts as July's patroncast!~

Thank you for your patience with us getting the stream up and running! Enjoy!! 

-Tabi B

TECHNICAL DIFFIGULTY

PLZ HOLD

Patreon Game Stream! Again! TONIGHT!

Hi everyone!!

Am I communicating my frantic energy well enough?! GOOD!! It has been a frantic month!!!

Yes we are streaming again for the patroncast this month, and I have acquired an additional friend to join us this evening! Tonight we will be joined by Anna, Tasch, and JACKSON at 6 PM MST for games. What games? Excellent question. 

Tonight we will be playing SCP: Containment Breach (Remastered) from Steam. And we are probably going to be really bad at it....

The Scream Cut

Hey guys it's Anna this one contains spoilers for Episode 40 in case you're not caught up-

I heard you guys wanted a cut of Ep40 where you can hear Lancaster scream as he's getting tortured and as always I am happy to oblige. Please give Jackson some credit as he really put his blood sweat and tears into this one. Enjoy! 

Ghost Time!

This post also function's as May's Patroncast!

Thanks to whoever shows up, and thank you to whoever watches the VOD~! MWAH!

-Tabi B

May's Patroncast is going to be another Stream!

Hello everyone!!!

Allow me to announce the shenanigans we have planned for you this month: Ghosts. Looking for them. At them. Getting scared by them. Running away from them screaming. You know, ghost stuff.


Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 23rd) we will be starting our game stream at 6 PM MST. Me, Taschia, and Anna will be playing Phasmophobia.

If you can't make it, DON'T WORRY! The link will remain on our Patreon and you will have access to the VOD. If you can make it, we'r...

Another very serious and important poll.

Who brought Olek up first?

A very serious and important poll.

Does Taschia just die or does she become Tabi's full-time maid servant?

Bloopers Round 3!

Voila~! I know this brand of Patroncast is everyone's favorite (ours included), so without further ado, round 3! It took us a hot minute to collect enough for a decent sized blooper reel since someone has been in a coma and we started all recording separately (not to mention the narrative eps!), but I think the wait was well worth it. We got some gems in this one. :) 

As always, thank you all so much for everything! We reached a huge milestone for our Patreon this month, d...

Ad-Free Episodes!

Welcome to our Patreon! Attached are all the episodes of the show completely ad-free, just for you! Enjoy and thank you for your support!

Ad update!

Hey all! It's Anna.

As you might have heard in our latest Patroncast, as the show gets larger and more opportunities for advertising come up, I've planned on uploading ad-free copies of the episodes for our patrons. In the future, we might be adding more ad segments to the beginnings of episodes if we get multiple sponsors. I personally am not a fan of advertising in the slightest, and if I had my way I would be able to get by without doing them at all, but that is unfortunately not the...

What it's like Casting A Show

Hello again cutie. Yeah you. <3

Like the title suggests, this month Anna and Tabi are talking about the process of casting a show! We've done it twice now (for FUA and our upcoming show Hymns for the Road), and hopefully we have some helpful insight into the nitty gritty of it-- whether you're managing a project and want to cast a show yourself OR you're an aspiring voice actor and want to audition for one! 

And of course, goofs and giggles are to be had along the way. A...

GAME TIME

This isn't a repost! Shoosh!

This link should also take you to the VOD if I'm not mistaken! I'm horribly new to this stream stuff! :D This post will be acting as February's Patroncast! If you can join I'm excited to see you, but if not please enjoy the juicy content~!

-Tabi B

THE FEBRUARY PATRONCAST IS A STREAM!!!

A stream that is happening at 6PM MST today (February 27th) on Youtube! Where Tabi is playing a video game! *points* For YOU!

It's a game... about a man named Stanley.

We have experienced multiple roadblocks for recording a proper patroncast the last few weeks, and in an effort to put something out on time this is what we're doing! A link to the VOD will be posted here on Patreon tomorrow, so no worries if you cannot attend! I'm fully aware this is a last minute surprise. <3 2023-02-27 18:44:43 +0000 UTC View Post

PROS EPISODES CHAT - With Anna and Tasch!

I feel like since it's January I HAVE to say happy new year, even though its the 28th, so.... 

HAPPY NEW YEAR~! <3

As you can probably discern from the title, we're talking about the pros episodes this month! Aside from what is said in the patroncast itself, we really just wanted to say thank you for sticking around through our artsy shenanigans while we play with the format of our show. ^-^ It was a really fun experience for us as artists, and even if it might not be ever...

Happy Holidays, FUA Patrons!

Oh, what's this in your mailbox? A suspicious looking holiday postcard?? Better open it up and see what's in there! 

In all seriousness, this month's patroncast marks one full year of me (Tabi) doing these darned things, and it's been an absolute blast. Every day we think about how lucky we are to have such amazing support, and we hope that these lil nuggets of content communicate just how much we appreciate you all. As always, thank you so so so much. <3

That being said...

Okay no more videos after this month. I can't keep doing this to myself.

(tabi said, foolishly)

This month's patroncast HAS A SNAKE IN IT!

Howdy everybody! Happy last day of November~! <3

As you can see, this month we are joined by a little friend. :) Nym is our roommate's pet snake. She is SO chill and lovely, and did so well putting up with my camera in her face while we shot this, lol. She's a natural superstar~

More details about Nym are in the video's description if you're curious!

As always, we hope you're well and that if it's snowing where you are that you're bundled up warm!

-Tabi B 2022-12-01 00:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post

ooOOOooOOooo~! Happy Halloween~!

AY IT'S MY FAVORITE MONTH OF THE YEAR! SO OF COURSE I WENT ALL OUT WITH A SILLY VIDEO!!!

As the title of the video suggests, here we may observe the curse of our very own Mini Radd, a doll handmade and mailed to us by our SCP friend Desk (@DeskofAltoClef on Twitter)! And in case you're wondering, yes this sort of thing is a daily occurrence with her. She is anomalous for sure. 

Also deep lore: the reason the red light turns on downstairs is because that's h...

A Montage of All the Crazy Stuff That Happened This Month Oh My Golly it Was A Lot

Finally!!! Now ya'll know why I waited 'till the last minute to upload this (the answer is it actually just took me an eternity to collect all of those screenshots, but that's beside the point). 

We must sound like a broken record at this point, but we really can't thank everyone enough for everything this month. We quite literally couldn't have funded our new project without the beautiful community we've found ourselves in, the generosity of which really blew us away. 

...

AAUGH

PATRONCAST ALMOST DONE.

YOU'LL SEE WHY IT TOOK ME SO LONG WHEN IT'S DONE-- YOU'LL ALL SEE 

We're Making A New Thing.

ATTENTION FIND US ALIVE PATRONS! 

You may remember Anna and I talking at length about a new upcoming project a couple months back... Well now it's here. *dramatic musical sting*

Hymns For The Road will be an audio fiction podcast (much like the one you know and love) that follows a road trip through an apocalyptic fantasy America, with threats from higher powers around every corner. The Kickstarter for this project is NOW LIVE and you can help us make this story happen! ...

Harley in his VA's clothes - A Timelapse Drawing

And here it is, folks. The final installation of this fun little video series~! This was very fun for me to do, and I feel very lucky that ya'll stuck around and entertained my silly idea through the whole thing, lol. 💛 And we're ending this journey with the man himself. The goodest boy, [REDACTED] Edmund Harley.

If anyone is confused by the d20 and the magicky stuff, go check out Logan's twitter! There's a reason for all those details, methinks if you like d&d you may enjoy the...

Rambling about Project Management with Anna and Tabs!

WOWZA, a patroncast that's not released on the last day of the month?! Incredible! 8O 

For this month's patroncast strap in for another hour long talking session between Anna and Tabi where they discuss the joys and hardships of managing a project (and also constantly elude to The New Project We're Working On TM). You can receive updates on said project by going to FUA's website and signing up for our e-mail list! ... Ew, marketing voice. XP We're legitimately very excited to share...

Radd Timelapse Drawing~!

AHA, I bet you thought I forgot DIDN'T YOU?! Jokes on you, I'll never forget a patroncast. >:) Posting this on the last day of the month DOES feel a lot like turning in a college assignment on the final day at 11:59 PM, though. Oh, the good 'ol days.

Thank you for your patience on this one, it was a big one!! This drawing definitely took longer than the rest by far, but I enjoyed it a lot. :3 REMEMBER: this is not Radd's canon appearance! Every interpretation of her is just as valid ...

Episode 32 Delay!

Hey ya'll!

We made a post about this over on our twitter, but we'll be postponing the release of Ep. 32 for now! Logan has unfortunately come down with Covid-- he's doing well and more than anything we're doing this to protect his voice~ It'll be released as soon as we can get it out, and the rest of the episodes will be released on their normal schedule!

Thank you in advance for understanding, we appreciate all of you immensely! ^-^

-Tabi B