‘The Silent Universe’ A New Podcasting Drama

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In June of last year, when Apple decided to integrate podcasting into iTunes, it touched off an explosion in talk-format shows. But check the front page of their podcast directory for “drama” and you won’t find it. The Silent Universe podcast aims to change that by putting an innovative spin on a very old idea; by bringing audio theater to the iPod.

On February 15th, The Silent Universe will prove that podcasting is not only good for talk, but for entertaining drama as well.

Something like a mix between “24” and the new “Battlestar Galactica,” the Silent Universe portrays a future haunted by nuclear proliferation, rogue dictators and terrorism. Fans will be able to listen to the series and also participate in its development by providing feedback to the production team in the “backstage” forums.

The premiere on February 15th is a high tension, character-driven drama that makes no bones about portraying some of the darker aspects of the human psyche, including racism. Still, it can be upbeat enough to poke fun at pop scifi and make the occasional quip about cyberculture, while its heroic cast struggles to keep the solar system from erupting into war.

But as much as the Silent Universe is about entertainment, it has another crusade to fight: showing that grass-roots “fanboy” media is capable of producing quality and entertaining content outside of the corrosive influences of Hollywood. The podcast’s producer, is a young writer who goes by the pen name “J. Marcus Xavier,” (and a friend of SoSF).