Month: October 2018

a photo of 3 potion bottles arranged on top of a paper with calligraphy on it, casting deep shadows across the foreground. The closest bottle contains foggy pink liquid, and the other two bottles are blue and green.

“Alba Salix” Returns with Familiar Fantasy Comedy and Sincere Evolution

Elena Fernández Collins October 26, 2018

Alba Salix‘s return is a second season three years in the making; the much-beloved medical sitcom set in the fantasy world of Farloria is dropping for the public on November 2nd. The podcast focuses on the eponymous character of a …

Photo of a bridge lit with yellow lights, focused on the stone supports underneath. At night.

On Supporting People of Color in the Audio Industry

Elena Fernández Collins October 24, 2018

There have been a lot of changes, big headlines, and ground-rumbling in podcast-land lately. For me, one of those earthquake moments was Phoebe Wang’s speech at Third Coast. I wasn’t present, but I was following as soon as I saw the first tweet …

Photo from the ground, focused on foregrounded pair of white over-ear headphones lying on the ground, on a dirt path. Path is lined with grass and many dead trees. A human, wearing a black hoodie, is walking away down the middle of the path.

5 Podcasts I Escaped the Garbage Fire of Reality with This Week

Elena Fernández Collins October 24, 2018

I’ve been attempting to write reviews, and how-to articles, and my thesis for a long time, but I keep getting bogged down by the news, by the state of my homeland and the United States, and by trying to find places …

photograph of an old brick church surrounded in fog. In the foreground, an ancient cemetery, and in the background, a foggy forest. Solitary, spooky, haunted atmosphere. (St. Anne's church & graveyard on the Channel Island of Alderney.)

13 Podcasts to Spook You on Your Way to Halloween

Elena Fernández Collins October 19, 2018

We are more than midway through October and what I sometimes jokingly call ‘Halloween-month’. In fact, there are thirteen days left right now! I’m a ‘spooky content all year round’ kind of person, Halloween notwithstanding; in fact, I’m not really …

panoramic shot of the Worcester Art Museum lobby entrance, where there is a musical performer singing to the right and people standing around all the edges and balconies and sitting on stairs, listening. There is a large mosaic in the center floor.

“Accession” Beautifully Recontextualizes Physical Art into Audio

Elena Fernández Collins October 17, 2018

The concept of experiencing visual art through sound seems, at face value, to be a difficult proposition to bring into being. How do you get someone to see a work of art in their mind’s eye if they’ve never seen …

A landscape of a decrepit and abandoned wooden railway, with dead leafless trees on either side and a dark sky with only a faint, thin, blurred line of light in the distance. Creepy, haunted atmosphere.

Genre Discussion: How do we discuss mental illness in horror?

Elena Fernández Collins October 11, 2018

Content Warning: I’m talking about mental illness and its depiction in horror (as someone with a mental illness); as such I make mentions of ableist language, various symptoms, and gamifying mental illness. I spent all weekend at a horror film …

Close-Up: Ground, several glowing blue butterlfies on the dirt with a few glowing white mushrooms nearby. Background: a blurry blue suggestion of a forest.

Audio Fiction as a Diverse Gateway into Podcasting: A Companion Piece

Elena Fernández Collins October 11, 2018

On September 30th, I was honored to be offerd a slot to give a talk on International Podcast Day. I gave a talk on audio fiction as a diverse gateway into podcasting, where I talked about why audio fiction is …

Painting by William Turner, "Fishermen at Sea"; green and sickly lit tossing ocean with fishermen in small boats at foreground and right background. Strange rock shapes at the distant left background.

Live Show Review: Dark Adventure Radio Theatre’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth”

Elena Fernández Collins October 7, 2018

Note: I will be discussing Lovecraft’s racism in this article and linking you to a few must-reads. Winding down in Portland this weekend is the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon, which showcases dozens of horror features and short films …