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Ostium Podcast

Episode 70 - Afterglow

Season 6, Ep. 70

Content warning for suicide starting at 15:45 and 26:23.


Well, here we are again at another season finale. Sometimes I find it hard to accept that Ostium has had six seasons, but then I think about how much more story there is to tell and I just get so excited about what’s to come. And for reference, we’re at the halfway point in the Ostium narrative right now. At least for this series, but that’s all I’m going to say about that. I know it took a long time to get this whole season out to the world and I would like to thank everyone for their patience in that. There’s a lot going on in the world right now, both in the public space and in our private lives, and sometimes there are delays we can’t avoid. So thanks again for sticking around. I would also like to thank the incredible people I have working for me in Team Ostium. Thank you to Chris, Georgia and Emily. I’m very excited to see where our story goes next. Thank you to Mike Nye, a true magician when it comes to sound design. You turn words and dialogue into magical stories that come to life. Couldn’t do it without you, mate! Thank you to Christina for helping out in so many ways and keeping the Discord running. Thank you to twiglettsaregreattoeat, you do so much for this show and so many others. Thank you so much. And thank you to our Ostium Network patrons on Patreon: Davin McBride, Tyla Kraut, Delano McFarlane, Connor Bobbi, Michelle Elliott, Amanda Borthwick, Justin Marcum, Corey Frampton, deathtokomatsu, Daryl Williamson, Virginia Greene, Nom Blashki, Maggie B, Justin Dunafon, Lutz Albers, twigletsaregreattoeat, lunaraptor, Christine Sanderson, Claire Smith, Michele Hall, The Team at Hail and Well Met, Mike Nye, Mike Troup, Staci Corcoran, and thank you to Christina Amos.


And that brings us truly to the end of season six. This season took a lot of work, but I think the result was one of our best seasons of the show. And season seven is currently being written and is taking the show in some interesting directions. I’d like to say it’ll be out some time in 2024, but I think it’s more likely to be January 2025. We’ll just have to wait and see. For now this is Alex C. Telander, putting Ostium Season Six to bed and signing off for now.


This episode was written, edited, and produced by Alex C. Telander. The part of Jake is performed by Chris Fletcher. The part of Monica is performed by Georgia Mckenzie. The part of Zhang is performed by Emily Wang. The part of Steve is performed by Alex C. Telander. Sound design was done by the wonderful Mike Nye of Hail and Well Met Podcasts, for more info check out hailandwellmetpodcast.com. And a big thank you to Marcel and Libby from Freetousesounds. Music featured in this episode is “Rose-Tinted Memories” by Simon Slator, courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Be sure to check out the artist at freemusicarchive.org. The theme song was composed by Chris Fletcher. You can find a transcript for this episode here.


If you would like to support our shows, you can do that at patreon.com/ostiumpodcast. You’ll get access to lots of bonus material including brand new episodes of the Ostium Sagas, the monthly Ostium Network Update, and lots of other goodies. For more info on Ostium, our other shows, transcripts and merchandise, you can visit ostiumnetwork.com. The Ostium Podcast is a member of the Rusty Quill Network. For other great Rusty Quill shows, be sure to check out rustyquill.com.


Thank you very much for listening and we’ll see you in season seven.

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