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Remnants : An Audio Drama

13. Leather Pocket Book

Season 1, Ep. 13

Tensions mouNt in the First and Last Place as the Apprentice's new perspEctive brings new challeNges in his relationship with Sir and the remnanTs themselves.


As well as regular TWFW warnings, this episode has some extremely bad vibes. Please do check the content warnings! They're listed below.


Here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/1-13/

Or here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wq-EqEZ7_D6nFEaztw5WB2ZrFpqJTZpuWk-SXrms49c/edit?usp=sharing


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Please bear in mind that this work has content some listeners may find distressing, including themes of war, violence, and grief. This episode contains:

  • Sounds of fireworks
  • Implications of racism, specifically against Indian people through the framework of ‘the British Raj’ 
  • Mentions of extreme sickness and vomiting
  • Death and corpses
  • A teenager (not the main character of the remnant) is sexually abused by a teacher. This is not described in detail or named explicitly for what it is, but there are several references to it throughout the episode, and the main character has witnessed an incident of this happening
  • References to sex
  • References to excessive alcohol use
  • Suicide attempt of another character, interrupted
  • Infidelity
  • Implications of homophobia
  • Brief mention of hard drugs (cocaine)


This show is created, performed and produced by Eira Major.

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