Remnants : An Audio Drama

Hi! I’m Eira, the voice of Sir and the Apprentice, and also the person who writes this show, sound designs it, and puts it out into the world. There’s no new episode of the show this week because I’ve been unwell and haven’t been able to finish it, so instead, you’ll be hearing this intermission, which features the Apprentice reading a Shakespeare monologue. I hope you enjoy it. All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;And then the whining school-boy, with his satchelAnd shining morning face, creeping like snailUnwillingly to school. And then the lover,Sighing like furnace, with a woeful balladMade to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,Seeking the bubble reputationEven in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,In fair round belly with good capon lin’d,With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,Full of wise saws and modern instances;And so he plays his part. The sixth age shiftsInto the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wideFor his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,Turning again toward childish treble, pipesAnd whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,Is second childishness and mere oblivion;Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.Leave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.

Sir and the Apprentice find in a half-familiar plaCe, and the Apprentice triEs to bargain for something, though he’s not sure what he’s asking for.Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-38/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1THkSjJ84qdV4QTO9mjcCOmfLym57jhUYyxWEb5LvyCQ/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.88ooz7d9i2g8Support the show on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosCONTENT WARNINGS: Discussion of deathDepictions of emotional distressDepictions of a character in psychological painOminous sense of threatDescriptions of blood and injury from glassLeave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.

Sir struggles when his experiences mirror those of his Apprentice, and he Wonders what it means if the power in his possessIon is so far beyond his understanding.Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-37/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12rfkOQVbtBYmZASGpsKQ-nigETYkpaVgPgiUCQPyAkw/edit?usp=sharingSupport the show on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosCONTENT WARNINGS: Discussion of death, including the death of a childDescriptions of life in a war zoneSound effects mimicking distant gunfire (quiet)Depictions of mourningDepictions of lasting traumaMention of potential people-trafficking (vague, non-specific)Leave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.

Sir takes the reins aGain, but it’s not clear whether things are back to normal, or whether they have become someThing new.Transcript with content warnings:Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-36/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ohrTCN1d6TFV7w6pFVsx7dyYoUFMlpy-iKI4w4xanDs/edit?usp=sharingSupport the show on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosCONTENT WARNINGS: Discussion of deathAmnesiaMentions of severe sicknessDiscussions of complex grieving processesReferences to casual racism, specifically anti-black racismMentions of ableism typical of the 1930s-40s, with regard to autismDiscussions of war, specifically references to WW1 in both France and Uganda, and descriptions of life in occupied France during WW2Descriptions of explosions, smoke and gunfireDepictions of characters in pain and emotional distressDeliberate psychological harmLeave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.

AnothEr remnant is found half-submergEd in sand.Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-34/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/137BjXvk2hrbpIOCKaIb64Bl4KHwy0sI8C9YEUhFwuUw/edit?usp=sharingSupport the show on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosCONTENT WARNINGS: Discussion of deathDescription of corpsesChild labourGaslightlightingDescriptions of sexViolent deathLeave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.

The Apprentice Finds markS on the floorTranscript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-33/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CYIhL3aCYD-5JQ8OUTbzC5YRkp31XrDagAbkFUoEhYo/edit?usp=sharingSupport the show on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosCONTENT WARNINGS: Discussion of deathDescriptions of child abuseDiscussion of abortion as an optionMentions of violent car crash Descriptions of injuriesDiscussion of still birthDepictions of pre-1950s care for people with disabilities (the portrayal is caring and tender, but there is reference to abusive systems others are attempting to impose)Implications of sexDeath in childbirthReferences to warMentions of violent death in the context of warLeave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.

Sir finds An old piece of jeweLlery.Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-32/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ki7LfgJ0CHIQZ6jVU4N55WXtcqm_4Y0FxYQUH1drM0Y/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.88ooz7d9i2g8Support the show on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosCONTENT WARNINGS: Discussion of deathDescription of corpsesMentions of fascism Implications of child neglect, from the POV of the neglecterDiscussions of seizuresPortrayal of memory lossLeave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.

Things have chAnged in the First and Last PlaCe.Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-31/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tGydLa1ii0uvTlFcUDMPyR1vzbt84l9EiOIn22oxPms/edit?tab=t.0Support the show on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosCONTENT WARNINGS: Discussions of death and griefSurrealityMentions of murderReferences to drug use/abuseLeave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-5722315Leave a review on ListenNotes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/remnants-an-audio-drama-eira-major-qxCsBXeOtzK/Follow the show on Tumblr: https://remnantspod.tumblr.com/Follow Eira on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloths.bsky.socialThanks to my incredible supporters on Patreon. Without you, this show could not exist.