The Gray Area

The Gray Area is an audio drama anthology series, with very subtle and ever growing changes in the stories. It features talking animals, mysteriously enthusiastic receptionists, deranged scientists, a genius writer, strange portals that open into other universes, impostor gods, formidable business tycoons, alien invaders, and many, many demons.

The Gray Area is a arts podcast hosted by Edward Champion, with 43 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Edward Champion hosts The Gray Area, a arts show with 43 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Libromendel

  Aug 5, 202553 minS3

  <p>During an unspecified "government transition" in the near future, the young scholar Alejandra Cortez (no relation to AOC) returns home from Rhinebeck on an extremely rainy night and stumbles into a West Village café where she was once a regular during the Second Trump Administration.  But aside from the rowdy RPG players, what happened to all the colorful eccentrics?  Why does nobody remember the history of Café Gluck aside from an overworked barista named Sporschill?  Who is the strange new owner claiming to be a "crypto king"?  And why doesn't anybody remember the charming and eccentric old bookseller Jaime Abrego...

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  Introducing Onlychatter.com

  Dec 16, 202135 minS0

  <p>We've just launched a bold new experiment in independent podcasting and micropayments. It's called onlychatter.com. Our creator Edward Champion outlines the details of this new venture and unveils the first episode of a new comedic investigation podcast he's producing called HOW THE WORLD MAKES US.  Please go to onlychatter.com and consider becoming a member today! For the price of a pint, you'll have instant access to 40 new episodes of lively podcasts!</p>

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  An Alarming Message from Universe 224B

  Oct 3, 20211 minS0

  <p>We've intercepted an alarming transmission from Universe 224B. Something about attending the 302nd Bureaucosmological Conference on October 16, 2021 at 7:00 PM at the Gene Frankel Theatre.  We pass this information onto you so that you can make sense of this.</p>

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  13.4. Pattern Language: Mirrors of the Soul

  Aug 30, 202156 minS0

  <p>Our intrepid heroes visit the New York Public Library to meet up with visiting literary scholar Merrill Malone, an eccentric and the foremost expert on Virginia Gaskell's life and work, to get, once and for all, all the answers about the portals. What they don't realize is that shocking personal revelations and the very ground beneath their feet will alter forever within the library's seemingly pristine walls. (Running time: 55 minutes, 43 seconds.)</p> <p>Written, produced, and directed by Edward Champion.</p> <p>CAST:</p> <p >Chelsea: Katrina Clairvoyant</p> <p >Emily McCorkle: Belgys Felix</p> <p >Professor Malone: Robert...

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  Inside the Gray Area: "Pattern Language: An Iris for Emily"

  Aug 28, 202130 minS0

  <p>Our showrunner Edward Champion discusses Part 3 of "Pattern Language." Subjects discussed include WandaVision, the careful balance between realism and pastiche, the Faulkner short story as a starting point, Love and Rockets, why the memory of an inspiration is often better than closely examining the source text, designing the 1970s announcer voice, using 1970s television effects to create a sound design, being careful with laugh tracks, why Carol Jacobanis is an extraordinary actor, the advantages of recording with Belgys and Carol together in the same room, an abandoned first season script set within a talk show, Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, av...

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