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Jordana Williams and Mac Rogers have been working together for more than two decades, as the two main artists for both Gideon Productions and Gideon Media. In celebration of World Audio Drama Day, the two of them sat down with their friend and co-producer Sean Williams for a conversation about how they make shows, the similarities and differences between audio theater and live theater, and how they stay focused and inspired. This podcast was recorded over Zoom on Monday October 25th in the area around New York City, where Jordana, Mac, and Sean live.

Cornered with nowhere to run, the core members of the Nevada Project are faced with a terrible choice. Featuring Sean Williams, Diana Oh, Rebecca Comtois, Lori Elizabeth Parquet,  Hennessy Winkler, Ato Essandoh, Dani Martineck, Hanna Cheek, Matthew Trumbull, Christopher Wilson, and Maya Armstrong. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

As Riley unleashes his endgame, Joshua opens Jamie's eyes. Featuring Sean Williams, Diana Oh, Rebecca Comtois, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Kevin R. Free, Ato Essandoh, Hennessy Winkler, Brian Silliman, Dani Martineck, Hanna Cheek, Jorge Cordova, Matthew Trumbull, Christopher Wilson, and Maya Armstrong.  Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

With the Nevada Project newly imperiled, Brooke/Deirdre try for a public relations Hail Mary. Featuring Ato Essandoh, Diana Oh, Alba Ponce de León, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Jorge Cordova, Rebecca Comtois, Hennessy Winkler, Sean Williams, Dani Martineck, Hanna Cheek, Brian Silliman, and Kevin R. Free. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

Joshua finds a new home with Graham, and hates it. Jamie can't find any home at all. Featuring Sean Williams, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Hennessy Winkler, Rebecca Comtois, Dani Martineck, Diana Oh, Neimah Djourabchi, and Nat Cassidy. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

The story of Brooke before Deirdre and Riley before it all went bad. Featuring Ato Essandoh, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Hennessy Winkler, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Jorge Cordova, Christopher Wilson, and Brian Silliman. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

Give Me Away will return this coming Friday, September 17th with Episode 5, but in the meantime we wanted to share one of our other shows with you: the three-part drama miniseries God of Obsidian, also written by Mac Rogers. It's the story of a toxic relationship filtered through the style of a modern fairy tale. If this episode sparks your interests, the remaining two episodes are available now. Just search "God of Obsidian" wherever you get your podcasts.

A dark fairy tale about a gaslighting relationship, as one woman desperately seeks the story that will take her back across the narrow, dangerous bridge to freedom. Written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordana Williams. Follow and subscribe to God of Obsidian wherever you get your podcasts. Chapter one premieres August 27th, 2021. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

Hi, Give Me Away listeners! This is not a new episode of Give Me Away (that'll be dropping September 17th)—this is the first episode of one of our other shows, the two-part dark comedy The Earth Moves. Check it out, and then to hear the exciting finale, search The Earth Moves on your podcatcher of choice.

Give Me Away returns on September 17th with Episode 5.  But we're not gonna leave you hanging that whole time. To fill the five-week mid-season break, we'll be bringing you two short-run miniseries from the writer and director of Give Me Away, Mac Rogers and Jordana Williams.  The first miniseries, a two-part dark comedy called The Earth Moves, just released its first episode this morning on podcast platforms everywhere and will conclude next Friday, August 20th. We'll follow that up with the gripping three-part character drama God of Obsidian, which debuts on August 27th.  Thank you for listening to Give Me Away. It means a lot to us. We hope you'll check out The Earth Moves and God of Obsidian, and then join us on September 17th for the second half of Give Me Away Season 1. You're gonna want to hear what happens.

People tune into Brent Ziff’s radio show to hear him make fun of losers. But tonight’s loser, Leo Short, is calling with a message from the Earth that’s gonna put everything Brent knows on shaky ground. Written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordana Williams. Follow and subscribe to The Earth Moves wherever you get your podcasts. Part one premieres August 13th, 2021. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

Just before his Acceptance, Graham spends time with his family—in several surprising ways. Featuring Sean Williams, Dani Martineck, Ato Essandoh, Hanna Cheek, Nat Cassidy, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Jorge Cordova, Diana Oh, Ian Williams, Rebecca Comtois, and Hennessy Winkler. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

As Graham struggles with telling his loved ones, he must embark on a (literally) uncomfortable journey. Featuring Sean Williams, Nat Cassidy, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Diana Oh, Ato Essandoh, Dani Martineck, Hennessy Winkler, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, and Jorge Cordova. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

Graham arrives in Red Camp and immediately finds himself caught between its two most powerful figures. Featuring Sean Williams, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Ato Essandoh, Hennessy Winkler, Jorge Cordova, Rebecca Comtois, and Dani Martineck. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

The screaming spaceship lands just as Graham Shapiro's life is falling apart. The world reels, and Graham makes some big decisions. Featuring Hanna Cheek, Sean Williams, Kevin R. Free, Nat Cassidy, Diana Oh, Dani Martineck, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Jorge Cordova, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, and Stephanie Willing. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.

They call the spaceship that crashed in the Nevada desert “The Ghosthouse” because it screams—the screams of thousands of extraterrestrial political prisoners uploaded into its horrific mainframe. The only way to free them... is to transfer them into the bodies of humans willing to share their minds with an alien second consciousness. But who would volunteer for that? Graham Shapiro, divorced and adrift at age 50, is one of the first to raise his hand. Give Me Away follows Graham’s journey into a world of radical hospitality, one which will touch everything—and everyone—in his life. Written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordana Williams. Season one premieres July 16th, 2021. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio.