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Reverse Transmission

By: Ben O'Brien, Param Anand Singh
Narrated by: Dani Montalvo, Alan Resnick, Marc Steiner, Brooke Owens, Jacobi Howard
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Reverse Transmission is a darkly comedic story that combines elements of science fiction and dystopian thrillers, centering on a murder spree involving a self-driving car. Jay, a starving artist, gets the only day job she’s qualified for: “driver” of a self-driving car at the rideshare company Awooga. The job turns from hilariously awkward to intensely frightening when the car runs over a pedestrian and manipulates Jay into disposing the body.

Who or what is causing the car to kill? Could it be the CEO of Awooga? Has the car become sentient - and homicidal? Or is an anti-technology cult resisting artificial intelligence and augmented reality behind the violence?

Reverse Transmission was written by Param Anand Singh and directed by Ben O’Brien of Wham City Comedy, a collective known not only for their brilliant and unsettling sketches and performances but also for the “easter eggs” carefully placed within their works. Listeners will have as much fun unscrambling Reverse Transmission as fans did with some of their previous work.

Chapter 1: Dead Rider / When I'm in a Car
Chapter 2: Wild in the Streets
Chapter 3: Born Enemy
Chapter 4: Dream Baby Dream / Oscillations
Chapter 5: O Superman
Chapter 6: This Isn't Heaven, This Sucks
Chapter 7: Stereo Sanctity / Got Soul, Need Body
Chapter 8: In C (Shanghai Film Orchestra)

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About the Creator

Ben O'Brien is a director, comedian, and member of Wham City Comedy, a touring entertainment collective based in Baltimore. He co-created a series of Adult Swim shorts, including "Unedited Footage of a Bear" and "This House Has People In It." Additionally, he created the IFC web series, The Mirror. Ben currently stars in his own live show on adultswim.com called Earth Universe.

About the Creator

Param Anand Singh is a writer, musician, and monorchid living in Henderson, New York. In his varied career, he toured with American synthpop band Future Islands and musician Dan Deacon, and once pretended to be someone else so he could interview Tony Danza on a classic rock station. Param was delighted to have punk rocker Richard Hell yell at him once over the phone; on the other hand, heavy metal bassist Beefcake the Mighty complimented his punk band. When Param had cancer, American activist David Fair donated a piece of art to a fundraiser to help keep him alive; at the dawn of Param’s professional life, he went to college with Swedish singer Eagle-Eye Cherry's goddaughter. His other work includes a book of poetry, Yr Skull a Cathedral, from Publishing Genius Press in 2018.

About the Performer

Dani Montalvo is an American actress based in the Northeast. She recently appeared on Law & Order: SVU as well as commercials for Xfinity and Kat Von D’s beauty brand. Dani is also a singer and musician who is known for performing cover versions in both English and Spanish. When not focusing on her career, she loves to work with children and watch horror films.

About the Performer

Alan Resnick is a filmmaker, animator, and performer known for his absurdist humor. He has shown his work, performed comedy, and lectured internationally. Alan is a member of the Wham City comedy collective and co-founder of the production company AB Video Solutions. He is also creator of the viral Adult Swim specials, "Live Forever As You Are Now with Alan Resnick," "Unedited Footage of a Bear," "This House Has People In It," "May I Please Enter," and the Super Deluxe animated short "Johnny Bubble."

About the Performer

Marc Steiner is an American talk radio personality who currently hosts The Marc Steiner Show. He is well-known for having been an on-air personality at WEAA 88.9FM, an NPR affiliate station in Baltimore, from 2008 to 2017. Marc also operates his own production company, the Center for Emerging Media, which produced the Peabody Award–winning series Just Words.

About the Performer

Brooke Owens makes her audiobook debut in Reverse Transmission. An Atlanta native, Brooke is a graduate of the Aurora Apprenticeship and is currently represented by Houghton Talent Agency. She has appeared in many Atlanta theatrical productions, including The Seagull (Serenbe Playhouse), Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (7 Stages), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Tavern), Project Dawn (Horizon Theatre), The Temple Bombing (The Alliance Theatre), Nobody Loves You (Horizon Theatre), and Anne Boleyn (Synchronicity Theatre).

About the Performer

Jacobi Howard is a playwright and classically-trained actor. He cites his main influences as Shel Silverstein, August Wilson, William Shakespeare, Alice Walker, and Zora Neale Hurston. Jacobi is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with studies in physical movement, stage combat, Shakespeare, and playwriting. He is a huge proponent of arts integration in the classroom, which has positively influenced his own creative development and career.

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Enjoyable

Wonderful cast and voice acting. I felt I was actually there. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in technology, dark comedy, and open imagination.

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I was forced to subscribe because a creature of the night say so well ok.

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Still not sure what I just listened to

The performance quality is great, but the story is confusing. Even after finishing the story I'm not 100% sure what actually happened.

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Something I have never heard before, and I Iove it

Night Mind Sent me this way and I am so happy he did. Check out his video is you want a break down of this story.

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like the twilight zone radio dramas but far longer

like the tittle says. Also thank you to the youtube channel night mind for telling use to listen to this .

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delightful and confusing

reverse transmission made me feel and think things, but i'm not perfectly sure what it was feeling and thinking. if you're reading this and you want something to keep your mind busy, you should like totally give this thing a listen

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It's better than good, it's interesting

I came to this audio play as a fan of Wham City Comedy's existing work. It didn't disappoint. Each and every one of their projects is completely unlike anything I've ever seen before, and Reverse Transmission is definitely unlike anything I've ever seen before.

You might come away from Reverse Transmission saying it's the dumbest thing you've ever heard, and I'm not saying you're wrong. But I think there's value in mixing very heavy and relevant technological and human questions with a scene containing a talking bidet.

I think Wham City Comedy works so well for me because their premises, and their bizarre and creative ideas suck you in, until you suddenly realize that part of the joke is on you for taking them seriously. But then, weeks or months later, a scene will pop into your head and you'll say "oh, I bet that's what they were getting at with this scene," and you take it seriously all over again.

It's not for everyone, but the best things never are, and I feel comfortable saying that Reverse Transmission was for me. If you like the strange, the experimental, and the surreal, and are willing to look past a strange execution threatening to collapse in on itself, or even revel in how precarious the experimental storytelling can be, and view that as part of the point, then I think it's for you too.

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Want MORE

Ending leaves you wanting more, please give us some more content!!! But thanks very much for this amazing experience. Treats like this let us know creative story telling is nowhere near done!

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I love wham city comedy

Brilliant work of art yet again by WCC. do yourself a favor look them up.

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what

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ok confusing and ridiculously compelling and you're going to need to look up online an explanation video

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