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Hit Job

By: Eric Cunningham, Achilles Stamatelaky, Lauren Gurganous
Narrated by: Keke Palmer, Pete Davidson, full cast
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Please note: This podcast contains explicit language and mature themes and is intended for adult audiences only. Discretion is advised.

Hit Job follows Brynn Morris (Palmer), an aspiring artist desperate for a job to help her ailing grandmother. As a last resort, she takes a job as an administrative assistant at a company with the motto: “Do Bad Things for Good Reasons.” Joining forces with her awkward tech nerd of a coworker Geo (Davidson), she unexpectedly gets swept up in a company-wide contest that forces her to question her morals. Having a killer job suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.

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Episodes
  • Hit Job Episode 0 Trailer

    Hit Job Episode 0 Trailer
    Apr 9 2021

    Hit Job follows Brynn Morris (Palmer), an aspiring artist desperate for a job to help her ailing grandmother. As a last resort, she takes a job as an administrative assistant at a company with the motto: “Do Bad Things for Good Reasons.” Joining forces with her awkward tech nerd of a coworker Geo (Davidson), she unexpectedly gets swept up in a company-wide contest that forces her to question her morals. Having a killer job suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.
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    1 min
  • Episode 1: Orientation Day

    Episode 1: Orientation Day
    Apr 22 2021
    Brynn Morris lands an administrative job at KillCo., but is swept up in a company-wide competition that puts her at odds with her morals.
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    33 mins
  • Episode 2: Working Offsite

    Episode 2: Working Offsite
    Apr 22 2021
    Brynn joins the Cave Spring Killer on an assignment. Hoping to avoid killing, she teams up with Geo, an awkward R&D nerd.
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    26 mins
Eric Cunningham
Achilles Stamatelaky
Lauren Gurganous

About the Creator

Eric Cunningham is a comedy writer whose credits include The Drew Barrymore Show (CBS), Holidays with the Houghs (NBC), and Wild 'N Out Live (MTV), and is a senior writer at Más Mejor, Broadway Video's comedy studio for Latino voices. Cunningham also hosts a science optimism show, What's the Big Idea?. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and Roomba.

About the Creator

Achilles Stamatelaky is a writer, performer, and director who was born in the Philippines, moved to New York City with his family when he was eight, and loves writing bios in the third person. He was a staff writer on the Comedy Central TV series Broad City and has developed multiple projects for internet, film, and TV, including an animated show for Ludacris on MTV. He has also been in national commercials for ESPN, Rocket Mortgage, and Ally Bank, among others. Stamatelaky has been performing comedy since 2005, mainly at The UCB Theatre in New York, where he was formerly the associate artistic director and a veteran house team improviser and writer. He has taught improv and sketch at the UCB Training Center, as well as sitcom writing at NYU.

About the Creator

Lauren Gurganous is a comedy writer in New York. Her credits include Girls5eva (Peacock), Mr. Mayor (NBC), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), and 30 Rock (NBC). She lives in Manhattan with her husband and three-year-old son, Elliott, who describes the shows she's worked on as "boring" and "not Paw Patrol."

Keke Palmer
Pete Davidson
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About the Performer

Keke Palmer is a multifaceted actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and television host. This year, she is set to star as the lead in Jordan Peele’s latest feature at Universal. Palmer just wrapped filming Steel Springs Pictures' Alice opposite Common and Johnny Lee Miller from writer and director Krystin Ver Linden and recently starred opposite Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, and Constance Wu in Hustlers for Gloria Sanchez & STX, directed by Lorene Scafaria, which was released to massive critical and popular acclaim.
She is currently lending her voice to "Maya" in Disney+'s revival of the The Proud Family and "Rochelle" in Netflix’s new Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources after appearing in Season 5 of Big Mouth.
Palmer hosted the 2020 MTV VMA Awards, which boasted 4.1 million social media impressions, the most of any event in 2020 just behind the Super Bowl. In 2020 she received an Emmy nomination for her work as a host on ABC’s GMA3: Strahan, Sara and Keke and also hosted Quibi’s Singled Out, based on the iconic ’90s MTV series. Palmer also released two hit EPs, Virgo Tendencies Part 1 & 2, from her own Big Bosses Record Label.
She rose to prominence through her breakout role in Akeelah and the Bee at age 12 starring opposite Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. She has gone on to star in over 25 films and 30 TV shows. In 2018, she played the lead in the dark and gritty film Pimp, executive produced by Lee Daniels. She also starred in 20th Century Fox Television and Lee Daniels Entertainment’s hit television show Star, EPIX’s Berlin Station, and FOX’s Scream Queens, produced by Ryan Murphy.
Palmer has broken barriers from a young age, becoming the youngest actress to receive a SAG Award nomination in a lead actor category for her work in The Wool Cap at the age of 10, the youngest and first Black Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s iconic musical Cinderella on Broadway, the first Black woman to star as Marty in the Emmy-nominated TV movie version of Grease Live!, and the youngest talk show host in history.

About the Performer

Pete Davidson has established himself as one of today’s most sought-after comedians and is making a name for himself on both the big and small screen. He is currently the youngest cast member on Saturday Night Live and the first cast member to be born in the 1990s. From the "Weekend Update" desk, where he offers his unique take on everything from living at home with his mom to current events, to viral comedy pieces such as those featuring his recurring character Chad, Davidson has delivered many memorable moments on the show.
He made his Netflix comedy special debut in early 2020 with Pete Davidson: Alive from New York. Most recently, Davidson starred in Judd Apatow’s feature film The King of Staten Island, which Davidson produced and cowrote alongside Apatow. The film, which Peter Travers ( Rolling Stone) called "one of the year’s best movies" and proclaimed Davidson shows "a real actor’s gift for using humor and nuance," was released in 2020 and became the number-one best-selling title on VOD across all available platforms.
Upcoming for film, Davidson is set to star in James Gunn’s "The Suicide Squad", to be released in 2021. Additionally, it was recently announced that Davidson and SNL castmate Colin Jost will headline Universal Pictures’ upcoming wedding comedy Worst Man.
Davidson starred in Jason Orley’s HULU original film, Big Time Adolescence, which Richard Lawson ( Vanity Fair) called "a smashing performance." Other film credits include Jeff Tremaine’s The Dirt, Claire Scanlon’s Set It Up, Adam Shankman’s What Men Want, John Turturro’s The Jesus Rolls, and Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck. Davidson shot his first one-hour stand-up special for Comedy Central in 2016 and was named one of Forbes’s 2016 "30 Under 30." He was previously named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics to watch in 2014.

Additional Credits

Hit Job is an Audible Original, produced by Broadway Video
Created and written by Eric Cunnigham
Co-written by Lauren Gurganous and Achilles Stamatelaky
Executive Producer: Britta von Schoeler (Broadway Video) and Ian Stearns (Audible)
Producers: Mark Valdez (Broadway Video), KeKe Palmer, and Pete Davidson
Supervising Producers: Lauren Gurganous and Achilles Stamatelaky
Executive in Charge for Audible: Najen Naylor
Director: Achilles Stamatelaky
Executive Story Editor: Achilles Stamatelaky
Story Consulting by Kristen Bartlett, Nathan Min, Daniel Rubin, Achilles Stamatelaky, Leila Strachan, and John Trowbridge
Audio Production and Post-Production by Salt Audio
Audio and Production Executive Producers: Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman and Nick Panama for Salt Audio
Production Manager: Allie Strobel
Production Supervisor: Liz LeMay
Sound Design: Sam Plattner
Original music and score: Ryland Blackinton for Salt Audio
Edited and Mixed by: Jordan Galvan
Assistant Editor: Noah Kowalski
Assistant Sound Designer: Jasper Van Dijk
Script Supervision: Linda Leifer
Vocal Performances: Keke Palmer. Pete Davidson, Max Greenfield, Naomi Ekperigin, Mikey Day, Natasha Lyonne, Julianne Hough, Tabitha Brown, Tom Bergeron, Brooke Shields, Andy Karl, Katrina Lenk, Paul F. Thompkins, Aaron Tveit, John Milhiser, Paul W. Downs, Neil Casey, John Lutz, Bobby Moynihan, Matt Bomer, Aparna Nancherla, Jaboukie Young-White, Michelle Collins, Meredith Hagner, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Atamanuik, Butch McCain, Helen Moore-Gillon, Taylor Ortega, Ben Rameaka, Jim Santangeli, Sophie Santos, Julia Slater, Alex Song-Xia, Achilles Stamatelaky, John Trowbridge, Virginia Welch, and Joe Ziega
Casting by Mark Valdez
Production Coordinators: Sandy Melara and Gabriella Mezzacappa
Writers Assistant: Alexa Reyes
Business Affairs: Ali Bengochea, Anne-Marie Kabia, and Eugene Pikulin
Finance and Accounting: Mike Newburger, Howard Groudan, Tonia Sawyer, and MelissaLudeman
Recorded at: The Cutting Room Studios in New York City, Real Voice LA in Hollywood, ThenVillage Studios in Los Angeles, and the homes and closets of our performers.
Special Thanks: Chance Davis, Manny Jacinto, Austin Breslow, Alexandria Valdez, Color of Change, Perception Institute, Amber and Adrian Villarreal, The Seither Kiddos, Cristina McGinniss, and Jack Sullivan

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Amazing

This kept me really engaged and had my full attention til the very end. I need another season!

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Hilarious comedy keeps u wanting one more episode

Very unique premise with constant plot twists keeps you wanting more. Lots of laughs and zany characters wonderfully voiced. Better budget lots of time to binge listen to Hit Job. Highly recommend.

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Great Story, More Please!

This is one of the best full cast performances of the year offered by Audible. I admit I wasn't expecting much, but by the second episode I was hooked! I loved the references to popular characters, movies, and music. The cast did a fantastic job and made me want more. KeKe Palmer and Pete Davidson absolutely killed it with their performances. I hope there is are more episodes or a second season or a Hit Job 2 planned. More Please!

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Fun!

This was a fun listen. I got several chuckles from it. The name puns and not so exact references to popular real life people/mass murderers is humorous.

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Very entertaining!

This is great! Entertaining, dark, funny- excellent in every way. The performances are excellent, the foley is outstanding- really excellent.

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Murder mystery fan

Very entertaining
I can see this a a silly movie or tv series
must listen

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Killing performance

Entertaining funny great story good music made the work day go by fast
Yogurt and cheese

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Loved it!!!

This was a lot of fun to listen to. The actors were all great and the story was awesome!!! As I already said, I loved it

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A Fun Listen

I really enjoyed the performances and story telling. Pete Davidson delivers a great comedic performance with the ability to take dark ideas and make them funny.

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Hilarious

Not only is the concept funny, but the "execution" is spot on. I definitely recommend it.

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