SINKHOLE

A special first anniversary between-season episode showing glimpses into how the world is responding to the events of the season two finale. 


Starring Ashlee Jones (@ThattownCrzyLdy) as the Reporter, Pacific Obadiah (@PacificObadiah) as the Freelancer, Rowan van Grinsven (@shaywilds) as the Experiential Collective Representative, Jasper Locke (@horrorlocke) and Interiority (@interiority) as the Romance Bloggers, Daisy McNamara (@stardustshines) and Kale Brown (@SuperHumanFoods) as Aster and Finch, with instrumentals and composition by Amy Young (@achill3a) and lyrics by Kale Brown, and Vic Collins (@VicCollinsVA) and Jesse Hall (@wastedarkcell) as Emrys Lorde and James "Jim" Falk. 

Special thanks to Rowan van Grinsven for translating the provided text. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown.

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Outro music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. All transcripts are available on the website.

I told you what would happen when you asked me silly questions. 

A transcript of this episode is available on the website. 

A very special thank you to Jesse Hall, Elias Taylor, and Vic Collins for participating in this very strange episode. 



All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Ambient Bass Deep Atmospheric Pad’ by waveplaySFX. 

Transcript of audio: 

Hello! Kale here with some post-season announcements. I promise I won’t take up too much of your time. 

Before I get into it, I’d like to thank everyone for listening to season two of SINKHOLE- I really can’t overstate how much it means to me that so many people are listening to and enjoying my weird little show.

And speaking of season two, I’m going to be doing another Q&A like the one I did after season one! So if you’d like to submit a question, you can do that via the SINKHOLE website, sinkholepodcast.com- there’s a button on the front page labelled “Season 2 Q&A Form,” just above the list of content warnings. 

The other thing I wanted to mention is that you probably shouldn’t expect the same turnaround on season three as you got on season two- I’ve got a lot more on my plate than I did before, and continue to be a full adult human with a full-time job, so I can’t promise another nine-week turnaround. 

Speaking of having things on my plate, I wanted to recommend you a podcast to listen to while you’re waiting for season three- the Bloody Disgusting network is releasing a brand-new show in collaboration with Canadian horror artist Trevor Henderson- who some of you may recognize as the creator of Sirenhead.

Mayfair Watcher’s Society is a found footage-style horror anthology podcast taking place in a world much like our own, but in which the appearance of interdimensional beings is, while not extremely common, not an altogether strange thing. You can look forward to episodes written by folks like Ben Counter, Addison Peacock, Meg Tuten, Henry Galley, Gus Zagarella… and Kale Brown. 

I was absolutely thrilled to be asked to join this project, and it’s been incredibly fun, so I sincerely hope you’ll check it out when it comes out in October. 

I’m gonna leave you with the Mayfair Watcher’s Society trailer, but first: stay safe and try not to fall into any holes. 

[Mayfair Watcher’s Society Trailer Audio]

It’s happening.

Starring Jesse Hall (@wastedarkcell) as Jim Falk. 

Starring Vic Collins (@panelbeaterva) as The Journalist. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Ambient Bass Deep Atmospheric Pad’ by waveplaySFX. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains frank discussion of long-term psychological trauma, potentially self-destructive behaviour, and a depiction of the experience of post-crisis shock. 

Some of you have been asking about my… my relocation. Just checking in, you know? And while I’m grateful to those of you who stepped in to ask them to respect my privacy, this is maybe the one case in which the prying was justified. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

The city government has never been a friend to the Sink. 

Even before it was the Sink. Back when it was just… that spot between downtown and the south end you drove through to get where you were going. Back when it was “Rocky Heights.”

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

Is that audible? It’s definitely audible. 

There’s a demonstration going on- people protesting the, um, evacuation request.

In other news, I… made someone mad, which you might’ve seen coming. 

Starring Emma Johanna Puranen (@spacesword13) as Wendy Laramie. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

I was told something this morning. 

And now I’m going to tell you.

I don’t think I’m supposed to do this, but I do think it would be best if members of this community were to hear this from me before you start finding out from other people and panicking.

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

This didn’t happen because I wanted to teach you all a lesson, it happened because people are like this sometimes. I talk about this stuff because people do things like this, not the other way around. 

Some people… just can’t seem to shake the grift. It’s got roots in their bones, I guess.

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

Yes, I know. 

Yes, I heard. 

Yes, I am talking about both things, either thing you might be thinking about.

Starring Jesse Hall (@wastedarkcell) as Jim Falk and Emma Johanna Puranen (@spacesword13) as Wendy Laramie. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

If you don’t recognize it, this is a clip from episode six of The Ropeless Romantic, a podcast that discusses and reacts to the show Knot in Love. 

Starring Stephen Kropa (@KropaCabana) as The Ropeless Romantic. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

The Hole is making a noise. It’s making a weird noise. A noise that isn’t at all much weirder than the noises it normally makes, if you ask me. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com.

Before any of you get too excited, I want to make it clear I’m not recording this because I’m ready to… jump back into the spotlight.

 
Special thanks to Merry N. (@muddyevilist) for lending this project their invaluable familiarity with terrible British tabloid headlines. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com.

If you didn't want at least part of this Q&A to be terribly silly, you shouldn't have asked so many transparently silly questions.

A transcript of this episode is available on the website. 

Check out Blake Skye: Private Eye, Breathing Space, Fading Frontier, and the Foundation After Midnight Radio Podcast. 

Thank you to everyone who participated in our season one Q&A! See you in season two. 



All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Ambient Bass Deep Atmospheric Pad’ by waveplaySFX. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

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[Full transcript of announcement below.]

Well, hey. Kale here. 

This is a post-season announcement for those of you who may not follow the @sinkholepodcast Twitter, and I’ve got two big pieces of news for you:

The first is that SINKHOLE now has a website (sinkholepodcast.com) where you can read or download episode transcripts, take a look at some of the art I’ve done for SINKHOLE, and also see some truly incredible fanart that was created during the release of season one. 

The second is that I’m going to be doing a Q&A episode while I’m working on season two and if you’d like to submit a question, you can find a link to do so on the SINKHOLE website homepage. Submissions will be open until Sunday, April 24th. 

When the Q&A episode comes out is going to depend on how many questions I get and also how many of them I end up answering, but I’d like to get it out by the end of April or the first week of May if I can.

Also, if it’s not too much trouble, would you consider taking a minute to leave a rating or review on SINKHOLE if you’ve been enjoying it? It doesn’t really matter where- whatever’s most convenient for you. 

Now, If you’re like me and use Google Podcasts, which both doesn’t allow users to leave reviews and doesn’t have a fiction section for podcasts for some reason, I recommend Podchaser- it’s definitely the easiest and most accessible I’ve found. 

But yeah, that’s all for now.

Stay safe, and… well, you know the rest. 

Music was ‘Ambient Bass Deep Atmospheric Pad’ by waveplaySFX.

Attention everyone: this is a message from your moderators.

It has come to our attention that a recent post in our community may have had the effect of leading users to believe one of our more prominent members is in danger.

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

Starring Merry N. (@muddyevilist) as community user VideoHomoSystem-C.

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn and ‘Ambient Bass Deep Atmospheric Pad’ by waveplaySFX. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

I found something. It’s not a radio broadcast, it’s… some sort of dictation, like dictated notes, and it’s from inside the JMB. 

Written by Kale Brown with assistance from Elias Taylor. Produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

Starring Cam Clark (@Pocceto) as Doctor Sasha Hyles and Kris Allison (@knalliso) as Doctor Timothy Morris.  

Starring Jesse Hall (@wastedarkcell) as TectoVision Employee.  

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

The signal isn’t coming from the other tapes. I know it isn’t- I’m sure of it. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

The Jirelli’s Convenience jingle stars both the voice of and music composed by Amy Y. (@achill3a).

Starring [REDACTED] as DJ Pinch Roller.

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license or with permission. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn and ‘Growin Crops on the Side of a Hill’ by Sex is for Parents. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

Please stop trying to figure out who I am and where I live. I know you don’t really get why, but it makes me very uncomfortable. 

And yeah, sure: go ahead and call me one-thirteen. I don’t mind it. 

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license or with permission. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com. 

I think we all know that no one’s going to be able to focus on anything else until I answer your questions.

Written and produced by Kale Brown. Artwork by Kale Brown. 

All music and sound effects used are available under a CC0 license. Music was ‘Sphere’ by Andrew Kn. [LOUD EERIE NOISE] was ‘Sci-fi Ambient Drone’ by Niedec. 

Visit us on Twitter at @sinkholepodcast or visit the website at sinkholepodcast.com.