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			<itunes:subtitle>Part 5 of Cloud 9</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>Floodland</title>
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			<title>Glitchy</title>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Part 3 of Cloud 9</itunes:subtitle>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Struggling to find "the one"? Well we have the perfect”solution: Meet Monogabliss. An AI arranged-marriage app that does it all for you.</p><p>A beautiful, dark audio drama, about how it truly feels to be known by our phones.</p><p>This one doesn’t feel so far away now, does it?</p><br><p>Written by Sabrina Wan, produced by Kobold Blue Productions</p><br><p>Monogabliss is Part Two in our science-fiction anthology, Cloud 9. Stay tuned for more!</p><br><p>Content warning: This piece contains swearing, fictional robots, and existential crises.</p><br><p>Credits:</p><p>Sabrina Wan - Writer</p><p>Alix Cazalet - Director</p><p>Maxwell Franco - Sound Design</p><p>Doug Thomas - Original Score</p><p>ThunderBird - Opening Theme</p><p>Haitch - Sound Engineer</p><p>Shaun Mendum - Production Lead/Curator</p><p>Jun Noh - Producer</p><br><p>Cast:</p><p>Jess Nesling - Sharon</p><p>Sam Stafford - Bart</p><p>Hari Kang - Mike</p><p>Emma Humpston - Joelle</p><p>Maria Corcobado - Monogabot</p><p>Mackenzie Larsen - TV Host/News Reporter/Party Host</p><p>Shaun Mendum - Waiter</p><br><p>Special thanks to Jukebox Recording Studios.</p><br><p>By Kobold Blue Productions</p><p>If you enjoyed this podcast, you can find out more about our series at koboldblue.com</p><br><p>All of our audio anthologies were made with zero use of AI. Made by people to be listened to by people!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>5 world leaders. One world-changing test. One alien spaceship.</p><p>When 5 of the world's "best" and "brightest" politicians are sent to meet with an alien race, they must compete in a series of life-threatening tests that will decide who among them will lead us into the next stage of human evolution. Will they prove why they are worthy of representing us all? Or will our world leaders plunge us back into the dark ages?</p><br><p>Full Disclosure is Part One in our science-fiction anthology, Cloud 9. Stay tuned for more!</p><br><p>Content warning: This piece contains swearing, blood and gore, death, aliens, and fictional politicians.</p><br><p>Credits:</p><p>DB Levey - Writer</p><p>Tom Edwards - Original Concept</p><p>Megan Toogood - Director</p><p>Zayn Mufti - Sound Design/Score</p><p>ThunderBird - Opening Theme</p><p>Haitch - Sound Engineer</p><p>Shaun Mendum - Production Lead/Curator</p><p>Jun Noh - Producer</p><br><p>Cast:</p><p>Colin Griff King - Mark Harbottle</p><p>Shaun Mendum - Alex Sanderson</p><p>Noni Lewis - Lady Hesketh/Kelly McGraw</p><p>Steve Newman - Kirill Volkov</p><p>Dave Lanigan - Jack Ross</p><p>Yasmine Alice - Marwa Gamal</p><p>Simon P Clarke - Richard Nixon/The Rhiosh</p><br><p>Special thanks to Joe Warwick, and Jukebox Recording Studios.</p><br><p>By Kobold Blue Productions</p><p>If you enjoyed this podcast, you can find out more about our series at koboldblue.com</p><br><p>All of our audio anthologies were made with zero use of AI. Made by people to be listened to by people!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Cloud 9 Trailer</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:47:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>An original 6-part audio anthology series, by Kobold Blue Productions</p><br><p>A post-apocalypse story in Britain. An AI-powered arranged marriage app. A Lovecraftian ghost story set on Mars. There's something for everyone in this strange, thrilling, chilling, funny collection of sci-fi audio dramas; Black Mirror meets Love, Death &amp; Robots, for radio!</p><br><p>Featuring brand new writing by Dan Levey, Sabrina Wan, Shaun Mendum, Benjamin Peel, Timur Algabekov, and Daniel Bradley.</p><br><p>Lead and curated by Shaun Mendum</p><p>Produced by Shaun Mendum and Jun Noh</p><p>www.koboldblue.com</p><p>If you enjoyed this podcast, you can find out more about our series at koboldblue.com</p><br><p>All of our audio anthologies were made with zero use of AI. Made by people to be listened to by people!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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