Aftershock · Nomadic Engine

Bonus Episode

September 22, 2021·1 hr 19 min·6 clips

Host Noel Brown gathers the cast and creators of Aftershock to reveal how they built an apocalyptic world with only sound.

Noel Brown opens the room with an easy warmth. He brings in Tati Gabrielle, Jeff Schmidt, and the creative team to talk about how Aftershock got made and how it landed. At first, the mood is generous. Then the conversation turns to the uneasy timing of a story about illness, transmission, and public fear. March 8 becomes the date everyone keeps coming back to. One producer remembers recording in Los Angeles, leaving the United States on March 10, and not returning afterward. People laugh, but it is the tight kind of laugh. An actor jokes that the writers should script him winning the lottery, since their pandemic fiction came so close. The joke has a sting. The creators say they seriously wondered whether to pull the show, delay it, or rewrite material already finished in December 2019. Noel thinks they made the right call. To him, the drama gave people a bit of comfort because it showed characters trying to keep going under awful pressure. The conversation keeps circling that strange gap between imagined disaster and the real fear listeners were living through. Jeff's sound work gets real attention, especially the scale and atmosphere that made the danger feel close. Tati brings warmth from the actor's side. By the end, things loosen up, with talk of a game adaptation, villain roles, and the fun of returning to the series. The sendoff is direct: start over, listen again, and catch what was tucked underneath the first time.

As heard by us

A reflective bonus conversation that puts the cast, the sound work, and the show's unusually timely arrival in sharp relief.

Aftershock pulls together Noel Brown, Tati Gabrielle, Jeff Schmidt, Patrick Carman, and the rest of the team for a bonus conversation that feels relaxed in the best way.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

You want the behind-the-scenes story on Aftershock after its pandemic premise started to echo real life.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from Aftershock