Ars Paradoxica · ars PARADOXICA

31: Control

March 14, 2018·48 min·2 clips
Sally Grissom warns Adler that the unstable time-cage field could kill anyone sent inside.
1. Ours Paradoxica’s “Control” follows Sally Grissom’s capture and O’Dar’s effort to locate her in West Germany. 2. Kristen DiMercurio voices Grissom, the time-traveling scientist, while Katie Speed voices Esther Roberts, an O’Dar agent assigned to the operation. 3. Adler argues that Soviet power checks American nuclear dominance, quoting “Power must be a check to power.” 4. Petra learns that Grissom is likely held by a foreign power and is tasked with leading an extraction team. 5. Director Lamartine assigns members of the 77s, military operatives from 1977, to support Petra’s mission. 6. Lou Gaines interrogates Andrew Thurston about his connection to Henry Cornish and obtains a lead in West Germany. 7. O’Dar researchers identify the Postven Fellowship in South Berlin and plan surveillance with two teams. 8. Adler presents Grissom with access to Soviet research, while withholding the full specifications of the project. 9. Grissom warns that the cage field is unstable and says, “I wouldn't risk sending a person into a cage field under any circumstances.” 10. Listeners who enjoy serialized speculative espionage drama.
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