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ars PARADOXICA
When an experiment in a time much like our own goes horribly awry, Dr. Sally Grissom finds herself stranded in the past and entrenched in the activities of a clandestine branch of the US government. Grissom and her team quickly learn that there's no safety net when toying with the fundamental logic...
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Inside Ars Paradoxica 36C (feat. The Whisperforge et al)
We asked you to fill our question bucket to the brim, and YOU DELIVERED. The whole creative team behind your favorite Cold War time travel tragedy ans...
36: Release
The final confrontation. An end, possibly a beginning.
Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning, Mischa Stanton, El...
35: Tangent
It's 1943. Sally Grissom has accidentally invented time travel. But things don't transpire exactly as we remember.
Created by Daniel Manning & M...
34: Path
After leaving Point-of-Exile, Sally runs into friends old and new. Petra plans a party.
Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by D...
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33: Home
Though they are glad to return to Point-of-Exile once more after a long mission, our heroes may not be the same people they were when they left. Some...
32: Riposte
Petra, Lou and the 77s infiltrate the KTNK stronghold to rescue Sally. But while inside, they might find more than they bargained for. They may have t...
31: Control
It's all hands on deck in Colorado. Sally Grissom's been kidnapped. An ocean away, she matches wits with somebody new.
Created by Daniel Manning...
30: Volunteer
Sally meets with someone outside her circle and makes a desperate bargain with the mysterious new ODAR Director.
Created by Daniel Manning & Mis...
29: Odyssey
Sally pines for a friend. Esther struggles to catch up without her usual resources. Chet's on his way out. One last secret play before the new Directo...
28: Adversary
On the brink of disaster, our heroes are stretched to their limits.
Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning (with...
27: Breach
Trapped in an ODAR lockdown with boiling tempers and a deadly enemy, Sally and crew struggle to find a way out. Meanwhile, Chet finds some downtime.
26: Grip
Tensions mount as the crew turns in on itself. Sally and Petra fly east to examine something broken. Petra finds a new confidant.
Created by Dan...
25: Absence
The aftermath of the Roberts trial spurs ODAR's inner circle to action. A hidden threat must be exposed, before all is lost.
Created by Daniel M...
24: Dilemma
The trial of Esther Roberts.
**WARNING: This episode contains stressful interrogation and hateful speech. Listener discretion advised.
Cre...
23: Contact
A high-profile mission goes awry when ODAR is struck blind and their enemies begin to anticipate their every move.
**WARNING: This episode conta...
Timeswimmers
Something... a little weird.
Story by Daniel Manning & Tyler Pomponio, written by The Koch Brothers Mystery Show kochbrothersmysteryshow.com. Di...
Curses
Swearing's come a long way in 70 years, but Sally's getting impatient. She's ready for a new age in linguistic expression.
**WARNING: This episo...
The Life & Times of Archimedes the Cat
A day in the life of Sally's cat Archimedes. Follow the Cat About Town; surely he can't get into more trouble than his owner. Can he?
Created by...
ODAR & You!
A training tape shown to new ODAR recruits.
Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Julian Mundy. Directed & Produced by Mischa S...
22: Dawn
Chet draws a line in the sand; the Anchorites are trapped. But sand is easily washed away by a rising tide.
Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa S...
The Recorder of Dr. Nikhil Sharma
The last remaining record of Dr. Nikhil Sharma, friend to Sally Grissom and foe to ODAR. His presence in only three days of 1949 caused deviations to...
21: Jailbreak
The team has assembled, and it's time to take the fight to ODAR. Step 1: get Victor Lambert out of an ODAR prison facility, with a passcode from the d...
20: Hitchhiker
June Barlowe's done biding her time. She's out for vengeance for her late husband Quentin, and heaven help ODAR and anyone else who stands in her way–...
19: Gumshoe
Lou Gaines is on a mission to find his friend David Marian, and in the course of his search ropes in others who have fallen beside ODAR's wake.
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18: Boundary
Anthony's poking at the limits of the Blackroom, and facing his inevitable lonely demise, conspires with Sally to look for a way out. But when Esther...
17: Plasticity
**WARNING: This episode contains depictions of manipulation & implied harm of children. Listener discretion advised.
Petra and Carmen have been...
16: Greenhouse
Sally starts gardening and digs up something from her past. Esther falls back on old habits. Chet realizes he's not here to make friends.
Create...
15: Butterfly
**WARNING: This episode contains depictions of animal cruelty. Listener discretion advised. (No animals were harmed in the making of this episode.)
14: Anchor
**WARNING: This episode contains graphic depiction of gun violence. Listener discretion advised.
What's an ODAR agent doing in the Philadelphia...
13: Signal
Sally and Esther fly out to the east coast. Sally has found a way to communicate with Anthony in the Blackroom, and needs to go to Philadelphia and co...
12: Asset
Louis Gaines is a journalism professor in trouble for introducing taboo concepts to his students. David Marian is a chess prodigy with an anger streak...
11: Blackroom
As punishment for his crimes, Anthony Partridge is exiled to the Blackroom, ODAR's communications hub situated at the anchor point. He's not so sure h...
10: Consequence, Act II
When Anthony seeks revenge on Bill Donovan for his crimes, he finds more than he'd bargained for: due to the effects of CAGE therapy, he's a frail old...
10: Consequence, Act I
Anthony Partridge has stumbled across a box full of tapes in Bill Donovan's office. Spoilers: Bill's had the whole town wired for years, and he's reco...
09: Decay
It's Christmastime again, and the team is on the verge of a breakthrough. Anthony Partridge has been working nonstop to finish his latest invention, a...
08: Cage
An accident finally leads to a practically-demonstrable use of the Timepiece: the CAGE, a bubble of time outside the universe. Chet isn't too happy wi...
07: Distraction
As work continues on a new iteration of ODAR's time-bending technology, Jack Wyatt can't shake the feeling that he might not be right for the job, and...