• Safe Society - the audio drama - trailer

    An 11-part tale of mass psychosis in an all-too-familiar world. In this satire that remixes horror and thriller tropes, an influential entrepreneur develops an irrational OCD, making him easily manipulated to absurd and terrifying policy extremes by a fearmongering lobbying organization. Will he wake up before it's too late?


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle).

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima.

    Starring Zack Segel, Marlain Angelides, Eric Marq, Langston Fishburne, and Jasmine Ashanti.

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    AI visual trailer is also here.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    2m - Mar 30, 2024
  • Clip - "Listening"

    An 11-part tale of mass psychosis in an all-too-familiar world. In this satire that remixes horror and thriller tropes, an influential entrepreneur develops an irrational OCD, making him easily manipulated to absurd and terrifying policy extremes by a fearmongering lobbying organization. Will he wake up before it's too late?


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle).

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima.

    Starring Zack Segel, Marlain Angelides, Eric Marq, Langston Fishburne, and Jasmine Ashanti.

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

    All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access.

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    1m - Apr 3, 2024
  • Clip - "Revolution Brewing"

    An 11-part tale of mass psychosis in an all-too-familiar world. In this satire that remixes horror and thriller tropes, an influential entrepreneur develops an irrational OCD, making him easily manipulated to absurd and terrifying policy extremes by a fearmongering lobbying organization. Will he wake up before it's too late?


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle).

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima.

    Starring Zack Segel, Marlain Angelides, Eric Marq, Langston Fishburne, and Jasmine Ashanti.

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    1m - Apr 3, 2024
  • Clip - "Unsanitary White Flesh Color"

    An 11-part tale of mass psychosis in an all-too-familiar world. In this satire that remixes horror and thriller tropes, an influential entrepreneur develops an irrational OCD, making him easily manipulated to absurd and terrifying policy extremes by a fearmongering lobbying organization. Will he wake up before it's too late?


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle).

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima.

    Starring Zack Segel, Marlain Angelides, Eric Marq, Langston Fishburne, and Jasmine Ashanti.

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    1m - Apr 3, 2024
  • Clip - "Disinformation"

    An 11-part tale of mass psychosis in an all-too-familiar world. In this satire that remixes horror and thriller tropes, an influential entrepreneur develops an irrational OCD, making him easily manipulated to absurd and terrifying policy extremes by a fearmongering lobbying organization. Will he wake up before it's too late?


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle).

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima.

    Starring Zack Segel, Marlain Angelides, Eric Marq, Langston Fishburne, and Jasmine Ashanti.

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    1m - Apr 3, 2024
  • Episode 1

    Our Narrator begins "Journey to Tomorrow," an audio series that this year is honoring main character M (he/him/his). A glimpse at his youth shows the forces that heavily conditioned him. In the present, M introduces his company Rooting4U, which delivers personalized plant-based meals.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moment of intense sound design and unsettling voices


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    VINCE PHILLIP as M's Dad

    JOHN DOE as Young M

    AVA WRUBEL as Farah

    LIBBY COLLINS as Emily

    ÜMIT ÇELEBI as Gyorgy

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    E1 - 16m - Apr 4, 2024
  • Episode 2

    M demos the personalized Rooting4U meals and persuades his audience. B (he/him/his) feels the revolution brewing inside him...


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Mild language, allusion to body horror and disturbing creatures, moment of sudden shrill and unsetlling sound design


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    ERIC MARQ as B

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    E2 - 16m - Apr 4, 2024
  • Episode 3

    Amidst a global virus, M's coworkers, his wife Sofia (she/her/hers, mixed race, and on the spectrum), and incessant media coverage convince him to be irrationally proactive. Safe Society takes notice.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moderate language, moments of unsettling sound design and voices


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    DEANNA ANTHONY as Testimonial Voice

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    ERIC MARQ as B

    JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    BRAD FORENZA as Kenneth

    TOMASZ GEZA as Defensive Employee

    ELENA OUSPENSKAIA, MARC MARTIN-MARTINEZ, ANGELICA GOMEZ, DINANDA KLAASSEN, EDWARD FURS, SEEYALI SIINGH, SID JARVIS as Safe Society Members

    LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    E3 - 18m - Apr 4, 2024
  • Episode 4

    M tries to keep his growing OCD on the down-low. B, now working at Rooting4U, urges him out of hiding. Safe Society Member W (he/him/his, black) pulls the strings.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Mild language, moments of unsettling and intense sound design, allusions to neurosis and demonic possession


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    ERIC MARQ as B

    EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia

    LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W

    DAVID SMILOW as Charles

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    E4 - 18m - Apr 11, 2024
  • Episode 5

    M is influenced by W. Whites are banished. Boosters are administered. A growing mob is possessed. Dissenting voices are "silenced."


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moments of unsettling and sudden loud sound design, sudden death and suffering, allusions to injections, neurosis, body horror, blood, disturbing creatures, brainwashing, and cult rituals


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W

    DINANDA KLAASSEN as Safe Society Member

    ERIC MARQ as B

    JEREMIAH LOISEAU as Security

    RODNEY ROLDAN as Employee

    MIDORI NAKAMURA as News Anchor

    CAMILA PEREZ SANTIAGO as South American migrant

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    BOBBY ALLAN as Nikolai

    RICK DUMONT as Follower Rick

    JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia

    EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann

    TAMU FAVORITE as Hospital Nurse

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    E5 - 24m - Apr 11, 2024
  • Episode 6

    Safe Society is emboldened to take larger-scale actions to keep the world in crisis. M brainwashes his daughter Lucia. Society crumbles. B's friend Yann (he/him/his) is silenced. "Journey to Tomorrow" ends, but our story continues...


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moderate language, moments of unsettling sound design and voices, sudden violence, death, and suffering, allusions to neurosis, brainwashing, and cult rituals


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    ANDREA GALATÀ as Safe Society Member Andrea

    LIL RHEE as Senator Liu, a Safe Society Member

    ROSELIN LOPEZ, LIAM CAVANAGH, ADONIS GUZMAN, ROUDLERSON PIERRE as Ticking Teens

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    MATTHEW RINI as Critic

    QUASHEEM D. HERRING as Rioter

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    JORIS STUYCK as Max Engel

    MIKE DIGIACINTO as M's Friend

    RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher

    ERIC MARQ as B

    EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

    All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access.

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    E6 - 20m - Apr 18, 2024
  • Episode 7

    B wakes up. M questions, but W sways him to stay the course.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moments of unsettling sound design and voices, suffering, allusions to injections, minor blood, neurosis, and cult rituals


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher

    ERIC MARQ as B

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W

    ELENA OUSPENSKAIA, ANDREA GALATÀ, MARC MARTIN-MARTINEZ, ANGELICA GOMEZ, DINANDA KLAASSEN, EDWARD FURS, SEEYALI SIINGH, SID JARVIS as Safe Society Members

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

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    E7 - 19m - Apr 18, 2024
  • Episode 8

    M and Sofia push their young kids deeper into the program, but M soon finds out what that means. Brainwashed Lucia goes with it. Their son Daniel tries to resist.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moderate language, moments of unsettling and sudden loud sound design, allusions to injections, body alteration, child danger, and neurosis


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia

    KELLY GREEN as Mx. Trujillo

    ERIC MARQ as B

    JULIE VOSHELL, SEAN GORMLEY as Rebels

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

    All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access.

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    E8 - 19m - Apr 25, 2024
  • Episode 9

    B and a band of Rebels force M to go cold turkey from his neuroses. M escapes from Sofia with his kids.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moderate language, moments of unsettling, intense, and sudden loud sound design and unsettling voices, violence, allusions to neurosis, child violence, demonic possession, and brainwashing


    In order of appearance

    RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann

    ERIC MARQ as B

    JULIE VOSHELL, SEAN GORMLEY, KELLY NIEMAN as Rebels

    CHRISTOPHER GOOLEY as Pundit Christopher

    MIDORI NAKAMURA as News Anchor

    CAMILA PEREZ SANTIAGO as South American migrant

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

    All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access.

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    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations
    E9 - 20m - Apr 25, 2024
  • Episode 10

    M, his kids, and the Rebels are hunted by Safe Society, law enforcement, and the mob of indoctrinated, zombie-like civilians.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moderate language, moments of unsettling, intense, shrill, and sudden loud sound design and unsettling voices, strong violence, allusions to demonic possession, brainwashing, and cult rituals


    In order of appearance

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia

    ANDREW COBAN as Cop

    LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W

    MARC MARTIN-MARTINEZ, ANGELICA GOMEZ, DINANDA KLAASSEN, EDWARD FURS, SEEYALI SIINGH, SID JARVIS as Safe Society Members

    ERIC MARQ as B

    KELLY NIEMAN, SEAN GORMLEY, JULIE VOSHELL as Rebels

    EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann

    MONIQUE MARISSA LUKENS as Civilian Monique

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

    All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access.

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    E9 - 15m - May 2, 2024
  • Episode 11

    A final showdown between M and W. Children all over are being altered by the program.


    CONTENT WARNINGS

    Moderate language, moments of unsettling, intense, and sudden loud sound design and unsettling voices, moment of shrill sound design, strong violence, allusions to child danger, body alteration, and cult rituals


    In order of appearance

    RAJIV SHAH as The Watcher

    MARLAIN ANGELIDES as Narrator

    ZACK SEGEL as M

    ERIC MARQ as B

    EMMANUEL KERRY as Yann

    JULIE VOSHELL, SEAN GORMLEY as Rebels

    LANGSTON FISHBURNE as W

    AJ STEIN as Daniel

    JASMINE ASHANTI as Sofia

    PHOEBE HEFFER as Lucia

    ANDREW COBAN as Cop

    LIL RHEE as Senator Liu, a Safe Society Member

    ANDREA GALATÀ as Safe Society Member Andrea

    CALVIN KNEGTEN, RYANN MONET HARDEN, MATTHEW MCCOLLUM as Androgynous Students

    and

    CHRIS SHIMOJIMA as various, morphed by AI


    From One Ocean Productions (Alberto and the Concrete Jungle)

    Written, directed, edited, and sound designed by Chris Shimojima

    Re-recording mixer and additional sound design Charlie Braham

    Original music Felix Lindsell-Hales

    Co-producer William 'Gubi' Chiriboga

    If you're liking Safe Society, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, and subscribe now for future episodes.

    For the AI visual trailer and more details, visit safesociety.world.

    Full credits are on the site and IMDb

    All episodes will be available for free, but Apollo+ subscribers get uninterrupted access to the entire show right now, early access.

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    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/safe-society-world/donations
    E11 - 20m - May 2, 2024
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