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hi, matt, what's the work of audio fiction you'd recommend to get someone excited about the medium?
Hey, thanks for asking! Making me narrow it down to one is cruel but sharpening. THE one I'll go for is
Midnight Burger
a series about a time travelling, dimension spanning diner staffed by misfits who help people and fix damage to the fabric of spacetime
because
I'd recommend it to anyone (other strong recs like Unwell are brilliant but not for everyone, but I think everyone can get something out of Midnight Burger)
I want to talk to everyone about the characters (I identify strongly with Leif's drive not to be Just One Guy)
the dialogue makes me want to span my spectacles in half from how good it is
it's doing things that would have ruled it out from ever getting made before the current resurgence in audio drama (unlike another go-to rec, Wooden Overcoats, which is an extremely good sitcom that I could imagine being broadcast on the radio)
it teaches me complex things about physics while also making me tear up, and it's not a 'despite' thing, it's often the physics that causes the emotional reaction
I snuck a couple of bonus recs in there but I feel good about the main choice. Midnight Burger is nearly at the end of season 3, so there's just about time to binge up to speed!
