A scripted sci-fi thriller podcast about the depths of the human spirit from CurtCo Media.
Directors Chris and Jenny joined Izzy House on the Space Marketing Podcast - a podcast that explores marketing principles, strategies, and tactics through the lens of space. Thank you Izzy for the great conversation! Check out the episode through the link in the comments below.
Thank you to the Communicator Awards for recognizing SOLAR!
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE:
Sound Design
Sound Editing
Music
Individual Episodes - Scripted or Fiction
AWARD OF DISTINCTION:
Writing
Congrats to the entire SOLAR team, but in particular the well-deserving Chris Porter (Writer/Composer) and CJ Drumeller (Sound Designer/Mixer).
#2023
SOLAR creator Chris Porter will be speaking on a panel (Producing Space-Themed Entertainment: Inspiring Creativity & Tools) at the 2023 Space Tourism Conference & Awards in Los Angeles three weeks from today on Friday, April 28th.
Space Tourism Society is offering a special discount ticket price for our community of $200 to the event ($400 at the door). Choose Allies category & input discount code LTD23. Come spend the day with fellow space aficionados and hear Chris discuss the show!
https://events.eventzilla.net/e/space-tourism-conference-2023-expanding-the-space-experience-economy-2138577290?preview=1658211198441
New interview! Jenny Curtis and Chris Porter join Sarah Golding for a wild ride of a conversation on Indie AF.
Link in comments.
All the feels, as they say.
Celebrating another trip around the sun for the one and only Jonathan Bangs -- our own Pilot Jamal Davis. Happy Birthday Jon!
A big thank you to the Signal Awards for recognizing SOLAR's original score/music (composed by Chris Porter) with a Silver Award!
“Does the sound of emotionally deep, character-driven, grown up sci-fi which resonates with you on multiple levels, and also boasts an intriguing space-hero hook sound like your thing? Then please be kind to yourself and check out Solar”
Thank you so much to Frasier Armitage for including us in your year end round up of favorite sci-fi from 2022! Check out the rest of the list on (link in comments).
#2022
Hear Jenny Curtis, SOLAR Director and voice of A.L.I., on this week's episode of My Only Friends Podcast, discussing sources of inspiration, mental health, and SOLAR.
Getting lost this Christmas season.
SOLAR took home two awards from the Berlin FilmHaus Festival earlier this month for Best Sound Design (congrats C.J. Drumeller!) and Best Podcast. Thank you FilmHaus!
What a year.
As this list is purely based on search metrics, thank you to everyone who heard about SOLAR and searched for it on Great Pods, wanting to learn more and read reviews. You’ve put us in good company.
Thank you Apple Podcasts for the recognition and inclusion in your ‘best of’ lists for 2022.
Check out the rest of the ‘Best Of’ lists on Apple Podcasts and close out 2022 with a great listen.
SOLAR was awarded “Best Podcast” at the 2022 Samsung Best of Galaxy Store Awards. Our deepest thank you to Samsung Developers for the recognition, and congrats to the entire SOLAR team!
Best Original Score/Music (Show Level)
Congrats to our composer Chris Porter! SOLAR is a finalist in the inaugural Signal Awards as one of the industry’s best in class audio experiences.
Help us win the Listener Choice award for this category! Click the top link and vote for SOLAR: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting #/2022/shows/craft/best-original-score-music
Winners announced January 10th!
SOLAR has landed in the Comic Con Metaverse.
Explore a first-of-its-kind metaverse experience aboard the Aethon. Walk through the ship, learn about the crew, and explore the SOLAR story.
Be sure to hop on (using a Google Chrome browser) and make your way through this exciting virtual experience of the Los Angeles Comic Con.
Go directly to the SOLAR metaverse: www.spaces.vatom.com/
"SOLAR has something for everyone. An original, suspenseful, exciting sci-fi adventure in space: check. A mission to save humanity: check. Courageous (yet deeply flawed) heroes: check. Diabolical, scheming villains: check. Corporate espionage: check. Danger, loss, humor, survival: check. A deep dive into the human psyche revealing why in the hell we are worth saving: check."
Nikhil is a Los Angeles-based actor and teacher. He has worked extensively with the Independent Shakespeare Co. for over ten years performing roles like Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Lucio in Measure for Measure, Arnie in the West Coast premiere of Snow Geese, and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He is currently the Chair of the Outreach Committee on the company’s Board of Directors. He has also flexed his movement muscles with the dance-based theatre companies Theatre Movement Bazaar and Critical Mass Group and has been a frequent collaborator with one of LA’s premiere immersive performance companies, The Speakeasy Society. His film and TV credits include Grace and Frankie, Westworld, Castle, Jane the Virgin, Superstore, Hollywood Stargirl, and Miss Stevens. He earned his MFA from California Institute of the Arts.
Collaboration is key.
SOLAR Director/Producer and SOLAR VP of Marketing join & on to share how important collaboration between the SOLAR team was and still is!
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/232-the-collaboration-behind-the-solar-podcast/id185888113?i=100058286734
Podcasts in Dolby : A Conversation with C.J. Drumeller !
SOLAR sound designer CJ Drumeller will be sharing his experiences mixing podcasts in Dolby Atmos.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
3:30-4:15 PDT
Registration is FREE:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/podcasts-in-dolby-atmos-a-conversation-with-cj-drumeller-tickets-433218447037?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
“It sets the bar so high I’m finding all other podcasts disappointing.”
Raise your expectations.
ALI records everything.
"Many years ago as a young actor I loved performing in radio drama. It's so exciting to me that now - in this era of podcasts - that oral drama is back. And Solar could not be more of a fusion of immersive sound design and great drama. I loved being in it."
Alan Cu***ng needs no introduction but just in case:
Who is Alan Cu***ng?
He has performed with Jay Z and Liza with a Z; he has won a Tony, hosted the Tonys and been nominated for an Emmy for doing so; he has a bar called Club Cu***ng and a soap called Cu***ng In A Bar, and; he made back-to-back films with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls; he has played God, the Devil, Hi**er, the Pope, a teleporting superhero, Hamlet, all the parts in Macbeth, General Batista of Cuba, a goat opposite Sean Connery, Dionysus, a Smurf (twice) the EmCee in Cabaret (thrice), a James Bond baddie - oh, and political spinmeister Eli Gold on seven seasons of The Good Wife for which he received multiple Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG award nominations; he is the author of five books including a #1 New York Times best-selling memoir; he played the first ever gay leading role on an US network drama, CBS’s Instinct. He appeared on Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, topless in Playgirl and naked on the cover of his second album.
He has received over forty awards for his humanitarianism and social activism, three honorary doctorates, both the Great Scot and Icon of Scotland awards from his homeland and was made an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) for his contributions to the arts and LBGT equality by the Queen, whose portrait was taken down when his was unveiled at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2014.
He has sung in concert halls across the globe including the Sydney Opera House, the London Palladium, the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall and Billboard said of his show Alan Cu***ng Sings Sappy Songs 'he's an icon to behold - he is unapologetically himself, and with a talent like that, he has no need to apologize."
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“Chelsea [is] the personification of the thing that's left behind…. Chelsea was so much the essence of what we're fighting for and who we are at our core."
Actress Julia Henning shares the joys and challenges of the becoming the complex character of Chelsea in this week’s Moment Behind the Scenes.
Solarthepodcast.com/listen to listen.
SOLAR wins the 2022 Gold Award for Scripted (Fiction) Podcast from The w3 Awards!
Thank you to the W3 awards and the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts for this recognition.
Check out all of this year’s winners at w3award.com
Hear SOLAR's Director/Producer Jenny Curtis discuss the nature of creativity on Sustaining Creativity.
LISTEN HERE: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1028026/11428359
Behind the Mic: In the studio with Joseph D Reitman, the voice of SOLAR's Murray.
Celebrate by losing yourself in some delicious audio.
We suggest starting with any of the recommendations you might have heard mentioned on Solar:
- Lets Make a Sci-Fi (CBC Podcasts)
- Unwell: a Midwestern Gothic Mystery
- Storybound (Podglomerate)
- Carcerem The Series
- Parabola (Sonoro Podcast)
- The White Vault
- Don't Mind Pod
- Hollywood Unscripted
- Travel That Matters (CurtCo Media)
Happy listening!
"Couldn't stop listening".
Find more each time.
"In voiceover you truly get to transform."
Emily Goss received her BA in Theatre from USC and MA in Classical Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Television credits include guest stars on L.A.'s Finest, Criminal Minds, Castle, and Future Man.
Feature film credits include Jane & Emma, Season of Love, The House On Pine Street (winner of 3 Best Actress Awards), and Snapshots (winner of 4 Best Actress Awards). Emily has also dubbed several foreign films and series, and is the narrator of the Destiny Falls audiobook series.
In addition to CurtCo's SOLAR and Violet Hour Media's In Another Room, you can hear her in the upcoming narrative fiction podcast Two Dead Girls In Jubeliene. Emily is a proud member of Anteaus Theatre Company.
We enjoyed this well-thought-out breakdown of the common themes found in Solar. Our personal favorites are "Artificial Stupidity" and "Deadpan Snarker" -- check out TV Tropes (link in comments) and let us know if you agree!
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Thank you to the Communicator Awards for recognizing SOLAR! AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: Sound Design Sound Editing Music Individual Episodes - Scripted or Fiction AWARD OF DISTINCTION: Writing Congrats to the entire SOLAR team, but in particular the well-deserving Chris Porter (Writer/Composer) and CJ Drumeller (Sound Designer/Mixer). #CommunicatorAwards #2023 #SoundDesign #SoundEditing #Music #ScriptedFiction #Writing #Podcast
One year ago we launched SOLAR and oh, what a year it’s been. Thank you to everyone who listened and everyone still listening. And thank you to our mission crew: Chris Porter, Jenny Curtis, CJ Drumeller, Bill Curtis, Stephanie Arakelian, Val Nicholas, Stuart Halperin, Shane Salk, Tim McKeown, Alison Ng, Monica Kelly, Darra Stone, Workhouse Media, Jonathan Bangs', Stephanie Beatriz, Alan Cumming, Helen Hunt, Colin Ford, Danielle Pinnock, Anne Yatco, and the rest of the incredible cast & production team.
The Devil is in the details. Let's review.... #solarthepodcast #audioclip #stephaniebeatriz #jonathanbangs #scifi #cimmtech
Final call to vote in the listeners choice for the Signal Awards - voting ends TOMORROW (12/22)! SOLAR features over five and a half hours of original score by Chris Porter, as well as a stunning cover of "You Are My Sunshine" by Kait Dunton. The Signal Awards link is available in our bio and we'd be honored if you took a moment to vote for us. #SignalAwards #OriginalScore #OriginalMusic #SolarThePodcast #VoteNow #Audio #SciFi
Getting lost this Christmas season. #ChristmasLights #HolidayMemories #LostInRestrospect #SolarThePodcast #AudioDrama #Clip #FictionPodcast #Space
Best Original Score/Music (Show Level) Congrats to our composer Chris Porter! SOLAR is a finalist in the inaugural Signal Awards as one of the industry’s best in class audio experiences. Help us win the Listener Choice award for this category! Click the top link and vote for SOLAR: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2022/shows/craft/best-original-score-music Winners announced January 10th!
ALI records everything. #AI #scifi #space #spaceship #tech #podcast #future #truthlies #solarthepodcast #audiodrama
Behind the Mic: In the studio with Joseph D Reitman, the voice of SOLAR's Murray. #BTS #InTheBooth #VoiceActor #RecordingSession #BehindTheMic #JosephDReitman #AudioDrama #SciFiPodcast #BehindTheScenes #Thriller #Murray
Visualizing the 'Ghosts'. How do you see them? #SolarThePodcast #Ghosts #Humanoid #Electric #BlueGold #AudioDrama #VisualDescription #Energy #JonathanBangs #scifi #Dancing
Behind the Mic: In the studio with Tom T. Choi, the voice of SOLAR's Head of NASC, Fred Chiu. #BTS #InTheBooth #VoiceActor #RecordingSession #TomChoi
...What would transpire if a massive Solar flare hit earth? Have you prepared? #SystemsDown #PowerOutage #BankingDown #SolarFlare #X45 #AmITheProblem #IsAnyoneOutThere #SolarThePodcast #SciFi #AudioDrama #Cash #GoBag #Emergency
Behind the Mic: In the studio with Micky Shiloah, the voice of SOLAR's Christian Yancy. #BTS #InTheBooth #VoiceActor #RecordingSession #BehindTheMic #MickyShiloah #AudioDrama #SciFiPodcast #Actor
Thoughts and prayers… #solar #solarthepodcast #space #sun #scifi #audiodrama
No one knows lifelong devotion, or the lonliness it creates, like Chief Scientist Margaret Cohen. Unabashedly passionate about science and her mission, Margaret has dedicated her life to the cause, but what is the cost of that devotion? Margaret Cohen played by Helen Hunt #helenhunt #solar #solarthepodcast #space #scifi #fiction
Mission Specialist Taaj Azi is unabashedly outspoken and ambitious, yet still searches for hope while being haunted by her past. Maybe she’ll finally be able to rewrite her story with this mission… Played by Danielle Pinnock-Wallace . #daniellepinnock #taajazi #audiodrama #scriptedfiction #podcast #fictionpodcast #solarthepodcast #solar
Ask Alexa to play SOLAR the podcast and listen wherever you are. Make this the summer of podcasts on Amazon Music. Play More Pods #amazonmusic #podcasts #podcastsonamazon #playmorepods #alexa #askalexa
“We’re all going to die someday…and…this is certainly a beautiful view” Mission Specialist Eli Wright played by Colin Ford #colinford #solarflare #solarthepodcast #space #scifi #spacemission #podcast #audiodrama
“Life doesn’t have to be contained by the bounds of gravity.” Pilot Jamal Davis played by Jonathan Bangs. #pilot #jamaldavis #jonathanbangs #spaceship #spacetravel #dreams #solarthepodcast #scifi
Half-glass. Commander Alex Tawley played by Alan Cumming. All 12 episodes of SOLAR now available, solarthepodcast.com/listen to listen and available on your favorite podcast app. #alancumming #solarthepodcast #audiodrama
“And everything will have been for nothing…” Follow Wren’s journey aboard the Aethon: all episodes of SOLAR now available wherever you listen to podcasts or solarthepodcast.com/listen Dr. Wren Guerrero played by Stephanie Beatriz #solarthepodcast #scifi #audiodrama #solar
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