Episode S3 · Ep 5 January 7, 2020 37 min 54s

3.05: Juno Steel and the Tools of Rust (Part 1)

From The Penumbra Podcast Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert

Strong hands to work the dust

Long days -- in body I trust

My tools have turned to rust...

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Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)

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On staff at the Penumbra:

Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Sophie Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

Sharon Oh -- Promotional artist

Noah Simes -- Production manager

Grahame Turner -- Script editing team

Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer

Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

Attribution:

"Any Day Now," by Anjimile

"Maker," by Anjimile

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657

“Engine Loop 4” by JustInvoke https://freesound.org/people/JustInvoke/sounds/446120/

“Car Ignition, Exterior, A.wav” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/338954/

“Car Engine Loop” by qubodop https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/147242/

“SPACE ENGINE THRUST.wav” by vedas https://freesound.org/people/vedas/sounds/124099/

“Volkswagen Golf II 1.6 Diesel Exterior Brake Tyres Friction Medium Mono.wav” by Soundholder https://freesound.org/people/Soundholder/sounds/425861/

“snapping-chain” by CosmicEmbers https://freesound.org/people/CosmicEmbers/sounds/161650/

“Sci-Fi Explosion 1.wav” by Tazy https://freesound.org/people/Tazy/sounds/369935/

“Wind howling.wav” Benboncan https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/60861/

“Wind at door howling 4.wav” by Bosk1 https://freesound.org/people/Bosk1/sounds/217186/

“061224-chongnyangnyi-market2.wav” by sazman https://freesound.org/people/sazman/sounds/28251/

“policeSiren.wav” by FatLane https://freesound.org/people/FatLane/sounds/111671/

“windingTimer.wav” by webGeek https://freesound.org/people/webGeek/sounds/147992/

“Guns & Explosions Album - Explosion 8.wav” by OGsoundFX https://freesound.org/people/OGsoundFX/sounds/423110/

“Glitch and Static 02” by DiscoveryME https://freesound.org/people/DiscoveryME/sounds/273146/

“Park Ambience” by mars_98 https://freesound.org/people/mars_98/sounds/444904/

“Landmass / Earth Rumble” by el-bee https://freesound.org/people/el-bee/sounds/363122/

Trigger Warnings:

Sudden loud noises
Deception and gaslighting
Reference to alcohol use
Violence and threats of violence
Reference to organized military violence and mass killing
Violent death, gore, and blood
Claustrophobic spaces

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