3.06: Juno Steel and the Tools of Rust (Part 2)

All dressed in evergreen

Ah yes, the birth of Spring

What will your garden bring?

Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Travelers. We hope you enjoy your stay.

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

To listen to more of Anjimile's work, you can find them on Spotify and Bandcamp. Their latest album, "Maker Mixtape" (from which the song "Maker" is featured in Part 1 of this arc) is available for purchase.

If you're interested in the trailer at the top of this episode, you can find "This Planet Needs a Name" at http://needsaname.buzzsprout.com/.

You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_ Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.

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:

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

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

“metal drone – old fire extinguisher” by Thalamus_Lab http://freesound.org/people/Thalamus_Lab/sounds/234076/

“rocks1.wav” by mystiscool https://freesound.org/people/mystiscool/sounds/7135/

“subway_drilling.wav” by simple machines https://freesound.org/people/simple%20machines/sounds/44977/

“Explosion” by lwiploppenisse https://freesound.org/people/Iwiploppenisse/sounds/156031/

“Distant Bombing” by Filo_Rossi https://freesound.org/people/Filo_Rossi/sounds/342136/

“ABANDONED_METRO_TUNNEL.wav” by MATTIX https://freesound.org/people/MATTIX/sounds/396543/

“PING.wav” by MATTIX https://freesound.org/people/MATTIX/sounds/444918/

“Machine (Kids Car Toys)” by redafs https://freesound.org/people/redafs/sounds/380334/

“Crowd Screaming, A.wav” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/421852/

“Car Engine, Exterior, A.wav” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/345558/

Trigger Warnings:

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• Sudden loud noises
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• Deception and gaslighting
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• Reference to alcohol use
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• Violence and threats of violence
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• Violent death, gore, and blood
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• Claustrophobic spaces
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For tickets to our live reading of If Memory Serves: A Juno Steel Mystery on November 21, 2026, visit: https://therockwell.org/calendar/the-penumbra-podcast/ Join us at The Rockwell, home of our first two live shows, in Somerville, MA, for Joshua Ilon's one-night-only reading of an excerpt from our Juno prequel novel to be followed by a Q&A with Harley and Kevin. We can't wait to see you there to celebrate the release of the full audiobook!

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