If Memory Serves: A Juno Steel Mystery (Episode 1)

A young Juno Steel, new to being a private eye and intensely depressed after explosively losing his job at the HCPD, is deep under the spell of a street drug that allows him to relive his past. Encouraged by his trusty secretary, he takes on a strange case.

Part 1, Ch. 1-4.

You can find a transcript for this episode here.

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Narrated by:

Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel

Kate Jones as Rita

Harley Takagi Kaner as Sasha Wire

Regine Vital as Captain Hijikata

Kat Buckingham as Zahra Shale

Written by Kevin Vibert and Harley Takagi Kaner

Original music by Ryan Vibert

Trigger warnings:

- Self-harm and suicide

- Death

- War

- Abuse of power

- Medical abuse

- Drug use/abuse

- Physical injury and harm

- "Body horror"

- Dismemberment

- Gaslighting and manipulation

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