THIRST S1E3: Love Is a Four-Letter Word

Can't Tear My Eyes From You, Chapter 3: Love Is a Four-Letter Word.

The first game is revealed.

Cast:

Ginny D'Angelo as Siobhan

Marge Dunn as Raine Randolph

Josephine Moshiri Elwood as Valentina Ride

Amanda Egbu as Georgia Whittaker

Eleanore Cho Fellerhoff as Holliday Murdock

Joshua Ilon as Dennis Cruz

Tooky Kavanagh as The Algorithm

Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whittaker

Jamie McGonagill as Megumi

Melody Perera as Anouk Kalhara

Stefano Perti as Dennis Lang

Marc Pierre as Sergeant Murdock

Alexander Stravinski as The Host

Amelia Young as Betsy

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

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On staff at the Penumbra:

Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of operations

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, director, sound designer

Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist

Grahame Turner -- Script editing team

Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, lead writer

Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer

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Trigger warnings:

- Military violence

- Sudden loud noises

- Abuse of power/authority

- Deception and gaslighting

- Discussions of homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and racism

- Natural disasters and climate change-related disasters

- Animal abuse

- Violence and threats of violence

- Injury and hospitals

- Public humiliation

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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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